OCUA is proud to offer the Learn to Play Program for a fourth year with four sessions offered at two different indoor venues. Beginner and Sophomore sessions will run Monday nights at the Hornets Nest SuperDome (East) and on Thursday nights at the Ben Franklin SuperDome (West). All sessions are co-ed and will run for 4 weeks in April.

Beginner: For very new players who want to learn the game from the ground up. The first clinic of the Beginner sessions will consist of two hours of instruction, after which each two-hour clinic will be broken up into one hour of instruction and drills and one hour of scrimmage.

Sophomore: For those who have played 1 or 2 years and want some help getting out of the 'rookie' category. For the Sophomore sessions, each clinic will have one hour of coaching followed by one hour of scrimmage.

Glebe Family Fun League - Sundays

The season will run from May 30th to June 27th. All games will be scheduled at Glebe Memorial Park (Glendale Park) in the Glebe and will run from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday afternoons. This division was developed to allow parents and kids (generally aged 8 to 13) to enjoy the sport of ultimate together. No experience is required.

To register, visit the Glebe Neighbourhood Activities Group at www.gnag.ca (Search 'Ultimate Frisbee', click on the resulting link and scroll to the bottom of the page) or call 613-233-8713.

Fees for the Family Fun league are $20 per family or $10 per individual.

Ottawa South Family Fun League - Sundays

The season will run from May 30th to June 27th. All games will be scheduled at Windsor Park in Old Ottawa South and will run from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday afternoons. This division was developed to allow parents and kids (generally aged 8 to 13) to enjoy the sport of ultimate together. No experience is required.

To register, visit the Old Ottawa South Community Centre website www.oldottawasouth.ca (Search 'Ultimate Frisbee', click on the resulting link and scroll to the bottom of the page) or call 613-247-4872.

Fees for the Family Fun league are $20 per family or $10 per individual.

UPDATE (Thursday, Oct. 1st): CLINIC CANCELLED
Unfortunately, there wasn't enough interest to hold the clinic this time around.

This free 2-hour clinic will be hosted by the ODSA (Ontario Disc Sports Association) on Saturday, October 3rd, from 10am to noon, at St. Paul's.

Participants will be welcomed and introduced to disc sports, through hands-on instruction learning numerous types of throws as well as basic catching techniques. Individuals will then be given an overview of the game of Ultimate (basic rules and fundamentals) with an opportunity to play the game with other newer players.

Details and registration available online at http://www.ondisc.org/events/event_list.asp

Skills clinic for any player aged 13-19 interested in improving their ultimate skills.

STILL ACCEPTING REGISTRATIONS

OCUA is proud to offer the Learn to Play Program for a third year with four sessions offered at two different indoor venues. Beginner and Sophomore sessions will run Monday nights at the Hornets Nest SuperDome (East) and on Thursday nights at the Ben Franklin SuperDome (West). All sessions are co-ed and will run for 4 weeks in April.

Beginner: For very new players who want to learn the game from the ground up.

Sophomore: For those who have played 1 or 2 years and want some help getting out of the 'rookie' category.

The Canadian Ultimate Players Association is proud to launch the Ultimate Canada Magazine. This digital magazine is an exciting new platform that features stories, photos & videos on Ultimate from across the country. Come check out articles on the recent world championships, Ultimate strategy, fields development projects and much more!

To read more: http://publishing.yudu.com/Av4hw/UCMfall2008

Nominate qualifying individuals for the OCUA Hall of Fame at: OCUA Hall of Fame Nomination Form.

The OCUA Hall of Fame Committee would like to take this opportunity to open up the nominations period for the 2009 OCUA Hall of Fame Induction. Nominations are now open until the end of the calendar year, with inductees of the 2009 class being unveiled at the Summer League Captain's Meeting.

As noted in the Board's Hall of Fame policy (found at http://www.ocua.ca/node/15), nominations submitted are kept on file for 5 years. With that said, new information contributed in subsequent nominations will be added to that nominee's file.

To submit a nomination please visit: OCUA Hall of Fame Nomination Form

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Carleton Ultimate Association (OCUA) today celebrated the grand opening of four brand new ultimate playing fields, located at the Canada Aviation Museum. Yasir Naqvi, MPP for Ottawa Centre, joined Ontario Trillium Foundation representative Frank Dyson to congratulate OCUA at a full day’s worth of family activities that included demonstrations of the sport of ultimate and regular league games.