VT and RI Tournaments

A few new tournament opportunities:

Vermont:

CAPITAL CITY CLASSIC
10 Girls teams
Sat., April 26, 2014
Montpelier, VT
$100
Tournament snacks provided. On-site food vendor.
Register by April 4: Right here

CHAMPLAINSHIPS
10 Open teams
Sat.-Sun., May 3-4, 2014
Tree Farm – Essex, VT
$400
food & discs for all
Register ASAP: email Jake Raisenen bstewnbbq@gmail.com
USAU sanctioned

ST. JOHNSBURY ACADEMY INVITATIONAL
32 teams: 12 Girls, 20 Open
Sat.-Sun., May 17-18, 2014
St. Johnsbury, VT
$350
Tournament food, party, awards, and spring-fling shenanigans
Register by April 4: Right here
USAU sanctioned

Rhode Island:

Dear HS and MS coaches,

It is with some modest pride that we announce that the Rhode Island Invitational is an official USAU Sponsored event:
http://play.usaultimate.org/events/Rhode-Island-Invitational/

This message is a reminder that we have a vast expanse of perfect grass available on Sunday May 4th, 9-4 @ Barrington Middle School, Barrington RI, and are inviting up to six middle school teams and up to six freshman or very beginning teams for a developmental tournament. Each pool will be 3-4 games on two fields with a bye, and we will award modest SOTG and pool winner awards for each pool. Cost will be limited to custodian and field use fees divided by the number of teams attending.

If interested in participating, please email mstein@rwu.edu. If you have already done so, there is no need to respond again, but a confirmation wouldn’t hurt.

The event is hosted by Barrington High and a new team from Rhode Island – East Greenwich High School.

Looking forward to it!

Matthew Stein
Barrington

2/26 General Meeting

The first general meeting of Valley Ultimate has come and gone.

Here is where we stand:

1) The Valley Ultimate email group has been created. Everyone who submitted their addresses at the 2/26 meeting has been added. Anyone is welcome to join the list by visiting the Valley Ultimate Google Groups page.

2) Notes from the 2/26 meeting can be down right here (PDF).

3) During the meeting the following group was voted on to serve as the Steering Committee. This group will plot the initial course of the organization which will include determining an Executive Committee. The members of the Steering Committee are: David Delorenzo, Corry Keeler, Amy Bradshaw, Dan Kaplan, Terry Plotkin, Jo Sleigh, Jim Pistrang, Josh Seamon, Liam Halloway-Bidwell, and Megan Owens.

4) We dot-voted on priorities for the organization and the final tally came to:
15 – Maintain clearing house of info, contacts, events
13 – Strengthen/support summer town leagues
8 – Support adult club
7 – Strengthen middle school programs
7 – Aim for 501(c)3 status
6 – Support winter play opportunities
6 – Charitable support

5) The first Steering Committee meeting will be on Wednesday, March 26th from 7 to 8pm at the Amherst Brewing Company, located at 10 University Drive in Amherst, MA. Anyone who has any interest in helping out with Valley Ultimate is encouraged to attend the meeting.

Coaches Needed

There are several teams looking for coaches this spring:

Academy at Charlemont Girls
The Academy at Charlemont is desperately seeking a Girls’ Ultimate coach. Contact Dave Chalfant at dchalfant@charlemont.org if you’re interested.

Newton North Girls
Ultimate Players and Friends, especially those with some free time in the afternoons… The NNHS Girls Ultimate team is looking for a coach/advisor for this season. Your time commitment would be up to you, but hopefully at least 2x per week from 3-5pm. The season runs roughly from mid-March until the end of May, but really only gets going once the fields are open to play outside. There’s $400 in it. Not much, but it’s something! Please email me at this address if you are interested or know someone who might be. Thanks!

Matty Anderson (nnhsultimate@gmail.com)
NNHS Boys coach

Hartsbrook Open
Varsity Ultimate coach needed for the Hartsbrook School’s 2014 season. The team meets on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 3:45-5:45 and participates in several weekend tournaments. The season begins in mid-late March and runs through the end of May.

Hartsbrook has a competitive and well supported program. The players are fun and hard-working.

Please email stating your experience with ultimate and with teaching/coaching, as well as your availability. Applicants must have a good driving record and be able to drive a 14 passenger mini-bus (no special licensing required). Applicants will complete a CORI background check prior to hire.

Location: Hadley, MA
Contact: Megan Owens (mowens@hartsbrook.org)

PVPA Girls
Attached is the job posting for the Varsity Girls Ultimate coaching position at PVPA. If you have any interest in the position, please reply; if anyone you know might be interested, please forward it along!

Details: 3 practices/week, 4-6:30pm; season runs early April through Memorial Day (first Monday in May); $1500 stipend paid in 2 halves (midpoint and end of season). Every Saturday in May, you’ll be booked, and 2 sundays plus Memorial Day.

As you’ll see in the PDF (attached), a formal application is required. There will be an interview, you’ll have to submit a written practice plan, and lead a workout/Ultimate lesson (indoors) within the next month or so. Let me know if you have any issues with the PDF, or any questions whatsoever.

Additionally, if you’re interested in a JV position, the pay is $750, but with only 2 practices a week and one tournament.

Please cc me on any replies regarding the position.

-mike (micucci.michael@gmail.com)
Job description (PDF)

Discs to the Middle East

Next week, Josh Seamon will be heading to the Middle East for a two week trip to visit schools, teach Ultimate, and fold origami. While traveling through the West Bank and Israel, he will be connecting with several Ultimate Peace communities that are in need of new discs.

If you’d like to donate some discs to the collection Josh will be bringing out with him, please bring them to the Valley Ultimate General Meeting this Wednesday. You can also send them to Josh at:

Josh Seamon
183 Main St. #1
Easthampton, MA 01027

Just make sure the discs arrive on or before 3/4. Josh is also more than willing to come to you to pick up the discs. He can be reached via email at jseamon@gmail.com.

First General Meeting

It’s time for there to be a unifying Ultimate organization in the Valley where Ultimate was born.

If you’re interested in helping chart the course of Ultimate in the Pioneer Valley, please attend the first annual Valley Ultimate General Meeting.

The meeting will take place on Wednesday, February 26th from 7-9pm at Northampton High School located at 380 Elm St, Northampton, MA. Anyone with ANY interest in helping out or having a voice in Valley Ultimate is highly encouraged to attend. It doesn’t matter your age or experience level — we want you to attend.

At the meeting we will:
1) Discuss ideas for what the organization will do
2) Electing a board of directors
3) Vote on priorities
4) Lots more

If you are a student, a coach, an athletic director, a casual player, a club player, a parent of an Ultimate player…basically if you are connected in ANY way with Ultimate…we want you at this meeting!