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*DUC represented @ North York General’s Underwear Affair*

Congratulations to team “F*CK Cancer” for raising $5280.00 for cancer research and supporting people currently undergoing treatment. The event took place on Saturday, August 28^th in the Beaches area of Toronto. Participants either walked 5 km or ran 10 km. Some of the proceeds ($400) raised at DUC’s annual charity tournament sponsored this team composed of 10 Durham area women, one of whom lost her husband to cancer just last year. Three of the team members have played on DUC teams for many years; Shonagh Craddock, Bronwyn Meech & Tanya Ramsay. It’s not too late to contribute to this worthy cause – visit… http://to10.uncoverthecure.org/site/TR?pg=pfind&fr_id=1180 <http://to10.uncoverthecure.org/site/TR?pg=pfind&fr_id=1180> to help team F*CK Cancer reach their $5900.00 fundraising goal.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created 6 days ago, Updated 6 days ago

League Champions

DUC Hunters do it again!! Congratulations on another perfect season!

Other Division Winners
B division - DSO and the Hurlers shared the title
C division - Hardcore UFOs
D division - Crisis Averted and Kaboom shared the title

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created 12 days ago

Semi Finals for August 22nd

Semi Finals for August 22nd

print this
Download 2010 semis.doc

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created 19 days ago

Quarter Finals

Quarter Finals for Sunday Print this Download 2010 Tournament standings.doc

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created 22 days ago, Updated 21 days ago

2010 Playoffs

Due to the complexity of scheduling 4 different divisions with different amounts of teams in each division the schedule will be posted in this news and not directly on the website. Please click on your schedule below and print it off.

Team standings will be posted Sunday morning so that teams can figure out which quarter final game they are involved in. The basic format is contained within the link below but there are no teams entered yet. But at least you can see what time you will probably play.

Tournament Information Rules and Master Schedule for Sunday's games
Download 2010 Playoffs.doc - Captains should print this

All schedules are included below. Just click on the links for each division and print your schedule. Enter your scores right onto the schedule and report them to Kevin.

B Division
Download B Div Pools A _ B.htm

C Division
Download C Div Pools A B _ C.htm

D Division
Download D Div Pool A _ B.htm

Included below are the schedules just in case someone cannot access the files:

2010 B Division Pool A Schedule

Round Time Home Score Away Score Location
1 9:00 AM Hurlers Bye N/A
1 9:00 AM Frizz in my pants Weapons of Mass Disktruction Field 4
1 9:00 AM Ninja Squirrels Tequilla Mockingbird Field 3
2 9:45 AM Weapons of Mass Disktruction Hurlers Field 3
2 9:45 AM Bye Tequilla Mockingbird N/A
2 9:45 AM Frizz in my pants Ninja Squirrels Field 4
3 10:30 AM Hurlers Tequilla Mockingbird Field 4
3 10:30 AM Weapons of Mass Disktruction Ninja Squirrels Field 3
3 10:30 AM Bye Frizz in my pants N/A
4 11:15 AM Ninja Squirrels Hurlers Field 3
4 11:15 AM Tequilla Mockingbird Frizz in my pants Field 4
4 11:15 AM Weapons of Mass Disktruction Bye N/A
5 12:00 AM Hurlers Frizz in my pants Field 3
5 12:00 AM Ninja Squirrels Bye N/A
5 12:00 AM Tequilla Mockingbird Weapons of Mass Disktruction Field 4

2010 B Division Pool B Schedule

Round Game Home Score Away Score Location
1 9:00 AM Highland Huckers Bye N/A
1 9:00 AM Hands in my Pants Huck'n Heroes Field 1
1 9:00 AM Slings of David MC Hammer Field 2
2 9:45 AM Huck'n Heroes Highland Huckers Field 2
2 9:45 AM Bye MC Hammer N/A
2 9:45 AM Hands in my Pants Slings of David Field 1
3 10:30 AM Highland Huckers MC Hammer Field 1
3 10:30 AM Huck'n Heroes Slings of David Field 2
3 10:30 AM Bye Hands in my Pants N/A
4 11:15 AM Slings of David Highland Huckers Field 1
4 11:15 AM MC Hammer Hands in my Pants Field 2
4 11:15 AM Huck'n Heroes Bye N/A
5 12:00 AM Highland Huckers Hands in my Pants Field 1
5 12:00 AM Slings of David Bye N/A
5 12:00 AM MC Hammer Huck'n Heroes Field 2

2010 C Division Pool A Schedule
30 minute games no half time
Round Game Home Score Away Score Location
1 1:00 PM Hardcore UFOs Bye N/A
1 1:00 PM Disc Go Ducks The Ultimates Field 1
1 1:00 PM Disc in a Box Disc Connected Field 2
2 1:45 PM The Ultimates Hardcore UFOs Field 1
2 1:45 PM Bye Disc Connected N/A
2 1:45 PM Disc Go Ducks Disc in a Box Field 2
3 2:30 PM Hardcore UFOs Disc Connected Field 1
3 2:30 PM The Ultimates Disc in a Box Field 2
3 2:30 PM Bye Disc Go Ducks N/A
4 3:15 PM Disc in a Box Hardcore UFOs Field 1
4 3:15 PM Disc Connected Disc Go Ducks Field 2
4 3:15 PM The Ultimates Bye N/A
5 4:00 PM Hardcore UFOs Disc Go Ducks Field 1
5 4:00 PM Disc in a Box Bye N/A
5 4:00 PM Disc Connected The Ultimates Field 2

2010 C Division Pool B Schedule
Two 20 minute halves + half time
Round Game Home Score Away Score Location
1 1:00 PM The Huck'n Hustlers Pic N Flick Field 4
1 1:00 PM Huckamaniacs Victorious Secret Field 3
2 2:00 PM Victorious Secret The Huck'n Hustlers Field 3
2 2:00 PM Pic N Flick Huckamaniacs Field 4
3 3:00 PM The Huck'n Hustlers Huckamaniacs Field 3
3 3:00 PM Victorious Secret Pic N Flick Field 4

2010 C Division Pool C Schedule
Two 20 minute halves + half time
Round Game Home Score Away Score Location
1 1:00 PM Disco Tech Hammerheads Field 5
1 1:00 PM Bad Mutha Huckas Ultimate Slackers Field 6
2 2:00 PM Ultimate Slackers Disco Tech Field 5
2 2:00 PM Hammerheads Bad Mutha Huckas Field 6
3 3:00 PM Disco Tech Bad Mutha Huckas Field 5
3 3:00 PM Ultimate Slackers Hammerheads Field 6

2010 D Division Pool A Schedule

Round Game Home Score Away Score Location
1 9:00 AM Crisis Averted Bye N/A
1 9:00 AM AntiDISCestablishme… Sofa King Ultimate Field 6
1 9:00 AM Roughley's Rookies Bulging Disc Field 5
2 9:45 AM Sofa King Ultimate Crisis Averted Field 6
2 9:45 AM Bye Bulging Disc N/A
2 9:45 AM AntiDISCestablishme… Roughley's Rookies Field 5
3 10:30 AM Crisis Averted Bulging Disc Field 6
3 10:30 AM Sofa King Ultimate Roughley's Rookies Field 5
3 10:30 AM Bye AntiDISCestablishme… N/A
4 11:15 AM Roughley's Rookies Crisis Averted Field 5
4 11:15 AM Bulging Disc AntiDISCestablishme… Field 6
4 11:15 AM Sofa King Ultimate Bye N/A
5 12:00 AM Crisis Averted AntiDISCestablishme… Field 5
5 12:00 AM Roughley's Rookies Bye N/A
5 12:00 AM Bulging Disc Sofa King Ultimate Field 6

2010 D Division Pool B Schedule

Round Game Home Score Away Score Location
1 9:00 AM kaboom Bye N/A
1 9:00 AM Redisculus the DISclaimers Conlin Meadows N
1 9:00 AM U Can't Touch Disc DiscTractors Conlin Meadows S
2 9:45 AM the DISclaimers kaboom Conlin Meadows N
2 9:45 AM Bye DiscTractors N/A
2 9:45 AM Redisculus U Can't Touch Disc Conlin Meadows S
3 10:30 AM kaboom DiscTractors Conlin Meadows S
3 10:30 AM the DISclaimers U Can't Touch Disc Conlin Meadows N
3 10:30 AM Bye Redisculus N/A
4 11:15 AM U Can't Touch Disc kaboom Conlin Meadows S
4 11:15 AM DiscTractors Redisculus Conlin Meadows N
4 11:15 AM the DISclaimers Bye N/A
5 12:00 PM kaboom Redisculus Conlin Meadows N
5 12:00 PM U Can't Touch Disc Bye N/A
5 12:00 PM DiscTractors the DISclaimers Conlin Meadows S

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created 24 days ago, Updated 24 days ago

Beach Tournament

Congratulations to the Beach Bums from Peterborough for winning the second annual DUC Charity Beach Tournament. They went undefeated on the day and beat out a very good toronto team named AKA in the final game by a score of 6-4. The level of competition and spirit was excellent all day long from all teams. Thanks to all teams for participating and making this tournament a great success. We raised $1200 for charity!!

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Thu Jul 15, 2010, Updated Thu Jul 15, 2010

Beach Tournament Teams so far

beach letter2010.doc (28.00 K)1. Yarr (Durham Touring team)
2. MMV (Toronto)
3. Mutiny (Durham touring team)
4. Life's a Beach and then you marry one (Toronto)
5. Clam Diggers (DUC players .. Jen Fisher)
6. Huck'n Heroes (DUC team)
7. Contagious Crabs (Justine)
8. Bulldogs (TUC)
9. Slings of David (DUC team)

I am going for 12 teams. The following 3 teams have all said that they are coming. (Chris Welsh's team, Charlie Hustle (Toronto), Beach Bums (peterborough)

More Important Information

The Charity Beach Tournament is only a few days away so here are the final details. Looks like we are going to make it to 12 teams. The tournament is supporting Sick Kids Hospital and other than paying for the prizes for the winning team, all tournament fees will be donated. The games will start at 9:00 am sharp so make sure you aim to be there by 8:15 so that you can find parking and walk to the beach. Captains meeting at 8:45. If anyone arrives early please feel free to help me set up the field lines. Last year we had a lot of people just wander through our games not knowing we were playing, even though we had cones out. So this year I bought some field lines but they require a lot of time to set up. If I run out of time I will just use cones, but I’m hoping enough people show up early enough to help me.

Rules
Basically the rules will be the same as regular ultimate except for the following exceptions:
6 on 6 (4 males, 2 females)
No foot blocks (Sand in the eye hurts too much)
No half time (the games are only 30 minutes, choose your side carefully)
10 yard brick
1-60 second time out, but cannot be used in the last 5 minutes.
In order to speed play along teams can either do a quick cheer or just shake hands.
Points are awarded as follows Win=3 pts, tie = 2 pts, loss = 1 pt
When the time expires(horn blows), finish the point, if the game is tied it remains a tie.
In the event of teams being tied with the same number of total points the tie breaker will be settled as follows: Head to Head record, Points against, +/-, Flip a coin

Directions: (Assuming you are coming from the West)
The best thing to do is google map the cobourg Beach but here are some directions
Take the 401 to Hwy 45 in Cobourg (it is the second exit and is called Division Street) and head south. Once you hit King street you are pretty much there. Just head a couple more blocks South and you will see the beach. We will be playing at the far East end of the Beach so you want to try and park somewhere over there

Parking:
There is all sorts of parking. Free parking is located a few blocks away from the beach on the side streets. As you move closer to the beach it becomes meter parking, which probably isn’t a good option, although since it is Saturday you may not have to pay for the meters. There are some municipal lots where you have to pay by the hour or the day. I think the day maximum is $8. There are also free lots where you can only park for 2 or 3 hours so make sure you don’t pick one of these.

What to bring:
2 different coloured shirts for your team to wear
Discs beach chair hat big umbrellas
Sunscreen towel sunglasses money for lunch
Water bottle snacks camera

Other Things Available at the Beach
Beach Hut – that sells burgers, fries etc
Water Park for kids (try to stay out of here unless you have children)
Playground for kids, Restaurants nearby, Washrooms

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Sun Jun 27, 2010, Updated Mon Jul 5, 2010

Great Canadian Ultimate Game will make a stop in Durham!

