> * i share your scepticism that any of the clubs will be able to field
> mens
> and womens teams by themselves.

One possibility here, is that our clubs could field mens teams, while
the womens' team(s) are less club oriented, perhaps more like what we
saw for Aus mixed nats.

> * that suggests that upc selection would make sense, but it is going
> to have
> to be a quick setup.

I'm still not a fan of selecting an official NZ rep team for an
non-international event. I think interested players should be able to
get themselves there without much UPC intervention/control.

R

> * penny has said that there is enough interest to possibly take two
> womens
> teams to aussie nats. but this is consistent (or can be made so) with
> a upc
> selection process (since the women who expressed an interest can be
> those
> eligible for selection - make penny a selector and it is even easier).
> * i doubt that two womens teams will actually go (as we know, interest
> is
> always greater than action).
>
>
> h
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rachel Grindlay [mailto:rachg@...]
> Sent: Saturday, 28 December 2002 12:35
> To: Upc-International@Yahoogroups. Com
> Subject: [upc-international] Australian Nationals 2003
>
>
> Australian National Ultimate Championships
> 24-27th April 2003
> Canberra
>
> There has been a fair amount of discussion about how the teams that go
> to
> Australian Nationals are to be selected, I don't believe any firm
> conclusion
> has been reached, though the last email from Hayden on this contained
> some
> recommendations.
>
> "* agree that we will encourage clubs to send mens and womens teams to
> aussie nats in accordance with the club selection process in the policy
> (which might need some wording changes).
> * agree that we will select an international rep team for asia/oceania
> in
> accordance with the individual selection process in the policy.
> * announce both events to the ultimate community, and
> * invite the international coordinator to ask clubs about the level of
> interest in both aussie nats and japan from club players."
>
> I am in agreement with the suggestions (in theory), so unless there
> are any
> objections to them I will proceed with the last step. In practise I do
> have
> some concerns regarding sending club teams to Australian Nationals.
> Notwithstanding the teams that are sent to NZ Open our Clubs are based
> on a
> co-ed set up - are there any clubs that can realistically send teams to
> Australian Nationals? Or are we expecting something similar to the
> teams
> that went to Australian Mixed Nationals which were based (very
> loosely) on a
> couple of clubs?
>
> If clubs are not capable of sending teams then should the UPC select
> teams
> for Australian Nationals? Or should the UPC merely be a facilitator for
> people to put teams together? I notice from Penny's email regarding
> the Open
> she mentions organising two womens teams to go to Australian Nationals
> -
> this would clearly not fit either teams or a upc-lead team selection.
>
> Thoughts please, I realise a lot of people are probably away at the
> moment
> so if possible any comments by the 13th of January.
>
> Rachel
>
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