[UK-CONTEST] BERU Team Contest

[Roger Parsons]

Unfortunately, it appears that Roger RBP will be just
that during BERU next year, although I think that
Contest Club Ontario would love to have a go at a team
competition and I will be encouraging exactly that!!!!

(Really bad planning - I expect to be in England for
the whole of March.)

73 Roger
VE3ZI/G3RBP



>    1. BERU Team Contest (Peter Hobbs)
> > From: "Peter Hobbs" <peter at tilgate.co.uk>
> Subject: [UK-CONTEST] BERU Team Contest
> Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 23:59:47 +0100
> To: "UK Contest reflector"
> <uk-contest at contesting.com>
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Subscribers to this forum will have noted Bob
> G3PJT's welcome initiative to sponsor a one-off
> Commonwealth Team Contest (rules at
>
http://uk.geocities.com/beru2004@btinternet.com/07team.htm),
> to coincide with the 2007 BERU Contest and the 2007
> Cricket World Cup, both of which will be held next
> March.  Starting to think about strategies 6 months
> ahead might appear overkill, but planning a winning
> team entry for this innovative event could be less
> than straightforward.  
> 
> In 2006 (2007 will be another low SSN year) we would
> have had the following result, assuming that each
> captain had 20-20 hindsight in selecting the optimum
> team (unlike e.g. AFS where the team self-selects
> after the event). Here, the 11 team members have to
> be registered with the umpire (Bob) in advance of
> the event and must indicate their team affiliation
> in their BERU entry log:
> 1  Rest Of World 49,996
> 2  Canada 49,277
> 3  Australia 43,878 (includes southern hemisphere
> multiplier)
> 4  UK 42,939
> 5  New Zealand, etc. (incomplete team) 24,359
> (includes southern hemisphere multiplier)
> 
> On the face of it, this looks as though the UK is on
> a hiding to nothing, with our main advantage being
> this forum, which should be ideal for initial
> recruitment.  Although the RoW would likely steal
> this event if they got their act together, team
> organisation might be a challenge, barring a
> co-ordinated exodus of ex-pats to the colonies in
> March.  
> 
> Otherwise, the real threat must come from Canada,
> especially if Roger RBP and one or two of the others
> are able to bring a wider appreciation of the
> concept of this event to the main body of VE's. 
> However E-W propagation suffers in low SSN years and
> this has adversely affected the general level of VE
> scoring in the past, compared to UK, African and
> Caribbean entrants.  The VK's have more scope for
> improvement (because of the multiplier) but
> conditions in 2007 are unlikely to be much in their
> favour.
> 
> There's also a potential conflict between the
> interests of individual team members (some of whom
> may plan to enter the Restricted Section and/or the
> 12 hour category) and the team event itself (which
> will be best served by full-time, Open Section
> entries), thereby further complicating the selection
> of an optimum team.
> 
> Nevertheless, we must go for this one-off
> opportunity, which includes "prizes" for the winning
> team!  Just need some public spirited soul to emerge
> as prospective captain for the UK 'A' Team.  Let's
> have some volunteers/nominations??
> 
> 73, Peter G3LET
> 
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