Great Canadian Ultimate Game
DUC is going to be part of the Great Canadian Ultimate Game which is a country wide game that will take place on July 17th from 3-4pm.

The Great Canadian Ultimate Game is an opportunity for ultimate players to share the spirit of ultimate and highlight the accessibility and inclusive nature of the sport with members of the public and two great charities. Players competing in the Great Canadian Ultimate Game will be working to raise funds for these charities, with players on the red team representing Right to Play!, while players on the white team representing the .Boys & Girls Club

So how does the game work?
The game will start in Yellowknife at midnight on the 17th. Every hour it will move to a new community, where the score will be carried forward and the game will continue. From Yellowknife it will travel to the west coast of Canada, then to Newfoundland before moving back west. All told, 24 communities representing all 10 provinces and 1 territory will be participating in this great game! The team with the highest score at the end of the day will receive 60% of the donations for their charity, while the other team will receive 40% of the donations for their charity.

If you want to be a part of this game please let me know asap. I am also looking for a couple of volunteers to be captains of the red and white teams. Your job will be to take the initial flip, make sure the game starts on time and probably collect money for the charities. As a minimum I need 14 players but I can take up to 34 or so. Don't miss out on this historic event. Parts of the game will be covered by CBC and aired later in the year.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Fri Jun 25, 2010, Updated Sun Jun 27, 2010

2010 Preseason Captain’s Meeting Minutes

2010 Preseason Captain’s Meeting Minutes

1. Introductions – 30 teams represented at the meeting
2. Divisions – The number of teams in A and C must equal 20 and in B and D must equal 20 in order to maintain games in Oshawa only. At the moment A and C = 18 and B and D = 22. If we do not get a B team to move to the A division then the A teams will be scheduled for byes every 5th week. (coin flip to see who gets long weekends)
a. Volunteers to move from B to A – No volunteers
b. Volunteers to move from C to B – No volunteers
c. Volunteers to move from B to C – No volunteers
d. Volunteers to move from C to D – No volunteers
Since there were no volunteers to move divisions, the A and C divisions will be scheduled for byes throughout the season (due to odd number of teams) and the B and D divisions will have to play 1 or 2 games in Bowmanville (due to not enough fields in Oshawa).
3. Field Allocation – Historically A and B have always played at Ritson. Majority voted to maintain status Quo
4. Start Date – May 16th (A and C @ 5 pm, B and D @ 7 pm)
5. long weekends – May 24th, Aug 2nd (July 1st is a Thursday). Majority voted to play games on the Monday of long weekends. No default fee if teams cannot field a full team.
6. Room on individual teams – Currently 33 players so there is room for up to 7 more players.
7. Team colours – Captains should add their colours to the website. If there is a conflict in team colours then the home team gets to wear their colours. Add this to the League rules page 25.
8. Disc golf – Kevin MacLeod and Chris Beatty are putting building one in Bowmanville
9. Discs – handed out first week at Ritson fields – make sure all your players have bought a membership by that day. Players playing on two teams only receive one disc. Discs will be provided to the team in the higher division.
10. Knowledge of Rules – use flow chart
11. League Rules – Briefly went over some of the league rules.
12. Junior team – tryouts April 20th and 22nd at Bowmanville High School at 6 pm.
13. Playoffs – August 14th Tournament. August 15th Quarter-finals. August 22nd Semi finals and finals. Games scheduled so that there is no overlap between divisions on the second and 3rd day, which means B and D divisions will play at 12 pm and 2 pm and A and C teams will play at 4 pm and 6 pm. Alternate years for which divisions play in the early games.
14. Ratio of 4 guys to 3 girls – majority voted to maintain this ratio. Teams do not have to match other teams that choose to play 4 girls and 3 guys.
15. League Party August 14th
16. City of Oshawa Residents – Due to our number of Oshawa residents we are only allocated 5 fields a season and we use 20. In the future we may lose Oshawa fields and have to play elsewhere.
17. Beach Tournament – July 10th ($120) 8-12 teams
18. Captains rule clinic will be scheduled soon
19. Score boards - one per team; Cones –take some if you need some
20. Other Business
a. Look into port a potties at other fields
b. Lank to post info on the forum about how to get rules on a cell phone.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Tue Apr 20, 2010

Catpain`s meeting

The Captain`s meeting is this Saturday April 17th at 2 pm at Isabella`s Chocolate Cafe at 19 Simcoe Street South. Only one representative from each team should attend.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Thu Apr 15, 2010, Updated Thu Apr 15, 2010

Summer Registration has begun

Registration is up and running, please click on 2010 registration info on the side menu for more information.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Tue Mar 16, 2010, Updated Tue Mar 16, 2010

2010 Summer Season

Registration for the 2010 Summer Season, for both teams and individuals, will be occuring during March. At the moment we are working on a few things to try and steamline the registration process so there is nothing to do yet. Last year it was hard for the captain's, to track who on their team had bought a membership and who had not and so we are trying to fix this problem. The fee for a team entry will be reduced from $700 to $650 so if captain's want to start collecting money go ahead. If there are players who would like to join up as individuals this will once again be available and the costs will be the same as last year. We will once again have to sign an online waiver through the ODSA. I am working with them to try and make the process as painfree as possible. Kevin

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Fri Feb 19, 2010, Updated Fri Feb 19, 2010

League and Playoff Champions

Congratulations to the DUC Hunters on their perfect season and perfect playoff record.

In the other divisions the winners were
B - The Team formally know as the "Dirty Stop Outs"
C - Spin Doctors
D - Disclexia

If any of these team have good team photos please send them to me and I will put them on the wall of fame.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Wed Sep 2, 2009, Updated Wed Sep 2, 2009

2009 Semi Finals

2009 Semi Finals.doc (24.50 K)Click on link above or read below

Semi Finals

A Division
Hurlers vs The Barbarians at 4 pm on field 1
Duc Hunters vs Band on the Run at 4 pm on field 2

Final on Ritson Field 2 at 6 pm

B Division
Slings of David vs Huck'n Heroes at 4 pm on field 3
Dirty Stop Outs vs Tequilla Mockingbird at 4 pm on field 4

Final on Ritson Field 3 at 6 pm – go to field 2 after your game to receive award

C Division
Hammer heads vs Huckamaniacs at 4 pm on field 5
Hardcore UFOs vs Spin Doctors At 4 pm on field 6

Final on Ritson Field 5 at 6 pm– go to field 2 after your game to receive award

D Division
Roughley’s Rookies vs Disclexia at 3:30 pm on Sherwood Forest North
Antidiscestablishmentarianism vs D Individuals at 3:30 pm on Sherwood Forest South

In order to make all the finals in the same place you will have to move to Ritson to play your final game.
Final on Ritson Field 4 at 6 pm– go to field 2 after your game to receive award

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Tue Aug 18, 2009, Updated Fri Aug 21, 2009

Quater Final Schedule

2009 Playoffs quarters.doc (58.00 K)Quarter Finals on Sunday August 16th

A Division Standings
1st DUC Hunters
2nd The Hurlers
3rd The Barbarians
4th Band on the Run
5th Just the Tip
6th Wylde Stallions

A Schedule
Time Team 1 Team 2 Location
4 pm 3rd overall 6th overall Ritson Field 1
4 pm 4th overall 5th overall Ritson Field 2

C Division Standings
Pool A Pool B
1st Ninja Squirrels 1st Huckamaniacs
2nd Hardcore UFOs 2nd Spin Doctors
3rd MC Hammer 3rd Bad Mutha Huckas
4th The Ultimates 4th Hammer Heads
5th Ultimate Slackers 5th Afternoon Delight
6th Frosted Flicks 6th Disc Go Ducks

C Schedule
Time Team 1 Team 2 Location
4 pm 1st in Pool A 4th in Pool B Ritson Field 3
4 pm 1st in Pool B 4th in Pool A Ritson Field 4
4 pm 2nd in Pool B 3rd in Pool A Ritson Field 5
4 pm 2nd in Pool A 3rd in Pool B Ritson Field 6
4 pm 5th in Pool A 5th in Pool B Attersley
4 pm 6th in Pool A 6th in Pool B Attersley

B Division standings
Pool A Pool B
1st Dirty Stop Outs 1st Better From Behind
2nd Highland Huckers 2nd Tequilla Mockingbird
3rd Goopy Slime 3rd slings of David
4th Huck’n Heroes 4th Weapons of Mass Disctruction
5th The Huck’n Hustlers 5th Nobody

B Schedule
Time Team 1 Team 2 Location
6 pm 1st in Pool A 4th in Pool B Ritson Field 1
6 pm 1st in Pool B 4th in Pool A Ritson Field 2
6 pm 2nd in Pool B 3rd in Pool A Ritson Field 3
6 pm 2nd in Pool A 3rd in Pool B Ritson Field 4
6 pm Last in Pool A Last in Pool B Ritson Field 5

D Division standings
Pool A Pool B
1st Disclexia 1st Antidiscestablishmentarianism
2nd D Individuals 2nd Roughley’s Rookies
3rd Finger Flick’n Good 3rd Bulging Disc
4th Rediculus 4th U Can’t Touch Disc

D Schedule
Time Team 1 Team 2 Location
6 pm 1st in Pool A 4th in Pool B Attersley
6 pm 1st in Pool B 4th in Pool A Attersley
6 pm 2nd in Pool B 3rd in Pool A Sherwood Forest
6 pm 2nd in Pool A 3rd in Pool B Sherwood Forest

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Sun Aug 16, 2009, Updated Sun Aug 16, 2009

PLAYOFFS

2009 Playoffs

Have you started on your playoff beard yet?

Due to the complexity of scheduling 4 different divisions with different amounts of teams in each division the schedule for playoffs will not be put in the website. Please click on your schedule above and print it off. Team standings will be posted so that teams can figure out which quarter final game they are involved in. All scores must be reported to Kevin at Ritson Field 2 or to the sports Garden Café after 6 pm. If anyone wants to volunteer to keep track of their divisions scores and then bring them to me that would be very helpful.

Special Rules for 30 minute games
No half time (the games are only 30 minutes, choose your side carefully)
1-60 second time out, but cannot be used in the last 5 minutes. Teams should not leave the field.
Captains must time their games. When the time expires, finish the point, if the game is tied it remains a tie. If the time expires after a point is scored, but before the next point has started you must still play the next point.
Points are awarded as follows Win=3 pts, tie = 2 pts, loss = 1 pt
In the event of teams being tied with the same number of total points the tie breaker will be settled as follows: Head to Head record, Points against, +/-, Flip a coin

All schedules are included below. Just click on the links for each division.

Morning Playoffs

A Division – 6 teams
You will play five 30 minute games, one against each of the other teams. After the games the 2 top teams will get byes into the semi finals which will be held on August 23rd at 4 pm. The other 4 team will be ranked from 3 to 6 and will play on Sunday August 16th at 4 pm. The winners of those games will then go on to play in the semi final game on Sunday August 23rd at 4 pm (the losers will be finished for the year). The finals will be held immediately after the semi final on August 23rd at 6 pm.

Download Division A.htm

C Division – 12 teams
The divisions will be divided up into two pools of 6 teams. The teams will then play against the other teams in their pool. This means they will play 5 games on the Saturday. The games will be 30 minutes in length. The top 4 teams in each pool will advance to the quarter finals on Sunday August 16th at 4 pm. The top team in pool A will play the 4th place team in Pool B, the second place A team will play the 3rd place B team, etc. The two bottom teams in each pool will be eliminated from the playoffs but will still be scheduled a game against each other on the Sunday. The winners of the quarter final games will then go on to play in the semi final game on Sunday August 23rd at 3:30 pm (the losers will be finished for the year). The finals will be held immediately after the semi final on August 23rd at 6 pm.
Unfortunately Pool B of this division had to be scheduled at two different locations. These teams should do their best to maintain the schedule, however, times may change due to travel time.
Directions to Conlin Meadows Park: North on Ritson Rd, past Taunton Rd., east on Coldstream Drive and North on Ormond Drive. Conlin Meadows is on the west side of Ormond Dr. You can also get to Coldstream from Wilson.

