UPA Newsletter: 2001 Summer by USA Ultimate

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VOL. 21 NO. 2 â&#x20AC;˘ SUMMER 2001

Llege Champions - p. 32 Carleton CUT & the Georgia Ho-Dawgs

Junior Champions - p. 44 Amherst & Paidaia

World Games - p. 28

US National Team Warms Up

Proposed 10th Rules - p. 62 Try them out!

Uitil!'~---3595 E. Fountain Blvd. J2 Colorado Springs, CO 80910 800-UPA GETH • 719-591-1168 • info@upa.org Executive Director Joey Gray • ed@upa.org Assistant Director Joe Gorman joe.gorman@upa.org Assistant Director Will Deaver will.deaver@upa.org Open Director David Raflo 703-807-1934 • upa_nod@upa.org Women's Director Melissa Ditz upa_nwd@upa.org Mixed Director Jen Christianson 770-594-9562 • upa_nxd@upa.org Masters Director Pete Giusti upa_nmd@upa.org College Director Lyn Debevoise upa_ncd@upa.org Juniors Director Michael Baccarini 404-370-1404 • upa_njd@upa.org Alumni Relations Steve Mooney 617-323-2332 • upa_alumni@upa.org Innovation Grants Angelo Artemakis 773-227-5583 • upa_grants@upa.org UPA BOARD MEMBERS: President Jim Pari nella • jim.parinella@upa.org Vice Pres. Kate Bergeron • kate.bergeron@upa.org Treasurer Matt Healey • matt.healey@upa.org Secretary Dan Revelle (SW) • dan.revelle@upa.org Members: Jennifer Donnelly jennifer.donnelly@upa.org Tim Murray (C) tim.murray@upa.org Kurt Dahlenburg (S) kurt.dahlenburg@upa.org Bill Layden (NW) bill.layden@upa.org Dave Remucal dave.remucal@upa.org Henry Thorne henry.thorne@upa.org Paul Bonfanti (MA) • paul.bonfanti@upa.org Tommy Proulx (NE) • tommy.proulx@upa.org

Letters t:o t:he Edit:or DearUPA: I was struck by a thought recently, and I wondered if you might have any insight on the subject. What occurred to me is that when I have gone to different places in the U.S. and played Ultimate, I've found that the rules, the terminology, and the basic "feel" of the game are always the same. And, from what I've been told, the same is true (more or less) in other countries. I've wondered why that is. Do you think that the UPAthrough the publishing of rules and the sanctioning of tournaments - can take credit for the fact that everyone around the world is playing the same game? Or do you think there are other factors involved? If so, what do you think they are? Just curious, - Matthew Heyward Vice President, Washington-Area Frisbee Club (WAFC)

REGIONAL COORDINATORS: Central Open Mike LaScola 618-893-2712 • upa_central_rc@upa.org Central Women DeAnna Ball upa_central _wrc@upa.org Central Masters Alexander Dee upa_central _mrc@upa.org Mid-Atlantic Open AJ lwaszko 703-533-8325 upa_ma_rc@upa.org Mid-Atlantic Women Melissa lwaszko 703-289-1793 • upa_ma_wrc@upa.org Mid-Atlantic Masters Craig Murray upa_ma_mrc@upa.org Northeast Open VACANT 703-533-8325 • upa_ne_rc@upa.org Northeast Women Lori Parham 617-868-5132 • upa_ne_wrc@upa.org Northeast Masters George Cooke upa_ne_mrc@upa.org Northwest Open Chad Walters 650-969-0868 • upa_nw_rc@upa.org Northwest Women Sandy Angelos 415-221-2014 • upa_nw_wrc@upa.org Northwest Masters Baird Johnson 206-329-7422 upa_nw_mrc@upa.org South Open Carl Parsons 214-358-4768 • upa_south_rc@upa.org South Women Leigh Gorman 512-708-0169 upa_south_wrc@upa.org South Masters J.R. Reynolds 912-356-1215 upa_south_mrc@upa.org Southwest Open Alex Bellows 303-402-6721 • upa_sw_rc@upa.org Southwest Women Beth Thomas 760-942-8184 • upa_sw_crc@upa.org Southwest Masters Jon Shepard upa_sw_mrc@upa.org NEWSLETTER STAFF Editor-in-Chief VACANT Editor Carrie Simison • upa_newsletter@upa.org Graphic Design Cathy Maykut upa_newsletter@upa.org

Hello UPA I'm just coming off sectionals and had a great time. The team plays well and hard and enjoys the ride, plus good spirit. The two unfortunate moments of the weekend involved evidence of poor spirit, both against "top" teams. It seems that fouling on the mark is the way the "top" teams are playing and strategizing to take advantage. How do we get it back? Here's one way. I've begun to teach Ultimate to 7th and 8th graders in the town nearby my home. I teach two days a

CORRECTIONS TO LAST ISSUE The article on the draft for SFUC titled, "Proudly going ... Where we go every year." Was by Seth Blacher. There was a typo in last issue's budget report on page seven. In the second column of Table 2 (Expenses, 2001), the number 10 was repeated for both International and Library/Archive. The number for Library/Archive should be 3. The number for Media should be 25. And the number for Marketing should be 4.

Editorial: All submissions must be typed doublespace and/or on a 3-1/2" disk in RTF format. Email your submissions to upa_newsletter@upa.org Submit full name, address, and phone. All editorial submissions become the property of the UPA. Photographs: Labeled prints and/or digital scans, black and white or color photos are acceptable. Please include all information on the back of each photo: Subject, event (ie Women's Nationals, etc) & name of photographer. Email photos as a jpeg of at least 300dpi to upa_newsletter@upa.org. Published photos become property of the UPA. unused photos will be returned upon request if accompanied with a SASE. Next Deadline: August 15, 2001

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week for almost two hours each day. It's good fun and a great way to spread the message of good spirit, though the battle is a hard one with the NBA, NFL, mob, etc. pros fighting. The program with the kids will also include disc golf lessons, as the school wishes to build and design its own course! Good news, there's always hope. - Eric Johnson p.s. Today, the same class I teach Ultimate to will be going to our local disc golf course. Myself, Mo, Burl and some other friends will be there to work with the kids and introduce them to the course. Daily proof that the good fight continues!

Dear Editor, I was extremely disappointed with the decision to run Adam Zagoria's article glorifying stealing discs ("Lifted lid stories; ' Spring 2001 newsletter), because it contradicts so many of Ultimate's principles: respect for other players, honesty and self-policing. Contrary to Zagoria's enthusiasm, there's nothing "genius" about being a thief. Yes, I saw the editor's two-sentence disclaimer "we in no way condone stealing ..." No, that isn't enough to offset a full-page article finding stealing amusing. We can hardly complain about cheating on the field when tales of cheating before, between and after games apparently merit space in the UPA's humor section. Ultimate should hold itself to a higher standard - and so should Ultimate players. - Mark D. Richardson Chicago, IL

Dear Editor, After just reading the most recent publication of the UPA Newsletter, I am sickened at the attitude taken by this Jay Talerman individual, as well as one or two of the 'Friends' mentioned in Zag's column. How can anyone actually pride himself on taking other people's possessions? I do not understand this mentality. And, yes, I also feel it is in direct violation of the Spirit of the Game. I have been under the impression for the 20+ years I have been involved in the sport of Ultimate that there is, or at least should

be, an inherent mutual respect towards other players, and that respect reaches beyond the playing field. I have run a fairly successful Summer League in Denver for over eight years, and have picked up more "lost and found" items than I can remember, including probably over 100 discs over these years. I pride myself on making just about every effort possible to get these belongings back to their rightful owner(s). These discs, among the other items, may have sentimental value to the owners, but even if they don' t, it does not belong to the person that finds them. But to actually, purposefully, intentionally steal a disc from anyone tells me that the person guilty of such childish acts does not deserve the right to play amongst those (other) players that love the sport for what it is. I need not be reminded to watch out for the likes of these outright thieves. I have a fairly good memory for names, and Jay Talerman will never be allowed to play in any of the games I run here in the Denver Summer Ultimate League. I don't want this guy anywhere near Denver, CO. - A.R. (Andrew) Lindsay-O'Neal, akaDroid Commissioner, Denver Summer Ultimate League

Dear Ultimate Players Association, Greetings. Your organization must see my book cover! My photograph is of a gourd-wearing New Guinea tribesman playing Frisbee (on my Web site or barnesandnoble.com, In Search ofAdventure: A Wild Travel Anthology, by Bruce Northam). He is the subject of my story, "Naked Native Frisbee" ... http://americandetour.com/bruce_books.html - BruceNor@aol.com

DearUPA, In a recent issue of the UPA newsletter I read a letter, from the executive director, asking for donations to the UPA. This struck me as odd. I believe that I already donate $30.00 to the UPA. I pay my membership dues so that I can play in sectionals and then I pay tournaments fees to play in that tournament. I also play in

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College Open Champions 3&

World Games Team

Dan Cogan

USA College Women's Champions 32 Beth Worthen

Junior Girls Champions 4& Joe Gorman

Erik Hammer Retires

Women's Ultimate by Joe Gorman

Spirit Avvards by Ben Klasky

by Joey Gray

Tournament Reports

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Proposed 10th Edition Rules

Junior Boys Champions 44 Harper Alexander

Upcoming Tournaments

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ExECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Joey Gray

Sponsorship. Now there's a word to get Ultimate players going ... Will sponsorship save our sport from itself? Or will sponsorship ruin what we have? Probably neither. Let me preface this by saying that for my first 10 years or so of playing and organizing, I would not get near anything to do with sponsorship. One of the (many) appeals of Ultimate was the absence of corporate influence, both visually and structurally. Then, I had an epiphany. If those of us who care about Ultimate for its differences completely avoid the issue, sponsorship will inevitably be pursued by the other people. Now, clearly your "other people" and my "other people" are not the same- I'm not implying any sort of consensus there. But the point is if you are skeptical about sponsorship, then you are exactly the person to learn and get involved. Similarly, if you have never questioned sponsorship, it's a good time to understand that some of the concerns are real and that those concerns extend far beyond our sport. So why, after 30+ years of this awesome, beautiful, athletic, intense, gritty and visually appealing sport, do sponsors not flock? Well, it appears they're starting to, but I'll get to that. First though,

let's compare Ultimate with the so-called "extreme sports". I call them the extremely expensive sports. They emerged and thrived during an economic boom that allowed many people to fill their garages with big expensive toys. Every one of those sports is backed by a product industry that bought the first ads in each sport's first magazine, or even created the first magazines, thus fueling new markets. Those companies depend on the success of their sport for survival. For us, as much as we love our plastic, the buying power of tech-head equipment junkies does not underlie the success of Ultimate. This simple fact may have more to do with why Ultimate is still Ultimate than any other factor. No sport requires less equipment and facility maintenance than Ultimate, except maybe running or some martial arts on the individual side, and soccer on the team side. Yet even with soccer, you need a ball that costs more than a disc (unless you're in a developing country, playing with a wad of scraps) and you need goalposts and nets that cost more than cones. The sociologists and economists can take it from there, but somehow, there's a relationship between Spirit of the Game, the relative lack of equipment expense,

UPA Membership Cycle ALL MEMBERS TRANSITION TO DEC. The UPA is entering the final stage of transition from the old dual membership cycle to one very simple membership cycle. Starting now. all UPA memberships (except lifetime. of course) will be based on a calendar year. Before, your membership could be good anywhere from 8-14 months, depending on the time of year you joined. This caused: Confusion, due to expiration dates of Feb 28 & Aug 31; Missed Newsletters, due to memberships not matching the mailing schedule; Financial uncertainty, due to memberships not matching the fiscal year; Stagnated growth, due to focus on championship schedules only; and Reduced quality in member service, due to handling memberships during the

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height of the seasons. Now, all memberships will be for the calendar year in which you join, with minor adjustments for brand new members joining for the first time late in the year and for all members renewing/joining in Dec. Dues remain at the current rates EXCEPT for the temporary transition below, which affects players who typically renew prior to the fall championships. This transition began in 2000. All former February members are already on Dec 31, as are many others. Players whose membership expires August 2001 must be switched next. If you typically join the UPA in the fall, this is especially important for you! After much research and months of debate about the impact, the Board of Directors approved the following Membership Transition Schedule:

Executive Director

RENEWING MEMBERS who join Sept 1st, 2001 to Dec 31st, 2001 REGULAR

S4s.oo transition rate to expire Dec 31st, 2002

COLLEGE

S3s.oo transition rate to expire Dec 31st, 2002

JUNIOR

S2s.oo transition rate to expire Dec 31st, 2002

BRAND NEW MEMBERS who join Sept 1st, 2001 to Nov 31st, 2001 REGULAR

$2o intro rate to expire Dec 31st, 2001

COLLEGE

$15 intro rate to expire Dec 31st, 2001

JUNIOR

$10 intro rate to expire Dec 31st, 2001

This means: When you renew at the transition rate this year, you will NOT

and the way Ultimate has managed to flourish beneath the radar. Is this factor a blessing, or a curse? Probably both. Our structure (or lack of it) transcends direct corporate influence, thus we are free to go for appropriate sponsorship in a way that compliments Ultimate's greatest asset: its difference. This is the "Financing" year of the UPA's 3-year, "Foundation, Financing, Fun", plan. Currently the UPA is almost entirely funded by membership dues. By diversifying to include healthy ongoing income from grants, merchandise, donations, sponsors, program generated fees and other new revenue, the UPA can serve members and the sport better and in more ways. I am happy to announce that we have a new Sponsorship Director, Mark Goodman a player in DC, who you should hear more from in the next issue. In the last two weeks, we' ve been called by two national companies, specifically interested in Ultimate because it is a grass-roots sport. We think there's an exciting trend on the horizon ... Lastly, hearty thanks to Michael Pace, Henry & Karen Thorne, Tommy & Proulx, Billy Rodriguez and Jan & PC Crosby for putting me up, and to Erin from Pittsburgh for lending her cleats to a total stranger.

RENEVVAL have to renew again until December of 2002. Please help make this transition smooth by paying attention and paying the correct amount. Your membership , and thus your eligibility to participate in UPA events , will not be valid unless you join at the correct amount. As you can probably imagine, many potential transition schedules were discussed and researched at length, including different dates, amounts and levels of choice. Our primary goal at HQ is efficiency and simplicity in dealing with memberships so we can focus on playrelated and more fun activities. While the transition schedule most likely does not meet the entire range of individual situations, it allows us to provide more and better services.

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the WAFC Fool's Fest which I believe is a UPA event. This is all I get for my $30.00. I know I get the newsletter and a sticker. This is the first year I have actually gotten both. For the first two years I was a UPA member I didn't get anything. The other years there was no sticker. Sorry ifl sound like I am whining. Truthfully this has never bothered me because I felt if nothing else my $30.00 was going to the bettering of my sport. However, after reading the executive director's plea for more money, it made me wonder what do you spend my $30.00 on and why do you need more? - Rick Segal

Joey Gray, Executive Director responds: Your letter is actually perfect because the newsletter experience you describe is an example of how your UPA is a typical non-profit organization. Expectations are high and goals are grand, yet we hardly have the resources to sustain current service, let alone to focus on growth. More funding will allow everyone do more of the many, many things players think the UPA should be doing, and do them better. One example is with staffing. People always tell me, "don t burn out", when they learn I worked 65 hrs/week throughout 2000 or find one of us here at HQ on a Saturday It's a real concern. We shouldn t have to keep this up - we can t, we won t. But this article has to be written, and that's not going to happen during work hours when the office is abuzz with activity that no one else is available to deal with. Burnout is a huge problem in non-profits because people care so much that they work too hard. We need a significant increase in funding to hire quality people to do all the jobs members expect. That article you mentioned was written last fall, just days after I learned staff member number two at the time (April Hoskins), had taken a job at a tech firm for probably more than twice her UPA salary, at the height of our busiest season. That left HQ with a staff of two, including one sad and stressed executive director (me) and one rookie assistant director, barely 3 months into the job (Joe Gorman). We need at least five staffjust to keep up. So, I was down when I wrote that message, yet hopeful that some of you who are in a position to help will "get it ". We need significant member support, beyond dues. Just like a University, a health service, the arts, or any organization which aims to make the world a better place, the UPA is only as strong as players make it. Since I wrote my plea, we received a $5000 donation from Gaia-Ultimate Gear, the largest one-time gift ever. Gaia 's gift

enabled us to produce great videos for 2000, even after all the video companies had said it was too late. This will benefit the sport enormously, in that Ultimate will be presented in a high quality, exciting way Of course, $5,000 doesn t get us a new staff member, but as a symbolic boost, it was huge and the timing was peifect. I semi-consciously thought to myself, when I wrote that article, that if no one steps up to help in a serious way within three months, then I have to question why I put in all this time and heart. Well, I ask myself that sometimes anyway, but fortunately Gaia stepped up at the right time. And we work with enough awesome volunteers that it is usually easy to remember why it matters. But it is time for others, besides Gaia, who get it about non-profit organizations and who care about Ultimate, to step up the funding, too. The idea is for even more players to stop asking "what's in it for me", and to start thinking, "what can I do for the sport and my community". And ifpeople are giving time at the local level, to also see that there is a great need at the national level and that the two go hand in hand. For some, joining the UPA is already a big step. But others can and should get parents, companies, or themselves to donate to the cause most players are most passionate about- Ultimate. One original CHS player donates $1$2,000 annually because, according to his wife, "he got so much out of it at the time he was playing. It was a special time with a lot ofgreat memories. " The fellow does not play much now, but he knows how important his support is in keeping the sport and the UPA alive and well. Thanks for asking. - Joey

I thought I'd say a few words about the spirit of the game and how fantastic it is! In the past 40 years, the Ultimate community has created an entire culture of its own where everyone is valued equally. Let's keep that going! "Bad" calls will always discussed, but keep things in perspective people, this is not only a game, it is almost a utopian model for reality. Here on earth, that is a very unique thing. Since people are not perfect, we have to live with the best we have. Here we play hard, want to win FAIRLY and have a great time together. People say it's difficult to separate emotions when winning is on the line; true but even more importantly, a real winner is really the one that does his best. By that definition, winning a game is only the icing on the cake; it is more important to personally improve and excel. As mentioned in earlier letters, the real scam of the last point at worlds was

the booing of the crowd. Unfortunately, the majority of the crowd was mostly likely Ultimate players and thus, some "bad" spirit infiltrated the Ultimate community. It is natural to react with an "oooh" after such a foul on the last point. But to continue it to an extended "booo'' is ridiculous if we want to keep the game's spirit alive. Please remember that it is only a game. The total spirit is much more important than the winner. We play because we love to play, the atmosphere, and/or the parties. The point is that we do it together and without any hassle. Players, coaches, let's keep that going for the future generations of the game. A pat on the shoulder and a compassionate "good game" is worth more than a gold medal any day and it's something that we all can achieve. Above all, it is what will bring us closer in this world of chaos. -An American stuck in Sweden Rob Dunakin

Hi, I'm Ben Wiggins mom. Ben and Josh captain the Oregon team. That was a great tournament. Tommy, you're sick. I also want to tell someone I copied off Jeff Jones' articles and took them to my class as examples of excellence in sports writing. I've never seen anything like it! Speaking of writing, do you have any idea how cool it was to read the program? I got to the line about Josh and Ben and ran right over to Josh's mom and we read it out loud to each other. Their socks?!!! Their plays and throws? I think we squealed a little, and maybe jumped up and down. Icing on the CAKE. Ahhhhhhhh ... Things I'll remember forever: CarletonWilmington, the game on fire, everyone springing tears when Geoff went down, the final applause for Brown, "five more years!" (the chant they lead at the hotel's wedding reception)- yikes! Nord. Pirenella. Mickey. Tommy. Spirit awards (Ben got two!), the Ultimate. Absolutely. Thanks for jobs done so well, -Scobel Wiggins

DearUPA, Ten seconds is too long to hold the disc. Please change it to three seconds. -Thank you, John Jacobs Amateur Superstar

WITH ALL DUE MODESTY, I was delighted to see Scott Troetel's sighting of Ultimate at Sports Jeopardy Online in the Spring 2001 Newsletter. Why was I delighted? Because I wrote

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those questions! A year-and-a-half ago, I walked into Sports Jeopardy Online to begin my (short-term) job of writing answers and questions for the show. Naturally, the first category I cracked was Ultimate. We're all Ultimate missionaries, after all, and I take my ministry very seriously. I'm thrilled to see that my efforts have borne fruit. I also write television shows and film scripts, and make every effort to put Ultimate and flying discs into every story I write- even when there's no earthly reason! I once wrote an episode of The Sentinel where the first corpse is discovered in some bushes by a co-ed in hot pursuit of an errant disc. You should've heard her scream! Well, anyway, it's a quest. Keep 'em flyin ', John (N) Vorhaus

A LETTER FROM KENYA Hello UPA First I would like to thank you very much for the assistance which you are offering to us by printing this letter. Actually, about the disc game here in Kenya, it hasn ' t been exposed so much - only at the coast. It all started when we were at Mombasa Beach on our holiday. One day we met some friends while at the beach and they introduced the game to us. They taught us to play the game. Anyway we enjoyed and liked the game very much but after four months they left for their home country. We were left to continue training ourselves and since the game is very new in Kenya we would like a volunteer to train us. If someone would like to visit us we are situated in a town know as Kisii at Egerton Campus. Our phone number is 0381-30046. Postal address is: Geofrey Ondimu, Box 995, Kisii, Kenya

Yesterday, quite by accident, I played in an Ultimate game with my father and my son. I had only planned on me playing, but my 8-year old son wanted to play, and someone else convinced my father that he should jump in the game. I didn't even realize the significance of it 'til later that night. The best part, and I swear I'm telling the truth, my son caught the winning goal! So, it's probably not the first time that is has happened, but perhaps it ranks among the largest spread in years: my father is 70 - an age spread of 62 years over his teammate and grandson! -Eric Simon (the proud son/daddy)

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CHAMPIONSHIP DIRECTOR REPORT

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The UPA is the governing body of a sport where flow is the intangible goal of every player who sets foot on the Ultimate field.

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We've all been there. At that league game where everyone thinks they know what they're doing, but no one really does. You've got seven one-man shows going on at the same time, and the other team does too. It's a 14 ring circus and everyone knows it, so for God's sake get outta my way cause I'm gonna make something happen! Then there's the flip side. If you've played on a "serious" team, be it a competitive team in a UPA series, or a league team with an overzealous captain, doggedly pursuing the dream of that elusive summer league title, then you probably know what I mean. Structure. Stifling, controlling, don't think, we've got a plan and we're sticking to it no matter what ... structure. What's a word that could be used to describe the first situation? Well, some might call it "flow" . As in you've got no plan on the line, the other team is about to pull, and you're talking about how your teammate should have known to pick up your guy when you poached. Two other similar, but separate, conversations are going on, and the odd man out notices that the pull is coming. OK, quick, what's the plan? "Hell, let's just flow." As in we've got no idea and we're winging it. Some might call it flow, but it probably results in something closer to chaos. What about the second situation? You've been through the chaos of the "flow" described above and you know that it doesn't feel very smooth. You need a plan. You need to be on the same page as your teammates, and so you create some rules. This will ensure that people don't cut at the wrong time, clog the passing lanes, or hang out too deep. Certainly this will facilitate flow. Then a couple of unforeseen situations arise and you have to create some more rules. On and on this goes until no one feels like they can move without first mentally thumbing through the playbook ... and then it's too late. You 're flow is stagnant and you're done before you get started. So what is flow? How is it created? What's the balance? On-field flow really isn' t what this article is about, so I won' t go into detail about how to play the game. But if you've experienced it, you know that flow is about communication amongs teammates and reacting to situations as they arise and as they change.

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Flow typically requires a plan of some sort to get you headed in the right direction, but nothing too rigid. It certainly requires familiarity with the game and teammates; the kind of familiarity that comes from lots of practice, as individuals and as a team. And it requires a set of rules that shouldn't be broken, but that are loose enough to be bent if necessary. Teammates can't just focus on being "The Man," but they have to be ready to be if the opportunity arises. When a team sets itself up so that these factors are all present, flow can occur, and it's like magic out there. So if flow is what we're after on the field, why not try to find it off the field as well? The UPA is the governing body of a sport where flow is the intangible goal of every player who sets foot on the Ultimate field. Can the UPA look to attain flow off the field? If so, do the same principles apply? Picture if you will a UPA that just says, hey, do whatever you want. We're not going to try to control the situation. If club players want to play college ... whatever. Whoever complains loudest about the wildcard system can have it their way for the year. Turn your rosters in whenever you want, with dues if you feel like it, and we' ll check them after Regionals if your team qualifies for the next level ... maybe. Or do we go with total regulation? Every tournament must provide two kegs of Bud at the party, 1.5 bagels and two fruits per player, and no jewelry worn while playing. Team names must be based on an animal and certainly not on any ethnic group. We'll hire career sports executives to run the organization and let them create a cookie-cutter, regimented system that works for any amateur sport. Clearly, like in the game itself, neither system is ideal and neither sets things up so they can flow. As it is however, the UPA wants flow, and one of the primary factors that is needed to make it happen is buy in by the members (teammates). Clearly there need to be rules for competition and guidelines to ensure fairness and quality. There also needs to be communication. That's where volunteer division directors, coordinators and team captains have a huge role the system of communication, authority and responsibility. But within these guidelines and levels

of authority, there is room to move. The Co-ed (now Mixed) Division started outside the system (UPA), but was soon seen as a positive thing and was brought into the system. Same with the X-Rules in the College Division. Along the same lines, there are countless volunteer jobs and positions that need to be filled with people who are ready to act on their feelings about the direction the sport should be headed. The organization itself, from coordinators, to HQ staff, to the Board, is run by players who have done just that. It's all about learning, communicating, getting involved and trying to understand and react within the system. So do one of two things, depending on what angle you are coming from. If you are participating within the structure and simply by the book, take some time to think about the guidelines. In some situations, you may be able to find better ways of doing things. If that is the case, communicate this to your "teammates" and get in touch a UPA staff person about your idea. On the other hand, if you are someone who doesn't like structure or being told what to do, whether it's paying dues or meeting roster deadlines, then think about why the guidelines exist. Think about how things would proceed in reality without them. Would things flow or would there be chaos? Then as you come to understand how the guidelines play an important role in making things flow, buy in and do your part. Whether the situation dictates that you step up and be "The Man" (perhaps by hosting a tournament or becoming a coordinator) or simply that you take on a supporting role (by renewing your dues on time and making sure HQ has your current address), you will be contributing to the "flow" of the organization. Magic can happen in Ultimate both on and off the field. Speaking of magic and flow, how ' bout them Ho-Dawgs flowing through the college season this year on the way to the College Women's Championship!? A special congratulations to my friends and former neighbors from the greatest little town in the land. It was fun to be a part of that great program in the early stages and really awesome to be there in Boston to witness the culmination of all those year's of hard work. Y'all played great and did so with a lot of class. Yeah Athens, GA! Go Dawgs! Woof!

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR REPORT

Joe Gorman

For one year now, I have been working for the Ultimate Players Association. My, how times fly when you are having fun. I get to do a little bit of everything for Ultimate. When I'm sitting up to my ears in rosters and waivers, trying to make sense of the scribble of names, it is easy to forget I am working for some of my best friends and for something I love. But then, I go back to the tourney where it all started. I see generations of the first team I played for, and know how lucky I am to have this job. Maybe it is about the friends more than the game, or maybe it is all about the game. It gets so blurred that I can't tell anymore. All I know is the feeling. In the month of May I got to go to the Junior Girls National Invitational in Amherst, MA. This was just a great experience on every level. Not only did I meet some great new people, but I also saw new players developing their passion for the game and its culture. Things like watching them learn to

deal with the responsibility of calling their own fouls and respecting the calls of others are what keep me going in the office when I can't see out the window because the rosters are blocking the view. Then I go to opposite end of the Ultimate spectrum by going back to my old college tourney where all the old crusty veterans get to reunite with the friends that I started playing with, to try and win one on my own turf. It was good to see everybody laughing at old times, catching up on new times or just enjoying the time; knowing that in my own insignificant way, working for the UPA helps other teams create their own environment for friendship and memories. Through competition and shared experience the strings of friendship transform into bonds of camaraderie. OH, enough sappiness, now back to my first year. In the past twelve months the biggest epiphany that has occurred is that there are a lot of people who dedicate a large

amount of their time to helping this sport, simply for the love of it. To everybody who has ever started pick-up Ultimate, ran a tournament or signed up for one of the many volunteer jobs with the UPA- thanks. This season, have fun, huck it deep and make some memories, 'cause some day your knees won't let you play. Thanks to: The entire Wallack clan for putting me up in Amherst during Junior Girls Invitational. I truly appreciated your warmth and hospitality. The Springfield, MO team for picking me up at Fool's Fest in Lawrence, KS. Kelly Kneib for the floor space at Fool's Fest. Will Spotts for running Fool's Fest. Allison Boyd for rinsing me out a car bomb. Rob Rambach for buying Bombay. Congratulations to: Brian Rapper2001 Drazba Musical Disc champion. He got the sweatshirt to prove it. Look off of the month: Memphis, What? Carbondale not good enough for you?

JUNIOR DIRECTOR REPORT

Bring on S\1\/eet Summer!

Michael Baccarini

Summer is here and Junior players everywhere are psyched to be off- working summer jobs, vacationing with friends and family, or attending and counseling at camps all around the country. It is a great time for renewal, chilling out and enjoying the fact that no one is bugging you, saying, "That calculus assignment is due tomorrow, young man." Or, "You mean you haven' t started studying for the mid-term, yet?" Ahhh ... thank God summer is here, and it is truly for you kids. But as for the working stiffs like me, life goes on (of course, as a teacher, the academic calendar is somewhat beneficial for me, too). This past school year provided a wonderful experience for many Junior players. There were more Junior events offered than ever before, more teams popping up in areas never before represented, and two competitive UPA sponsored national tournaments which were very well-run and attended. Additionally, an increase in the number of adult volunteers getting involved was evident. It seems quite clear that enthusiasm for youth involvement in Ultimate is not exclusive to the kids playing it. This is a good indication of growth and the foundation being built underneath. I am proud of the Atlanta Ultimate community for becoming so supportive of youth involvement. A

number of experienced and fired-up adults have stepped forward recently to express an interest in getting busy as volunteer regional coordinators/activists, a pursuit tagged by the UPA as a high priority on its list of short- and long-term goals for youth. We need more adults at the local level, too, to help boost Ultimate in schools and communities, whether offering to coach a team or establish a new one, starting a rec-league for youth or holding a summer camp to help spread the growth. If interested in helping in any way, at any level, write me at upa_njd@upa.org. For instance, this summer Tiina Booth and Amherst (MA) Leisure Services are offering an overnight camp July 29-August 3 for boys and girls 14-18 years of age. Ed Pulkinen in Savannah, Georgia has developed TUSK (The Ultimate Sports Kamp), also an all-inclusive camp that provides instruction and activities for youth. Experienced and accomplished adult club players will staff both of these camps. For information about Tiina's, write Sports Director, Mike Thomas at thomasm@town.amherst.ma.us, and to find out about this summer's offerings at TUSK, write Ed at tuskcamp@worldnet.att.net. There are many other community camps being offered, such as one for middle

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school students in Andover, MA by Tommy Proulx (tproulx@buda.org). These folks are actively making a difference, allowing many more youth the chance to experience Ultimate. Given the increase in youth playing Ultimate, we would like to hear from former Junior players now playing at the college and or club level. Write in and offer your observations on the division, what it was like to begin play at the middle or high school levels, what this did for your game and your current perspective on it, etc. The ripples caused by players who began "prior to college" have been seen all over the Ultimate community. Any contributions you may have we would love to share in the next issue of the newsletter. The deadline for submitting to the next issue is August 15. Email your comments to upa_newsletter@upa.org or mail them and any photos from your Junior playing days to Ultimate Players Association, 3595 E. Fountain Blvd., Suite J2, Colorado Springs, CO, 80910. To all you students, particularly those of you heading on to college next year, have a sweet summer! -Michael Baccarini U pa_njd @upa.org

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IVIASTERS DIRECTOR REPORT by Pete Giusti

A VVORD FROM YOUR N M 0 Greetings from your National Masters Director (NMD). And yes, I mean "your" National Masters Director, because one day, you too, will be a Master. You may deny your future today, oh, sophomoric youngster, when your cuts are still swift and sharp, but soon, OK maybe not soon, but one day you ' ll find yourself wondering why that disc you used to be able to reach just soared beyond the grasp of your outstretched fingertips and you ' ll have an epiphany: I am now a Master. Of the universe. Of your own domain. And, most importantly, of the Ultimate field. As anyone who saw the play in the Masters division last year will attest, being a Master means more than just being 33 years of age. It means achieving a level of excellence that is not defined merely by the unrefined physicality of speed and jumping ability, though Masters are still fast and jump high. The Masters division is Ultimate played in a nearly pure form ; an idyllic merging of skill, spirit and desire. Some Masters may not be as fast as they once were, but the loss of half a step does not take the game out of a real Ultimate player, as every Masters division player knows , and as play in the division shows. Do you have what it takes? Are you ready to be a Master? And boys and girls: 33 ain' t old! It just means you rarely get carded. Last year saw tremendous growth in the Masters division. Both the fact of having more Masters teams competing at Nationals and the use of a wildcard regime that promoted growth played significant roles in that growth , and these conditions will remain the same for 2001. In fact, with one possible exception to be touched upon in a moment, the Masters division in the 2001 UPA Fall Championship Series will be run exactly as it was last year. The exception has to do with the wildcard regime, or really the "anti-wildcard" regime, and another factor that is presumed to have allowed the division to grow: last year, the Co-Ed division's Championship Series was held in the Spring, so, it is assumed, some players who would have played in the Co-Ed division in the Fall played Masters instead. Consequently, now that the Co-Ed division' s Series has been

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moved back to the Fall, it is assumed that those players will desert the Masters division, thus causing shrinkage, as opposed to growth. I doubt this will occur. While Co-Ed is a wonderful way to play, it is a different animal from single-sex Ultimate, and I believe that because of the differences, everyone who played Masters last year will do so again this year, or play Open. Under last year's wildcard regime, each Region had to host at least four teams in the Masters division of its Regional Championship Tournament in order to receive two invitations (bids) to Nationals in the Masters division; if there were less that four Masters teams, that region would get only one bid. Last year, no region lost its second bid to Nationals , because the respective Masters Regional Coordinators and their established Masters teams worked hard to meet their minimum. This year, to promote further growth, this "Regional minimum anti-wildcard trigger" will be increased to five teams. However, if the return of the Co-Ed division to the Fall renders this a practical impossibility, we will remain at the four-team Regional minimum. This will have to be something of a "gametime decision," meaning around the time of Sectionals. Keep in touch with your Masters Regional Coordinator for the final decision, but assume its going to increase to five, so get out and recruit more teams!! Who knows: that second bid may be the one that gets you to the show! One significant feature of participation in the Masters division that will remain in play this season is that Masters division teams and players will be

permitted to play in the Open division 's sectional championship tournaments. The rules regarding this matter will be the same as last year, essentially that players can only be on one " active roster" at any time during the Fall Series. There are a number of good reasons for permitting this, among them is that there are currently no Masters sectional championships and thus at the Sectional level, Masters teams are Open teams; another reason is because Masters teams need a local, pre-regionals tune up tournament, because time and "other responsibilities" generally do not permit Masters teams and players to travel to as many tournaments as they would otherwise like during the year. There is also at least one very good reason to change this rule: it can screw up the results of Open sectionals. Thus this "double dipping" will most likely not be allowed next year, and next year players will only be able to participate in one division' s championship division per season. So here we are on the eve of a fresh championship season: time for players in all divisions to start compiling rosters and training for their run for the roses. This is especially so in the Masters division, where the players don't have as much time to devote to Ultimate all year long, so teams tend to only start getting serious about now. The Spring season of slumming in the Open division is over, and co-ed summer fun will wrap up soon. It is time to get down to business. I hope and expect that every team that played in the Masters division of last year' s championship series to do so again this year, notwithstanding Co-

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Ed' s return to the Fall. This is because, with a few exceptions, I believe that every Masters team that played in regionals last year felt like they could have made it to nationals, and that even those less self-confident teams felt that they could have too if they just had that player who decided to stay Open for one more season. The point is, if you thought last year was competitive, this year is going to be much more so! Every Masters team with whom I've spoken has said they 're coming back stronger, and I have spoken with a few new teams and a few that are returning to the division after a short absence, and they think they are going to make ittoNats! All of this suggests that there will be continuing growth in the Masters division , and rightly so. As more eligible players see and hear about the great play in the division, they will join existing Masters teams or form new ones. And as older Open division players continue to get older still, more of them will shed their prejudices and give the Masters division a shot. Of course, there will always be those who resist, clinging to long past days of Open glory while continuing to clog Open lanes with cuts that used to get them open. It is not about trying to replace your Open division trophy with a lesser title, it is simply about continuing the fight, because it is not a lesser title, just a different one. Such nattering nabobs of negativism (and if you can cite the quote, you are Masters eligible) will be wise to remember the old adage: age and treachery will overcome youth and vigor, every time! Is it your time ... yet? Hasta Sarasota, mi amigos! P.S.- This article is written as if the Masters division was a " men only" division. This is not the case: while there is currently no Women's Masters division, the current Masters division is "open" in the sense that women may certainly participate. Note that the minimum age for women is 30, not 33. The UPA is committed to restoring the Women's Masters division when there is sufficient interest and/or demand. -By Pete Giusti Upa_nmd@upa.org

VVOMENS DIRECTOR REPORT by Mel Ditz Since accepting the job as the UPA National Women's Director, many people have asked me why I decided to do it Did I do it for fame and fortune? Definitely not. Am I crazy? Maybe. Do I believe that I can make an impact by helping to develop policies and procedures that will shape this sport in the future and ultimately grow it? Definitely. I have been playing Ultimate for 11 years now. I started in the Philadelphia Area Disc Alliance (PADA) Summer League and was hooked from day one. Since that summer, I have coached the NCSU Disco college team, coordinated UPA sectionals, served as women's committee chair and Vice President ofPADA, directed many tournaments including PADA Mother's Day, and captained many Ultimate teams. I have also worked with the media to get exposure of our sport with a couple of feature articles in The Philadelphia Inquirer and a half time show at the now-defunct Philadelphia Rage Women's Basketball game. I play both Women's and Mixed. If asked to choose between the two divisions, I would always choose Women's. There is something unique and special about Women's Ultimate that is unparalleled in any other sport that I've played. For me, it is so empowering to play on a field with six other women who are giving it their all, laying it out for their teammates and for this sport Women's Ultimate has enriched my life, so I want to expand the division to allow more women to get hooked into the Ultimate lifestyle. As National Women's Director (NWD), I will be particularly focused on working with Will Deaver and the other volunteer directors to help ensure that the National Competition Series runs smoothly and professionally. The NWD must be responsive to player's opinions while simultaneously

exerting strong leadership to direct the division. The NWD should be in contact with Sectional and Regional Coordinators on a regular basis, minimally once a week, in order to troubleshoot problems and identify solutions. If Ultimate is to continue to grow, particularly in the Women's division, we need to determine ways to recruit and retain good volunteers. I am proud to say that I have been very impressed with the commitment and quality of current volunteers. Good volunteers should be rewarded for their efforts with praise, perks and other benefits. On the flip side, if a volunteer is not performing her functions as required by the UPA, I believe that there should be a system in place to help that volunteer to improve. At press time, the Women's division has these exciting volunteer opportunities available in vacant Sectional Coordinator positions: Central Region: Central Plains (ILIIN), Northwest Plains (MN/WIISD/ND/Manitoba/Winnipeg), and West Plains (KS/MO/NEJOKIIA)-if interested in volunteering, contact Deanna Ball at upa_central_wrc@upa.org. Mid-Atlantic Region: South (NC), Middle (DCNAIMD), and possibly North (NJ/PA/DE)-if interested in volunteering, contact Mel lwaszko at upa_ma_wrc @upa.org. Northeast Region: Metro NY (NY + Metro/CT) and Upstate NY (Upstate NY and Ontario)-if interested in volunteering, contact Lori Parham at upa_ne_wrc@upa.org. I welcome back returning coordinators and offer a warm welcome to the new coordinators who just agreed to serve in the following positions: Beth Thomas, SW Regional Coordinator, Heather Ayers, TX Sectional Coordinator, and

Marley Steele-Inama, Rocky Mountain Sectional Coordinator. I'd also like to give a big thank you to departing National Women's Director Cindy Fisher. Cindy has devoted countless volunteer hours to this sport and has helped to build a strong, solid foundation for women's Ultimate. Kim Forsten, NWD before Cindy, has also worked very hard on behalf of women's Ultimate and strongly encouraged me to accept this position. As a player, I am extremely grateful to them for their efforts. If you see them around, please thank them too. As the new NWD, I know that I have some big shoes to fill. In addition to Cindy, please thank the following former Coordinators for their commitment to the sport and their administrative skills: Rachel Noble, SW Regional Coordinator, Amy Lief, Metro NY Sectional Coordinator, Debra Go, Upstate NY Sectional Coordinator, Andrea Apo, MA Middle Sectional Coordinator, Anna Arambula, Rocky Mountain Sectional Coordinator, Natalie Dale, Central Plains Sectional Coordinator, Alexis Wood, Northwest Plains Sectional Coordinator, Lori Nelson, West Plains Sectional Coordinator, Barbara Denison, Texas Sectional Coordinator, and me, MA South Sectional Coordinator. I really appreciate your efforts for the sport and the UPA will miss you. Thanks! Other than the Championship series, there are two other big issues I'm currently focusing on: **Celebration of the 20th anniversary of Women's Ultimate in 2001. Some of the ideas that our small working committee has generated are as follows: National "Women's Clinic Day"women's clinics are held concurrently throughout the country Production of a disc to distribute to the deserving "Woman of the

tournament/event/league'' A national hat tournament of women players across the country Demonstration Ultimate games at halftime of the new women's soccer league (This is Gina Wherry's fantastic idea and I'm going to ask her to write a more detailed article for the next newsletter). The 20th anniversary of Women's Ultimate has a small working committee that could really use some additional members. If you're interested in helping, email me at upa_nwd@upa.org or call me. **Grassroots recruiting of women. We need to get more women playing everywhere so that there are enough women for both the Mixed and the Women's series. I would love to hear your ideas and suggestions on this topic. The biggest complaint I have about the job thus far is that I don't have enough time in my day to devote the time it requires to accomplish all of the things I want to under my two-year tenure. I wish that it was my full-time job to serve as National Women's Director. I spend about an hour every morning doing something Ultimate related and don't feel that I've made a huge dent in the workload. (The second biggest complaint I have is that I will need to miss one of the best tournaments around the Savage 7 tournament in Athens, GA - for the UPA Annual Board Meeting in January!) I am excited to work with the new administration at the UPA as I have seen solutions to many of the problems that I had identified since I started playing Ultimate. I applaud their efforts thus far and look forward to working with them to build a stronger future for Women's Ultimate. -By Mel Ditz Upa_nwd@upa.org

IVIIXED DIRECTOR'S REPORT by Jen Christianson I always thought this was the "slow time of year," but it seems we're as busy as ever right now. First off, we' ve got the new Mixed Web site up and running - you can find it at www.upa.org/championships/mixed. (If you've got a team or a league you'd like to list on the site, email me.) Probably the most important page on the site is the Coordinators page. Our cast of characters looks a little different than last year. Lois Maykut from the Northwest, one of the original group of Regional Coordinators for the division, is leaving us. I'll also miss working with Jo Adarnkewicz in the Northern

California Section. Thuy Boyd of NC, our Sectional Coordinator of the Year last year, is going to be spending some time in Japan. Hugh Daschbach in Texas will also be out of the country this fall. (Under Hugh 's leadership, Texas brought in more new UPA members than any other section in our division last year.) Denise Ryan in the Mid-Atlantic, Chris Hung in the Central Region, and Jeff "Shiv" Flynn in Oregon are also leaving us. Thanks to all these great coordinators for their hard work and dedication. We've already got a group of players to fill some of these holes. Jo passed

her baton to her Red Fish Blue Fish teammate, Jennifer Lee. In Texas, Byron Hicks will take over for his fellow Payasos Con Pistoles teammate. Jeff Dunbar will take over for Denise. Brianna and Ron Williams, co-captains of last year's Championships qualifier Fliegenplatte, are taking over in the Central Region. We do still have some vacancies, though. If you would like to apply for one of the vacant positions, or if you'd like to recommend another qualified member, drop me an email. The Mixed Coordinators are now in the process of setting dates and loca-

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tions for Sectionals and Regionals events. As these events are confirmed, the information will go up on the Mixed Web site. Meanwhile, I'm in the process of working with the other National Directors on the Wildcard policy, a potential plan to allow crossover between the Women 's division and the Mixed division in certain sections with very small numbers of Women 's players, and other UPA-wide issues. Stay tuned to the Web site for more on these issues as well ... and get ready to play! -By Jen Christianson Upa_nxd@upa.org

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TREASURER'S REPORT By Matt Healey The UPA has just completed our annual audit. This effort is now taken every year to ensure that the organization is financially secure and can continue to operate. This year's audit has shown we are in a stronger position than in past years. While this is encouraging news, we are not yet as financially secure as we would like to be. Personally, I attribute the success to the exceptional efforts of our administration (Thank TABLE 2: ULTI MATE PLAYERSASSOCIATI ON Statements of Activities and Chanres in Net Assets For the Years Ended December 3 , 2000 and 1999 PRELIMINARY DRAFT SUPPORT AND REVEN UE: Me mbers hi~ dues Champions ip events Merchandise sales Cost of sales Corporate sponsorship Contnbut1ons Sanctioning Advertising Miscellaneous Interest Loss on disposal of assets

Total revenue

2000

1999

$263,715 74,842 39,343 (30,083) 33,321 6,239 3,351 3,100 2,lll 2,088 ----

$253,034 33,779 26,677 (26,418) 93,727 2,000 5,242 120 802 947 .(§Z§)_

J98,027

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Series even Outreach

129,231 110,926 47 968

11 5,939 198,044 31 078

Total program services

288,125

J45,061

Supporting services: General and administrative Board of governors Total supportin g services Total expenses CHANGE IN NET ASSETS NET ASSETS, beginning of year PRIORPERIOD ADJU STMENT (Note C)

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you Joey, Joe and Will) and the support of the numerous volunteers that contribute to the organization. Below is a brief explanation of each of the financial statements. Table 1 is the "Statement of Financial Position" . This is our balance sheet. The most important number of this statement is our Cash and Cash Equivalents. Loosely translated, this represents how much money we have in our checking account. As the audit shows, we have significantly increased our cash resources. As these resources continue to expand, we will be able to engage in more outreach programs, TABLE I: ULTIMATEPLAYERS ASSOCIATION Statements of Financial Position December 31, 2000 and 1999 ASSETS

CURRENT ASSETS: Cash and cash equivalents Certificates of de~sit Accounts receiva le Prepaid expenses Inventory

2000

1999

$146,126 30,000 8,973

$112,954

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Total current assets

187,884

133,362

9,939 (3,827)

9,939 (1,839)

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, at cost: Furniture and equipment Less accumulated depreciation Equipment - net

TOTAL ASSETS 56,005 20 165

25,246 24 979

76 170

50 225

364 295

395 286

33,732

118,175

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$45,704

$11,972

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$19J,996

$141.462

$8,326 6,260 133 706

$10,422 3,503 11 5565

LIABILITI ES AND NET ASSETS CURRENT LIABILITIES: Accounts payable Accrued liabilities Deferred revenue Total current liabilities

(6,252)

11 ,972

14,363 2,893

NET ASSETS: Unrestricted Total net assets

better follow through on new member-generated ideas, and provide better services to our members. The other notable change is that we are now able to begin investing some of our money. This past year we were able to purchase $30,000 worth of CD's. This is a very conservative investment that enables us to earn slightly better interest rates, while ensuring that we always have enough cash in the checking account to continue operations. Table 2 is the "Statements of Activities and Changes in Net Assets" . This is our Income Statement. This statement shows that in 2000 we were able to show an

increase in assets. We were able to show this increase in assets by reducing costs in 2000 as compared to 1999. This cost reduction is a direct result of the effort of our administrative staff and volunteers. Table 3 is the "Statement of Cash Flows". This is by far the most important statement for an organization of our size. We must generate sufficient cash to fund our operations. This statement shows that in 2000 we were able to increase our cash balance by over $33,000. An important thing to note about this is that this $33,000 does not include the $30,000 that we were able to invest in CDs, so, effectively, we were able to increase our cash balTABLE J: ULTI MATE PLAYERSASSOCIATI ON Statements of Cash Flows ances by over $63,000. For the Years Ended December 31, 2000 and 1999 This is very significant 2000 1999 for the organization. CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: s 33,732 $(6,252) Cha n~e in net assets It is these superior Adjus ments to reconcile changes in ne assets to cash provided by operating activities: financial results that we Deprec1at1on 1,988 2,058 Changes in assets and liabilities: have been able to Decrease in accounts receivable 5,390 2,431 1,952) Decrease in prepaid expenses 367 achieve that have Decrease 1n Inventory 2,893 780) (2,096) Decrease in accounts ~aya ble f2,519l enabled us to impleIncrease in accrued lia iilties 2,757 2,198 Increase in deferred revenue 30 293 l8ill ment the membership Total adjustments 29.440 27.JJJ cycle change that the Net cash provided by Board has been disoperat1ng act1v1t1 es 63,172 21,081 cussing over the past CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: 876 Disposal of rroperty and equipment year. Purchases o progerty and equ1pment Increase 1n 1nves ments

(4,449 30000

Net cash used by investing activities

148,292

129,490

NET INCREASE IN CASH

45 704

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CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of year

45 704

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $19J,996

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$141.462

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of year

(30 000)

(3,573)

33,172

17,508

11 2 954

95446

$146.126

$112.954

I would like to, once again, thank the adrninistration and all the volunteers who all helped to make these results possible.

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The UPA needs four new members to be elected to the Board of Directors. Each year, two regional seats and two At-Large seats on the twelve member Board come up for re-election. The Board is compri sed of s1x regional representatives, one elected by each UPA club region, and six atlarge representatives , elected by the membership as a whole. The UPA needs candidates to fill the Northeast, Northwest, and the two At-Large spots. E ach director will serve a three-year term. These positions will be voted on by the membership in the fall election. If you are

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passionate about Ultimate and offer experience that may serve the UPA well, please consider stepping up to thi s role. The Board participates in one annual meeting per year (January) and the remainder of communication is done by email and phone. It' s not a huge time commitment, yet it is essential to the success of the UPA to have thoughtful, diverse Board members in place. Interested? Write info @upa.org or check out the UPA home page for the nomination packet. Do you know someone who would make a good candidate? Recruit them!

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Pete Guisti, Jim Parinell a, Dav id Raflo and Joe Gorm an at the Jan. 2001 annual bo ard meetin g.

