Cambridge








British Ultimate Federation Nationals, 2000

23-24 September 2000

Venue: Coldhams Common, Whitehill Rd, Cambridge
(the same venue that was used for the coed earlier this year).

Captains meeting 9am on Saturday.

Contact: gcf@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk

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RANK    TEAM                            POINTS
1       Doughboy                        952
2       UTI                             935
3       Chevron Action Flash            872
4       Deep South Mentality            743
5       Fluid Druids                    733
6       Red                             730
7       Hammerage                       700
8       Catch 22                        662
9       Fusion                          661
10      Blue Arse Flies                 641
11      Headrush                        631
12      Strange Blue                    530
13      Point Blank                     450
14      Fever                           413
15      Sharks                          361
16      Ro-Sham-Bo                      352
17      Mild Mannered Janitors          314
18      Superfly                        310
19      Skunks                          287
20      GB Juniors                      226
21      Angels                          193     *(placed above MMJ based on T3 Results at which Angles finished higher than MMJ)
22     More Mild Mannered Janitors        193     *
23      Blue Arse Flies Coed            189
24      Jedi                            163     *(placed above Mud based on results from T4 at which Jedi finished above Mud)
25      Mud Culture                             *
26      Slipdisc                        159
27      GB Women                        156
28      Swamp Donkeys                   103.75
29      Bears                            82
30      Yorkie Bar Kids                  79
31      Hazefly                          42
32      LSI                              31
33      Mohawks                          28
34      Albatross                        21.25
35      Skunks 2                         20
36      Sheffield Cardiff Alliance       14
FUSION won the TOUR SPIRIT award this year.

The top 16 teams qualify for Nationals and therefore need to enter ASAP. MMJanitors are waiting to take any avalable slots, and therefore you need to beat them to your place. Send your entries to Graham as detailed below. Any slot not filled by reciept of a check by next monday is under threat from the hordes in Leeds.

Seeding is based on Nationals other than Catch is moved up to 3rd place based on the ruling given before T4 (go to britdisc archives to refresh your memory) by the addition of 220.67 points. Hence Chevron move down to 4th, etc. Fusion remain seeded 9th. etc.

Format will be as per a 16 team tour event. 2 pools of 4 to make the top 8 group on Saturday, and 2 groups of 4 to make the 9-16 group. Sunday will be 1-4 KO. 5-12 KO, and 13-16 pool. The rest you know.

WFDF Rules of Ultimate

Captains can pick up team information and the pitch layout map from 8.45-9.00am. Captains meeting is at 9am. First game Saturday is 9.20am. Showers must be vacated by 7.30pm.

Provisional Schedule

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Seedings
1 Doughboy 9 Fusion
2 UTI 10 Blue Arse flies
3 Catch 22 11 Headrush
4 Chevron Action Flash 12 Strange Blue
5 Deep South Mentality 13 Point Blank
6 Druids 14 Fever
7 Red 15 Sharks
8 Hammerage 16 MMJanitors
Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Pool X
1 2 9 10 13
3 4 11 12 14
6 5 14 13 15
8 7 16 15 16
Saturday
Time
Pitch 1

Pitch 2

Pitch 3
09:20 A1 v A3 A2 v A4 B1 v B3
11:10 A1 v A2 A3 v A4 D1 v D3
13:00 D1 v D2 D3 v D4 B1 v B2
14:50 C2 v C3 C1 v C4 B1 v B4
16:40 C1 v C2 C3 v C4 D1 v D4