Download Division C Pool A.htm
Download Division C Pool B.htm

Afternoon Playoffs

B Division – 10 teams
The divisions will be divided up into two pools of 5 teams. The teams will then play against the other teams in their pool. This means they will play 4 games on the Saturday. The games will be 40 minutes in length with two 20 minute halves. The top 4 teams in each pool will advance to the quarter finals on Sunday August 16th at 6 pm. The top team in pool A will play the 4th place team in Pool B, the second place A team will play the 3rd place B team, etc. The two bottom teams will be eliminated from the playoffs but will still be scheduled a game against each other on the Sunday. The winners of the quarter final games will then go on to play in the semi final game on Sunday August 23rd at 4 pm (the losers will be finished for the year). The finals will be held immediately after the semi final on August 23rd at 6 pm.

Download Division B Pool A.htm
Download Division B Pool B.htm the GERIS have dropped out of playoffs so teams will get a bye for that game

D Division Playoffs – 8 teams
The division will be divided up into two pools of 4 teams. The teams will then play against the other teams in their pool. This means they will play 3 games on the Saturday. The games will be 1 hour in length with two 30 minute halves. The top 4 teams in each pool, which is everyone, will advance to the quarter finals on Sunday August 16th at 6 pm. The top team in pool A will play the 4th place team in Pool B, the second place A team will play the 3rd place B team, etc. The winners of the quarter final games will then go on to play in the semi final game on Sunday August 23rd at 3:30 pm (the losers will be finished for the year). The finals will be held immediately after the semi final on August 23rd at 6 pm.

Download Division D Pool A.htm
Download Division D Pool B.htm

Quarter Finals on Sunday August 16th

All quarter final games are played with 2 – 40 minute halves

Division A
Time Team 1 Team 2 Location
4 pm 3rd overall 6th overall Ritson Field 1
4 pm 4th overall 5th overall Ritson Field 2

Division C
Time Team 1 Team 2 Location
4 pm 1st in Pool A 4th in Pool B Ritson Field 3
4 pm 1st in Pool B 4th in Pool A Ritson Field 4
4 pm 2nd in Pool B 3rd in Pool A Ritson Field 5
4 pm 2nd in Pool A 3rd in Pool B Ritson Field 6
4 pm 5th in Pool A 5th in Pool B Attersley
4 pm 6th in Pool A 6th in Pool B Attersley

Division B
Time Team 1 Team 2 Location
6 pm 1st in Pool A 4th in Pool B Ritson Field 1
6 pm 1st in Pool B 4th in Pool A Ritson Field 2
6 pm 2nd in Pool B 3rd in Pool A Ritson Field 3
6 pm 2nd in Pool A 3rd in Pool B Ritson Field 4
6 pm Last in Pool A Last in Pool B Ritson Field 5

Division D
Time Team 1 Team 2 Location
6 pm 1st in Pool A 4th in Pool B Attersley
6 pm 1st in Pool B 4th in Pool A Attersley
6 pm 2nd in Pool B 3rd in Pool A Sherwood Forest
6 pm 2nd in Pool A 3rd in Pool B Sherwood Forest

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Sun Aug 9, 2009, Updated Wed Aug 12, 2009

YEAR END PARTY IS APPROACHING

End of Year Party

This years’ Year End Party will be held at the Sports Garden Café in Whitby (at Iroquois Park Sports Complex) after the playoff tournament on Saturday August 15th. The cost will be $10 per player(collected by your captains) and all that money will go to ordering food for dinner and renting the facility. The dinner will be a buffet style and you are welcome to eat all you want. Once I know how many people are attending I will order a ton of food. It is really important that those of you that wish to attend give your captain money as soon as possible. That way I can let the bar no how many people to expect and they can schedule and plan accordingly. In order to motivate the captains to get out there and start collecting money, I am going to let the captains in free so long as they get money from at least 5 other people. The event is open to players and their family so long as they all pay. I am not sure if we are able to get deals on alcohol but I will try. The event will start at 6 pm and will finish whenever you want to leave. If you do not want to come for the dinner and the entertainment then you can show up at 9:30. The nice thing about having it at the sports Garden is that there are no alcohol permits involved and no clean up. Everyone is basically responsible for their own conduct. Arrange for babysitters and designated drivers as necessary.

Agenda
6-8 pm Eating
8 pm Most spirited Team Competition
9 pm Awards to Division Winners, door prizes and Individual Spirit Winner prizes
9:30ish Mingle Mingle Mingle

The following teams all have the best spirit scores in their divisions and will be eligible to win their fees paid for next Year:

A Division
Band on the Run
B Division
Highland Huckers, The Team Formally Known As “Dirty Stop Outs”, Huck'n Heroes, Weapons of Mass Disktruction, Goopy Slime
C Division
Hammer Heads
D Division
AntiDISCestablishmentarianism

All they have to do is show up at the party and show us how much spirit they have. Each team will have approximately 5 minutes of “stage” time to entertain the crowd and convince the judges that they are deserving of the $700 prize. This should be quite entertaining. It is not mandatory that teams participate, but they cannot win unless they do. After all the teams perform, the judges will decide the winner. Judges will be decided at the venue. Possible criteria for the judges to consider are: # players involved, evidence of preparation, crowd applause, team unity, etc.

We will have access to a projector for the spirit competition and to show pictures from the season. If anyone has pictures that they have taken they should bring them to the event on a cd and we can add them to the photo show. Please go through and edit the pictures by removing the blurry and inappropriate ones.

The only way this is really going to be a great success is if players give their captains the $10 as soon as possible. I will contact the captains for an idea of how many people are coming after the next game. Thanks in advance to the captains for collecting this money.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Mon Jul 20, 2009, Updated Tue Aug 4, 2009

Storm the Beach Tournament

The Charity tournament is less than 3 weeks away and at the moment we only have 5 teams paid. There are many others that have said they are going to play but have not paid their money yet. I will probably cap the tournament at 8 teams until I get 4 more on the wait list and then I will make a tournament of 12. If you are planning to attend then please get your money in very soon. The details of the tournament can be found below: This year the Durham Ultimate Club will be holding a COED, 6 on6 (4-2 ratio), 16 team, Charity Beach Tournament on Saturday July 25th at the World Famous Cobourg Beach. The tournament will run from 8:30 am - 5 pm and is open to any team from any league. Each team is guaranteed five (30 minute) games and teams making it to the final will play six games. The entry fee is $120. Limited space available.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Sun Jul 5, 2009, Updated Mon Jul 13, 2009

DUC Updates

The 2009 season is well under way and so far it has been a good one. There has been a lot of close games and the spirit level has been higher than ever. Most teams seem to be fairly well placed in their divisions. Yes there might be some teams that still haven't won but they have been very close on a few occasions. In the A divsion, the DUC Hunters have come out strong and are leading the pack. In the B division the Highland Huckers suffered their first loss of the season but still remain atop the table since they have played one more game then the Slings of David. The C division is probably our tightest race with 4 teams competing for the top spot held currently by the Ninja Squirrels. And finally in our D division their are currently 2 teams that are underfeated: Disc-lexia and AntiDISCestablishmentarianism. It will be a big game when they play each other in 2 weeks.

So far this season the weather has been fairly cooperative and has not resulted in any postponed games. Although, last weekend was a close call with all that rain we got for the 5 pm games. Please remember to watch the weather and to stop playing when there is thunder or lightning.

Teams should also remember to keep enforcing the rules. If there are disagreements with the rules please try to use the flow chart that we provided at the captains rule clinic to solve any issues. I will also make the flow chart available on the side menu.

The July 25th tournament is approaching quickly and teams need to start getting their money in soon. I have heard lots of teams talking about entering but so far only 3 teams have paid their money. This tournament should be a lot of fun and all the profits go to charity.

If anyone wants to write some news, or cover a game in detail please let me know and we can post it.

Kevin MacLeod

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Wed Jun 24, 2009

Captain's Clinic

The Captain's rule clinic is Sunday May 3rd from 3 to 4 at the Whitby Indoor Soccer Complex. To get there go North on Brock Street and then west on Rossland to Country Lane. Turn South on Country Lane and you will see the dome. There are high schools on both sides of Rossland at this intersection. Depending on the weather, there may be a pick up game outside on one of the many surrounding fields after the clinic.

From 2-3 that same day there is the indoor final game so come early and watch. Hope to see you all there. Kevin

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Thu Apr 30, 2009

Minutes of Spring Captain's Meeting

Minutes of Spring Captain's Meeting

The minutes of the meeting are posted on the side menu. Some highlights include:

1. First Game is May 24th
2. First come first serve Beach Ultimate Tournament in Cobourg on July 25th - 16 teams
3. Players that signed up individually will be placed on a team by May.
4. Captain's Rule Clinic - 4 pm May 3rd at Ritson Fields
5. The preseason tournament is cancelled as the Municipality of Clarington has denied our field permits.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Thu Apr 23, 2009, Updated Thu Apr 23, 2009

Captain's Meeting on April 18th

Spring Captain's meeting

The spring Captain's meeting will be this Saturday April 18th at Isabella's cafe at 3 pm. I expect the meeting will take around 1.5 hours. If the captain cannot make the meeting then they should send a team representative in their place.

Isabella's cafe is located at 19 Simcoe Street South in Oshawa. Parking is free on the weekends.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Wed Apr 15, 2009, Updated Wed Apr 15, 2009

Junior Tryouts Postponed due to Weather

Junior Tryouts Postponed due to Weather

The tryouts for the Junior team will be held on Thursday April 16th at 6:00 pm at Bowmanville High School. Check out the Junior page on the side menu for more information.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Tue Apr 7, 2009, Updated Tue Apr 7, 2009

DUC is starting a Junior Team (Ages14-18)

2009 JUNIOR TEAM NEWS.doc (68.50 K)For news on this exciting new offering please click on the Junior Program page on the side menu or click on the attached form. If you know of any players that would be interested please let them know as soon as possible as the tryouts are coming up soon. Anyone interested in helping out with coaching should also read the Junior Program page. Any volunteers working with juniors will have to have a police check completed.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Thu Mar 26, 2009, Updated Thu Mar 26, 2009

Minutes of Preseason Captain's meeting

There were 25 captain's in attendance at the meeting and all were very supportive of the changes that DUC is undergoing. Below is a recap of the items that were discussed at the meeting. If the captain's that were not in attendance have any questions feel free to call Kevin. Many of the items will be revisited at the next captain's meeting on April 18th. For details about any of the policies mentioned below please go to the ABOUT DUC webpage and click on the DUC constitution, bylaws and policies link.

2009 Preseason Captain’s Meeting Minutes

1. Introductions
2. President/Chair – League History/Vision/Objectives
3. Treasurer – item by item Budget Analysis.
a. Administration fees such as lawyer, league administrator and lawyer
b. Cost of Discs – Discs will be given to each player and donated to schools that apply for discs.
c. Support of ODSA and CUPA
d. Insurance costs have gone up.
e. More money is being set aside for rewarding the executive and captain’s for all their hard work. Examples: executive meetings, captains meetings, captains clinics, captains end of year party.
f. Money is set aside for the volunteer incentive program. Volunteers will not be paid in money but instead will earn points toward DUC clothing, discs, etc.
g. Money will be set aside for the most spirited team $700. The top 4 most spirited teams will compete at the end of year party to determine who wins the prize.
h. We will be advertising this year
i. Future field Fund: $5 from each player will be set aside for the purpose of securing fields in the future
j. We hope to start a junior program this year.
k. Touring teams: DUC teams entering tournaments outside of DUC can apply for money.
4. Secretary – Email Questions – all concerns were covered within the budget analysis
5. League Administrator – Goals of Membership fee
a. Support the league budget which supports the league vision and objectives
b. Ensure 100% completion of the online waiver for proper league wide liability insurance
c. Gather Demographic Information for the city of Oshawa which they will then use to distribute fields
d. Ensure 100 % website use
6. League Administrator - Need for captain’s Cooperation in having their players sign up for the membership fee. Below are the consequences of playing illegal players.

From the Captain’s Responsibilities Section of the League Policies
Captains must ensure that all players properly consent via the online system and are added to their team rosters. Players who have not completed the Online Waiver and registered as a member are a) not elilgible for league play, b) not covered by any of the DUC's sports injury or liability insurance, and c) in no way the responsibility of the Durham Ultimate Club. Teams that allow players who have not signed the waiver to play will be a) fined $100 which must be paid before their next game or the game will be suspended and b) will receive 0 points for the game and a score of 0 for spirit.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Sun Mar 22, 2009, Updated Mon Mar 23, 2009

DUC Restructures for 2009

Attention all DUC players

I apologize for the length of this letter but please read it in its entirety to avoid any confusion for this season. In order to improve the league and set the stage for the future there have been some major changes to the structure of the league.