ERIK HAMMER REI IRES AS DFSU PRESIDENT by Dan .. Stork' Roddick Let's face it. Most of us who were first attracted to Frisbee play in the early days were pretty flaky. The sensible ones played sensible sports like soccer, basketball or tennis. Those sports had a history and a future. Your parents and friends could understand what you were doing. To take such an odd game seriously required a somewhat odd person. That's not so bad of course. It made things really fun when all of those odd people got together in one place to do their odd things. However, from an organizational standpoint it was difficult because odd, flaky people like us aren't usually too reliable. The other side of being spontaneous is being unpredictable. It was hard enough to get players who could organize local clubs and events, let alone people to take on national and international responsibility. Erik was, and is an invaluable rarity... a guy who has an unquenchable passion for our odd games, yet provides the quality of leadership that we expect from a professional. Just think of all the not-so-fun tasks that he has done as President of DFSU (Dansk Flying-Disc Sports Union) over the last 18 years. Eighteen years! 1983 is a lifetime

ago. Let's face it...DFSU is Erik Hammer. Name another person that has led a national federation for even half that period of time. There aren't any. The jobs are too tough and thankless. But that's not close to the end of Erik's story. It's even more difficult to find players who will step up to the international level of organizational activity and he's been contributing to WFDF since its very beginning. We're hoping that will continue until he's older and grayer. All the other sports have really old, fat, bald guys on their Boards so we hope for the same eventually. Beyond all that, Erik has also been a real player of the game. He comes from the ancient period when we all did it all. Ultimate? Golf? Whatever. If it involves a disc, he can do it. My dad is playing the best golf of his life as he approaches 80 years of age, so we expect that Erik will be around for a while as well. In short, Erik Hammer is a rare collector's item. We'll not find another like him ever. I'm grateful to have a chance to add my voice to all those who thank him now for all that he's done to make our games so great.

It made things really fun when all of those odd people got together in one place to do their odd things.

AN INTERVIE\N VVITH DEMARK'S HAMMER UPA: When did you first play disc sports? How did you learn disc sports existed? Erik: I first saw a disc around 1972. My father headed a local plastic company (Farusa) who got the licence from Wham-0 to produce Frisbee's for all of Scandinavia. In 1973 (10 years old) an amateur film shows me playing with some friends at a campaign tour with some "touring pros". However back then it was only trick throws and catches. In the fo llowing years I played with friends, got the different models and promotion brochures, and tried out the different games as much as was possible.

In 1978 the Danish Association was started and I joined as member number 20. The following summer a film from the Wham-0 World Frisbee Championships was shown on Danish National Television. We only had one channel at that time so it was a big thing. The TV show and the following newspaper coverage combined with good weather and some touring freestylers gave a boom in the Frisbee-sale in Denmark. In the Tennis Club where I was hanging out at the time we started to play an ultimate kind of game at a nearby soccer field in between tennis games, and in the early 1980 we decided to start a Fris-

bee Club in Farum. I became chairman - which I still am. The first Danish Overall Championships were held in august 1980 and in the following month the first bylaws of the Danish Association were written. On April 4th, 198 1 the association was officially enacted. I got on the board at the first anual meeting in 1982, and was elected president in 1984. As a disc player I have enjoyed all events, but from the mid-eigthies Disc Golf and Ultimate were those disciplines with most generel interest and

tournaments were focused on these events. I still played both. However for the past ten years I have focused on Ultimate. The level of play has increased in Denmark, and I have had to choose. So for the past ten years Disc Golf has only been played for fun - but I guess I will be back when my ultimate career is over. UPA: What's your favorite memory or favorite story from your years of organizing? Erik: The first years we mainly played overall events, and we had at least one big event in Farum every

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by Jim Parinella

Little t:hings mean so much

This feature by Jim Parinella, member of sixtime UPA Open Champions DoG provides new insightful strategies on Ultimate. From recreational players to cagey Master veterans, take a look-you should find a new edge on how to play the game.

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A player or team who wishes to improve should spend the vast majority of practice time on fundamentals which help your team win. Depending on the level of play, fundamentals could mean something as simple as throwing and catching, it could mean breaking the mark, or it could be working out the timing of synchronized plays. Players become good by working on these building blocks. However, critical games between competitive teams can often hinge on small factors, and there are a lot of little things a player can do to improve his team's chances slightly. It's worthwhile (and occasionally fun) to work on some of these little things in your spare time. Some of the things I'll be describing might not make a difference even once a season, but if the situation arises, you'll be ready for it.

Footwork Even at the advanced level, there are a lot of players who never make any effort to improve their field position through creative footwork. Perhaps it was drilled into them at an early age that they always ought to make sure of the catch first and so they learned never to worry about where they land. These people might never drop the Frisbee while trying to milk a pass into the end zone, but they could end up throwing away a pass that didn ' t have to be made. In order to execute these plays properly, a player needs to develop his sense of field awareness. It's easier if there are actually lines on the field, but even if there are just cones determining the field , a good player will have a rough idea of where the sideline and goal line are, and when fancy footwork is necessary to make a catch. (One also needs to be aware of defenders lurking nearby who could block a pass that floats for too long.) The simplest use of footwork is in milking a pass. If there is a defender nearby or if another cutter has already timed his cut for the next pass, it is usually best to catch the pass at the earliest possible moment. However, if there is room, it is often better to run alongside the pass for as long as possible to gain extra yardage. Sometimes, the player should jump just before catching the disc to get the maximum

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yardage. The biggest mistake in this area that I see players make is in trying to keep both feet in when one is all that is necessary. There are two variations on a "scissor" technique that can be used in tight spots, one for low passes and one for higher passes. On a low pass that is just out of bounds, a receiver will often fall/dive in an attempt to catch it. Most players will plant both feet, reach out with both arms, and attempt to keep both sets of toes dragging on the ground. The better technique is to make a deliberate plant with the back foot then lift up the front leg (for a pass that is coming from the receiver's right, the right leg is the front leg) while reaching with the back arm. This accomplishes three things. First, the lifting of the one leg will throw the other leg down and put more weight on it, making it less likely that it will come up during the catch. Second, the receiver will be able to reach a little bit further as the upper body can twist to face the disc . Third, the impact with the ground won't be as hard and it won't be on the chest, making a drop less likely. Please note that this technique is not appropriate for full-speed layouts, as the twisting motion is difficult and could easily lead to a shoulder or knee injury from the ground contact. It will work for moderate-speed layouts where you can ease up a little before the bid.

The technique for higher passes is similar. The player does not hit the ground in this case, and it can be done at a full sprint. On your final stride before catching the disc, deliberately plant one foot a little bit inside the line. Continue striding with the other foot while making every effort to keep that first foot on the ground. If you are anywhere near top speed, your foot will probably roll so that your toes are dragging (this is why you need to give yourself a little bit of space inside the line). Reach out with the front arm (two hands are possible if you are moving slowly) and make the catch. This technique can be done not only to prevent passes from going out of bounds but also to score a goal at the front of the end zone. One final bit of footwork that can keep you in bounds is to touch your trailing foot lightly before landing after a jump. Extend the toe and put practically no weight on the foot as it hits the ground a split second before your leading foot. The biggest difficulty in making this catch is in convincing the eye of a careless onlooker that the first point of contact was not in fact your front foot.

The Quick Throw In an earlier column on offense, I talked about the difference between spatial margin and temporal margin.

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year. In August 1981 I organized the first ultimate tournament in Denmark with three teams and in 1983 the Danish Overall Chanpionships. On the international scene I have organized the European Overall Championshipd in 1986 and the European Ultimate Championships in 1989. Since 1986 I have been organizing one of the biggest indoor Ultimate tournaments in Europe - Kong Volmers Ultimate Cup. However I will always remember the way we got WFDF started. Discussions had been going on in Europe since the fall of the IFA in 1983 and at the World Disc Golf Championships in Sweden in 1985 it was finally decided. We had meetings in the evenings and in between rounds during the day - all week long. But the first WFDF statutes were finally written and agreed by all participating nations. The core part of the statutes written then still stands today. Looking back the European Ultimate Championships in 1989 also stands out as it represents a major move in the tournament standard in Europe. However the tournaments

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11 today are far better organized and with a bigger staff. The job of keeping Ultimate and Disc Golf in one organisation in Denmark also have had high priority in my work. UPA: What will you do with all your free (ha ha) time now that you're retired? Erik: First of all I am a bad quitter - so I have promised to help out. Along with the new president (Rene Oskjaer) I wil continue with the international contacts. I will also keep working with the Danish Magazine. And I hope to get time to work with new projects without having to take care of all the day to day work for the Danish Association. On the international level I will also keep working with WFDF. I was at the first congress in 1985 and I have

only missed a few since then. And then there is my local club where I hope to focus some more energy. And then ... However I have also taken new jobs on. For the past two years I have been on the board of the regional sports association and there I am organizing big events with a lot of sports. In the first week of june I organized the big annual event with around 2,500 competitors from Soccer, Handball, Gymnastics, Square Dance, traditional Danish dance, Petanque, and a few more and of course Ultimate. UPA: What is your biggest accomplishment (that makes you most proud)? Erik: On the fields, two things come into mind: 1) Being part of the Fenris team

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that came in 9th at World Clubs in St. Andrews, Scotland in 1999. 2) Getting the first Danish National Ultimate team together to go to World Ultimate Championships in Colchester, England in 1986. As an organizer it is harder. So many small things add up, but those mentioned above are some of the important ones. UPA: What else you want to say to Ultimate players worldwide as you retire? Erik: During the past 20 years I have enjoyed playing disc sports in international events maily in Europe but also in the States. I have always looked forward to these tournaments. Because this is where you go to meet friends - we have a special thing going. I wish to thank those I have played against during all these years ... but don 't get me wrong. I will still be around. In July I will go to Prague with my new team Ragnarok (with some of the old Fenris players) to play the European Clubs and I might start playing Disc Golf again. So look out. I will see you on the fields.

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Smart passes should have room for error in the location of the throw and/or the timing of the throw. Many times, a particular cut is open, but only if the thrower can deliver it at the right time. A player will catch a pass and immediately turn and fire. The key to making this play is to come up throwing. If you catch the pass, look, then decide to throw, it' s already too late. Instead, while catching the pass, prepare your feet and your body to make the next throw. Start the throwing motion as part of the catching motion, but also have a check point at which you decide whether or not to throw. The most common time to use this is on a swing pass where the likely next throw is a continuation. As you ' re catching it, expect that someone will be cutting and that you have to throw it right away. If there is no one there, you ' ll have plenty of time to pull back on the pass.

Cheating Sadly, many players also systematically violate the rules just a little bit, sometimes out of laziness , sometimes out of what may be a loophole in the rules, sometimes out of a desire to win at all costs (and because " everyone else does it"). Here are some

methods that players use: 1. Omitting the word "Stalling" or "Counting" at the beginning of the stall count. Approximately 1/4 of the players in the games I observed at College Nationals did this, and only once did an opponent call the offender on it (to make it worse, this player changed to say "Stalling" for a few points, then reverted to his old ways). The simplest way to counter this is for the thrower to immediately say " Fast count" when a marker starts at "One." 2. The pulling team going offsides only when there is a bigger advantage to doing so. The points in the zone might take off a little earlier than normal in order to get down on the pull, or maybe with an upwind pull the puller will cheat more than usual. Of course, in the Callahan Rules with Linesmen calling offsides, this is not an issue. In casual play, when the offsides pl ayer is simply being lazy, it

somehow doesn' t seem like such a big offense, but when the player deliberately picks his spots to violate the rule in order to gain an advantage, it seems more like a violation against fair play. 3. Laziness on setting a pivot foot. Some players make no effort at all to hold a pivot foot while pivoting. 4. The marker wrapping his arms around the thrower. The rules explicitly say that the arms cannot be used to restrict the pivot, but some players mark this way every time. If the thrower steps into the marker' s arm in this situation, that is a foul on the marker. 5. Defenders catching up to cutters on foul or violation calls (other than being picked). A poacher will sometimes be called for a receiving foul , but when the disc is checked back in, that poacher will be back covering his original opponent. 6. Players fouling an opponent

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every time and saying "just call the foul." How about "just don ' t foul me every time" instead, okay?

Summary As I said, fundamentals are the key to becoming a good player, but can sometimes get a little extra edge by working on the little things. At Turkey Swamp in 1997, our team was in a battle with Philly in an elimination game. It was tied late in the game, and we had just gotten a block. I was standing near the front of the stack as a pass went up to one of my teammates. My defender was standing with his back to the thrower and didn't notice the pass zip by the intended receiver and continue right toward us. From years of practice, though , I was able to keep him occupied until the disc was upon us, at which point I reached suddenly around him to try to grab it. Unfortunately for us, his head got in the way and made the block, and Philly went on to beat us by a point. But if this play ever happens again, I'll know what to do. At the last second, I'll fake to my left so that the defender moves out of the way of the disc. If I keep playing long enough, it might happen again, and I might just call a time out and retire on the spot.

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FooLS FEsT 2001 By Rod Hannon (formally known as Druckemiller)

lingering showers on Friday eventually caused the river to overflow, and the main (best know) route to the park became Another year, another Fools Fest ... or flooded and impassible. One of the fields was it? Sure, there were a lot of familiar had a lake in the end zone. But once the faces, some returning teams, some new early showers passed, the sun broke teams, and the requisite legendary through to make Friday the most pleasant inclement weather. This year' s early forecasts even hinted at the possibility of light day of the tournament, with many participants mentioning that they actually got a snow! It seemed the recurring phrase for little sunburned. Go figure ... sunburn! At the weekend was, " It could be worse." Fools! Well, maybe. The Thursday before Fools Play, per usual, was full of good spirit is always the day on which the tournaand competitive ment directors and desire. There were a few selfless volold and new matchunteers take the day ups, including the off work, trek out championship A to the park early in pool game between the morning and Peggy Cronin ' s line the fields for Lunar Ultimate the following days (Delaware alumni of competition. As and friends) and it turns out, it's not WesWill (Wesnice when Mother leyan/Williams Nature fools you ... alumni). The game and our hardy volwas played under unteers were fooled persistent rain on in the harshest Sunday, and featured sense of the word. many spectacular They completed the plays, ending in a first half of the pro- Thanks to Condor dad, Joe Seidler; and others, for expanding the Spirit of the Came idea to our lopsided PCLU vicject with record fans. What an important development! Just as it tory of 17-4. The speed, under gray is the responsibility of each player to resped felnew match-up was skies and light rain. low players, it is the responsibility of each specta- between Old School The second half, tor to resped and appreciate both teams' play (DC) and Old the actual painting and both teams' calls. School Trash (MN), of the fields, would which sparked the unfortunately prove question, " Who is impossible. With truly Old School?" In the end, our homethe rain increasing, the temperature droptown boys prevailed and left the Minping and the equipment breaking down nesota guys spending the rest of the tourevery twenty feet, the crew would eventunament going by just Trash! Trash did ally have to reluctantly admit defeat and have the last laugh as they walked away hope to have a spare moment to line a few fields after the tournament got underway. (So if you were there and asked yourself, " Weren't the fields lined last year?" now you know.) Thirty-two Open and sixteen Women's teams competed in the 24th annual threeday tournament. Teams from up and down the east coast attended, including Canada and Minnesota. Every year players reunite with old friends from years past. Players travel from all over the United States just to play and celebrate. There were four divisions, which gave a number of teams an opportunity to win a trophy. But was it all cake from the start of play on Friday? Well, there was the time the river flooded and Tom Wong almost lost his car to the hungry mud of the Fredericksburg swamplands. Thursday ' s rain (all day and through the night) and a few Gra路du Women's Champions. Photos by Jessia Oi

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Alumni) were looking for their third with this year' s Spirit of the Game trophy and lots of beer at the famous Beer Truck. straight D division trophy, but just could not get in their own way enough and In the Women's A pool championship, it was defending champs Gra-du (Atlanta) accidentally fell into the B Division on Sunday. Haverford Stone Age Reunion against a feisty and determined group of (their sth year altitude-restricted women called appearance) Snow White and showed up sporting the Dwarfettes various displays of Div 1: Peggy Cronin over WesWII (mainly East facial-hair styles. Div/1: Scam over Nerve coast). When it Our WAFC presiDiv Ill: Two Score over Zoo Disc dent, Kris Gill, was was over, apparDiv IV' UNC Darkside over Forgotten Rebels ambushed by a ently height meant right, as the freak silly-string attack. She Women from Atlanta defeated defended herself Div 1: Crad-du over Snow White quite nicely, as the the Dwarfettes 15Div/1: Rump over Groovy Girls 10. The local whole thing was Div Ill: War-Bellied Sneetches over Zoe women ' s team, caught on tape for DivW Sol Asylum over Heavy Ao future viewing. Heavy Flow took The always great the Spirit of the Game trophy. Saturday night party featured local favorites The Cravin ' Dogs, at the local A few other stories of note (there are many to tell): Psyched?! (U.Penn. art gallery. Plenty of dancing and cool beverages (served by two great bartenders) were had by all. Now that the beer is gone the players have all returned to their respective homes and teams, and the Fools Fest equipment is all tucked away at WAFC central (Chris Hulett' s house), the organizers and staff can look back on Fools 2001 with pride. Not just for pulling off a great tournament with wonderful tradition, but proud that they could provide 48 teams with great pleasure. Thanks to all those that made it happen and all those who participated. Now to start planning for next year. .. THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF FOOLS FEST! What anniversary is that? Silver? Gold? Maybe Plastic? Check out the WAFC Web site this fall for details. www.wafc.org

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INTIMATE, HUGE, RELAXING AND ROVVDV By Ozzie

Organizing the Tournament: Truthfully, this part kind of sucked; a mixture of anticipated excitement for this great event and disappointment in promise after promise being broken. I won't go too far into the specifics but the highlights included the charter company changing our return flight twice, our Trinidadian contact doubling the tourney dues, and our accommodations during Carnival (a free, secure gymnasium) backing out at the last minute. Yeesh. But our drive to see this thing through, knowing how great it could be, helped us persevere.

Landing In Trinidad: Getting off the plane in 90-degree muggy weather made all of us smile widely, remembering our friends and family back in the frigid winter up North. After each buying two bottles of $4 Trinidadian rum, we piled into maxi-taxis on our way to the tourney site. On the way there, we drove through little villages and by dinky shops with hand painted signs selling Carib (A Beer is a Carib!) and a soft drink called Chubby (thanks for the

Chubby, Jenn!). We drove over the hills, winding through lush rainforests , and finally to the clear blue waters and soft white sands of Maracas Bay. That night, we ate great Trinidadian food and drank plenty of rum late into the night. A group of us also kept busy diverting one of our very, very drunk brothers from jumping into the ocean since he surely would have drowned.

The Tournament: Friday morning the hat-tournament started. We arranged the teams both according to skill and nationality so there would be a good mix of Americans and Europeans on each team. There were a mere 27 people at the tourney- 24 were players from USA, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Belgium. It was a four on four beach tournament so we divided into four teams with six players each. Very tiring. Our pitch was nestled between palm trees and food huts on the flat white sand. Each team had three games and there were finals that day. The play was strong and very spirited. I think one foul was called the entire

day. The prize for the winning team? That's right, a premium $6 bottle of rum. Mmmm. The next day, wereorganized the teams and played again. Congratulations to our tightly-wound but lovable New Yorker for winning both days of the tourney!

The Party: Carnival is a Catholic celebration directly before Lent. As far as I can tell, it's a way for folks to spend some days of debauchery and sin before they give it up for lent. The people of Trinidad and Tobago, in preparation for Carnival, spend months and months designing themes and making the costumes for the mas bands. Hundreds of thousands of people, from Trinidad and from throughout the world, descend on Port of Spain for this huge party. Many dress up in skimpy costumes and follow the bands throughout the streets, dancing, drinking, grinding, frolicking , etc. On Saturday night in Port of Spain, we watched a steel band competition called Panorama. (Fact: the steel drum was invented in Trinidad. So was Calypso.) Next, we went to

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IHIS FINE AND NOBLE SPORI By Tony Leonardo The first annual Pasticciotto was organized by Ultilinks entrepreneur Peldi and the Bay Area's Will Tams-Wadman. Played in Torre D'Orso in the deep south of Italy's heel, one week after Paganello and a month after Bologna, it was a perfect ending to an ltalianophile's trip through the country. The bash was organized as a hat tournament with big-name players like Mike Grant, Yusi Wang, Lars Mussell, Safdie, Seanymac, Fippo and Epa playing alongside first-year players, nomadic Ultimate lovers like Rich Franck, crippled huckers like myself and a whole range of international players. It was quite a treat, really, to mix and mingle with such a diverse crowd. Without a doubt the main attraction was the opportunity to party uninhibited. At every stage of the three-day tournament there was a requirement to eat good food, drink wine and beer, and celebrate life with a group of Ultimate aficionados. The highlights included stray dogs, Birra Peroni, shrimping, Vino Rosso, Lemoncilla and customized ceramic plates. I'm not even going to mention Cirque du Soleil's Jamie Ferrer and those Belgians in room 212. They spoke in liters of beer and hours awake and did more justice to their cause then I ever

could. Let me begin with what I know more intimately. For instance, I know for a fact that Peldi fixed the tournament for his team. He told me the previous weekend after Thrill Ride took the Mixed crown at Paganello. He took me aside and said, "Tony, look, this Paganello thing is nothing. What I really want is the key to Torre D' Orso for winning first Pasticciotto. I know a capo in Meledugno that can make sure things come out right. All I have to do is bring him some Sopranos tapes from the States. Can you hook me up?" No, in fact Peldi did not fix the tournament, but he sure did make some spectacular plays en route to the victory. He told me later that the Red team thought they were doomed after going down by four to the folks in Blue. "I just said let's make it interesting for the fans. If we're going down we might as well have some fun. So we started hucking it. I didn't think we would really be able to come back." Well, after three, count 'em three, big huck receptions for scores later, Red emerged victorious. Peldi made some fantastic catches, to be sure, and deserved to win. But let's backtrack. There was a point where Blue had every-

thing going for them. The conditions for most of the tournament were, unfortunately, a little chilly and short shifts of drizzle accompanied the winds. In the finals most spectators were donning their Columbia knitwear. But on the field, this David Bowie-looking, spiked-hair English hooligan playing for Blue, named Matt Shearing, nullified the haunt of the weather with a full-out leap into the Adriatic to chase a disc. Shivering and cold on the sideline afterwards, he provided a natural balance to allow the team on the field to get hot. Several big plays from Shearing himself, Will McGrath and Deirdre Morris gave Blue a commanding edge. But when Shearing warmed up, the game cooled down for Blue and the players in Red (Rustici) turned it up a notch. Peldi himself made those three monstrous huck catches, but credit should also go to Giorgio Palladino, Pierre, Jens and Kim. In the end, the game was theirs after six straight unanswered points. Blue tried- I thought poor Mike Grant was going to leave one of his shoulders in the sand after a brutal point at the end of the game. They sent three straight bad throws to him. Three! He ran like one of those stray dogs on crank and dove like a hawk for each disc but

they were always coming up just short. It just wasn't to be, I guess. In semis, it was Red over Frizzante and Blue over Yellow, a team led by one of those crazy Belgians, this missing link of a man named Haggie. Other fond memories included meeting John and Dayna Hillcrest and their 5-year-old daughter traveling in a RV on a long trip that originated in Amsterdam. The souvenir ceramic plates with the Pasticciotto scripting were fond collectibles and chef Antonio from parts thereabouts was a great spirited fellow and a pleasure all around. A man not afraid to give out free beers when given three cheers. Could it have been any better? Sure the wind and rain were trouble. But let me paraphrase the Mayor of Torre D' Orso in his congratulatory speech. "We hope that this fine and noble sport will carry on and spread its plastic around the world, filling people's hearts and souls with a generous goodness and inspiring the Holy Spirit within us all. Good fortune to Beach-Ultimate!" Indeed. A good time was had by all and we can't wait for next year. Of course, a big thank-you to Peldi, Will, Vanja and Ozzie for making this event a truly family gathering.

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GENDER BLENDER V By Mark Evans and Dan Berman Photos courtesy of Mark Evans A couple days of rain did nothing to dampen spirits- and spirit- at the Gender Blender Tournament in Fergus, Ontario in early June. Thirty-six teams and 600 players from Canada and the U.S. duked it out for the tournament title, the spirit championship and the much-coveted Blender drink awards. In the end, Toronto's Herb & Mary Jane defeated Montreal's Grin by a narrow margin. For the first time ever, our Spirit award winners were also tourney finalists (losing a close game, I might add). Grin walked away with the spirit championship, while Herb & Mary Jane took home the Blender drink honors. This year also saw the first dance contest. After much sweating and grinding, dancers from Grin and Halifax 's Fog shared the title. Nothing speaks more highly of the

tone and quality of this tournament than the fact that the top two finishing teams also garnered other awards over the weekend. Most importantly, the Gender Blender raised $4000 for the United Way and the community of Fergus, and filled the shelves of the local food bank. Hats off to everyone who joined us this year, we look forward to another great tournament in 2002! Champions- Herb & Mary Jane (Toronto)Spirit Champions- Grin (Montreal)Best Blender Drink Trophy - Herb & Mary Jane (Toronto)Fruity Swilly Swirly Award - DiscomBOBulation (Montreal)Worst Blender Drink AwardGrin (Montreal)Dance Contest Winners (Tie) - Grin (Montreal) and Fog (Halifax)Golf Distance- 371 ' and change- James Spaak (SwingSwangSwung I Cleveland)Golf Putting- 12- Rich Franck (Grin I Montreal) Zoydz

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After many weeks of rain earlier in the year, the fields were plush and green for Los Angeles' 7th annual St. Pat's Hat tournament, a fact which was appreciated by everyone who played there. But especially by the folks who came from Arizona where, as anyone who has ever played at New Year's Fest knows, their fields are pretty much rock solid that early in the year. In addition to the green of the fields, each of the 13 teams had its own green shade of the incredibly cool shirt designed by LA's own multi-talented Milkboy. On Saturday every team had four pool play games, most of which were close and evenly matched. The games were followed by a Mexican feast at the local Chevy's Restaurant. There was no shortage of food (included in the tournament fee) and the staff was pleasant and efficient as they served up discounted pitchers of beer and margaritas. Sunday was even hotter than Saturday, with reports of temperatures in the 90's. In true hat tournament spirit, both teams that went 0 for 4

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on Saturday won their pre-quarters games. With two consolation brackets, everyone played at least two games as the winning teams advanced through the A bracket playoffs. Team Stone, which had gone undefeated on Saturday, was soundly beaten in the quarters by Kelly Green, the team of tournament director Ben Potash, which had gone 2 and 2 in pool play. Kelly easily beat Pine in the semis, despite Pine's beefed up day two roster. Meanwhile, Key Lime, the other 4 and 0 team from day one, cruised through their quarter and semifinal games. Before the final game, the top four men and women from the preliminary accuracy contest round faced each other in a throw-off. Each person takes nine throws (three forehands, three backhands, and three hammers) from each of three distances: 10, 20 and 30 yards. If they get the disc in the net, they get 1, 2 or 3 points, respectively. Shar Stuht of San Diego won the Women's division with an impressive 26

points. Corey Sanford, who barely made the playoffs as an alternate, unseated last year's Men's champion, fellow LA player Aaron Gross, with a record 40 points out of a possible 54, one point higher than AG's winning score from last year. Then everyone gathered around to watch the showdown between Kelly and Lime. Lime scored the first two points, but then Kelly jumped to a 6-2 lead Lime came back and the game was tied at ll 's and 12's. The next two points went to Lime, so it was 14-12 in a game to 15 (no win by 2). But Kelly answered back with the next two points to tie it up again at 14 all. Kelly, starting on D for the final sudden death point, got the disc on a point block by Adam Ferrea, but they quickly turned it over, and Lime went for the glory with a long throw from Jim Nesbitt to Matt Mihm. Ferrea, who had been an excellent match-up against Mihm for much of the game, stumbled, but quickly regained his footing and the crowd thought he

might still get the D, but Mihm skied high in the end zone and Lime won 15-14. Over 200 people played in this year's tournament, coming from Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, and of course, various parts of California. Fun was had by all, from beginners up to experienced players. Accuracy champ Corey Sanford, a member of the national champion Condors club team, said, "I thought it was great once again. It's always great to see Ultimate through all levels of play, and St. Pat's Hat has that. .. .It's a chance for everyone to learn something about the sport." Jonathan Watson of second place Kelly said of his first tournament," ... it was an experience I'd not ever miss again! Everyone was so friendly and helpful; cold-blooded competition wasn't the goal, but sheer fun. Despite playing eight games over the weekend, despite the scabs and the aches, I'm now completely addicted to real Ultimate."

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the Oval Fete. This fete was a concert of sorts featuring a band called Xtatik. They play Soca music, the dance music we listened to during our entire trip. We jumped, waved flags , chipped, drank rum, trembled it, and sang along to our new favorite music until 3:30a.m. After a day of swimming and hiking, the following night found us back in Port of Spain where we experienced J'Ouvert. This party (which begins at 2 a.m.) is the official kick-off to Carnival. It involves "chipping" (sustained dancing/hopping/walking in step with the music) all night while following big speaker-trucks pumping out loud Soca music. Some participants throw and rub mud and paint all over everyone they see. What a blast! All of us were drunk, exhausted and completely coated with mud by the time we got back to the hotel at 8:00 a.m. Fortunately for the hotel, the gates to the pool were locked. After sleeping for two hours, we got up and put on our ridiculous orange outfits (see: http://www.legendscarnival.com/sections/globalwarming.asp for a visual) to again follow the Soca trucks though the streets. We filled our water bottles with rum and headed out for the day. More of the same from J'Ouvert, minus the mud. We were all in a giddy daze and had a great time dancing through the streets in the sunny 90-degree heat. It came to our attention that Legends, the band we chose to dance with, is known as the Body Builder band. Our lanky bodies definitely stood out amongst the beefcakes. And again, on Tuesday, more chipping and singing and smiling

and drinking in our bright orange outfits. The two-day procession of bands led to a competition during which each section in each band danced on stage in front judges and international television. Dancing hour after hour in the hot sunshine, our bodies were hard-wired to the Soca music, our brains were no longer involved in our motion. After 48-hours of Carnival, Tuesday night's restful sleep was a welcome change. What else can be said about the party except that the tourney was two days with 27 people, the party was three days with hundreds of thousands of people. And the Trinis were very friendly and welcomingsharing dances and their love of this great celebration. Also, Legends, the band we played mas with, was voted the best band of the year.

Nature: Before J'Ouvert on Sunday, 14 of us hiked to Angel Falls. To get there, we hired a guide to drive us to the distant trailhead. This involved swimming to a boat that took us to the next bay, where we swam ashore. We then got into an old but sturdy Land Cruiser that carried us through dense brush, over heavily rutted trails, through little streams, and over a rickety hand-made bridge that the driver decided was OK to cross after checking it with his careful foot. We hiked straight up a steep grade and down another to a beautiful waterfall with a pool of cool water underneath. We jumped into the water from a 10-foot cliff and swam for a bit before heading back to camp.

Our ridiculous Carnival outfits which we wore for 48 hours while dancing and drinking in the streets of Port of Spain. Photo by Christian Schneider

The day after Carnival, we went to the Asa Wright Nature Reserve. This protected area is home to many different species of birds, lizards, insects, butterflies and plants. Nice, relaxing change from the drunken dancing that dominated the days before.

to play Ultimate and gave them all Frisbees (as part of the tourney fee, everyone was required to bring a Frisbee to give to local kids.) Tobago was truly a paradise and a very nice end to a great vacation.

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From the intimate tournament where we all got to know each other extremely well, to the three days of savage partying, to swimming in the clear blue ocean, to teaching kids how to play the sport we love, the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival Beach Tournament was a great success. I can't imagine a better time.

We traveled to Tobago for the weekend following Carnival. Tobago is a lush island north of Trinidad. While there, we stayed in a beautiful four-bedroom villa and relaxed. We went to a variety of beaches to throw Frisbee, lounge and swim in the warm blue ocean. We also taught some local kids how

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VVINTER'S TALE FROIVI

By Elyssa "Eli" East There's nothing worse than the kind of cabin fever you can get way up here in Northern New England. When the days shorten and nights lengthen the fever runs particularly high for Ultimate players. For one, they may not see green grass for six months and before they see it, a shoulder season of mud has to be endured. Grass has a very short life span here compared to other parts of the country; ice and snow, lengthy ones. The hearty New Englanders are denied any disc playing opportunities by that old hag Winter and her unpredictable accomplices, Snow, Ice and Wind who rule over the region for most of the calendar year. Winter assumes her throne at some point in October and by early February she relishes in great expressions of her dictatorial power. She snickers and sneers. She blows icy cold fog in people's faces. They slam the door on her and stoke the fire. But their fingers ache. Their plastic discs look forlorn and underappreciated as they gather dust on their special shelf or in the comer of the closet where they tucked them to rest for the duration of her horrible tirade. Hope dwindles, as May starts to seem even farther away than it did back in October. Lore has it that one night on a dark Winter's eve, ten years ago, some serious disc players congregated around the University of New Hampshire environs. Seeking support for their "Off-Season Affected Disorder," they quaffed copious amounts of thick stout to numb their pains and reminisced over their not so distant halcyon days on fields of green. As fate would have it, a leader emerged amongst them. Steve Finn was the man. Finn looked into a snow globe and no longer saw dreariness and despair. No, he saw the secret to surviving Winter: Play disc! "Aye, but our homeland has capricious Winds that blow from the West and the White Mountains," moaned one. "And the dreaded Nor'Easters, I get an ice cream headache just thinking about 'em;' moaned another hypothermic and cabin crazed disc devotee. Finn placed a hand on a copy of the UPA's Official Rulebook and vowed to melt Winter faster than the Wicked Witch of the West. Infused with the spirit of New Hampshire's Revolutionary men, he looked out the frosty windowpanes at the silvery ice coated treetops. "Surely Thomas Payne must have meant Live, Freeze, or Die," he said, raising his mug to the hardscrabble Yankee Winterscape and envisioning the February tournament he would then host. Winter accepted this gesture as a

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challenge, and, on this blustery eve, the clouds grew heavy, full and enshrouded the quaint New England countryside with a fresh dusting of sanctified, pure, white snow. Since 1991 Live, Freeze, or Die has evolved into an annual highlight of the Northern New England disc player's off-season, their sacre du printemps. For Winter, the event has grown into an opportunity to flaunt her powers and insist on her authority. Each year she shows up committed to having her own sacre de l'hiver and, being a very crafty witch indeed, she buried the Rochester Fairgrounds under a foot and a half of snow, just before this day of near religious observance. This was a novel approach for Winter. She had taken radically different approaches towards crashing the party in previous years. In 1999, she assured everyone that the end of the millennium would indeed be a year of apocalyptic proportions and warmed the place up so much that no Live, Freeze, or Die could be held. It was simply too warm. She had finally triumphed! She planned to repeat this wondrous feat in 2000 and called on the Rains for help. Together they mired the Rochester Fairgrounds into a swamp, with ankle slurping mud and calf high puddles. "Ooh, that should keep them away;' Winter howled excitedly to the Rains. "They're not rugby players, you know! " But FLASH, the tourney director, and the devotees took inspiration from the Mud Bowl organizers and moved forward with their plans. Winter and her mud took many a cleat in sacrifice. She'd been upstaged by the sly FLASH and pledged that she would not be shamed ever again! Back in her ice cave, high atop Mount Washington, she strategized and schemed. In 2001 she would triumph! She resolved to show the whole country that they needed to take her more seriously. She would start early, as soon as the sun set out to chase his own rainbow down to the Southern hemisphere, and she would call on the Wind, the Ultimate player's friend or foe, and convince him to join her cause. Getting the Wind on Winter's side would take effort. "He's so flighty! Just far too unpredictable;' she cried. Nonetheless, she

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was certain that she could craft a deal that he would not refuse. She called him to her ice cave and proceeded to convince the Wind that the Ultimate players simply hadn't respected him enough lately, if ever. "They curse you when you change," she proclaimed. "But I'm an artist!" he protested, as he stirred about the ice cave, moaning in shock with pain. "How can they scoff at my work? I can't help my capricious, fickle ways. They are part of my charm. Everybody likes to play! " Winter promised him full rein of the Rochester Fairgrounds and the entire New England Seaboard on February lOth, 2001. She convinced the Wind that if he could steal a disc in play, he would grow stronger than the strongest tornado and would be able to flatten any city with the ease of a sneeze. "Or;' he thought to himself as she pitched her deal with as much savvy as a Madison Avenue exec, "an ice cave." He swirled around in delicate curlicues, giving Winter's skin a little tingle, accepted her challenge, and breezed out the door. Little did Winter know that Wind, being a pretty fun-loving guy, really just wanted to snag a disc so he could play with it himself. She hadn't figured out that he shows up at every Ultimate game to have fun. But to have his own disc! He'd never thought of that before! It always seemed like the fun that he alone could have with a disc was not nearly as great as the good time he had with others, but with his own disc he could make it sail and soar around the world, across the oceans, over the mountains, and even knock off Winter's ugly head with it. Now there was a deal! That would keep her from pushing him around. Then he'd be the celebrity, rivaled only by the stars above. The boring hag with her frosty breath of rotten gym socks would no longer stand in his way. So on February lOth he came to Southern New Hampshire and the Rochester Fairgrounds in high form, strutting his stuff with gusts between 40 to 60 m.p.h. Unable to contain his enthusiasm, he whipped up white caps like they were meringues and tossed a few cars around out

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on the highway. "I feel as good as Godzilla today," he exclaimed and blew a breath that was so icy, it burned like fire. The groundhog may have been spooked by his shadow, but disc players on all sides of the White Mountains and FLASH and his staff were emboldened with the spirit of Finn and his cronies. The players continued their pilgrimages to Rochester and the tourney staff set cones, brewed coffee, and put on vats of hot soup. High temperatures registered in the low twenties before noon, but the pushed the chill factor sharply below this balmy mark. "I'll show her who's most powerful! " he gushed. The Mercury hated it when Wind and Winter got together like that. He decided to hang it all up and spent the day in steady retreat to his safe haven in the thermometer's base. But the disc devotees continued arriving from across the land and postholed through the knee-deep snow to their fields. The sun was shining, the snow wasn't too heavy or crusty, and the day was still young. Live, Freeze, or Die starts later than most tournaments. As devoted as the pilgrims may be, no one arrives much earlier than 10 a.m., Frisbee time, even though the days are short in this Northern winterscape in early February. FLASH, like many a T.D., grumbles at this simple fact of tardiness. To compensate for the late start, there are no byes and rounds at LFD are short, making many a team grumble at the cap. Most games at LFD just get played to tens or below (like the weather), making the day of play even shorter and all the more precious. This Saturday Wind and Winter sat back and eyed the pilgrims who clumsily plodded around the fields, hauling huge bags stuffed with boots, cleats, and sneakers and accoutered in the latest, splashiest, most technical gear. "Looks like they're ready to summit Mt. Washington," sneered Winter. "Maybe they took a wrong turn. You know how Ultimate players are kinda spacey. But look at all the bright colors," mused the wistful Wind. "Well, who are you? The Patagonia catalogue scout?" snapped Winter. "They look like they're here to audition to be Michelin Men or to attend an astronaut's convention, not to chase down a wee plastic disc in the snow." The Wind had more important things to do than listen to the hag complain about everyone. He had to find out for himself if these guys really cursed him so, or if Winter was just duping him into one of her tricks. He knew all too well how sneaky she could be. She'd pushed him around before and this time

NOR II IERN NBIV ENGLAND he was not going to allow it. He evesdropped on some of the players. Their talk was mostly about how long it had been since everyone had played, how unbearably boring the Super Bowl had been, who actually turned out for the tourney, and who had the most ingenuous application of techware for managing the elements. Would the mini crampons for the Bean boots be the accessory of the day? How about the gaiters or neoprene socks for that extra advantage when the snow starts to melt around the boots? "They sound so harmless," he giggled. "Of course they want to protect themselves," he surmised. "They may be hearty New Englanders, but that skin of theirs is not all that thick. Ha! You know, I get what it's all about. They just completely respect that Ice Queen and me. That's why they're so fussy over their gear. They are just in awe of my power! This is how I've always considered Ultimate players to be, good spirited. With cyclists and tennis players it's another story. But now Winter has convinced me to be on the bad side. This is all wrong! How did I let her do this to me?;' and with that thought he paused and contemplated the situation. "Just what does Winter want from me with all of this?" Discs were in play and, in these conditions, chaos and confusion prevailed right from the start. Being industrious, clever folks, the Ultimate players rotated in and off the fields at their sweat thresholds, playing until they started to feel the beads of sweat form and start to glaze with ice. A rank porta-potty, standing alone, was the only enclosed shelter, so the sidelines stacked snow to create an insulating walls for protection against the Wind and Winter's cold. They would outwit Winter and beat her at her own game as they had in previous years. Some players quickly slapped together low slung snow walls with uneven tops. Others stacked snow blocks into squat towers, complete with turreted tops and walls on three sides. The Wind could not contain his rage and decided that his only option was to wage war against winter. He was so angry that she had turned him against his own friends. He gusted about the place in a fury, determined to grab a disc. ''I'm gonna blow that hag all the way to the South Pole where she belongs," he said. "Just how could I have let her do this to me?" he wailed as he blew even harder. Across the all fields there were seven on the lines and the Wind practically blew everyone over. All day long it was next to impossible to get off a good pull, especially if the offense was throwing into the Wind. The overly sensitive and grumbly Wind resisted having discs thrown in his face. "Oh, she'd better not be

right," he yelled. "She can't be right. Stop throwing things at me, you fools, you're supposed to be my friends." "Man, this Wind sucks;' he heard some players saying as they shivered and scratched their heads, unable to strategize under these conditions. "This is silly. Just silly;' FLASH muttered, as he plodded around the fields, signaling the round ends, trying (and failing) to get score reports. "This is the silliest Live, Freeze, or Die ever." "Oh, I suck, do I? You think I'm silly? Silly? Is that what you think? Well, I'll show you;路 the wind said as he blew harder and harder, sometimes letting up for a split second of relief, a little teaser. Pulls would glide through this window of calm, but then he'd just suck up more air into his lungs and blast the place even harder. A few pulls went far off course, blading horizontally across the two adjacent fields. "Work it, work it," captains would cry out. "Work the disc with short passes." One woman snagged a disc and at a stall count of three Wind blew it out of her hand. "Can I call a strip?," she asked. "Hell no!" snapped the Wind, as he carried her disc away. Was he ever in bad spirits that day! Any completed pass was a true triumph. Frozen fingers ached and quickly became stiff, making catches a challenge. The percentage of incomplete passes and emptyhanded offensive layouts (intentional and unintentional) has to be higher at LFD than at any other tourney in these parts and probably came in around eighty percent. Discs flew parabolic arcs, landing right next to the thrower. There would have been fewer turnovers if throwers planted a teammate next to them to catch the boomerangs. Alas, most efforts to be serious quickly deteriorated into absolute silliness. If throwing wasn't enough of a challenge, actually getting to the disc proved to be equally hard. Hamstrings, glutes, and hip flexors were all put to the test with post holing through the deep snow. Instead of running across the fields players, hopped gingerly, like a bunch of snowshoe hares. Sharp cuts? For-

get about it. People frequently fell while running in the snow. "Just as I planned;' Winter chortled. "Just look at the Wind blowing the whole place apart! How delightful. Oh, Winter, you may be an ugly old woman but you are wise, so very, very wise." Winter reveled in great selfsatisfaction at her handiwork. Winter knew not the true source of the Wind's raging fury, nor that he was trying with all his might to steal a disc so he could bump her off. She sat back comfortably and admired the Wind's direct and immediate impact on the players and the discs. "I must learn his secret;' she mused. "I can't let him have all the fun and get all of the attention!" Winter then left her perch and sidled up behind the Wind and gingerly perched on his tail. Here she sat, safely out of the Wind's reach, for the Wind couldn't even see her sitting on his backside. He busied about the place, flying around in his rage, continuing to send discs suddenly up, then down, far across, and out of the reach of players, still determined to catch one. "She can't hide from me!;' he yelled. "Even if she shapeshifts into the smallest ice cube, I will not let her get away with tricking me!" Winter overheard the Wind's threats and laughed heartily. "So he found me out? He's smarter than I thought, but he doesn't know even know the beginning of my power!" she exclaimed as she leaned forward and started to push the poor Wind around. Whenever he got near a disc and had sucked it into his vortex, she pushed him down, and the disc would drop. ''I'll see to it that he never gets a single damn disc and takes off with it! Doesn't he know? Hasn't he figured out that he can take a disc, but he can't keep it? As soon as he rests, he loses it. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! ," she cackled heartily. So the poor Wind continued in his fate as Winter's humiliated servant, never to catch a disc for himself. Winter spent the rest of the day riding around on his back, totally undetected by him. She smiled at the diligent Ultimate players, whose numbers had dwindled. "Oh, now why did they go and leave when it's just starting to get fun?" she wondered. But

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not that many teams are all that serious about winning at LFD. It's the tourney that teams want to lose so they don't have to advance and stay on playing while the temperature drops and the com crust glazes over with ice. Reflecting this spirit, team captains, and even FLASH, have difficulty keeping track of game scores. Just staying warm and less than miserable is enough of a challenge. Maybe it's a tinge of brain dysfunction from getting hypothermic. The 2001 final round was dueled out between a Red Tide/Hussey Sound combo and Brown Alumni. "How did they last so long?" some wondered with envy. "What was their secret?" Was it the Tide/Hussey crew's superbly constructed windblock, a veritable snow castle? Did they last because some of their players sported the mini crampons for traction and bite on the field that had packed down hard with an icy veneer? (What's worse? Post-holing in the deep snow or running on icy hard pack? That depends on your prior level of ice hockey experience.) Was it Brown Alumni's utter seriousness, skill and ever-present competitiveness? Was it their karma with the Wind? Word has it they never threw their hands up in the air and insulted the Wind by calling him "silly;' though they might have begrudged him, they had enough skill to work with the Wind, not against him. The final two teams had crafted a strategies of sound logic. They didn't bother to work the disc upfield, as so many others had. No, these seasoned vets hucked the disc to gain enough yardage up to the goal line, where a short pass would most likely score a point. If there was a turnover on the line, then the other team would have to work the disc all the way back to the other end zone. So they played on this way, while the Winter continued pushing the Wind around. FLASH stood practically alone, watching the Brown Alumni win in a tight game. As Live, Freeze, or Die came to a close, the sun and the temperature sank, but the Wind rose and gusted ever more as Winter kicked her little party into high gear and never gave him a chance to rest. Winter eventually let go of the Wind, who retreated to a far comer of the earth. Deep inside her ice cave, Winter sat atop her throne and told the Ice and Snow about her greatest triumph yet. She casually pondered the possibilities for 2002 they brewed up yet another blizzard to celebrate her triumph. For information on Live, Freeze, or Die, contact FLASH at flash@nh.ultranet.com or go to http://www.mv.com/ipusers/bertha/LFD/.

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DRY AND SUCCESSRJL By Drew Tulchin On Sat., March lOth, 17 Teams converged upon Mary moor Park just outside of Seattle to participate in the mixed Ultimate tournament - the First Annual Spring Slog in the Bog. The tournament was a benefit for a local non-profit organization, called ACCESS. More than $5,000 was raised for the beneficiary who provides job training and education for the homeless. More information can be found online at www.accessalliance.org. The one-day event was a week before the start of the DiscNW's Spring League (wow, what convenient scheduling). Seventeen teams braved the Pacific NW weather to play some disc for a good cause, while brushing off the Ultimate cobwebs from winter's other activities- skiing and hibernation. Seventeen teams what convenient organizational formats that creates, eh? Why 17? Because, the tourney director is a big SUCKER. So, when a captain (who shall remain nameless) representing a team from the South Puget Sound called Thursday night at 10 p.m. to see if there was still a bid, guess what the answer was? But, things worked out great. With the weather holding up due to the Pacific Northwest drought, everyone was just happy to be playing in non-rain. And, play we did. Most participating teams were perennial Seattle mainstays and Spring League regulars. Vince brought two squads - Vince Lightning and Vince Wannabes. Other regular additions were D-Pod, Doh! , Promise Breakers, Flying Ganesh (used to be other Ganesh versions and was even Spam a long time ago), Strip Poper (a.k.a. Pope) , Strap On Tools (Tacoma Screw), Stella, and Guard Seize Them. Bellingham brought down a spirited contingent and Sneetches (with some Weird Uncle Bobers) joined Loose Chickens from Idaho to derive a potent combination. Rounding out the crowd were Swillicious Marmalade who has some ugly orange jerseys and great hair, Pleased to Meet Ya, Cowgirl, Olympia, and Hermaphrodites (a rowdy, but frolick-

ing Boeing crowd from the North) who deserve honorable mention for being the first ones to send in a check. We were able to poach some additional grassy space and set up eight fields so people got to play all day! Most teams got at least four games in. Structured pool play was abandoned in favor of mix and match games for the first two rounds, followed by a reorganization of teams to match those with similar strengths. That process was, of course, a highly scientific method that cannot be adequately explained in the limited space we have here. Teams were flexible in coping with not knowing where their next game was ahead of time and just flowing with it all. They were also really good at figuring out the field layout, which evolved throughout the day with the terrain. Just about every team was able to play someone new and avoid folks they practice against. Great play started early and continued throughout the day. The extensive highlight reel includes Lou who brought cookies, Eric "Has" laying out without injuring his shoulder, Britta's stylish outfit, Boogie's total layout point, Rob from Stella getting good and dirty, and Frank Abramonte running faster than he has in at least a decade. The scores unfortunately went the way of the white/wipe board. However, recollection is that no team went 0-fer on the day. There were lots of great close games (sorry about the cap, folks) , reflecting the even quality of co-ed disc. Play was well spirited- thanks everyone for making that happen. Some cheers were highly entertaining but unprintable among a PG crowd. A "leaders bracket" of sorts was formed for the last games involving Cowgirl, Pleased to Meet Ya, Flying Ganesh , Strip Poper, Swill. Marmalade, and Strap On Tools vying for bragging rights. The middle grouping brought Bellingham, both teams that begin with D, the Vinces, and Stella to beat and lose to each other in various forms. The remaining teams Promise Breakers, Hermaphrodites,

The tournament was a benefit for a local non-profit. Through the generosity of the players and corporate matches from the companies they work for, the event raised more than $5,000 for a great cause!

