Welcome to the Edmonton Ultimate Players Association - where we sleep with our frisbees, party as hard as we play and spirit reigns supreme.

Every Saturday pickup is run by Edmonton Touring Team 'The Last Of The Mohuckans' at 1 pm at Kaskitayo Fields. Join the Facebook group to make sure you know when and where any other games are being organized: http://www.facebook.com/groups/347079876682/

Edmontons' competitive mixed Touring Team 'Rogue Hippo' holds open practices every Wednesday from 7-9pm at Hawrelak Park. Everyone who wants to improve their ultimate skills, fitness, and knowledge of the game is welcome and encouraged to come out. Join the google group to get updates here: http://groups.google.com/group/edmonton-mixed-ultimate

Ultimate Canada is starting a new Spirit of the Game committee.  If there are individuals that are interested in being involved, please apply.
https://canadianultimate.com/index.php/en/about-uc/3-about-ultimate/184-spirit-of-the-game-committee

The spring 2012 issue of the Ultimate Canada Magazine is now available. 

http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1wla0/UltimateCanadaMagazi/

Spring Hat Tournament & Beginners Clinic

What: Start off the summer, shake off that winter rust while making new friends.
Beginners clinic open to all EUPA members to freshen up on your ulti skills and get some pointers for the new summer season. Followed by our Spring hat tournament. Register in advance or day of as an individual and get ready for a day of games. Field food will be available for snacking and old swag for sale for $5.

When: Saturday May 12th
Tournament registration 9:30-10:30 (Games start 11:00)
Beginners clinic 9:30-11:00

Where: Kaskitayo fields

Cost: $5 for tournament, clinic is free

Bring: A white and dark shirt

Advanced registration opens online Tuesday May 8th.

For any questions or more details email dani-d@eupa.ca

Captain's Meeting
The captain's meeting has been scheduled for April 26, 2012 from 7-9pm at Woodcroft Library (13420-114 Ave). See the summer league page for more info.

*NEW* Player Ranking System
Be sure to review the new player ranking system and update your skill level in your account profile so that we can accurately place your team in the correct tier to start summer league.

Registration for the Women's Ultimate Challenge (WUC) and the League of Extraordinary Ultimate (LoEU) is now open! Spots are limited, so hit that big orange button and sign up now!

Hey Ladies! Did you know that countless studies have demonstrated positive effects for women playing on sports teams? Better health, strong sense of friendship, improved self confidence...the list goes on!

Some very friendly females in EUPA are putting together a recreational team to attend two women's tournaments this summer. Hopefully this will work as a building year and then maybe next year there will be enough people to put together a competitive women's team. The two tourneys for this year are Flowerbowl (Vancouver, June 2/3) and Kaos (Kelowna, July 7/8).
 
Instead of running separate women's practices in addition to all the other playing opportunities, the organizers are revamping the format of women's league this year so that beginners can learn the game and intermediate players can improve their skills. Monday nights are now called Women's Ultimate Challenge! Our awesome orgainzers hope to use Monday nights in lieu of practices and as a building block for getting more women interested in playing on a team. If interest is high, then women's practices will continue on Monday nights after the women's Ultimate challenge is over.
 
You don't need to be uber-competitive. You just have to want to to work hard and have the desire to improve your Ultimate skills. If you think you may be interested in coming to either of those tournaments this summer, grab your friends and your overnight bags and please let Lindsey or Vanessa (below) know so that they can start to build a team list. There is an opportunity to get some funding from EUPA as a recreational touring team if they can get 12 Edmonton ladies to come to the tournaments.

We'll be sending out more details about the women's team in late April. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Lindsey (burkesey@gmail.com) or Vanessa (trinichini@gmail.com).

We present to you the 2nd edition of the EUPA Newsletter for your Ultimate enjoyment.

Want to comment?  Why not visit the EUPA Community and start a discussion?

For more info visit the summer league page http://www.eupa.ca/league/summer/

This weekend our very own Chris Reid will be in Victoria for the weekend to be trained as a Learning Facilitator on the brand new Ultimate Community Coaching Stream, sanctioned by the NCCP. When Chris returns we will be setting up dates for our own members to participate in the Community Stream Coaching Certification.  This is a huge step for our Association and our Game. To learn more about Ultimate Canada's work on Coaching Certification, visit: https://www.canadianultimate.com/index.php/en/about-uc/1/25

I also encourage you to visit the Canada Sport for Life website (http://www.canadiansportforlife.ca/) and read more about Long Term Athlete Development.  http://canadiansportforlife.ca/sites/default/files/resources/CS4L%20Resource%20Paper.pdf. 
 
You will see sport training in a whole new light!

Attention Captains and Organizers! EUPA is happy to offer you a team uniforms opportunity
from our apparel sponsor, VC Ultimate. Get organized early and save: Announcing
the VC Early Bird Special!

Place your order before April 15th and receive a 10% discount on your base
jersey/shorts costs.

