hey all,

can anyone sending cheques please make sure your team name is written on the
back so I know who it applies to. Likewise, if you're doing a bank transfer,
please indicate your team in the reference or something, or drop me an email
once you've sent it over so I know to expect it.

Can all captains drop me an email as well, saying how many teams you think
you'll be needing, so I can guage interest.

cheers

Tom

SEUMIR TD

All,

Some concerns / questions have been raised, mostly relating to the price of the
tournament, amongst other things, so just clarifying a few points. WARNING: This
has turned into quite a long email, so the two most important points are
summarised first, and then there’s a longer explanation addressing specific
questions, which I still suggest you read.


Two important points up front:


# Following people raising issues, I’ve negotiated a discount – so the team
fee is now only *** £100 per *** team
(Immediate refunds will be given to those already paid up).

# Basically, it’s still steep on price yes, but that’s not my fault –
it’s costed on a realistic budget, mainly bumped up in price because of
expensive hall fees.


More points below…


--

1) "£110 per team is quite steep for an indoor one day tourney"

I completely agree, but needs must. Although the cost is high for a one day
event, I'd just like to reiterate that the price will cover hall hire
(un-avoidably expensive), an admission fee costed per player to save you all
hassle on the day, and trophies. Originally set at £110, it now still also also
includes a small surplus to cover any unexpected costs that might arise (ie.
maybe scoreboards etc).

HOWEVER, i've been negotiating with the sports hall all weekend, and HAVE been
able to get a discounted rate on admission fees (now £1 per person, not £2),
so I am already able to offer a REDUCED team fee of £100 instaed of £110.

Anyone yet to send cheques or do a money transfer, please only send £100.
Anyone already paid up will get a £10 refund now.

For info, this is the budget I’m working from:

INCOME
16 teams x £100 = £1600 income

COSTS
whole hall (3 pitches) = 100 an hour x 11 hrs = £1100
admission fee =  £1 per person x (number of teams [16] x 10[rough estimate of
players on a team]) = £160
trophies = roughly £30
might have to buy scoreboards etc too

total projected expenditure = £1290

equals £310 lee-way

This budget also guards against the possibility that not enough teams will
enter, which would put me personally at a loss, seeing as I’m fronting the
money - perhaps an unlikely situation, but nonetheless a possibility. It also
gives scope for further refunds / subsidy at a LATER DATE; I’m not in a
position to offer this now until I get a more definite picture of final costs.

--

2) "What - no party?"

Regrettable, but as it is now a one-day event, I'm going on the basis that
people won't be staying over anywhere, so a party isn't needed – if people
really want to have a party, then I’ll try booking a room in a local pub or
something, but I can’t see people staying, and it’s a tad unfair on the
drivers…

--

3) "What - no accomodation?"

Regrettable, but as it is now a one-day event, i'm going on the basis that
people won't be staying over anywhere saturday, so it’s not needed.

For teams travelling further (ie. sublime / mohawks), I'm happy to try to
organise for you to break your journey overnight on friday (maybe with Brunel or
another uni, being just off the M25 in west london) - on the same lines as
indoor open regs, this could be subsidised

Otherwise, there is a Travelodge in Hatfield, and other ones dotted around,
which will do cheap "saver" rates on rooms if you book at least 21 days in
advance – a family room holds four

--

4) "We would like a refund"

Closer to the event, as I said before, especially once I have a better picture
of the number of teams signed up to play and when I know what final costs will
entail, I'm going to look at refunds, or the possible subsidy of accommodation,
travel, or something like that - the more teams that enter, the cheaper this
tournament can get.

--

5) “Its not very convenient, meaning we will be up early and playing right
through till 7 - its a long day, and will more than likely effect the level of
ultimate” & “It’s too early a start”

It’s not convenient, and yes, it is a long day – but then so was open indoor
regionals, where the majority of teams played out their games in one day, and
there was also an early 8.30 am start.
On the plus side, you get Sunday off though to lie in and do (heaven forbid!)
something non-ultimate related…

--

6) “Will we still get to play 7-8 games?“

You will still be getting a large amount of pitch time with three halls being
available - we'll just be fitting more into one day, instead of running it over
two, and you should easily still get the same amount of games, probably longer
in length too.

--

7) “It’s out of term, so it’s a travel nightmare for one day”

That’s one to take up with the UU committee – they’re the ones who set the
dates, I just bid for it.

On the subject of bidding, I was the ONLY BIDDER for this event – and I bid
using the only hall and time slot that was available to me, which turned out to
be a one-dayer at an expensive venue.

So, if people want cheap tournaments, then quite simply MORE PEOPLE NEED TO BID
to give the regional coordinator a choice who to award an event to – here,
what we’re left with is not an ideal situation, but does ensure that the
tournament still goes ahead, be it at a greater cost.

--


To summarise / conclude, I understand ALL the issues raised, and sympathise, but
it’s not my fault, so don’t bite my head off. I too am a cash strapped
student, and I’ve already stripped this tournament to its bare bones already,
while still trying to give maximum pitch time, which means an unavoidably long
day to do this in, and making sure I don’t make a loss.