Over the past few months I have been busy incorporating DUC as a not-for-profit corporation. There are many reasons for doing this, but the most important one is that DUC becomes a separate legal entity where members are not personally liable for the corporation’s debts and obligations. Up until this point, I was accepting all of this responsibility and in the event of a lawsuit would have had very little protection. Incorporating also provides transparency of all the league business, legitimizes the sport in our area, allows us to enter into transactions more easily and gives us the proper structure so that the league can grow into the future. We have come a long way since the first year when we had 8 teams and I was paying for shirts, fields, discs etc. out of my own pocket hoping to get enough interest to run a league and get reimbursed. Another important reason for restructuring is that it is now required by most municipalities in order to secure fields for the season.

In the fall, I attended two weekend conferences, one organized by the Ontario Disc Sports Association and one by the Canadian Ultimate Players Association. At the conferences, there were leagues from across Canada and we discussed many issues as well as some of the best practices of leagues across Canada. In restructuring DUC I have tried to follow the lead of some of the bigger leagues in Canada in order to prepare for the future.

Since the conference I have been drafting our league Vision, Objectives, Bylaws as well as many new League Policies that are required by the government in order to be incorporated. I have posted these on the website on the About DUC webpage for your perusal. Another major change for this year is that we will have a Board of Directors and a paid League Administrator/Consultant. If you wish to see the roles of the Board of Directors and the League Administrator (sometimes called a General Manager or Executive Director in other leagues) they can be found on the About DUC webpage. Paid League Administrators are quite common across the country for leagues of more than 12 teams and are necessary in order to run an efficient league. Last year we had a 38 team summer league (over 600 players), an 8 team fall league and a 6 team winter league and the amount of work involved running these leagues was immense. Essentially it was a part time job. For this season I will not be sitting on the Board of Directors but will be running the league as the League Administrator. One of the responsibilities of the Board of Directors will be to oversee the work of the League Administrator and all actions will be governed by the Corporations Act.

Membership Fee
Also new this year will be the membership fee of $30 to play in any of the leagues run by DUC. The main goals of this membership are to support the league budget, ensure 100% completion of the online waiver (essential for proper liability inurance), ensure 100% website use (as this is how the League Administrator will contact members), and to gather demographic information which can be used to secure city fields for our league (this last item is now required by the city of Oshawa). Your 2009 DUC membership is valid from April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010. To become a member you must complete the online registration. Once you become a member, you will be eligible to play in the summer, fall or winter indoor leagues.

This annual fee is used to cover costs such as:

• Administration/Consultation Fees
• Membership packages (which includes a disc - $10)
• Insurance coverage.
• Future Fields Fund ($5)
• DUC Junior Program (new this year)
• The Volunteer Incentive Program (new this year)
• Captain’s Meetings, Clinics and Year End Captain's Party
• End of Year Party
• Awards

One particular award that I am excited about introducing will be the spirit award to the most spirited team. The top spirited team in each division will be eligible for a competition that will be held at the year end party. Each team selected will have 5 minutes at the year end party to show the other members in attendance why they should receive the Spirit prize. The winners as chosen by either committee or by vote will receive their league fees paid for the next season. A $700 value.

Membership benefits include:
• Free membership package including an authentic 2009 DUC Disc, an instructional ‘Ultimate 101” DVD and for introductory members a copy of the 11th edition UPA Rulebook.
• Membership in the Canadian Ultimate Players Association allowing you to receive the CUPA online newsletter and take advantage of their partner discounts.
• Membership in the Ontario Disc Sports Association allowing you to receive the ODSA newsletter and take advantage of their partner discounts.
• Accidental liability insurance coverage.
• Eligibility to join the summer, fall or winter leagues.
• Annual General Meeting – an opportunity to attend and vote.
• Volunteer Programs – opportunity to teach youth, promote Spirit, and help the Club at events or on committees – earning you points towards clothing etc.

The Insurance, ODSA membership and CUPA will cost us $8 per player for this season. The need for the insurance is obvious but the need for the other memberships may not be. Full explanations can be found on their respective websites, but basically a portion of your fee is supporting Ultimate in Ontario and Canada. As a growing sport both of these associations are out there fighting to legitimize Ultimate across Canada and the world.

Estimated Player costs

If you are playing as part of a 20 person team this year it will cost you approximately $65 to play. ($30 membership fee + 1/20th of $700)

If you sign up as an individual to be placed on a team the cost will be approximately $70 ($30 membership fee + $40 summer league fee)

Unfortunately, I realize that the price increase may turn some people away, especially in these tough economic times when money is short, but in order to improve the league this is what needs to be done. Hopefully those people are able to return in the near future.

We will be having a meeting on Sunday March 8th at 8 pm at the Boston Pizza in Bowmanville in order to go over all of this with your captains. At the meeting we will show them the proposed budget and answer all their questions. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to pass them along to your captain. Minutes of the meeting will be posted on the website. There is limited room so please only send one representative per team.

If you wish to volunteer to help out with the league please go to the About DUC page on the website, click on the DUC constitution link and go to page 16 to see a list of volunteer positions available. While you are there check out our volunteer Incentive Program on page 27.

Registration will begin in March, with the team registration on Saturday March 28th at Isabella’s café and individual or small group registrations will be done online starting mid March and ending on March 28th.

I am really looking forward to this season, and truly believe that it will be our best season yet!!!

Kevin MacLeod (DUC League Administrator)

Dan Stokes (DUC President)
Chris Beatty (DUC Treasurer)
Matt Cronin (DUC Secretary)

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Mon Mar 2, 2009

Indoor Shirts are Ordered

For those of you who ordered shirts they are now on order and I will hopefully have them for the first week of play. The front will look like the picture shown and the back will have the sawblade design from last years disc. If anyone else wants to order one then you have to email me right away so I can try and phone it in. Make sure you tell me whether you want black or white and the size. You will have to pay me at the first game. Also, if your team wants to order a bunch in a specific colour I can make that happen if you want to pay $15 per shirt.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Mon Jan 19, 2009

Design Our 2009 Disc Competition

SAWBLADEART-FINAL[Converted].ai (377.84 K)Anyone interested in designing a new disc for the 2009 season please send a copy of the design to Kevin. The design must include our website(www.durhamultimateclub.com) and the date (09 or 2009). Try to minimize the number of colours to 2. Each colour of ink costs more money. Last year we went with the saw blade design but we are looking for something new and exciting. The deadline is the end of January. If we get a bunch of entries I will put them on the website and maybe get the members to vote. Winning designer gets a free DUC sweatshirt!!!!!!

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Wed Dec 17, 2008, Updated Thu Dec 18, 2008

DUC Winter Indoor to start in January

Winter Indoor Ultimate Registration
Hello all, I have secured us some time slots in the new Whitby Indoor Soccer Complex for the new year. At the moment I have from 12-3 pm in the afternoon on Sundays, with the possibility of getting some more time earlier on sunday and possibly throughout the week at 9 pm and 10 pm. The online registration is ready to go, just click on registration in the top right hand corner of the home page and follow the instructions. I will be allowing individual sign up and team entries, but teams must be aware that there could be different skill levels playing each other. If you wish to sign up as a team make sure all players input the same team name in the "Link to team" box during registration. The games will be played 6 on 6 and I will be putting 13 players on each team. I will be attempting to have a ratio of 4 men and 2 women on at one time. The cost will be $130 for 13 weeks of play. If you are interested playing be ready to sign up quickly as there will be limited time slots. Teams should contact Kevin immediately if they wish to join.

Kevin MacLeod (League Administrator)

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Thu Nov 27, 2008, Updated Sun Nov 30, 2008

NEW CUPA NEWSLETTER

The Canadian Ultimate Players Association is proud to launch the Ultimate Canada Magazine. This digital magazine is an exciting new platform that features stories, photos & videos on Ultimate from across the country. Come check out articles on the recent world championships, Ultimate strategy, fields development projects and much more! To see the newsletter please click the link below

http://publishing.yudu.com/Av4hw/UCMfall2008

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Fri Nov 21, 2008

Results of Indoor Survey

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Fri Nov 21, 2008, Updated Fri Nov 21, 2008

Late Fall Indoor Pickup League

Indoor RegistrationClosed
Hello all, I have decided to run a late fall indoor Ultimate session for the next 5 thursdays. Games begin on November 20th at 10 pm at the Bowmanville Indoor Soccer Complex at Waverly and the 401. There will only be 2 teams and so I am only accepting 26 people. The cost is $35 and only online registrations will be accepted. To find out more information look in the top right corner of the home page and you will see where to click to register. Although a 1 hour time slot is not ideal, it will get our foot in the door for future years.

I will also be running some indoor in either the Oshawa or Whitby soccer complexes starting in January and these will be mini leagues. I am still negotiating times with these facilities so more information will be available soon.

Any teams that would like to enter the January leagues should email me asap.

Kevin MacLeod (League Administrator)

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Sat Nov 15, 2008, Updated Fri Nov 21, 2008

Winter Ultimate

November 6th Update
I have a meeting with the Durham Indoor soccer guy on Monday in the hopes of getting some good time slots for that facility.

I have also been in contact with the Bowmanville Indoor Facility and have a list of times and dates for that facility.
Saturdays -
Nov 8, 8 pm and on
Nov 15, 7 pm and on
Nov 22 - 7 pm and on
Nov 29 - 8 pm and on
Dec 6 - 8 pm and on
Dec 13 - 8:30 pm and on
Dec 20 - available all day
Starting in the new year Saturdays should be available 9 pm and on.

Thursdays -
Nov 13, 20, 27, Dec 4, 11 & 18 - 10 pm to 11 pm

In the new year this Thursday time won't be available.

November 3rd Update:
I am still trying to run a Winter Ultimate League, however, it will most likely not start until after Christmas. I have been in contact with the civic and they are looking at the possibility of giving us time on the Sunday night. They first have to look and see if it is being used by tennis players or not. Tennis players have priority since they buy memberships. I have also requested that they extend their operating hours from 9 pm until 11 pm and told them that we would be more than happy to pay for the cost of the rental and the hourly wage for the employee that would have to hang around to put the tennis nets back up. I have not heard back from either of the indoor soccer fields yet. More news to follow.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Mon Nov 3, 2008, Updated Thu Nov 6, 2008

Playoff Champions are Crowned

Congratulations to Band on the Run for winning the 2008 Playoffs!!
Band on the Run won their Semi Final Game 14-11 against the Hurlers and then went on to win 15-5 against the Wylde Stallions.

Winners of the other playoff pools included:

Consolation Division - Better from Behind
Spirit Division - Cool Cats
Beginner Division - Appetite for Disctruction
Rookie Division - Disco Tech

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Fri Oct 3, 2008, Updated Fri Oct 3, 2008

2008 Fall Hat League Teams and Schedules

2008 FALL LEAGUE TEAMS.doc (75.50 K)The 2008 Fall Hat League is about to kick off!!

Teams and Schedules:

All teams and schedules are attached to this message. Please download the file to see what team you are playing on and times you are playing for the entire season(playoffs not included)

Location:

Oshawa Civic Auditorium Complex Field 4
CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION AND MAP

Times:

Games are to be played at 2pm and 4pm. Allowing for a Half Time Rest.

Captains:

Teams are to vote/appoint someone as their team captain. Their duties are the same as the regular season with the added responsibility of turning in the game sheet at the end of each game.

Rule Changes:

Minimum 2 girls per line.
** If short on girls or guys, captains to agree on terms.

Submitting Scores:

We're going old school DUC here!!! Teams are to keep track of their scores using the DUC Game Sheet. Get the game sheet at the below link:
http://www.durhamultimateclub.com/league/page.aspx?PageID=21

Teams are to fill these sheets out every week and after the game submit them to Iain before you leave the field.

*Note: If you do not submit a sheet, your players of the game will not get recorded!!

Finals:

The last games(October 26) will be played as "Playoffs". Schedule for that week will be made by the Wednesday before(hopefully sooner).

Fall Season Party??

We have had a few emails and ideas about this. More information will come!! So keep looking at the forums!!

See you on the Fields!!

