In this issue:

• CLUB NEWS
• 2011 AUGUST HAT TOURNAMENT
• BEGINNER AND INTERMEDIATE CLINIC SERIES
• STEAM WHISTLE LEAGUE SPIRIT WINNERS - ROUND 1
• SUMMER LEAGUE PLAYOFF SUB RULES
• TUC NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR AEC POSITION
• NEXGEN VS GOAT
• SPIRIT COMMITTEE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS
• SUMMER EXPERIENCE RECAP
• SPIRIT HAT TOURNAMENT RESULTS
• ONTARIO REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
• PICKUP FRIDAYS AND PUB NIGHT
• VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH
• VOLUNTEER POSITIONS NOW AVAILABLE!
• TUC PARTNERS
• UPCOMING EVENTS

Registration is now open for the 2011 August Hat Tournament at Varsity Centre! Read further for more details!

The August Hat tournament hosted by TUC each August. All players sign up as individuals and are placed onto teams. This year, the tournament will take place at Varsity Centre from 12 - 6 pm on August 6th. Registration is now open!

Event Details

• Date: August 6th, 2011
• Times: 12pm - 6pm
• Location: Varsity Stadium
• Format: 7-on-7 co-ed regular pull format
• Level of Play: all skill levels welcome (expect a mix!)
• Cost: $15 for TUC members, $25 for non-TUC members
• Registration: Now open!
• Contact: events@tuc.org

Have you been looking to take your game to the next level? Or are you new to the game and want to give it a try? Well, TUC has what you’re looking for with its 5 Week Clinic Series! TUC will be offering 2 separate levels of Clinic Leagues, Beginner's and Intermediate.

The second round of the 5 week clinic series have begun and there are still spaces available. Contact admin@tuc.org to get registered.

The TUC Clinic Leagues runs on Monday evenings from 6:30 PM to dusk at Sir Winston Churchill Park. This current session will run until August 1st, with the next 5 week session beginning August 8th.

You will get expert instructions on improving your skills, basic team concepts, zones (offence & defense), strategies, rules and much more. Each week will provide a clinic on a specific topic for the first hour, which will then be followed by a scrimmage to practice those concepts.

Check out the website for information on the 5 week clinic series.

Congratulations to @Play, Fish Eyes, BaNaNa Cream PIE, and Panic! with the disc-yo, who have one the first round of spirit prizes for Summer 2011. They have each received a case of Steam Whistle beer for their efforts.

TUC continues to regard Spirit as a fundamental guiding concept of Ultimate and a very important part of our leagues. In 2011, TUC will continue to award top spirited teams with prizing courtesy of our friends at Steam Whistle Brewery.

After the first 5 weeks of the summer season, all of the top SOTG teams are eligible, and one winner from each league night was drawn. Each winning team received a case of Steam Whistle beer for their exemplary spirit. The winning teams for the first round of summer 2011 are:

Monday League: @Play
Tuesday League: Fish Eyes
Wednesday League: BaNaNa Cream PIE
Thursday League: Panic! with the disc-yo
 

You can always find an updated list of Steam Whistle Spirit winners on our Spirit Winners Page on the TUC website. The next round of spirit prizes will be awarded to the top spirited teams using spirit scores from weeks 6 - 10. Stay positive, be respectful, and uphold the ideals of spirit of the game, and you just might get awarded for it!

With Summer League Playoffs just a few months away, please find attached the TUC Summer Playoff Sub Policy, which we will be instituting again this September for the TUC Summer Playoffs.

This policy was carefully crafted by the Operations Committee of the TUC Board of Directors and its intention is to balance the need for substitute players with team rosters that are representative of league play. We are hopeful that this policy will encourage participation as well as quell some of the issues we have had with respect to roster disputes. As we employ the policy this September, we will be looking for ways to improve it for the future.

We ask that you be proactive in reviewing & understanding the implications of this Policy for your team - and feel free to review & distribute to your team members.

The Toronto Ultimate Club is looking to hire its next Administrative & Events Coordinator (AEC), as our current AEC (Nina) will be off to med school in September! The AEC will be an expanded role of the summer. The AEC will organize and execute TUC events as well as manage a variety of administrative roles and membership services for the Club year round. This contract position will offer part-time hours in the fall/winter months and full-time hours in the spring/summer months. It will be ideal for a senior-level university student, part-time contractor, or retiree with superior administrative skills. The job details can be found here. All applications are due by August 26, 2011.

Help us recruit the best possible candidate! Pass this along to your peers who you think are qualified and interested.

NEXGEN ULTIMATE TOUR

The world’s best college Ultimate players are on tour and they’re coming to Toronto on Wednesday July 27 at Esther Shiner Stadium. They’ll be taking on Toronto’s own elite club team GOAT in an exhibition game that promises to have no shortage of exciting matchups and huge plays. It’s a game you won’t want to miss. Visit www.nexgentour.com for directions and more information about the NexGen Ultimate Tour. Tickets $5 at the gate.

Another summer of TUC Ultimate is under way, and that means another summer of playing with Spirit! Last month featured our third annual Spirit Hat Tournament which was arguably the best one yet, featuring a great turn out, fun and spirited games and some beautiful weather. The Spirit scores for the first season are all wrapped up and I look forward to being able to personally contact our best performers to thank them for their efforts.

We’re not resting our on our laurels however; TUC is continuing to look for ways to develop Spirit of the Game at all levels in all of our leagues, and to do that we need your help. The Spirit Committee is looking for volunteers who can contribute an hour two each month to help plan, coordinate and deliver on our initiatives for SOTG. If you’re interested (or feel like voluntelling someone) please contact spirit@tuc.org for more information.

ONTARIO REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

This past weekend saw the Ontario regionals take place for two divisions to earn the right to represent in the 2011 Canadian Ultimate Championships slated to take place in Ottawa from August 11-14. In the Kitchener/Waterloo area saw 5 Toronto open teams take on 4 other Ontario teams for 7 bids, while in Belleville 2 Toronto mixed teams (Union and Zen) battled it out with 10 other teams from Ontario for 6 bids to the championships

Congrats goes out to the following teams that qualified to represent Ontario at the National Championships:

Open:

• GOAT (1st)
• Feed The Geese (4th)
• Grand Trunk (5th)
• Too Bad (6th)

Mixed:

• Union (1st)
• Zen (6th)

Best of luck to all at Nationals

Also this weekend at No Borders will be the qualification for both the Women and Master's divisions. Best of luck to Capitals, Lotus and Lily in the women's division and also to Tombstone and Fossil in the Masters division.

PICKUP FRIDAY AND PUB NIGHTS! - NEXT ONE JULY 22ND

On selected Fridays throughout the summer TUC will be hosting pickup Ultimate Frisbee at Upper Canada College from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM.

Players of all skill levels (even if you haven’t played before) are welcome and encouraged to attend. This is a great and fun way to learn the game, work on your skills, get a little exercise and to meet new people, including your fellow TUC members. After working up that sweat on the field head down to a local establishment for food and drinks.

For more details and dates visit our Friday UCC Pickup news article on the website.

SUNDAY PICKUP AT RIVERDALE EAST!

Also every Sunday after at 2:30 PM TUC will be holding informal pickup at Riverdale Park East. This is free to all and players of all skill levels are encouraged to come out.