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Guard, Sneetches, & Olympia played some hard fought battles that were very close. These match-ups kept going and going and going, repeatedly coming down to the wire and the cap. The "unofficial final" pitted Ganesh, complete with strategic pick-ups, against a super-star-stacked Strap on Tools. The game was reportedly shortened to seven because a couple of players needed to get to the opera and someone had an important date. Strap On Tools featured an interesting substitution method that enabled Ganesh to tell some good jokes between points that cannot be transcribed effectively so as to do them justice. Despite Ganesh 's noble D efforts by Lou and a seemingly infallible strategy of "throw junk to Kathy Scott," Strap On Tools were too sharp. With fantastic poach D and painfully accurate hammers to the back of the end zone, Strap On carried the day. This turned out to be fine, as the sun was going done and folks were ready to chat, drink, recount plays that made them look better than they were, rub sore muscles, and take the superb donated food extras home; organic bananas, sodas, and energy bars in particular. The tournament was a benefit for a local non-profit. Through the generosity of the players and corporate matches from the companies they work for, the event raised more than $5,000 for a great cause! Even better, there were numerous sponsors who were truly generous in providing inkind food and booty for the event. The following deserve special mention and the support of all Ultimate players: Bodhi Bar - organic energy bars made with ginger. This small company donated tons of product www.bodhibar.com Gary Moskowitz- Chiropractor & the Juice Plus gang. Helped people with their backs, information about nutrition, and helped Frisbee central be organized, despite blue lips. These folks even brought a generator to make yummy smoothies! Noah 's Bagels- trash bags full of donuts. The green St. Pat's ones we could do without, though. Odwalla Juice - gallons of yummy juice and a bunch of energy bars Pioneer Organics - Organic bananas up the wazoo. Run by an Ultimate player. Organic produce delivery to your door in the Seattle area. . . www.p1oneerorgamcs.com Whole Foods store in Seattle - lots of soda, fruit, and energy bars. We must also mention the great other sponsors: Taco del Mar, Jeremy Todd Salon in the Four Season 's Hotel, Jim

Strang - Licensed Massage Practitioner, Nancy Scheyer- Licensed Acupuncturist, Albertson's, the Metropolitan Grill, Belltown Billiards, Hale's Ales, King County Parks Department, and of course our Disc NW. (Ok, I'm not so good at alphabetizing). We've also got to acknowledge SPIRIT recipients! Volunteers - There were some marvelous volunteer types who helped make this event happen! Thanks and sorry to anyone that got left out: Aaron Barr, John Springer, Boogie, Jamie Mathey, Albert & Frenchie, Otto, Bagel bringers , Julie Pendleton, Jeff of D-pod, Chris Burke, Ken Koester, Wendy Prosser, Joey Johnson, the fabulous foreigner who found my keys, Meghan, Nancy, the recyclers, composters, trash collectors, and many more. Team Leaders - let's hear it and acknowledge those great captains who write big checks to reserve a bid so your sorry ass can just show up and play some Ultimate! In addition, the captains were great about helping to facilitate corporate matches with players on their team, finding space for pick-up players, and collecting donations from players. Big thank you, captains. SPIRIT PRIZE folks - we also got reports of individuals that went above and beyond the call of duty in play, attitude, and action. I know we didn ' t get all the names , but worthy of mention include: D' Arcy, Boogie, everyone from Idaho who made the treck, the Canadians, Gary Moskovitz, Ingrid, Alice, Frankus for raising the most money, and a bunch of folks whose names I never wrote down. Please consider involving a non-profit organization in your next Ultimate tournament or league. Most of us are very fortunate and can afford to be a little generous when playing the sports we love. It bears mention to think about the many people in the world who don' t have the financial or physical luxury to play Ultimate on a Saturday. My question to all Ultimate players is what percentage of your income and your time are you donating? Many of us work in the community or are students, great. Consider providing 5% of both to whatever is important to you. If you'd like to organize a benefit tournament, I am more than happy to share the how-to's, corporate sponsorship materials, and contacts, if I have them. The real trick is to be persistent (but polite) and start early. Also, if you want some help with a tournament you are organizing, check out www.flatball.com. They are great folks lending a hand.

Mexico Fiesta

A MEXICAN S I VI E TOURNAMENT By Shawna Stephens Toronto, Ontario, Canada So there was this guy from Mexico City named Fernando who was crazy about disc. He had a dream to host an international hat tournament in a country that has largely not been exposed to the wonder and the hype of that game we all know and love: ULTIMATE. So he spread the word to a select few, to the voices of our beloved sport world-wide (or at least those with the longest email lists) and it was born: the ftrst ever Ultimate ftesta in Pie de Ia Cuesta (close to Acapulco, Mexico) on January 17-21, 2001. If you host it, they will come. games (5 on 5). As a three day event that combines many Figure your non-existent Spanish will elements of the game, this tournament had it make calling plays difficult? Not to worry. all. Think a few roadblocks stand in the way of With only 60 people attending this tournament you attending such an event in 2002? Read on. we still managed to pull representatives from Can't convince your team to all make the eight countries: Mexico, US, Canada, UK, trek to Mexico? No problem, it's a hat tournaCosta Rica, Switzerland, Venezuela, and Japan. ment. Teams were put together once we were I'm sure someone will speak your language but all on site and could rate our abilities, thus English seemed to dominate! making up some pretty even teams. I'm sure it's hard for some of you to picDon't know if ture Toronto in Januyou want to play ary (and I won' t give Ultimate for three you the visuals of days on sand? dog sleds or igloos, Again, that's taken we take to the undercare of. We were ground tunnels, each assigned two heated subway sysseparate teams and tem and houses ... ) but essentially played two let me tell you, Januseparate tournaments ary is the perfect time during our time there: to get away and play beautiful white sand some disc in the sun! half the day, lush Beautiful palm trees grass ftelds the rest of and a fair trade of 30 the day. The sand degrees Fahrenheit games were on the for 30 degrees Cel-Fernando Najera, Mexico hotel's deserted ocean sius (i.e. very cold side beach and the traded for very hot, if fteld games were a you are having troushort bus ride from the hotel (more on the bus ble with the math or metric system!) Some later) near a beautiful lagoon. of us made a week trip of it, some a few Think mid-January, weeks after the weeks (those who flew from Switzerland), 10 pounds you put on over the holidays and some arrived on Wednesday night and is a bad time to test your physical left (in all their sunburned-intoxicated-glory) endurance? Again, those Mexicans Sunday morning. thought of it all: siesta at the fiesta! We The social atmosphere of this tournament played early morning (9-12) and late afterwas awesome! It probably had a lot to do with noon (3-6) to avoid the hottest part of the the "hat" format, but even with 60 people, we day. This allowed for naps in our hamall got to know each other and party like ... like mocks, mid day feeding and free time to ... well like Ultimate players! The last night of swim in the ocean or pool. We played two the ftesta we ventured into Acapulco (about 45 grass games a day (7 on 7) and three sand minutes by bus) for a blow out party and dane-

"La mayor cantidad de iugadores de Ultimate iamas reunida en Acapulco!! (The most amount of Ultimate players ever in Acapulco!! )"

you can plan for next year: Entry fee: A players fee of $60 US dollars includes two Tshirts, a disc, a field fee, water, fruit and an all inclusive ticket to ride the party bus (bring your own ice-cubes)! Prices for hotels vary but the all-inclusive hotel (Parador del Sol) that most of us stayed at (and that we played the beach games at) was $310 US doling- don' t stop or you will fall asleep! Our Iars per person for four nights. transportation for the duration of the tournaLimited space: Fernando wants to ensure it ment was "THE PARTY BUS" and the party doesn' t get out of hand (and that everyone can was hosted by Jose, our DJ and driver extraorstill mingle with everyone) so he has set a limit dinaire! Dancing in the aisles was a must, and of 96 spots for 2002. With lots of us vowing to I recall an intimate ice-cube passing game on return, you discoour way home from fiesta- virgins better the disco/club on Satsign up early! urday night. Date for 2002's All in all, it was a fiesta: mid January spectacular way to seemed to work last spend a January longyear, so I believe it weekend Friends will remain as is. -Julie Mann- Washington, D.C- USA were made, great UltiSpecifically, mark mate was played and January 16-20, 2002 we made the evening in your Palm Pilot. news in Mexico! Who to contact/how to pledge your first Great efforts were made by a pile of people born for a spot on the 96 person roster: Ferwho put together the best disco ftesta tournanando Najera will be delighted to hear from ment I've ever attended. Fernando Najera was you! His email address is fernando@discothe ring leader, and all-round nicest guy you'll volador.com. ever meet. He seemed a little stressed but once Cheers, see you on the beach, and rememwe told him how great everything was and his ber, "party on the bus"! wife showed up, all was good Linda Anderson

"The most fun I've ever had in a bikini."

made sure we had all the comfort necessities and got us a great deal on the hotel and flights. Agello Alvarez Marcen did a great job with the shirts, discs, trophies and most recently I hear, a video! There was also a huge gang of helpers who kept the games running smoothly. Specifics so

Summer 2001

tourna1111ents 2001 Tournaments reported to the UPA as of the end of May- Send your tourney info to : tourney_author@upa.org Contact info@upa.org if you would like your event to be UPA sanctioned.

.lulv 1·&. TUSK Summer cam~t Session V, Savannah, GA $200.00I Individual due May 1; Overage to Coastal Center for Developmental Se1vices of Savannah, GA Extras: Disc, Shiit, Dinner, Breakfast Ed Pulkinen , tuskcamp@worldnet.att.net, h :912-354-7744, w:912-398-1054, fax :912-2341113 http:/l tuskcamp.freese1vers.com All-inclusive training camp for Juniors only. See the wb site for more details.

.lui 7-8, Chowclafest , Seekonk. MA $300.00ITeam due Jun 1; Overage to R.I. Community Food Bank of Providence, RI Extras: Dinner, Breakfast 4MI 3F; 16 Coed Teams Matty, Mjbdisc@aol. com

.lul7•8, Summer Swill Fest. Mil· waukee, WI $125 .001Team; Deposit:$25 .00 due Jun 30 UPA Planned 10 Open Teams Scott Sawinski, DaPolish@aol.com, h:(414)-545-5410 http:/l www.flukeultimate.8m.com Fruit/Water, BBQ, Showers. Summerfest-worlds largest music fest June 28-July 8

.lui 7-8, The Ultimate Weekend, Duluth, MN $115.001Team; Deposit:$50.00 due Jul 1; Overage to Scott Anderson Youth Foundation of Duluth, MN 8 Open Teams Tony Cuneo, tcuneo@priest.com, h:218-728-0212 An Ultimate festival, w ith live music, rides , sponsers, prizes, crowds, airplane

.lul7•8, POnATCH • 12th Annual. Redmond, WA $500ITeam; Deposit:$500 due May 25 UPA Planned; Rated 5 Stars Extras: Dinner 4MI 3F; 80 Coed Teams Ryan Seguine , skwontoe@u .washington .edu http:/l www .discnw.org/eventsl potlatchl

.lui 7, VOTS .luiV Nocturnal Hat Draw, Phoenix. AZ $81Individual Co-ed Hat 5MI 2F Jill Blutt, outside@jillandken.net, h :480-659-6306 http:/lwww .vots .org Signup stmts at 2pm. Games run until midnight.

.lulv 8·13, TUSK S11111111er cam., Session VI, Savannah, GA

http:/l aum.zoo.netl coe Shakespeare theme.

.lull 14. .lank of Pork. Porllancl, ME $10.001Individual; Overage to Maine Handicapped Skiing of Po1tland, ME Hat format,4MI3F; 16 Coed Teams Junk of Pork, junk_of_pork@hotmail.com http:/l home.maine.rr.corn/tomhiJOP.htm 2nd annual Memorial Hat Tournament. Don't miss it!

.IUIV 15·20, TUSK Sll111111er cam~t Session VII, Savannah, GA $200.00I Individual due May 1; Overage to Coastal Center for Developmental Services of Savannah, GA Extras: Disc, Shiit, Dinner, Breakfast Ed Pulkinen , tuskcamp@worldnet.att.net, h:912-354-7744 , w :912-398-1054, fax:912-2341113 http:/l tuskcamp.freese1vers.com All-inclusive training camp for Juniors only. See the wb site for more details.

.lul21·22. 14th Annual , Breckenridge, CO $375 .001Team; Deposit:$100.00 due May 1 Overage to Breckenridge Outdoor Education Adaptive Ski Program and Scholarship of Breckenridge, CO Rated 5 Stars Extras: Dinner, Breakfast 5MI 2F; 18 Coed Teams B.]. and Kim Garcia, bjkimfire@aol.com, h :970-453-2212 , fax:970-453-2244 Have a great time at 9,600 feet

.lul21·22. Wildwood 9111 Annual Coed Beach Tournev, Wild· wood, N.l Co-ed 2MI 2F Mike Adlis, frisbe4fun@aol.com, h:609-692-0379, w :609-6969705 http:/l pada.org The most fun ultimate tourney! 4 on 4 beach ultimate, tons of teams!

.lul21·22. Hats, HOltS 6 Hucks 10, Boulder Creek, CA $90.991Individual $90.99 due May 7 UPA Planned; Rated 5 Stars Extras: Disc, Shiit, Dinner, Breakfast 5MI 2F; 16 Coed Teams Mo , Mo55Mo@ao l.com, h:831.338.3472 http:/l hometown.aol.coml mo55mol myhomepagel index.html

.111121·22. Hodown, Throwclown, Showdown V, Asheville, NC

$200.00I Individual due May 1; Overage to Coastal Center for Developmental Se1vices of Savannah, GA Extras: Disc, Shiit, Dinner, Breakfast Ed Pulkinen , tuskcamp@worldnet.att.net, h :912-354-7744, w :912-398-1054, fax:912-2341113 http:/l tuskcamp.freese1vers.com All-inclusive training camp for Juniors only. See the wb site for more details.

$150.001Team due Jul 6 inc! Disc 4MI 3F; 12 Coed Teams Troy Revell, ashevilledisc@hotmail.com, h:828-281-4550 Chris Wood, ashevilledisc@hotmail.com http:/lmain.nc.usl ultimate Now held on the new Fletcher soccer fields! Also win the Blue Ridge Challenge!

.lui14-1S. SF REVOLUTION IV, San Francisco , CA $300ITeam due Jun

.lul21·22. Mason-Dixon XII, LexIngton, KY $150.00ITeam UPA Planned

1; Overage to Habitat for Humity, Aids foundation, others tba, of San Francisco, CA UPA Planned; Rated 5 Stars Extras: Breakfast 4MI 3F; 25 Coed Teams Heike Abeck, heikeabeck@peoplepc.com, h:510 558 0107 Jeremy Leeds, jleeds@gargoyle .com Jim Sanetra, j_sanetra@yahoo.com http:/l www .gargoyleweb.coml revolution/ sign up now as tourney has filled last 2 yrs . Golden Gate Park Polo Fields

30125 Open, 10115 Womens Teams Steve Martin, smaJtin@kgs.mm.uky.edu, h:(859) 335-0918 Rick Rydz, rhydz@pop.uky.edu http:/l www.uky.edul -rhydzl mdl Register and pay on web page. Camping $15 per tent.

.lul14-15, Los Ala1110s Atolllllc Blast. White Rock, NM $100.00ITeam due Jul 7 4MI 3F; 14 Coed Teams Chris Fontes, cjf@lanl.gov, h:(505) 662-4731, w:(505) 665-7676 http:/l www .vla.coml ultimate Coed format is 413, but possibly 512 depending on interest

.lulv 22·27, TUSK Summer cam~t Session VIII, Savannah, GA $200.00I Individual due May 1; Overage to Coastal Center for Developmental Se1vices of Savannah, GA Extras: Disc, Shiit, Dinner, Breakfast Ed Pulkinen , tuskcamp@worldnet.att.net, h:912-354-7744 , w :912-398-1054, fax:912-2341113 http:/l tuskcamp.freese1vers.com All-inclusive training camp for Juniors only. See the wb site for more details.

.lui14-1S. Comedv of Errors. Montreal. canada Extras: Dinner

.lul28-29, Rochester Ultimate Benefit Tournament CRUB 2001), Rochester, NY $220.00ITeam; Overage to

4MI 3F; 16 Coed Teams Lome Beckman, lorne@orl.mcgill. ca, h: (5 14) 282-6550

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rochester, NY Extras: Shiit 20 Open, 12 Womens Teams Tim

Webbe r, tmwebbe r@msn.com, h:(716) 473-1699 Dan Bell , dbell@rochester.rr.com http:/l www .grada .org NEW DATE!! (rescheduled from June 23-24) Great fields, great cause, great fun!

.lul28-29, 9111 Annual Babes 'N Hats. Vancouver, BC $15.00I Individual due Jul 21; inc! Shilt Hat format , 4MI 3F; 20 Coed Teams Brian Gisel, briangisel@sierrasystems.com, h :(604) 739-4419 Nylene Geyer, ultyme@hotmail .com http:/l www.angelfire.coml games2l babesnhatsl The best Hat Tournament in the World! Only space for 140 Men and 140 Women

.lulv 28-29, 5th annual: •Parlee Beach', Shedlac, NB $300.00ITeam; Deposit:$100.00 due Jun 16 Extras: Dinner Other format,3MI 2F; 20 Coed Teams Donnie McPhee, fredultimate @yahoo.com, h:506-4729762 http:/lwww .geocities.com1Colosseum1Fieldl 212 01 Includes: 2 nights of beachside camping, 2 pmties, seafood, and more.

.lul28·29, CHUBBY (Cincinnati Ultimate Plavers Benefiting Youth), Cincinnati, OM $175 .00ITeam due Jul 15; Overage to YUC (Youth Ultimate Cincinnati) of Cincinnati, OH 4MI 3F; 20-24 Coed Katie Terrill , kterrill@cinci.rr.com, h: 513 .232.6898, w :same, fax:same http:/l www .cincyultimate.org/CHUBBYI Come play on our carpet of pile high grass turf! It is the Emerald City baby!

http :/l www .ultima tequebec.coml tournamentl ufrogl ufrogen.asp Include new fields, camp ing, food, diner, party and showers

Aug 4-5, GRUB CGrass Roots Ultimate BeneRQ, Boulder, co $35.001Individual; Deposit:$100.00 due Jun 30; Overage to TBD Extras: Dinner 4MI 3F; 24, 2Divisions Coed Teams Brad Stanczak, bradley_stanczak@mentor.com, h :303-66 1-0664, w :720-494-1059, fax:720-494-1262 Joe Bowers, joe_bowers@mentor.com, w :720-494-1060, fax :720-494-1262 Amazing, Lush Fields, aga inst the Flatirons in beautiful Boulder, Colorado.

Aug 4-5, Blacksburg Mountain High, Blacksburg, VA $115.00ITeam; Deposit:$50.00 due Jul 23, inclds disc 4MI 3F; 16 Coed Teams Brent Russell, bor@vt.edu, h:540 96 1 0142 Frankie Bausch, fbausch@vt.edu http:/l filebox .vt.edul org/ultimatel bmhl

Aug 4-5, Ho-Lav Cow 111111, Bristol. VT $280.001Team due Jul 1; Overage to Bristol Youth Recreation of Bristol , VT UPA Planned; Rated 3 Stars 3MI 4F; 16 Coed Teams Steve Daniels, stevevt@adelphia .net, h:802-8653851 Live Naked Cows & Wild Canadians, or was it Wild Cows &..

Aug 4. VOTS August Nocturnal Hat Draw, Phoenix, AZ $81Individual Co-ed Hat, 5MI 2F Jill Blutt, outside@jillandken.net, h :480-659-6306 http:/l www .vots .org Signup stmts at 2pm. Games run until midnight.

.lui 28-29, Summer Soaker 11, St. LoUIS. MO $175.001Team; Overage to TBA

Aug 5·10, TUSK Summer cam~t Session X, Savannah, GA

of , MO UPA Planned; Rated 5 Stars Extras: Dinner 10 Open, 10 Womens, 10 Juniors Only Teams Bradley Strahan, BDStrahan69@netscape .net, h:(314) 727-8736, w:(314) 655-1207, fax:(314) 655-1211 Lynn Walters, lynn30k@hotma il. com, (314)878-0625 http:/l www .stlouis-ultimate.org/ Bi-annual event is back! Come enjoy the fun under the sun with plenty of ice&h2o

$200.00I Individual due May 1; Overage to Coastal Center for Developmental Se1vices of Savannah, GA Extras: Disc, Shilt, Dinner, Breakfast Ed Pulkinen , tuskcamp@worldnet.att.net, h :912-354-7744, w :912-398-1054, fax :912-2341113 http:/l tuskcamp.freese1vers.com All-inclusive training camp for Juniors only. See the wb site for more details.

.111128-29, Chicago Sandblast. Chicago, IL $200.00ITeam; Deposit:$100.00 due Jun 27 3MI 2F; 20 Coed Teams Jet Quenemoen, ultimatejet@hotmail.com, h:213 312 1166

.lull 28. Discover Prescllle Isle Beach Ultlllllilte Tollrnalnent. Erie, PA $100.00/Team dueJul18; Overage to Presque Isle Pmtnership of Erie, PA Extras: Disc, Shut Other format ,3MI 1F; 8 Coed Teams Anthony D. Adams, tony@epufa.com, h:814.864.3725, w:814.453.0762 http:/l www.epufa.com Max of 8 I Team (3 :1). Fii·st 8 teams who's fee is recived w ill be entered.

.IUIV 29-Aug 3, TUSK Su111111er cam~t Session IX, Savannah, GA $200.00I Individual due May 1; Overage to Coastal Center for Developmental Se1vices of Savannah, GA Extras: Disc, Shilt, Dinner, Breakfast Ed Pulkinen , tuskcamp@worldnet.att.net, h :912-354-7744, w :912-398-1054, fax:912-2341113 http:/l tuskcamp.freese1vers.com All-inclusive training camp for Juniors only. See the wb site for more deta ils.

Aug 4-5, Frog 2001, Quebec Cltv, Canada $300CDNI Team; Deposit:$100CDN due Jul 5 20 Open, 10 Womens Teams Ghislain Levesque (Men), ultimatequebec @hotmail.com Cynthia Guay (Women), ultimatequebec @hotmail.com

Aug 11-12, Cooler Classic 13, Mil· waukee, WI $175.00ITeam due Jul 27 5MI 2F; 16 Coed, 24 Open, 16 Womens Teams Scott Severson, Scooterbythelake@aol.com, h:262-677-0969, w :414-355-5200, fax :414-3553207 Dusty Lowe1y, r.dustin.loweiy@us.anderson.com, w:414-283-3917 http:/IOur se1ver went under. Currently off-line. Open A & B divisions, polo fields, camping, pmty w l beer wagon and Cheesecows.

Aug 11, DartliiiOIIth Hat Tournament. Hanover, NH $101Individual due Jul 20 Extras: Breakfast Hat format,4MI 3F; 10 Coed Teams Jonathan Campbell, j6@dmtmouth.edu, h:(603) 646-6 159 A nice la idback but quality tournament.

Aug 25·2&. Toss-In-the-Moss. Savannah, GA $150.00ITeam due Aug

15; Overage to undecided of Savannah, GA 16 Open, 12 Womens Teams He idi Schaffner, frizbeechick@cs .com, h:912-233-4670 If you're gonna toss, ya might as well toss in the moss.

Aug 25, The Bok Chov Hat Draw, Honolulu, HI $9.991Individual; Deposit:$9.99 due Jul 30 Rated 1 Star Extras: Shiit Hat format ,4MI 3F; 9 Coed Teams Jim Teo, jamesateo@yahoo .com, h:808.737.3746 BaJtlett Durand, bmtlett_durand@hotmail.com Pmticipa-

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Summer 2001

Tournaments

tourna111ents 2001 Tournaments reported to the UPA as of the end of May. Send your tourney info to: tourney_ author@upa.org Contact info@upa.org if you would like your event to be UPA sanctioned. tion and fun; yes, ohhh yes!!! Slightly alternative tournament format.

Selt 1·2. 8th Annual Shawn Aclallls Memorial 51111'11 of the Cialllle Ulamate Tournament. Chattanooga, TN $125.00/ Team UPA Planned 15 Open, 10 Womens Teams Steve Cobble, Bbr711 @aol.com, h:(423) 265-4384, fax:(423) 2650711 http:// playultimate.net/shawn.shtml There's no better way to spend your Labor Day weekend! Join us! Se~t 1-2, Scorcher, Bolse,ID $200.00/ Team incl Dinner 4M/ 3F; 20 Coed Teams Chris Eaton, chriseaton@boiseultimate .com, h: 208-331-7568 Herb Kaup, hkaup@micron.net http:// www.boiseultimate.com 4th annual Scorcher on the River. Dogs and Beer allowed . We don't mess around .

Se~t 1·2. Labor Dav Ulamate Tournament West. Santa Cruz. CA

$250/Team; Deposit:$250 due Aug 25 Extras: Dinner, Breakfast 4M/ 3F; 10 Coed, 10 Open, 10 Womens Teams Bob Pallares, bobpallares@hotmail.com, h:831-454-0718, w:831-426-8255 Skippy Jammer, kdgivens@cats.ucsc.edu, w :831459-4220 We have recieved interest in sponsorship for prize money. Se~t 8-9, Santa Fe Savage 7, Santa Fe, NM $120.00/ Team;

Deposit:$100.00 due Sep 1 Savage 7 format,5M/ 2F; 20 Coed Teams Chris Fontes, cjf@lanl. gov, h:(505) 662-473 1, w:(505) 665-7676 http:// www.vla .com/ ultimate Maximum roster of 10, pick 7 players for each game to 7 points at 7,000 feet! Se~t 8-9, 4tll Annual Blue Ridge Blowout, Boone, NC $100.00/ Team

due Aug 31 10 Open, 6 Womens Teams Jimmy Lippett, Fl34052 @appstate.edu, h:(828)268-0939, w:(828)264-2834 Appalachian State University, multimate@appstate.edu http :// fl34052 @appstate.edu $75 for women's teams.Party Saturday night with band.Discounts on food & lodg in Se~t 8-9, 8th Annual Tllne-U~t, Na~»ervllle,IL $250/ Team UPA Planned; Rated 5 Stars 4M/ 3F; 16 Coed, 32 Open, 30 Womens Teams Mike , Cola@midwest.net, h:618.893.2712 http:// scribers.midwest.net/ cola We have the feilds again this year, So lets make it a great tourney.

Oct 13·14. Elglltll Annual Hold Back Tile Snow, Wlnnl~»eg, MB $135.00/ Team Extras: Dinner 24 Juniors Teams Dean Wright, dwright@mbnet.mb.ca, h:204-4771433, w :204-477-2444, fax:204-477-2446 http:// www.sjr.mb.ca/ ultimate Canada's largest Juniors tournament. Middle School and High School Divisions

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2nd Annual Hopu Ka Lewa Tournament

SPIRITED SUCCESS By Ben Klasky On April21-23, 2001, the second annual Hopu Ka Lewa- "Catch the Sky" Co-ed tournament was a huge success in Waimanalo, Hawaii. Twelve teams with players from across the country and around the world descended upon the picturesque Waimanalo Polo fields on Oahu for three days of camping, partying and playing great Co-ed disc. Travel honors go to Team Zogo (hailing from Florida and Washington DC) and the Belgian players on the Spirit Team for making the longest journeys. Also, a huge "mahalo" to the local Hawaiian hosts, who did a wonderful job of dishing out aloha spirit, both on and off the field. As usual, the tournament featured great entertainers with a local flavor, including hula and fire dancing. For the opening ceremonies, each team presented a welcoming cheer, and throughout the weekend, Mix Plate (San Francisco Bay Area) repeatedly stole the show with an onslaught of elaborate musical cheers, featuring raunchy lyrics and choreography. Despite the fact that many teams claim to have won the tournament's two parties, the Oregon Fighting Sheep (one of the few teams in the

country from a two-year university) repeatedly demonstrated their adeptness to drink beer quickly. (Note: watch out for their seemingly innocent women in boat races.) Their drinking prowess and ability to inspire others to bleat like sheep, won them the tourney's spirit prize. Milaca Pooh (Minnesota and Hawaii) brought the party spirit onto the field with a pimped-out party wagon- complete with generator, disco ball and blender to prepare frozen drinks for their competitors. One evening, a game of night Ultimate was played in total darkness. The field was outlined by a few tiki torches and the disk was lit up with glow-in-the dark necklaces. Players wore green and red light sticks to indicate which team they were on. Amazingly, no one got hurt! Such was not the fate on the fields during the day, however. Unfortunately, Jimmy Teo (of local Swingers and Dumpers) and Michael Elhoff (of the Spirit Team) both broke appendages. But, after visits to the hospital to get X-rays and casts, the spirit on the fields was just too much to resist and both continued playing- casts and all! Fittingly, every team present won and lost at least one

game. The Oregon Sheep won the "Penultimate Prize" (a suitably tacky trophy) for winning the game to avoid the basement. Zen Disc (Hawaii) was most-improved by bettering their "undefeating" record of last year to finish above .500. The finals proved to be a rematch of last year's championship game, with Sugar Smacks (San Francisco Bay Area) defeating Big Kahuna (Hawaii) 19-9. Highlights included the

halftime show, which once again featured a round-the-field Full-Monty streak by the tightbodied Mondo (of local Hana Hou), and human bowling by Milaca Pooh and friends. And, as we've come to expect, the tournament culminated on Monday afternoon with the everimportant spirit circle, in which Scott Todd (Swingers and Dumpers) thanked every individual attendee personally- by name, from memory!

JUNIOR ULTIMAI E STAI E TOURNEY by Chris Lehmann SCARSDALE (6110/01)- Under perfect skies, the first ever NY State Championships were played today with National Semifinalists, Scarsdale High School winning with a stirring 15-13 victory over Bronx Science High School. Scarsdale, playing a line-up filled with seniors, combined a methodical, patient offense with stirring play in the air and great defense to finally wear out a very tough Bronx Science team. The day started with Scarsdale B and the team who traveled the furthest to get to the tourney, Rochester, playing for the right to get into the eight team elimination round. Scarsdale played them very tough in the first half, but in the second half, Rochester pulled away, winning 13-4, thus completing the eight teams playing in the quarters. The quarterfinals saw all the seedings hold as top seed and eventual champions Scarsdale cruised to a 15-4 win over Ossining. Second seeded Stuyvesant held off a very tough Rochester squad, squeaking out a 15-12 victory while third seeded Bronx Science cruised to a 15-3 victory over White Plains, and Beacon beat a very tough Milbrook team 15-6. The semis saw the continuation of two long-time friendly rivalries, Bronx Science and Stuyvesant in one semi, and Scarsdale and Beacon in the other semi. In the 2-3

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semi-final, Bronx Science was able to outlast a very strong Stuyvesant game, winning 15-10. In the 1-4 game, Scarsdale pulled out to an early 6-0 lead, taking the half 8-2, but just when it looked like a rout, Beacon came back, getting the disc on the goal line with the score 10-7. However Scarsdale forced the turnover, marched down field and never looked back. While Beacon got close to the end zone several times, the Scarsdale defense always held up, and Scarsdale took the win 15-7. The finals were a true battle, with constant lead changes. Bronx Science took the early lead with acrobatic, in-the-air grabs and layouts, but Scarsdale kept in it, eventual! y taking the half, 8-7. The teams traded points and great plays, tying the score several times in the second half before Scarsdale finally took a two point lead 14-12. Bronx Science refused to give up and scored one more point to pull within one point, 14-13. The final point saw Scarsdale finally close out the very tough Science squad with a layout score to end the game and win the State Championship 15-13. In the consolation games, Stuy beat Beacon 11-7 for 3rd place, Milbrook beat Scarsdale B 11-6 and then took down Rochester 11-10 to take fifth place. Rochester beat

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White Plains 13-6, and Ossining 13-10 to take sixth place. Scarsdale B beat Ossining and White Plains 12-6 to take seventh place, with Ossining and White Plains tying for eighth and ninth place. As keeping with the high spirit we've seen in Juniors Ultimate this season, seven out of the nine teams received votes for the

Spirit of the Game, with Stuyvesant and Rochester tying with two votes a piece. The tie was settled in true Ultimate fashion, with Stuy beating Rochester in a hotly contested best two of three RoChamBo. Congratulations to Scarsdale for winning the first New York State Juniors Championship, and thanks to all the teams for their great play!

NY JUNIOR RESULTS PLAY-IN ROUND

Rochester 13 Scarsdale B4 QUARTERS

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Scarsdale 15 Science 13

Milbrook II Rochester 10

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Scarsdale 15 Ossining 4

Stuyvesant II Beacon 7 CONSOLATION ROUND I

Stuyvesant 15 Rochester 10

Scarsdale B 12 White Plains 6

Bronx Science 15 White Plains 3

Rochester 13 Ossining 10 CONSOLATION ROUND 2

Beacon 15 Milbrook 6

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Science 15 Stuyvesant 10

Rochester 13 White Plains 8

Scarsdale B def Ossining SPIRIT VOTES

Stuy 2 (wins RoChamBo for SOTC Award) Rochester 2 Scarsdale I Beacon I Scarsdale B I White Plains I Ossining I

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the Porta-Potty, though. by Mike Carvey of "Otis" An Albuquerque tea m, the Di scSi xty-four gallons of tas ty local brew, Claimers, took the fin als at soft-cap 13-11 more dinner tamales than you can shake a over the Albuqu erque-Durango-Denver chi cken bone at, grassy fields, nationalscombo team of Oti s (fea turing a core of caliber co mpetition , and a lip- synch contest th at makes MTV ' s " Say Wh at pl ayers th at appeared in las t year 's co-ed nationals) in a ti ght, zo ne-defense driven Karaoke" show look like the weak- ass game. Featured moments we re the schwaggy programming that it is-where appearance of the prev ious ni ght's kegs, the he ll were you for Tucson's 14th and ummmmm, annual Uo mo lots of zone. Donna co-ed Excitement tourney on April 7th and gth ? was rampant in the Semi 's, E verything in Tu cson bl ooms though, with the at so me po int of Di sc-Claimers the yea r and a matched up aga inst topwet winte r in seeded Divas and town gave us Dogs from so me pretty nice Phoeni x (also fields to pl ay on. The weather was Paul Ive rson (Ot is). Ph oto by Doc Craw ford with a core of perfec t: a conpl aye rs from coed nationals). stant li ght wind With the soft cap horn bl own , it was a 10to keep all of the rookies' forehands hon10 tie with game to 12. Divas scored est, a warm tropical sun to keep C y's tan first, and then the Di sc-Claimers fended up to par, and temperatures in the 70 ' s and 80 's. off two game points to win it 12-11. In the other Semi 's it was a rematch of And when was the la st time yo u were the previous ni ght 's lip-synch contest at an U ltimate tourney with a conscience? fa vorites : Oti s and Wide Sw ing. At the I'm not talking about a bunch of eco-hiplip- synch contest it was yo uthful vigor vs. pies pl ay ing hacky sack and wearing poli shed panac he. Oti s perfo rmed first he mp c lothing with Nadar stickers on with a tear- wrenching, heart- string the ir Vanagons. I mean a co mprehensive pulling, bunny-hopping version of Bonnie recyc ling program at the field s organi zed Tyler' s mag nu s opu s " Total Eclipse of the by a certi fied Master Recycler, a local ER Heart." With Genevi eve Stevens and doctor on call at the fields in case of an Liane Jollon taking the fo refront vocals injury, a very modest tourney fee of $ 175 and the rest of the tea m doing backup per tea m whi ch included more Mex ican with choreographed leaping, headstands, foo d than was eaten , and more beer than gymnastics, and emoti onal free-form was drunk . I hate to rave like this, but rave I will , damnit-thi s is the best tourney around ! And the heckling? Like all else, first rate. What could you expect wi th an endl ess suppl y of beer? I know heckl ers. I work with hecklers. Hecklers are my fri ends. And these spectators, they could heckle. I mu st admit, the bulk of the heckling in the fi nals sprung from the loca l tea ms' "Wide Swing" and "Catch of the Day" fru strati on from not making the cut fo r the bi g show, and thi s is to be expec ted. But I would not wa nt to be th at poor sc hlep ex-local boy pl aying in the fin als who got ass-whipped with j eers every time he jogged pas t the sideline. So lace can always be fo und in Mrill In gram (Wid e Swi ng) and Li ane Joll on (Oti s) Photo by a swi g of beer and a private moment in Doc Crawfo rd

danc ing, it was difficul t to im ag ine a better act. Then Wide Swing took the stage, performing a Will Smith medley of "Wild , Wild West," "Gettin ' Jiggy With It," and "Men in Bl ack." Sweetes t about thi s was the scantil y clad persons prancing around the stage: hot women in trenchcoats and Kate Poneta (Wide Sw in g) and Ge nev ieve Steve ns (O tis). Ph oto by Doc Craw ford ri ppl y-sto mac hed boys in boxers. The onl y snag was a semi-nude Chris qu arters: Baldyga getting Flags taff's caught grinding hi s Freaks, undermeat with two staffed True wo men whil e the Blonde yet-to-be-met (combo) , and father of hi s girlsimil arl y fri end looked on. understaffed Ooops. Coryon from The co mpetition LA. fo r lip-synch In the beer champ was heated, pool, Brenda and while the Giles And KY judges de liberated, Jelly lost to the Wide Swing Throw No Evil team di sc ussed get(both from ting loca l superstar Phoenix) in the pretty-boy Kelly fin als. The (repl ete in cowboy results of the boots, tight Wranacc uracy congler j ea ns, cowboy test on SaturShane Ive rso n (Di sc Claim ers) . Ph oto by Doc Craw ford hat, and tooday night, are, small cowboy unfortunatel y, vest with no shirt) sou sed and dropping unconfirmed and perhaps lost to us forhim off at the local biker bar the Bas hever. But the double-di sc court competiful Bandi t. tion was taken dec isively by Phoenix 's Unfortun ately, the judge's dec ision very studly du o of Wall y Mann and Brett was qui ck and the pl an didn ' t go Linder. through. So Oti s was decl ared the lipProp s to Lisa Rodri guez , Chri s synch winner and wa s awarded a large Baldyga, Daphne Ru sse ll , and Megan pinata that, when fin ally opened, yielded Leuzinger for making Uomo Donna hapcandies , no isemakers, and condoms. The pen, and also to all of the other Tucson crowd di ssolved into a large dancing locals who put in a lot of work for this mass and no isemakers were blown and great tournament. And fo r all of the teams more beer was drunk. that came but didn ' t get recog nition elseMirroring the result of the lip- sy nch where in this article, Co lorado College's contest, Oti s defeated Wide Swi ng 12-8 Wasabi (making the long drive for the secin the other Semi ' s on Sunday. Honorond year in a row) , Las Cruces, Slack, abl e menti on goes to Catch of the Day Bump ' N Kitty, Salad, and Underdog, fo r losing a close qu arters to Di vas and thanks for coming - and start practicing Dogs , and the other teams that made yo ur lip-synch routines for next year.

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BEACH ULTIMATE: By xxxx??? Ah, I love Ultimate. In April, Italy calls and I answer. I leave my cleats at home, pack my glitter and dancing shoes, and I head off to Europe, dreaming of sand and sun and gelato, seeking more adventure, more magic, more love. This time not for one, but two magical tournaments. The majestic Paganello, now in its 11th year in Rimini, located two hours South of Venice. And Pasticciotto, a new hat tournament played in Torre dell'Orso, way down in the heel of the boot. A few days of rest and site-seeing in Rome in between the two made this a ten day odyssey of Ultimate fun. The rain was coming down in droves, when we landed in Bologna- not a good sign. Spoiled by the perfect Paganello the previous two years, the forecast did not bode well. We made our way east to Rimini, and as we drew closer, the skies grew bluer. A nap, a quick throw on the beach and reunions with friends. The sky stayed clear for the latenight welcome party on the beach. We danced, we dined, we drank, we curled up in the sand and watched the fueworks. Then we danced some more. The nearly-full moon, hanging low in the sky, was tinged tire-red. Predicting warm days ahead? It was not to be. Competition was marred by the wind and cold. Games were close, often the lone up-wind point decided the outcome. But it did not matter. Inclement weather did not diminish the heat of 1,500 Beach Ultimate Lovers: heat generated by steaming offense, scorching defense and su ltry dancing. Four days of play, four nights of parties Forty-eight Men's teams, twenty Women's teams, twenty Mixed teams and twenty different nations represented. The UK players proved the most dominant, having a team present in each of the finals. Two of these teams emerged victorious. In the Mixed final, the UK team, Poughkeepsie, played Thrill Ride, a U.S. squad that included an array of international players. The teams were closely matched, and competition started slowly. It took eight minutes for Poughkeepsie to score the first point. The wind did not help. Thrill Ride quickly retaliated and scored the next two. Poughkeepsie answered with a cross-field inside-out backhand for the score. Thrill Ride scored, making it 3-2, and they continued to move ahead. However, Poughkeepsie tied it at 5-5. Both sides played great defense, but Thrill Ride kept the momentum going and eventually won, 11-7. The wind continued to pick up for the Women's final , but their game proved to be less eventful. The Old Ones from Holland proved no match for the defending champi-

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ons, UK's Bliss. The Old Ones beat many strong teams to make it to the finals , but Bliss was just too dominant. The Old Ones seemed to defeat themselves, as they continually dropped a pass or threw it away on each possession. Bliss picked up the disc and scored at will. After an 8-0 roll by Bliss, the Old Ones finally scored a point. Luckily the wind was dying down, but unfortunately, the rain picked up. The points became longer as Bliss began to add their share of turnovers. The Old Ones managed to score two more points, and Bliss eventually won the game, 13-3. For the Men's final , featuring the UK team UTI and Atlanta's Collard Greens, the rain fell even harder. The two teams traded the

first few points, but then UTI pulled ahead 73. Collard Greens would not give up, and they clawed their way back, tying the game at 9-9, game to 11. Collard Greens took their fust lead of the game at 10-9. UTI answered with a huck for the score. Tied 10-10. Sudden death. Would an American Men's team prove victorious again? (Following No Tsu Oh's triumph last year?) It was not to be. Collard Greens threw it away in their end zone. UTI won, 11-10. Pasticiotto Flight from NYC to Italy ? $400 (off-season price) Train fare from Rome to Leece - $60 1 Melrose Place-style condo complex included in $70 tournament fee Numerous chocolate-fi lled croissants and gelato 5,000 lira/day 2 Awesome tournament directors Peldi and Will Fees negotiable/reasonable rates 1 Unexpectedly Magical Hat Tournament: Priceless If Paganello was the main course, then Pasticiotto was the dessert. And apertif. Sweet. Surprising. Refreshing. Enough. And a Pasticciotto is just that. A chocolate or fruit-filled pastry, with a chocolate frosted coating on the bottom (see picture above). Melts in your mouth. Absolutely decadent. Yum. Pasticciotto, the tournament, was just as

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delicious. This 3-day affair, brought 123 players fro m 19 nations to the sleepy resort town of Torre dell'Orso. Apparently a lively place in the summer, we were greeted by a posse of stray dogs who roamed the empty streets and joined us at the beach each day. One particularly friendly white dog even attended the Saturday night party at the condo. A small crowd of locals, clad in black sunglasses and leather jackets, came down to check out the competition each day, adding to the Fellini-esque feel of the town. Competition was fun and spirited. The tournament directors worked hard to make sure that the teams were evenly mixed. (Players ranked themselves between I - 5 on the Web site in advance and each player was given a page on which to download a picture and write up a bio.) Although many players stayed up dancing all night long, they weren't at too much of a disadvantage, as games started each day at 1:00 p.m. And the two games a day per team were plenty. Players had enough energy left to stay up and see the sunrise. Those who made it were awarded a tattoo saying "I Saw The Dawn at Pasticciotto". The Pasticciotto All-Star game was Saturday night's highlight. Players received votes onl ine in advance of the tournament, and the crowd had Fantasy League drawsheets to keep track of their favorite players. The game featured the usual crowd-pleasing layouts on both 0 and D, but this game also included a Belgian lad sporting a gold polyester one-piece jumpsuit, a rugby serum, and an American football style touchdown. Cries from the crowd for an all-naked point was almost for naught. But two players did strip down at the end. One of them proved that the blue hair on his head was not his natural color. Cafe Galane, the site of each morning's breakfast of Pasticciottos and nutella-filled croissants and each evening's gelato fix , hosted two memorable parties out in the town's piazza Saturday and Sunday night. A traditional Italian band played Tarantella music, and players dined and danced beneath the stars. Then, refusing to give into ex haustion and the need to sleep, we headed back to the condos for madcap dancing until sunrise. By the end of the two tournaments, and my ten day Italian adventure, my achilles tendons were strained from running on cold sand, I was weary from not getting enough sleep, and I was flirting with an on-coming cold. But I did not want to leave Italy. I did not want this Ultimate high to end. Being a part of this crowd who come from all over the world and descended on these Italian beaches - and in the bigger picture, on beaches and grass fields all over the world- was amazing. I am always in awe at the end of tournaments like Paganello and Pasticciotto, as I

Final Standings: Top Ten Teams in Each Division 7. UTI UK (World Beach Ultimate Champions 2007) 2. Collard Greens 3. Mir San Mir 4. Catch22 5. Cota Rica

USA Germany UK

6. No Tsu Oh l Feldrenner

Italy USA Germany

8. Fuzzy Bunny 9. Tatti ja Piima 70. lamperl

USA Finland Germany

Women's Division 7. Bliss UK (World Beach Ultimate Champions 2001) 2. Old Ones 3. Rying V's

4. Coastal Tendencies 5. Shazamt 6. Siren's

Holland Sweden USA

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USA Canada Finland

8. Shoot from the Hip 9. Tank Girls 70. Vi/lit Venlat

Germany Germany Finland

Mixed Division 7. Thrill Ride USA (World Beach Ultimate Champions 2007) 2. Poughkeepsie 3. Fish 'n Fritz

4. Horned Melons 5. Huck Finn

6. KUPA l Fingers

UK International USA USA New Zealand Switzerland

8. XLR8RS Belgium 9. Clac Cia zFrance 10. Sunny Sandgropers Australia

reflect upon the camaraderie and friendships that are formed, the joy of playing and learning more and more about this game and about myself as an athlete, and the sense of time stopping and nothing else mattering except being there. In the words of Ozzie from SF, who spoke so eloquently at the close of the Pasticciotto awards ceremony, (after I think he won an award for best dancer as selected by the band), "I love Ultimate". Io amo Ultimate! Until next year.

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HEVVORLD ONTHE BEACH By Tony Leonardo Paganello is the most complete tournament I have had the pleasure of attending. Great teams and great players from a multitude of countries competed on and off the field in a four-day festival of Ultimate bringing 1500 players on 88 teams to Rimini, Italy. Logistically, Paganello is a monster to organize and credit must be extended to Gian Pietro "Jumpi" Miscione, Andre "Rambo" Ramberti, Giuseppe Carpi and countless others from the Cota and Tequila teams spending almost the entire year in advance to make the tournament run as smoothly as it did. The opening night party was a bacchanalia of grilled "saraghine", courtesy of local Cota Rica players Bibo and Clay and vino rosso poured out by volunteers tirelessly working the "damigana" - large 5-gallon jugs of wine. It ended with a 10-minute fireworks display in the sky. Sometime around 3 a.m., the massive beach gathering finally wound down. Over the next four days the parties would last longer into the night and the tournament's spectacular benefits would continue. First, there was the fireworks, wine and food. Then on Friday, every player received a very killer shoulder bag from Eastpak, one of the sponsors. After more drinking late Friday night, you could check your cell phone to find a data message of the time and location your team was scheduled to play. On Saturday, the merchandise tent opened and the food and drink continued unabated as several news cameras, including MTV Europe, prowled the sidelines for footage. On Sunday morning, players awoke to find a copy of the tournament magazine at their hotel. And on Monday, after all the games had been played, Jumpi gathered the entire Paganello community of players for a final awards ceremony, one in which every team was singled out and called forward to receive a bottle of Lemoncilla. Drinking beer on the beach aside, pleasantries included some very exciting competition. There is a tournament history in the Open division of no team having won the tournament without first suffering a loss. So towards the end of final pool play on Saturday, defending champions Houston No Tsu Ho got themselves ready by chunking a game. But two other teams also snuck in key losses as London's Under The Influence (UTI) and the Atlanta/Seattle combo Collard Greens went down. The results set up some very good quarterfinal match-ups, the best being UTI (supposedly in their last year of playing together) versus No Tsu Oh. UTI had run hard and fast all tournament -their late pool-play loss to veteran sandmeisters Mir San Mir notwithstanding - but could they keep it up against the big boys

from Houston? Londoners Guy Bowles, Jeff Legg and Dave T exhibited no jitters in facing the Americans, nor should they have, for Houston was predisposed to letting teams score in the beginning of the game before stepping up big late. UTI obliged, taking an early advantage, but this time Houston's allstar deep game behind Vancouver great Mike Grant, San Francisco stud Damien and Turbocharger Sean McCall, could not erase a fourgoal deficit. The game may have been sealed in London's favor at 5-3 when Houston looked to get their groove on. Instead UTI's Richie Smart sprinted downfield and stunned everyone with a mad layout block on the first Houston pass. Easy score. Next possession, Guy Bowles gets a hand-block and the score and the game went to 7-3 in UTI's favor. Simply put, UTI made the big plays where Houston did not. At 10-6, No Tsu Oh scored two to close to 10-8 and force a cap, but that was all she wrote. UTI finished them 12-8. UTI defeated an easier semifinal opponent in fellow Brits Catch22 to set up a battle against another former colonial conquest, Collard Greens from Atlanta and Seattle, USA. Of course, in the Ultimate spectrum, it's England who's been under the American Imperialism and in these finals they fought hard for independence. Freedom was granted- but not without a fight. Collard Greens showed some hominy grit and perseverance when it counted and refused to bow out late in the game when UTI was in charge 9-6. Big plays from Per, Jeff Legg and Ian "Sickboy" Perelman had given UTI the edge, but an inspired comeback from the Seattle slew of Sheckie, Jude, D' Arcy and Chris Page brought the game to a fitful conclusion, tied at lls, next point wins. UTI received the disc and worked it in for the final score with a diving Collard Green just missing the block. It was that kind of thrilling tournament for Collard Greens, with many games coming close. In their semifinal against Mir San Mir, the Greens found themselves down 8-5 , but refused to let the game go, instead battling back behind the good fortunes of D' Arcy- whose luck and skill balanced like Yin and Yang, good and bad- three times in the game (turnover, then getting the disc back for a score). That game also came down to next point wins, but in favor of the Collard Greens. Britain's best Bliss took home the

Women's crown with little trouble from a host of pretenders. A stalwart group, Sirens, from Vancouver led by feisty Jennie Craig hoped to wrest away the Beach Ultimate Crown from the Londoners. But they were dispatched in quarterfinals by a team calling themselves Coastal Tendencies, harboring talent from Raleigh/Durham, Los Angeles and even Vancouver. Hi-Coastal's mix couldn't match the solid semifinals play of one of Europe's stronger teams, the Old Ones from the Netherlands. The Dutch escaped with a one-point win to earn a place in finals against the indomitable Bliss. Bliss played like a team on a mission all tournament. And indeed they were, seeking to win their third Paganello and lay claim to the Beach Umbrella trophy forever. Led by captain Tara Jewell and featuring stellar play from 6footer Diana Worman, Yusi Wang and Laura Pearce, the ladies, dressed in pleated cotton skirts like they were at Wimbledon, defeated Old Ones easily on center court. The 1999 winners from Finland, the powerful Maitotytot (translates roughly to "Milk Maidens"), fell to Bliss in quarters while Atlanta's hard-partying Shazam! also fell victim earlier than intended, but recovered to place 5th. Other strong teams included Finland's Villit Venlat ("wild witches"), also from Helsinki!Espoo and winners of the Talking Fish Spirit award, Flying V's from Sweden (finishing third) and Germany 's Tank Girls and Shoot From the Hip. Depending on which pool you were in, one of the following could have been bestowed upon you. If you played Meltdown, the mustachioed comrades from Kiev, Ukraine with the matching ' 70's Soviet warm-up suits, your team would be treated to a round of Meltdown brand vodka (said so right on the label). Yes, it was real vodka, I had some last night. If you played Hungary's team, Paprikas, you would receive paprikas of course, along with several chiles and a strange bottle of Liqueur. Take on Nantes' Les Frisbeurs and drink champagne, defeat Flying Bisch, the newest team at the tournament, and a bottle of Vino Santo was passed around. A game against Houston netted you a "No Tsu Oh" plastic kazoo, while a match with Chevron A.F. ended with a contest requiring a player from each team to don a rubber life preserver and diving fins to see who could kick a piece of fruit the furthest. Playing Barcelona's Crema Catalona

What else can I say about this tournament! Beach Ultimate is a lot of fun and the spirit of Paganello eclipses even the competitive level, which is extraordinarily high.

or Patatas Fritas meant free playtime with their four-foot stuffed Potato Head doll, while any time spent with the Brazil team was a guaranteed party. OK, so the Brazilians (there's an eightteam league in Sao Paolo) only finished 16th in the Co-ed division, but that's because as usual, the competition was fierce. Toughest of all to put down was the undefeated winner, heavyweight champions of World Beach Ultimate, Thrill Ride- hailing mostly from San Francisco, Calif., with two very important pickups from Bologna. Yes, perhaps it was the Italian-style of Peldi and Epa (Emanuella Argilli) that gave the Americans just the right amount of flair to compete in the heavily European field. "She basically won our game for us," spoke head carney Margie of Epa after a big quarterfinals win. Indeed, some of the finest plays of the tournament were to be seen on the sidelines of UTI games and Epa points. Great snags and mad layouts helped propel an already talent-laden team (Dom Fontinette, Justin Safdie, Matt Tolcher, Coco, Ozzie, Margie) to the finals against Britain's third (of three) finals combatants, Poughkeepsie. Poughkeepsie (the name was taken from an Ally McBeal episode) played hard and with spirit all tournament, with the likes of Harry Golby, Paul Atkins, Sarah Davison and Jeff Jackson leading the charge. But in the finals, they could never close the gap after Thrill Ride broke and led by two early. The Thrill advantage expanded as the confident team took the ride only upwards, ending with an 11-7 win. What else can I say about this tournament? Beach Ultimate is a lot of fun and the spirit of Paganello eclipses even the competitive level, which is extraordinarily high (typically the Champion teams from most Ultimate-playing European nations come to compete.) Houston, for instance, was just as gracious and giving in their end-of-game ceremony with the kazoos with a win or a loss. While getting a bid to the highly-competitive tournament is a prize in itself, there are still spots left open for new teams, like these year's participants from Brazil, Ireland and Florence/Prato's Flying Bisch ' - a team of mostly beginner-level Ultimate players, college and high-school kids, who formed only four months previous to the tournament. Four days of sand and partying with teammates and newfound friends from across the globe are not to be missed. Oh, and just to insure you that not everything was hunky-dory, unbeatable, best-ever, the weather was lousy. A chill wind that threatened rain controlled the tournament from day one. Next year, promises Jumpi, they'll have that worked out. Paganello just keeps getting better.

