draft list i guess is now totally pointless??

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Ian Lamb
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draft list i guess is now totally pointless??

Post by Ian Lamb » Tue Sep 01, 2009 5:56 pm

can we not say the draft list is no good at all ?

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i guess now the draft list was totally pointless??

Post by Ian Lamb » Tue Sep 01, 2009 5:57 pm

the draft list is now no good with all the changes then ?

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Re: i guess now the draft list was totally pointless??

Post by John Upham » Tue Sep 01, 2009 6:12 pm

Maybe : what do you think Ian?
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Re: i guess now the draft list was totally pointless??

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Tue Sep 01, 2009 6:19 pm

Ian Lamb wrote:the draft list is now no good with all the changes then ?
Except for the huge majority who have seen their grading unchanged, maybe?? :roll:
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Re: draft list i guess is now totally pointless??

Post by IM Jack Rudd » Tue Sep 01, 2009 6:27 pm

Draft lists are by their very nature designed to have a limited lifespan: they're there to help you identify problems before you publish the full list.

This draft list was presumably helpful to anyone running an ECF-graded event between the publications of the draft and full lists.

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Re: draft list i guess is now totally pointless??

Post by Ian Lamb » Tue Sep 01, 2009 6:36 pm

thanks for that Jack. I guess now i study all the players grades on the draft list i have to do it on the full list i guess :)

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Re: draft list i guess is now totally pointless??

Post by John Philpott » Tue Sep 01, 2009 6:40 pm

The draft list was also of relevance to Counties having to make entries to the grading limit divisions of the County Championship, of which there are five following the approval by the ECF Council in April of the SCCU proposal for an extra division. I carried out an extensive analysis, based on the draft list, for the benefit of the Essex captains. Although on the definitive list a significant number of Essex players had grades one point different from the draft list, and a much smaller number of players had grades more than one point different, there was only one player whose eligibility for a particular division had changed. The draft list was therefore useful to Essex during its limited life span.

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Re: i guess now the draft list was totally pointless??

Post by John Philpott » Tue Sep 01, 2009 6:42 pm

I am getting a sense of deja vu on this topic, having just posted a reply on a different thread!

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Another pointless post

Post by John Upham » Tue Sep 01, 2009 6:42 pm

Here is another pointless post to go with the rest of Ian's posts...
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Re: draft list i guess is now totally pointless??

Post by Carl Hibbard » Tue Sep 01, 2009 6:49 pm

I do (sometimes...) have a life and can find other things to do rather than merge topics :roll:
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Re: draft list i guess is now totally pointless??

Post by Ian Lamb » Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:05 pm

what was your reply John the thread seems to have gone.

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Re: draft list i guess is now totally pointless??

Post by Carl Hibbard » Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:12 pm

Ian Lamb wrote:what was your reply John the thread seems to have gone.
Nothing is missing Ian, I just merged some of your multiple postings into the same thread to tidyup the mess :?
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