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ANNOUNCEMENT: FALL INDOOR REGISTRATION DETAILS

Posted: September 16, 2020, 3:47 PM

15 September 2020

We are excited to announce the details of our Fall Indoor League Offerings.  

But before we share that information, we wanted to thank those who participated in our latest survey regarding the Fall Indoor Season for their feedback. Based on the feedback, particularly concerning the length of the programs, which indicated you, our membership, preferred the 8-week offering to the shorter 4-week offerings, we have switched gears and will be offering 8-week programs for Fall Indoor!

We also received many questions through our latest survey about indoor spaces and protocols.  

We have spoken with our venue providers to discuss their protocols for our use of the space:

  • How many participants are allowed on the field? And who is considered a participant?
  • How are they handling multiple user groups in the same space?
  • How often is the air filtered, and completely exchanged with new fresh air?

Answers:

  • There will be dedicated entry and exit points to separate incoming and outgoing user groups at Monarch.
  • There will be 5 to 10 minutes allotted between user group end times and start times, and or staggered start times depending on the facility.
  • The number of participants (players, coaches, officials) allowed on the field will vary depending on the venue. Downsview will have a maximum of 25 and Monarch the maximum is 50. These capacity numbers include spectators (Parents, caregivers, etc.). Our venues are also recommending no spectators, and if there are spectators (parents/guardians of minors), they will be required to wear a mask per City bylaws and practice physical distancing at all times. 
  • The ventilation system, specifically at Monarch; all the air inside the dome, every 30 minutes will circulate through the furnace and filter systems. And every 3.5 hours all the air will be removed and exchanged with new fresh air. This air change rate meets the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers standards for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality for Sports Arenas and Stadiums, and significantly exceeds the standards for Educational Facilities, Office Buildings, Restaurants, Public Assembly Spaces and Retail Spaces.

 

Fall Indoor League Registration Dates

This year, for Fall Indoor, we are doing pre-registration based on a first come first serve (no payment required) basis.  Once leagues are confirmed, those in the league will receive an email and will have 48 hours to confirm their spot with payment before it becomes available to someone on the waitlist.

Registration (pre-registration) for all TUC Fall Indoor Leagues will open on Monday, September 21st at 10:00 a.m.

 

Adult League Offerings

This year, we will be offering four (4) leagues. These leagues will be small, consisting of 4 teams (or 48 individuals) in each, and as such we expect demand will be high and that we will have teams/individuals on the waitlist. We will do our best to attempt to procure additional field time to accommodate our membership on waitlists, however, no guarantees! 

Here are the leagues will be offering: 

  • Tuesday 5-on-5 High Int/Comp League @ Monarch 7pm - 9pm
  • Thursday 4-on-4 Rec/Low Int @ Monarch 8pm – 9pm
  • Thursday (5-on-5) HAT League @ Downsview 8:35pm – 11:50pm
  • Sunday Masters (5-on-5) League @ Monarch 2pm – 4pm

For more details, check out our Fall Indoor Adult League page!

 

Junior Program Offerings

This year, we will be offering 3 Junior programs. These programs will consist of up to 32 individuals per program cohort! 

We will be offering the following to our Junior Membership: 

  • Thursday U19 Program @ Monarch 7pm - 8pm
  • Sunday U12 Program @ Monarch 1pm to 2pm
  • Sunday U16 Program @ Monarch 2pm to 3pm

For more details, please check out our Juniors (Pre-Teen and Teen) pages! 

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Announcements: TUC AGM Announcement, Summer League Registrations and Fall Outdoor League Planning Information

Posted: July 31, 2020, 5:38 PM

2020 Annual General Meeting - SAVE THE DATE!!!

The Toronto Ultimate Club is pleased to announce that our Annual General Meeting will take place on Wednesday, September 30th, 2020 at 7:00 P.M. Details regarding the virtual platform we will use to host the AGM will follow in late August.

TUC Board of Directors - Call for Nominations

We are looking for individuals to join the TUC Board of Directors. We have five (5) positions on the Board of Directors open for election, and we are seeking individuals who have experience in accounting, human resources, advertising/marketing, operations/rules and or legal with a background working with non-profits.

