I am sorry that you both feel offended by any accusations made during the coverage. It was never my, nor any of our other correspondent’s or bloggers’ intention to accuse any team of cheating. I am afraid that the inter-university banter that has dominated all three days of sport and blogging may have been construed to seem malicious. I would like to state that this is not the case, and apologise for any offence caused.

Best,

Henry James Foy
News Editor

Lancaster’s team did not accuse the York player of cheating, there were some accusations from individuals in the crowd, but members of both teams informed them that they had no part in the refereeing process, and the call was decided betwen the players on pitch in accordance with the rules.

I add my request to Max’s that any accusations of cheating be retracted by Nouse, who otherwise provided excellent commentary on the game, and the event in general.

Congratulations to the rest of York’s teams for taking us to the win.

Firstly frisbee is open division, this means men or women can play - the best players regardless of gender are selected.

Why it was billed as a mixed game on the schedule I cannot say, neither team played according to proper frisbee mixed rules, which require each team to field either three or four girls each point (decided by the attacking team at the start of the point).

In addition both captains were happy with the gender of players, having selected them on ability not gender. In the indoors match on thursday York’s victory can be attributed in many respects to the quality of their female players, well done Sally, Anne and Debs.

Secondly, Lancaster’s frisbee team didn’t accuse the York player of cheating. I can’t speak for the crowd however frisbee is a self refereed sport and after every foul call the player is allowed to have his say and the issue is resolved.
In the case of the 10 second stall out the player was entitled to contest, which he chose to do. Crowd interaction is not allowed to influence decisions, it is up to the players involved and the captains of the teams to address issues.

I’ll accept that Nouse don’t know the rules of frisbee and that it’s supposed to have a York bias, but the Lancaster Frisbee team would appreciate it very much if the accusations of cheating were retracted.

Thanks very much to everyone who came to watch our games, congratulations to York for winning Roses 08.

Apparently their blog updating system involves mobile phones and texting. Which although impressing the geeky side of me, does lead to things like that

Well done Nouse.