Valley Ultimate is very excited to announce it’s first-ever Winter Indoor Club League!!
When: Sundays from 6-10pm
Who: 6 (or 8) teams, minimum 10 players
Where: Allsports Arena, 54 Old Ferry Rd, Northampton, MA
Format: 5v5, mixed (3:2 – offense decides) – see below
Ages: 16+
Schedule: Two 5-week seasons
Season 1: Jan 2 – 30
Season 2: February 6 – March 6
season-ending tournament – March 13
All participants must show proof of vaccination for Covid-19 to participate. Allsports follows current Northampton Health Department rules, which currently require masks indoors
Coordinators: Kelsey Wentling (she/her) & Dan Kaplan (he/his)
League Goals and Values
This is a new league and the first Ultimate league ever to play at Allsports. We look forward to a welcoming, fun, and competitive atmosphere to keep us all in shape during the cold winter months of New England.
We seek to create a community space for players to compete in a welcoming and friendly environment. We strive to foster an inclusive playing opportunity and welcome feedback on how to continue to improve in this area. We adhere to the USAU Gender Inclusion Policy and have collected equity resources on our website, which we encourage players to explore. We expect all participants to demonstrate the highest level of respect for one another and the Ultimate community; harassment and discrimination will not be tolerated and should be reported to the league coordinators (email addresses).
How are teams formed:
This is a “club league;” If you are interested in submitting a bid to have a team in this league, please fill out the following Captains Form. You will need to have at least 8 players committed to submit a bid. At least half of your roster must consist of woman-matching players (see ‘matching preference’ section for details’. You can sign up for one or both seasons. Once your bid is accepted, each of your players will have to fill out a registration & payment form. (All players will have to be USAU members or purchase the once-a-year affiliate fee of $17 to be insured). The cost for each player in each session will be $45-$90 (sliding scale) for each participant.
All teams have been selected for the season
Free Agents:
If you are interested in signing up for the league as a “free agent” you can do so here. League coordinators will strive to place all free agents as team and league needs allow. This may result in free agents being placed at the discretion of the league coordinators, or placed on a substitute list depending on team capacity.
Matching Preference
Here is language we will use regarding match-ups:
- Woman-matching: any non-cis gendered man who prefers to match against women or nonbinary players
- Man-matching: Any person who prefers to match against men
- Anyone-matching: any non-cis gendered man who is comfortable marking any player on the field
Note* When selecting your preferred matchup, please keep in mind that we envision the “anyone-match” position to be occupied by players who are not cisgender men. The position exists to create space for nonbinary/genderfluid players in mixed ultimate, and to allow all players to feel comfortable in their matchups.
We request that participants refrain from terms such as “mark gender across,” and “man defense.” Instead we suggest counting off across the line or simply saying, “match across” and requesting switches as preferred when on defense.
Send questions and feedback to kelseyjwentling@gmail.com and dankaplan888@gmail.com
click here for League Rules, etc