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VVORLD GAMES ULTIMATE by Joey Gray

WFDF and the World Games

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2001 is the first year Ultimate and Disc Golf will appear in the World Games as full medal sports. This huge step was achieved after years of effort by a handful of World Flying Disc Federation volunteers with a big vision. At the World Ultimate Championships in Minnesota in 1998, Professor Fumio Morooka (Moro) of Japan announced that his dream for disc sports in the World Games would come true. However, many questions remained. First, how would WFDF allocate 100 player & staff spots among all disc sports? Disc Golf and Ultimate were chosenthe tough choice of leaving Freestyle and other disciplines out was among the first of many challenges. Next, what about the number of players? It was determined that 60 participant spots would go to Ultimate. Sure, that represents over half ofWFDF's spots in the Games, and for that, Ultimate players can and should be grateful. Yet, how do you allocate only 60 spots to showcase a team sport, while Fon ti ne tt e inviting enough countries to make it worthwhile? And we thought that Freestyle decision was tough. The answer would be six Ultimate teams, with rosters of 10. Whew, all clear! Wait a second. Among most of the WFDF leadership, it was simply assumed that the players would be all men, especially for those outside North America, where women's Ultimate still struggles with

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some of the same perceptions known here in the past. To imagine women competing in World Games Ultimate was pure fantasy at the time. 1998 was also the first year of the WFDF Mixed World Championships, with the US, Canada, Germany and Brazil competing. Initial skepticism about the division faded, as the North American players demonstrated the high level of intensity and athleticism that is possible when skilled men and women take the field together. After the Mixed final, Moro came up to me and said, "I watched coed final. Very exciting game." I thought to myself, "of course", but just smiled and knew there was hope for women to play Ultimate in the World Games. Sure enough, when offered the chance to flip a coin between all men or all women, Mixed became the obvious solution. That also settled the one remaining discussion - whether to offset the small roster size by going to Bill Rodriguez 6-on-6. This way, not only would teams gain a sub in the hot Akita summer, but the potential time delay between points while waiting for the offense to choose the gender of the 7th player would be eliminated.

Country Invitations National organizations earned the honor of representing Ultimate in the World Games based on performance at the 2000 World Ultimate Championships held in Heilbronn, Germany. As World Games host, Japan earned an Bri an Harriford automatic invitation, leaving 5 team invitations for the best Ultimate countries in the world. Rather than create artificial incentives for participation in one division or another, WFDF based invitations on the combined results of each country's top

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three finishes in six divisions: Junior Open, Junior Women, Masters Open, Mixed, Open and Women. Scoring within each division was determined by the number of teams entered in the division. For example, in the largest division (open), 19 teams competed, with the US taking 1st place, thus earning 19 points for the US combined score. In the mixed and masters divisions, 14 and 8 teams competed, with the US earning 1st place in both, thus earning 14 and 8 points, respectively, towards the US combined score. See the table for complete country scoring results on the UPA website at www.upa.org. A "1" in the "Eligible" column means that a country had a Mixed team in Heilbronn, a prerequisite for WG eligibility. Thus, the USA, Canada, Finland, Sweden, Germany and Japan were invited by WFDF to send Ultimate teams to the World Games.

Team USA To choose a 10member team to international multigames competition is a unique and new challenge for the UPA. It's one of those practical items every more established sport has already gone through in taking their sports to the next level. And while it is easy to say, "Ultimate should be at the next level", getting there is a huge adjustment both for the individuals involved and for the organization. Especially if your philosophy as a players' association is purposefully different from other sports. In our case, rather than Dami en Sco tt simply assigning a coach or a selection committee to choose the team in isolation, an enormous amount of player feedback was solicited and used: Mission Statement: Your memberelected Board of Directors approved a

mission statement on which the selection process would be based. "The UPA 2001 World Games players should represent the best of US Ultimate in play and in sportsmanship. Players will be chosen based on high skill as a prerequisite, with service to the sport, championship experience, ambassadorial qualities, and ability to fit into the

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team all valued highly in the selection process." Nominations: Together with the annual Board election, all UPA members were allowed to recommend a dream team. In addition, each of the top 16 US teams in each of the open-aged divisions (Mixed, Open, Women) from the 2000 UPA Fall Championships were invited to submit team nominations - 5 from their own teams, and 5 players not on their team. Third, each applicant submitted his or her own 10-member dream team, further increasing the amount of information available. This nomination component was especially important because all who participated - members, teams and applicants - were able to get a small taste of how difficult the final choices would be for the Selection Committee. No two dream teams were alike, yet many players made repeat appearances on multiple dream teams. Applications: For consideration, players had to be willing to go through the application process. This provided detailed information not attainable else-

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where for the selection committee and for future PR. This important step also allowed players to demonstrate their willingness to commit to the team. Recommendations: Each applicant submitted three recommendations from other players, at least one from each gender, to assist the Selection Committee. We especially thank the references for taking the time to write these. The recommendations were especially refreshing because it gave people a chance to say many of the good things about their fellow players, which too often go unsaid. Selection Committee: If that a!ready sounds like a lot of information, you're right- it was nearly too much. However, we wanted to ensure that no stones were left unturned, and that less known applicants had an equal chance. Thus, the Selection Committee members spent several intense weeks reviewing and discussing. With an average playing experience of 15 years, the eight Selection Committee members represented all regions, all openBrian Mo rri s aged divisions and all philosophies resulting in excruciatingly thorough debate. No Selection Committee member was eligible to apply for the team, and the committee members were required to remain anonymous, with the exception of two Spokespersons. An excerpt from their message to all applicants is below: "We deliberated for many hours in

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great detail and produced a group of 10 individuals of whom we feel anyone in the UPA can be proud. We also came up with an equally impressive list of 6 alternates. These 16 players have been notified and all have accepted their invitations. We repeat how arduous such a task is when the Amy Littl e talent among the applicant pool is so impressive. While it was enjoyable to review each contender and the elements that showed his/her potential value to the team, it was neither simple nor fun to make decisions that eliminated anyone. That was a drag, period. But that was our charge, and we did it as objectively as possible, with the Board of Directors' vision statement to guide us. We discussed, debated, and gathered as much information as we could about every qualified applicant, discussed more, voted, re-voted and toughed it out so that the team would reflect the vision statement to the best of our ability. Yours ultimately, Lynne Nolan, Chicago lynnenolan@aol.com and Stuart Downs, Atlanta stubears@aol.com"

The Team We heartily congratulate these members of the 2001 US National Ultimate Team and wish them the very best in Akita: Amy Little (San Diego, Davis, Fury), Billy Rodriguez (Boston, DoG, NY), Brian Harriford* (Baton Rouge, Turbo Dog), Christine 'Teens' Dunlap (Boston, Lady Godiva), Damien Scott (San Fransisco, Houston, Jam, Houndz), Dominique Fontinette (San Fransisco, Boston, Stanford, Fury), Fortunat Mueller (Boston, Brown, DoG), Heidi Pomfret (Boulder, Rare Air), Johanna 'Yoyo' Neumann (Boston, Tufts, Lady Godiva), Steve Dugan (Santa Barbara, Condors) Alternates: Augie Krievenas (Durham, Spear, Ring), Aug ie Kri eve nas

Brian 'Biscuit' Morris (Bay Area, Jam), Dana Green (Montana, San Fransisco, Trigger Hippy, Homebrood), Dara Bailey (Portland, Schwa), Jody Dozono (San Fransisco, Oregon, Fury), Justin Safdie* (Boston, Brown, DoG) *Justin Safdie will replace Brian Harriford for health reasons.)

A Message from the Team We don't mean to brag, but hey: this is the best 6-on-6 co-ed squad ever selected by the UPA. We have everything a 6-on-6 co-ed team could ever want. Men. Women. In equal numbers. Sure, we're missing some key ingredients. Like none of us have ever actually played 6-on-6 coed ultimate before. We're short on practice time. We live in eight different cities in three time zones across the country. We have no money, and we're going to end up spending lots of our own money just to play. We have different philosophies on how to train, how to throw, when to cut, what to eat, east versus west, how to play clam, and whether the scoober is a useful throw. But we finally got together as a team last Jody Dozono weekend in Boston. What was immediately apparent was how impressed we all were with how good everyone else on the team is. We hung out all day and all night, making airport runs, playing, talking strategy, stretching, running, eating pizza together, throwing to each other for hours, napping, having dinner together, hitting the parties, getting up the next day after 5 hours of sleep to do it all again, playing through a torrential downpour until the lightning finally forced us to quit. Talking , thinking and breathing ultimate all weekend long. So I guess it turns out that we are all just like every other poor, crazy, overextended, dedicated ultimate player

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in the country, willing to cross the continent on a moment's notice for a good game with good players and a new expenence. We are all aware that the UPA could have chosen a completely different group of 16 players, and across the country people would have said of them: "Wow. That's a great team." The challenge for us, then, isn't to think of ourselves as anything special, just because we happened to be the ones who were selected. The challenge is to make the most of a special opportunity we've been given, to represent the UPA and the United States as ultimate players on an

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The Future JUNIOR OPEN INVITATIONAL CHAIVIPIONSHIPS by \/Viii Deaver For complete results, see the new scoreboard section of the newsletter and check out the post-tournament write-up at www. upa. orglchampionshipsl Juniors. If you are interested in some other interesting (to me at least) aspects of the tournament, including action both on and off the field, then follow your nose, dear reader, and enjoy this assessment of a fantastic weekend down South.

Pre-tournament No need to wony about a thing. I had a car reserved, Steve Hollon had a complimentary hotel room set up and directions to everywhere I needed to go, and in less than 48 hours I would get my first real taste of pure Juniors Ultimate. Well, I didn't have to wait that long. On my connecting flight from Minneapolis to Nashville, I overheard someone behind me talking "aboot" a flick. Yeah, that's right, "aboot". Sure enough, it was the assistant coach of the St. John's-Ravenscourt team from Canada, talking with one of his players about forehand mechanics, eh? Eh? was pretty much the theme of the next couple of hours. I met a few players and then upon being overheard by our neighboring passengers, we all began answering questions about Ultimate and the upcoming tournament. The "gumbies" were fascinated. (That's what raft-guides call non-river people. We probably should think of our own word, but gumbies will do for now.) There was the normal interest from my Californian islemates, who were excited to hear that a team was coming from Castro Valley, despite the energy crisis. Then there was the loud gumby woman, whose first reaction to a description of the sport was, "Sounds like football for wimps." She was later observed writing down the UPA's Web site address on her hand, interviewing St. John's coach Dean Wright from three rows back, and going on about how much her kids are going to love Ultimate. This lady did some serious PR for the sport on that plane ride. That's the nice thing about converting gumbies ... they can talk gumby to the rest of the non-Ultimate people out there. We zoom into Nashville where I prepare to part ways for now with my new friends from the north. As we exit the plane, there is a welcoming party waiting in the lobby for me, made up of players from Nashville 's Brutal Grassburn. I'm pretty sure they need some help with their geography down in Tennessee, because despite the often-cold weather, Colorado Springs is not quite in Canada. So I politely ignored the "Welcome Canada!" signs and took in the good vibes. It was a nice end to a long trip.

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Gotta love that Southern hospitality. Friday was spent lining the fields, meeting the Nashville volunteers, test driving the golf cart, and chasing the water-delivery guy down the Interstate. It was hot and humid and it felt like home. Some of the teams showed up at the fields, in part to practice, but mostly to try and acclimate a little. Later that evening I noticed that most of the acclimation going on was happening in the hotel pool. Saturday started off overcast and ended up with rain. But compared to the heat of the previous day, I think the only ones who didn't appreciate the cloud cover and cooler temperatures were the hordes of moms and dads watching on the sidelines. And of course the Brutal Grassburn girls team, who had volunteered to be scorekeepers for the weekend. Can't say thanks enough to them and others who sat in the rain so the players could have a quality experience. The first round had a couple of potentially interesting match-ups. In the first, highly touted 3rd seed Northfield Mt. Hermon was up against Nashville's Brutal Grassburn. Nashville has a junior championship under their belts from a few years back and they were playing on their home turf. Northfield had spent a week in Florida under the tutelage of Florida Combo's coach Kurt Dahlenburg. Kurt was here this weekend with them and the NMH guys were rockin'. With the help of the poor conditions, the NMH employed a 4-man cup that was virtually impenetrable. Brutal's Courtney Dale did some zone sliceage down the sideline with his high flick, but when the Brutal handlers could no longer be patient, they'd send bombs that the two Mahoney brothers (6'3" and 6'6") would bring down for NMH. NMH's sophomore star Jacob Goldstein controlled their offense, which ran off the first nine points of the game. Tough start for the home team. Nice start for the only team that was expected to put up a fight against the top seeds Paideia and Amherst. The other interesting match-up indeed turned out to be interesting. Fourth seeded Columbia (yes, THE Columbia HS) was facing 12th seeded Scarsdale in the 1-3 pool play match-up. Scarsdale jumped out to a 4-0 lead before Columbia coach Anthony Nunez brought his guys in for a pep talk. "You've got to move on the mark. No sideways cuts. In and out, Santa Barbara cuts." Looks like the Juniors players are learning strategies from the next level. Scarsdale took half 8-6. Columbia got some nice plays out of 6'3" Bill and captain Raju Prasad to keep it within two, but

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at cap, Scarsdale just stayed solid, kept breaking the mark, and recorded the tournament's first upset 13-8. As pool play progressed, two stories began to unfold. The first was that the top seeds were there for a reason. They began to move seemingly unchallenged through the schedule, sometimes rolling up their sleeves when they had to, but mostly just going about their business. In round two, Hanover brought out their zone against Paideia, who patiently worked back to back goals in after 50+ passes (per point)!! Paideia was clicking on both sides, with the "triple-decker" D, where they went zone, to a match-up zone, to a man within a few passes. Where did these guys come from? A Hanover player cried out "They're mortal!" when a Paideia player dropped an uncontested pass. But it was said tongue-in-cheek, and Paideia's Dylan Tunnel ripped down three floaters on the next point just to drive the point home. Meanwhile, Amherst was rolling through their pool uncontested, as was 3rd seeded Northfield Mt Hermon. The second story that began to unfold was that the "difficult-to-seed" middle-ofthe-pack proved that they weren't going to be rated accurately. From the 4th seed to the 12th, every game was a dogfight. After St. John's also upset Columbia, they met Scarsdale for the pool and the soon-to-be very important bye into the quarters. This game was phenomenal, in terms of level of play, but mostly in terms of the amount of heart shown by both teams. St. John's brought a small squad of 12, one of whom got hurt in warm-ups before the tournament. But they still had Canadian Junior Nationals MVP Brett McAughey, and two Canadian National team players Adam Melnick and defensive phoneme Colin Yeung. Meanwhile, Scarsdale came with an equally small squad, no international experience, no coach, and a lot of love. It was back and forth to a 6-6 tie. Shortened rounds and bad weather kept the score low, at cap it was 7-6 Scarsdale. Down 6-8, the same seven St. John's players limped back to the line and got ready to go again. And go they did, right down the field for a goal, and then a D and another goal and it was next point wins. After a Scarsdale turnover, St. John's moved to the goal line, but a tough Scarsdale defense forced up a high count hammer into the end zone which was batted down by Scarsdale spirit award winner, Andrew Sosa. That kid hustles. The Scarsdale 0 worked an incredibly patient offense down the field. Dump, reset, break-mark to the goal line, where the hustle king himself, Sosa, caught

a short pass and toed inside the goal for the Will.

The Scarsdale team went wild. Sosa was mobbed by his teammates, tears of joy and exhaustion flowed freely, and you could see that this hurdle cleared was going to make Scarsdale even tougher in the later rounds. But for now, it was rest and lunch under the tents for the blue and red clad squad. Meanwhile, an exhausted St. John's had to prepare for a pre-quarterfinal in the very next round. This was a tough game to lose. St. John's coach Dean Wright noted that the zone worked against Scarsdale early, but later the Hellfish showed incredible patience. The St. John's cup just wore out and it came down to one point. Someone had to go down the tough road, and unfortunately for the Canadians, it was them.

The Round of Death The last round of Saturday was tough for two reasons: one because it was the 4th game of the day for these teams, many of whom came with small squads, and two, because it was the round to decide who went on to the championship bracket on Sunday and who would be fighting for 9th. All of these games were close. Leesville, NC took out an exhausted St. John's team, despite a big comeback by the Canadians. And Columbia took out the upstart Woodward Academy from Atlanta. Both games were strange because the 3rd seed came out victorious over the 2nd seed from the opposite pool. Once again, the parity in the middle of the field was evidenced. The St. John's team was literally exhausted, but the Leesville team was not much better off. A hurt Leesville player scored a ride on the tournament golf cart from their Woodward pool play loss, over to the pre-quarter field b/c he was having a hard time walking. Evidently he was going to sit out the pre-quarter with an injury. But as the game got close, the kid got up and went in. Turns out he was the main handler for the NC boys and his throws really made a huge difference. Either he suckered the golf-cart driver, or the kid has a lot of heart to get out there hurt for his team. I'd like to think the latter. St. John's went down swinging again, but had to rest up to fight for 9tfi on Sunday. The Columbia vs. Woodward game was pretty much controlled by Columbia. They had a good team, but got stuck in a tough pool where a couple of close upsets put them in a difficult situation. This game was played with a lot of intensity and spirit on both sides. When Woodward finally

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succumbed, the two teams formed a circle at midfield and talked about the game. Woodward captain, senior Charlie Mather, on the verge of tears, told his teammates and opponents how much it meant to him to be able to play at this tournament, win or lose. Judging by his build and his hops, this guy has a lot of years of Ultimate left in him. After two pool play upsets, Columbia worked its way back into the quarters, earning the honor of playing top-seeded Paideia on Sunday. Nashville handled Hanover in a close game between two teams that seemed very cordial with one another. The same couldn't be said of the Midwest- Newton North pre-quarter. This was perhaps the most intense game of the tournament. Both teams came into the match-up with some history and a lot on the line. Newton North made it to the finals of the Junior Championships last year, and Midwest had lost to the eventual champs, Moho, in the semis. The two teams had met earlier at Amherst this year and Newton North pulled off a very close, hotly contested win. This time they met, not with a title on the line as both teams had probably hoped, but with their season on the line, with only the winner remaining in the championship bracket. Newton came out flat, after having lost a close one to Nashville. Midwest jumped out 3-0. But with their feisty coach, James Pitts, lighting a fire under his players, Newton found a reason to play and stormed back to take the next six points. A couple more runs each and the game was knotted at 11 's. At this point the teams buckled down. Midwest thrived off of big blocks and a hucking offense. Newton countered with a zone and a patient 0, centered around senior captain Jeremy Seagal. The Newton boys all looked the same, with their bleached out hair, and they were all giving it up out there. The sidelines were very loud and after trading points through the cap, it was 13-13, game to 14.

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The last point read like the whole second half. Newton works patiently, Midwest gets a huge block just as they are about to get scored on, then Midwest hucks it up to 6'4" Ethan Witowski. Ethan, one of the most spirited players I saw at the tournament, hauls in the floater with guys draped all over him, and tosses up the goal to teammate Rodrigo for the win. Midwest coach, Dan Raabe, is showered with the contents of the nearby cooler. Then both teams come up with very spirited cheers, emphasizing that Juniors Ultimate has a special attitude that complements, rather than takes anything away from, the intensity on the field. Sunday was hot. The top four teams essentially cruised through the quarterfinals, once again showing that except perhaps for upstart Scarsdale, this was a top-heavy tournament from the outset. Scarsdale handled Nashville just like they were supposed to be in the semis, and that's exactly where they found themselves ... and up against Paideia. Maybe the Hellfish were a little intimidated. Maybe Paideia is just that good and focused, but the fust half of their semi did not look like a game. At 8-2 Paideia, I went to check out the Amherst NMH game. Apparently Amherst had been up 6-2 at one point, but when I showed up, NMH was taking half 8-7. Apparently, the NMH boys had figured out how to dink the disc around inside the Amherst junk D 's. The two teams were fairly evenly matched athletically, and this one looked like it was going to go down to the wire. But at half, Amherst coach Tiina Booth must have said some magic words, b/c the Hurricanes took control. Magic or not, one of the key problems that NMH faced was fatigue. The little squirrelly handler cuts were great for breaking through a zone or clam, great for breaking the mark and resetting the disc, but against a tough man D, NMH's main handler Jacob Goldstein got tired. All the

diving he did on D after turnovers probably didn 't help his energy stores, but it was clear that he and his teammates knew only one speed. All out, to the end. They simply ran out of gas and the deeper, more experience Amherst squad ran out the game 13-9. But would Amherst be too tired for the fresh Paideia squad, coming off a trouncing of an overmatched Scarsdale? Wait, there was no trouncing taking place. Scarsdale turned it on after halftime and actually won the second half. The final score was 15-10. I asked the Scarsdale captains Andrew Brennan and Eric Kuhn about their stellar weekend. How did they manage to overachieve? They said that at Amherst, where they performed poorly, they watched Paideia 's patience on offense. They chose to implement that kind of mindset on the field and were clearly successful all weekend long with a controlled dumpreset-break-mark offense. I guess that imitation is the best form of flattery, and the concept served the Hellfish well. In addition, the squad was clearly very close emotionally. They thrived off a bond that had the sideline players bringing wet towels and water onto the field for their teammates between points. It was pretty inspiring. The finals had a packed house. A bunch of players helped move some bleachers near the fields. The Woodward coach, Eileen Murray, helped rope off the field so everyone could see and the players had the sidelines clear. You gotta like having Eileen on your side when it comes to crowd control;-). And the trophies were sitting in the golf cart within sight of the field. Because of Amherst's flight home at 6:30, the teams had to agree to a hardcap time. Not a great alternative, but a necessary item to figure out before the game. Paideia jumped out quickly to a 3-0 lead. They used a horizontal stack to

clear space for their big men. When Amherst poached underneath, Paideia would send it deep to Dylan Tunnel and Jolian Dahl, who would routinely jump over multiple defenders for the disc. These guys, a junior and sophomore respectively, could jump with club players. They crowd loved it. On the Amherst side, Isaiah Robinson was working hard on both 0 and D to keep his team alive. As the game approached the time cap and Amherst bit into the Paideia lead, coach Tiina Booth proclaimed that the team would miss their flight and that they weren't going to quit 'til it was over. Despite a couple of big blocks by Amherst, they had a hard time converting and an even harder time stopping the patient handling ofPaideia's Hunter Alexander, Adam Simon, and Paul Vandenburg. An aggressive cross-field flick by Simon into the end zone brought it to game point. After a drop by Amherst, Paideia scored in ever-sopatient Paideia fashion. It was a sweet victory for the squad from Atlanta and their coach, Michael Baccarini, having never been able to attend the tournament because of school conflicts. They certainly proved they belong at the top after an undefeated season. Tiina Booth said that there was no shame in being beaten by the "best single high school team" she's ever seen. Conversation with parents after the game reassured me that this tournament was more than just a showcase of young talent. One Paideia dad told me that during the game there was a call that he jumped up and started yelling onto the field about. His son, in the game at the time, turned to him and said, "Dad, let us handle it on the field. Don't tum this into soccer." We both smiled as he recounted this story, which I recounted to a friend over a beer that night, and which I am now recounting to you. Good stuff.

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international stage. So, while we still think this is the best 6-on-6 American coed team ever assembled- anybody know a good co-ed 6-on-6 clam?

Support Team USA! Total team expenses are estimated between $30,000 - $50,000. The majority of this is coming out of our national team players' own pockets. Not only are flights to Japan expensive, but there are three training weekends plus all the other travel and preparation expenses you can imagine. Now, the players understood this going in and willingly took this financial burden upon themselves because of their addiction to and love for Ultimate.

I'm sure most of you can relate- these are players just like you and me, who have committed their lives and a good chunk of their income over the years to play. Your support will help the US National Team to train, get to and from Japan, and will help the UPA publicize this momentous event. The World Games could just come and go without much notice outside our community, OR, with your support, we can generate more and more excitement for both the team and for whole sport of Ultimate. Here's what you can do! Donate to the UPA International

Travel Fund - send your gift to UPA International Travel Fund, 3595 E Fountain Blvd, Suite J2, Colorado Springs, CO 80910. Donations are taxdeductible and all donors will get a nice surprise. Thanks to UPA Board member Henry Thorne for making the first donation! Got Connections? Get your company or your friend's company to sponsor Team USA. Call UPA Sponsorship Director Mark Goodman at 202-2370329 or write him at sponsorship@upa.org to learn how. Benefits include web logos, team uniform logos, advertising in the UPA Newsletter, and more. Johann a Newmann

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A 'barnburner' in Boston By Ben Worthen Photos by Jordan Schiller I didn't go to a Frisbee school. My college team never made it to nationals. In fact, in four years we only made it to Regionals once (we celebrated wildly after our one victory, then bailed on the second day). The women's team disbanded after my freshman year and by the time I graduated the only reminder that there had ever been one was a box of Sweaty Betty discs my friend found in the attic of his dorm. I had never seen high-level, high-stakes college Ultimate and barely seen low-level, low-stakes Women's Ultimate. This is where I'm supposed to say that nothing prepared me for what I saw at the college championships. But the truth is friends and friendly Web-correspondents spend a lot of time doing just that. By the time I got to Devens on Friday I had a pretty good idea how the tournament would unfold. The field was deeper than it had ever been but there was still a gulf between the top teams and the bottom teams. By most counts nine teams had a shot at semis and maybe six could realistically dream of winning. The result was one round of close games on Friday, a competitive Saturday, and a final that nobody would have predicted at the start of the tournament.

THANKGODFORTHEDPOOL The distance between the top and the bottom teams was on full display in the first rounds, when the number one seeds played the three seeds and the twos played the fours. Amid score like 15-2 and 15-4, only the D pool gave evidence against changing the name to the formality round. Unlike the other pools, the top three seeds in the D pool all were thinking about the championship. Georgia, the pool's top seed, hadn' t lost since February before losing by one to Wilmington in the Atlantic Coast regional finals. Number two seed Colorado had only lost to Georgia, and the tournaments top two seeds UBC and UCSD. The third seed was defending champ Carleton, who, despite 13 returning players, was only seeded ninth overall. While UBC and UCSD were busy clobbering Northwestern and Bucknell, the Georgia Ho-Dawgs had to face a Carleton team with something to prove. It didn't take long to prove it either. Carleton received the first pull and scored on a huck two passes later. Buoyed by this initial success, Syzygy proceeded to throw deep every time there was enough field to throw

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to, and rely on their defense in the event of a turnover. The strategy might have worked if it was employed with moderation, but it wasn't- Carleton had nine one-pass possessions. Georgia pulled ahead by two on a Jessica Ogburn block and score, and preserved the lead, taking half 8-6. The second half was more of the same, Carleton throwing anything and relying on their defense. They forced Georgia turnovers, but (as their strategy would indicate) gave it back every time, and the Ho-Dawgs pulled away to a 15-10 victory.

THE CLOSE GAMES The second round was more of the same as the top seeds beat up on the lower seeds, with Carleton's victory over Colorado the only upset. At 1:30 the first of the 1 vs. 2 games - UBC against Tufts - got underway. It was a barnburner. Number one ranked UBC had lost one game all year and had everything going for them but a smart travel agent. For some reason the Thunderbirds weren't scheduled to arrive until well after midnight the night before the tournament. Still, the team had a roster of athletes and came to win. The impact one superstar player can have in the college game is dramatic and on no team was it more pronounced than the Tufts Ewo. The team is built around Johanna Neuman. Cutters Neva Cherniavsky, Sally Timms and Taliser Avery pick up twenty yards, then give it back to Johanna who throws another twenty-yarder. UBC couldn't stop the Tufts offense. However, the Ewo couldn't stop the athletic Thunderbirds and neither team could pull away. Then at 11 all the unthinkable happened. Tufts dropped a pull and UBC capitalized to take the lead. They say lightning never strikes twice, but don't tell that to the shocked Ewo. On the very next point Tufts dropped the pull again and Sarah Mukai hucked to Elizabeth Job for another Thunderbird goal. From there UBC scored two straight to beat the demoralized Tufts team and win the pool. UCSD, the top seed in Pool B, wasn't as fortunate as their Canadian counterpart. They faced a young Stanford team, which, after failing to qualify for nationals last year and getting off to a poor start, had regained their championship form. It was evident immediately as Superfly jumped out to a 5-2 lead. But UCSD started playing a clam defense and scored four straight. But Stanford went on a run scoring seven of the next nine points en route to a 14-10 lead. At this

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of the first day there were two upsets: Carleton took the D pool two seed from Colorado and the aforementioned Stanford victory. Wilmington and Georgia were relatively untested, while UBC, Stanford and UCSD could claim to be battle tested. It was unclear which was more important.

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point, UCSD coach Chris Jewell, could be overheard complaining that "too many turnovers" had cost her team the game. But her players weren' t nearly as ready to give up as their coach, storming back to take the next two and poised to pull within one when Jen Sanderson caught a huck just outside the end zone. But they were unable to capitalize, and Stanford worked the disc upfield where (several turnovers later) they won 15-12 on an inside out flick from Camille Yu to Erin Percival. When the Devens dust settled at the end

Pre-quarters confirmed the conventional wisdom that the top seeds were a cut above the field as each of the second place finishers won their games and moved onto the next round. While none of the two seeds were in danger of losing, all but one of the games were competitive. Meanwhile, the number one seeds were enjoying a bye. Perhaps no team appreciated it more than the UBC Thunderbirds who only brought 15 players. The undermanned squad entered the tournament as the overwhelming favorite, but they showed signs of vulnerability Friday. UCSD started the game like a shark sensing blood in the water, jumping out to a quick 3-0 lead. The Canadians were off their game, dropping passes and generally looking lethargic, and UCSD pulled ahead 10-4. And as if things couldn' t get worse Lars Mussell, the Thunderbird captain sprained her ankle and had to leave the game. At this point UBC could have folded, but the number one seed had some fight

WOMEN coasted to a 15-11 victory. Wilmington, the other Atlantic Coast team, displayed the patience necessary to outlast Carleton. As it had all weekend, Syzygy 's defense forced turnovers, but, as it had all weekend, the offense gave it back. Seaweed took half 8-2 and cruised to a 15-8 win.

THEPOPHEARDAROUNDTHE TOURNAMENT I'm not sure when exactly everyone realized just how good Georgia was, but by the end of their semi-final they were easily the favorite. They were simply more athletic and had better disc skills than anyone they played. Subtly, they were becoming the tournament favorite. Their semi-final against UCSD was more of the same. After UCSD tied it at threes, Georgia put the game away with a 7-1 run. But in the midst of the Ho-Dawg run, left, scoring the next three and pulling within two, 13-11 , behind the strong play of Sarah Mukai and Valerie Dion. The teams traded points before Wendy Sligl got blocks on consecutive points to tie the game at 14. It was a beautiful comeback; UCSD didn't lose a lead, UBC simply raised their level of play and refused to be beaten. On to overtime. UCSD received the pull, marched down the field and threw it into the end zone where Kristen Unfried came down with the disc-but out of bounds. The Thunderbirds, however, couldn't take advantage and Ginsberg threw to a leaping Jen Sanderson for the lead. Game point for SD and another must score point for UBC, only this time the Thunderbirds couldn't get it done, dropping a pass on their goal line. One pass later Bryn Martina hit Amy Waterhouse for the game

winner and the upset. While UBC was struggling, Tufts, the team the Thunderbirds beat, seized an early lead against Stanford. The story again was Johanna Neuman, who continued her excellent play, leading Tufts to an early 4-2 advantage. At this point, Stanford tried a strategy that no other team had tried, throwing a zone with a person covering Neuman. Tufts didn ' t know what to do and turned the disc over a few times trying to get the disc to their captain and allowing Stanford to pull away. Tufts scored some late goals but it wasn't enough as Stanford held on, 15-12. Meanwhile Georgia was making an impression. The Ho-Dawg's athleticism overwhelmed Brown, who had lost their superstar Addie Egan to a torn ACL earlier in the season. Georgia took half 8-3 and then Angela Lin, arguably the best player in the country, fell down after her knee made an audible pop. She missed the rest of the game and had to watch her teammates finish off UCSD 15-8. The Stanford vs. Wilmington semifinal started out even more lopsided, as Stanford cruised to an 11-3 lead. But Seaweed wouldn' t quit and started playing sometimes inspired - and sometimes inspired by a desire to win at all costs - Ultimate. Wilmington's Cara Morgridge made a series of fantastic catches as Seaweed clawed their way back to tie it at 11 and they looked ready to take their first lead of the game. It was crunch time and the two teams stars stepped up, first Erin Percival as Stanford went on a two point run, and then Wilmington's Nikki Miani as Seaweed tied the game at 13. In the end, the difference was Wilmington drops, first a routine pass and then a pull on game point. It was a tight game, and in the end it is hard to put a finger on what the difference was. For three-quarters of the game Stanford was the better team, and

importantly they didn't give it away at the end. Clearly this was no longer an inexperienced team. But could they compete with a Georgia team that hadn't been challenged all tournament long?

THE BIG GAME The sixty-four thousand dollar question before the game was would Angela Lin play. Twenty minutes before game time Lin took off her cleats and put on sandals - she wouldn't play. Even without Lin Georgia remained the favorite. Kat Kidd-Shippey who finished third in the previous night's Callahan award ceremony had played great all tournament as had most of the HoDawgs. The question was could Georgia keep their composure after losing one of the best players in the game. The Ho-Dawgs answered the question immediately, forcing turnovers on the first two points and scoring them both. Stanford scored, but it was just a speed bump for Georgia who extended their lead to 5-1. At this point the game was effectively over and the remaining points a mere formality. Georgia was clearly a level ahead of Stanford (and everyone else for that matter). They toyed with the Superfly zone, hucking through the cup and delighting the crowd by throwing scoobers. Perhaps no play typifies Georgia's tournament more than the point on which the Ho-Dawgs took a 6-2 lead. Kidd-Shippey blocked a Stanford pass, and Georgia effortlessly handled the Superfly zone before Kidd-Shippey hucked a forehand to a wide-open Jessica Ogburn, who in turn made a sensational layout grab in the back of the end zone. Georgia took half 8-3 and then traded goals in the second half, winning 15-10. The entire Georgia team played great, keeping Stanford's big players, Erin Percival and Camille Yu in check. Stanford's inexperience showed, as Superfly committed several quick turns. Kidd-Shippey stood out as the clear MVP. She collected ten blocks, caught three goals, and threw six more. Maybe Georgia should have emerged as the favorite earlier, after all they were never at risk of losing. But by the end of the tournament it didn' t matter-it was obvious to everyone who the best team was. Congratulations to a deserving champion.

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Trophy Bids Adieu to the Coasts By Dan Cogan Photos by Jordan Schiller This year's championship tournament was held about forty miles west of Boston, on the parade grounds of the Fort Devens military base. With all of the fields at one location, dinner served immediately after the games, and the hotels a short drive away, this site offered both players and spectators easy access and hassle-free enjoyment for the weekend. A few inches of rain fell just prior to the first game, softening up earth that hadn't seen a drop in weeks, and although the weatherman called for rain all three days, the storm clouds passed us over. Mid-morning rumblings could be heard, however, in two early upsets that threatened to dim the hopes of two top-seeded giants. Fans knew to expect some excellent competition in Pool A, as this year' s topseeded UCSB would face defending champions Brown University in the third round. Brownian Motion was returning some strong talent, having graduated their most dynamic playmakers and former Callahan stars, Justin Safdie and Fortunat Mueller. UCSB ' s Black Tide brought a veteran squad, featuring seven graduate students and four seniors. But the day would get interesting long before these two titans met. This pool was nearly thrown on its head as third-place regional

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finisher Harvard took Brown to 15-13 in the first game of the day. Meanwhile, in Pool B, #2 seed Colorado had its hands full with a Michigan team ready and willing to take all it could get. Playing loose and easy, the Michigan boys pulled out to an early lead before the Mamabird could tie it at 10-all. Uppity Michigan lost the game to five , 5-2, and fell back into line. The word was out, however, that top seeds had to be careful in the early going , as many of the lowerseeded competitors were not going to go quietly, if at all. Tufts learned this the hard way when it gave up the first half to the only Southern representatives, Texas A & M, who showed little respect in this early showdown of regional champs. Although Tufts had most recently defeated Brown up at Dartmouth a few weeks prior, theE-men must have lost confidence as they stared down the double barrel of back-to-back games with Michigan (with Colorado ' s blood on their lips) and Colorado (who now had something to prove). To the uninitiated, the Duke/Oregon game didn ' t promise much. But to fans in the know, odds of this #10 seed upsetting the #3 were running close to even. Duke had defeated the Ducks earlier this spring, and there was plenty of reason to believe it could happen again- especially to a team that had flown in on the red-eye only

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one night before. Crowds quickly lined the field as word got out that the tournament would see its first dethroning. No disappointments here, as Duck heads were rolling late into the second half. Elsewhere, Cornell got off to a slow start but dispatched Ohio State without much difficulty. While Pool A played three straight en route to a last round bye, Pool D had a delayed start in round two that would spell doom for an undermanned team like the Wilmington Seamen. Nearly every other game this round went as expected, with Tufts dropping its second game of the day to Michigan. As fans waited out the second round to see if Oregon could use their bye to maybe grab a cup of coffee and turn things around, everyone flocked over to the corner field to see the ever-entertaining UNCW, coached by rsdregular, Mike G. This was also the first look many fans would get at Carleton's superstar Callahan candidate (and eventual winner), Alex Nord. As Wilmington matched up their own Callahan-didate, Rhett Rhuss, fans knew they were in for a treat. The Seamen lost a versatile and veteran go-to man when Trey Snow left the game in the first half with a broken collarbone, but managed to rally and find a way to contend with the deeper and more skillful CUT crew. Assuming an accustomed "us against the world" stance, Wilmington found greatness when the game was on the line. With other matches ending early in wide margins of victory, players and yet more fans gathered as the two teams traded points on into overtime. Finally, in a next-point-wins finish, the Seamen isolated Rhuss in the end zone. Nord shut him down for half the count, then came a throw. The big redhead made a huge bid, but could not keep the disc from the outstretched hands of a diving Rhuss, who saved the Seamen victory. Tournament play stops for nothing, and fans had to hustle back over in time to catch another one point duel between Brown and Santa Barbara. Nip and tuck the whole way, this game went the way of the Tide, leaving Brown to fight its way back through the pre-quarters into elimination play. One can only speculate, but had Brown emerged victorious, we might well have seen a rematch of last year' s finals in the semi-finals, assuming (perhaps wrongly) that they would have

beaten Michigan the next day after a morning ' s rest. Meanwhile next door, Harvard once again surprised spectators by rising to and surpassing the challenge of Chapel Hill, who fell out of contention with a 15-14 loss to the Red Line. And finally, in the same round, Wilmington sent fans running from the flames of their debacle at the hands of Wisconsin, 15-1. Having put it on the line so early and then collapsing so utterly, it appeared that the Seamen lacked the stamina to jump back in the saddle. The final round restored order to rather chaotic pools C and D. Oregon defeated Cornell to reclaim first place in Pool C, buying themselves a morning's rest while Cornell played Texas A & M in the prequarters. Duke, once giant killers, fell to Ohio State. There was now only one Carolina team that remained in contention. Penn had lost earlier games by a wide margin, but if there was a win in their future, it would come against the downtrodden Seamen. Both teams fought for their lives in this one. Ultimately the Seamen's turnover-ridden offenses gave up a Callahan goal followed by an errant upwinder. Penn advanced to face Brown on Saturday. Saturday's pre-quarters saw all of the favorites advance without much difficulty. Its starters now rested and healed, Brown resumed their uphill battle to keep the trophy by dismantling U Penn easily. Wisconsin had some difficulty overcoming Harvard's spirited effort, but the Red Line could do only so much with the loss of key players Daniel Ratner and Shankar Desai to injury on Friday. A plucky Ohio State squad fought Michigan all the way, but with Callahan candidate Tim Murray running the MagnUM offense in this game, as well as he had all weekend, fans had little to worry about. And finally, in excellent form and demonstrating an appreciation for high-possession offense, Cornell put on a first half clinic over Texas A & M on its way to a 15-6 drubbing. So the elite eight took up their positions in the quarterfinals. Although the seeding indicated that one bracket held the 1st and 4th seeds in UCSB and Carleton, after Oregon ' s early troubles one had to wonder if this bracket were actually the stronger of the two. While both Oregon and Carleton had dropped their

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first games of the weekend, in its loss to Duke, Oregon had not demonstrated the same fighting instinct as Carleton had in its one point squeaker to Wilmington. Given Carleton's history at the tournament, one had to give the edge to the eventual winner of the lower bracket presumably the Black Tide or CUT. Once again, the seeding held all around, and the top four teams advanced to the semi-finals. In the upper bracket, Brown came out swinging, but ultimately could not run with the deeper Colorado squad. Led by mark-breaker extraordinaire, Steve Rouisse, and 6' 10" air traffic controller Mad Dog Madzinski, the Mamabird offense could not be contained. Meanwhile, Oregon continued to connect on their long throws, and Wisconsin gave up a few too many turnovers to keep it close. Fans began recounting memories of what they'd witnessed at Easterns, when the Ducks had raised the roof and brought

down the house with their hucks. Odds appeared even as the #2 and #3 seeds met in the last game on Saturday. Over in the Michigan/Santa Barbara game, the Tide knew Tim Murray 's game too well for him to single-handedly lead his team to victory. With superior numbers and a veteran line-up , the UCSB defenders forced MagnUM hucks out the back of the end zone and went off to the races on the turnovers. Santa Barbara was well in command of this game from the start and never looked back on its way to a 15-9 victory. Surprisingly for many, the closest game in this round was the one that on paper presented the greatest mismatch in height. Cornell had faired well against an A & M that was also vertically challenged, but they certainly appeared to have no answer to CUT's Nord or Brody Felchle, deep threats all weekend. The Buds never balked, however, clawing their way to a close game with determination

on offense and dogged defensive pressure. With the exception of Wilmington 's one point victory, Cornell 's 11 points were as much as any team took from the CUT defenders. So on we went to the semi-finals, which saw an Oregon team full of ego and spirit pitted against the methodical onslaught of the Mamabird attack. Spreading the field well on every possession and refusing to be contained by Oregon's marks - which degenerated as fatigue set in - the Colorado offense worked nearly to perfection. Mamabird set the stack to one side of the field and started many plays with a quick lateral break-mark pass, setting the Oregon defense back on its heels. The Ducks were growing tired as the first half came to a close. But even as their rotation tightened with the pressure of a big game, Oregon found heart in spectacular - if risky downfield choices. They ended the game with a final push that got some fans talking of a last-minute comeback, but it was not to be. Colorado advanced to meet the winner of the Carleton/Santa Barbara game, which had finished only a few minutes earlier. A difficult match-up to call on paper, this game came down to the intangibles. Carleton 's hard marking and tight coverage downfield turned up the pressure on the Santa Barbara offense, which coughed up a few unlikely turnovers. Two lapses in concentration resulted in two defensive breaks for Carleton, who converted these easily. The swelling crowd, its expectations for greatness piqued by Nord's consistent domination of the field, were rewarded when the big man plucked teammate Alex Masulis' greatest attempt from the hands of two Tide defenders and another two of his own men. Up and over the crowd he went, and down he came with the disc. One strip call later and the goal was his, widening the CUT lead to 13-10. Two more to finish and Carleton returned to the finals. With Oregon and Santa Barbara out of contention, the tournament would crown a new champion. Also for the first time in UPA history, the trophy would be leaving the coast and heading inland. Would it be to the snow-capped mountaintops of Boulder, or to the land of 10,000

lakes? The Big Show travelled into town to settle this one, to the Zimman Football Field at Tufts University, who graciously permitted our use of their facility. With full use of concession stands, ample parking, press box, PA system, and enough seating for the several thousand fans that attended, this site was also ideal. The observer on the field yelled out the players' calls to an assistant on the sideline, who relayed them via walkie-talkie up to the box, and the announcer informed the crowd within seconds. Play proceeded easily, and the flow of the game lost nothing to self-refereeing. The weather at game time was in the low sixties, with a drizzle or two throughout the day and little wind. In pre-game interviews, both teams promised to play plenty of hard-man defense, and the crowd quickly appreciated this noguts no-glory attitude. Once again, Colorado broke marks successfully, but this time the looks downfield were not always there. Carleton had clearly trained hard for this championship, and their legs pushed the Mamabird back into its own end zone on several possessions. Still, when they took to the air, Colorado got great contributions from their Mad Dog freshman, who pulled down a healthy four goals and threw another two. But the tournament MVP and soon-to-be Callahan winner was not to be denied. If anyone had any questions as to who was the best player in college Ultimate, Alex Nord proved that he had the answers - and the goals. An astounding eight of them, in fact. And a ho' block for extra measure. As it had the entire game, CUT 's defense came sprinting down at 14-11, making a hard bid at the first throw. Colorado dropped the next pass, and a wide-open CUT receiver caught the game-winner. After a wake-up call in the early rounds, Carleton had shown that it had the strength of character to rebound from a tough loss. Building on the long-standing tradition of the CUT teams before them, the Carleton boys proved that in Ultimate, as in few other sports, the smallest of schools can fell the largest.

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New EnglandWomen's by Neva Cherniavsky Winner's bracket finals between Brown and Tufts were played at 10 am Sunday. Brown beat Tufts 15-4. Brown played a great game and they were very spirited. Tufts played Regionals almost entirely without Johanna Neumann, including the finals against Brown. Jo is out with a stress fracture in her shin but she will be recovered and playing by Nationals. Middlebury beat Williams 15-2 and MIT beat Yale 15-6 to set up the game to go with Middlebury vs. MIT. The teams traded points most of the game. Susan on Middlebury is a superstar. She's amazing on both offense and defense and she's also happens to be a very nice person. She has a nice backhand huck and she can break a mark like nobody's business. She and Maggie ran a give-and-go a lot- Maggie's really good at pulling stuff down out of the air. On MIT, standouts include Nancy, who is a freshman and a really solid handler; Pei, another good handler; and the girl with the bleached blond hair who is a dangerous deep. MIT as a whole is a solid team and deeper than Middlebury. They are fast and aggressive and they know how to use their bodies. The score was 13-13 and in the end MIT pulled it out to win, 15-13. Other high points of the weekend: Tufts had a great game against UVM. I thought Vermont had a good chance at Nationals but toward the end of the Tufts game one of their star players, Shannon (tall, good handler) went down with quite possibly a broken ankle. I didn't see their next game but I'm sure that the loss of Shannon had a lot to do with their defeat. Jillian on UVM is quite possibly the best defensive player I've ever had the pleasure of marking up against. The observers were great. They kept the games moving (only 3 games capped all weekend, even with games to 15). There weren't too many disputes to settle, as all teams were spirited. I think it was pretty rare for a player to take a call to an observer - mostly it was just "foul- contest" and the teams would play on.

Northwest- Men's by Jeff PJones

MEN'S POOL PLAY Even though seven of the top 25 men's teams in the nation are here this weekend, the Northwest only gets to send one team to Nationals this year. This is unfortunate for the players but exciting for the spectators as fourteen teams vie for that one seat. Under a soft cap, Chico State and Oregon State battle quick and furious. During one point, a Chico defender blocks a hammer and sets up a score. But OSU has come to play and they maintain their fire to win 14-11, the first

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seeding upset for the day. In their next game, OSU takes on top-seeded Stanford, the team to beat for the trip to Nationals. The Stanford team, ranked third in the nation, boasts lean, fast players who like to play a steady swing game with methodical short passes. OSU plays scrappy disc. Under their coach's close guidance, the OSU Beavers are hungry for a huge upset. They have their chance when they go up 13-12 on a smooth score. Stanford answers quickly and a player yells, "Now it's a game to two, Stanford. When are we gonna wake up!" Two poor passes by OSU lead to Stanford scores and they rally to win 15-13. After this near choke against OSU, it's possible Stanford's confidence is shaken in their first game of the toumament. Meanwhile, the University of Oregon Ducks, seeded second, are showing no mercy to Westem Washington University. Though they play with intensity, WWU is simply over-matched. Oregon is at championship level, playing mini-games to three within the larger game to keep their mental game on. They use this strategy throughout the toumament. At game point, Ben Wiggins, one of Oregon's captains, calls a sequence with himself at the end. The play comes off as called and Wiggins chases down a beautiful flat huck to dispatch WWU. Oregon's next game, against Humboldt State, is the game of the day. This is the Buds versus the Ducks. Both teams are extremely fired up and Bud spirit is high. "When I say 'TOTALLY!' you say 'ORGANIC'!" Humboldt keeps everything positive. On the line, the Humboldt captain asks his team, "So, do we have the mental capacity to switch defenses after five passes?" At 17-16, Doug McKenzie of Oregon gets a huge hand block that sets up the winning Duck score. Can this team take Stanford? Only Sunday play will tell. In other pool play, University ofCalifomiaDavis upsets University of British Columbia to win their pool. The University of Washington A-team has their hands full with Cal-Berkeley after losing 15-13 to UC-Davis. UW resorts to hucks into the wind and Berkeley's consistent passing leads them to a 15-5 win. In pre-quarter action, OSU and WWU fight to not be the first team eliminated from the brackets. This is the story of the small squad, WWU, against OSU's largesse. Aaron Richards of OSU steps up huge in the game with soaring grabs but the WWU underdogs refuse to die and keep within one. The breaking point comes at 9-8, about the time a WWU player comes off the field and admits, "I'm running out of steam." Out-manned and out-gunned, Westem finally succumbs 15-9 after a valiant fight.