Tom

Hey folks,

Ladder League was invented in the South East to encourage us to use to
our advantage the fact that our teams are much closer to each other
than, for example, those in Scotland - playing more semi-competitive
games against each other helps us all improve.  See the original idea
here:
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/seuniultimate/message/125

We (as the South East) should aim to perform so well at Nationals,
that the SE gets awarded four Div 1 spots next year (basically, avoid
coming in the bottom 5 and get two teams in the top 5  of Div1 and/or
Div2 and we've got a good chance).

Anyway, what I'm trying to get at is that we should all be arranging
more ladder league events for Wednesdays & weekends.  It's really easy
- just find enough space for a few pitches, figure a good date, and
send an email invite out.  We had 9 teams playing yesterday, with
barely any work needed to organise it (just a bit of running around
between the pitches on the day), and free for everybody.  Just do it!

The results, which I'll be posting to
http://www.regionalultimate.co.uk shortly, were as follows:

Mohawks1  7-4  Chichester Cobras
Disc Doctors  6-3  UCL
Mohawks2  2-6  Brighton Panthers
Mohawks3  0-8  UCL2

Mohawks1  7-4  HU
Disc Doctors  9-2  Chichester Cobras
UCL2  9-3  Brighton Panthers
Mohawks3  0-9  UCL

Mohawks1  9-4  Disc Doctors
HU  7-9  UCL
Brighton Panthers  7-10  Chichester Cobras
Mohawks2  3-13  UCL2

Thanks to all the teams for making the journey down, not minding too
much about the interruption of the first game, and enjoying a drink
with us afterwards (special mention to dD!)

Felix


2008/11/4 Felix <felix37@...>:
> Yo,
>
> Not this Wednesday but next Weds (the 12th), the Mohawks invite you to
> attend a Ladder League event running from 2pm-5pm at the Sussex Uni
> fields.  It's outdoors, almost certainly free, and the Mohawks are
> planning on having a first team plus two fresher-heavy teams for you
> to play against.  Three games per team is likely, with first teams
> playing vs first teams and 2nds/freshers vs 2nds/freshers where
> possible.
>
>
http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll=50.863313,-0.092708&spn=0.005065,0.01369&t=\
h&z=17
>
> Drop me an email soon if you're up for it!
>
> Felix
>

Hi all,

Sorry to spam entirety of UU but needs must.


--


** SEUMIR - South East Uni Mixed Indoor Regionals 08/09 **


SEUMIR will be held on Saturday 17th January at the Uni of Hertfordshire Sports
Village in Hatfield

http://www.hertssportsvillage.co.uk/

AL10 9EU

The venue is easily accessible immediately off the A1(M) if driving, and is also
within walking distance of Hatfield train station, which goes to Kings Cross.

The whole hall, including 3 pitches, is booked all day on the Saturday, 8am -
7pm.

--

Please note: This is a ONE DAY TOURNAMENT - there will be NO play on Sunday
18th. As such, there is NO official party, and also NO offer of accomodation as
it is at an independent venue not affiliated to a university team - anyone
travelling from further afield may want to try asking one of the London-based
teams to help if they want to break their journey overnight on Friday...

--

We have space for 16 teams initially, although the likelihood if this being able
to be expanded depending on demand is good if needs be.

The tournament will cost ** �110 ** per team initially

- part refunds *may* be possible at a later stage however, particularly if the
tournament is indeed expanded.
- your team fee will cover hall hire, trophies, a payment to cover admission
(the centre normally charge �2 per person admission usually, but i'm
incorporating a cheaper flat rate into the fee that I will pay them on team's
behalf), and anything else I may have forgotten.

Please send entry cheques for �110 per team
payable to "T Howard"
to me at my address:

Flat 2 Clarendon House
39 New Road
Linslade
Leighton Buzzard
Bedfordshire
LU7 3HJ

Alternatively, bank transfers can be arranged - email me for details

Please send separate cheques for each of you teams you wish to register to play,
with the Team Name WRITTEN ON THE BACK if possible - cheques for first teams
will be banked immediately, cheques for second and third teams will be kept in
the order they arrive and most likely banked at a later date.

Each university is GUARANTEED at least one spot, for their first team, until
Monday 8th December (that's nearly 4 weeks) - after this point, any spaces not
filled by uni first teams will be offered to any 2nd and 3rd teams on the
waiting list, in the order that cheques arrived. Let me know if payment by the
deadline is going to be a serious problem (i.e. you have a slow SU finance
system...)

Can ALL CLUB CAPTAINS / PRESIDENTS please also email me details of:

- Your University & Team name
- How many teams you wish to enter
- How many people you think you will be bringing (to help me negotiate the flat
fee for admission)
- Team Contact with mobile number and email address
- Likely mode of transport (they want to know numbers for parking)

PLEASE ALSO EMAIL ME IF YOU ARE ** NOT ** PLANNING ON ATTENDING SEUMIR - that
way I know not to hold places for you and can let reserve teams know sooner...

