[BD] Copa Cabana

[Michael Tonge]

Re point 2.  You only went to two parties.  Shame on you.  There was  
a party on the friday aswell.

Mike


On 4 Sep 2006, at 08:43, Dan Knapp wrote:

> Dear Britdisc,
>
> in light of recent observations re: tournaments and their running,  
> I feel compelled to voice my disapproval of certain aspects of Copa  
> Cabana 2006.
>
> 1. Three days is clearly too much ultimate. I mean yes, it was fun,  
> but think of the health risks. Personally I got sun burnt, achy  
> muscles (which could easily have become something much more serious  
> and possibly fatal), and picked up a nasty graze on monday which  
> really stings in the shower and while my wife tells me it isn't  
> much to look at (the graze that is), it could easily have been  
> avoided if I was at work sitting in front of a computer. Please be  
> aware that my lawyers have been contacted.
>
> 2. Despite recent government advice regarding binge drinking, the  
> tournament directors felt obliged to lay on two successive socials,  
> where they wantonly and negligently allowed people to 'have fun',  
> thereby potentially bringing about an alcohol consumption above  
> that which the government recommends. In fact, I am all too  
> painfully aware of two of my team mates returning from the party at  
> eight thirty in the morning, and then attempting to play a game of  
> Ultimate. The TDs should have done the correct thing and made sure  
> everybody was in bed by ten o'clock, possibly with a nice mug of  
> bovril, which I find helps me sleep something wonderful.
>
> 3. The tournament was held in Nottingham. We could all have been  
> murdered in our beds. For shame!
>
> 4. Some of the teams were quite flagrantly ignoring the rules  
> regarding matching kits and shorts.
>
> 5. I've run out of points, but this won't stop me moaning. If I've  
> learnt anything from Britdisc in recent months, it's that you can't  
> take yourself, a tournament, or Ultimate frisbee too seriously. In  
> fact, there is nothing sweeter than returning from a tournament and  
> bitching about every little aspect of it.
>
> 6. There were at least three dogs present at the weekend, what if  
> someone had been allergic?
>
> I hope that the tournament directors will bear my concerns in mind  
> for next year's event.
>
> Dan
> Hucking Hell (for that weekend only)
>
>
>
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