If you wish to be considered and run for election to the Board of Directors, please submit nominations and resumes to Jo Malisani via ed@tuc.org.

Stage 2.5 Return to Play - Pick-up Event Thursday, August 6th - Registration Open Now!

We are pleased to offer our first 5v5 pick-up game of the year! It will take place on Thursday, August 6th, 2020 at Runnymede from 7:00 to 8:15 P.M.! This event will be limited to 20 participants!  

TUC Staff will be onsite to lead and guide participants through our Safe Return to Play Guidelines, as well as our Return to Play Rule Modifications.

Sign-up today!

Stage 3 Return to Play Offerings for Individuals - Summer Registration Opens August 3rd!

We know many of you are excited about the City of Toronto entering Stage 3 of the Province of Ontario's Reopening Framework today, as are we!

We are excited to announce details of our offerings for August!

We will be offering Adult Pick-up Leagues for those whose summer teams are not participating in our 4-week summer adult leagues. These Pick-up Leagues require sign-up and will be limited to 50 participants to adhere to Government Return to Play Guidelines. These leagues might be the only way to play twice per week in Ontario!

All Adult Pick-Up League registrations will open on Monday, August 3rd, 2020, at 5:00 P.M.

In addition to our Adult Pick-up offerings, we are also pleased to announce the following Junior Offerings:

More details about our Junior Summer 2020 Program can be found here.

All Junior Summer Program registrations will open on Monday, August 3rd, 2020, at 5:00 P.M.

Fall Outdoor League Plans

Lastly, we wanted to share our plans for the Fall Outdoor Season.

We anticipate that the City of Toronto will still be in Stage 3 and as such, we are planning to run a 4 to 5 week Fall Outdoor Season. We will have a week off between our summer season and our fall season so that we have a 7-day "isolation" period so that we can reset the league and change up the small groups (cohorts/pods). Please note, so of our usual outdoor venues, like Lamport, will not technically be outdoor, as they were unable to take down their domes.

We anticipate announcing our Fall Outdoor offerings in the coming weeks, and we look forward to seeing more of you on the ultimate field!

Kind Regards,
TUC Staff - Jamie, Jo, and Matt.

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Celebrating Our LGBTQ+ Community

Posted: June 17, 2020, 1:08 PM

CELEBRATING OUR LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY – IHUC’S STORY

June is Pride Month, and to celebrate TUC wanted to share stories of our LGBTQ+ community, specifically, IHUC and their teams that partake in TUC's programming and with whom TUC leadership partnered with for feedback on our Inclusion Policy.  They have graciously agreed to share their story, and we want to thank IHUC's Executive for providing us with the following article.

 

IHUC’S STORY

Submitted by IHUC Executive

IHUC exists to provide an inclusive space for the queer community to become kick-ass at ultimate frisbee while having fun and being part of a team!

Its long and storied history dates back to 2015 when it was a casual pickup “league”.  Things got serious in 2016 when the league got its first field permit, and the name was changed to IHUC (which doesn’t officially stand for anything, but unofficially stands for Incredibly Homosexual Ultimate Club).

The league is open to all players and all skill levels.  In fact, many players have no experience playing ultimate at all.  The focus is on having fun, learning the sport, and building community.  Over the past four years, queers and allies have congregated in Riverdale Park East on summer Wednesdays in what is probably the most colourful game of ultimate in Toronto. 

Part of IHUC’s success is its wonderful sponsor bar, the Old Nick on Danforth Ave.  After every game, almost the entire league can be found in the back patio meeting new friends and occasionally singing along to Disney!

As the “sport” side of the league has grown, some IHUCers have started playing in TUC and TSSC leagues during the winter season (you may have noticed more bright coloured shirts at Monarch Park and Lamport Stadium – we have an affinity for hot pink).  As well, for the past few years several players have gone to the world’s largest (not that it’s that big) queer ultimate frisbee tournament in Las Vegas in January (part of the Sin City Classic).  The tournament has been a great way for the broader queer frisbee community to connect.

IHUC is also super excited to partner more closely with TUC, as the league grows.  We were happy to give feedback on TUC’s Inclusivity Policy earlier this year.