SUNDAY Sunday dawns sunny and clear with a cool breeze. Today is single elimination for the men and it shows in the intense play between Humboldt and Stanford. Bud spirit is, once again,

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high. "Fire it up, Buds!" "Fly high, Buds!" Humboldt runs hard but they're too hasty with their hucks and throw several away. Stanford has seemingly endless speed. Second-year Humboldt player Brian Boardman makes some stellar grabs to bolster his team. In the end, the Buds are simply outrun 15-8. Meanwhile, the UO vs. OSU game-the battle of the Oregons-is surprisingly one-sided. OSU fails to shut down the Ducks' long game and find themselves eliminated handily. UC-Davis defeats Berkeley, a team they play more than any other and usually beat. The closest Quarter-final game is between UBC and UC-Santa Cruz. Two closely matched teams, UBC rallies with a huge, floating huck and grab to within one. "That's our wake-up call, boys," says a Santa Cruz player as they score another to put the game away and advance to play the Oregon Ducks. For this game, Oregon is fired up, having postured earlier around the fields with a "DUCK U!" team run and chant. Santa Cruz soon finds themselves in the game of their year. The Oregon sideline surges with spirit and they take the half 8-5. Oregon comes out with sick flow. On an endzone floater, a Duck player pulls one down by his fingertips. "Thank God you didn't clip your fingemails! That's what you get for not having good personal hygiene!" Oregon player Shawn Petersen skies for aD, just misses it but then, as he's falling backwards off balance, swats the disc away-an amazing play that leads to a score and an example of why Petersen is Oregon's nominee for the Callahan award. On the neighboring field, the UC-Davis Dogs are up on Stanford 10-5-an unpredictable tum of events. Stanford has their scoring team on the field but they tum the disc over. Suddenly, their offensive unit has to play defense at a critical moment. They step up to the challenge, D the disc, and come up with a score. This is the tuming point of the game. Despite the Dogs' scrappiness, Stanford gains the momentum and eventually ties it at 11 and then takes the lead 13-12. "I can't believe Stanford's gonna win this game," says a bystander. Amazingly, Stanford does once again rally to win, exhibiting their strength at staying composed under pressure and finishing strong. At the same moment Stanford scores the winning point on a huck, on the next field, Oregon also scores to reach game point against Santa Cruz. One point later and Oregon is on their way to meet Stanford in the finals. Stanford and Oregon haven't played each other all year. Right away, Stanford blows defense right and left and Oregon exploits this to go up 6-1. Oregon captain Josh Greenough looms large in the endzone. "Right here, Stanford, let's do this," comes a call. Stanford player Jeffrey DiCarlo helps his team start to gel with a huge endzone D. It's as if Stanford suddenly realizes they can compete with the Oregon "Death Squad" and see that they have to beat them at their own strategy-the long game. Stanford scores five in a row to tie the game at six. "Stop the bleeding, Oregon!" "Game on, Stanford!" "Come back and roll, Oregon!" The Stanford coach yells at his players, "Run! Run! Run! Don't you see the same seven guys across there each time we line up or what? The game's to fifteen. Let's run!" Oregon pounces on tumovers and takes the

half 8-6. Wiggins and Markus Brown anchor the Oregon handling while Greenough and McKenzie often are the deep threats. In fact, McKenzie, Oregon's high-flyer, makes no less than seven sky grabs in the finals. On one endzone leap, he rises higher and higher as if the disc pulls him upwards until his fingers close on it and he gets the score. This is what college Ultimate is all about. When Oregon is up 13-11, Stanford calmly plots another come-back. They know this is where it gets done and they play cool. Jit Bhattacharya and Shreyas Bijaykumar anchor their offense with quick, short passes and lots of give-n-go. During a time-out, the on-field walls form but Oregon's faces Stanford's backs as they chant, "Oh-ee-oh. Om-egon." Sure enough, Stanford scores two in a row to tie it at 13. McKenzie comes back in for Oregon after an injury from a faceplant and the Ducks go up 14-13. Oregon then gets a huge D and a contested foul in the endzone that goes to the observer gives the disc to Oregon on the goal line. They punch it in, fittingly, to McKenzie. The Oregon sideline erupts and soon the Ducks are chanting, "Boston! Boston!" They are the Northwest's sole representative at Nationals.

Northwest- Women byJeff PJones

WOMEN'S POOL PLAY A ceiling of big blustery clouds hangs low over the fields at Marymoor Parle The moming is cool and the fields are soggy after a night of rain. The long-bladed grass is thick and spongy as if waiting for a player to try a layout. It doesn't have to wait long. Chelsea Dengler, a freshman woman from the University of Oregon lays out for a score against the University of British Columbia B-team. "That's her fifth already this moming," a teammate says. Apparently, the grass is good. It will have to be for the numerous layouts to come over 36 games in the next two days. At 10:30 am, a few specks of rain begin to fall. All day, the low ceiling of dark gray clouds are a reminder that this is Seattle and any month besides July and August is considered part of the rainy season. The women's teams are playing for two spots at Nationals. One is almost assured to the University of British Columbia, ranked first in the nation. In their first appearance at Regionals, WWU is seeded last and have never even scored a point in the first game of a toumament before. Today, though, down 10-0 to Whitman in the first game, WWU shatters that negative record and puts the disc in the endzone. Chaos literally erupts on the sideline in celebration. The UC-Davis squad is an entirely different team from the one that had such a strong presence at Nationals last year. They suffered the loss of thirteen players, including the team's organizers. This void makes itself known in their difficulty with UBC's B-team who are running hard in their shiny metallic-blue skirts even though Davis Pleiades pulls the game out. Similarly, University of Oregon Sneetch lost no less than six players to injuries throughout the year so their squad here is weakened though they run hard and play with spirit. Stuck in a comer field with no spectators, unranked Humboldt State and 37th Chico State

play a hard-fought game. The University of Washington team, led by coach Lori Van Holmes, struggles against University of California-Santa Cruz. One UCSC woman lays out in a mud puddle for a D which converts to a score. UCSC, high on spirit, soon has the game in hand. The Berkeley Pie Queens run away with their game against Stanford's Bteam. One game pits WWU Chaos, an unranked team, against UBC, arguably the best team in the nation. Though heavily lopsided, this game says a lot about this year's Regionals. It represents a record number of first-year teams (WWU, Chico State, and UBC's Bteam). It also demonstrates that UBC is on an entirely different level from its competition here.

SUNDAY "Apple! Apple! Apple!" "Onion! Onion! Onion!" Three of their seniors stayed home for finals, so the Whitman Walla Walla Sweets came to this tournament with eight players. They're a fit team anchored by captain Amanda Cronin and they win in the consolation bracket against Berkeley. In their third game of the day, though, against UC-Davis, the Sweets finally run out of steam and are simply ready to be done. Davis advances to play Santa Cruz. Since the women send two teams to Nationals, the game between UBC and Stanford determines which team gets to take the front door. UBC readily dispatches Stanford 15-5. A UBC player says, "We weren't sure how we would match up against the other teams at Regionals since we haven't played them for a while or in really good weather." This tournament was only a confidence booster for UBC. As a championship team, they remain untested after this tournament. In the consolation bracket, UC-Santa Cruz Sol has an intense match-up with UC-Davis Pleiades. Davis has smooth flow and some big hucks and are up 13-8. Santa Cruz, playing with eight freshman, only four vets, and a lot of heart, finds the true test of their worth in this game. Santa Cruz turns it on and stellar play by Sol player Abby Anker, especially a leaping grab for a score, helps Santa Cruz bring it back to within one point at 14-13. Davis fights back and even though Santa Cruz is fired up, they fail to cover the deep threat and Davis finally connects on a huck to win 15-13. After the game, Santa Cruz fonns a large circle and sings "I don't know much but I know I love you and that may be all I need to know. Sol!" This team could be back next year. The stage is set for the women's back-door final between Stanford and UC-Davis. Seeded number eight and ranked 30th, Davis has had a great Regionals. After their game with Santa Cruz, though,

they're sapped. Stanford's two hours of rest and wann-up provide for a relatively easy game. Along with UBC, Stanford will be the other Northwest representative at Nationals.

Great Lakes - Women byJosie Ferrel In the Midwest climate, the weather is not to be depended on at this time of year, but the strong faces of ultimate kids glowed with sun by the end of this Regionals weekend. After having to deal with gusty wind all season, and Sectionals competition that was dominated by zone skills, teams were mostly pleased to see that the sun had come out and the wind had died. The 12 teams competing at Regionals this year were divided into two pools of six. With five pool play games planned for day one and an elimination bracket planned for Sunday's play, the climb to the top 2 spots to go to Nationals would not be easy. The seedings of the teams had fluctuated, sometimes dramatically, throughout the season, making the pool play unpredictable and the elimination brutal. The second day, the top two teams from each pool would participate in a double elimination while the 3rd and 4th from each pool would ' play in single elimination, a twist that the Indiana coach tenned, "cut-throat." In Pool A, Northwestern, led by Shelly Peyton and Courtney Bethem, dominated their opponents without a backward glance. Purdue, with only nine players, managed a victory over Chicago by a single point in the first round and managed to fight through the rest of the pool for a secondplace finish. Number problems are not uncommon in the Great Lakes Region, as many women's teams end up at playing savage seven at tournaments. Notre Dame's team, the 2nd place team in 2000, found themselves third in the pool at the end of Saturday. Chicago and Oberlin tied at 3 losses and 1 win going into their fifth game, and the competition for a spot in the elimination rounds turned out an intense game, with Oberlin pulling ahead to win by 2. In Pool B, three teams went 4 and 1. Ohio University beat Illinois, who beat Indiana, who beat Ohio University. Point differential was turned to, resulting with Ohio first, Illinois second, and then Indiana. Michigan came in 4th at 2 wins and 3 losses. OU's 10-6 win against Illinois would put an ironic pressure on the game they would play against each other the next day in backdoor finals. The most notable game was Indiana vs. Case Western, where Case went up 7-0 at half, with some great throws by Chris Hung and Rima Viliamas. They brought the score to 12-4 at cap, and with the calm leadership of Kim Wysong and her exemplary play, as well as Sarah Lima's psych, Indiana proceeded to score every point thereafter, winning at 13-12

and completing an amazing comeback. Sunday was just as beautiful, the fields were just as green and flat, and eight teams were ready to beat the crap out of any of the other seven that got in their way. Why, if it weren't for those observers our games probably would've gone on until sundown but the spirit was always well intact. Northwestern faced Illinois first round, in an intense game upped by layout D's from Shelly (NW), Kristin (IL), and a freshTexas Sectionals: Reid and Mary about to conne ct. Oh baby! Photo by Matt Lane man named Tamara (NW). They teach them quickly there. Northion after being down at half After the pool western won 13-7, sending Illinois to backdoor play, the top 4 seeds had a bye, and prequarters rounds against Notre Dame, who had won started with the other 8 teams. None of these against Michigan. Ohio University played Purgames were very close. due, sending them to play against Indiana, who The weather was beautiful with a very had won pretty handily against Oberlin. slight breeze the whole weekend leaving teams Finals were Northwestern vs. Ohio Univerlooking for shade whenever possible. Unfortusity, in a game that Northwestern took half nately, the ground was like asphalt due to the quickly at 8-3, then lack of rain Dallas has seen in the past month. faltering, as OU's spread-out offense brought the score to 10-12. But Northwestern buckled down and brought it home and claimed the title of Regional Champs. A field over, Illinois was beating Notre Dame by a margin of 4 points, and Purdue had a lead on Indiana which Kim Wysong and her team brought to within one at cap when Purdue threw a floater to Lonnie for the winning point. Purdue and Illinois were in semis to backdoor, but Illinois took it quickly and went on to play Ohio University. OU went up right away, and took half after several points back and forth. The longer throws and cuts by OU made for great defense opportuniTexas Sectionals: ties for Illinois, but Ohio UniverNaz ish skie s over A&M. Oh so pretty! Photo by Matt Lane sity's offense was effective. Illinois turned on their flow and made runs several The hard ground definately drained the playpoints at time, not catching up until the game ers' legs and left them with nasty brush bums was suddenly 11-11, game to 15. OU, who had and bruises for the ride home. won the day before against Illinois, had been Congrats have to go out for what I believe unexpectedly slowing down, and Illinois took is Texas A&M's first appearance at Nationals. advantage before composure could be Hopefully their hard running will treat them regained, going on to win 2nd place in the well at nationals and the South can get another Region. We wish them and Northwestern luck bid for next year. Players of note over the as they go on to represent the Great Lakes weekend were Andy from Texas, Patrick Region at Nationals. Congrats to all the teams Mackie from LSU, and little Max from Texas for a great Regionals. A&M-all of whom seemed to be everywhere on their fields. Those guys each played 8590% of their team's points throughout the weekend. by John Malone

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Saturday featured pool play and lots oflopsided games in favor of the 4 teams who eventually made semis. Next was pool-crossover of like seeds: Rice beat Kansas in a hard fought game, while Texas A&M rolled over Texas with their uncanny ability to come down with everything thrown long, despite not having much in the height division. The two-seed matchups saw WashU run off five straight points against LSU after being down 10-8 to take one game, while Missouri took down Tulane in similar fash-

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THE GAME by \/Viii Deaver Sportsmanship, guts, emotion, fairness, respect. Those are all words that make up definitions of the word "Spirit", as it is used in Ultimate and as it is written into the rules of the game itself. Despite the obvious focus on the simple outcome of games and tournaments, there is a lot of emphasis placed in sports on how players and teams conduct themselves in competition. The emphasis may not be in the headlines or on ESPN, but it is very real and is evidenced by the feeling that players and spectators take away with them from the competition ... the feeling that lasts long after the games are over. Ultimate continues to celebrate this aspect of competition in sports with spirit awards, given at the highest level of competition. One team in each division and one player on each team were chosen to receive an award for Spirit at this year's UPA Junior

and UPA College Championships. Following each game at the championships, opposing teams rated each other based on the level of spirit they felt the other team showed during the match. Ratings were 1-5, with 5 being the best score a team could give. The winner in each division was decided by averaging the spirit ratings a team was given by its opponents throughout the tournament. The winning team was honored with a trophy and was recognized at the end of the tournament awards ceremony. Individual spirit winners were chosen by each team from within its own ranks. Each team was asked to honor a teammate who best represented the spirit of Ultimate and their team. Individual spirit winners in the Juniors Division were each given a Spirit of the Game disc. Individual spirit winners in the College Divisions were given a medal and a Tshirt from spirit award sponsors, "Life is Good". Junior winners were recognized at the awards ceremony and the college winners were recognized at half-time of their respective division's finals. To some teams, spirit may include being funny (" ... like a clown ... "). To others it might be based on trying your best every point, or on a respect for the rules and the opponent even above the outcome of the game. It's

To the tune of "Devil Went Down to Georgia" Paideia came down to Nashville They were lookin' for a game to steal.

They were throwin' a zone, pretty close to home, and damn they were keepin' it real. Chorus:

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Teom Spirit (Open Division): University School of Nashville "Brutal Grassburn" Teom Spirit (Girls' Division): University School of Nashville "Brutal Grassburn" lndividuol Spirit: Richards High and Paideia JV combo - Phil Bergner, Ben Horgan Tampa Bay- Dave Authier Columbia High -Jason Skrobe Hanover High - Matt Chamberlain Castro Valley High -Jud Parkin Midwest Express - Ty Phelps Susquehannock High - Mark Furlers Newton North A - Rusty "bring the" Paine University School of Nashville - Courtney Dale Leesville High - Martin Schlesinger Scarsdale High -Andrew Sosa Woodward Academy- Justin Vogt St. Johns-Ravenscourt- Malcolmb Gooi Paideia High - Robert Bethea Amherst Regional High -Jeff Ahern Northfield Mount Hermon -Jeff Stewart 2001 UPA College Championships Spirit Awards Team Spirit (Open Division): U. of Oregon "EGO" (perfed 5.0 average, semifinalists!)

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Scarsdale's cheer to Paideia after Semis at the Open Junior Championships

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important to note that this is not a "consolation" prize reserved for teams that perform poorly or players who don ' t get to play. Some winning players were injured, others provided sideline support and emotional leadership, and many others are the stars of their teams. The winners represent a cross section of players and teams, some who play the game precisely and efficiently, but all of whom engage in the competition with a style that elicits respect from teammates and opponents alike. In that respect, we should all strive to be more like the following players and teams listed on the right.

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Teom Spirit (Open Division): University of Oregon Teom Spirit (Women's Division): Swarthmore 'Warmothers"

INDIVIDUAL SPIRIT: (Open Division) Brown -Moses Rifkin (Rocham over Kyle 4-1) Tufts - Dave Rosenburg Oregon - Ben Wiggins Harvard- Justin Skinner Ohio State -Jeff Pula Cornell- Russ "the pirate" Woodroofe U Penn -Jared "Lurdy" lnselman UC Santa Barbara - Ernesto Aubin UNC-Chapel Hill- Rhett Nichols Colorado -Micky "Mad Dog" Madzinsky Texas A&M - Ben Solomon Michigan - "Rook" Wisconsin - Matty Anderson Duke - Geoff Morrison Carleton -John Lite// (Women's Division) Brown - Pauline Lauderbach Tufts- Tally Avery Washington St. Louis - Melanie Koskamp Colorado - Roxanne Khorsand Wisconsin - Carrie FranzjJenny Tran UC San Diego - Kirstin Unfried MIT- Pei-Lin Hsiung Georgia - Evelyn Ogburn Stanford- Whitney Metzger Northwestern - Shelly Peyton Swarthmore - Marah Gotcsik Illinois - Heather Sattler Bucknell - Kate McDevitt

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THE ULTIMATE REVVARD By Kurt Dahlenburg I just returned from Nashville, TN where I helped coach a Juniors division team called Northfield Mount Hermon. I have been coaching and playing Ultimate for the past 23 years, all in the Men's Open division, have attended the Nationals tournaments for the last ten years in a row and have been to all the World Club tournaments since they started. I have been to the College nationals, helped observe the games for the UPA, I am currently a member of the board of directors for the UPA and have basically spent my entire adult life being involved with our great sport. Yet in all those 23 years, I have never been motivated to write an article for our newsletter until now. Back in August of last year, I received a phone call from Jacob Goldstein,l5 , asking if he and his brother Isaac, 17, could attend one of our practices since their parents had just moved to Miami. He said that they would practice just this one night because they had to go back up North to their high school. With reluctance, I said it would be all right, but by the end of the practice our team had adop ted them as our own. They were back for the Christmas holidays and they asked me if I would help coach their high school Ultimate team, since they would be coming down for spring break in March. I told them that I would be willing to coach them if they were willing to practice everyday of their spring break. " No problem," they said, "we'll see you in the spring." Come March, the team came down and, let me tell you, they were ready to learn. With their eyes wide open and their ears listening to every word, they were like sponges absorbing everything they were taught and excited that someone was willing to teach them. I could not believe how fast they picked things up and how much effort they put into learning our

great game. They came to our practices to watch, at first, but by the time two weeks passed they were able to scrimmage against our Open team and hold their own. Back to school they went, pumped up and ready to get more kids to try out for the team. Starting with about ten kids, they soon got 40 kids to tryout. I told the team I would fly up and attend the Amherst tournament, which is one of the larger Juniors tournaments each year, in early May, up in the Northeast. The tournament was huge with over 20 teams (boys and girls) and even middle school teams. The school vans were pulling into the parking lot and all these high school teams in full uniforms were ready to compete and play great, hard fought Ultimate. When they started playing and they finished the first couple of rounds of play, it hit me like a ton of bricks; I saw first hand why we all fell in love with the sport. Any disputes (foul calls, violations, etc.) were handled in under 30 seconds , unless of course, one of us coaches got involved. Just kidding, because the coaches are very patient and very helpful and are very much needed. To see these kids make their first big catch or their first break-themark pass is as pure as the game itself. Let me tell you that it does your heart good. Then once the games were completed, to see them get together and come up with the cheer for the other team is something to be

seen. Not a cheer like in the Open division, where all we can come up with is Goooood Game!!! They do 5-6 verse cheers that are impressive. It is all good stuff and you can see on the kids faces how much they love the game and how much they need and want our help to learn the game. Our team did well and finished 3rd, Next, we were off to Nashville, TN for the 2001 UPA Junior Open Invitational Championships. The tournament was set with 16 teams from all around the U.S. and even a team from Canada. Remember this is 16 high school teams th at require chaperones and all kinds of paper work that must be completed for them to attend. Most of the teams have to raise their own funds to pay for tickets, hotels and food. Once play began it was competitive but respectful play. The players had a tournament dinner on Saturday night and were off to sleep to get ready for the final day of the tournament. The final day of play was again hard fought and once more we finished a proud third. The kids could hardly walk because they had left it all out on the field. The Paideia team from Atlanta, GA won over Amherst from Amherst, MA in a tough game. Congratulations to Michael Baccarini and his team Paideia Gruel for winning the national title. To all the players and the coaches at the tournament, Congratulations! You all were amazing . Now came the toughest part of Juniors' Ultimate- saying good-bye

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The kids are taught that fair play and good sportsmanship are most important.

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to the players and good-bye to the seniors for the final time. For our team, Northfield Mount Hermon, it was a tremendous year of Ultimate. Look at the fire you guys started at your school. To the players like Jacob and Isaac - look how far you came as players and leaders in just one short season. To the new kids: go get them next season. To Juniors' Ultimate, look out for Misha, Kelvin, Travis, Colin and Jake. To all the players , coaches, parents and school employees of Juniors ' Ultimate: thanks for opening my eyes to this level of our sport. I truly believe that for our sport to have a successful future, as players and members of the UPA, we need to give support to our Juniors' division. By being involved with the Juniors, we are able to come in contact with mainstream America. You become involved with all the kids parents and teachers at a time when the kids are their priority, and we are able to reach them because they see the love of the game their kids and students have for our sport. The parents and teachers see what a great character builder our sport is at such an important time of the kids ' educational process. We can never reach these people through College or Open division play. Remember, they are very involved with their kids still and they see the results on their children after they have played Ultimate Frisbee. The kids are taught that fair play and good sportsmanship are most important. As a result, the parents and teachers love it and throw their full support behind it. In my opinion this is how we can show the world our sport. But the real reward of Juniors' Ultimate is for those of you who become involved with the Junior players. You will not only be helping the future of our sport but you will rediscover why you fell in love with the sport in the first place. This is the Ultimate reward.

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CALlAHAN AVVARD VVINNERS by Charles Kerr

The winners for the 2001 Callahan Award for most valuable player in the Men's and Women's divisions of college Ultimate are Alex Star Nord of Carleton College and Lindsay Thompson Goldsmith of Swarthmore College. Alex Nord, a senior and team cocaptain, led Carleton to its first ever college title at the UPA College Championships held in Boston, MA over Memorial Day weekend. After a strong performance during the 2000 Championships (Boise, ID) Nord entered the 2001 season as an overwhelming favorite to win the Callahan Award. By votes of his fellow players he won by a 2: 1 margin over Moses Rifkin of Brown University. The 6'5" Nord dominated play at this year's College Championships, scoring or assisting on 10 of Carleton's points during their semi-final victory over UC Santa Barbara (15-10) and scoring eight goals in the finals as Carleton defeated the University of Colorado 15-11. In the final game, with Carleton leading 12-11, Nord suffered a mild concussion when he was flipped head over heels after catching a crucial goal by diving over his defender's shoulder. Nord walked off the field unassisted, but did not return

Women's Division Callahan Award Winner Lind say Goldsmith

to finish the game. Lyn Debevoise, National College Director for the Ultimate Players Association (UPA), called Nord's overall play this year in Boston, "the best individual performance at a championship tournament" he'd ever witnessed. In addition to Ultimate, Nord was a successful high school soccer player and was a starter on the Carleton var-

2001 Callahan Women Angela Lin, Katherine Kidd路Shippey, Lind say Goldsmith, Bryn Martyna, Che lsea Boyle, Kelley Reiners

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Open Division Callahan Award Winner Alex Nord, Open Division Callahan Award Winner

sity soccer team his sophomore year. Nord started playing Ultimate while attending New Options Middle School in Seattle and was introduced to the sport by one of his teachers, Joe Bisingano. Nord continued to play Ultimate at Garfield High School, also in Seattle. In winning the UPA College Cham-

pionship, Carleton College finished the year with a record of 30-4 and in addition to defeating UC Santa Barbara and the University of Colorado, Carleton defeated top ranked Ultimate teams from: Cornell, NC State, the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Duke University, UNC Chapel Hill , Tufts University, UC Berkeley, and the University of Michigan. The runner-ups for the 2001 Callahan Award in the Men's division were: 2. Moses Rifkin, Senior, Brown University 3. Patrick Hard, Senior, NC State University Lindsay Goldsmith, a Swarthmore senior and team co-captain, was instrumental in both building Swarthmore into a top ranked team and in helping the team qualify for the UPA College Championships in 2000 and 2001. Goldsmith along with senior Jenny Hoedeman, coached and co-captained the Swarthmore team. Swarthmore entered the UPA College Championships as the 10th seed and finished the tournament with a record of 1-4, defeating MIT 15-12 while losing to UNC-Wilmington,

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Callahan Men Top vote getters: Opie O'Connel, Alex Nord, Tim Murray, Steven Rouisse (stand-in cameo by Mark Dri路 ver), Moses Rifkin, (not pictured 路 Patrick Hard) 2001

HISTORY OF THE CALLAHAN AVVARD by Charles Kerr The Callahan Award is named in honor of Henry Callahan, the founder of the University of Oregon Ultimate team and one of the sport's original star players and organizers. fu 1984, when Callhan was 25 years old, an armed robber Henry Callahan. shot and killed him, while he was employed as head waiter at a Boulder, CO restaurant. Ultimate is currently played by over 4,000 college students at 220 universities and colleges throughout the US and Canada. Over the last ten years the sport has experienced rapid growth in popularity and universities with strong Ultimate programs

include: Stanford, UC Santa Barbara, North Carolina State University (NCSU), UNC Chapel Hill, UNC-Wilmington, Duke, the University of Colorado, Cornell University, Brown University, Harvard, the University of Oregon and the University of British Columbia. Ultimate combines many of the physical aspects of soccer, basketball and football. College Ultimate is played by clubs supported by the individual schools with a national organization, the Ultimate Players Association (UPA), organizing a series of sectional and regional tournaments that lead to 16 teams from each division

attending the UPA College Championship tournament. 1996 1999 Keith Monahan Fort una! Mueller This year's Oregon State University Brown University championship Val Kelly Jody Dozono tournament was University of Pennsylvania University of Oregon held in Boston, MA and fea1997 2000 Jim Schoettler Justin Safdie tured Carleton Brown University Stanford University College and the Dominique Fontenette Johanna Neumann University of Tufts University Stanford Colorado in the 2001 Men's final with 1998 Brian Harriford Alex Nord the University Carlton LSU of Georgia play"AJ" Johnson Lind say Goldsmith ing Stanford Stanford Swarthmore University in the be found at: http://college.upa.org Women's. The finals were played on the The Callahan Award is co-sponsored Tufts University football field in front of by the Ultimate Players Association an estimated crowd of over 3,500 fans. Additional information on Ultimate can (UPA), Eurosport, and Discraft, me.

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ÂŤAWARDS continued from previous page Brown, UCSD and Bucknell. Playing in a total of five games over two days, Goldsmith played virtually ever point for Swarthmore and was the team's key offensive player. Goldsmith attended Scarsdale High School, graduating in 1997 from the Alternative School. She was captain of the Scarsdale Ultimate team for two years and credits Jon Gertwitz (noted club Ultimate player, including member of five time National Champions New York, New York) as her original coach. While at Scarsdale, Goldsmith also played for two years with Fortunat Mueller (Brown University and

1999 Callahan Award winner) who Goldsmith describes as being instrumental in her development as a successful team captain. Will Deaver, coach of the nationally ranked University of Georgia Women's team (1998-2000), called Swarthmore, " the one team every coach wanted to

avoid playing early in a tournamentthey were always a threat to upset your team and could be counted on to leave your team exhausted." After the championship tournament Goldsmith graduated from Swarthmore and has accepted a teaching job with the Philadelphia, PA school system. Goldsmith will

Swarthmore [is]"the one team every coach wanted to avoid playing early in a tournament ... "

be playing thi s fall with a top women's club team, the Philly Peppers and hopes to coach the Swarthmore Women's team during the Spring of 2002. Goldsmith won a tight race for the 2001 Callahan Award, defeating two candidates from the University of Georgia: 2. Angela Lin, Graduate Student, University of Georgia 3. Katharine Kidd-Shippey, Senior, University of Georgia Additional information on Callahan Award can be found at: http://www.callahan-mvp.com

PAIDEIA HIGH SCHOOL VVINS UPA JUNIOR OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP by Harper Alexander I was lucky enough to finish my academic finals at Brown in time to make it home in time to observe the Junior National Championship Tournament, May 19-20 in Nashville. When I say I "observed" the tournament, I mean it in the most straightforward way - no orange shirts, no active line calls, no stopwatch, no "twenty seconds, pulling team;' no Charles Kerr- I was able simply to watch a great tournament. It was a kind of indulgent relaxation I hadn't felt in too long a time regarding Ultimate. The weather was OK, the fields were great, and the teams were excited- some just to be there, others for their chance at a national title. Since my brother was playing with Paideia, most of my observations from Sat-

urday are of them and the teams they played- my apologies to the other teams. As the No. 1 seed, Paideia was the heavy favorite, having beaten Amherst High School (and all others they faced) at the Amherst Invitational two weeks before. That tournament win was a first for Paideia, a school that had fared well in their five previous trips to Amherst, but never won there. This Nationals appearance was a first for Paideia as well since it was the first time that the tournament has not fallen on the same weekend as Paideia graduation. Would the pressure of having never played at this rarified level of competition (although the Amherst Invite is comparable) and the pressure of being the heavy favorite be too much for the Paideia team? It didn't seem to be. In pool play,

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Paideia cruised past Hanover (NH) and the semifinal match-ups pitted Amherst Susquahannock (New Freedom, PA) and against Northfield Mount Hermon and Paideia against Scarsdale. edged a talented and wellAll of these schools have coached Madison, Wisproud traditions and have consin team named Midproduced players that west Express. The Midhave gone on to play on west team was tall and Junior National teams seemed to catch Paideia off-guard with their skill and college heavyweight and enthusiasm. In the teams. Paideia jumped first half, Paideia was out to an 8-2 halftime lead on Scarsdale behind down 4-3 before turning an extremely efficient up the D and taking the defense that forced turns half and eventually the and scored devastatingly game 15-8. Amherst also quickly. Though seniors went 3-0 in pool play, Paul Vandenberg, Hunter without even being tested Alexander and Adam as Paideia was, giving up Simon led them on the Paideia's Jamal skyed for a piece only 7, 5, and 2 goals in against Columbia, but Bill stays with it. their matches. field, Paideia has a deep St. John's-Ravenscourt from Canada appeared, at least to me, to be fairly tall and very athletic, and I was surprised when I later heard that they had gone 1-2 in pool play. Both Scarsdale (a mild surprise, as the third seed m their pool) and Northfield Mount Hermon showed well, going 3-0. The format for Junior Nationals is the same as Scardale Scoober. the one for College Nationals, except it is compressed into two days, with all elimination play on Sunday. On elimination day,

Isaiah and Dylan. Photo by UPA

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squad of capable throwers and star receivers, so when they force D's they zip down the field without any trouble, no matter who is on the field. At halftime I left this game to go watch the AmherstNMH semifinal, which was much closer. When I got to that field, the score was 7-6 NMH, and they had the disc with the chance to Photo by UPA take half 8-6. Amherst's coaches Tiina Booth and JeffYu were both frustrated, and once Amherst had forced a turnover, they called

Josh Zipperstein beating Vandenberg on the big up line shot in the final.

time-out. Coming out of the time-out Amherst scored and then NMH scored, to take half 8-7. I knew Amherst would not go down this easy, and sure enough they came out and scored three in a row to take a small lead From this point on, the two teams fought hard. NMH gutted out some tough goals, but their offensive scheme seemed to hurt them; it seemed to consist of tiring out their two best players by having them tear tiny circles around each other, getting off two-foot passes at stall-nine counts over and over. These two players, Isaac Goldstein, who I talked to after the game and Jacob Goldstein (brothers?), were extremely athletic and talented, but it seemed like an inefficient way to use them. In the end, Amherst's experience was too much and they won the game by 4 or 5 points, scoring to leader Isaiah Robinson over and over again cutting upfield from the dump position. The finals match-up was Paideia vs. Amherst, as most expected, though both teams got tested in their semifinal games (Scarsdale fought back to make the game respectableoutscoring Paideia in the second half to make the game 15-10). The entire tournament seemed to lead up to this final game, and from the beginning Paideia seemed more ready. Paideia jumped out to a 3-0 lead fueled by relaxed offense and a huge layout block by junior Dylan Tunnell that not many players at any level would have gotten. It was a major momentum boost for Paideia, who then pushed the lead to 7-2 and looked like they might actually blow out the Amherst Hurricanes. Again, as in the Northfield game, Amherst was not going down without a fight and they came out and scored three in a row, pulling it to 7-5 before Paideia took half 8-5. Halftime was only

Think Amherst's Tobin wants the block?

about two minutes because of the cap coming quickly due to Amherst's flight home. Coming out of halftime would be crucial for both teams since the cap would come so soon. True to championship form, Paideia came out of half stronger and took two in a row to pretty much put the game away. The cap went on at 10-5, game to 12. The game got a little sloppy at this point as both offenses stagnated in the Tennessee heat, and it became a question of field position and a matter of which team could bring down hucks in traffic. Amherst scored two goals in a row to threaten at 10-7, but then Paideia woke up and gutted out the final two goals, taking the championship 12-7 over a very good but outgunned Amherst team. It was Paideia's first trip to Nationals and they won convincingly over a school that historically has been one or more than one levels of play beyond them. Both teams played well to the end, as did all of the teams at Junior Nationals. There are superstars on nearly every team, players at 16-, 17-, 18-years old who are already savvy, athletic veterans with many years of experience. One of the glaring differences that I have noticed between the Juniors Ultimate being played these days and the Juniors game of ten or even five years ago is depth. I know for a fact that Amherst and Paideia, the two teams who made the finals at Junior Nationals, have established substantial Ultimate programs at their schools, extending organized Ultimate as young as 7th grade. Both of these schools have Ultimate Frisbee summer camps where they introduce the game to kids as young as eight or nine. Girls' teams, Junior High teams and junior varsity teams have all been added to the

Juniors' game in the last five years. Nowadays, by the time kids are in ninth grade they are trying out for the varsity team, often calling on 5-6 years of experience gained before they even get to high school to help them make it. Endzone action in the quarters: Columbia v Paideia Furthermore, kids from these proscene will have more parity, and the level of grams often go on to form the cores of strong play will resemble today's college game. college programs (look at Carleton's roster). This is all a while off. I actually spent That kind of depth is incredible and it's cermost of my weekend in Nashville glad to get tainly what pushed Paideia and Amherst to the away from some of the higher-level, higherfinals at Nationals. When other high schools pressure aspects of Ultimate and just and middle schools establish programs as deep "observe" again. as these two schools, the Juniors Ultimate

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AMHERST AGAIN, AND AGAIN! By Joe Gorman Amherst, Massachusetts on a Thursday night doesn' t sound like anything special, just another college town at the end of a semester.... After a couple wrong turns, I finally arrived at the Wallack house, my host family for the weekend. In Amherst, every visiting Ultimate team or player has a host family for the weekend. This is the kind of environment Tiina Booth has helped create. There's more than meets the eye- a more welcoming location is hard to imagine for the 2001 UPA Junior Girls' Invitational Championship. Tiina Booth and Jim Pistrang had everything so well organized that on Friday I had enough time to browse the multiple used book stores to try and find books on disc sports for the UPA Archives. Of the four bookstores I went to, none had any books on discs, but three had advertisements up for the Amherst Invitational and UPA Junior Girls' Championship - another sign of the disc friendly nature of Amherst Later that night, the Wallack family invited me to join them for dinner- a truly generous gesture that I soon learned was the rule and not the exception of all the host families. From the gentleman laughing at having to yell at the team he was hosting to 'stop cleaning' after they had been fed, to the mom whose son had graduated two years earlier from Amherst, but still insisted on hosting the Paidiea team, even rooting for them, unless they were playing Amherst, of course. Over dinner I learned that Shannon Wallack had only been playing Ultimate since the previous summer and found a new passion nourished by his role on the Amherst Varsity Boys team. And the Wallack family learned an Assistant Director from the UPA wasn't the suit they were expecting.

With an Ultimate community such as this hosting the 2001 UPA Junior Girls' Invitational Championship, you knew it was going to be the great experience it was. Even the overcast drizzle Saturday morning couldn't dampen the excitement and nerves of the eight teams who had traveled to vie for the 2001 UPA Junior Girls' Championship title. With this, the pool play action began:

Pool X This rich Ultimate community has produced one of the most disciplined teams in the Juniors division, girls or boys. Coach Susan Morrello had the Amherst varsity girls' team ready for Nationals, as evidenced by the shutouts of Madison's Mahadivas and the Andover High School teams. The only team to score on the Amherst varsity girls' on Saturday was Haverhill High School, and only once.

PooiY The other pool of four, headed by number one seed Brutal Grassburn from Nashville, TN, offered more competitive games. The Stuyvesant/Bronx Science team had no players taller than 5' 2", and half the team not wearing cleats. But they never gave up on a disc that was in the air, and they made some difficult low grabs to erase an 8-2 half time deficit and tie the score at 8's against Atlanta's Paideia. Paideia eventually won the time-capped game by a score of 10-9, despite the hard-fought effort of the Stuyvesant/Science women. Tennessee looked good in all their games as the No. one seed. In windy conditions, they survived a great defensive effort brought by the Paideia team and the multiple layout D's of Rebecca Simon. The final score of the time-capped game was 6-4. Amherst junior varsity staged the upset of

Amherst Regional High School Varsity ultimate team. Photo courtesy of Sue Morrello

the tournament by holding off the late charge of a surprised Paideia team to knock off the Atlanta girls 8-7.

Semis A three-way tie for 2nd in Pool Y occurred because Stuyvesant/Science had beaten Amherst N earlier on Saturday. Point differential made Stuyvesant/Science the number two seed, giving them the opportunity to face the local powerhouse, Amherst varsity, in the semi-finals on Sunday. The other semi-final had Nashville facing Haverhill High School, who had won their games on Saturday against Madison and Andover by margins of eight or more. Nashville, led by the spirited and composed play of Tobey Beaver and Chowning Johnson, controlled the game from the beginning and took home the victory 10-6. This put them in the finals against a rested Amherst Varsity squad that had dominated the much smaller Stuyvesant/Science in their semifmal match-up. Final score, 15-2.

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Final Teammates from the 2000 Worlds Junior girls' team, Hannah Kim and Chowning Johnson, were on opposite sides in this final. With the hometown crowd behind them, the Amherst varsity girls maintained control of the game throughout and beat Brutal Grassburn 17-3 for their third consecutive UPA Junior Girls' Championship. Amherst was far above the rest of the competition, showing that any road to the UPA Junior Girls' Championship in the near future will go through this little town in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts. Congratulations to Amherst varsity girls for winning the 2001 Championship and to Brutal Grassburn for displaying an attitude worthy of the Spirit Award. Thank you to all the host families of Amherst, MA for allowing Ultimate teams from all over to stay at their houses over the weekend, and congratulations to all the teams for a hard-fought and highly spirited weekend of Ultimate.

FICTION AND 0THER\NISE By Tony Leonardo

Lets get the real dirt and find out about this year's top College teams and players. Texas A&M player Max Cook's real name is "Ernesto." Nikki Miani, UNCW, slept with her college coach, Andrew Zeldin, to get more playing time. Shelley Peyton, Northwestern, eats raw eggs for breakfast and works out in a gym while talking on a cell phone. Her favorite actress is Linda Fiorentino. Moses Rifkin, Brown, once told me that his role model was Neil Diamond. Mike Gerics, captain UNCW, has

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Tourettes syndrome and, paradoxically, washes his hands thirty times a day. Jaime Houssian, UCSB, used to be a member of the Bhagwan Bahi Haj cult. Dan Schneider, UCSB, likes to eat metal. There's a guy named Sam who plays for Duke Vertigo, but he tore his meniscus a month ago and can't play. As such, he will be sitting on the sidelines with a cooler of beer. If you come up to him and say, "Hey, dude, do you know what the score is?" or "Who's winning?" he will give you a free cold one.

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Erin Donovan, Washington University, eats cereal for breakfast, lunch and dinner even though her mother told her not to when she was 12. The Texas A&M team's favorite cheer is "1-2-3 Aggies!" and if they win a game they will shave off all their body hair. Ohio State's Kevin Reichert loves Pearl Jam to the point of obsession, and beneath that bottle-blonde hair, if you look closely, you'll find he's secretly a woman. Jennifer Donnelly, coach of Stanford, once proudly called herself a sorority girl. Her nickname was "Pouty Spice" and that

was before the Spice Girls existed. UBC's Lara Mussell is receiving her degree in electroshock therapy for joint stiffness. Alex Nord dyes his hair redder so one day he can be a men's fashion model. UCSD's Corinne Ginsberg is a distant relative of Allen Ginsberg. Brian Reichenberger, one of those innumerable grad students at Colorado, shaves his palms. Tufts' Ewo stands for E-women, which they decided on only after someone dropped the ' K' in Ewok three years ago.

ULTIMATE FRISBEE IN GUATEMALA

Hello Ultimate Frisbee players! My name is Pam Baker and I began playing Ultimate at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. After graduating, I moved to Portland, OR where I played with The Swarm for one year and then we became known as SCHWA. Recently, I moved to Guatemala City. I am teaching at the American School of Guatemala as a Physical Education instructor in the middle

school, and you can bet, I am teaching an eighteen week unit on Ultimate Frisbee. The UPA sent The American School 16 new Frisbees, along with twO videos, an instructional video and the Junior's National Championship 2000. To show my appreciation, I am sharing my experiences and some photos of my middle school students. I hope you enjoy!!! To begin my unit on Frisbee, I had the great opportunity to have Merm Rosenbaum (who played with Cornell Roses, Portland SCHWA, and Seattle's Women on the Verge) help me introduce the flick. She was visiting Guatemala and came to several of my classes. The first few weeks were simply fundamentals, which is hard for the students because all they want to do is PLAY. I see eight different sections of thirty students once a week for 35 minutes each, so every second counts when you are introducing a new sport. Initially, I had the students grab a part-

ner and throw. While they threw I went around and gave one-on-one instruction for the backhand and forehand. I gave a test on backhand skills, and had a competition/test on going to the Frisbee. This competition entailed two students about 20 feet apart, then I threw the Frisbee and they raced to see who could retrieve it. Drills I have incorporated were ones I used on my teams. Bread basket (if Molly Barnes of Portland, OR reads this she will know what I am talking about), defense circle drill, and monkey in the middle. Presently, I am in the process of organizing a mini tourney of round-robin Hot Box within each section. After the tournament, we will begin playing Ultimate. I have promised my best section in 6th grade and my best in 7th grade to be videotaped while they are playing. If any Ultimate Players are traveling in Guatemala up until September 2001 , please stop and visit. It would be great to have other players come to the school. You could stay with me a few days! My local phone number in Guatemala City is 502-369-7673 and my email address is pamrbaker@hotmail.com. Please come!!! Also, I have created a Web site for my students www.cag.edu. gtlspecial/Ultimate Please check out some of these pictures in color. Thanks and keep playing Ultimate!

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AVVARENESS IN INDIA By Koen Van Rompay

We want to thank the World Flying Disc Federation for your recent donation of frisbees. As our Web site (www.sahaya.org) indicates, we collaborate with grassroots organizations that are actively involved in social and educational development projects in rural villages in Tamil Nadu, India. These villages are among the poorest in India, where many people are illiterate. As a medical researcher at the University of California, I started these collaborations three years ago, after an AIDS conference in Madras. There I befriended two social workers, who opened my eyes to the problems of the developing countries. I realized a little bit of effort from our side can make a big difference there .... Recently, I spent four weeks in these villages to volunteer and to visit the many programs we help support. The frisbees were the best things I could have brought with me!! I donated frisbees to various schools, such as two kindergarten schools, an elementary school, a school for disabled children, an evening school where illiterate adults learn

to read and write, and a number of youth groups in different villages. We also used frisbees when we would go to poor villages to have meetings with the parents, to keep the children occupied during that time. The Frisbee was always a good way to get them involved ... and the response was always very warm. Most of the schools and youth groups there don't have group games (or if they have something, it is cricket which is only played by boys), so they all just loved it. As soon as I would show them how to play, they all joined in, and ran around laughing and screaming with joy! It was so heartwarming to see the many smiles on their faces. Even while they were playing, some of them would sometimes suddenly interrupt their play to run over to me to shake my hand and say, "Thank you!" (one of the few English words they know), before running back to continue playing. In the future, we will use frisbees to build team formation and responsibility in these children and youth groups. It wasn't just the children and youth who enjoyed it, but also many adults! Each time we started playing with the youth living on our street, we got attention from their parents. While initially a bit reluctant, the proverbial ice soon melted, as a number of them also participated in the fun! I also used the frisbees for a much more serious topic

Being a HIV scientist from the USA, they believed me, so they would ask for my autograph.

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visiting the rural villages during the first few days I'"~ of my arrival there, I was .. : very shocked when I found out the level of HN awareness was so low. Many people think that HN is transmitted through mosquitoes or that it can be transferred by eating food prepared by somebody who has HN. People identified as HN-positive really have to hide their status, or they get stigmatized and often get thrown out of their communities. Most HN-infected people spend all their money on local quacks, who sell them expensive, but totally ineffective, or often even highly-toxic compounds. The doctors are frustrated because they can't find the money to give the patients medication. And there I was, the AIDS scientist from the USA, who represents all HN researchers of the world with nothing to offer, nothing to console these people. It is all unbelievable! But the saying "one has to see it to believe it" is true. On this trip, I realized how bad the HN epidemic in India is going to get. If we don't do something right now, in five or ten years from now, it will be as bad as in

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many African countries, where 30% or more of adults have HN and where whole villages are being depopulated. Although I have no training in being an HN awareness/prevention/safe sex educator, I figured this was so urgent I just had to do something, even if it was total improvisation. In the days after that, our regular schedule consisted of visiting a number of women's and youth groups. Each time we would give a brief lecture about HN and then spend the rest of the time answering questions. Youth are the same all over the world, so there is always at least one who would try to ask some tricky question! I must admit that I had never imagined

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New Zealand Ultimate:

ULTIMATE FANATICS DOVVN UNDER by Emily Thomas Hi, my name is Emily Thomas. I come from a little-insize but proud-inspirit city in New Zealand called Dunedin. And there are a bunch of us crazy people here who live and breathe Ultimate. The following is quite small, just enough for four teams during the summer league and six teams for indoors league. This is just enough people to warrant numerous parties and trips away to exciting places, and of course representation at the NZ Nationals Champs. In fact, with a bit of luck, we may be hosting the competition next year! Our team this year was the SuperPrecocious MegaPodes and they were awesome, although not able to snatch the third place prize. We're looking forward to the next season and a home-town advantage. Generally we play pick-up on Sunday afternoons and league on Wednes-

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day nights. The finals of this league were held on June lOth, and were a fierce competition between the (more experienced) players Discrepits and the young stars Discrace. So if ever you are in NZ, hook up with us we 'd love to play with you. For Ultimate in NZ (and also Dunedin) cruise to www.nzfda.org.nz. Men are well represented in Dunedin Ultimate, women not quite so. But we're looking to do something about this, with a Women 's team in the indoor league for the first time ever, and a Women's only hat tourney planned for July. We're gonna get tough and show the boys what we're made of! And although the Women 's team doesn't get many points, we look damn fine in our skin tight purple t-shirts! And of course there are numerous parties and trips away for all Ultimate fanatics. We're practicing our drink-

ing skills to compete with the best. Of course, we never mind practicing just a wee bit more ... Trips often go to Naseby, a tiny village in the heart of the mountains with spectacular scenery and a really awesome disc golf course. And lots of patches of

bumpy sloping ground for Mountainbike Ultimate. We are venturing into the unknown next weekend involving a trip to a small town further North, planned with lots of Golf, DDC, Mountainbike Ultimate and drinking on the agenda ...

The way to combat the HIV epidemic is not by throwing the HIV-positive people out of the village. What fuels the epidemic is ignorance and indifference. By creating awareness and promoting responsibility, we can fight the HIV epidemic. And frisbees are a useful tool in this combat!

E-mail: kkvanrompay@ucdavis.edu The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) offers small "Missionary Grants" each year to promote international disc sport play and goodwill. For information on how to apply for discs for international use through the WFDF Missionary Grants program, write Treasurer Joey Gray, jogray@speakeasyorg. Supplies are limited

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myself ever standing in front of a huge classroom talking about these things, especially considering that I have never had any special training in this, that I'm quite shy, and that I was raised as a Catholic (if my mother would know some of the things I discussed!). Sensing the urgency of the situation forced me to overcome any fear and 'just do it". If we don't inform, nobody will, and many of these youth will expose themselves unknowingly to the danger of HIV! The response was always very good. The youth were very thankful that we gave them correct information and that we dismissed false rumors about HIV and safe sex. Being a HIV scientist from the USA, they believed me, so they would ask for

my autograph. It was like being a Hollywood star, not that this interests me, but I played along, because I figured that if they save that piece of paper they would hopefully get reminded of my messages about safe sex, or they would read the HIV prevention brochures we gave them. The teachers didn't object to our programs. Even though we sometimes broke cultural barriers by mentioning taboo topics, it was also clear that we tried to instill a sense of responsibility in everyone. Since we (the HIV researchers) have not come up with a cure or a vaccine, these youth shouldn't depend on us, or on the government, or on their peers. No!! Their future as an individual, the future of their families, the future of their villages is all in their own hands. It all depends on them making the right decision at the right time. Now where do the frisbees fit in? At the end of each HIV awareness program, we would donate one or two frisbees to the school or youth group, to thank them for their attention and their participation. They were always very grateful for this gift, but most importantly, I realized that whenever they'll play Frisbee, they will get reminded of our program and our simple messages. For some of these youth, it may make a big difference in their life.

- Koen Van Rompay, Secretary Sahaya International Web site: www.sahaya.org

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BEHIND THE SCENES AT A SUMMER LEAGUE DRAF I By Elyssa East: The clock on the movie screen is ticking and everyone in the room is counting down, and screaming numbers, "Five, Four...." Kevin Massey, a Red Tide player, is on the clock, trying to make a player pick in the Portland (Maine) Summer League Draft tonight. He is well into crafting a phenomenally stacked team, but he's faltering. So far his two picks have already been selected. He sweats out another name. "Three ..." the other 35 captains and cocaptains in the room are getting louder, though it doesn ' t seem possible. Some of the new captains cringe, bewildered and fearful that the same humiliation will fall upon them. They are near clueless to the fact that Massey 's team is already the team to beat. Alex Pozzy (pronounced posy, like rosy), the League Commish, scans through the database, "Nope." "Two!" the captains shout with relish as though this is some sort of karmic vengeance against the man who is such a naturally talented captain that he'd previously been ranked by his peers as the best captain in the league. Tonight, he just happened to luck out and draw first place for the most coveted pick, the Men's pick. Massey 's now sweating bullets. He's almost got another name. "One! Stall!!! " The yells are piercing, the laughter intense. A mushroom cloud flashes across the projector screen and everyone laughs, including Massey. Children of the cold war, theirs is a twisted delight in seeing the cloud explode. The roar of laughter is not unlike the sound of an explosion. It extends well beyond the cloistered basement dining room of the Sebago Brewing Company in Portland 's Old Port. Just what are the repercussions of Massey's getting stalled? The worst, least popular player in the league, will automatically be drafted to Massey's team. It is, to be kind, a penalty, not a punishment. The scene may seem harsh and unfair to some, but it is brilliant for its economy and its fairness. Face it, every league has at least one player (most likely there is more than one), who can be such a karma killer, no one wants to have the individual on their team. Without such a clause in the draft

rules, the unpopular player would never get drafted. It keeps the captains on task and solves a difficult, unpleasant ISSUe.