** Note: Schedule Has Updated. Sept 10TH @ 7:00pm

Posted by Iain Burnett, Created Mon Sep 1, 2008, Updated Wed Sep 10, 2008

Wylde Stallions Capture League Title

The Season title was still up for grabs in the final game of the season between the Stallions and the A team with the winner becoming the Champs. With the game tied and time expired the Stallions punched in the winning point to capture their first league title and secure their place in DUC history. Congratulations to the Wylde Stallions on a very successful season.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Sat Aug 23, 2008

Semis and Finals of 2008 Playoffs

Semis and Finals.doc (25.50 K)The schedule is ready. Please click on the above file. Some teams did not report their scores so hopefully they can figure out which teams should show up. Please read the schedule carefully.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Wed Aug 20, 2008, Updated Wed Aug 20, 2008

Sunday's Playoff Schedule

2008 Playoffs quarters.doc (35.00 K)Congratulations to all teams on a successful first day of playoffs. Today's games were just to seed the teams for the 1/4 final round which is on Sunday. Click above to see when your team plays and on which field. These are the games that matter so if you win you continue on to the semi-finals and if you lose then your summer season is over. The good news, however, is that there will be a fall season this year. Players can sign up as individuals or groups of up to 4 players. The teams will then be divided to try and ensure equality. The fall season will be 8 weeks long and there will be limited spots availabe in this league. More information will follow.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Sat Aug 16, 2008

Playoff Schedule and Information

2008 playoffs.doc (92.50 K)Attention all Players:

The playoff schedule is ready. Please click on it above and print it out as needed. You will play three 1 hour games on Saturday followed by the league party at Orono Park. Then on Sunday you will play a ¼ final game at either 4 pm or 6 pm depending on the standings from the tournament. To find out when you play on Sunday make sure you come to Orono Park. At Orono park there will be swimming, Frolf, Cups Tournament, Tips, Double Disc Court, and maybe even a GUTS demonstration if anyone is willing. There is a nice playground for kids, a splash pad, a pool (with lifeguards), washrooms, and lots of picnic tables. Feel free to bring a BBQ if you can get it into a truck. We will also have some competitions like longest self catch, farthest pull, longest partner catch and accuracy.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Wed Aug 13, 2008, Updated Wed Aug 13, 2008

Playoffs Update

Year End Playoffs and Get together

As discussed at the Spring Captain’s Meeting the playoffs will begin on Saturday August 16th and will be followed by a get together. On the Saturday each team will play 3 games of approximately 1 hour in length. The teams will then be ranked and placed into 4 pools, with the top 8 going in the championship pool, the next 8 going in the consolation pool, etc. The ¼ finals will then occur on Sunday night and the semi finals and finals on the following Sunday August 24th . After the Saturday games the plan was to go to Kedron Park, which is just north of Winchester on Ritson, for a team get together and party. In fact I booked the park last August or September and put a down payment in October just to make sure we got the park. In June I phoned the Hall to confirm that everything was good, and the lady who does the bookings informed me that her boss had double booked the date for his friend’s wedding and that we could not have the hall and park for our league party. After explaining that this was extremely inconvenient and very disappointing, questioning the point of my down payment and explaining that the league had 500 members who would be informed that Kedron Hall does not know how to hold a reservation, she was unwilling to change her mind. So I have been scrambling around to find another suitable spot for our party. After phoning many places there were none that had lots of space for games, a pool, a picnic area and were willing to allow us to consume beverages on the premises. I tried several city locations, as well as cedar park resort but no one wants to make money these days. So what I have decided is that the best place for our event is Orono Park. It has a nice ball diamond where we can play lots of games, a pool, a beautiful winding creek, a large picnic area, a splash pad and playground for kids and potential for a nice Frisbee golf course. The distance may seem far but it is only 20 minutes from the Ritson fields. If anyone else has some leads on other possible places let me know but otherwise we will be going to Orono. Before emailing me with any wild ideas for places it would be appreciated if you did a little research first so you can provide ample information. I will have the results from the tournament at the park and will let teams no when they play on Sunday (secret ploy to get people to come). More details will come in early August but for now just make sure you put it on your calendar. Any teams that know they cannot make the Saturday should inform the league as soon as possible so that another team can be bumped up in the standings. Any players playing on more than one team will have to pick and choose which team they are going to play for as you will probably have games at the same time. Cheers for now!

Kevin MacLeod

fyi. A few more details about playoffs. The top 16 teams will be eligible for the championship and consolation pools while the next 16 will be put in another division and the last 6 teams in the standings will have a playoff just for themselves. This means that all the A and B teams will make the top division plus the top 2 teams from the C division.

p.s friendly reminder to please read the rules. Thanks.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Mon Jul 14, 2008

Cancelled Games

The severe weather last Sunday resulted in most 7 pm games being abandoned early. For this reason all B and D division games have been removed from the statistics. If your teams happened to play the whole game then this will not be shown in the statistics. Just think of it as a practice game. There is not enough field space or time to make up the missed games

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Thu Jun 12, 2008, Updated Fri Aug 1, 2008

1st Game of the Season

The first game of the season will be May 25th. The A and C divisions will play at 5 pm and the B and D divisions will play at 7 pm. Unforunately I cannot make the schedule until I get another field. Hopefully the school boards let us know soon. Until then keep practicing.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Mon May 12, 2008, Updated Fri May 16, 2008

May 10th Charity Tournament

The May 10th Charity Tournament is a go!!

Here is the link for more details.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Sun May 4, 2008, Updated Mon May 5, 2008

2008 Season Update and Captain's meeting minutes

I am still waiting on news, from the city and from the school boards, regarding field space. Hopefully I find something out this coming week. I still hope to run a tournament on May 10th so keep your fingers crossed. Otherwise the first day of games will most likely be the 25th of May. Which seems a long way away, especially since it is 25 degrees and sunny today. If you wish to know what was talked about at the Captain's meeting then look on the side menu.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Sat Apr 19, 2008, Updated Sun May 4, 2008

2008 REGISTRATION UPDATE

2008 Registration News:

Registration will be held from 1 pm - 4 pm on Saturday March 29th at Isabella's Chocolate Cafe in downtown Oshawa. Isabella's Chocolate Cafe is located at 19 Simcoe Street South. (Just south of King Street on the East side of Simcoe). There is meter parking and a parking lot 1 block South-East of the Cafe.

The first 500 players registering will be provided with a DUC gift at no extra cost

.

Cost:

Individual entry - Cost per player is $50. Cash or Cheques are acceptable. Please make Cheques payable to "Durham Ultimate Club". Please fill in a waiver form ahead of time to save time on registration day. Since this is an adult league the recommended age is 16 and over. Individuals will be placed on a team with other individuals or small groups. If there is not enough individuals to make a team, or their is not enough room for more teams the individuals will recieve their money back. FYI - Most years there are enough individuals to make two teams. Individual teams are placed in the beginner division.

Group Entry - If you and some friends want to play on the same team, this is no problem. Players are allowed to link themselves to other players up to a maximum of 8 people. Any groups larger than 8 are encouraged to enter a team. Some exceptions can be made. Players wishing to be linked must register at the same time or one person should co-ordinate the payment of all the players. All waiver forms must be filled out and signed by each person.

Team Entry - $750. Teams are allowed to carry as many players as they want so long as all players sign a waiver before participating in a game. Teams will be fined a $25 fee for playing illegal players and for defaulting games. Captains must supply the league with a separate cheque for $25 on registration day. The league costs are calculated based on 15 players per team so this price is not flexible. Only 15 DUC Stainless steel water bottles will be provided for each team registering. Discs will be available at $10 each. The full cost must be paid on the registration day. Click captain's Duties on the side menu to see if you can handle being a captain.
Captains please be aware that we are running out of field space and can probably only accomodate 32 teams. This means that those teams who get their money in on time will be elligible to play. Any teams who want to join the league for the first time should send a post dated cheque(March 29th) for $750 (payable to "Durham Ultimate Club") to Kevin MacLeod(4776 Newtonville Road, Newtonville, ON, L0A 1J0) in order to hold a spot. These teams must then show up on registration day to confirm their wish to be part of the league. New teams will be added in the order that I receive cheques. No cheques will be cashed until the registration day. Teams that were in the league last year do not need to send in a cheque ahead of time.

Captain's Registration Day checklist:

* $750 cheque payable to "Durham Ultimate Club"
* $25 cheque payable to "Durham Ultimate Club"
* Email of the player who will enter game stats
* Team name
* Team colour (if possible)

Waiver Forms

The online waiver form must be completed before the first game of the season. Players should not fill in the waiver until they know the name of their team.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Fri Mar 14, 2008, Updated Fri Mar 14, 2008

2007 Season Summary

The 2007 Durham Ultimate season was our best season yet. This year we expanded from 24 teams to 30 and were able to maintain our 4 division system. The year began with a preseason tournament and although only 11 teams participated it was still a great success. In 2008 we hope to get all teams out. We also ran a mid-season charity tournament and a year end tournament for playoffs. Thanks to Kristy, Jill and Richard for organizing these events. We also ran our second annual Family fun day, but unfortunately the weather wasn’t great and the turn out was low. Those that did attend had a great time.

On the field we had great action all year long. Many games were within a few points and the races for division champions were close right up to the last game. Congratulations to all teams for a great season but special mention goes out to the division champions:

A Division Champs - Band on the Run
B Division Champs - Geris
C Division Champs - Huck’n Heroes
D Division Champs - Disc-go-ducks

The standings for the A division were based on each team playing the other teams twice. The other division standings were based on the results after each team had played the other teams only once. The difference between the A division and the other 3 divisions was a result of having only 6 teams in the A division. After the round robin season the B, C, and D divisions continued to play but games were scheduled on a ladder. This was only a temporary solution for this season and was intended to allow teams to move up (or down) in the ladder to find out where they sat in the league with respect to skill. The ladder saw several teams move up quite far and some teams move down a ways which indicated that there were some teams that were in the wrong divisions. This information will help in setting teams in the right divisions for next season. (It is important to note that if you look at the current standings, they are not the standings that were used to decide division winners. The current standings include the results of the ladder games. You will notice that not all the teams have played the same number of games within a division because some teams played games in other divisions.) Teams that won their division will be promoted to the higher division for next season

All season long the players who played hard and played with spirit were voted as players of the game by the opposing team. This season we had quite a large number of people receive votes which means that there are a lot of you who are representing their teams well. There were also some players who showed spirit and skill well above the average and received many nominations. Congratulations to the following players for receiving the most votes in their divisions:

A DIVISION
Tianna Argiro – Hammer Time – 5 votes
Katelyn Brock – Disc in a Box – 4 votes
Andrea Brozik – Wylde Stallions – 4 votes

B DIVISION
Rob Olah – The Huckin’ Hustlers – 7 votes (Winner of a DUC hoody!!)
Mike Basque – Hammer Heads – 6 votes
Ryan Savoie – The Drugstore Cowboys – 5 votes

C DIVISION
Kathryn Larson Knight – Frosted Flicks – 6 votes
Anne O’Connor – Discombobulators – 6 votes
Reg K – Bad Mutha Huckas – 5 votes

D DIVISION
Patrick Lafontaine – Better from Behind – 6 votes
Michelle Wolff – Disc Located – 6 votes
Ryan Boyd – AntiDISCestablishmentarianism – 5 votes

All of the above players will receive a $5 gift certificate for Isabella’s Café in Oshawa (19 Simcoe Street South). Feel free to drop by the shop and tell Giacomo (the owner and an ultimate fanatic) who you are or wait until the spring to get the coupon from Kevin.

Thanks to all captains for making this a great season! The success of the league is due to those of you who accept the responsibility of organizing and running your teams. It can be a very rewarding job but it can also, unfortunately be a thankless job. Your hard work, and dedication to maintaining the Spirit of the Game, increases the enjoyment of all players on your team as well as the players on the other teams.

Thanks also to the following people:
Iain Burnett for helping the league with the tracking of statistics,
Theresa Bickle for getting an article in the paper for us,
Rob Henning for handling the awards,
Chad Johnston for getting us some extra fields, and
Marc Zabudsky for maintaining and improving the DUC website.

Next season should prove to be even better than 2007. Read the minutes from the Fall Captain’s meeting to get a preview of what we have planned. If you want to get more involved just let us know.

