Layout May 2008, Volume 1

If you are on an existing team: - you should let your captain know you have registered as a TUC member and he/she will then invite you to the team roster. You should get an email requesting your approval to join the team. This week the league convenors will look at all of the team requests and slot teams into appropriate divisions – there may be some back-and-forth with your captains and then by May 12 we will have all of the teams sorted. During the week of May 12-15 we will host the captains meetings and your captain (or a team appointed rep) MUST attend the meeting of your corresponding league night. At this meeting we go over all the important league info and issues as well as distribute permit books and membership packages for your team. Your first games will be posted in Leaguerunner a week before the season starts (i.e. first Wednesday games will be posted by May 14).

If you registered as an individual to be placed on a team: we will try to place you on a ‘hat’ team (team of individuals) on your preferred night and in your preferred area (east or west). Within approximately one week you will receive an email from your league convenor, notifying you of the team that you will be placed on. The first week’s schedule will follow shortly thereafter on Leaguerunner ("My Games" link in left-hand menu). For each of the hat teams we will be looking for one of the team members to serve as team captain.

Your First Game and the Season: once your first game is posted in Leaguerunner, please note the game location and start time. Almost all game start times are 6:30pm, although the odd game at a premier field may be later. Game start times are not the be-all, end-all and we understand that getting around the city can be tough. Try to start your games by 6:45pm and definitely no later than 7pm, or else the opposing team can apply penalty points if they have a full roster and you do not. Once your game concludes, both team captains go home and enter the scores in Leaguerunner, once they do so the score is posted and reflected in the standings. Next games will be clustered in groups of 2-3 games at a time. This is because we use a ratings ladder system that moves your team up or down in the standings dependent on game results. For an explanation of the ratings ladder system, click here.

Note if you are a captain on several nights you only have to attend one of the meetings so long as you provide advanced notice to the TUC staff.

The Clinic League will begin Monday May 26, 2008 from 6:30 PM to dusk at Caledonia Park (Caledonia and Keele). It will run each Monday for 5 weeks and you will get expert instructions on improving your skills, basic team concepts, zones (offence & defence), 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 can view an outline of what will be covered each week here .

You need to be a TUC Member in order to register for this league and registration cost is $25 for all 5 weeks. You can register online at www.tuc.org.