Portland's summer league captains have been waiting since last August's league tournament for this night. Unlike some leagues that do their co-ed draft by a computer sort, or others in which summer or corporate league teams are pre-selected by the captains, Portland captains pick new teams each year in this highly structured, and profoundly chaotic, six-hour long draft. Before midnight, if all goes smoothly, 20 teams with even talent spreads will be picked and everyone will go home well-fed, well-sauced and happy. "It's like a holiday in Portland," says Matt Bates, a Red Tide player who has been with the league since 1994. "In Maine, we tend to hibernate and we play a little pick-up leading to summer league, but this is the first time that our entire crew gets together. It's the kick-off of what is just always a great thing all summer long." With teams playing two games a week on either Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday nights, Portland's summer league comes with two to three guaranteed nights of partying a week. Each team is sponsored by a local bar and after the games, at least 2/3rds, a few hundred of the league players, head out to that night's bar and usually close the place down. Portland's summer league started in 1993 with four teams and approximately 40 players. That year a much smaller draft party took place in Pozzy 's apartment. Numbers were drawn for picking order and players were sorted by ability, but with a brand

new league there was little to go on for selection. "The field was split between either Frisbee player or new person and with the new people it was just, " Oh, that's a cool name. I'll pick him." Player sign up sheets were passed around the room and everyone picked one on each round until they were all doled out. Today there is a custom Access database designed by Pozzy, a database designer by trade, that lists and sorts every registered player by ability levels. There are comment boxes filled with notes about disc or related athletic skills: " Played for four years at Oberlin College, graduating in 1998. Our team was usually strong in our region, but our quality varied a lot year to year. By the skin of our teeth (and a few good catches), we went to college nationals in '97. I haven ' t played much since and am feeling a bit rusty these days." Sometimes there are also blatantly obsequious comments. "I would really be honored to play and learn from Matt Dana. The lessons he could teach me will apply to both playing on a team and playing the game called life. If you can find it in your heart to allow me this one wish I will bake all those involved a big cake." This player was snatched up early on by Massey. (Inquiries about whether or not the player baked Massey a cake remained unanswered at press time.) There are database links if a player wants to be on the same team as a friend or spouse or if they must avoid an enemy or an ex. The number of years a player has been in the Portland Ultimate League is listed, as well. As the draft has become more technologically advanced, some captains

'If you can find it in your heart to allow me this one wish I will bake all those involved a big cake.'

have also become savvier in their approach to draft night. They show up at pre-draft scouting games and make notes about the new talent on the fields. "All of a sudden I was interested in everyone's name, " laughs Kimberly Merris, a new captain in 2000. "I got the name of anybody who looked like a good player and put check marks by out of how many hundreds of names are on the list." Though Merris is not sure how much of an impact scouting had on her first year team, she concedes that it helped to know a few names. The principal goals of draft night are to have the fairest and most even spread of talent amongst Portland 's league and to have a good time. Indeed everyone has a blast and the league picks up the captain 's tabs. While their preparation, experience, and luck are always inconsistent, each year the captains engage in hours of rabble-rousing discussion and quaff copious pitchers of beer. "There are very few people who really just blindly argue to give themselves a better team without thinking about the effect on the league," says Pozzy. "I think almost everyone is concerned that we have fair, balanced teams." The draft process, as fun as it may be, is an exercise in controlled chaos and an overwhelming experience, particularly for new captains who have an obvious disadvantage of not knowing the majority of the players in the league. The league continues to grow, with a 25 % increase in teams in 2000, another 20% in 2001. (With around 450 players on 24 teams in a town of 60,000 in 2001, Pozzy surmises that Portland has one of the biggest leagues per capita, after Ottawa.) Though captains know fewer players across the board each year, the more experienced captains have a slight advantage. Thus, for captains who are new to town, Pozzy tries to "pair them up with someone just to come to the draft to help them pick a team." Typically there is much discussion and argument over how to best compensate for this fact. And Pozzy's tight agenda has the discussions written right m:

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7:16-7:30 Draw Draft Order Argue about who's the ten best and the ten worst captains. Ten worst captains draw first. Ten best draw last. The number you draw let's you decide what number you actually want to draft. Example: If you draw #1 , you can decide to be first pick, or be last or anywhere in the middle. Why? Because Men 's 1st pick goes last for Women, and vice versa. So picking last for Men gives you first for Women. Crafty vet move ... In previous years, the captains were ranked with the best captain (Massey) taking the last pick and the worst captain, a brand new captain, taking first pick. "It just seemed too unfair to get screwed every year," says Pozzy, particularly when Massey was getting screwed for being a good captain. Now the captains are split into two groups with the least experienced captains drawing for the top portion of the pick order numbers, and the most experienced captains picking from the remaining. "It's somewhat of a compensation," says Bates, "but it's not super strong. It's just a gesture that acknowledges being a new captain." Most captains covet the first Men 's pick, or at least the top three. But year when last numbers 1-8 were put in a hat and five new captains picked, the captain who drew first pick, chose first Women's pick, and the remaining three numbers were added to the rest of the pick order numbers. As fate would have it, Massey then drew the lucky number to score first Men's pick. Though many captains maintain that having strong women makes their team, in this 5/2 league, there are slimmer pickings for the top-level women than there are for the top men. Each year the most heated arguments end up being about gender over pick order. The issue came to a head when two women, Merris and Andrea Durnbaugh, two Undertoe players, planned to cocaptain a team together for the first time in 2000. Here is where the heckle fest can get dicey. Few recalls if this line of reasoning really upset some people who interpreted Merris and Durnbaugh's concerns as asking for special exception, or, if they were just irritated and looking for a shot at raising some hell. The ensuing arguments were tedious, circular and at best comical. And they went on at length . It was even suggested that Merris and Durnbaugh should instead lose a first round Men 's pick. This was discussed for a while and again, the ensuing arguments were tedious, circular and at best comi-

cal, but a shade louder and more obnoxious. Bates's recollection of even his own argument for why the women should only lose one first round Women's pick even confused himself. "They should only lose one, being the first round [Women's] pick because to use a male analogy, if after the first round I would have two strong men for them, if they lose their first round pick after that they'd have two strong women, so it's the same, I think. Other people seemed to think that they are both so good, that they deserved some extra punishment and so they could have lost two." Merris and Durnbaugh only lost a first round Women's pick, though Merris maintains that she wished they had gotten a bonus in the Men 's department. It's a little hard to believe that the arguing can get heated and intense, but it never gets personal. The draft is reflective how this tightly-knit and down-toearth community interprets spirit of the game. "We are a good spirit, fun bunch," says Pozzy. "We can get cranky and argue and we enjoy it, that's the thing. We like to have little hissy fits with each other. It's part of the fun." So Pozzy leaves ample room in his agenda for all of the fighting. Imagine a gigantic family crammed into some tenement apartment somewhere on the Eastern Seaboard, screaming and yelling at one another. You'd think they might hurl dinner plates at each other at any moment when all of a sudden someone pulls out a good one liner and everyone laughs. Next thing you know they are hugging and kissing. No harm done. "It amazes me how much it stays like that," says Pozzy, " except real families bicker more." Most of the captains credit Pozzy with the fairness that is still maintained at the draft party. He just knows how to keep his ego out of other people's stuff. A problem solver by day, a talented disc player, and a ranked disc golf player in his leisure time, he's not only

passionate about Ultimate, he's cultivated a large circle of friends that grows each year. There is not a single person around these parts who dislikes him or does not hold him in high esteem. He gives everyone a chance to voice an opinion, and he strives to simply make things fair. He sets a precedent, and the rest of the ultimate community follows it really well. Was all of the arguing done by 7:30, as Pozzy's agenda predicted? No. "Two hours into the draft and the first pick is about to be made," he exclaimed, raising his pint glass. This from the Commish who is often times the last person to show up at the fields for games. "Then we're just 15 minutes behind schedule Frisbee time so we're doing great," he notes. Once the pick order is settled, there's a little calm before the storm. While Pozzy enters the pick orders into the looping master list in his laptop database, captains either frantically redraft their strategies, knowing that they won't get either the top male or female player in the league, or heckle their friends a little harder. "Ooh, so you got seventh pick, eh? Better not pick Cory, you know he 's always out of town for half of summer." "Yeah, but he's always here for the tournament. You needed more than Cory to help you out last year. Well, we' ll just see if you can get him again!" As soon as the pick orders are entered, the 10-second timer clock is projected on the screen. Once the pick is made, Pozzy clicks on a box for the captain's choice and the player name, contact information, and T-shirt size are automatically added to the team list. When Pozzy completes this task, the 10-second timer clock on the screen starts again. After the two hours of quibbling, there's no wasting time between picks. It's like having ten seconds with Santa Claus and he's only got one of each toy. Because the draft moves so quickly, captains are hard pressed to keep track of who has already been drafted and unwittingly call out a pick that's already been drafted. The former Godiva player of your dreams is now gone, there are a

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few Undertoe players left and a handful of Hussey Sound women. The choice is either highly individual or highly random. And the ten seconds has that painfully sweet quality of eternally lasting for far too short a time. Once the actual draft starts, it's incredibly fast. Keeping track of the picks as they happen is the most important strategy for a captain and co-captain to have. Even Pozzy, who not only runs the draft, but also has to pick his summer league team, loses track. His fiancee, Jen Staples, assists him for most of the night and also with the predraft database prep-work that Pozzy considers to be the hardest part of running the draft. So how does one craft a good team? Does a captain pick fun players with average talent to develop throughout the summer? Or does one load up on big guns that may not even show their faces until tournament day? It's all a matter of style and luck. It's hard to load up on the big guns if your pick number is 12 out of 24 because you're right in the middle of the Men's and the Women 's fields. Massey, who captained the 2000 team to beat, Free St. Taverna, and Bates, whose team Stonecoast won the 2000 tournament, both picked players who came in clusters. " If you know of an Ultimate player who is pretty good and comes from an hour away with other players who no one knows," explains Bates, "chances are they' ll all be pretty good. So you get two or three good players for the price of one." Other than having the insight and the luck to play such a trump card, most captains do pick players who they know and like or who are reputed to be solid athletes with good spirit. Since everyone gets a chance to have at least one top-ranked male and female player, the teams mostly come down to the intermediate players and the new players who have natural athletic abilities and learn quickly. "It's something we've said all along," Pozzy says flatly, "but the teams that win the tournament are usually not the first round picks. It's the team that has the best women and the best summer leaguers that aren't full club players, the teams with more depth." After all is said and done, it's a pretty fair, spirited deal.

Elyssa "Eli" East, is psyched that her high school alma mater, The Paideia School, won the 2001 Junior Nationals Championship. She can be reached at elycleoe@yahoo.com. Have questions, comments, or want advice on how to set up a draft party, email Alex Pozzy at alexander.pozzy@ gwi.net.

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ONE DoGs IT VVHEN I'M AT PRACTICE by Dan Cogan

Ultimate is a sport that has always had its differences with authority. It stubbornly refuses to go the way of more mainstream athletics by adding a referee system. UPA player referenda have indicated a broad-based unwillingness to take on typical corporate sponsors that might make demands on player dress or rules enforcement. As any observer at a college tournament will note, most college teams occupy a liminal existence in campus athletics, flying beneath the radar of full university recognition, getting along on a budget that rarely even covers gas expenses. The benefit of this defiance is the free spirited nature of unadulterated competition- unspoiled even by something so simple as team shirts. Teams and players pride themselves on their non-traditional uniforms and their unorthodox team monikers. Even at this College championship, one team in the Open division showed up without numbered jerseys while another failed to submit a proper roster that would help to identify individual players on the field. Many players learn to play on their own, outside of any organised system and far beyond the influence of anyone so authoritative as a coach. Thus, it comes as an interesting development in the evolution of the College Open division and the sport as a whole, that the field was split evenly this weekend between teams that brought coaches and teams that did not. While I initially perceived that those teams who spent the weekend self-coached had practiced and trained without them, I later learned that for one reason or another, several teams simply did not bring a coach to the tournament, even though individuals had occupied such roles during the team's season. This kind of development would be unthinkable at almost any other college athletic championship, and yet in the short history of Ultimate, this trend probably comes as little surprise to most players. The relative influence of each coach on his team's performance and mood over the three days of play, as well as the selfdefined chemistry of the "self-coached" squads became a theme that I followed with great interest. The pool play games in Friday 's competition offered several excellent cases to study the coach/player dynamic at work

in games that pitted coaching against captaining. One telling example was the first round match-up of Duke University against the University of Oregon. The game itself had been preceded by some rather unusual events in the recent history of both teams. Duke had finished classes three weeks earlier and had temporarily disbanded before the tournament, meeting up only two days prior to their first game, when they lost a scrimmage to local club team Blackjack. Oregon players, enrolled in a quarter system, were still in the midst of classes and could only steal away from the computer labs and finals preparations to catch a Wednesday night red-eye. For the majority of this West Coast team, at first pull it must have felt like 5:30am. The early going of this game was extremely ugly. Oregon, tired, threw it dreamily away. Duke, out of practice, tried to remember who to throw to. I was impressed by the words of Duke's coach, Ring of Fire's Perry Sugg, who joined the program four years ago and has seen his team improve under his guiding hand from sectionals washouts to nationals-calibre talent. I asked him before the game if he gave any advantage to a self-coached team. " [I]t all depends on the team," he meditated, "on the experience of the coach and what he's seen, especially the mental game ... I think that as much as anything, I've always contended that any team that's an OK team would be better with a coach simply because they'd have a leader telling them what to do, unless there's a really strong leaders on the field -which in college, is rare. When it happens, you can tell. I try to let them learn to be leaders themselves." Sugg 's point is well taken. Teams that rely too much on their coach to offer specific "rules" to the strategy he's implementing, fail to take advantage of what the other team is giving them at that moment. Sugg 's style of hands-off management was extremely effective for Duke, while Oregon's leadership was playing tired and lacking focus and composure in this early round upset. Oregon was able to re-group and wake

up in later rounds, however, and I caught up with captain Josh Greenough for his explanation of their early morning troubles. " Nobody wins a championship in pool play," he told me. "The goal is number one, it always has been ... We're EGO," he said, invoking the team's mantra. This robust reliance on heart and emotion had led to an early lapse, but it was that same reliance that all season long had allowed Oregon to reach states of near invulnerability. When the Ducks later fell in the semi-finals, it was to a systematic, splitfield, mark-breaking (and- I might mention - coached) Colorado offense. Suffering the cumulative exhaustion of cross-country travel and a tight senior class rotation in their final match of the season, Oregon's EGO collapsed. One of the functions of a coach is to stabilize and channel the temperament of his players, while still pushing them to their physical limit. Relieving the captains of the burden of running every practice, calling substitutions during matches and making mid-game adjustments, the coach's presence allows others to focus on their individual roles. Brown University's coach, Nathan Wicks, receives much credit from his players for the tight focus and sense of cohesion he brings to their mental game as well as to the rigor of their training. And Wicks is well aware of the difference he makes: "When I'm at practice," he told me, "no one dogs it." Not everyone I spoke to agreed on the coaching advantage, however. Colorado's Cat Wilson, remarked on the distraction that a coach can bring to a team's focus when everyone on the field is wondering what the coach thinks. And although he agreed that playing without a coach was an added burden on the captains, Carleton College's Mark Gottlieb did find some positives in the team dynamic that develops in the absence of one distinct and objective leader. "Rather than having infighting on the team that they can take to an arbiter like a coach, everybody has to work it out themselves, so it puts a

greater amount of personal responsibility on the players to make the team do well - and on every individual player." Still, Gottlieb agreed that if Carleton could find a veteran club player who would relocate to the frozen tundra of Northfield, Minnesota, they would most likely be interested in picking him up as a coach. Surprisingly, one individual disputed my assumption that any coach would have to consider himself an asset to the team he was advising. Given the right set of circumstances, UNC Wilmington's Mike G indicated that he might one day leave the Seamen of his own accord. Comparing his program to that of Carleton- a school of only 1800 students, but one that maintains an enormous intramural Ultimate scene - G reflected on the value of continuity. Would he step down? "Depends mostly on if [our team] has people who are passing on the tradition of their program," he said, a clear reference to the legacy of the Seamen Ultimate teams of the early '90s. "They need to have someone to tell them what's up." One can hardly use the words "legacy" and "program" without giving due mention to the storied tradition of UC Santa Barbara's Black Tide. A writer will rarely have a harder time covering a team than I did in trying to penetrate the Tide's monolithic organization. Both in its uniformed appearance and quiet, nearly sullen demeanor, the Tide represented the great strength that -at its best- a team can find by turning inward and building on itself. I asked captain Nick Fiske if he gave his self-coached team any advantage over its coached competition. "Well, we have twenty coaches that rotate around in Santa Barbara," he told me, referring to the many club players that frequent their practices. None, it appeared, had made the trip to Boston with the team. Twenty coaches. I shouldn't have been surprised then that when I asked him how many captains his team had, the number started at three, then grew to four. Then to five. This was a team that had a limitless number of contributors, both players and advisors. Not unlike their more senior club counterparts, the national champion Santa Barbara Condors, the

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We are from Portland, Oregon and our name has changed many times during the years. At this period we were known as 'Twister' and also 'Twisted' & 'Twisted V", etc. From 1985 to 1990 the 'Deb' (as in debutante- only more hip) Award was

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Black Tide wants its opponents to feel the anonymity of its attack, the balanced precision and methodical game plan of a school that's become an institution in College Ultimate. I asked Fiske later on in the tournament, just prior to his team's quarterfinal match against the University of Michigan, what could beat such a team? "If the game slows down;' he responded. "If there are a lot of calls and points being traded early on." Lo and behold, one round later, such a game came to pass in the Tide's semi-final showdown against Carleton. How can such a team, a team of numbered (but somehow still nameless), talented, synchronized, focused and athletic young individuals lose? Well, for one ... they can beat themselves. At several critical moments in two of their most important games, the Tide seemed to experience mental lapses that cost them dearly. First in their pool play game against Brown, and later versus Carleton

in the Semis, a number of bizarre drops including one player allowing himself to be hit by the pull as his team received to start the second half- undermined an otherwise solid effort. One can't claim that it was the absence of a game-time coach that was their undoing, but one has to wonder what impact the steady hand of a voice like that of a Perry Sugg might have had in their huddle. Describing his own approach in words that echoed in my mind as I watched the Tide/Carleton game, Sugg told me, ''I'm more of a teacher, kind of a mentor in that way. I let them know it's OK. If things are falling apart, it's OK." Things fell apart for the Tide, and at crucial moments. And with no one there to settle them down, it certainly wasn't OK. Finally, for those readers who like to crunch the numbers, there are a few that may be relevant here. The eight teams that played without coaches this weekend amassed a record of 21-17 in impor-

tant games. (The word "important" here identifies any game the winner of which was still technically in contention for the championship.) Teams with coaches had a record of 14-18 in these games. (Bear in mind that Chapel Hill and Tufts - both coached teams - went down winless, distorting the results somewhat.) Five of the eight quarter-finalists were self-coached teams, with the finals themselves pitting a coached team (Colorado) against one that was self-coached (Carleton). These figures are more telling in the Women's division, where eleven out of sixteen teams - including all eight quarter-finalists- were coached. It's interesting to note that many of the themes underlying players' relationships to the UPA's governance of North American Ultimate are the same expressed in these interviews. While many teams find a place in their game for a good coach, they remain wary of the effect that this

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central authority may have on their team's identity and their own individual enjoyment of the game. Not a few readers know what it is to play under a bad coach, and one of the appeals the sport has to new players lies in the freedom of most programs to create themselves in their own image. While nearly all the players I spoke with could see the benefit of a central authority, it was also plain to see that they would just as quickly rescind this acceptance if they perceived that that leadership was coming at the price of team individuality and player commitment. The collective demand for player ownership of the sport has kept it from going the way of the professional leagues, whose participants have become so much fodder for network entertainment. As the sport matures and coaches become more commonplace, one is left to wonder how players and teams will negotiate a middle ground for their mentors. The UPA might do well to take notice.

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A SHORT STORY by Albert Reiser

The field seemed exceptionally hard today. Blood and dirt dripped down Ryan's leg. He tried to ignore it. The easiest of prey were the young and the wounded. The wind gusted at his back and pushed his jersey against his damp skin. Ryan knew that this was the time to go deep. In Ultimate Frisbee, there were three positions: handler, mid and deep. Ryan, being a deep, waited in the back of the stack and occasionally sprinted to the end zone for a lucky, desperate catch. The position called for a lot of running and little pay off. In the three games today, Ryan only had five catches. On the line, Jeff, a handler and the captain, called out the play. "Alright, they just scored one, but we're still up by two. Now it's time to put ' em away. I'll pick up. Toss to Dave. Dave'll give it to Alex. Alex looks deep to Scott. Got that?" Everyone agreed. Ryan could feel the cut on his knee throb. When he first started playing, Jeff told him that it doesn't hurt if you catch the Frisbee. Ryan looked across the field at his opponents. They stood poised and ready to start this point. Ryan knew that he was faster than everyone on their team. They were all tired and hurt. He could outrun any of them. With the wind gusting, Ryan looked back at Jeff, who now had his hand in the air. The puller ran up and released a high curving white Frisbee, landing just inside Ryan's end zone. Ryan was already upfield. The same guy had been covering him all game. He wore a dark green visor and had on kneehigh striped socks. Ryan knew that he could beat him. Ryan sprinted towards the end zone. He left green visor a few steps behind. A guy in black shorts covered Scott, who hadn ' t started his run yet. Startled by Ryan's cut, black shorts fell on to cover him, too. Ryan then broke back in towards disc. Both defenders followed. Ryan knew that he was faster than everyone on their team. "Up! " a defender called. Jeff must have thrown the disc to Dave. Black shorts broke off of Ryan to catch his original target, but Scott was

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already running as hard as he could to the end zone. In Ryan's path, Jeff was making a cut, so to avoid him, Ryan switched directions, heading back towards the end zone. Green visor never saw it coming. Ryan had beaten him all day. "Up! " a defender called. Dave must have tossed the disc to Alex. Ryan kept in stride towards the goal line. Green visor still sat a few feet behind him. The cut on his leg started to throb again. The wounded were not the easiest of prey; it was the wounded who gave in to their pain that were slaughtered. Ryan did not give in to his pain. He would not be killed. He could not be defended. Black shorts, on the other hand, had caught up with Scott, and had him fully covered. "Up!" a defender called. Ryan looked back for the disc. Surely since he was open and Scott covered, he would get it. That wasn ' t the case, though. Alex threw the Frisbee to Scott anyway. Ryan changed his trajectory to go towards the disc. Only the nimble predator was a successful hunter. The Frisbee hung in the air. Alex didn't throw it very well. Both Scott and his defender jumped for the disc, and neither came down with it. Scott had accidentally tipped the Frisbee instead of catching it. Scott's tipped disc floated for a second, dangling a few feet above the ground. Ryan saw his opportunity. He leaped hungrily towards the Frisbee, and mid-air, snagged his prey. Ryan slid against the ground, knees and legs first. A pummel of dust flew up around him. He could feel the impact

vibrate through him, like the after shocks of an earthquake. Slowly, he stood up. He had won the game. Alex and Jeff cheered on the other end of the field. Dave shook his defender's hand. Ryan walked over to the assembly line of congratulations, in the middle of the field. The two teams walked past each other shaking hands and repeating, " Good game. Good game." Occasionally, someone would pat Ryan on the shoulder. "Good game." The wind gusted again, pushing his jersey tight on his back. Ryan looked down at his leg. Now, he had two cuts-or more accurately he had a cut on his knee and had scraped most the skin off of his right shin. Across the way, Ryan could hear someone tell Scott that they had gotten lucky, and next time he has to catch that. Taking off his jersey, Ryan plopped down on the sideline. Next to him were his N algene and his walking shoes. He unscrewed the cap and took a sip of water. Feeling the liquid run down his throat, he laid back on to the prickly grass and rested his Nalgene on his chest. The wind blew against leg. He could feel the sting of the breeze on his scrape. If you catch the disc, it doesn't hurt. Nearby, one of Ryan 's opponents was talking to Jeff. They were planning a cheer. " Hey, what was your guys' name again?" Jeff replied with a funny sort of dignity, "We 're the R.O.U.S.'s ." The other guy seemed to be confused, "R.O.U.S.'s?" "Rodents of Unusual Size," Jeff clarified. "Oh, I get it. That's clever."

He could feel the sting of the breeze on his scrape. If YOU catch the disc, it doesn't hurt.

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"Or plagiarism," Jeff suggested with a laugh. Ryan had heard that dialogue a thousand times. At least the other guy didn ' t say, "I don' t believe they exist." He considered taking off his cleats , but thought it would be better just to lie on the ground. " Oh. That looks bad," Jeff said. " What?" Ryan asked. He hadn' t noticed Jeff walking over. Jeff reached out for Ryan's hand. " Your leg looks bad." Ryan took the Nalgene off of his chest and pulled himself up on Jeff's arm. " I'm young. It'll heal." " That's true." The two of them walked over to the rest of the team. Everyone sat on the ground, tired and hurt. Jeff spoke up in his captain's voice, "Hey, these are some pretty cool guys. Lets give ' em a cheer. Then we can shower, eat and hit this party. Anyone got any suggestions?" A funny idea ran through Ryan's head. He thought of the film, Blues Brothers, when they were in the country-western bar and sang the theme song to Rawhide. "I have an idea," Ryan said with a smirk, "Why don't we do Rawhide. We could get like a, ' Toss it up. Lay it out. Put ' er in. Shut ' em down,' kind of thing going." Scott sat cross-legged, spinning a Frisbee. "That sounds pretty tough to do," he said. Ryan looked at him coldly. The other team walked up and got ready to do their cheer. They had five or six guys kneeling on the ground, with the rest standing over them. The guy who was talking with Jeff earlier stood off on the side, like a conductor. He sang a note, so the team could get into tune: "Mi. Mi. Mi. Mi." Ryan snickered. The conductor than counted down, " One. Two. One. Two. Three. Four." All twenty guys burst into song, with their arms spread wide. " R-0-US-P-C-T. Find out what it means to me." Then a separate chorus started repeating, "Huck it to me. Huck it to me. Huck it to me." All of Ryan's team applauded for their opponents cheer.

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Frisbee Launcher:

ExERPTS FROM A STUDENT PROJECT By Ben Daykin By Ben Daykin, Brune/ University, England Abstract A device aimed at being used as a training aid for the ever popular game of Ultimate Frisbee. This opens up new possibilities for both trainer and players to use their knowledge to make training more effective. It can also allow individuals to practice their catching (a major part of the game) and can be used effectively in other disc sport disciplines such as Freestyle and Guts.

Features of the Frisbee Launcher:

as a parallel product to tennis, cricket and baseball pitchers, and will be used in a similar way. Training generally consists of drills and game strategies with three to ten players taking part. For the majority of drills, a disc is thrown from a fixed position to a specific person elsewhere on the field. An advantage of a Frisbee launcher over a

Automatic loading of individual discs Adjustable launch direction Adjustable launch elevation Adjustable launch speed Capability of holding a number of discs before reloading is necessary

their own to improve their level of game. There has only been one existing example of disc launcher found, theM7000. This is effectively an extension of your arm but is more of a toy than anything else. The initial problem was defining the best method to successfully launch a Frisbee and for that

Introduction People have purchased more than 200,000,000 Frisbees in the last 50 years. This is more than all of the baseballs, footballs and basketballs combined! The aim here is to design and develop a device that primarily will launch a Frisbee, but also be practical enough to be of use during coaching and training sessions for the game of Ultimate. An automated Frisbee launcher can be seen

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human Frisbee Launcher, as viewed from the front. thrower here is method to repeatability and consistency be easily of flight. Timing is also important and manipulated to fulfill the performance is another area where the launcher criteria. What should it be able to do would be of use. If no one is available and what necessary features need to be to play, a remote operated version in there as a minimum, to be of practical could also enable people to practice on use? A survey was conducted over the

Internet towards Ultimate players in order to find out their opinions of an automated Frisbee launcher (see 3.6 market research)

Aims: The Frisbee Launcher will need to reciprocate a basic variety of disc throws in a range of 5m to a minimum of 30m. Manufactured device needs to be easily portable, compact, lightweight and weatherproof, as it will be primarily used outside on playing fields. As play is generally hundreds of yards from a mains power source, any power needed will have to come from re-chargeable batteries. The user will be able to adjust the direction, trajectory and speed of the Frisbee. Controls need to be intuitive and kept to a minimum. A number of discs will be able to be loaded into the machine at once. Loading of each individual disc will then be automatic. Safety is an issue, so the motors must be able to be stopped quickly and easily. For full details on the Frisbee Launcher, contact Ben at bendaykin@ hotmail.com

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"You guys were too fast," Jeff explained. "We need another minute." Green visor called out, "Hey, we have to be fast at something." Ryan looked over at Scott, who still had a Frisbee spinning on his finger. "Alright, we need a cheer," Jeff said, "Any suggestions?" Scott tossed the Frisbee on to the ground next to him and said, " Why don' t we do the Goldfish one?" Jeff liked the idea. "That sounds good. You guys all know it, right? 'I love Frisbee, cause it' s so delicious. Gonna go biding. Gonna go biding.' Lets do this and hit some showers." The team all got up and headed

towards the other sideline. Ryan walked there slowly. He didn't really care for the Goldfish cheer. His team got to the sideline and all put their arms around each other. As they sang, they swayed with the rhythm. " ... I play Frisbee everyday, and my mom says that' s okay. I love Frisbee cause it' s so delicious. Gonna go biding. Gonna go biding." Everyone clapped and applauded the other team. "Great game! " "We ' ll see you at the party tonight." "It was fun." Ryan walked back to take off his cleats. He sat on the ground and slowly unlaced his shoes. Scott sat next to him. "That looks pretty bad." Scott

said about Ryan' s leg. Ryan looked up and replied, " It' ll be alright." " I'm sure it'll look better when it' s cleaned up ," Scott said. Ryan looked at his teammate blankly and stated, "I'm sure it will." The team was staying at Alex ' s parents house. They had two showers. Ryan, being one of the dirtiest, was forced to shower first. He slowly took off his clothes. He had to pull his shorts away from his leg to avoid his cut and scrape. He did the same thing with his underwear. The water had been going for a minute before he could get into the

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shower. He was hesitant to let water hit his leg. It' ll be alright. Ryan was young; it'll heal. The easiest prey were the wounded who gave in to their pain. It doesn't hurt if you catch the disc. Ryan raised his right leg and stepped into the bathtub. The steaming water struck his skin like a burning , searing flame. The muscles in his leg began to ripple with pain. He clenched his fist, knuckles beaming white and dirty fingernails digging into his palms. The water incessantly beat upon his leg with all of the world' s anger and dejection. He bit his lower lip and looked up at the showerhead in agony.

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GROVVTH IN VVOMEN's ULTIMATE by Joe Gorman From Albuquerque, NM to St. Petersburg, FL, groups of Ultimate women have been advertising, coddling, and encouraging other women into the sport. The UPA has been helping them do this by budgeting money over the past years to supply Women's Teaching Clinic Kits. Responses from participants have been encouraging for the steady growth for the next 20 years of Women 's Ultimate. We hope these write-ups from some of the clinics will help inspire and encourage you to run your own Women 's Teaching Clinic. There are a limited number of Women's Clinic Packets left to help you recruit more women into your favorite sport. To apply, just email UPA Assistant Director Joe Gorman at joe. gorman@upa. org

MICHIGAN The University of Michigan Women 's team, Flywheel, held it's annual recruiting sessions over three dates this year, September 4, 10, and 17. Women from the University were encouraged to attend through flyers, posters, emails and two information sessions put on for clubs by the University. We scored tons of recruits. The clinics were hosted along with the Men 's team, MagnUM, and since the first clinic was actually before classes started, several women from Ann Arbor 's club team, Clutch, volunteered to help out. The turnout that first day was HUGE! Over 100 men, and over 20 women showed up to play. To begin with, everyone broke off in pairs while the experienced players walked around helping people out with their throws. After that, the Men 's and Women's team combined to put on a mock game, while new players listened to some veterans explain what was happening on the field. Then, we set up three fields and let the new players have at it. With the limited space available, it was frustrating to not be able to set up a Women's game. Several of the new women admitted to feeling a little intimidated by the men, and chose to watch rather than play. Numbers didn 't justify leaving over 100 men with only two fields though. It did lead to the decision to try and get a Women's field, for certain, next time -at least until everyone learns how nice the guys are. Through no fault of our own, the second clinic proved slightly less successful. It poured. Many people still showed up in the driving rain, but before long, the powers-that-be decided it was time to head

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home and dry out. The women were encouraged to come to practice instead. Many did. Everyone had a blast. We made sure new players were always marked up on veterans, too. The veterans' responsibility was to encourage and help out, rather than school the newbies. By the last clinic, it seemed that general interest from the University had waned. Whether it was due to classes being in full swing, or lack of repeat publicity, I don't know. Anyway, we had about ten new women, some more who attended one of the other clinics, and of course several returning players. We kept the same format as the first day, and since everyone was playing, kept the Co-ed games going. It seems everyone had a good time, and we're looking forward to a great year.

NORTH CAROLINA Let me give you a little preamble to our Women's Clinic. I (me the organizer) am a new resident to North Carolina, let alone to the United States. I used to be a volleyball, soccer and basketball player, but now I play Ultimate. Why did I switch? Like many people, after they leave school, they stop playing team sports. After an absence, I found it difficult to reenter the circuit because teams were already made up, the level too high, and too few pick-up games to help you get back into the game, let alone pick-up games inviting women. Then I moved to Vancouver, Canada in

1997. At that time, Vancouver Ultimate League (VUL) consisted off 100 teams, three levels within the league and the option to play every day of the week in the summer and at least three days a week in the winter. By October 2000, VUL had apparently grown to 160 teams. Every spring, they held a six-weekend series of FREE Ultimate clinics for beginners, intermediate and advanced level players, run by touring teams such as Furious George and Prime (The best Ultimate players in the city). You could attend one or all of them, plus they had pick-up games all the time and encouraged new players to play. That's why I played Ultimate in Vancouver. I continue to play Ultimate in WinstonSalem because: a) my husband is an Ultimate fanatic, and b) the people who play Ultimate in Winston-Salem are awesome. Other than the regular winter and spring league, for new players they only have pick-up games and no other introduction to the sport of Ultimate. Even pick-up games where you know absolutely no one can be intimidating. Hence, the FREE Ultimate Clinic. The Women's Clinic- On May 5, 2001 at Hanes Park, we held our very first clinic. Fourteen women participated on a beautifully sunny day with very little wind; optimal conditions for Ultimate. The local health food grocery store, Wellspring, donated water to our small event. Out of the 14 women, seven were begin-

ners. I mean absolute beginners. One woman had never even seen the game played before. And for almost three hours, we practiced and breathed Ultimate. By the end of the day, the beginners, all of them, were able to do both backhand and forehand throws, understood "the force' and the stack. And they were tired. For intermediate players, we concentrated in introducing more complex throws such as inside-outs, outside-ins, breaking-the-mark etc., poaching, fakes, modifications of the basic stack, moneys or three-man-weaves, reading the disk, defending a player faster than you, taller than you and the list goes on. The results? Everyone had a fun time and great suntans. Many of the women wanted to have another clinic to continue with the training. And so we will oblige in the Fall and have a series. Through this first clinic, we learned what to do and what not to do. And here are some tips on how to advertise and run the clinic based on our efforts:

ADVERTISEMENT Poster: The UPAkit included 14 big red posters. You will need to make more on your own. Encourage people to actually sign up at an e-mail address or to call (to estimate the number of participants). Have players with access to photocopiers to make copies to cut costs. Locations: YMCAs, YWCAs, Women's Centers, Health Clubs, Bars, Cafes, at work.

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Fairness by Michael Christianson, 1st Grade "I show fairness when I share food equally. I also show fairness when I let everybody who wants to play with me play with me. I show fairness when I let different people start games. And I also show fairness when I let someone win a game if I haven't kept score, and they say that they won. And everyone can do these things as well as I can."

Slice of Life at HQ If you are under the impression that Ultimate players are just a bunch whiners, guess again. This slice of life shows the kind of people we most often email day-in and day-out at UPAHQ. HQ (Paula, our morning helper): "Hi Panna, thanks for returning another member's card. It is appreciated." [After this member actually sent us back someone elses mis-mailed membership card.] Panna: "Of course! Hey by the way- you guys are great! Thank you so much . Ultimate changed my life- all for the better. I imagine that day-to-day workings of trying to keep the sport going are a little tedious so I just want to thank you! I think I've been a UPA member for 13 years now and have taken advantage of lots of fun tourneys and enjoyed looking for friends in the newsletter, not to mention used the insurance to convince schools to lend us their fields. So anyway - thanks! P.S. sorry to be such a sap." Thank you, Panna, for the reminder of how the UPA helps players, the sport and hopefully helps make the world a better place!

Ultimate StuffOverhaul For the remainder of 2001, all UPA Ultimate Stuff [TM] sales will be distributed through the Wrightlife, an alternative sport shop specializing in flying discs, based in Fort Collins, CO. You will receive quicker service, because your orders will be handled by people whose primary business it is to deal with merchandise. The Wrightlife has permission to include their disc sports catalog in with filled UPA orders, and

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has agreed not to further solicit those UPA customers who are not also Wrightlife customers. See www.upa.org for a listing of UPA products and prices! "The most fun wins!"

Fall Sectionals for Mixed, Open, and Women's divisions will be held Sept 8-9, 15-16, 22-23. Teams will be encouraged to submit rosters directly to HQ before Sectionals. Regional Championships for the three open-aged divisions above plus Masters Open will be Sept 29-30, Oct 6-7, 13-14, with at least two weeks between your Sectionals and Regionals. And the 2001 UPA Club Ultimate Championships will be held Nov 1-4 at the Sarasota Polo Club in Sarasota, FL. Check with your division coordinator for your exact dates and all details. The UPA Web site will also be updated with important new rostering procedures and competition guidelines throughout the summer and into the fall season. UPA Championship Director- Will Deaver, will.deaver@upa.org (800) UPA-GETH

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Observer Update Observers have been a fact of life for over 10 years now, yet, as a typical volunteer-run program, the observer system has not received the ongoing oversight or attention any UPA program deserves. So despite the already heavy workload at HQ, we decided it was time to centrally coordinate the observer program. Members of the new Observer Committee are Will Deaver, Chris van Holmes, Vic Kamhi, Charles Kerr, Tom Kompare and the Head Observers of upcoming major events who rotate in. The National Division Directors and Troy Frever also participate. To give feedback or get more involved with observing, write info@upa.org. We thank Vic Kamhi for years and years of service to the UPA as "Head COP".

Regional Coordinators Master's Division Central- Alexander Dee upa_central_mrc@upa.org Mid Atlantic- Craig Murray 919-286-1563 upa_ma_mrc@upa.org Northeast- George Cooke upa_ne_mrc@upa.org Northwest- Baird Johnson 206-329-7422 upa_nw_mrc@upa.org South -1. R. Reynolds 912-356-1215 upa_south_mrc@upa.org Southwest- Jon Shepard 303-447-3545 upa_sw_mrc@upa.org

Mixed Division Central- Ron and Brianna Williams (734) 340-2933 upa_centraLxrc@upa.org MidAtlantic- Mark Licata (804) 241-3395 mobile upa_ma_xrc@upa.org Northeast- Ben Tapper 718-852-9345 (h) upa_ne_xrc@upa.org Northwest- VACANT (Contad your National Diredor for info) upa_nw_xrc@upa.org South - Stu Downs 404-624-3208 (h) upa_south_xrc@upa.org Southwest- Chuck Brunson 719-282-1373 (H) upa_sw_xrc@upa.org

Flying Tattoos My name's Jeanine Junell and I'm currently playing for Lay Out Sally- Ft. Collins, CO. A few years ago, an old team member made a sticker for our team of a woman laying out and I've been working on the idea ever since. I finally got the tattoo in Sept. 2000. My tatt fires me up to lay it out on the field!

Master's Division- Pete Giusti 912-233-0008 upa_nmd@upa.org Mixed Division - len Christianson 770-594-9562 upa_nxd@upa.org Open Division- David Raffo 804-963-9775 upa_nod@upa.org Women's Division -Mel Ditz 919-844-8147 upa_nwd@upa.org

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Central- Mike LasCola 618-893-2712 upa_central@upa.org Mid Atlantic- AJ. lwaszko 703-533-8325 and Eric Prange 4/0864-0179 upa_ma_rc@upa.org Northeast- VACANT (Contad your National Diredor for info) upa_ne_rc@upa.org Northwest- Chad Walters 650-969-0866 upa_nw_rc@upa.org South- Carl Parsons 972-245-1416 upa_south_rc@upa.org Southwest- Alex Bellows 303-444-8441 upa_sw_rc@upa.org

Women's Division Central- DeAnna Ball 614-268-8337 upa_centraLwrc@upa.org MidAtlantic- Melissa lwaszko 703-533-8325 upa_ma_wrc@upa.org Northeast- Lori Parham 617-868-5132 upa_ne_wrc@upa.org Northwest- Sandy Angelos 415-456-9870 upa_nw_wrc@upa.org South- Leigh Gorman 512 708-0169 upa_south_wrc@upa.org Southwest - Beth Thomas 760-942-8784 upa_sw_wrc@upa.org Her tattoo.

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SPIRIT TO ALL by Kevin Tovv

Dear UPA folks- After a rockin' weekend in St. Louis, MO. I got to talkin' with another captain about spirit of the game and level of play. We've been struggling, at times, to keep everyone happy and are working on ways to keep game play high while recruiting new members, too. Below is a response to an email from Iowa State Ultimate captain, Jason Schissel. These are things I've tried as a coach/player to improve spirit on and off the field. I thought perhaps they may be of use to someone . Good spirit to all, Kevin Tow towk4048@ uni. edu Cedar Falls, Iowa UNIPUC-University of Northern Iowa Panther Ultimate Club I got to thinking, (this tends to happen when I'm avoiding homework) so I'll throw out a couple thoughts on the team and coaching ... I like to please everybody on the team if I can: this too often becomes quickly impossible. One day I realized, they asked me to be coach by voting. As captains/coaches, we can assume that they trust our intentions, and to some assumed degree, agree with our vision of each respective team future. In light of thi s, people who don ' t like how I coach don' t have to. I've tried really hard thi s year to coach attitude and spirit first, which seem to be simultaneously the most important and most difficult things. I am banking on the fact th at the true future of the team lay not in the seniors who "wanna play", but in the freshmen who are just learning. I figure if I can get freshmen playing with the best, most outrageous, and fun spirit of the game, the foundations of the game will be laid and things (i.e. level of play, entertainment value, public opinion, and team size) will only improve. The moment I start trying to change the older, more "we just wanna be hard-core", I can feel the appeal to underclassmen dissipate. My goal as a coach - as cold as it sort of seems isn't to make them happy, but better.

The following are things I've tried this year that seem to help. None of them are accredited, rather my own trial and error experiences I've attempted to improve spirit, level of play, and the ever needed fun factor. Spirit: [*************** I asked if something's missing here -j]

Practice unity: This year I started having us begin and end practices around a disc with a "good loud UNIPUC on three." This consistency helps define the beginning and end of practice, as well as arranging the team into a circle for announcements after the call. Trying to talk to crowds is usually ineffective, plus the circle gives time to stretch out and introduce visitors. Scene: Crappy Vibe on the Field This one seemed tough as UNI plays horribly when driven by anger. A few of our guys, specifically leaders on the field, can get frustrated and it seeps down to the newer fellas too. The use of time outs can be huge, so I've made it a point to use time-outs. If we 're short on guys we' ll call all three every game, just to keep ourselves fresh. This weekend we averaged two or three timeouts per game, I think. In the six or seven games we ' ve played, only once or twice did any of our opponents call any. Scene: Want better spirit before the game.

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At Hallowinnona I figured , "it's a Halloween tourney - gotta have a joke." So before we started each game, we met at mid-field and told a joke. It seems kind of corny but it gets both teams face to face prior to any pounding our tense feelings and encourages a "we're here for a good time" attitude. Though the jokes seem to frequently bring a blush or two (and may seem inappropriate) , this seems to set a non-hostile tone for the start and most teams can find at least one joke. (Thus far, all the teams we've done this with have enjoyed these moments before. I'm sure we'll be asking to exchange at some point soon!)

Though it's perhaps not the smartest of things to do, I allow style points during the dump swing drill at practice. If team members can catch the disc under the leg or behind the back, I do five push ups or 10 crunches/sit-ups. If they drop while attempting style, they do 10 pushups or 20 crunches. To give myself some motivation, I pick one player who starts the night with "my style". Who ever has "my style" does five push-ups if I get style. I am bound by the same rules otherwise. If I can actually get some style points, that person does one set and can then pass them to someone else of their choosing. Not sure of what to do still? I took about two weeks. Each practice, while on the side line, I'd have a sort of one on one with most of the team members. They could tell me, in confidence, where they ' d like to see the team go and what our weaknesses/strengths were. In turn, I could tell them where I was wanting to take the team and my vision. That helped quite a bit as people felt they were being listened to and I was gaining valuable info. If you try any I'd love to hear of which ones.

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Option 1: Infiltrate a drill On a whim I led some fellas into another team's drill at Hallowinnona. They were dump swinging and we just stepped in. Granted, they gave a strange look at first, but soon after found some fun in throwing to and catching from the opposing team. I should note that ultra-serious teams will probably not like this, however. We got a kick the time we tried it.

Level of play: In the past, in order to keep members accountable for their catches and throws we have put a five push up assignment for lousy throws or missed catches. This promotes some strength training (though I'm not sure it helps in Frisbee) as well as throwing when you're tired. I do lots of pushups some nights.

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Newspapers: Free community papers with sections on community events will list your event free. They usually need at least two week notice . Word: Encourage those belonging to the league or club to spread the word at work, to friends, relatives, church members, etc., and through emails.

ance, Power Bar and even mineral water companies don't seem to have time for smaller events such as these. I had better luck with the local grocery store. Go local first since they actually get more benefits from an event like this. Water and energy bars were the products requested.

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Instructors: For beginners, the more instructors the better, to help give pointers while the exercise is being run. However, have a clear idea who is running the overall instructions. For intermediates you really only need one or two instructors. Drills: The women really enjoyed the drills. More drills, less talk is what most prefer.

Product Donation Big corporations such as Cliff, Bal-

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People would benefit more from a series of clinics than just one. There is too much information to teach at once. A series offers beginners an opportunity to practice what they learn and for intermediate players, each session can focus on a few strategies instead of a crash course on every single weakness. Clinics boost enthusiasm among all players and help nurture a community of players in your area. Yeah!