Please check out our friends at VC at http://www.vcultimate.com/
and on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/VC-Ultimate/131225375740.

For all team order and other inquiries, email info@vcultimate.com

A Message from ARH (they are a competative team)

Calling all Edmonton Ultimate Players!

As some of you have already started talking about summer league, here are a few more opportunities for all of you looking to play ultimate this 2012 season.  Various members from last year's coed team (ARH) in conjunction with the U of A Ultimate club have been busy organizing times for indoor practices and clinics while it is too cold/icy to play outside.  People of ALL levels are welcome at practices/clinics/training.  There are also plans in the works for OPEN competitive coed practices starting in the spring.  The competitive coed team have also started mulling around a few ideas for the upcoming season.  Read on below:

Practices:
Currently: Tuesday's 5-7pm. Phys Ed Main gym at the U of A. Geared towards uni students or anyone looking to be more active in the off season. Administration would want me to tell you that "technically" you need a One card (so bring an old one if you have one just in case).  For more experienced players, feel free to help out with "coaching", but please respect those that are overseeing the practices so as to keep it running smoothly.

Outdoor practices: As soon as it is warm enough.  Twice a week at the start of the season - Saturdays (3 hours) and Wednesdays (2 hours). In July (after men's and women's league is done) a third practice will be added on Mondays (2 hours). 

Indoor Training: We are currently trying to figure out a good time to conduct this (light running, plyometrics and strengthening, stairs, speed-agility-quickness drills, throwing). Once per week starting as soon as we can find an appropriate venue.  If anyone has a better facility suggestion, please RSVP.

We are also excited to announce that both Seb and Jen Nicholls have expressed interest in coaching and running clinics when they are available.  Thank you, Seb and Jen!!

Coed Touring Team (ARH):
Nothing concrete has been decided on in regards to the team organization, goals, etc. as the coed team has yet to have their first official meeting of the year.  However, we would like to emphasize that practices are open to people of all levels who are interested in improving their knowledge of the game and fitness level, and with the goal of playing at a high level.  Ultimately (no pun intended), as the season progresses, practices will be geared towards developing a roster for tournaments.  Last year, a largely "new" (to Edmonton competitive coed ultimate) roster of players attended many tournaments, and overall, had a great season playing together!  If you are interested in attending tournaments with ARH, more info will come later.

To summarize, come out to practices!  (And always bring a light and a dark shirt.)  If you have any questions (until the coed team gets more organized), please direct them to arh.edmonton@gmail.com.

We hope you are all well and we look forward to the 2012 season!
ARH

Toronto, February 1, 2012 - The Toronto Ultimate Club (TUC) is pleased to announce that it will host the World Flying Disc Federation's World Under-23 ultimate Championships in 2013. This prestigious Ultimate Frisbee event will be held at York University from July 22 - 28, 2013.

WU23 2013 will welcome 40+ teams from over 20 nations in 3divisions of competition: open, women's, and mixed. At the first ever WU23 championships in 2010 team Canada took home gold in the men's division and 4th place in the women's division. WU23 will be hosted every 4 years and serves to compliment the World Junior Ultimate championships (Dublin, Ireland 2012), World Ultimate Championships (Sakai, japan 2012), World Ultimate Club Championships (2014), and World Beach Ultimate Championships (2015).

Canada's U23 national teams will be comprised of elite players from across the nation. "Ultimate Canada is thrilled to have the world under-23 championships in our backyard and we look forward to the challenge of competing against the world's best teams," said Danny Saunders, Executive Director of Ultimate Canada. "We anticipate that TUC will deliver a premier sporting event that all participants will enjoy and that will be very exciting for spectators and supporters alike."

Visit http://www.wfdf2013-u23.com/

Find us on facebook: "world under-23 ultimate championships"

Find us on twitter: @u23wfdf

Ultimate frisbee is a rapidly growing sport that comprises teams of 7 (4 men, 3 women) who throw and catch a 175 gram disc, with the objective of catching the disc in the end zone to score a point. Ultimate is a fast-paced aerial sport that is gender and age inclusive.

For more information, please contact:

Jason Robinson, general manager

Toronto Ultimate Club

647.345.8105 / gm@TUC.org

Hey ulti kids.  I've added the ability to download your schedule via an icalendar format.  Once you have this you can import it into your calendaring program of choice.  You can either download all the teams you are signed up for or you can download an individual team schedule.  Do do so click on the corresponding calendar icon in the "Your league infoz" panel on the home page.

I would love it if a few of you who are playing could try it out and let me know who it works for you.  We'll call this a beta test before the summer season starts.  For the rest of you, just wait till summer and this should help you easily import your schedule once it's up. 

 

 

We now have a brand new shiny events calendar, listing all the events that we think you our members should be interested in. 

If you know of an ultimate related event you can email board at eupa dot ca and we will review and add it to the calendar.

oard member Nelson Leong has been busy snapping pictures at various events. Take a look at the official EUPA smug mug foto library. If you ever forget you can find a link under the about us section here on the site