Looking forward to seeing you back again in the spring, Kevin

p.s. if there are any new teams out there that want to join for next season please get a hold of Kevin by using the “contact us” in the side margin. We will most likely only have room for 2 more teams due to lack of field space

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Sat Jan 12, 2008, Updated Sat Jan 12, 2008

2007 Fall Captains meeting

October 24th, 2007
2007 Fall Captains Meeting

Maintain four divisions and eight teams per division.

Two teams from the B division will be promoted to the A division and no teams will be demoted to maintain a division of 8. Possibility of a team being built out of elite players from the B, C and D divisions to enter into the A division. There is room for 2 new teams to join next year.

The Tune up tournament will hopefully be on the first Saturday in May. If Kristy does not want to run it again we will have to find someone else to organize it.

The season will start on May 11th and run until August 10th. This means there will be 12 regular season games. Ideally we want 14 games so that each team will play the teams in their division twice. This is possible if we can attain some new fields throughout the week. Teams would have to play 2 games on weekdays sometime during the season (Hopefully earlier in the season rather than later). Possible fields include the new football field in Bowmanville and Henry Street High School in Whitby.

Playoffs

August 16th, 17th and 24th will be designated as playoff dates. The league will be broken down into the top 16 and the bottom 16 teams. Depending on standings some teams may be moved divisions to equal the skill levels. Within each group of 16 there will be 4 pools of 4 created. Pool A (teams 1, 8,9,16) Pool B (teams 2, 7,10,15) Pool C (teams 3, 6, 11, 14) Pool D (teams 4, 5,12,13). The top 2 teams in each pool after round robin play will move onto the championship ¼ finals and the bottom 2 teams in each pool will move onto the consolation ¼ finals. Games will be 60 minute in length (½ hour halves with a 5 minute ½ time).

August 16th teams will play 3 round robin games. Kedron Hall and Park have been rented for a league party and award ceremony. Possible events include: swimming, frolf, camping, award ceremonies, ultimate idol, dancing, dinner) A committee needs to be formed to ensure the success of this event. This could be really BIG!

August 17th each team will play in a ¼ final game and possibly a semi final game. This could be messy depending on how much fun people have the night before.

August 24th will be the 4 finals. Gives teams time to practice and recuperate. We will be renting bleachers for these games and will have them somewhere cool...like Bowmanville.

Fields

we are in need of fields. Some possibilities include

New Bowmanville Football field

Acquire more durham High schools for sundays

Henry St. High school for during the week.

West Lynde

September

There will be no September league games, however, fields may still be available and open to teams or individuals that are willing to make arrangements between each other to arrange a game the following weekend.The league is not yet positive of the dates that the fields are available until. There is the possibility of running a mini season but there would be a separate registration for this.

Winter clinics

Possible clinics available at Christmas and March Break.Stay posted to the website.

Registration

is set for the 29th of March at Isabella’s Café.

Spring Captains meeting

scheduled to happen at 1:30pm on the 12th of April at Isabella’s Café in Oshawa

attendance

Brad McIntyre-Frosted Flics
Kevin MacLeod-Band on the run and Highland Huckers,
Allen Latter, Weapons of mass Disctruction
Rob Henning-Huckin Heroes
Ken Pearce – Band on the run and Highland Huckers

There weren't many of us this year but we all agreed that it was a good sign and that it that indicated that people enjoyed what we did last year.It also meant that we could make decisions much more quickly.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Tue Oct 30, 2007, Updated Mon Jan 14, 2008

The 2007 Season comes to an End

The 2007 Season has been one of the best seasons yet. Many of the changes that were discussed at the Spring Captain's Meeting were put into place and were a success. Unfortunately, we are no longer able to book the fields so the official season is over. Anyone wanting to continue to play should check the Forum for Pick up games. There is still lots of nice weather left. Once again there will be no indoor league as we are unable to rent any facilities (all booked for soccer). There will be another news item coming soon with more information so stay tuned. We will also be having a captain's meeting in October for anyone interested. The date is still to be determined.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Thu Sep 20, 2007, Updated Sat Jan 12, 2008

Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament

BeachVolleyball11.pdf (78.06 K)
If you want to play in a fun beach volleyball tournament then read the attached flyer. There is quite a range of ages and so it is not competitive...therefore no spiking. It will be held at Oshawa Ice sports. Go and read the flyer now.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Wed Aug 1, 2007, Updated Wed Aug 1, 2007

Becoming an Ultimate success - DUC featured in Oshawa This Week

If anybody is interested, a small article was written about DUC and featured in the Friday July 27th, 2007 edition of Oshawa This Week.

Here is a link to the article...
http://newsdurhamregion.com/news/featured/article/83655

Nice job Kevin!

Posted by M. Zabudsky, Created Sun Jul 29, 2007, Updated Sun Jul 29, 2007

Schedule for B, C and D divisions

At this point in the season all teams in the B, C and D divisions have played each other. I have printed out the standings and will keep this as a record. At this point in the season some teams are supposed to be promoted and some teams demoted within the divisions. I will be doing this on a modified basis. The schedule for the B, C and D divisions has been updated for one more week. Some teams will find that they have moved up a division while some will find they are playing in the division below. What I plan on doing is watching each team to see how they do against the new divisions and then scheduling each weeks games based on the previous week's results. Scheduling will take place on Wednesdays or Thursdays. In a sense I will be running the schedule like a ladder where each team will play the team directly under them in the standings. If a team wins they move up the ladder and if a team loses they move down the ladder. With only 4 weeks left before playoffs this will allow me to seed teams appropriately. Make sure all teams check the time of their games carefully as with the division shifts the times will not always alternate from week to week.

Good Luck to all teams down the stretch! Kevin

p.s. If you are checking the standings and your team is one of the teams that has changed divisions you will find your results in the new division.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Wed Jul 18, 2007

Family Fun Day - This Saturday July 14th

If you are planning on attending the Family Fun Day this Saturday please go to the forum link below and let us know you are coming:

http://www.durhamultimateclub.com/league/forum.aspx?Topic=2271&Action=6&Message=6437#6437

If there is not enough people attending the family fun day will be cancelled.

Start your message with your name as well as the names of any other people you know are attending, including your children. Also include the time that you plan to attend and what you plan on doing while you are there(frolf, swim, picnic, play games, socialize, etc). Here is a sample of what you could write:

Kevin and Catherine MacLeod
Probably be there by 9:30 and we plan on playing frisbee golf, swimming, playing cups, picnic and socializing.

p.s. The weather forecast is for 26 Celcius and sunny.

Posted by M. Zabudsky, Created Wed Jul 11, 2007, Updated Wed Jul 11, 2007

Charity Tournament Reminder...

Just a reminder for everyone interested in participating in the Charity Tournament coming this Saturday July 7, 2007. The tournament is supporting the Durham Children's Aid Foundation this year.

We are slowly getting more registrations, but we still need your help! We are still in need of teams, individuals or volunteers who want to help out with the event.

So, please take the time to talk to your team today to see who is interested in playing this year. If you don't have the numbers for a team, individuals or groups can be accommodated.

If your team isn't interested in participating, but you would still like to play, don't miss this opportunity to come out and meet some new people and have a great day!

Here is a link to more information about the event:
http://www.durhamultimateclub.com/league/page.aspx?PageID=50

Posted by M. Zabudsky, Created Sun Jun 17, 2007, Updated Sun Jun 17, 2007

Online Waivers

Captains, take a moment to cross reference your team roster with the Online Waivers snapshot in the Photo Album area. If any players on your team have not completed a waiver, please remind them to do so. Waivers by Team

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Mon Jun 11, 2007, Updated Mon Jun 11, 2007

League officially begins this weekend - May 27th

Hello all, the league officially begins this weekend, and unfortunately it may rain. Our league plays rain or shine so make sure you show up. If there is lightning the captains should discuss whether to wait it out or cancel the game. Cancelled games will not be made up as we do not have any field space to do so. If only one teams shows up then that team will receive a default win.

Get your Official DUC Hoodies!

We will have hoodies for sale this weekend only! So if you want one come and get one from me on field 2. There are blue and black hoodies with a zipper for $30 or I have army green hoodies with no zipper for $35. I have no smalls left but lots of medium, large and XL. They will be given out on a first come, first pay basis.

We will also have rule books for all the teams so if all the captains could come and see Kevin on field 2 to get them. Also, any captains that do not have cones yet can come and get some as well.

Captains make sure you enter the stats online after your game. To do this you just have to go to the DUC site and click on the game you played and enter the stats. Make sure you know who "your" team MVPs and game MVPs are. Team MVPs are players selected from your team by your team and the Game MVPs are the players from your team selected by the other team. If you are confused it will make sense when you try to enter stuff.

Anyways, good luck everyone and make sure you play with SPIRIT as this is the most unique and important part of ultimate.

Kevin

Posted by M. Zabudsky, Created Fri May 25, 2007, Updated Fri May 25, 2007

League Start Date

League play begins May 27th

The league will officially start play on the 27th of May. This year we will have 30 teams split up into the 4 divisions. Divisions A and C will always play at the same time and Divisions B and D will always play at the same time. We will be using all 3 fields at Ritson and also having games at McLaughlin High School. We tried to secure the Sherwood field again but the city was uncooperative. The schedule should be coming out soon but for now I will just tell you that the A and C divisions will play at 5 pm and the B and D Divisions at 7 pm.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Fri May 11, 2007

We are now Full!!!

Sorry but we are full for the seasonWe still have some room on a B team and a D team for any small groups or individuals who wish to join. If you want to play email the league immediately and once you get a reply, send a cheque for $50/person(made out to Durham Ultimate Club) to Kevin MacLeod at 4776 Newtonville Road, Newtonville ON, L0A 1J0.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Wed Apr 18, 2007, Updated Fri Jun 8, 2007

More Players being Accepted

More Players Needed!
If you still wish to join the league there are a few teams in need of players. The league is throwing together a team of individuals (or small groups) for both the B division and the D division and we need players to fill both teams. Anyone interested should email the league right away to get put on the waiting list. They should then bring their $50 to Isabella's Chocolate Cafe (19 Simcoe Street S in Oshawa) on Saturday April 14th anytime from 1:30-4. If you cannot make these times then drop of your cheque anytime throughout the week.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Tue Apr 10, 2007

Captain's Meeting

Captain's Meeting

The Captain's meeting is scheduled for Saturday April 14th from 2 pm-3:30 pm at Isabella's Chocolate Cafe.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Sun Apr 8, 2007, Updated Mon Apr 9, 2007

Waiting List

Any players who missed the registration can bring thier money to Isabella's Cafe for the captains meeting and we will try and get you on a team.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Thu Apr 5, 2007, Updated Thu Apr 12, 2007

2007 Registration

REGISTRATION IS TODAY!

Registration will be held from 1 pm - 4 pm on Saturday March 31st at Isabella's Chocolate Cafe in downtown Oshawa. Isabella's Chocolate Cafe is located at 19 Simcoe Street South. (Just south of King Street on the East side of Simcoe). There is meter parking and a parking lot 1 block South-East of the Cafe.

Here is more information:
http://www.durhamultimateclub.com/league/page.aspx?PageID=23

Posted by M. Zabudsky, Created Sat Mar 31, 2007, Updated Sat Mar 31, 2007

Online Waivers Ready to go

This year we will be doing the waiver forms online rather than having everyone sign a paper copy and bring it to registration. All players must complete the online waiver as soon as possible. This waiver is for your protection and is mandatory. Captains must insure that all players on their team have completed the waiver before participating in any games. To complete the waiver just go to the website and under registration click on the waiver. Then enter all the required information and you are ready to go. If things go well you should receive an email indicating that you have completed the process. For those of you who are playing on more than one team you only have to do this once.

Filling in the waiver is only step 1 of the registration process. All players/teams must still come to registration and pay their money.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Wed Mar 21, 2007

March Break Clinics

Hey all, there will be two clinics held this March Break to try and get everyone ready for the approaching season. Both clinics will be held on Saturday March 10th at the Bowmanville Indoor Soccer Facility. If there is an overwhelming response to this news we may add more time slots. For anyone who wishes to rent the facility for their own team the facility is available most days during the march break after 9 pm. Just call the South Courtice arena at 905-435-1061.

Clinic 1: For Captains and Co-captains.

