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U L T I M A T E H A P P E N I N G S
Issue 211 - May 7, 2002
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OCUA - The largest ultimate league in the world!
(300 teams and 3700 members in 2001)
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"Human beings are the only creatures that allow their
children to come back home." Bill Cosby
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CONTENTS:
- OCUA Volunteer Day
- Coliseum Take Down
- Women's Clinic For All Skill Levels
- Women’s Hat Tournament
- JUCE Tryouts
- Rental Accommodations
- Calendar Of Events
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OCUA VOLUNTEER DAY
Saturday May 11, 10:00 am
Rain Date: Sunday May 12, 10:00 am (if the weather is iffy
on May 11th look to the website to see if the Volunteer Day
is on or off)
Location: UPI
OCUA Needs You to Help Maintain Our UPI Fields!
Before we can play there is some work that needs to be done.
Based on your membership support here are all the jobs we
would like to get done.
- We need to cut back on grass overgrowing the irrigation
system valve covers. This is an annual job needed for
player safety and so we can maintain the system.
- We need to build inside signage to identify fields and to
convey important information to players.
- We have a acquired a large container for on-site storage.
It needs some plywood flooring replaced.
- We need to do field inspections to make sure they are
safe.
- We need to paint lines in the parking lot with a line-
painting machine to park cars more effectively.
- We need to clear some trees where they encroach on the
corners of fields 9 & 14.
- We need to do a few miscellaneous fields repairs in some
areas
- We would like individuals or teams to help out.
For Individuals:
Please just show up on the 11th. If you can, bring water
containers and work gloves and also rakes, hand shovels,
wheelbarrows or any other tools you think would be useful to
get the work done.
For Teams:
If you have a team that can help on one or more of these
projects please contact us at workparty@ocua.ca
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COLISEUM TAKE DOWN
The Coliseum needs (paid) "volunteers" to help take down the
Coliseum this Saturday (May 11th). There are two shifts 9am
to 3pm and 2pm until finish (8pm?). "Volunteers" will be
paid $10/hr for their time.
As with the fall set up of the Coliseum, it is important
that Ultimate players get involved with this. Our
"volunteering" has gone a long way. It secured us the
Tuesday slot we had this year and will help with the new
time slots we are negotiating for. The work is a bit tough,
but it's a good opportunity to get sweaty with other
Ultimate players, other than just the usual chasing around a
piece of plastic *smile*.
Please come out and help if you can. Contact Gavin Thompson -
gavin.thompson@statcan.ca for more information.
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WOMEN'S CLINIC FOR ALL SKILL LEVELS
Details: Fuse’s Women's Skills Clinic, Saturday, May 18th
Beginners (0-2 years experience): 12:00pm-2:00pm
Intermediates (2 + years experience): 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Riverside Park (across from the Riverside
Hospital)
Ottawa's competitive women's team "Fuse" is organizing a
women's ultimate skills clinic on Saturday, May 18th. Cost
is free for OCUA members (ie: playing in OCUA's summer
league). Beginners (0-2 year experience) will run from
12:00pm - 2:00pm and intermediates (2+ years experience)
will run from 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm. You can attend either or
both if you would like. The beginners level will focus on
the fundamentals of the game and throwing/cutting
techniques. The intermediate level will get into more
details about strategic offence/defence, break-force throws
and strategies on zone. The location is Riverside Park.
Check with the OCUA hotline: 860-OCUA (860-6282) and web-
page for any changes to the location or times of the clinic.
Bring cleats, a frisbee, and a dark and light shirt (for
pick-up scrimmage after each clinic). Feel free to pass
along the information. Everyone is welcome!!!!! Even if
you've come to clinics in the past, it's always helpful to
touch up on skills and see new techniques we're showing this
year. If you have any questions contact Nalan at
nalan_yuksel@hotmail.com or Alison at alison_lemay@yahoo.ca.
Once you’ve honed those skills use them at the Hat
Tournament the following day!
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WOMEN’S HAT TOURNAMENT
Date: Sunday, May 19
Time: 10:30 am - 5:00pm
Location: Riverside Park
Cost: $8 per person
Register with: alison_lemay@yahoo.ca : Please give
your name, contact info (email address and phone
number), and rate your ability level, 1-5 (1=beginner,
3=intermediate player; 5=expert).
Ottawa’s competitive women’s team "Fuse" is organizing
a Hat tournament on Sunday, May 19th as a follow-up to
our Saturday skills clinic. This is the time to use
those skills you’ve just learned/improved! Each
person enters as an individual and is placed on a team
according to their ability (making teams even).
Competitive players, past and present, will also be
playing and will act as coaches. We will meet at
10:30am to get everyone into their teams, and start
playing at 11:00am! All levels of players are
welcome. Again, bring cleats, a frisbee, and a dark
and a light shirt. See you there! Bring a friend!
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JUCE TRYOUTS
JUCE tryouts continue this week Wed May 8 6:30-8:30 PM and
Sun May 12 1:00-3:00 PM at Medhurst Park (1KM east from
corner of Medhurst and Woodroffe on the south side of
Medhurst). When the season starts JUCE will practice once a
week and attend one tournament a month. It's the perfect
competitive co-ed touring team for those who have other
commitments on their time (like I do). Our bids for Layout
for Life (May 25 Ottawa) and Northern Flights (June 22-23
North Bay) have been accepted. Contact Rick Mallon at
mallon@magma.ca if you're interested. Come on out and JUCE
it UP!
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RENTAL ACCOMMODATIONS
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Townhouse condo for rent. Available July 1st. 3 bedrooms, 1
1/2 baths, 5 appliances. Beacon Hill (near Ogilvie and
Montreal Rd intersection). Close to bus routes 2, 124, 127.
Walking distance to grocery store. Includes condo fees,
parking, fenced-in yard with deck. Call Nathalie at 246-
1573.
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One bedroom in bright, spacious two bedroom apt. Centretown,
off Elgin St. To share with professional woman. Non smoker,
no pets. $550 ? Includes hardwood floors, small patio,
utilities (heat/hydro, cable, phone) and cleaning services.
Avail: Sept or immediate. Contact jenn_clarke@hotmail.com
for more info.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
May 13 : Start of summer season! :)
May 18 : 4th Annual Ottawa Tree-Oh Challenge Disc Golf
Tournament, Jacques Cartier Park, Gatineau
Jun. 8 : CHEO BBQ One-Day Ultimate Tournament (Ottawa)
Jun. 9 : 4th Annual Pole-Hole-Ka Mixed-Doubles Disc
Golf, Jacques Cartier Park, Gatineau
Jun. 15 : Britannia Beach Ultimate Tournament (Ottawa)
Jul. 13-14 : National Capital Classic (Hull)
Jul. 20-21 : No Borders (Ottawa)
Aug. 22-25 : NATIONALS (Ottawa)
Sep. 7 : Monday League Playoffs
Sep. 8 : Wednesday League Playoffs
Sep. 14 : Tuesday League Playoffs
Sep. 14 : End-of-season Party
Sep. 15 : Thursday League Playoffs
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