Because our field permit only runs until the end of July, IHUC has already made the sad decision to cancel the 2020 season.  We are all really missing the beautiful queer frisbee community, and we hope to be back on the field soon.

IHUC maintains a web presence on Facebook.  Check out our videos!

 

2020 TORONTO VIRTUAL PRIDE EVENTS

While the 2020 Toronto Pride Festival Weekend, has been cancelled, Toronto Pride has put together Virtual Pride, a series of events, including, weekly events, BIPOC programming, and a Virtual Pride Parade and Marches. Click here to see a listing of all the Virtual Pride events happening throughout June.

Egale also has a 2020 Pride Inside Guide on ways to celebrate Pride.

 

LGBTQ+ INCLUSIVITY RESOURCES

TUC has also compiled a listing of resources on ways we can support our LGBTQ+ community members through allyship and creating inclusive, safe, and brave spaces for everyone:

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IMPORTANT MESSAGE: TUC Winter Leagues Cancelled

Posted: April 8, 2020, 3:08 PM

Dear Members,

The Toronto Ultimate Club continues to monitor COVID-19 developments in Toronto, within Ontario, across Canada and around the World. We remain committed to providing you with the latest information and how it affects our events and league operations.

On Tuesday, March 31st, the Province of Ontario extended the Emergency Declaration to stop the spread of COVID-19, and the City of Toronto and Toronto Public Health also extended social distancing measures. As a result, Ontario schools remain closed until May 4th, and in Toronto, all mass events (ex. Toronto Jazz Festival, Luminato, Toronto Pride, etc.) through the end of June have been cancelled or postponed.

With this announcement, and after consultation and deliberation, we no longer have the ability to resume our Winter Leagues via extending the Winter Season into early May as we had originally hoped. While not unexpected, we regret to inform you that TUC Leadership has decided to officially cancel all of TUC's 2020 Winter Leagues.

To ensure we continue to provide our members with value for their registration fees, TUC will be issuing pro-rated credits for the April and May portion of the Winter League Fees. Please note, we are still working with our facility vendors for credits for our March payment for facility use before we can provide credit for those missed dates.  

Credits will be pro-rated as follows:

  • Monday Lamport: 2 missed dates out of 10-week season (20% refund of fee),
  • Tuesday: 5 missed dates out of a 14-week season (35% refund of fee),
  • Wednesday: 6 missed dates out of a 14-week season (43% refund of fee),
  • Thursday: 6 missed dates out of a 14-week season (43% refund of fee),
  • Sunday: 4 missed dates out of 12-week season (33% of refund of fee).

Credits will be issued as follows:

  • For Team Registration Fees, the credit will be applied to the team captain's Zuluru profile.
  • For Individual Registration Fees, the credit will be applied to your personal Zuluru profile.

Please note that these credits will be issued in mid-April.

TUC will not be issuing cash refunds.  

TUC is a not-for-profit, and our revenue generation is through membership and league fees. Not-for-profit models are designed to break-even year-over-year, and as we have communicated out over the past 18 months, we have been running at a deficit and leveraging the field fund to cover the deficit. Strides have been made in the last 18 months to reduce the deficit through increasing league fees to have leagues run cost-neutral, however, we are still in the transition phase towards reducing this operational deficit. Without revenue, our business operations cannot be maintained to provide services to the club (liaising with venues to get the league going when we resume play, scheduling and maintaining our online presence and community during this break in play, etc.).

TUC Leadership is sensitive to the unprecedented times we are in, and ask that if your circumstances are extenuating, that you reach out to us and we will work with you on a case by case basis.

Lastly, we have such a unique community built by each and every one of our valued members.  It is hard times like these that call on the strength of community to pull us all through.  If players and teams wish to help support the club and fellow membes, they can e-mail back their credit as a donation to help support TUC during this difficult time so that we may continue to enjoy ultimate in Toronto once we get through this unprecedented situation.  If this is something you would like to do, please send us a message at adults@tuc.org. 

Though the indoor season is over, we are still very hopeful that we will be able to play outdoors come summer! We will continue to provide information on our summer plans as it becomes available.

Thank you all for your kindness and support. 

We look forward to taking the fields together again soon!

TUC Leadership

 
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