Time
Pitch 4

Pitch 5

Pitch 6
09:20 B2 v B4 C1 v C3


11:10 D2 v D4 C2 v C4


13:00 B3 v B4





14:50 B2 v B3 A1 v A4 A2 v A3
16:40 D2 v D3





Sunday
Time
Pitch 1

Pitch 2

Pitch 3
09:00 X1 v X4 X2 v X3 5 v 12
10:50 1 v 4 2 v 3 5 v 8
12:40





X1 v X3
14:30 5 v 6 7 v 8 X1 v X2
16:20 1 v 2 3 v 4



Time
Pitch 4

Pitch 5

Pitch 6
09:00 6 v 11 7 v 10 8 v 9
10:50 6 v 7 9 v 12 10 v 11
12:40 X2 v X4





14:30 X3 v X4 9 v 10 11 v 12
16:20









The Tournament venue, Coldhams Common, Whitehill Rd, is located in Northeast Cambridge, between the Abbey swimming pool and the railway line. Traffic in central Cambridge is terrible, so don't come through the centre.
For those of you who are coming to Cambridge on Friday night, there will be at least a few people gathering at the Maypole Pub on Park Street. A streetmap can be found here.
To drive there go down Victoria Avenue, right onto Jesus Lane, right onto Park St and park in the multistorey.

DIRECTIONS FOR COLDHAM'S COMMON

| Map (gif, fits on your screen) | Map (gif, high resolution) | streetmap - venue is off Whitehill Rd

BY CAR

FROM NORTH AND WEST:

Come on the A14. Stick in the left hand lane, i.e. REMAIN on the A14 towards Newmarket and Felixstowe;
then, see directions from south (exit on B1047)

FROM SOUTH (M11):

Get off M11 at Juction 14 and keep to the left to end up on the A14 East (towards Newmarket)
About 5 minutes later take the exit onto B1047 over the bridge towards Cambridge and Fen Ditton (called Horningsea Lane then becomes Ditton Lane).
Take a RIGHT at the T-junction traffic lights at the end of this road onto Newmarket Rd.
After the first roundabout take your THIRD LEFT onto Whitehill Rd.
Lookout for a sign to Abbey Pool and Coldhams Common pointing RIGHT.
Turn right into there, park , and look for the signs to the sports ground.

BY TRAIN

From Cambridge railway station, it's approx. 20mins walk.
Take the footbridge across the railway line
Take left onto Charles St.
Make a right dog's-leg onto Cockburn St.
Cross Mill Road onto Sedgwick St.
Keep to left of road, Sedgwick St. becomes Cromwell Rd.
Follow bike path through Coldham's Common towards Abbey Swimming Pool
Follow signs to Sport's Grounds
Alternatively, take a taxi and ask for Abbey Swimming Pool/Sports Grounds on Coldhams Common -probably about #5 a ride

BY PLANE (to Cambridge airport)

Out of the airport, turn left on Newmarket Rd. then see directions by car.

Accommodation

Unfortunately there is no college accommodation available due to conferences and an alumni weekend. There are two sites with some B and B's and guesthouses on them and I have listed the ones that are within walking distance of the fields and or the city centre. We have limited floorspace available, this will be allocated on the basis of who needs it (i.e. student teams, teams travelling from further away), who replies first and who has put Strange Blue up in the past. Please sort out your accommodation soon as the alumni weekend may put pressure on accommodation.

Reasonably comprehensive accommodation guides are available at:

  • http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/leisure/acc00.htm
  • http://www.adhocity.com/cambridge/tnt/wheretostay/.

    On the http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/leisure/acc00.htm website reasonable locations for the city centre and/or the pitches (which are about a 25 min walk from each other) are:

    
    Guest houses under 25 pounds:
    Page 1, Perne Rd
    Page 2, Newmarket Rd, Tenison Rd
    
    B and B's under 25:
    Page 1, St Paul's Rd, Vinery Rd, St Barnabas Rd.
    Page 2, Warkworth St
    Page 2, Mawson Rd
    
    Guest house under 35:
    Page 1, Tenison Rd.
    Page 2, Warkworth Terrace
    
    B and B's under 35:
    Perne Rd.
    Covent Garden.
    

    On the http://www.adhocity.com/cambridge/tnt/wheretostay/bedbreakfast/. website the B and B's close to either the pitches or the centre of town are on:

    Warkworth St
    Vinery Rd (close to pitches)
    St Paul's Rd
    Mawson Rd
    Lensfield Rd
    Natal Rd
    St Barnabas Rd (between pitches and town)
    Gwydir St (between pitches and town)
    Rustat Road
    Perne Road
    St Andrews Rd
    
    (We don't know how much duplication there is between these two sites.)