Time 1-2:30
Cost $10

This clinic will focus on individual skills such as throwing, pivoting, faking and catching as well as teams skills such as zone defence, stacks, etc. We also hope to provide the captains with some ideas of good drills for practices. We will be accepting the first 24 Captains and Co-captains to reply to Kevin.

Clinic 2: For Beginners

Time 2:30-4:00
Cost $10

This clinic is for players who need help with the basics. We will focus on individual skills such as throwing, pivoting, faking and catching. The first 30 players to register by emailing Kevin will be accepted. Please only reply if you are sure you can make it.

I will need some volunteers to collect money at the door and set up cones and stuff so if anyone is interested please let me know.

Directions:
To get to the facility Take the 401 to Bowmanville and exit at Waverly. Head North and then turn West at the Tim Hortons. The facility is around 500 meters down the road on the south side. You can't miss it!

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Thu Mar 1, 2007

Highlights of the 2007 Fall Captain’s Meeting

The following information was discussed and voted on at the fall meeting.

2007 League Structure:
Once again the league will be structured into 4 divisions; A through D. Assuming 24 teams we will have 6 teams in each division.

Teams that won their divisions in the 2006 season will be promoted to the next division! This will insure equal skill levels, less dominance within divisions, and much more interesting divisions to start off the 2007 season. We encourage the development of teams, and hope some will even step up on their own to make the divisions even better!

The season will be broken up into two halves. The first half of the season will involve each team in a division playing the 5 other teams in the division. After the 5 games the top 2 teams will move up a division and the bottom 2 will move down a division. This will allow teams that are struggling in their division or dominating their division to be better placed with teams of similar skill level.

Games will also be scheduled to try and make as many teams as happy as possible. With the new division structures the season will be scheduled with the A-Division and C-Division to play at the same times and B-Division and D-Division to play at the same times. The following week the game times will be reversed so that teams have the same number of early games as late.

Ex:
week 1 A and C play at 5:00pm B and D play at 7:00pm
week 2 B and D play at 5:00pm A and C play at 7:00pm

Default games and illegal players

A team may play with six players to avoid a default. However, the opposing team is not obligated to match numbers.

You must field a minimum of two girls and maximum of four guys within 5 minutes of the scheduled game time otherwise it is a default.

In the case of a default the captain should take responsibility for his/her team not being there and default the game. The idea behind this rule is that we hope that teams will make more of an effort to get to games on time, thus improving the overall spirit of the game.

Captains of teams that default should not make the other captain feel bad for accepting or enforcing the default. This is a league rule and must be enforced. Teams can still play the game but it is just for fun.

Scooping players to avoid default is not allowed. Once the team defaults due to lack of players, feel free to scoop as many players as you wish to have a fun game.

Team captains will have until the following Wednesday to input scores, M.V.P, and any other game information necessary. If a team does not input scores in the three day cushion, they will be given a default. The other teams result will stay as a win, loss or draw. This gives the league administrators time to update stats and standings for the following weekend, thus eliminating conflicting scheduling, improper stats, and late website updates. It also allows teams to use the website to its maximum potential.

Website Statistics

Captains will now be responsible for entering players of the game for only their team. This means they will enter the game MVPs as picked by the other team as well as their own players of the game as picked by their team.

Player Development:

Clinics for next season will be run by Kevin (Band on the Run) and Dicki (DUC Hunters). They will be structured and there is a lot to learn! If there are enough players to come out, and there is time, we may also have a small scrimmage to work on the things that were covered that week. They will be run weekly, with dates TBA. Special guest stars will grace us with their presence each week. Iain (Flick This) has offered to teach either how to break a force, or break wind. Either way by the end of the clinic we promise you will be able to burp the alphabet…or throw a mean hammer!

Tournaments
There will be THREE!!!

Tournaments in the 2007 season!

The spring tournament will be the day before Mother’s Day. Saturday May 12 2007. The Yo Mamma Ultimate Tournament will be a one day tournament. Mothers play free. Kristy from the DUC Hunters will be organizing this one.

Gill, of The Drugstore Cowboys, will be hosting the Second Annual Charity Tournament! Dates TBA, and will be bigger and better than last year. This years charity is the Humane Society. The cool thing about this tournament is that the winning team gets to choose the charity for the following year!

The third tournament will be held in the fall. September tournament where those who are still with us can play more ultimate! Dates also TBA.

Playoffs

Playoffs for the 2007 season will be a structured single elimination playoff. Teams will be broken down into 3 divisions of 8 teams, based on the final standings in August. There will be a first place champion and consolation champion in each division. Dicki will provide more detail as the playoff date comes closer. The date for the playoffs has been set as August 26th 2007. The playoffs are set for the last weekend in August to ensure all players are able to play.

September Ultimate

The structure for the September games has not been decided on but the league is considering running a “Hat” format. This would mean that players could join up in small groups of 4 or less and then would be distributed evenly onto teams. The number of teams depends on the number of players interested in playing. If there are not enough players for a hat league then it may be best to host pick ups on Sundays separating teams by throwing shoes into two piles, a giant game of paper, rock, scissor or fighting until the death ßpoor spirit.

Playing on two teams
Playing on two teams this season will be permitted so long as the following requirements are met:

Players must pay to play on two teams.

Players cannot play on two teams in the same division. This will ensure that there are no complications in inter-division play and scheduling conflicts.

If players from A-division wish to play on two teams, they will have to go down to B, C or D-divisions to assist in development of players and teams. This will ensure the growth of the league and help teams learn more structured ultimate for better games and more enjoyable, less frustrating ultimate!!

No more than three players from one team may play on the same second team. This will ensure there is no stacking of teams in lower divisions and better distribute out the A-division players throughout the other divisions.

Players from the B, C and D-divisions may go up in division, and are absolutely encouraged to!!!!

Incident Reports

Any incidents of poor spirit on and off the field or injuries will be posted on the incident report area of the web site, and dealt with accordingly. Any repeat offenders will be suspended from the league. Plain and simple…PLAY WITH SPIRIT!!

Awards

There will be awards handed out at the end of the 2007 season for those who place on top of their respected divisions!! Rob Henning and Kevin MacLeod will be in charge of prizes.

Other Business

The City of Oshawa has no more fields available so the size of the league is at its maximum. Dicky and Chad Johnston will be attempting to find more fields for us to play on. This will allow the league to grow and may allow us to have a different league throughout the week.

Theresa Bickle will be handling publicity for the league

Gill will be handling charity events

Iain will be handling the discussion board and locking in statistics on Wednesdays

Important Dates

Registration will be on March 31 2007.

Spring Captain’s Meeting on April 14th

Spring Tournament is on Saturday May 12th

1st League game is Sunday May 27th

Playoffs August 26th

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Mon Oct 23, 2006, Updated Tue Oct 24, 2006

End of 2006 Season

The final game to decide the league championship was scheduled for Sunday September 24th at 4 pm between the DUC Hunters and Band on the Run. The two teams had both lost to each other once during the regular season and also lost once each to the Hurlers, which meant they were tied in the standings and would have to play a final game. This was the second year in a row that there were two teams tied at the end of the season and shows that the standings race is quite tight at the top. (Last year the Hurlers edged out Band on the Run 11-9 to win the league.) And so the stage was set for another battle between two of the top teams in the league. Originally the game was scheduled for September 16th but the DUC Hunters requested it be moved to September 24th, as they were entered into a Guelph tournament on the 16th and 17th and they felt that they would be too exhausted to play a game of this magnitude. This wish was granted, but unfortunately, the 24th ended up not being much better for the DUC Hunters as they were only able to field 5 guys and 1 girl, resulting in a default loss. This was very disappointing for Band on the Run and those players from DUC Hunters who showed up as all players were pumped for a tough game. Alex was unsure where his Captain Dicki and the rest of his teammates were and requested that the game be postponed again but the league cannot just keep rescheduling games. The League was very accommodating in rescheduling it to the 24th and feels that the DUC Hunters should have fielded a team if they wanted to win the championship. The responsibility of fielding a team lies with the captain and it is his or her responsibility to make sure that their team is there on time. Failure to do this must result in a default. Band on the Run was available both weekends to play and showed up with enough players to play and so will be declared the champions for this year. Congratulations goes out to all teams, in all four divisions, for another successful season and the league thanks all captains for their hard work all season long. Many of the issues of this season will be discussed at the Fall and Spring Captains meetings in order to make next season even better than this one. If you have any suggestions please feel free to post them on the forum and the league executive will have a look at them. You can also keep up to date on pick-up games by checking out the forum each week.
Cheers!

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Tue Sep 26, 2006

September Games

The games for September 10th have been scheduled. They are all exhibition games. To find out when you are playing you must work your way to your teams' schedule. The division schedule will not show the games since all games are being played outside the divisions. All teams are scheduled to play except for the Floppy Discs and The Mighty Hucks. If you cannot field a team for the game please call the other captain. We have the fields until Oct 2nd so there will be more games added to the schedule. Also, there is a tournament in Peterborough on the 16th of September if any teams want some more ultimate action.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Wed Sep 6, 2006

September Ultimate

There will be ultimate in September. I am waiting for captains to let me know which teams are available in September. Last year we had a lot of teams just not show up to the games and I wanted to try and avoid that this year. Once I get word from the captains I will make the schedule. Enjoy the long weekend.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Fri Sep 1, 2006

August 26th Tournament cancelled

DUC Players

Due to lack of interest, there will be no playoff tournament this Saturday, August 26th. Only 5 teams were able or willing to field teams for the tournament. This would make for an inadequate playoff tournament. Thanks to those teams that did reply. An alternative playoff arrangement is in the works.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Sun Aug 20, 2006

Playoffs

The playoffs will be played in a tournament format on Saturday August 26th. Any team that wishes to enter the tournament must submit a $50 cheque to Kevin in order to secure their spot. This money will then be donated to a local charity. In order to choose the charity I will let the winning team decide. Each team will be placed in a pool and will play 3 round robin games (40 minutes) and then the pools will be seeded. The top teams will move on to the championship round while the lower seeded teams will be put into the spirit round. THere will be prizes awarded for the winners of the championship round and the spirit round. I expect that not all teams will be able to enter the tournament due to prior engagements so teams are allowed to join forces if needed. Although we are calling it the playoffs really it is just a fun tournament. The Money must be received by August 13th in order to hold your spot.

If anyone would like to help run this tournament please email me as I will be away on vacation and the tournament cannot run itself.

To run a successful tournament we need at least 8 teams so if by the end of the night on Sunday August 13th I do not have 8 teams the tournament will be cancelled for this year.

Kevin

p.s. Don't forget that the game times for August are 4 pm and 6 pm.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Wed Aug 2, 2006

New Schedule is Up

The new schedule is now online. You will notice that there are now 4 divisions (A, B, C and D) with six teams in each division. The divisions were created using the latest standings in each division. Ideally I would not have had to change the divisions but some teams were quite clearly misplaced within divisions and so a mid season shuffle was necessary. Four divisions were chosen so that each team would be able to play all other teams in their division before the end of the season. To accomodate the four divisions I had to start a new season which is called 2006 Late Summer Season. Your screen should default to this current season automatically but if you wish to view statistics from the previous season just change seasons. Due to the new season being started the standings in each division will be reset to zero as well as all the statistics. This was the only way we could move teams around within divisions to try and create divisions of teams of equal skill. For the B C and D divisions whoever is at the top after the 5 weeks will receive a reward for their efforts. For the A division the league champion will be determined by adding the previous seasons totals to the totals from the next 5 games. The computer will not be able to do this so I will have to add them up at the end of the 5 week session. Please let me know if anyone sees any mistakes on the schedule such as teams scheduled twice or teams scheduled for the same time on the same field.

