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i havent voted yet cause im still undecided, while the UK champs are the obvious way to work out who the best 6 in england are and as mirek says if you finished 6th in the champs and then didnt go to the worlds you would be well pissed off however, there are some issues against it for me at least:
In the football world cup its not a collection of the best 36 teams in the world. Sure the really good teams will usually be there but so are teams like saudi arabia and trinidad and tobago, obviously rubbish with no hope of winning but still it gives the world cup its 'world'. Seeing as the polo 'world' is relatively small, i see no reason why the major polo cities of each country should if possible be represented, to give a feeling of proper representation at the worlds. This is a worldwide community after all as well as a 'sport/game/whatever'. Maybe London could have the top 5 london sides in the Uk champs and the 6th spot goes to the 1st non london team? That would possibly be a fair represntation of the sprea of poloists/istas in the uk?
er i forgot.....