  • Catering

    There will be a barbeque on field. There is a Sainsbury's within walking distance. Hot drink vending machines can be found in Abbey Pool. By the way, there is no pavillion/bar on site, so bring rain gear and your own beer if you want it.

    Social events

    We've hired the back part of the Fort St George for Saturday evening. It's on Midsummer Common, on the river bank, near to Victoria Way. (Just above the Strawberry on the map).

    The BUF AGM will take place on Saturday evening. A room in Darwin College has been booked and we'll have directions/maps available at the weekend.


    Results

    From Dora Kemp - dak12 @@@ cam.ac.uk
    
    Hi all
    
    The BUF Nationals were held in Cambridge this weekend under brilliant
    sunshine (for a day and a half). Graham and I would like to thank everyone
    who helped out to make the last-minute organization a success: David Mackay
    for doing the website and Strange Blue for helping out with the BBQ, tents
    and all the other various jobs.
    
    We would also like to thank Chris Hughes for his help with the Nationals and
    all his hard work organizing the Tour throughout the year.
    
    Finally we would also like to acknowledge the help and support we received
    from the Cambridge City Council and Abbey Pool.
    
    Catch 22 and UTI provided a brilliant final. Unfortunately Guy Bowles'
    injury was quite a bad break in one bone in his wrist but it has now been
    reset by the doctors at Addenbrookes and he will find out today if surgery
    is needed.
    
    Here are the results:
    
    1. UTI
    2. Catch 22
    3. Doughboy
    4. Chevy
    5. Druids (plate)
    6. Red
    7. Fusion
    8. Blue Arse Flies
    9. Deep South Mentality
    10. Hammerage
    11. Headrush
    12. Strange Blue
    13. Fever (spoon)
    14. Point Blank
    15. Sharks
    16. Mild Mannered Janitors
    
    Spirit - Fusion
    MVP of the Final (by a large unbiased majority) - Graham Fletcher
    
    Thanks for coming and thanks to those people who helped us carrying stuff to
    and from the pitches. See you in Leicester.
    
    Dora
    

    Valuables
     - Ladies Fossil silver watch
     - Shades
     - fake pearl necklace
    
    Chairs
     - green and white striped
     - white plastic garden
     - green canvas folding chair complete with drinks holders
    
    Clothing
     - black Donnay track suit bottoms
     - World clubs yellow regatta jacket
     - Heineken Export World Tour T-shirt
     - black jumper (M)
     - blue long-sleeved T shirt with no 8 on back
     - Colchester Europeans staff shirt
    
    Hats
     - battered straw hat
     - Killer loop baseball cap
    
    Umbrellas
     - Blue and white large
     - Red/orange Price Waterhouse large
     - Black small
    
    Discs
     - White blank with 'Rama Headrush' on inside
     - Faded BUF disc
     - 5th British open disc
    
    Miscellaneous
     - Ankle support
     - Lucozade water bottle
     - Isostar water bottle
     - chicken tikka samosa
    
    BUF property
     - one water container
     - black string bag for the containers
    

    To Enter

    Entry is 95 pounds per team (including BUF tax). Please send cheques, payable to "Cambridge University Ultimate Club", to:
    12a Amwell Road,
    Cambridge,
    CB4 2UH.
    
    Please send your cheques to arrive by Friday 15th.
    Graham Fletcher. gcf@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk
    

    Annual General Meeting of the British Ultimate Federation

    The BUF AGM will be held at 8:30pm on Saturday 23rd September in the Old Library, Darwin College, Cambridge. An agenda plus details of the motions are attached below.

    We would encourage all teams to send a representative. To aid this, we will allow teams not playing at the National Finals to nominate a proxy to represent them provided they inform us in advance.

    The two main motions which are being tabled would introduce changes to the format of the Tour and Nationals. We would therefore urge all the teams taking part in the National Finals to send at least one representative (maximum is two). In light of the protracted debate which took place at last years AGM we will be running a tight schedule which must finish at 10pm as that is when our booking of the Old Library finishes.