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10-8 8- 11 10-8 8- 14 6-8 8- 16 21-13 ?-9 20-2 1 6- 12 6-4 15- 13 10- 16 13- 14 12-9 2- 15 10- 16

8-8 1-5 8- 17 4- 10 7- 6 8- 11 12- 13 5-4

3-3 5- 11 5- 15 7-8

10- 11 11-14 3-2 20-2 1 7- 17 10- 18 14-9 3-2 2-8 8-7

5-7 3- 10 o- 6 3-2 6-4 10-12 1-5 7- 15 4- 18 3- 6 5- 10 9- 15 8- 6 3-7 7- 14 5-8 9- 18 1-5 6-11

3-6 5-5 3-4

168 Kent State 169 N.Y.U. 170 S.W.Misso uri Ste 170 Gettys burg 172 Rut ge rs 173 Geo rget ow n 173 Geo rgia- 8 175 Tulane 176 Purdu e- B 177 Bri gham Youn g 178 Michi ga n-B 179 U. Penn. -B 179 lndi ana- 8 181 Uni on 182 St. Olaf-B 183 Williams- B 183 M.I.T. -B 185 Pi tt-John st ow n 186 Au gusta na 187 Wis.-Eau Claire 188 Edinboro 189 Case West ern 189 Ohi o Wes leya n 191 Mic hi ga n Tec h 192 Eckerd 193 Prin ceto n-B 194 Northern Colo. 195 William & Mary- 8

55 6 552 533 533 523 52 1 52 1 519 509 503 498 493 493 491 483 479 479 478 475 468 467 466 466 457 451 446 439

4 32 196 So ut h Ca rolin a 419 196 Harva rd -B 419 198 Co lga te 413 198 U. Mass.-B 41 3 200 Wis.-W hi tewa ter 395 201 U. C.Sa nta Cru z- 8 39 1 202 St. Ma ry's 390 389 203 Dart mouth-8 204 Carleton -D 369 204 Carleto n-D 369 206 Susq uehann a 366 207 East ern 364 208 liberty 363 209 Geo rge Was h. -8 360 35 6 210 Hope Co llege- S 345 211 St. John 's- B 212 St. l ouis 342 339 213 Ma ryland -Ba it. 214 Whea t on Co llege 319 214 Wa rren Wilson 319 216 Alabama 315 216 Coast Gu ard Acade my 218 219 220 22 1 222 223 224 225 22 6 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 238 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 25 1

315 307 300 295 281 279 273 267 250 243 236 235

Rose- Hulman Kansas Sta te Texas- 8 Drexe l Nort heastern Columbia Coli. Witte nb erg Gree nsboro Carleton -B Grinn ell Mc Ph erso n lllin ois- B 207 Mary land -8 200 S.U.N .Y. Buffalo 196 Penn State- B James Ma di son -B 182 Earlh am 168 Bow lin g Gree n 167 Pitt -John st ow n-B 165 Di ckenson 142 Shipp ensburg 135 Ce nte nary 135 Wis.-W hi tewtr-8 119 Ce nt ral Arkansas 6 2 53 Coo per Bato n Rouge H. S. so American-S 36 Franklin & Ma rshall 34 Brow n-B 31 Swa rt hm ore- B -18 Juniata -24 R.I.T. -B -6o Illin ois State -89 Sc ranton -160

4 5 6 7 8

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BIG TEN Rank Tea m 1 Wisco nsin 2 Michi ga n 3 Ohi o State 4 Indiana 5 Illinoi s 6 Iowa 7 Michi ga n Stat e 8 Penn Sta te 9 Wiscon sin -B 10 Purdue 11 Minn esota 12 Nort hweste rn 13 Purdue- 8 14 Michiga n-B 15 lndiana- 8 16 lllin ois- 8 17 Penn State- B

5-5 4- 13 7- 13 2-7 1-4 6-20 4- 10 2-5 6-13 1-4 7- 12 2-4 13- 12 4-7 4-6 9-8 4- 15 2-5 4- 12 2-5 4- 10 o-6 6-16 2-4 3-7 3-2 3-8 4-2 1 0- 11 8-6 3- 13

1-4 1-4 4- 15 ?-9 o-8

1-5 1-6 o-5 3- 12

5- 6 3- 6 0-7

0- 12

1-4 1-5 2- 10 2- 17 5- 14 1-15 3- 19 1-4 1-7

0-9 1-13 2- 10 4- 14 2-4 1-8 1-8 o- 6 2- 6 2-3 1-7 1-17 o- 10 o-s o-s 2-8 o-s 1-10 4- 16 o-8 o-8 1-8 o-8 1-6

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ACC Rank Tea m 1 Duke 2 Nort h Ca rolin a 3 N.C.Sta te 4 Virginia 5 Mary land 6 Geo rgia Tech 7 Wa ke Forest 8 Clemso n 9 Virginia- 8 10 Mary land -B

W-L 26- 14 25- 17 29- 15 20- 11

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9- 17 8- 16

937 811

694 603

3-3 3-7 4- 14

207

ATLANTI Cto Rank Tea m 1 U. Mass . 2 Geo rge Was hin gto n 3 Dayt on 4 Rh ode Island 5 Geo rge Was hin gton -B

P.R.* 1330 1153 1118 883 360

BI G EAST Rank Tea m 1 Not re Dame 2 Bosto n Co llege 3 Sy rac use

P.R.* 11 28 901 14-9 889 14-6

Virginia Tech St. John 's Pi tts burgh Rut ge rs Georgetow n

W-l 31-6 30- 15 23-8 3-4 1-5

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BIG TWELVE Rank Tea m 1 Colorado 2 Texa s A & M 3 Kansas 4 Texas 5 Iowa State 6 Misso uri 7 Nebras ka 8 Co lorado- B 9 Oklahoma 10 Kansas State 11 Texas- B BIG WEST Rank Tea m 1 U. C.Sa nta Barbara 2 Uta h State 3 U. C.Sa nta Barba ra- 8 C-USA Rank Tea m 1 East Ca rolin a r:AA Rank Tea m 1 UN C-Wilmin gt on 2 William and Mary 3 Jam es Madi so n 4 Delawa re 5 Richm ond 6 American 7 William and Mary- B 8 Jam es Ma di so n-B 9 American -S CENTENNIAL Rank Tea m 1 Swarthmore 2 John s Hopkin s 3 Have rford 4 Gettys burg 5 Dickenson 6 Franklin & Ma rshall 7 Swa rthm ore- B IVY Rank Tea m 1 Corn ell 2 Brow n 3 Harva rd 4 U. Penn. 5 Prin cet on 6 Dart mou t h 7 Yale 8 Co lumbia 9 Yale- 8 10 Prin ceton -B 11 Harva rd -8 12 Dart mouth-8 13 Brow n-B MVC Rank Tea m 1 Bradley 2 North ern Iowa 3 Illin ois State MOUNTAIN WEST Rank Tea m 1 Colorado Stat e 2 New Mexico 3 Air Force 4 Bri gham Youn g NESr:AC Rank Tea m 1 Willi ams 2 Tufts 3 Wes leya n 4 Middlebu ry 5 Amh erst 6 Tufts- B 7 Co nn ect icut College 8 William s- B PAC-to Rank Tea m 1 Stanford 2 Orego n 3 U. C. Berkeley 4 Orego n State 5 Ari zo na 6 U.CL.A. 7 Was hin gton 8 Was hin gton -B 9 Ari zo na State 10 Sta nford -8 11 U. C. Berkeley- B SEC Rank Tea m 1 Florid a 2 Georgia 3 Tenn essee 4 Va nd erbilt 5 Tenn essee- B 6 Arkansas 7 So ut h Ca rolin a 8 Alabama

777 10- 16 705 57 1 523 52 1

8- 11 s-s 6-12 s-s

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W-l

1533 1434 1258 1204 1160 1083 955 92 6 888 881 787 667 509 498 493 196

23-8 17- 15 48-14 37-10 17- 13 20- 13 29-20 14-5 16-9 14-15 20-2 1 10- 18 2-7 6-20 2-5 2- 10 1-8

P.R.*

W-l

1719 1142

37-4 21-7

103 4 983 869 817 729 618

30-9 21-14 13- 14 10-8 8-8 4- 18

570 300 295

3-4 2- 10 2- 17

P.R.* 1711

W-l 31-2

933 817

14-17 8- 14

P.R.*

W-l

83 4

5- 13

P.R.* 1395 1220 1164 1097 105 1

W-l 29- 16 30- 13 17- 13 30-10 18- 10

833 432 182 36

13- 15 6-16 1-8 1-10

P.R.* 1013 881 863 533 142 34 -18

W-l 17-20 18-7 16- 12 16- 11 1-7 4-16

P.R.* 1556 1513 1389 1218 1172 1096 105 6 767 63 4 446 419 389 31

W-L 39- 10 28- 12 29- 13 27- 16 18- 18 17- 19 16- 18 13- 14 3- 10 4-10 3-7 3- 13

P.R.* 68 626 89

W-L 11-14 10-12

P.R.* 1017 819 707 503

W-L 20- 10 8- 11

P.R.* 127 1 1267 1260 1253 675 647 628 479

W-L 16-7 30- 12 18- 10 16-9 7- 17

P.R.* 1645 1577 1438 1246 1158 11 20 916 848 786 709

W-L 26-8 30-14 30-20 16- 12 11-6 13- 12 15- 18 13- 16 3- 10 6-12 4- 10

P.R.* 1373 1163 1058 634 618 580 419 315

W-L 23-6 16-15 26-11 5-7 5- 10 9- 18 2-4 0- 12

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8-7

6 -4 7- 12

UAA Rank Tea m 1 Em ory 2 Brand eis 3 Roc heste r 4 Washin gt on Univ. 5 Carn eg ie- Mellon 6 Chicago 7 Case West ern

P.R.*

95 929 903 835 828 592 466

W-L 17- 15 14- 14 18- 13

5-8 4-15

REGIONALS New England Ope n Division: May s- 6 at Dartmouth Colt. Teams Qu alifying for Nati onals: 1. Tufts Unive rsity 2. Brow n Unive rsity 3· Harva rd Unive rsity Co mpeting Schoo ls: 1. Tufts Unive rsity 2. Harva rd Unive rsity 3· Brow n Unive rsity 4· William s Co llege A 5· Unive rsity of Massac hu setts 6. Wes leya n Unive rsity 7. Middlebu ry College 8. Dart mouth Co llege 9· Yale Unive rsity 10. Mass . In st it ute of Tec hn olo gy 11. Brande is Unive rsity 12. Amh erst College 13. Boston Unive rsity 14. Unive rsity of Maine- Farmin gt on 15. Uni ve rsity of Rh ode Island 16. Williams Co llege B RESULTS Fi rst Round Tufts 15-W illi ams B 1 Dart mout h 15-Yale 9 Williams 15- Bost on Unive rsity 10 UMass 15-Amh erst 5 Harva rd 15- Rh ode Island 2 Middlebu ry 15-M IT 10 Wes leya n 15- Brand eis 8 Brow n 15-Ma in e- Farmin gton 6 Fi rst Round Co nsolation Yale 15-W illiams B 1 Boston Unive rsity 15-A mherst 8 Rhod e Island 15-M IT 7 Brand eis 15-Main e- Farmin gto n 11 Quarterfinal s Tufts 15- Dart mout h 10 Williams 14-UMass 12 Middlebu ry 15- Harva rd 10 Brow n 15-Wes leya n 12 Second Rou nd Co nsolat ion Harva rd 15-Yale 11 Wes leya n 15- Boston Unive rsity 7 Dart mou t h 15- Rh ode Island 7 UMass 15- Brand eis 13 Semifinals Tufts 15-W illi ams 5 Brow n 15-Middlebu ry 7 Co nso lation Semifinals Harva rd 15-Williams 12 Middlebu ry 17- UMass 15 Co nso lation Finals Harva rd 15-Middlebu ry 11 Finals Tufts 15- Brow n 13 2nd/ 3rd place Brow n 15- Harva rd 7 Women's Division May s- 6 at Ya le University Teams Qualifying for Nati onals: 1. Brow n Unive rsity 2. Tufts Unive rsity 3· Mass . In st it ute of Tec hn olo gy Co mpeting Schoo ls: 1. Tufts Unive rsity 2. Brow n Unive rsity A 3· Mass . In st it ute of Tec hn olo gy 4· Yale Unive rsity 5· Middlebu ry College 6. Williams Co llege A 7. Smith College 8. Harva rd Unive rsity 9· Unive rsity of Ve rm ont 10. We lles ley College A 11. Dart mout h College 12. Wes leya n Unive rsity 13. We lles ley College B 14. Brow n Unive rsity B 15. William s Co llege B RESULTS First Rou nd UVM 15-We lles ley 4 Yale 15- Brown B 2 Middlebu ry 15-We lles ley B 2 Harva rd 15- Dart mou th 5 Williams 15-Wes leya n 4 MIT 15-Williams B 1 First Round Co nsolation Brow n B 11 -We lles ley B 5 Wes leya n 13-Williams B 4 Qua rterfin als Tufts 15- UVM 11 Middlebu ry 15-Yale 4 Brow n 15- Harvard 1 MIT 15-Williams 7 Second Round Co nsolation Harva rd 10-We lles ley 7 Williams 15- Brown B 2 UVM 15- Dart mout h 7 Thi rd Round Consolati on Williams 15- Harvard 5 Yale 15- UVM 4 Semifinals Tufts 15- Mi dd lebu ry 11 Brow n 15-M IT 5 Co nsolation Semifinals

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College Scoreboard Middleb ury t s-Williams 2 MIT t s-Yale 6

Consolation Finals MIT 15-Middlebu ry 13

Finals Brow n 15-Tu fts 4

Atlantic Coast Open Division : Apr. 28-29 at Univ. of Georgia

Teams Qualifying for Nationals: UN C-Wilmin gto n 2. Duke Unive rsity 3- Unive rsity of Nort h Ca rolin a

Competing Schools: UN C-Wilmin gto n 2 . Unive rsity of Flori da 3- Duke Unive rsity 4- Nort h Ca roli na State s- Unive rsity of No rt h Ca ro lin a 6. Co llege of William and Mary 7- Unive rsity of Geo rgia 8. James Mad iso n Unive rsity g. Geo rgia Tech 10. Unive rsity of Virginia 11. Unive rsity of Richm ond 1 2 . Geo rgia So ut hern 13. Emory Unive rsity 14. Virginia Tech 15. UN C-Ashev ille 16. Wa ke Fo rest Unive rsity RESULTS First Round UNCW 15-Wa ke Fo rest 5 Geo rgia Tech 15-James Mad ison t o NC State t s-Emory 11 UN C t s-Geo rgia So ut hern s Flori da t s- UN C-As heville 4 Geo rgia t s-Virgini a 9 William & Mary t s·Richm ond 9 Duke t s-Virginia Tech 3 First Round Consolation James Mad iso n t s-Wa ke Fo rest t 2 Emory t s-Geo rgia So ut hern t 3 Virginia t s- UN C-As hev ille s Richm ond t s-Virginia Tech 8 Quarterfinals UN CW t s-Geo rgia Tec h s UN C t S·NC State t o Flori da t 2·Geo rgia tt Duke t s-William & Ma ry tt Second Round Consolation James Mad iso n t s-Geo rgia 9 William & Mary t s-E mory 11 Virginia t s-Geo rgia Tec h t 2 NC State t s· Ric hmond t 3 Semifinals UNCW t s- UN C t 3 Duke t s-F lori da t 3 Third Round Consolation James Mad iso n t s-William & Mary NC State t s-Virginia Consolation Semifinals UN C t s-James Mad ison tt NC State t s-Florida t 3 Consolation Finals UNC t S·NC State t 3 Finals UN C-W ilmi ngto n t s-D uke 6 2nd/ 3rd place Duke t s- UN C 3 1.

Women's Div. Apr. 28-29 at Univ. of Georgia Teams Qualifying for Nationals: 1. UN C-Wilmin gto n 2. Unive rsity of Geo rgia Competing Schools: 1. Unive rsity of Geo rgia 2. UNC-W ilmi ngto n 3- Duke Unive rsity 4- Unive rsity of Nort h Ca rolin a s- Unive rsity of Virginia 6. Geo rgia Tech 7- Unive rsity of Tennessee 8. Emory Unive rsity RESULTS Consolation Finals UN C t 3· Duke Finals UNC-W ilmi ngto n t 3·Geo rgia t 2 2nd/ 3rd place Geo rgia t 3· UN C tt

Metro East QP-en Division : May s-6 at Princeton Univ. Teams Qualifying for Nationals: 1. Co rn ell Unive rsity 2. Unive rsity of Pennsy lvan ia Competing Schools: 1. Co rn ell Unive rsity 2. Pri nceto n Unive rsity 3- Unive rsity of Pennsy lvan ia 4- Unive rsity of Mary land s- Unive rsity of De lawa re 6. Swa rt hmo re Co llege 7- Sk idmo re Co llege 8. Sa li sb ury State Unive rsity 9- Geo rge Washin gto n Unive rsity t o. Sy rac use Unive rsity tt. Unive rsity of Rocheste r Penn State t 3. Lehi gh Unive rsity t 4. Buckne ll Unive rsity t s. Carneg ie Me llon Univers ity t 6. Co lum bia University RESULTS First Round Corne ll t s-Co lum bia s Geo rge Washin gto n t 4·Sa lisbu ry 8 Ma ryland t s- Lehi gh 9 Delawa re t s- Penn State t 3

Prin ceto n t s-Carneg ie Me llon 3 Skidmo re t s-Sy racuse t 4 Swa rt hmo re t s- Rocheste r t o UPen n t s-B uckne ll s Quarterfinals Co rn ell t s-Geo rge Washin gto n 7 Mary land t 4·De lawa re t o Prin ceto n t s-Sk idmo re 7 UPen n t 4·Swa rt hmo re 8 First Round Consolation Sa li sb ury t s-Co lu mb ia tt Pen n State t s- Lehi gh t 2 Ca rn eg ie Me llon t s-Sy rac use t 4 Bucknell t s-Rocheste r t 3 Second Round Consolation Sa li sb ury t s-S kidmore t o Swa rt hmo re t s- Penn State 9 Geo rge Was hin gton t s-Carneg ie Me llon 8 De lawa re t s-B uckne ll t 4 Finals Co rn ell t s- UPen n 8 2nd/ 3rd place UPen n t s-Swa rt hmo re 7 Women's Div. May s-6 at Princeton Univ. Teams Qualifying for Nationals: 1. Swa rt hm ore Co llege 2. Buckne ll Unive rsity Competing Schools: 1. Swa rt hm ore Co llege 2. Buckne ll Unive rsity 3- Pen n State 4 - Sa li sb ury State s - Co lum bia Unive rsity 6. Sy rac use Unive rsity 7. Unive rsity of De lawa re 8. Towson State 9 - Unive rsity of Pennsy lvan ia t o. Co rn ell Unive rsity tt. Geo rge Was hi ngton Unive rsity t 2. Unive rsity of Mary land t 3. Prin ceto n Unive rsity t 4. Have rford/Bry n Maw r Co llege t s. American Unive rsity t 6. John s Hop kin s Uni ve rsity RESULTS First Round Swa rt hmo re t s-Johns Hopk ins t Towson t 4· UPenn 6 Sa li sb ury t s- Prin ceton 4 Co lum bia t s-Mary land t Bucknell t s·Ame rican Co rn ell t 4-Sy rac use t o De lawa re t s-Geo rge Washin gton t Pen n State t s- Have rford/Bryn Maw r 3 First Round Consolation UPenn t 4·John s Hop ki ns 7 Prin ceto n t s-Mary land 4 Sy rac use t s·Ame rica n 3 Geo rge Was hin gton t 4· Have rford/Bry n Maw r 9 Quarterfinals Swa rt hmo re t s-Towso n 2 Sa li sb ury t s-Co lum bia tt Buckne ll t s-Corne ll 3 Pen n State t s-De lawa re 6 Second Round Consolation Co rn ell t s- Upen n 8 De lawa re t 3· Pri nceto n 9 Sy rac use t s-Towson 3 Co lum bia t s-Geo rge Was hi ngto n 3 Semifinals Swa rt hmo re t s-Sa li sb ury s Buckne ll t s- Penn State 9 Third Round Consolation De lawa re t s-Co rn ell t 2 Co lum bia t s-Sy rac use 8 Consolation Semifinals Sa li sb ury 11-Delawa re 9 Co lum bia t 4· Penn State t 2 Consolation Finals Sa li sb ury 11-Co lu mb ia t o Finals Swa rt hmo re t s-B uckn ell t 4 2nd/ 3rd place Buckne ll t s-Sa li sb ury 3

Northwest ~en

Division : May s-6 at Seattle, WA

Teams Qualifying for Nationals: 1. Unive rsity of Oregon Competing Schools: 1. Sta nfo rd Unive rsity A 2. Unive rsity of Orego n 3- UC-Santa Cru z 4- Unive rsity of Bri t ish Co lum bia s - UC-Dav is 6. UC-Be rke ley 7. Hu mbo ldt State 8. Chico State 9 - Oregon State t o. Western Was hi ngton tt. Unive rsity of Was hi ngto n B t 2. Las Pos itas Co llege t 3. Unive rsity of Was hi ngton A t 4. Ida ho State RESULTS Pool A Sta nford (2-o) Oregon State (t -t ) Chico State (o-2) Pool B Oregon (2-o) Hu mbo ldt (t -t) Weste rn Was hin gto n (o-2) Pool C UC-Santa Cru z (3-0) UC-Be rke ley (2- t) Was hin gton B (t -2) Ida ho State (o-3) Pool D UC-Dav is (3-0)

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UBC (2- 1) Was hin gton A (t -2) Las Pos itas (o-3) Pre-Quarters Hum bo ldt t s-Chico State t o UC-Be rkeley t s-Was hi ngton As Oregon State t s-Western Was hin gton 9 UBC t s-Was hi ngto n B 6 Quarterfinals Sta nford t s- Hum bo ldt 8 UC-Davis t s- UC-Be rke ley t 2 Oregon t s-O regon State 8 Sa nta Cru z t 3· UBC tt Semifinals Sta nford t s- UC- Davis t 2 Oregon t s- UC-Santa Cru z t o Finals Oregon t s-Sta nford t 3 Women's Division May s-6 at Seattle, WA Teams Qualifying for Nationals: 1. Unive rsity of Bri tish Co lu mb ia 2. Sta nford Unive rsity Competing Schools: 1. Unive rsity of Bri tish Co lu mb ia A 2. Sta nford Unive rsity A 3- Unive rsity of Was hi ngto n 4 - UC-Sa nta Cru z s - Unive rsity of Orego n 6. UC-Be rke ley 7. Whit man Co llege 8. UC-Davis 9- Chico State t o. Hum bo ldt State tt. Unive rsity of Bri t ish Co lu mb ia B t 2. Sta nford Unive rsity B t 3. Weste rn Was hi ngto n Unive rsity RESULTS Pool X UBC A (4-0) UC-Be rkeley (3- t ) Whi tman (2-2) Weste rn Washin gton (t -3) Sta nford B (o-4) Pool Y Sta nford A (3-0) UC-Davis (2- t) Oregon (t -2) UBC B (o-3) Pool Z UC-Sa nta Cru z (3-0) Was hin gton (2- t) Chico State (t -2) Hum bo ldt (o-3) Pre-Quarter Chico State t 3·0 regon t o Quarterfinals UBC t s-Chico State 3 Sta nford t s-W hi tma n 7 UC-Sa nta Cru z tt -UC-Be rke ley t o UC- Davis t 3·Was hi ngton t o First Round Consolation Was hin gton 11-Chi co State 9 Whi tman t 2· UC-Berke ley 11 Semifinals UBC t s- UC-Dav is t Sta nford t s- UC-Santa Cru z 3 Consolation Semifinals UC-Sa nta Cru z t s-Was hi ngto n 6 UC-Davis t s-Whi tman 9 Consolation Finals UC-Davis t s- UC-Sa nta Cru z t 3 Finals UBC t s-Stan ford s 2nd/ 3rd place Sta nford t s- UC-Davis 4

Southwest Open Division : May s-6 at UC-San Diego Teams Qualifying for Nationals: 1. UC-Sa nta Ba rba ra 2. Unive rsity of Co lorado Co mpet in g Sc hoo ls: 1. UC-Sa nta Ba rba ra 2. Unive rsity of Co lorado-Bo ulde r 3- UC-Sa n Diego A 4 - Ca l Poly-S LO s - Co lorado Min es 6. Co lorado State 7- Unive rsity of Ari zona 8. UC-Sa n Diego B 9- Cla remont Co lleges t o. UCLA tt. Unive rsity of New Mexico t 2. UC-San Diego C t 3. Co lorado Co llege t 4. Air Fo rce Academy t s. Unive rsity of Red lands t 6. Ari zona State RESULTS W_o_m_e_n~s_Q_iyi_s_i_9_n_: May s-6 at UC-San Diego Teams Qualifying for Nationals: 1. UC-Sa n Diego 2. Unive rsity of Co lorado Co mpet in g Sc hoo ls: 1. UC-Sa n Diego A 2. Unive rsity of Co lorado-Bo ulde r 3- UC-Sa nta Ba rba ra 4 - Cla remont Co lleges s - Co lorado Co llege 6. UC-Sa n Diego B 7- UCLA RESULTS

Central Open Division : April 28-29 at Iowa City, lA Teams Qualifying for Nationals: 1. Ca rleton Co llege

Scoreboard

2. Unive rsity of Wisco nsin -Mad ison Competing Schools: 1. Ca rleton Co llege A 2. Unive rsity of Wisco nsin -Mad ison A 3- Win ona State 4- Unive rsity of Iowa s - St. Cloud Unive rsity 6. Unive rsity of Wisco nsin -Mad ison B 7. St. Olaf Co llege 8. Unive rsity of Wisco nsin -Steve ns Poin t 9- Iowa State t o. Ca rleto n Co llege C 11. Unive rsity of Minn esota- Dulu th Gustav us Ado lphu s Co llege t 3. St. John's Co llege t 4. Unive rsity of Min nesota t s. Law rence Unive rsity t 6. Ma rquette Unive rsity RESULTS First Round Ca rleto n A t s-Ma rquette 3 Iowa State t s-Wis.-Steve ns Point tt St. Cloud t s-G ustav us Ado lphu s tt Iowa t s-St. John s 6 Wiscons in A t s- Law rence t Ca rleto n C t 7·St. Olaf t 6 Wiscons in B t s·M innesota- Dulu t h o Wino na State t s·Minnesota t First Round Consolation Wiscons in -Steve ns Point t s-Ma rquette 6 Gustav us Ado lphu s t s-St. Johns t 2 St. Olaf t s- Law rence 6 Minnesota t s·Minnesota-D ulu t h o Quarterfinals Ca rleto n A t s- lowa State 4 St. Cloud t s- lowa t 3 Wiscons in A t s-Ca rleton C 3 Wino na State t s-Wisco nsin B 7 Second Round Consolation Wis.-Stevens Po in t t s-Ca rleto n C t 2 Gustav us Ado lphu s t s-Wiscons in B t 2 St. Olaf t s- lowa State 7 Iowa t s·Minnesota 9 Semifinals Ca rleto n A t s-St. Clo ud 6 Wiscons in A t s-Winona State t 3 Third Round Consolation Wis.-Stevens Poin t t s-G ustavus Ado lphu s o Iowa t s-St. Olaf 9 Consolation Semifinals Wiscons in -Steve ns Point t s-St. Cloud 6 Wino na State t s- lowa t 3 Consolation Finals Wino na State t s-Wis.-Stevens Point 6 Finals Ca rleto n A t s-Wiscons in A 8 2nd/ 3rd place Wiscons in A t s-Winona State t o Women's Div.: April 28-29 at Iowa City, lA Teams Qualifying for Nationals: 1. Ca rleton Co llege 2. Unive rsity of Wisco nsin -Mad ison Competing Schools: 1. Ca rleton Co llege A 2. Unive rsity of Wisco nsin -Mad ison 3- Unive rsity of Iowa 4- Unive rsity of Mi nnesota s - Win ona State 6. St. Olaf Co llege 7. Maca leste r Co llege 8. Lawe rence Unive rsity 9- Unive rsity of Wisco nsin -Steve ns Poin t t o. Ca rleto n Co llege B 11. Gustavas Ado lphu s Co llege RESULTS Finals Ca rleto n t s- lowa t Consolation Semifinals Wiscons in t 2-Wino na 9 Minnesota -Maca leste r Consolation Finals Wiscons in t o-M innesota 7 2nd/ 3rd place Wiscons in t 3· lowa tt

Great Lakes Open Div.: April 28-29 at Ohio State Univ. Teams Qualifying for Nationals: 1. Unive rsity of Mic hi gan 2. Ohi o State Unive rsity Competing Schools: 1. Ohi o State Unive rsity 2. Unive rsity of Michi ga n 3- Unive rsity of Illin ois 4- In diana Unive rsity s - Obe rli n Co llege 6. Not re Da me Unive rsity 7- Ohi o Unive rsity 8. Ba ll State 9- Unive rsity of Dayto n t o. Michi gan State 11. De nniso n Co llege Nort hwestern Unive rsity t 3. Purdue Unive rsity t 4. Case Weste rn Reserve Unive rsity t s. Miam i Unive rsity (O hi o) t 6. Brad ley Unive rsity RESULTS Semifinals Michi gan t s· llli no is t 3 In diana t s-O hi o State t 2 Consolation Semifinals Obe rli n t 7· lllin ois t 6 Ohi o State t 7· Not re Dame t 6 Consolation Finals Ohi o State t s·Obe rlin Finals

Michi ga n t s- ln diana 2nd/ 3rd place Ohi o State t s- ln diana t 3 Women's Div.: April 28-29 at Ohio State Univ. Teams Qualifying for Nationals: 1. Nort hweste rn Unive rsity 2. Uni ve rsity of Illi no is Competing Schools: 1. Nort hweste rn Unive rsity 2. Unive rsity of Mic hi gan 3- Unive rsity of Illi no is 4- Ohi o Unive rsity s- Unive rsity of Chicago 6. Obe rli n Co llege 7. Case Weste rn Reserve Unive rsity 8. Ind iana Unive rsity 9- Purdue Unive rsity t o. Not re Dame Univers ity 11. Ohi o State t 2. Ohi o Wes leyan

Tu fts t o-We lles ley B 3 Tu fts t 3·B U t o MIT t 3· Harva rd o MIT t o-We lles ley A t MIT t 3·We lles ley B o MIT t 3·BU 2 Harva rd 9-We lles ley A 4 Harva rd t 2·We lles ley B t Harva rd t o-BU 4 We lles ley A t o-We lles ley B 4 We lles ley A t o-BU o We lles ley B t o-B U 7 EAST NEW ENGLAND Open Div.: April 21-22 at Dartmouth College 1. Da rt mout h Co llege A 2. Unive rsity of Ma ine-Fa rmin gton 3- Dartmo uth Co llege B 4- Da rtmo uth Co llege C Women's Div.: April 21 at Dartmouth College 1. Midd leb ury Co llege (2-o) 2. Unive rsity of Ve rmo nt (t -t) 3- Da rtmo uth Co llege (o-2)

RESULTS Pool A Nort hweste rn (s-o) Purdue (4- t) Not re Dame (3-2) Obe rli n (2-3) Chicago (t -4) Ohi o State (o-s) Pool B Ohi o Unive rsity (4- t) Illin ois (4- t) Ind iana (4- t ) Michiga n (2-3) Case Weste rn (t -4) Ohi o Wes leyan (o-s) Finals Nort hweste rn t s-Ohi o Unive rsity t 2 2nd/ 3rd place Illin ois t s-O hi o Uni ve rsity t 2

WEST NEW ENGLAND Qpen Div.- April 21-22 at Williams College Williams Co llege A 2. Unive rsity of Massac hu setts 3- Midd leb ury Co llege 4- Amh erst Co llege s- Williams Co llege B Quarterfinals Williams t 3·Amh erst B o Amh erst t 3·Ve rm ont 3 UMass t 3·Wo rceste r Polytechni c t Midd leb ury t 3·G reen Mo un ta in 3 Semifinals Williams t 3·Amh erst 3 UMass t 3·Midd leb ury t o 1.

3rd/ 4th place Midd leb ury t 3·Amh erst s Finals Williams t s- UMass t o Women's Division : April 21 at Smith College

South Open Division- April 28-29 at Dallas, TX Team Qualifying for Nationals: 1. Texas A&M Competing Schools: 1. Rice Unive rsity 2. Texas A&M 3- Ka nsas Unive rsity 4- Loui siana State Unive rsity s- Unive rsity of Texas A 6. Tulane Unive rsity 7- Tru man State 8. Uni ve rsity of Misso uri 9- Was hi ngton Unive rsity t o. So uthwest Misso uri State 11. Unive rsity of Texas B t 2. Unive rsity of Arkansas

RESULTS Quarterfinals Texas A&M t s- LSU 9 Rice t s-A rkansas 8 Ka nsas t s·M isso uri 11 Texas t s-Was hin gton 9 Semifinals Texas A&M t s- Kansas 7 Rice t s-Texas 8 Finals Texas A&M t s·Rice 8 Women's Division : April 28 at Dallas, TX Team Qualifying for Nationals: 1. Was hi ngto n Unive rsity (Misso uri) Competing Schools: 1. Rice Unive rsity 2. Was hi ngton Unive rsity 3- Ka nsas Uni ve rsity 4- Unive rsity of Texas

RESULTS Sem ifi na ls Rice t s-Kansas 2 Was hi ngto n t S - Texas 8 Finals Was hi ngto n t s·Rice tt

SECTIONALS New England METRO BOSTON Open Division: April 28-29 at Tufts University 1. Tu fts Uni ve rsity 2. Harva rd Unive rsity 3- Massachu setts Inst it ute of Techn ology 4- Brande is Unive rsity s- Boston Unive rsity Women's Division : April 21 at Tufts University 1. Tu fts Uni ve rsity (s-o) 2. Mass. Inst it ute of Techn ology (4- t) 3- Harva rd Unive rsity (3-2) 4- We lles ley Co llege A (2-3) s- We lles ley Co llege B (t -4) 6. Boston Unive rsity (o-s) Tu fts t 3·M lT 6 Tu fts t 3· Harva rd 2 Tu fts t 3·We lles ley A 4

Williams Co llege A (2-o) 2. Sm it h Co llege (t -t) 3- Williams Co llege B (o-2)

Williams A t 3·Sm it h s Williams A t 3·Williams B 2 Sm it h t 3·Willi ams B 6 SOUTH NEW ENGLAND Open Division : April 28-29 at Univ. of Rhode Island Brown Unive rsity 2. Wes leya n Unive rsity 3- Yale Unive rsity 4- Unive rsity of Rhode Island

Women's Division· April 22 at Seekonk, MA 1. Brown Unive rsity A (3-0) 2. Yale Unive rsity (2- t) 3- Wes leya n Unive rsity (t -2) 4- Brow n Unive rsity B (o-3) Brow n A t s-Ya le 9 Brow n A t s-Wes leyan o Brow n A t s-B rown B o Yale t s-Wes leyan t Yale t s-B rown B o Wes leya n t s-Brow n B 8

METRO EAST Upstate New York Qpen Division : April 21-22 at Ovid/ Romulus, NY 1. Co rn ell Univers ity 2. Sk idmo re Co llege 3- Sy rac use Unive rsity 4- Unive rsity of Rocheste r 5- RPI 6. Uni on Co llege Pool A Corne ll (3-0) RPI (2- 1) Corne ll B (t -2) SUNY-Albany (0-3) Pool B Sy rac use (3-0) SUNY-B ing hamton (2- t) RIT-A (1-2) Hamilto n (o-3) Pool C Sk idmo re (3-0) Uni on (2- t) Rocheste r (t -t ) SUNY-B uffa lo (t -2) RIT-B (o-3) Quarterfinals Corne ll t 3·R lT 2 Rocheste r t 3· Union t 2 Sy rac use t 3·R Pl 6 Sk idmo re t 3·B inghamto n o Semifinals Corne ll t 3·Rocheste r 6 Sk idmo re t 3-Sy rac use 9 sth/ 6th place RPl t 3· Union s 3rd/4t h place Sy rac use t 3·Rocheste r t o Finals Corne ll t 3·Sk idmore 6 Women's Division· April 28 at RPI 1. Unive rsity of Sy rac use 2. Corne ll Unive rsity 3- Re nssellae r Polytechn ic In st it ute

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College Scoreboard Sa li sb ury State (2- t ) Sy rac use t s-Corne ll 7 Sy rac use t s-R PI 1 Corne ll 1S·R PI t

METRO NEW YORK QP-en Division : April 28-29 at Princeton University Prin ceton Univers ity 2. Co lum bia Unive rsity

Women's Div ision Ap ril 28-29 at Prin ceton Unive rsity Co lum bia Unive rsity 2. Pri nceto n Univers ity 3- Rutge rs Unive rsity 4- Drew Unive rsity 1.

Co lum bia 1s- Prin ceton s Co lum bia 1s-R utge rs o Co lum bia 1s-D rew o Pri nceto n 1s-R utge rs o Pri nceto n 1s-D rew o Rutgers t o-D rew s

PENN Open Division : April 28-29 at Haverford College 1. Unive rsity of Pennsy lvan ia A 2. Swa rt hmo re Co llege A 3- Lehi gh Unive rsity 4- Have rfo rd Co llege A Pool A UPen n A (4-0) Lehi gh (3- t) UPen n B (2-2) Frankli n & Ma rshall (t -3) Swa rt hmo re B (o-4) Poo l B Swart hmo re A (4-0) Have rfo rd A (3- 1) Easte rn (2-2) Drexe l (1-3) Have rfo rd B (o-4) Quarterfinals Lehi gh t 3·Easte rn s Have rfo rd- UPenn B Semifinals UPen n A- Have rford Swart hmo re- Lehi gh 3rd/ 4th place Lehi gh-Have rfo rd Finals UPen n A-Swa rt hm o re Women's Division : April 28-29 at Haverford College 1. Swa rt hm o re Co llege 2. Bucknell Unive rsity 3- Penn State 4- Unive rsity of Pennsy lvan ia s- Have rfo rd Co llege 6. Carneg ie Me llon Unive rsity

WEST PENN Open Division : April 21-22 at Univ. of Pittsburgh-Johnstown 1.

Pen n State Unive rsity Buckne ll Unive rsity Carneg ie-Me ll on Unive rsity Unive rsity of Pi ttsb urgh Ed in bo ro Co llege Di ck in son Co llege

2. 34s6. Pool A Carneg ie-Me ll on (4-0) Gettysb urg (3- 1) Pi ttsb urgh-John stown (2-2)

Buckne ll B (1-3) Shi ppensb urg State (o-4) Pool B Buckne ll (4-0) Penn State (3- 1) Pi ttsb urgh (2-2) Ed in bo ro (1-3) Dick in son (o-4) Quarterfinals Carneg ie-Me ll on t s·Ed inbo ro 8 Penn State 1S· Pi ttsb urgh-Johnstow n o Buckne ll 1S·D icki nson 2 Pi ttsb urgh 1s-Gettysb urg 1 Semifinals Penn State 1s-Ca rneg ie Me ll on 6 Buckne ll 1S· Pi ttsb urgh 6 3rd/ 4th place Carneg ie-Me ll on 1S· Pi ttsb urgh 11 Finals Penn State 1s-Buckne ll 8

Colonial Open Division : April 21-22 at Salisbury State University 1. Unive rsity of Mary land 2. Unive rsity of De lawa re 3- Sa li sb ury State Unive rsity 4- Geo rge Washin gto n Unive rsity S- Ameri can Unive rsity 6. United States Nava l Academy Pool A Towson (4-0) De lawa re (3- 1) Ame ri can A (2-2) Ame ri can B (t -3) Ma ry land B (o-4) Pool B Geo rge Washin gto n A (3- 1) Navy (3- t) John s Hop ki ns (3- t) Ma ry land-Ba lt im ore Co . (1-3) Geo rge Washin gto n B (o-4) Pool B Ma ry land (3-0)

Geo rgetow n (t -2) St. Mary's (o-3) Quarterfinals Ame ri ca n t 3·Towso n 6 Sa li sb ury State 13-Navy 9 Mary land A 13-De lawa re s Geo rge Was hin gton A t 3·Jo hns Hopk in s 4 Semifinals Sa li sb ury State 14-Ameri ca n 13 Mary land t 3·Geo rge Was hin gton s Finals Mary land t s-Sa li sb ury State 8 Women's Division : April 21-22 at Salisbury State University 1. Sa li sb ury State Unive rsity (6-o) 2. Unive rsity of De lawa re (s·t ) 3- Towson Unive rsity (4-2) 4 - Geo rge Was hin gton Unive rsity (2-4) s - Unive rsity of Mary land (2-4)

Atlantic Coast BLUE RIDGE Open Div ision Ap ril 21-22 at Unive rsity of Richmond 1.

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Co llege of William and Mary (8-o) James Mad ison Unive rsity (7- 1) Unive rsity of Virgini a (s-3) Unive rsity of Richm ond (s-3) Virginia Tech Univers ity (4-4)

W_o_m_e_n~s_Q_iy_i_s_i.Q.n:

April 21-22 at University of Richmond 1. Duke Unive rsity (s-o) 2. Unive rsity of No rt h Ca ro lin a (4-t ) 3- Co llege of William & Mary (3-2) 4- Unive rsity of Virgini a (2-3) s- Unive rsity of Tenn essee (t -4) 6. Unive rsity of Richm ond (o-s) Duke 1s-Tennessee 7 Duke 13-Virginia 6 Duke 1S·R i chm ond 2 Duke 1S·William and Ma ry 7 Duke 1S· No rt h Ca rolin a 7 North Ca roli na t s·R ichmo nd 4 No rth Ca roli na t s-Tennessee 4 No rth Ca roli na t 4·William and Mary 10 No rth Ca roli na t s-Virginia 4 William and Mary 1S·Virginia 8 William and Mary 1S·Richm ond s William and Mary 13-Tennessee 6 Virginia t s·R ichm ond 2 Virginia t s-Tennessee s Tenn essee t s·Richm ond 4

Finals Flori da 1s-Geo rgia 7 Women's Division : April 8 at University of Georgia 1. Unive ri sity of Geo rgia (2-o) 2. Geo rgia Tech Unive rsity (t -1) 3- Emory Unive rsity (o-2) Geo rgia 13-E mory 4 Geo rgia 13-Geo rgia Tech 7 Geo rgia Tech t 3·E mory 4

UN C-Wil min gton 2. Duke Unive rsity 3- North Ca roli na State Unive rsity 4 - Unive rsity of No rt h Ca ro lin a s - UN C-As heville 6. Wake Fo rest Unive rsity Pool A Duke (4-0) UN C (3- 1) East Ca ro lin a (2-2) 1.

UN C-As heville (t -3) Wa rren Wilso n (o-4) Pool B UNC-Wilmi ngto n (4-0) NC State (3- t) Davi dson (2-2) Wake Fo rest (1-3) Appa lac hian State (o-4) Quarterfinals Duke 14-Wake Fo rest 4 NC State t s-East Ca ro lin a ? UNC t s-Dav idso n 4 UNCW t s- UNC-As hev ille 1 Semifinals Duke 14- NC State 11 UN CW t 3· UN C t 2 3rd/ 4th place NC State t 3· UN C S Finals UNCW t s-D uke 9

COAST Women's Div.: April 21 at UNC-Wilmington 1. UN C-Wil min gton 2. North Ca roli na State Unive rsity UN CW t S· NC State 4

SOUTH Open Division : April 21-22 at Gainesville, FL 1. Unive rsity of Flo ri da 2. Unive rsity of Georg ia 3- Geo rgia Tech 4 - Geo rgia So ut hern s- Emory Unive rsity 6. Furman Unive rsity Pool A Florida (4-0) Furman (3- t) Emo ry (2-2) Geo rgia B (t -3) Be rry (o-4) Pool B Geo rgia (4-0) Geo rgia Tech (3- 1) Geo rgia So ut hern (2-2) Co llege of Charlesto n (1-3) New Co llege (o-4) Semifinals Flo rida 1S·Emory 6 Geo rgia 1s-Geo rgia Tec h t 3 3rd/ 4th place Geo rgia Tech 13-E mory t 2

Unive rsity Unive rsity Unive rsity Unive rsity

12-0be rli n 9 13-Case Weste rn 7 13-0 hi o State 2 13-0 hi o Wes leyan t

3- St Olaf (3-2) 4- Maca leste r (2-3) s- St. Benedict (1-4)

Case Weste rn 13-0hi o State s Case Weste rn 13-0hi o Wes leya n o Ohi o State t 2-0 hi o Wes leyan 3

6. Ca rleton Co llege B (o-s) Oregon 11-W hi tman s Oregon t 2-C hi co t o Oregon t 3· Hu mbo ldt 7 Oregon t 3·0 regon State 3 Whi t man 13-Chico 6

Illin o is 2. Ind iana 3- Not re Da me

Ca rleton A 13-Ca rleto n B 1 Minnesota t 3·St. Olaf 8 Minnesota 8-St. Olaf 7

Whi t man 13- Hum bo ldt s Whi t man 13-0 rego n State 2 Chi co t 2· Humb oldt 7

4- Ba ll State s - No rt hweste rn 6. Purdue

Minnesota t 3·St. Bened ict 3 Minnesota t 3·Ca rleto n B 4 St. Olaf t 2·Maca leste r s

Chi co t 3·0 regon State 4 Hu mbo ldt 13-0 rego n State 2

Open Div.: April 21-22 at Purdue University

April 8 at Austin, TX

Rice Unive rsity (2-o) 2. Unive rsity of Texas (t -t)

3- Texas A&M Univers ity (o-2) Rice 12-Texas 3 Rice 12-Texas A&M 3 Texas 8-Texas A&M 3

OZARKS Qp_e_n_Q_iy_i_s_i_o_n_: April 7·8 at Columbia, MO 1. Ka nsas Unive rsity 2. Truman State 3- Unive rsity of Misso uri 4 - Was hin gton Unive rsity s - So ut hwest Misso uri State 6. Unive rsity of Arka nsas W_o_m_en~s_Q_iy_isi_o_n ;

No to urname nt sc hed uled .

BAMA Open Division : April 7 at New Orleans, LA Lo ui siana State University (4-0) 2. Auburn Unive rsity (3- t) 3- Tulane Unive rsity (2-2) 4 - Unive rsity of Alaba ma (o-3) 4 - Ce nte nary Co llege (o-3) 1.

LSU 13-Aubur n 2 LSU 13-Tulane 2 LSU 13-Aiabama s LSU 13-Ce nte nary 3 Auburn 13-Tulane 12 Auburn 13-Aiabama 11 Auburn 13-Ce nte nary? Tulane 13-Aiabama 10 Tulane 13-Ce nte nary 7 Women's Division No to urname nt sc hed uled .

Great Lakes MICHIGAN Open Div.: April 21-22 at Univ. of Michigan Unive rsity of Michi gan A 2. Michi gan State Unive rsity A 3· Hope Co llege A 4 - Ca lvin Co llege s - Unive rsity of Michi ga n B Pool A Michi gan A (3-0) MS U B (2- 1) Hope B (1-2) 1.

Weste rn Michi gan (o-3) Pool B

MS U A (3-0) Hope A (2- 1) Ca lv in (1-2) Michi gan B (o-3) Semifinals MS U A t 3·Weste rn Michi gan o UM A t 3· Hope 4 3rd/ 4th place Hope A 13-Ca lv in s Finals Michi gan A 17-MS U A 6 Women's Div. April 21 at Univ. of Michigan Unive rsity of Michi gan 2. Michi gan State Unive rsity 3- Hope Co llege

Michi gan t s·M ichi gan State 4 Michi gan t s- Hope Co llege 4 Michi gan State t 4· Hope Co llege 4

EAST PLAINS ~en Division- April 21-22 at Ohio University 1.

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Ohi o State Unive rsity Obe rlin Co llege Ohi o Unive rsity Unive rsity of Dayton Denn ison Co llege Case Western Reserve Unive rsity

BAY AREA

St. Olaf t 3·St. Bened ict o St. Olaf t 3·Ca rleton B t Maca leste r t o-St. Be ned ict s

Pool A Ind iana (4-0)

Open Division : April 21-22 at Pleasanton, CA 1. Sta nford Unive rsity A

Maca leste r t 3·St. Be ned ict 3 St. Bened ict s-Ca rleton B 3

N. Illi no is (3- 1) U. Chi cago (2-2)

2. UC-Santa Cru z 3- UC-Dav is 4- UC-Be rke ley A

lllli no is-B (1-3) Pool B Not re Da me (3-0) No rt hweste rn (2- t) lnd iana-B (t -2)

West Plains

Illi no is (3-0) Brad ley (2- 1) Purdue-B (1-2) Co lu mb ia (o-3) Pool D Ba ll State (3-0) Purdue (2- 1) Knox (t -2)

Winona State (6-o) 2. Iowa (S- 1)

3- Iowa State (3-3) 4- Gustavus Ado lphu s (3-3) s- Neb raska (3-3)

Unive rsity of Iowa (2-o) 2. Wino na State Unive rsity (1-1) 3- Gustavus Ado lphu s Co llege (o-2)

Augustana (o-3)

Ind iana t ?·Ba ll State t 6 Illi no is 1S· Not re Dame t 3 3rd/ 4th Game Not re Dame t 3·Ba ll State 6 Finals Illi no is 1S· Ind iana 6

Santa Cru z 13-Dav is 11

Women's Div.: April 21-22 at Pleasanton, CA

Northwest

Sta nford Unive rsity A (4-0) 2. UC-Santa Cru z (3- t ) 3- UC-Be rke ley (2-2)

WASHINGTON/ BRITISH COLUMBIA Qpen Division: April 14-15 at Univeristy of British Columbia 1. Unive rsity Bri t ish Co lu mb ia (3-0) *2. Weste rn Washin gto n Unive rsity (1-1)

4- UC-Dav is (t -3) s - Stan ford Unive rsity B (o-4)

*3 - Uni ve rsity of Was hin gto n B (t -1) *4 - Unive rsity of Was hin gto n A (t -t)

Stan ford A 11-Sa nta Cru z 6 Stan ford A 11-Be rke ley 3 Stan ford A 11-Dav is s

*-dete rmi ned by po int-d ifferent ial

Stan ford A 11-Sta nfo rd B o Santa Cru z 11 -Be rke ley s Santa Cru z 11 -Dav is 2

UBC t s·W. Washin gto n 4 UBC t s-Was hin gton B 3

6. Not re Da me Unive rsity (o-s)

Santa Cru z 11 -Stanfo rd B o Be rkeley 11-Dav is 6 Be rke ley 11-Stan fo rd B 1

UBC t 4·Was hin gton A 3 W. Was hi ngton t o-Was hin gton A 8 Was hi ngto n B 17-W. Was hin gton t 6

No rt hweste rn 11-Chi cago t o No rt hweste rn t 3· llli no is 8 No rt hweste rn t 3· Purdue 6 No rt hweste rn t 3· ln diana 8

Davis t o-Sta nford B 6

Was hi ngto n A t o-Washin gto n B 9 Women's Division: Apri114-15 at Univeristy of British Columbia 1.

Chi cago t o- Not re Da me 9 Illi no is 10- Purd ue 7 Illi no is 11 -ln d iana 8

Southwest

Unive rsity of Bri t ish Co lum bia A (4-0)

2. Unive rsity of Was hin gton (3- 1) 3- Unive rsity of Vi cto ri a (2-2) 4- Unive rsity of Bri t ish Co lu mb ia B (1-3)

Illi no is 9- Not re Dame 6 Purdue 8- lnd iana 7 Purdue 10- Not re Dame 8

s- Weste rn Was hin gton Univers ity (o-4)

DESERT Open Div. April 22 at University of Arizona 1. Unive rsity of Ari zona 2. Unive rsity of New Mex ico 3- Ari zona State Unive rsity

UBC A 13-Was hi ngto n o

Ind iana t o-Chi cago 6 Ind iana t o-Not re Da me 7

Women's Division :

UBC A 13-Victo ria o UBC A 13- UBC B o UBC A 13-W Was hin gton o

Central

No tournament scheduled.

COLORADO

Was hi ngt on 9-Victo ria 7 Was hi ngto n 13- UBC B 3 Was hi ngto n 11 -W. Was hi ngto n 4

LAKE SUPERIOR QP-en Division : April 21-22 at University of Wisconsin

Open Division· April 14-15 at Fort Collins, CO 1. Unive rsity of Co lorado-Bo ulde r (6-o) 2. Co lo rado Min es (s· t) 3- Co lo rado State Unive rsity (4-2)

Victo ria t 3· UBC B 8 Victo ria t 3·W. Was hi ngto n 1 UBC B t 3·W. Washin gto n 8

Uni ve rsity of Wisco nsin-Mad iso n 2. Unive rsity of Wisco nsin-Mad iso n B 3- Unive rsity of Wisco nsin-Steve ns Poin t

Women's Div.: April 21-22 at Univ. of Wis. 1. Unive rsity of Wisco nsin-Mad iso n 2. Law rence Unive rsity

Stan ford B (o-3) Semifinals Stan ford 13-Be rke ley A 9

Davis t 3·Be rke ley A 9 Finals Stan ford 13-Santa Cru z 7

Winona State t 3·G ustav us 1

3- Unive rsity of Illin ois (3-2) 4- Purdue Unive rsity (2-3) s - Ind iana Unive rsity (2-3)

4- Law rence Unive rsity s - Ma rq uette Unive rsity

Santa Cru z (3-0) Be rke ley A (2- 1) Las Pos itas (t -2)

3rd/ 4th place

Iowa t o-Win ona State 8 Iowa t 3·G ustavus o

Women's Div.: April 21-22 at Purdue Univ. 1. No rt hweste rn Unive rsity (s-o) 2. Unive rsity of Chi cago (3-2)

No rt hweste rn 9-Not re Da me 4 Chicago ?- Illi no is 6 Chi cago t o- Purd ue 9

Pool B

6. No rt hern Iowa (1-s) 7- Gri nnell (o-6) Women's Div.: April 22 at Winona State Univ.

Quarterfinals Ind iana t 3·No rt hwestern 2 Not re Da me t 3· N. Illin o is s Illi no is 7- Purd ue 2 Ba ll State 13-B rad ley s Semifinals

s - Las Pos itas Co llege Pool A Stan ford A (2-o) Davis (1-t ) Be rkeley B (o-2)

Open Division- April 21-22 at Nebraska

Rose- Hul man (o-3) Pool C

4- Co lo rado Co llege (3-3) s - Air Fo rce Acade my (2-4)

BIG SKY Open Division: April 21-22 at Utah State Univ. 1. Ida ho State University

Women's Division : April 14-15 at Fort Collins, CO Unive rsity of Co lorado-Bo ulde r (t -o) 2. Co lo rado Co llege (o- 1)

Women's Division: April 21-22 at Utah State University

Co lo rado 1S·Co lo rado Co llege 2

3- Unive rsity of Wisco nsin-Steve ns Poin t NORTHWOODS Open Division : April 21-22 at St. Olaf College 1. Ca rleton Co llege 2. St. Cloud Unive rsity 3- St. Olaf Co llege s - Unive rsity of Minn esota- Dulu t h Pool A Ca rleton A (2-o) St. John s (t -t ) Ca rleton D (o-2) Pool B St. Cloud (2-o) Minnesota-D ulu t h (t -t) St. Olaf B (o-2)

OREGON Qpen Division: April 14-15 at Univ. of Oregon 1. Unive rsity of Orego n (6-o)

Ca rleton C (2-o) Maca leste r (t -t) Semifinals Ca rleton A t s-St. Olaf 2 St. Cloud 1s-Ca rleton C t1 3rd/ 4th place St. Olaf 1s-Ca rleton C 7 Fina ls

~en Division : April 21-22 at UC-Santa Barbara

s - Claremo nt Co lleges

6. UCLA

Chico (3- 1) Whit man (2-2) Orego n B (t -3) Willamette (0-4) Pool B Hu mbo ldt (4-0) Orego n State (3- 1) Lew is and Clark (2-2) Li nn-Benton (t -3) Li nfi eld (o-4) Quarterfinal: Orego n State t s-Whi t man 4 Semifinals: Orego n A t s-O regon State t 2 Hu mbo ldt t s-Chi co 10 Final: Orego n A t s- Hu mbo ldt 11

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2. UC-San Di ego A 3- Ca l Poly-S LO 4- UC-San Di ego B

s- Whi tman Co llege (2-3) Pool A Orego n A (4-0)

Minnesota (t -1) Ca rleton B (o-2) Pool D

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

2. Hu mbo ldt State Univers ity (s· t) 3- Chico State Unive rsity (4-2) 4- Orego n State Univers ity (3-3)

Pool C St. Olaf A (2-o)

St. John s B (o-2) Women's Div.: April 21-22 at Ohio University 1. Ohi o Unive rsity (4-0) 2. Obe rlin Co llege (3- t) 3- Case Western Reserve Unive rsity (2-2) 4 - Ohi o State Unive rsity (1-3) s - Ohio Wes leya n Unive rsity (o-4)

3- Chi co State Unive rsity (2-2) 4- Hu mbo ldt State Unive rsity (1-3) s - Oregon State Unive rsity (o-4)

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Women's Division· Apri114-15 at University of Oregon 1. Unive rsity of Orego n (4-0) 2. Whi t man Co llege (3- 1)

Ca rleton A 13-M innesota 4

South

Rice 1s-Texas A&M t o Rice 1s-Texas A 7 Rice 1s-Texas B 3 Texas A&M t s-Texas A 8 Texas A&M t s-Texas B 2 Texas A t s-Texas B 4

Women's Div.: April 21-22 at St. Olaf College 1. Ca rleto n Co llege A (s-o) 2. Unive rsity of Minnesota (4-t )

Obe rli n 9-Case Weste rn 8 Obe rli n 11-0 hio State 3 Obe rli n t 3·0 hi o Wes leyan o

TEXAS Open Division : April 21 at College Station , TX 1. Rice Unive rsity 2. Texas A&M Unive rsity 3- Unive rsity of Texas A 4 - Unive rsity of Texas B

CAROLINA Qpen Div.: April 21-22 at UNC-Wilmington

Ca rleton A 1s-St. Cl oud 2 Ohi o Ohi o Ohi o Ohi o

Women's Division· April 21-22 at UC-Santa Barbara 1.