Good luck for the rest of the Season and remember to play with Spirit.
Kevin

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Wed Jul 19, 2006

Website Statistics

Captains must enter their statistics into the computer as soon as possible after their games. If the Stats are not inputted within a week the league must go in and guess as to the players of the game, which is unfair to the teams involved. Until the stats are entered and locked by the league they cannot be veiwed by teams. It seems to be the same teams every week that are not entering the stats on a timely basis. I have been giving the team that entered the stats full spirit points and taking 1 spirit point (for organization) off of any team that does not enter stats. Thank you to all those teams that do enter their stats quickly and consistently.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Wed Jun 28, 2006

Youth Sports Camp needs Help

The Town of Ajax is introducing a new and exciting Teen Sports Camp for youths between the ages of 12-16. They hope to introduce youths to new sports and were wondering if anyone in our league would be interested in coming out to promote Ultimate Frisbee as part of their program. They would need one or two volunteers to come in on either a Monday, Wednesday or Thursday afternoon during the weeks of July 3-7, July 31- August 4, July 17-21 and August 14-18. If you think you would be able to help out with one or more of these weeks please let Kevin MacLeod know as soon as possible.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Thu Jun 15, 2006

Season Begins

The Regular season will begin on May 28th. All teams will be playing games so check your teams' schedule. Twenty-two teams will play divisional games while two teams are playing an exhibtion game. Exhibtion games will not count towards the standings. The reason for this exhibition game is that there are 7 teams in the recreational division and 9 in the Intermediate divsion. Therefore a recreational team will play an intermediate team so that all teams get a game. The intermediate teams will be able to see how their team stacks up against the recreational division teams. In an ideal world we would have 8 teams in all divisions but unfortunately we could not convince any teams to move up to the recreational division. Good luck this weekend and remember to enter your stats right after your game.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Thu May 25, 2006

No Games on Long Weekends

There will be no games scheduled for the May long weekend or any other long weekend. If you would still like to play there might be pick-up games posted on the forum. The regular season will start the following weekend.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Fri May 19, 2006, Updated Fri May 19, 2006

1st Game Schedule

The first games have been scheduled for this upcoming Sunday. To find out when you play click on Divisions/teams/schedule and then go to your team and click on your teams schedule. These games are exhibition and so will not appear under the division schedule. Captains should come to field 2 to get the discs at around 6:30. Good luck in your games and make sure to keep the spirit alive! The captain'e meeting was amazing and a lot of good things were discussed and decided. Thanks to all those people who came. I will write out the details of the meeting as soon as I get a chance.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Thu May 4, 2006, Updated Thu May 4, 2006

A few players still needed

The league is still in need of a few players (especially females or couples) to fill up a couple of teams. If you are interested please contact the league by going to Contact info in the side menu.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Tue May 2, 2006, Updated Tue May 2, 2006

Captain's Meeting

The Captains meeting is on Tuesday May 2nd at 6:30 at Montanas. Please be on time so we can get started right away. You might want to bring a sweater incase we decide to have the meeting on the patio so that we don't disturb the regulars. If you have not given me a $25 default cheque then please bring one. Also, there are two or three teams that need to pick up the DVD from me so don't forget.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Mon May 1, 2006

League Start Date

Start Date
The league start date is tentatively Sunday May 7th, however, the City of Oshawa has not confirmed this date yet so the schedule cannot be built.

League Structure
The league at the moment has twenty two teams confirmed and a possible two more teams being made up of late registrants. Trying to set up the divisions has been a very frustrating process as no teams are willing to move up to the recreational division. I would like the divisions to run 12 and 12, however this may not be possible and so I might have to run with 14 in the Recreational division and 10 in the Beginner division. This means that some teams would be moved up to the Recreational Division against their wishes. The reason behind this is as follows: The Recreational league typically has 4 teams that are good and then 8 teams that are medium skilled teams. The lower the number of medium skilled teams I have in the Recreational Division the more often those teams must face the more skilled teams and so the more frustrating their season. By putting more teams in the Recreational Division it decreases the number of times that each team plays the good teams.

Last Minute Registration
I will be holding another very short registration day on Wednesday April 26th at 7 pm at the Montana's on Taunton Road in Oshawa to allow anyone that wishes to play an opportunity to sign up. Anyone wishing to sign up must bring a $60 cheque (or cash) and a completed waiver form which can be printed off of this website.

Captain's Meeting
The Captains meeting will be held on Tuesday May 2nd at 6:30 at Montana's. Captains are reminded to make sure that all their players are logged into the website so that they can receive a free disc. If any teams have dates where they would prefer a late game over an early game please let me know asap so that I can try to work it into the original schedule. Please do not request too many dates as I don't want to spend a year making the schedule.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Mon Apr 24, 2006

Setting up your teams online

Captains:
To set up your teams online all the captain has to do is login and then start entering your team members into the computer. Make sure you enter the right email for the member and then check off the box that says 'send an invitation to join'. If you entered your players last year they should still be there. If some players are not returning you should be able to delete or disable them by choosing their name and then delete. Once you choose delete you will have to decide whether to delete them or disable them. Disabling keeps them on the data base so if they return you can just enable them. Once you have invited your teammates to join the site keep an eye on your roster page to see who actually signs up. If there are some that do not sign up you can send them another invitation or call them to tell them to sign up. If they are not signed up they will not receive a disc.

Members:
Once you receive an invitation to join from the teamopolis site follow the instructions on the email and you will be able to set yourself up as a team member of your team. If by chance you have already registered on the DUC website (prior to receiving the invitation email) I will have to manually switch you over to the correct team. Please email me if you are in this situation.

Individual Teams:
This year there were enough individual sign ups to make two teams. At the moment these teams are called Individual team 1 and 2. I have entered the names of the team members myself and you should have received an invitation email. If you did not receive one then either you did not provide me with one or I messed up entering your email. If you do not receive an email or do not see your name on either team please email me through the website.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Wed Apr 12, 2006

2005 Results

The 2005 Season was the Durham Ultimate Club's most successful yet! We increased in size from 16 teams to 20 teams and 2 divisions were created. The recreational Division was created for those teams that had been around for a while and were pretty knowledgeable of the rules, while the Beginner division was created for those teams that were new to the game or were still learning the rules.

The recreational division standings were very tight for most of the season and at the end of the season the top 4 teams were only separated by 2 points. Congratulations goes out to the Wild Cats who were declared the Recreational Division Champions! Congratulations should also go out to the Hurlers who tied the Wild Cats in points but due to their head to head loss to the Wild Cats ended up finishing second.

The Beginner division was also very competitive right until the end of the season. The Geri’s, Bad Mutha Huckers and The Ultimates were tied in points for almost the entire season but in the end the Geri’s (aka Geriatrics) were crowned the Beginner Division Champions!

In the playoffs there were some very close games and all teams competed ferociously for the coveted playoff trophy. After all the dust from the round robin games had settled the finalists were determined. It would be a battle between Band on the Run and the Hurlers. At half-time Band on the Run held a slim 8-6 advantage. After half the Hurlers came out flying, scoring 5 quick points to make the score 11-8. Dave McGonigal and Rich Dobson were throwing pin-point passes to the back of the end zone almost at will. Desperate to put a stop to the one sided scoring Band on the Run switched from their usual zone defense to a man-to-man defense. This seemed to work as band on the run scored two quick points to make the score 11-10. After this the teams traded points to make it 12-11. With the game clock winding down Band on the Run pulled to the Hurlers hoping to get a turnover so they could complete their comeback. Unfortunately, pin point passing by the Hurlers allowed them to score the last point to make the final score 13-11. Both teams gave each other 10 for spirit and agreed that it was the best game the two teams had ever played in. Congratulations to the Hurlers for their great Playoff run!

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Fri Feb 3, 2006

Playoffs

The playoff schedule is ready to go. Just go to divisions/Teams/Schedule and then click on the change season drop down menu and select 2005 Playoffs. The divisions have been modified slightly so please check to see which division you play in. The bottom 3 teams from the Recreational division have been moved to the Beginner divisions and the top 3 teams from the beginner division have been moved up into the recreational divisions.

The Recreational Division has been split into 2 pools of 6 teams. Each team will receive 5 round robin games within their pool and then the top team from each pool will play in the final game.

The Beginner Division has been split into 2 pools of 5 teams. Each team will receive 4 round robin games within their division and will also play one exhibition game against a team from the other Beginner pool. This extra game is to avoid teams having to have a bye and should not be counted in the standings. After the round robin games the top team in each pool will compete for the final. For teams in the Beginner 2 Division you will have to have a look at the Beginner Division schedule to find out when your game against the other division is.

Ties in points will be resolved by looking at the head to head results and then points against if necessary.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Wed Aug 17, 2005, Updated Thu Aug 18, 2005

Playoffs

The end of the season is only 1 week away and then we're into playoffs. The playoffs this year will run from August 21st until October 2nd. That gives us 6 weeks of playoff games as we will not be playing games on September 4th due to the long weekend. Once the final standings are available after the August 14th games I will be breaking up the teams into different divisions of similar skill level. I will then create a schedule for each division that allows me to have the finals on the October 2nd weekend.

The statistics have been tested and I think they will work for playoffs. Captains will be able to enter the results of their game right onto the website and save the hassle of forwarding me the scores. Teams will be responsilbe for entering the half time score, final score, players of the game from both teams and a spirit score. This means captains will have to make sure they record their information accurately while at the game. The only thing that might hold us back are the 7 teams that have not entered their players into the system. If these players are not entered then captains will not be able to pick the players of the game from the drop down windows. The teams who still have to enter their team members are: Redisculus, Spin Doctors, The Mighty Hucks, Bad Mutha Huckers and The Huck'n Hustlers. If these teams do not enter there players by August 14th they will not be scheduled for the playoffs (I hope this is not necessary).

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Tue Aug 9, 2005, Updated Tue Aug 9, 2005

The Latest News

Well, the new website has finally been launched and it should prove to be quite useful.

One of the exciting new features on the site will be the ability for the league administrator to email specific members, individual teams, groups of teams or even the entire league with import information. The site also allows for easy viewing of your schedule, maps to playing fields and rosters. It will even tell you who you play next and that team's record over the past couple games. There is also a forum where teams can comment on rules, games, or upcoming practices.

Eventually the site will also be able to handle stats which means teams will be able to enter their scores right on the site. We hope to have this running in a few weeks.

There may be a few bugs in the system so please let us know if you encounter any problems.

Posted by Marc Za, Created Fri Jun 10, 2005

The Latest News

The Captains Meeting was held on April 20th and many issues were discussed. A few of the more important pieces of information include:

Captain as well as all players should read the rules.
Season begins May 15th but there will be pickup on May 8th between 5 and 7 pm.
Waiver form folder is due before the games on may 15th.
Games will be played on Sundays at 5 pm and 7 pm at multiple locations.
Sherwood Park will be one of the new fields used (just East of Ritson Soccer fields).
Some teams still need to provide $25 default cheques.
No games on Sunday May 22nd.
Pickup games on Monday May 23rd between 1 pm and 4pm at Ritson Fields.
Cones were issued to all teams in attendance.

All players who signed up as individuals were placed on the team called the Cyclones. The team Captain is Mike Harris and he will contact players when he finishes his exams. The names of the individuals on this team include: Deborah Warren, Louise Gagnon, James Rodger, Nyle Stacey, Elaine Cathcart, Michael Hart, Raymond Cheng, Pui-yee Cheng, Amritha Decroos, Robert Green, Andrea Dessureault, Christian Cote Menard, Chris Allin, Mike MacChesney, Michelle MacChesney, Cameron and Angela Butler.

Posted by Kevin MacLeod, Created Thu May 5, 2005, Updated Tue May 17, 2005

The Latest News

Registration will occur on Saturday April 2nd at Montana's Cookhouse in Oshawa from 1- 4 pm. The cost will be $60 per player which will include a shiny new disc. The team cost will once again be $900. Check out the registration news page for more detailed information.

There will be a recreational league and a beginner league this year. Assuming that all teams involved last year enter this is how the divisions will be set up. The top 12 teams from last year will be placed into the recreational division while the bottom 8 will be placed into the beginner division. If new teams join then I will consult with the captain to determine their placement. This split will allow teams to play teams of similar skill level more often and should result in a quicker learning curve.

All players are encouraged to read the rules to avoid on field confusion and to ensure that Spirit of the Game is maintained throughout the season. Just look on the side menu for a complete set of rules. Print them off and read them when you are on the train or at work.

The website will be changing soon to a new webpage provider. Leagueopolis will be hosting the site starting at the end of March. This will allow us to track more results and for teams to receive more detailed information about their upcoming games, past games, player of the game results etc. You will also be able to see who you play next and check out that teams record.

* Captains, it is now possible for teams to build their own team website using a site called "Teamopolis". The cost is $89.99 for the year which works out to about $6 per player. The site allows you to do team surveys, player biographies, load up lots of pictures, set up a schedule as well as much, much more. It is only useful if someone on your team has the energy to run the site

Posted by Marc Za, Created Thu May 5, 2005