In this issue:

• Club News
• Summer League Begins This Monday
• Pickup Fridays and Pub Night!
• 2011 Spirit Hat Tournament
• 5 Week Clinic Series
• Summer Regional Leagues – Starts July 4 & 7 – Register Now!
• TUC Membership Disc
• Spring League Champions
• Volunteer Of The Month
• Spirit Committee Looking for Volunteers
• TUC Helps Out Japan
• TUC Partners
• Upcoming Events

Welcome to another exciting season of Summer League! Remember to ALWAYS PLAY WITH SPIRIT and enjoy this great game and all that the Toronto Ultimate Club has to offer. A reminder to all players:

• Click on ‘My Games’ on the site (you must be logged in) to see your schedule, as well as team and league info
• please do your best to be at your games on time. Most games are scheduled to start at 6:30 PM. Be sure to verify your scheduled start time.
• when in doubt due to weather, check the TUC banner at 3:30pm on the website. We’ll either post a ‘Games Are On’ blurb below the banner, or we’ll post a big ‘Games Are Canceled’ banner when we choose to cancel games.
• always bring a light and dark t-shirt in case you need to switch colours
• bring lots of water and stay hydrated!
• respect the fields and those in the community: you represent our great Club!
• feel free to check our Captains Meeting presentation
• did we mention play with Spirit? Show respect to your team and your opponents. Don’t argue or fight, but rather call or contest... and try to be nice about it! If you aren’t sure of the rule, back to thrower and play on, and discuss it during a break.

Games will be typically be scheduled in 2-3 week chunks. This allows for our wager ratings ladder system to more evenly balance team competition. Don’t worry if you don’t see your July game yet, just plan on playing on your night and the games will keep coming!

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.

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.

Spirit Hat Tournament - May 28th, 2011

The Spirit Hat tournament is an opportunity to gain an in depth understanding of Spirit of the Game (SOTG) which is vital to the game. This involves an explanation of SOTG, group discussions on how to demonstrate and improve spirit, followed by role-playing. Experienced players share their knowledge with less experienced players and all have the chance to demonstrate their spirit in several games. Some games include Spirit challenges and unique rules

Event Details

• Dates: May 28th, 2011
• Times: Saturday 9am-4pm
• Location: Sunnybrook Park
• Format: 7-on-7 co-ed regular pull format
• Level of Play: all skill levels welcome (expect a mix!)
• Cost: Free to TUC Members; $20 for Non-TUC members 
• 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 - Signup online now! TUC will be offering 2 separate levels of Clinic Leagues, Beginner's and Intermediate. For more information please read further. The TUC Clinic Leagues will run on Monday evenings from 6:30 PM to dusk at Sir Winston Churchill Park. Our first session begins on May 30th and will run on consecutive Mondays for 5 weeks until June 27th. 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.

You need to be a TUC Member in order to register for this league and registration cost is $30 for all 5 weeks. Signup in our registration section - registration for Session #1 is now open (note if you are having difficulties registering please review our How To Register page).

Also, you can certainly participate in our regular 16 week summer league on another night if you wish to do so, and use this clinic league as your 'practice'. Membership and league fees would apply and spots are subject to availability.

Traditional TUC Summer League runs from Victoria Day Monday through to September (16 weeks). This year we are offering a shorter version of summer Ultimate league for those who don’t want such a long season, or who didn’t get their team organized in time. Ladies and gentlemen, we give to you the Summer Regional Leagues!

The Summer Regional Leagues will be offered on Monday and Thursdays evenings, starting the week of July 4-7. Each weeknight league will be intermediate-level, co-ed, 7-on-7 regular format Ultimate league, with basically the same rules and regulations as our traditional summer. Games will go to 15 points (or till dusk) and games will start at 6:30pm. The leagues will last 8-9 weeks with a guarantee of 8 games. We will not host games on holiday Mondays (Aug 1 or Sept 4). Playoffs for these leagues will take place during the 8-game season, with the last 2 weeks being the playoffs.

On each night we will have 3-4 REGIONAL LOCATIONS where you will play all of your games, so you’d be playing in the same area every week! The locations are:

Monday 401 League: Downsview Park, Chaminade CS, Caledonia Park
Thursday DVP League: Sunnybrook Park, Flemingdon Park, Marc Garneau CI, Crestwood School

You can register a team or signup to participate as an individual on a team in these leagues. All players must first be members of the Toronto Ultimate Club before they pay their league fees.

Cost per team for a Summer Regional League is $425;
cost per individual is $35.
All prices include HST.

If you miss our summer league registration don't miss out on this one! Register now!

TUC MEMBERSHIP DISC

Membership discs were distributed at the Captains Meeting, for all players who were confirmed on their team rosters by May 18. Look for your captain who should be distributing packages. Note if you play on multiple teams only one captain has your package (the earlier night of the week). If your captain does not have a package for you, you can pick yours up at the TUC office (Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm) or upcoming TUC events.

TUC GIVES A HELPING HAND!

During this past Winter Indoor League, TUC member Ron Johnson started a small donation drive for the Tsunami relief efforts in Japan. He would bring a bucket to the field and leave it on the sideline, asking fellow players to make any contribution big or small. This generous act inspired many to donate. In April, the TUC Board of Directors voted to match Ron’s efforts 4-to-1, and the Club has sent a donation to the Red Cross. We have also offered to send 100 discs overseas to the Japan Flying Disc Federation (JFDA), to assist those ultimate players who have lost all of their personal belongings. The JFDA is very appreciative of the offer and the donation (we are currently awaiting word on shipping the discs).

Thanks to Ron for his generous act and to those who donated to the relief effort!

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