UC-San Diego A (4-0)

2. UC-Santa Ba rba ra (3-t ) 3- Claremo nt Co lleges (2-2) 4- UC-San Di ego B (1-3)

5- UCLA (o-4) UCSD A 8- UCSB 3 UCSD A 13-Ciaremont 1 UCSD A 13- UCSD B o UCSD A 13- UCLA o UCSB 9-Ciaremont 4 UCSB 12- UCSD B 2 UCSB 11 -UCLA o Claremo nt 8- UCSD B 6 Claremo nt 11-UCLA 1 UCSD B 11-UCLA t o

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The Standing Rules Committee has completed its work on the lOth Edition of the Rules of Ultimate. We have passed this final proposal on to the Board and sincerely hope that the Board will submit this edition to the membership for majority approval in the upcoming fall election. We strongly recommend that all events use these rules on a trial basis starting now, to allow the membership to become familiar with the changes and to be in a position to vote with knowledge and experience. We expect player experience with this lOth edition to contribute to an annual cycle of rule improvements. The annual rules cycle will ensure that the official rules are reviewed each year, with regular periods for new input, drafting, review, trial and voting. The SRC has begun work on further rule changes to be submitted to the Board in January 2001. We thank the members of the Standing Rules Committee and the wide range of members who have given a vast amount of input for this proposal. Chris Van Holmes, Chair, Standing Rules Committee -Joey Gray, Executive Director

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Proposed lOth Edition- June 2001 by the 2000-2001 Standing Rules Committee powers as defined below). Any such changes must be PREFACE established before the start of competition. The purpose of the rules of Ultimate is to provide a guideline describing the way the game is played. It assumed that no Ultimate E. General vs. Specific Rules: Many of these rules are general player will intentionally violate the rules; thus there are no harsh in nature and cover most situations of play. However, some penalties for inadvertent infractions, but rather a method for resumrules cover specific situations and override the general case. ing play in a manner that simulates what would most likely have occurred had there been no infraction. II. DEFINITIONS In Ultimate, an intentional foul is considered cheating and a gross A. Player: A player is any of the up to fourteen (14) persons who offense against the spirit of sportsmanship. Often a player is in a are actually participating in the game at any one time. position where it is clearly to a player's advantage to foul or commit some infraction, but that player is morally bound to abide by the B. State ofthe disc: The state of the disc describes the nature of rules. The integrity of Ultimate depends on each player's responsibilplay at any particular moment during the game. There are ity to uphold the spirit ofthe game, and this responsibility should not three states ofthe disc: be taken lightly. 1. Disc in play: A disc is in play any time the play may proceed without acknowledgment by the defense. The disc is I. INTRODUCTION subject to a turnover. To put the disc into play at a particuA. Description: Ultimate is a non-contact disc sport played lar spot on the field means to establish the pivot at that by two teams of seven players. The object of the game is spot on the field . to score goals. A goal is scored when a player catches 2. Live disc: A disc is live when players are allowed moveany legal pass in the end zone that player is attacking. ment, the disc is subject to a turnover, but the thrower Players are not allowed to run while holding the disc. The cannot make a legal pass, (e.g., walking the disc to the disc is advanced by throwing or passing it to other playspot where it is to be put into play or after a call is made ers. The disc may be passed in any direction. Any time a but before play has been stopped). pass is incomplete, intercepted, knocked down, or con3. Dead disc: A disc is dead when play has stopped and can tacts an out-of-bounds area, a turnover occurs, resulting only continue with a check. The disc is not subject to a in an immediate change of the team in possession of the turnover. disc. 4. When a disc is in the air following a legal pass, the B. Spirit of the Game: Ultimate relies upon a spirit of sportsthrower's team is considered the team in possession. manship which places the responsibility for fair play on the player. Highly competitive play is encouraged, but C. Ground Contact: Ground contact refers to all player contact never at the expense of mutual respect among players, with the ground directly related to a specific event or adherence to the agreed upon rules of the game, or the maneuver, including landing or recovery after being off-balbasic joy of play. Protection of these vital elements serves ance (e. g., jumping, diving, leaning, or falling). to eliminate adverse conduct from the Ultimate field. Such D. Possession of the disc: Possession of the disc is sustained actions as taunting of opposing players, dangerous contact with, and control of, a non-spinning disc. aggression, belligerent intimidation, intentional fouling, or other "win-at-all-costs" behavior are contrary to the spirit 1. To catch a pass is equivalent to establishing possession of the game and must be avoided by all players. of that pass. 2. Loss of possession due to ground contact related to a C. Captain's Clause: A game may be played under any variapass reception negates that player's possession up to that tions of the rules agreed upon by the captains of the point. teams involved. In tournament play, variations are subject to the approval of the event organizer(s). Such things as 3. A disc in the possession of a player is considered part of length of game, dimensions of the field, number of players that player. and stall count can easily be altered to suit the level of 4. The team whose player is in possession or whose players play. Before a game starts, each team designates one may pick up the disc is considered the team in possescaptain to represent that team in disagreements and Sion. arbitration. E. Pivot: A pivot is the particular part of the body in continuous D. Event Organizers: Event Organizers may modify rules that contact with a single spot on the field during a thrower's relate to the logistics of conducting a game to suit the possession. When there is a definitive spot for putting the event. Examples of logistics include: The length of the disc in play, the part of the body in contact with that spot is game (game total), upper score limits (caps), time of game the pivot. limits (time caps), half-time length, number of time-outs, starting time point assessments, player uniform requireF. Legitimate position: Legitimate position is the stationary ments, Observer operations (within the scope of Observer position established by a player's body excluding extended

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arms and legs that can be avoided by all opposing players when time and distance are taken into account. G. Pull: A pull is the throw from one team to the other that starts play at the beginning of a half or after a goal. It is not considered to be a legal throw for scoring and has many special provisions. See VIII.B for more details. H. Brick: A brick is any pull that initially lands out-of-bounds untouched by the receiving team. I.

Turnover: A turnover is any event resulting in a change of the team in possession.

J. Event organizer: An event organizer is the person, persons, or entity organizing the competition, whether it is a tournament, tournament series, league, single game or any other type of Ultimate event. K. Line: A line is a boundary defining the playing areas. On an unlined field, the boundary is defined as an imaginary line between two field markers with the thickness of said markers. Line segments are not extrapolated beyond the defining markers. L. Offensive player: An offensive player is any player whose team is in possession.

M. Defensive player: A defensive player is any player whose team is not in possession ofthe disc. 1. A defensive player may not pick up a disc in play. 2. A defensive player may not call for a pass from the thrower. N. Throw: A throw is a disc in flight following any throwing motion, including after a fake attempt, that results in loss of contact between the thrower and the disc. 1. A pass is the equivalent of a throw. 2. The act of throwing is the motion of the thrower that transfers momentum from the player to the disc and results in a throw. Pivots and wind-ups are not considered part ofthe act ofthrowing. 0. Stoppage of play: A stoppage of play is any halting of play due to a call, discussion or time-out that requires a check or self-check to restart play. 1. Play is considered to have stopped when the player in possession acknowledges the call. If that player gained possession after the call was made, play is considered stopped at the time possession is gained. 2. The disc is not subject to a turnover unless the continuation rule applies. 3. In general, before a check occurs, all players must resume their respective positions at the time of the call. 4. The term "play stops" means a stoppage of play occurs. P. Best Perspective: Best perspective is the most complete viewpoint available by a player that includes the relative

Ill.

FIELD OF PLAY A. The standard field of play is a rectangular area with dimensions as shown on the accompanying diagram (Appendix 1). B. The standard field of play is a rectangular area 37 meters (40 yards) wide and 64 m (70 yards) long with 23m (25 yard) endzones on either end. The Brick Mark is 18m (20 yards) from each end-zone midway between the sidelines. C. The playing field and surrounds should be essentially flat, free of obstructions, and afford reasonable player safety. Well-trimmed grass is the recommended surface. D. The playing field proper is the playing field excluding the end zones. E. The goal lines are the lines that separate the playing field proper from the end zones and are part of the playing field proper.

The corners of the playing field proper and the end zones are marked by cones made of a brightly colored, flexible material.

G. An additional restraining line is established at least five meters from the perimeter lines surrounding the field. Spectators and gear must remain behind this line to ensure the perimeter is safe and clear during play. H. All lines are marked with a non-caustic material. EQUIPMENT

IV.

A. Any flying disc may be used as long as it is acceptable to both team captains. If the captains cannot agree, the current Official Disc of the Ultimate Players Association shall be used. B. Players may wear any soft protective clothing as long as it does not endanger the safety of any other player or provide unfair advantage. C. Cleats with any dangerous parts are not allowed. This includes metallic baseball cleats, track spikes, and worn or broken studs with sharp edges. D. Every player must wear a uniform or other clothing that distinguishes that player from the players on the other team. In tournament play, matching uniforms and numbered jerseys are recommended. E. Players may not use clothing or equipment to inhibit or assistthe movement of the disc or another player.

Length of Game

A. Game to goals: A standard game is played until one team's number of goals scored first reaches or exceeds 15, the game total. with a margin of at least two goals.

1. Current scoring attempt: The scoring attempt in progress.

a) b)

A scoring attempt begins when the previous goal is scored and ends when a subsequent goal is scored Caps: Maximum score limits imposed before or during a game to limit the time required to declare a winner. The game ends when one team's score first reaches the cap. A soft cap is a maximum score limit imposed before the event Atime cap is a maximum score limit imposed during a game once a predetermined time of play has elapsed and after the current scoring attempt is completed. A hard cap is the ending of the game once a predetermined time of game has elapsed and after the current scoring attempt is completed. If the score is tied, the teams play until one additional goal is scored. The team with the most goals at the end ofthe game is the winner.

B. Halftime occurs when one team first reaches, or exceeds, half the game total. Halftime lasts ten minutes. C. Overtime occurs when the score is tied at one goal less than the game total wherein the winning score will exceed said game total. Play continues until a two-goal margin, or a cap, is achieved,. (Example: In a game to 15 goals, overtime

A. A time-out call stops play and time limit counts either during the current scoring attempt or between one goal and the subsequent pull.

retroactive to the time of injury. b) The injured player must leave the game (1) at that time if so requested by an opposing captain, or (2) at the end of the current scoring attempt if such a request is not made. c) The injured player may return in accordance with Section VII only after the affected area is effectively covered.

B. Team Time-out: A standard game has two time-outs per half. The number of team time-outs per half is subject to adjustment by event organizers.

D. Equipment Time-out: An equipment time-out may be called to replace a broken disc or to correct a hazardous or illegal condition.

occurs when the score reaches 14-14 and the minimum winning score is determined to be 16).

positions ofthe disc, ground, players and line markers involved in the play. Best perspective on an unlined field may require sighting from one field marker to another. VI.

TIME-OUTS

1. Each team is permitted exactly one time-out in overtime.

This means that any team time-outs remaining from regulation are discarded and each team is awarded a single team time-out. 2. Each team time-out lasts 70 seconds. 3. A time-out may be called by either team after a goal and before both teams have signalled readiness to start play. Any time limit count is halted and is resumed after 70 seconds has elapsed. 4. Once both teams have signaled readiness, only the offensive player who has established possession ofthe disc and a pivot can call a time-out. The player must form a 'T' with one hand and the disc and audibly say "timeout". The time-out begins at the moment the first of these actions is performed. The thrower must then place the disc on the ground at the pivot spot. 5. When play resumes after a time-out: a) All offensive players must establish a stationary position by the end of the time-out and the defense has up to twenty seconds to check the disc into play. b) The players on the field at the time of the time-out must return to play unless an injury time-out has also been called. c) The player who had possession restarts play with a check at the spot of the pivot and the marker resumes the stall count with the word "stalling" followed by the last number uttered prior to the time-out plus one. 6. If the team in possession has no has time-outs remaining and a player in possession of the disc attempts to call a time-out, it is a turnover. To avoid confusion, there is a stoppage of play and a check on the disc. C. Injury Time-out: A time-out called due to an injury to any player. During an injury time-out, the health and safety of the injured player is of primary concern.

1. An injury time-out can be called by any member of the

injured player's team. The time-out call is in effect at the time of the injury. In other words, the call is retroactive to the time the injury occurred. 2. If the disc is in the air at the time of injury, the play is completed. a) The player determined to be in possession at the end of the play puts the disc into play with a check. b) If no player is in possession of the disc, the defense puts the disc into play with a self-check. VII. 3. When play restarts after an injury time-out: A. a) If the player in possession leaves the field following an injury, the replacing player takes possession. b) The player determined to be in possession restarts play at the appropriate spot with a check and the marker resumes any stall count with the word "stalling" followed by last number uttered before the injury plus one c) All players must assume their respective positions on the field when the time-out was called. Players may not set up when restarting play after an injury time-out, unless it VIII. is also a team time-out. A. 4. An injury time-out results in a team time-out if the injured player does not leave the game. An exception is allowed if the injury was caused by an opposing player. 5. If an injury time-out is called during a team time-out, the opposing team must be notified as soon as the injury is discovered. 6. During the game, any player may call an injury time-out for a player who is bleeding or has an exposed open wound. a) This call is in effect at the time of the call and is not

1. Any player may briefly extend a stoppage of play (e.g.

2. a)

4. a) (1)

during a foul or violation stoppage) in order to correct faulty equipment, such as tying shoelaces or straightening a warped disc. However, active play may never be stopped for this purpose unless a hazardous situation exists. Note that play has not stopped during a turnover even ifthe disc is out-of-bounds. Any player recognizing a hazardous or illegal condition may call an equipment time-out. Play stops immediately and there is no continuation. If the disc is in the air, the play is completed and play stops when the team in possession is determined. Only the thrower may call an equipment time-out to replace a game disc. To do, so the disc must be cracked, torn, deeply gouged, creased, or punctured. Warped, wet, or dirty discs do not qualify for an equipment time-out. A player unable to correct hazardous equipment in a timely manner will be substituted in accordance with paragraph VII.A.3. When play restarts after an equipment time-out; The thrower restarts play at the appropriate spot with a check and the marker resumes any stall count as follows: lfthe equipment time-out was called during a stoppage of play, the count resumes at the appropriate count for the event that stopped play.

(2) If the equipment time-out stopped play (a) If the defense called the equipment time-out, the count resumes with the word "stalling" followed by the last number uttered before the call plus one, or six if that number is above six. (b) lfthe offense called the equipment time-out, the count resumes with the word "stalling" followed by last number uttered prior to the call plus one. b) If the player in possession leaves the field due to hazardous or illegal equipment, the replacing player puts the disc into play. c) All players must assume their respective positions on the field when the time-out was called. Players may not set up when restarting play after an equipment time-out. 5. Ateam erroneously calling an equipment time-out will be charged with a team time-out, but play is to be restarted immediately. lfthat team is in possession and has no team time-outs available, it is a turnover. SUBSTITUTIONS Substitutions can be made only:

1. After a goal and before the substituting team has signaled

readiness. 2. Before the beginning of a half. 3. To replace injured players, or players with hazardous/illegal equipment. If a team replaces players, the opposing team has the option of substituting a like number of, or fewer, players. STARTING AND RESTARTING PLAY Start of the game:

1. Representatives of the two teams fairly determine which

team first chooses from the following options: a) To receive or throw the initial pull; or b) Which end zone they wish to initially defend. t 2. The other team is given the remaining choice. 3. The second half begins with an automatic reversal of the initial choices (mirror) ofthe initial choices. 4. If only one te mfails to signal rea iness for the start of a

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where possession was gained (e.g., ifthe disc was out-ofbounds or a brick/middle was called), then the thrower signifies the start of play by touching the disc to the ground after establishing a pivot at the spot on the playing field where the disc will be put into play. C. Time between pulls:

1. The maximum time allowed between the scoring of a goal

B. Pull:

1. Play starts at the beginning of each half and after each goal with a pull.

2. The pull consists of one player on the pulling team throwing the disc to the opposing team. 3. Each time a goal is scored, the teams switch the direction of their attack and the team that scored pulls to the opposing team. 4. The pull may be made only after the thrower and a player on the receiving team raise a hand to signal that team's readiness to begin play. Each team must have a minimum of two players and a maximum of seven players in order to signal readiness.

and the ensuing pull is ninety seconds. a) The receiving team has up to seventy seconds to signal readiness. b) The pulling team has up to twenty additional seconds to prepare its defense and pull the disc. D. The Check

1. When any call or event stops play, all players must come to a stop as quickly as possible and remain in their respective positions until play is restarted.

2. When the situation is resolved, the player determined to be in possession offers the disc to the marker for a check. a) The marker restarts play by touching the disc in possessian of the thrower. If the thrower attempts a pass before the marker touches the disc, the pass does not count regardless of whether it is complete or incomplete, and possession reverts to the thrower.

play is started or restarted. E. A disc becomes out-of-bounds when it first contacts an outof-bounds area. Contact between a disc and an out-ofbounds defensive player does not make the disc out-ofbounds.

The disc may fly outside a perimeter line and return to the playing field, and defensive players may go out-of-bounds in order to make a play on the disc.

G. For a player to be considered in-bounds after gaining possession of the disc, that player's first point of ground contact with any area must be completely in-bounds.

1. If any portion of the first point of contact is out-of-bounds, the player is considered out-of-bounds.

2. If a defender gains possession while airborne and the first ground contact is out-of-bounds, the possession is negated up to that point. H. To continue play when the disc becomes out-of-bounds, a member of the team gaining possession of the disc must carry the disc to, and put the disc into play at, the spot on the playing field proper nearest to where the most recent of the following events occurred:

5. Positioning before the pull a) The players on the pulling team are free to move anywhere in their end zone, but may not cross the goal line 1. The disc completely crossed the perimeter line. until the disc is released. b) The players on the receiving team must stand with one 2. The disc contacted an in-bounds player. b) Any stall count in effect is resumed in accordance with foot on the goal line they are defending without changing XIV.C.5. 3. The disc contacted a defensive player. position relative to one another. c) Change of field position by any player before the disc is in c) As soon as the disc is released, it is in play and all players 4. The disc became out-of-bounds due to contact with an outplay is a violation and requires a return to original positions may move in any direction. of-bounds area while the any part of the disc was inside the before restarting play. perimeter line. d) If either team fails to maintain proper positioning before the pull, the other team may audibly announce "Off-sides" 3. Offensive Self-check: Whenever play is to be restarted with I. Events occurring after the disc becomes out-of-bounds and a re-pull ensues. The call must be made immediately. a check, but no marker is near enough to touch the disc in do not affect where the disc is put into play. the thrower's hand, play is re-started using a self-check. 6. No player on the throwing team may touch the pull in the X. End Zone Possession air before it is touched by a member of the receiving a) To restart play using an offensive self-check, A. If a team gains possession in the end zone which it is team. To do so is a violation, and the receiving team may defending following a turnover, the player taking possesimmediately request a re-pull. (1) The defense must acknowledge readiness. sian must make the immediate decision to either: 7. If the pull is allowed to hit the ground untouched, it is put (2) The thrower establishes a pivot at the appropriate spot on 1. Put the disc into play at the spot of the disc, (to fake a into play as follows: the field, touches the disc to the ground, and announces "IN throw or pause after gaining possession commits the a) lfthe disc hits and remains in-bounds, the disc is put into PLAY". player to put the disc into play at that spot); or play at the spot where the disc comes to rest. (Note: 2. Carry it directly to the closest point on the goal line and 4. Defensive self-check: Whenever play is to be restarted with Rules allowing players to stop a rolling disc apply.) put it into play at that spot. If this option is chosen, the a check but no offensive player is near enough to take posb) lfthe disc initially hits in-bounds, then becomes out-ofplayer taking possession must put the disc into play at the session of the disc at the appropriate spot, play is restarted bounds before being touched by the receiving team, the goal line. Failure to do so is a travel. using a defensive self-check. disc is put into play at the spot on the playing field proper B. If a player catches a pass from a teammate in the end zone (i.e., excluding the end zones) nearest to where it last a) To restart play using a defensive self check: which they are defending, that player does not have a choice crossed the perimeter line before becoming out-of(1) The disc is placed at the appropriate spot on the field. of advancing the disc to the goal line. bounds. c) If the disc becomes out-of-bounds after being touched by (2) The offense must acknowledge readiness. C. If a team gains possession other than by interception of a the receiving team, the disc is put into play at the spot on pass in the end zone which it is attacking, (which is a goal (3) The defender closest to the disc announces the disc "IN the playing field nearest to where the disc last crossed under Section XI.A), the player taking possession must carry PLAY". the perimeter line before becoming out-of-bounds. the disc directly to the closest spot on the goal line and put d) lfthe disc initially hits an out-of-bounds area, the receivthe disc into play from there. IN- AND OUT-OF-BOUNDS IX. ing team has the option of putting the disc into play: SCORING A. The entire playing field is in-bounds. The perimeter lines are XI. (1) at the spot on the playing field proper nearest to where not part of the playing field, and are out-of-bounds. A. A goal is scored when a player catches any legal pass in the the disc last crossed the perimeter line in flight; or, end zone of attack. (Note: This rule legalizes the Callahan (2) after signaling for a brick/middle by fully extending one B. Any area not in-bounds [IX. 1. A] is out-of-bounds. goal and the self-caught tipped pass). hand overhead and calling "brick" before gaining possesAny object or player contacting an out-of-bounds area is outC. sian of the disc: B. In order to be considered in the end zone after gaining posof-bounds. An airborne player whose last ground contact session of the disc, the player's first point of contact with the (a) at the brick mark closest to the end zone the receiving was with an out-of-bounds area is out-of-bounds. All out-ofteam is defending; or ground must be completely in the end zone. bounds objects and out-of-bounds offensive players are considered part of the out-of-bounds area. The following excep(b) at the spot on the long axis of the field nearest to where C. A player cannot score by running into the end zone with the the disc last crossed the perimeter line in flight. tions apply: disc. Should momentum carry a player into the end zone after gaining possession, that player must carry the disc back to 1. In the event that momentum carries a player out-of8. If the pull is caught, the disc is put into play at the spot on bounds after gaining possession of an in-bounds disc and the closest spot on the playing field proper and put the disc the playing field nearest to where the disc was caught. landing in-bounds, the player is considered in-bounds. into play at that spot. 9. If the pull is touched by the receiving team before the disc The disc is put into play at the spot on the perimeter line hits the ground and then allowed to hit the ground, it is D. A player must be completely in the end zone and acknowlwhere the player went out-of-bounds. If the player traconsidered a dropped pull and results in a turnover. The edge that a goal has been scored, regardless of any active versed the end zone being attacked, then rule XI.C disc is put into play in the same manner as a turnover as calls by an official. If that player plays the disc unknowingly applies. described in Sections II, IX, X, XII, and XIII. into a turnover, then no goal is awarded. 2. The thrower may pivot resulting in contact with an out-of10. After a pull, the disc must be put into play by whichever bounds area, providing that the pivot remains in contact XII. TURNOVERS player takes possession of the disc. If a player drops the with the playing field. Movement of the pivot out-ofdisc while carrying it to the spot where the disc will be A. An incomplete, intercepted, or knocked down pass, or a pass bounds is a travel. put into play, the other team gains possession of the disc in which the disc becomes out-of-bounds, results in a at the nearest spot on the playing field proper. 3. Contact between players does not confer the state of change of the team in possession. If a disc in play is dropped being in- or out-of-bounds from one onto another. by the thrower without defensive interference, and it con11. There is no stoppage of play when putting the pull into play. If the disc is put into play at some point other than

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considered an incomplete pass. B. A pass is considered intercepted if a defensive player catches a pass. If a defensive player catches a pass and accidentally loses possession of it before or during ground contact related to that catch, the defender is considered to have blocked rather than intercepted the pass according to

II.D.2. C. The following actions result in a change of the team in possession and a stoppage of play:

takes more steps than are required to stop after catching a pass and before establishing a pivot, that player has traveled. If an offensive player after receiving a pass on the run, releases a pass after the third ground contact and before coming to a complete stop, that player has traveled. A defensive player who establishes possession of the disc becomes the thrower, but may not throw the disc before establishing a legal pivot. To do so is a traveling violation. Exceptions: A non-standing player may lose contact with a pivot point in order to stand up without a traveling violation provided there was no previous throw or fake attempt. It is not a travel in the case where the thrower has just received a pass and is throwing before the third ground contact in accordance with XV. D.

1. The marker's count reaches the maximum number. 6. 2. The disc is handed from player to player. a) 3. The thrower catches the thrown disc. However, it is not a turnover if the disc is touched by another player during its flight unless the thrower intentionally deflected the throw b) off another player. 4. The thrower calls a team time-out when none remain. 5. A player's movement is intentionally assisted by a teamXIV. THE MARKER: Only one defensive player may guard the mate in catching or blocking a pass. If a defender assists thrower at any one time; that player is the marker. a teammate, the intended receiver retains possession. A. There must be at least one disc diameter between the upper 6. A player uses an unfair equipment advantage to catch or bodies ofthe thrower and the marker at all times. It is the block a pass. If a defender uses unfair advantage, the mutual responsibility of both players to respect each other's intended receiver retains possession. XIII. THE THROWER: The thrower is the offensive player in possession of the disc, or the player who has just released the disc. A. If the disc is on the ground, whether in- or out-of-bounds, any member of the team becoming offense may take possession ofthe disc.

1. Once an offensive player has picked up the disc, that player is required to put the disc into play.

2. If possession is gained at the spot where the disc is to be put into play, the thrower must establish a pivot at the spot of the disc. 3. If the disc is to be put into play at a spot other than where possession was gained, the thrower must carry the disc to the appropriate spot on the field, touch the disc to the ground, and put the disc into play at that spot. 4. If the disc is on the playing field proper, a member of the team becoming offense must put the disc in play within ten seconds. After ten seconds have elapsed, a defensive player in position at the spot of the disc may restart play by announcing "Delay of Game", and may initiate and continue the stall count. In order to invoke this rule the marker must give warnings of ten and five seconds. 5. If the disc is not on the playing field proper, a member of the team becoming offense must put the disc in play within twenty seconds. a) If the disc is not retrievable within twenty seconds, (i.e., far out-of-bounds, or through a crowd), then the thrower may request and be provided an alternative game disc. Any delay count is halted until the offensive player is in possession of the new disc. b) After twenty seconds have elapsed, a defensive player in position at the spot the disc is to be put into play may restart play by announcing "delay of game", and may initiate and continue the stall count. In order to invoke this rule the marker must give warnings of twenty, ten and five seconds. B. The thrower has the right to pivot in any direction. However, once the marker has established a legitimate stationary position, the thrower may not pivot into the marker's body. C. The thrower may throw the disc in any manner and in any direction. D. Traveling: The thrower must establish a pivot at the appropriate spot on the field and may not change that pivot until the throw is released. Failure to do so is a travel and results in a stoppage of play and a check. The continuation rule [XVI.G] applies.

1. The thrower must keep all or part ofthe pivot in contact

with a single spot on the field. If the thrower loses contact with the appropriate spot, the thrower has traveled. 2. Whenever a pivot spot is defined in the rules and the thrower fails to establish contact with that spot, the thrower has traveled. 3. If a player speeds up, changes direction, or obviously

position and not encroach into this area once it is established.

B. The marker's extended arms and legs cannot be positioned in such a manner as to restrict the thrower from pivoting or throwing. Contact resulting from such an action is a foul on the marker. C. Stalling: Generally, the thrower is allowed ten seconds of possession in order to release a throw. This possession may be timed by the marker's stall count.

1. The count consists of the marker loudly announcing "Stalling" and counting from one to ten loudly enough for

a) Defensive Foul/Strip Uncontested ... one b) Defensive Foul/Strip Contested ...... count reached plus one or 6 if over 5 c) Offensive Foul Uncontested ........... count reached plus one d) Offensive Foul Contested ............... count reached plus one or 6 if over 5 e) Violations By Offense ................... count reached plus one or 6 if over 5 f) Violations By Defense ................... one g) Fast Count/Double Team (1) First Call. ........................count reached minus one; Disc is in play. (2) Second Call.. ................... one; with a check. h) Contested Stall.. ........................... nine i) Offsetting Calls ............................ count reached plus one or 6 if over 5 j) Unresolved Calls ..........................count reached plus one or 6 if over 5 k) Equipment time-out by defense ...count reached plus one or 6 if over 5 I) Equipment time-out by offense ... count reached plus one. 6. Fast count: If the marker counts more quickly than at one second intervals, or if the marker fails to use the word "stalling" to initiate or resume the count, the thrower may call "fast count". a) The first "fast count" call is a warning. On the first "fast count" call, the marker must subtract one from the number last uttered at the time of the call and continue the stall count from that number preceded by the word "stalling". b) If "fast count" or "double team" is called again during the same possession by the thrower, play stops and is resumed after a check with the count reset to one. c) The continuation rule [XVI.G] applies to fast counts. d) If the fast count occurs in such a manner that the thrower does not have a reasonable opportunity to call "fast count" before the utterance of the word "ten," the play is treated the same as a contested stall [XIV.C.3.b].

the thrower to hear. a) All intervals between the beginning of one word and the beginning of the next are to be a minimum of one second. b) All stall counts, whether initiated, re-initiated or resumed, must start with the word "stalling" 2. Only a marker within three meters of the thrower's point of ground contact may initiate or continue a stall count. If D. Double-team: an offensive player stands over a disc without taking pos1. Only one marker is permitted to guard the thrower. session, the marker may issue a "Delay of Game" warn2. No other defensive player may establish a position within ing. lfthe disc is not picked up, the marker may initiate three meters of the pivot of the thrower, unless that and continue a stall count regardless ofthe actions ofthe defender is guarding another offensive player in that offense. area. To do so is a double team. 3. If the thrower has not released the disc at the first utter3. Only a thrower recognizing a double-team situation may ance of the word "ten", it is a turnover. The marker loudly call "Double-Team". The offending player must retreat announces "Stall" and play stops. from the marker to beyond the three-meter radius. Failure a) In the event of a stall call, the disc is given to the former to do so can result in a second call. marker prior to a check at the location ofthe stall. The 4. On the first "double-team" call, the marker must subtract once marker, now offensive player, may either: one from the last number uttered at the time of the call (1) place the disc on the ground; After acknowledgment by and continue the stall count with the resulting number the defense, the offensive player touches the disc and preceded by the word "stalling". announces "IN PLAY"; or, 5. If "double-team" or "fast count" is called again within the (2) retain possession and have the former thrower, now same possession by the thrower, play stops and is marker, restart play with a check. restarted after a check with the count reset to one b) The thrower may contest a stall call in the belief that the 6. The continuation rule [XVI.G] applies to fast counts. disc was released before the first utterance of the word "ten". In the event of a contested stall; E. The marker may not straddle (i.e., place one foot on either side of) the pivot of the thrower. To do so is a violation by the (1) If the pass is completed, play stops, and possession marker that can only be called by the thrower. reverts to the thrower. After a check, the marker resumes the stall count at "nine". F. Deliberately blocking a thrower's vision is a violation by the (2) lfthe pass is incomplete, it is a turnover, and play continmarker and can only be called by the thrower ues without interruption. XV. THE RECEIVER: Any offensive player either in the act of 4. lfthe defense switches markers, the new marker must re- catching the disc, or not in possession of the disc. initiate the stall count. A marker leaving the three-meter radius and returning is considered a new marker. A. Bobbling to gain control of the disc is permitted, but purposeful, controlled bobbling to oneself (i.e., tipping, delay5. Any time the marker's count is interrupted by the call of a ing, guiding, or brushing) in order to advance the disc in any stall, foul, violation, strip, time-out, fast count, or double direction is considered traveling and is not allowed. team, it is the responsibility of the thrower and marker to agree upon the correct count before the check. The B. No player may intentionally assist a teammate's movement count reached is the last number uttered by the marker in order to affect a reception or turnover. To do so results in a prior to the call. The count is resumed with the word loss of possession for that team. "stalling" followed by the number listed below after a one second interval: C. After catching a pass, the receiver is only allowed the

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(1) the pass was complete and the call does not result in the defense taking posession (e.g .. an uncontested offensive foul by the receiver); or (2) the pass was incomplete, but the offensive reception attempt was directly affected by the violation.

lOth Edition Proposed fewest number of steps required to come to a stop and establish a pivot. D. If the receiver is running or jumping while catching the disc, the receiver may throw a pass before the third ground contact after catching the disc without attempting to stop. However, changing direction or increasing speed while in possession of the disc is a travel.

E. If the disc is caught simultaneously by offensive and defensive players, the offense retains possession. F.

If a pass arrives in such a manner that it is unclear whether a catch was made before the disc contacted the ground (grass is considered part of the ground), the player with the best perspective makes the call.

H. Force-Out Foul: If an airborne player catches the disc, is contacted by a opposing player before landing, and that contact caused the player in possession to land out-of-bounds instead of landing in-bounds, the contacted player may call a foul on the offending player and retain possession at the spot of the foul. If this foul occurs in the end zone being attacked, and results in the player landing outside the end zone, and the call is uncontested, a goal is awarded. VIOLATIONS & FOULS

A. In general. whenever a foul or violation occurs that stops play, players must resume their respective position at the time the foul or violation was called. B. In general. whenever there is an infringement of the rules, play stops. Play restarts with the disc at the spot of possession when play stopped. Exceptions are specified elsewhere in these rules. C.

If a dispute arises concerning a foul, violation, or the outcome of a play (e.g., a catch where no one had a good perspective), and the teams cannot come to a satisfactory resolution, the disc is returned to the thrower and put into play with a check. with the count the same or at six if over five.

D. If a foul or violation occurs which has no effect on continued play, (e.g., A violation away from the play), play stops, the result of the play stands, and play is restarted with a check. E. A rolling or sliding disc may be stopped by any player, but advancing it in any direction is a violation. F.

Should a foul or violation result in possession reverting to a thrower who was airborne while releasing the disc, play shall be restarted at the spot on the playing field proper closest to where the throw was made.

G. Continuation Rule: Whenever a call is made, play continues until the thrower in possession acknowledges the call. If the disc is in the air or the thrower is in the act ofthrowing at the time of the call, play continues until the outcome of that pass is determined. However, play may continue further under the conditions described below: 1. lfthe disc is in the air or the thrower is in the act ofthrowing at the time of the call; a) Play continues un-halted if the team that called the foul or violation gains (or retains) possession as a result of that pass (e.g., an incomplete pass following a traveling violation, or offensive foul). In this situation, players should call "play on." b) Play stops and the call (possibly contested) is resolved in accordance with the appropriate rule if the team committing the foul or violation gains or retains possession. 2. If the disc is not in the air and the thrower was not in the

act of throwing at the time of the call and the thrower subsequently attempts a pass: a) Play continues un-halted if the pass was incomplete and: (1) the defense called the foul or violation; or; (2) the thrower called the foul or violation.

b) Play stops and possession reverts to the original thrower if:

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H. If offsetting infractions are called by offensive and defensive players on the same play, the disc reverts to the thrower with the count the same, or six if over five, and play restarts with a check. I.

1. A violation occurs when a player violates the rules in a manner that does not result in physical contact.

2. A violation may be called by any player who recognizes that a violation has occurred, unless specified differently elsewhere. The player must immediately call "violation" or the name ofthe specific violation loudly.

Fouls: A Foul is the result of physical contact between opposing players that affects the outcome of the play.

3. Play stops and is restarted with a check. K. Picks: 1. No offensive player may move in such a manner to cause a defensive player guarding a receiver to be obstructed by another player. Obstruction may be the result of contact with, or the need to avoid, the offending player. To do so while the obstructed defensive player is within three meters ofthe receiver is a "pick". 2. In the event of a pick: a) the obstructed player must immediately call "Pick" loudly. b) Play stops and is restarted with a check, unless the continuation rule [XVI.G] applies. c) The obstructed player is allowed to recover the relative position lost because ofthe pick.

1. It is the responsibility of all players to avoid contact in

G. If it is ever unclear whether a receiver was in- or out-ofbounds at the point of making a catch, the player with the best perspective makes the call.

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initiates contact with the disc, and the offensive player loses possession as a result, it is a strip. A strip is handled in the same manner as a foul, but an uncontested strip in the end zone is a goal.

every way possible.

2. In general, the player initiating contact is guilty of a foul. 3. Afoul can only be called by the player who has been fouled and must be announced by loudly calling out the word "Foul!" immediately after the foul has occurred. 4. Dangerous, aggressive behavior, or reckless disregard for the safety of fellow players or harmful endangerment is always a foul. This rule is not superseded by any other rule. 5. If a player's attempt to make a play on the disc causes significant impact with a legitimately positioned stationary opponent, before or after the disc arrives, it is considered "harmful endangerment". 6. Throwing Fouls: a) A throwing foul may be called when there is contact between the thrower and the marker. The disc in a thrower's possession is considered part of the thrower. b) A throwing foul results in a turnover only if the continuation rule applies. c) Although it should be avoided whenever possible, incidental contact occurring during the follow-through (after the disc has been released) is not sufficient grounds for a foul, unless the contact constitutes harmful endangerment. 7. Receiving Fouls: a) A receiving foul may be called when there is contact between opposing players in the process of attempting a catch, interception, or knock down. A certain amount of incidental contact before, during, or immediately after the catching attempt is often unavoidable and is not a foul. b) If a player contacts an opponent before the disc arrives and thereby interferes with that opponent's attempt to make a play on the disc, that player has committed a foul. c) If a receiving foul occurs and is uncontested, the player fouled gains possession at the spot of the infraction. If the call is contested, the disc reverts to the thrower. If an uncontested foul (with the exception of a force-out foul [XV. H]) occurs in the end zone being attacked by the fouled player, the player fouled gains possession at the spot on the goal line closest to the location of the infraction. d) The Principle of Verticality: All players have the right to the space immediately above them. Thus, a player cannot prevent an opponent from making an attempt on a pass by reaching over an opponent. Should contact occur before the outcome of the play is determined, it is a foul on the player restricting the vertical space. 8. Blocking fouls:

a) When the disc is in the air, players must play the disc, not the opponent. A player may not move in a manner solely to prevent an opponent from taking an unoccupied position via an unoccupied path. (1) Contact resulting from playing the opponent is a foul on the blocking player. (2) If adjacent opposing players simultaneously vie for the

same unoccupied position, the contact is considered incidental and is not a foul. b) When the disc is not in the air, players may not take a position that is unavoidable by a moving opponent when time, distance, and line of sight are taken into account. Contact resulting from a player taking an unavoidable position is a foul on the blocking player. 9. Strip: No defensive player may touch the disc while it is in possession of an offensive player. If a defensive player

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A. It is the responsibility of all players to avoid contact in every way possible. B.

Every player is entitled to occupy any position on the field not occupied by an opposing player, unless specifically overridden elsewhere, provided that no personal contact is caused in taking such a position.

A player who jumped is entitled to land at the same spot without hindrance by opponents. That player may also land at another spot provided the landing spot was not already occupied at the time of take-off and that the direct path between the take-off and landing spot was not already occupied.

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OBSERVERS

A. Observers may be used if desired by the captains and/or tournament organizers. Observers are non-players whose role is to carefully watch the action of the game. B. Observers may perform any or all of the following duties, as designated in advance: 1. Track time limits.

2. Announce time limit warnings and expirations. 3. Resolve player disputes in a timely manner.

a) Any player directly involved in the disputed call may request observer resolution. b) An observer may actively resolve a continuing dispute. 4. Censure or eject players for sportsmanship infractions.

5. Render opinions on other on-field events (such as line calls and offside calls), within the scope determined in advance by the tournament organizer(s). C. By playing under observers, the players agree to abide by the observers' decisions. XIX.

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A. If a foul is committed and not called, the player who committed the foul should inform the infracted player of the foul. B. It is the responsibility of all players to avoid any delay when starting, restarting, or continuing play. C. Should a dispute or confusion arise on the field, it should be common practice to stop play. Play restarts with a check when the matter is resolved. D. If a novice player commits an infraction out of sincere ignorance of rules, it is common practice to stop play and explain the infraction. Appendix 1: Standard Field Diagram

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The 2001 Maui Hat tourney was recently mentioned in the Maui News. The tourney had nearly 200 players (mainland, local and international) making up 12 teams. Congratulations to team Lauwilliwilli who defeated team Puhi, 13-12, in the finals. Thanks to Craig at Playulty.com

Many congratulations to Dave Fiske and his new bride Enrica, of Rimini, Italy. Their wedding made international news in Italy's La Repubblica. The initial love connection occurred two years ago at the Paganello tourney, where the two met as Enrica was serving some of the players pasta. So, add the possibility of true love to the long list of reasons to play four days of beach Ultimate on the coast of Italy while drinking endless amounts of red wine. If you can read Italian and would like to check out the article go tohttp://www.repubblica.it/quotidiano/repubblica/200 10414/cronaca/33frisbie.html If you want to check out the Paganello tourney then visit http://www.paganello.com- Ted Ernst

Ultimate Survivor Since this is a popular show, you probably caught this one. This isn't Ultimate-related exactly, but it does popularize throwing a disc around. One night on Survivor, Tina and other characters were seen throwing a Discraft Ultrastrar during some down time down under. Even while busy just surviving in the wilderness, people need their disc! -Sebastian Hayman

Ultimate Economics in the Wall Street Journal The Friday, June 9, 2001 edition of the Wall Street Journal has a front-page article about Duke Women's Frisbee captain, Julie Byrd. The article discusses the class gap at colleges, using Julie's relative poverty to other students at Duke. The article goes on to say, "On the eve of spring break, Ms. Byrd, captain of the school's Ultimate Frisbee team, is debating whether she can afford an extra $75 to drive with her team to Florida for an intercollegiate tournament. Playing Ultimate Frisbee - a fast paced game with elements of lacrosse and soccer - is Ms. Byrd's passion. While traveling, the team strives to save money by cramming six or seven girls in a motel room and eating at allyou-can-eat restaurants." -Justin White

The Beach The novel The Beach by Alex Garland, has a fantasy scene in it where the protagonist, Richard, throws a disc and busts a guy 's lip in a fight.

Ultimate Women In part, it's the grassroots nature of Ultimate that's kept it low-profile despite the large number of players- some estimates tout 100,000 players worldwide. Unlike pro sports, nobody's paying these disc hurlers. Though Ultimate has flirted with sponsorship a few times, only membership fees bankroll the UPA. But even without hope of a big payday, Ultimate players may travel to as many as ten tournaments a year on their own dimes, cramming vans and crashing couches. And, really unlike pro sports, Ultimate players have even codified their good sport ethos in the rulebook, calling it "The Spirit of the Game": "Highly competitive play is encouraged but never at the expense of mutual respect between players, adherence to the agreed-upon rules of the game or the basic joy of play." In men's play, at the national championship, the joy of play has been known to make way for fisticuffs , but the more civilized women say yelling at each other is usually as bad as things get. An Excerpt from an article at http://playboy.com/sports/gwg/frisbee/index.html Jen Smith

Free Love in the Free Press Here's a nice write-up about Ultimate in Detroit (and southeast Michigan) in the Free Press. It's a little heavy on the 60's hippie thing, but they did do some research. http://www.freep.com/news!health/ultiml2_2 0010612.htm -Miriam Allersma, June 12, 2001

Modesto Bee, California Ultimate Experience: It's Easy to Catch on to Popular Frisbee Sport, featuring Davis High School graduate Rosie Gieser. "My favorite part is the culture and the people who are represented in Ultimate." And the worst thing? "It's hard to find time in the city to get out there and play. We get

Sightings - Flying Discs in the Media Compiled by Bo Chamberlain sightings@upa.org

Singapore Sighting Hi UPA, just a quick message from us at the Singapore Ultimate Player's Association. There was a nice big article on the Singapore Ultimate scene in the Jan. 31 Lianhe Zaobao newspaper (Chinese language). -Steinar Cramer

mate Frisbee season will soon be under way. More than 350 players were selected by 16 Co-ed captain pairs. The sport is very popular with techies across the country and local momentum is growing with CPU claiming membership growing at a 10 percent annual clip. What it needs, though, is a home ... "Submitted by Steven Paul, May 25-31, 2001

The Arctic I just wanted let you guys know one of our local papers did an article on our first season of league play in Juneau, Alaska. You can see the whole article at http://www2.jun.alaska.edu/-jsacml/upsea /images/ccw-upsea.gif I also have written a history of Ultimate in Juneau. It is pretty interesting and will make the players in the lower 48 grateful for all of the fields they have. The full history is about 2,000 words, which I think is a bit long for the newsletter. Cheers, Peter van Tamelen

Boston The Boston Globe recently wrote an article about our high school's Ultimate Frisbee team that my friends and I started last year. Brian Cotton (sent in April 3th) I'd like to report that Ultimate Frisbee was given about six minutes of air time, including four minutes of live filmed action, this morning in Boston on the WB network. They have a morning news show that runs from 6AM - 8AM, and we were the featured "Fun things to do in Boston" piece. Raphael Savir, August 2000

Pittsburgh Business Times Everybody's Business: But would a Frisbee field have room for luxury boxes? "The Committee for Pittsburgh Ultimate, better known as CPU, held its summer league draft May 16, which means that the 10-week Ulti-

kicked off our fields because of soccer practice." - by Clare Noonan

Safari in Self "Want Inspiration? Join a team ... " National women's mag SELF featured San Diego's Safari, with an interview of team founder Chris Jewell. March 2001

ESPN You'd think after all these years of Ultimate players hounding ESPN to cover Ultimate, they'd know the diff between Ultimate and that game with the dogs. See page 32 of the May 28 issue for a silly dog-chompingdisc cartoon, right alongside orders to learn the difference between a hammer and scoober. Bone up on Ultimate, ESPN!

Cartoons Baby Blues- Little girl proudly announces to daddy, "I did it, I did it! I threw the Frisbee on top of the house!" Jerry Scott & Rick Kirkman, May 19 Mutts (more dogs)- Doggy catches disc, thinks hungrily, "When is he going to put some food on this plate?!!" Patrick McDonnell, May 17

Disc Golf- Summertime Ski lift "Disc Golf is giving summer visitors another reason to get out on the mountain, and it doesn't require building or maintaining a Pete Dye course." Ski Management Magazine, March 2001

Santa Rosa, California Community Connection: Ridgeway opportunity School teacher Tom Meldau uses activities such as Ultimate Frisbee to give students a break from cramped classrooms. The Press Democrat, March 18 - Submitted by Charles Tonkin

Who's Who Cyber Social in NV An excerpt from Iconocast, the newsletter of the Internet scene: "And here's Courtney Pulitzer, with another report on the New York cyber social scene: What do new media pros and CEOs do during those hot, hazy New York summer days? Head outdoors for some stimulating physical activity, that's what! Amy Fried of Roz Goldfarb Assoc. has been bringing people together in Silicon Alley for more than a year to play Ultimate Frisbee in Central Park. "It used to be very mellow and there was a lot of giggling on the field. But as word got out, there are now a lot of really serious competitive players," she told me. In fact, Tuesday there was the first fight on the field. [Jaco wants names!]lt was quelled quickly and the game resumed. Amy's been playing almost every time and only when the temperature dips below 40 degrees will they cancel or reschedule. !path's Ward Hendon, who's new to New York, came out to check out this group of sports-loving Web heads. Real.net VP Marketing Henry Choi, emarketplaces.com Managing Director Steve Hersh, worldweb.net Business Development Manager Steve Gilman and Sprint Business Solutions' Mike Saxton were all there. Outdoor information site gorp.com was represented by Sheila Resari. Amy told me it's a great way for people to get together in a sports environment and not have to talk business all the time." Submitted by Zach Hochstadt, Aug 2000

Springfield, Illinois "To play with spirit is to be mindful that the opposition is an illusion, to honor the other team as you do your own." Illinois Times , May 24-30. Submitted by Joe Gorman

Happy Employees Play Ultimate Last night, CBS Evening News did a threeminute "Eye on America" segment on SAS Institute (as a great place to work ... ). The important thing is that two separate clips within the segment focused on our regular lunchtime Ultimate game. In the first clip, Brian Zuercher is shown catching a score, and in the second clip, Zurk is shown throwing a long huck for a score. You can't miss him in his signature white Foreign Legion cap. If you look closely, you can spot other familiar faces (Deb Byles, e.g.). View the story: http://cbsnews.com/now/story/0,1597,27045 8-412,00.shtrnl -Brent (SAS Ultimate Commissioner), February 2001

Northampton, Massachusetts Sports Section- Front and Center: ARHS Discwomen Singing a Title Tune, with full color shot of Hanna Kim throw. Daily Hampshire Gazette, May 7

UWDaily ... front page of the ' welcome to campus ' edition of The Daily: " 101 things to do in college." #55: Get hit by a Frisbee in Red Square (brought back a few memories)- Ed Babb, September 2000

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VOLUME 21 • NUMBER 2 • Summer 2001

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