Ultimate Happenings - Issue 292
March 9, 2004
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U L T I M A T E H A P P E N I N G S
Issue 292 - March 9, 2004
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OCUA - The largest ultimate league in the world!
(350 Summer teams and 4,300 members in 2003)
http://www.ocua.ca/
"Things are more like they are today than they ever have
been before" - unknown
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CONTENTS:
- Reminder - OCUA Summer League Registration Deadlines
- 2004 AGM and Captains Meeting
- Leaguerunner Spring Cleaning
- OCUA Is Looking For Volunteer Coaches And Administrators
- UPI Share Donation
- CUPA BULA Announcement
- People Services "Sportsfield Strategy"
- Rental Accommodations
- Calendar Of Events
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REMINDER - OCUA SUMMER LEAGUE REGISTRATION DEADLINES
Summer league registration is now open, and will follow a
similar format to previous years. There will be 80 teams on
each of Monday to Thursday evenings and 40 on Friday. A
letter has been sent to all of the 2003 captains with more
information. Returning teams will have until March 15, 2004
to pay a $250 deposit in order to secure their spot on their
night of play. The balance of the team fees will be due at
the 2004 AGM and Captains Meeting on April 15, 2004.
New teams will have until April 1, 2004 to enter their
registration, again with a $250 deposit. Please note that
all new teams are obliged to start playing on Friday
evenings. Space availability on Monday to Thursday evenings
will go first to returning Friday teams that wish to move,
and then to the new teams.
Registration forms for new and returning teams are available
for download.
http://www.ocua.ca/leagues/summer/2004/ocua-new-reg-form.pdf
http://www.ocua.ca/leagues/summer/2004/ocua-returning-reg-form.pdf
Please read the forms for full registration details,
complete the appropriate form, and mail it along with your
deposit to:
OCUA
Box 120, 410 Bank Street,
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 1Y8
If you have any questions regarding the process, contact the
General Manager, Nick Roberts at 729-9227 or gm@ocua.ca.
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2004 AGM AND CAPTAINS MEETING
The 2004 AGM and captain's meeting will take place on
Thursday April 15, 2004 at 6:30pm at the Nepean Sportsplex,
in Halls A and B. The balance of your team fees will be due
at this meeting.
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LEAGUERUNNER SPRING CLEANING
Once a year, in the spring, OCUA will be requiring players
to log in and verify all the information in their account.
This is necessary both to ensure that we have up-to-date
contact info, and to ensure that you have full control over
your information.
When you next log in to Leaguerunner, you will be asked to
reconfirm all of your contact information, and accept the
same waivers as last year. Please be sure that the street
address, email address, and telephone contacts are correct.
We've provided some better guidelines for choosing skill
level this year as well, in attempt to get a more accurate
seeding of teams, so please reassess your skill rating with
this in mind.
If you have forgotten your Leaguerunner password, you should
use the "Forgot your password" functionality at
http://www.ocua.ca/leaguerunner/person/forgotpassword
to request a new password.
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OCUA IS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEER COACHES AND ADMINISTRATORS
OCUA will be looking to expand its kids ultimate this coming
summer. We need to overcome the perception that ultimate is
some kind of adults only niche sport, so we want to get
ultimate into as many neighbourhoods as we can. We are
looking for adult players that would like to start kids
programs in their own part of town. We are looking for high
school student players who would like to help coach kids in
their neighbourhoods to satisfy their 40 hour curriculum
volunteer hours requirement. We are looking for the space to
run these programs on. While we have some sites currently in
mind, we will need more. OCUA has a four field site for the
Orleans area, we will use the fields at Lynda Lane once a
week for the Center town area, a field at the Terry Fox
athletic facility, one at Fisher Park School, and we are
still looking for fields in the west end.
This has become one of the most important issues facing the
Association. If you would like to help in any way please
contact me, gm@ocua.ca
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UPI SHARE DONATION
In an effort to set the budget for this coming year, I would
like to know if any of the UPI shareholders are
contemplating donating their shares to OCUA. If you are a
shareholder, either as an individual or team share and you
wish to donate your share/s to OCUA can you please let me
know and I will send you the necessary paperwork. Please
drop me an e-mail at gm@ocua.ca
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CUPA BULA ANNOUNCEMENT
CUPA is now accepting applications for spots on the BULA
World Championships Beach Ultimate in Portugal this summer!
Canada currently has 12 spots available on each of four
rosters (open, mixed, women's and masters). The deadline to
submit an application is March 31, 2004. If you are
interested, please visit the CUPA website for more details
at http://www.canadianultimate.com. Questions can be
directed to CUPA's Executive Director, Shiellah Quintos:
ed@canadianultimate.com
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PEOPLE SERVICES "SPORTSFIELD STRATEGY"
The long awaited City of Ottawa Sportsfield Strategy has
finally been released. Please take the time to give it a
good look over and provide your input. I for one was
disappointed in the report, but I will review your comments
carefully when speaking with the City.
http://www.ottawa.ca/calendar/ottawa/citycouncil/hrssc/2004/02-19/ACS2004-PEO-COM-0004.htm
Thanks. Nick.
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RENTAL ACCOMMODATIONS
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Shared Accommodations. $500, includes all expenses including
High Speed Internet. Located in new Barrhaven overlooking
the Rideau River. 15 minutes to downtown and only 5 minutes
to Manotick. House is 25,000 sq ft. Everything except food
included. Furnished or unfurnished.
Contact Steve at 823-3628 or spapai@hotmail.com.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Mar 15: 2004 Summer Registration Due
Mar 20: Divine Nines 2004 (Hamilton, Ontario)
Apr 15: 2004 AGM and Captains Meeting (Nepean Sportsplex)
May 08: TUT - Toronto Ultimate Tournament (Toronto, Ontario)
May 08: 2004 Sunflicker Tournament (Kelowna, BC)
Jun 04: Gender Blender 2004 (Fergus, Ontario)
Jun 19: Northern Flights 2004 (North Bay, Ontario)
Jul 10: 20th Annual No Borders Ultimate Tournament (Ottawa)
Jul 31: Rochester Ultimate Benefit - RUB 2004 (Rochester, NY)
Jul 31: The Coed Jamboree (Ottawa, Ontario)
Jul 31: The Coed Jamboree 2004 (Ultimate Parks)
Aug 01: 2004 World Ultimate Championships (Turku, Finland)
(for the latest info, check http://www.ocua.ca/event/)
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