[BD] B tour crossovers (again)

[Ben Heywood]

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>why does it matter that there is no plate? name another sport where 
>you get a trophy for finishing anything other than first and second? 
>you're arguing about not receiving a plate for finishing 9th. as far 
>as i'm aware plate is top of bottom half so it';s only 9th in a 
>tournament of 16, tour 3 plate should go to 11th york

It doesn't really matter - there's traditionally been a plate, 
though, for teams winning their group of 8 on a sunday. This gives 
everyone the chance to compete for something vaguely meaningful even 
if they get knocked out by a daft format ;)

Plate used to be given for 13th on the tour when the top 12 were 
separated - it's never been for 'top of the bottom half'.

Anyway, if there won't be plates and spoons and such from now on, 
then that's fine, but let people know - making sure someone stays for 
the presentation, when we've had to travel OVER 1,000 MILES total for 
EVERY tour this season, is a bit of a hassle. We'd quite like to get 
on the road early, you know. Not everyone lives on the south coast, 
despite the locations of this year's haplessly misnamed 'tour'.

B