I'm expecting to hear from (apologies if i've missed anyone):

Surrey Scorpions
Sussex Mohawks
Portsmouth Sublime
Imperial Disc Doctors
Chichester Cobras
Kings College Thrown
UCL
Essex Disc Devils
Brunel
Royal Holloway HU?
Kent Touch This
Reading Dragons
Roehampton
LSE

Hope that all makes sense...

looking forward to hearing back from all the captains and recieving lots of
cheques...


Tom Howard

SEUMIR TD / Brunel #66

Hey Everyone,

Mohawks are hosting a Mixed Warm Up tournement the weekend before
regionals, on Saturday 10th January.

This is for those teams who want to iron out the creases before
regionals.

I am only charging enough money to cover hall time so if each team
could send me a cheque for �30 that would be great.

Address to send cheques to is:

4 Upper Lewes Road,
Brighton
BN2 3FJ

Made payable to: Christianne Birtwistle

Number to call for more info if required is: 07766554391 or email on:
christianne.giggles@...

Write the name of your team on the back of the cheque, and give me a
contact name and number.

If cheques could be in by 5th December that would be awesome.


Chrissy - Mohawks Mixed Captain

Yo,

Not this Wednesday but next Weds (the 12th), the Mohawks invite you to
attend a Ladder League event running from 2pm-5pm at the Sussex Uni
fields.  It's outdoors, almost certainly free, and the Mohawks are
planning on having a first team plus two fresher-heavy teams for you
to play against.  Three games per team is likely, with first teams
playing vs first teams and 2nds/freshers vs 2nds/freshers where
possible.

http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll=50.863313,-0.092708&spn=0.005065,0.01369&t=\
h&z=17

Drop me an email soon if you're up for it!

Felix

hi guys

thank you to everyone who turned up to kcl beginners on saturday
apologies for the last minute relocation
and the slight delay.
hopefully youll agree that it ran fairly smoothly in the end...

i certainly saw a massive improvement in all our beginners and i hope
you guys did too.

here are the final standings

1 ucl charlie
2 kings kaleigh
3 surrey
4 cranfield
5 farnborough
6 lse 1
7 brunel
8 anglia ruskin
9 kent 1
10 imperial
11 roehampton
12 kings dan
13 ucl josh
14 lse 2
15 kent 2
16 holloway

mvb (most valuable beginner) of the final - james (kings kaleigh)
(as chosen by finnish from dD)

spirit of the game - kent 1

thanks again

see you all again next year
if not at various tournaments throughout the year

adnan

Sorry to spam.

South East University Open Indoor Regionals is to be held at the ‘Score’ Sports Centre in North East London on the 1^st and 2^nd of November

All future notices regarding this tournament will be limited to seuniultimate@yahoogroups.com and seultimate@yahoogroups.com I suggest you sign up to one of those if you’re going to need further information.

Price/Team Numbers/Address to send cheques to will follow in a couple of days as I’m trying to figure out which schedule and format the venue will allow. Thanks for your patience.

Anyway, if you have any specific questions: li51jp@...

One space will be reserved for each University team in the South East (I suggest your first teams occupy this space…)

Take it easy

pugh

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mel Biggs <mel_biggs16@...>

The entry deadline for Southern Women's Indoor Regionals is Friday 31st
October.

Could all teams please put university and team name on the back of each
cheque sent to help with identification!

Thanks
Mel Biggs

All Uni women's teams in the West + South-East take note & get your
cheques in soon to guarantee your places!

If you're unsure about regions or eligibility or anything then don't
hesitate to get in touch with me.

Felix
Uni Women's Coordinator

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mel Biggs <mel_biggs16@...>

Hello happy shiny Frisbee people!

Southern Women's Indoor Regionals will be held in Cardiff on 8th -
9th November and the doors are now open for entry.

We have been able to book 4 pitches at Talybont, the university
sports hall. This will be split up into 3 game pitches and 1 warm-up
pitch. We will be able to host 16+ teams so 2nd teams are welcome to
enter too.

The cost of the tournament will be �110 per team (NB this might be
adjusted if <16 teams entered).

Please send a cheque made payable to Hamish Thompson to:

Melanie Biggs
4 Richards Street
Cathays
Cardiff
CF24 4DA

If any more information is required, email me at:
mel_biggs16@...

Good luck to every team in their fresher recruitment for this new
Frisbee year!

From
Melanie Biggs
President, Cardiff University Ultimate

Dear South-Eastern uni Ultimate captains,

it is getting closer to the set date for indoor open regionals (1/2
Nov) and we have yet to receive any bids to run the tournament.

We have had an acceptable bid to host the tournament outside the SE
region in Southampton however that would mean excess travel for
competitors and I was hoping that someone would step up from within
the region to run the tournament.

If you are thinking of putting a bid together please get in touch,
preferably before next Tuesday.

Thanks,

-James Melzack
UKUA University Coordinator

Hi All

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I am doing this in memory of my late Granddad who supported NCH for
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Ex Sublime