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From:  "pugh" <li51jp@...>
To:  "David Gate" <d_p_gate@...>
Subject:  Re: Ladder League's future
Date:  Tue, 18 Jul 2006 22:21:49 -0000
>I would have to agree in principle with Shimmy.
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>I don't think having more teams would necessarily increase the
>amount of competition and standard in the South East. It might even
>have the opposite effect in that the new teams may well get set up
>without the knowledge or drive behind them.
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>If the point is trying to introduce Uni teams into the 'cut throat'
>world of Open Ultimate, I think there are better ways of doing this
>than just flooding a successful system with extra teams. I
>thoroughly enjoyed all the Ladder League events I went to last year,
>partly - I believe - due to the relaxed nature of an exclusively Uni
>event. This doesn't mean it wasn't competitive though.
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>A possible solution would be to host a weekend event and invite a
>local open team along. Surrey is trying to organise another Fresher
>Fun Day where the Lucky Huckers share their knowledge and skills
>with freshers. Those that attended last years will remember playing
>alongside players from all the different teams - including the
>Huckers - at the end of the day. It would be very simple to host a
>Ladder League event in this manner where Uni teams would play Uni
>teams and then, at some point in the afternoon, get to take on a
>fully fledged Open team to try and gauge their ability/improvement.
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>I think Ladder League is a successful and precious idea for
>UniUltimate and, If it ain't broke....?
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>This turned out longer than I first hoped and if I'm speaking out of
>turn, I apologise.
>Not views of my team blah blah.
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>pugh
>Surrey and Lucky 31
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