    Darwin is on the South side of Silver Street, just east of Queens Road. If you wish to park nearby, try Silver Street; the nearest reliable parking place is a car park off Barton Road (5 minutes walk South of Darwin). Small scale map | Large scale map


    AGENDA

    
    Apologies for Absence
    
    Minutes of the Last Meeting
    
    Officers Reports
    
    Election of Officers
    
    Motion: Modification of the Tour
    
    Motion: Change of Nationals Format
    
    Any Other Business
    
    Date of Next Meeting
    
    Toast to the Spirit of the Game
    

    One item for the agenda is Indoor Nationals and Tour 2001.

    Chris said:

    In probably another futile attempt to avoid the organisational chaos of this year I will be attempting (maybe even for the AGM) to start sorting out the indoor events and the tour next year. So if you are interested in hosting any of the following events email me (don't phone - I'll forget - definitely don't mention it in passing at a tournament!). You will need to be especially quick for indoor Nationals as I am likely to book Cheltenham in the next two weeks if I don't get a response.

    Let me know location of venue, approximate size, and general facilities. Please say which events you are interested (more than one is good! - replies of 'any' will also go down very well) Remember you not only have to worry about where you are going to put all the players during the day, but also what you are going to do with over night as well (if you wish to take that last statement out of context, feel free to do so - just keep your fantasies to yourself - I'm sure you can find a more 'specialised' mail list to suit your tastes).

    Events: Indoor qualifiers - a good spread throughout the country (Feb / Mar 2001) Indoor Nationals (Mar 2001)

    T1 April 2001
    T2 May 2001
    T3 June-ish 2001
    T4 July 2001
    

    BUF Open (Anyone fancy a big event - Nolan?) August / September / Whenever 2001

    BUF Nationals September 2001

    There are also the following events that need organising, and I can pass on interest to the relevant co-ordinator

    Student events (indoors / outdoors/ regional teams)
    Coed events (at least 3 tours + nationals)
    Womens events (Indoors and outdoors)
    

    I look forward to a deluge of emails

    Chris Hughes cjhughes@talk21.com


    
    PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE BUF TOUR AND NATIONALS STRUCTURE
    
    Full details of the proposed changes can be found at
    
    http://www.ultimateweb.co.uk/buf/tour2001.htm
    
    Please read them! Below is a brief summary...........
    
    
    The Tour:-
    
    The proposal puts forward a split in the tour events to generate an A tour
    and B tour. After the 1st event (which will remain an open format) the tour
    will split with 12 teams in the A tour, and the rest in the B tour. There
    will be promotion and relegation of two teams after each event, from T2
    onwards.
    The scoring system will progress from winners of the A event down through to
    the last placed team, as in the present system.
    
    The system does little more than emphasise a split already present in the
    tour structure, and remove the requirement of large venues. The A and B Tour
    may still occur in the same location when the facilities are suitable, but
    allows the ability to split the events should requirement dictate it. This
    will have very little effect on the majority of teams other than improve the
    standards of venue, and the quality of tournament at their level.
    
    
    Nationals:-
    
    The proposal puts Nationals as a cup type event with a 16 team knock-out,
    with seeding based on the tour. This will provide the test of teams to
    perform on the day, when required. It allows a more open format where
    seeding is not important allowing teams to recover from bad results in the
    tour. It covers the top 16 so that those teams involved in promotion &
    relegation are not disadvantaged.
    
    At this stage it does not significantly reduce the number of quality games
    for the top teams, but allows the weaker teams to improve knowing that they
    can get a similar improvement in results. The format also allows the event
    to held in smaller venues, and later in the season without light becoming an
    issue. This allows expansion of the season, with the possibility of holding
    more tour or mixed tour events, yet still having Nationals as the curtain
    call. Nationals would still be used as qualification for BUF invited events,
    but the BUF will reserve the right to invite teams who are deemed suitable
    if required.
    
    

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