Its my pleasure to announce the formation of the ACT mixed club Kaboom.
We are looking to produce a more cohesive and organised effort during our mixed season this year. We hope this will be a longer standing mixed club that gives opportunities for all Canberrans to play for.
This campaign will be a building phase in our wider plan and will set our men's, women's and mixed teams up for 'great success' in the future. We are aiming at getting three mixed teams to tournaments and to qualify as many as possible for Mixed nationals. The teams will share style of play, training and administrative functions but will all have a different focus and goal for their campaign.
There will be a top level team, a competitive but more relaxed team and a development team. The top level team will be aiming to put itself into a position to win nationals and will play the smartest and cleanest ultimate in Brisbane. The 2nd team will be for those that want to have a good competitive tournament but also want to indulge in the more social aspects of the season. The development team will hopefully consist of players from the current Winter Outdoor League and previous div 2 leagues, with a core leadership of players that have played tournaments before. Its purpose is to expose new players to the tournament scene.
The campaign is effectively already under way. WOL and the development clinics on monday nights are new features of ACT ultimate that will prepare players for the mixed season. We are expecting to start training in mid August, giving us a ten week lead up to mixed nationals. This training will be run by Pete "Mad Dog" Hemphill with support from John Horan and conceptual guidance from G. Training will be held at O'Connor Playing Fields (the fields nearest the O'Connor Shops off Pedder Street) at 6:15 on Thursday nights, starting on the 21st of August (with an introductory bridging session held on the 14th). Details about selections and tournaments will be announced at a later date.
We are hoping that the merry batch of players heading off to Brisbane in October will all contribute to the improvement of Ultimate in the ACT and our eventual goal of qualifying for and winning World Clubs 2010 in the mixed division.
If you are interested in playing competitive ultimate with the ACT during the mixed seasons then please register your interest here: http://afda.com/rego/showcompetition.php?competitionid=509
Thomas Watson, on behalf of the current stewards of Kaboom, John Horan, Mica Hartley and Thomas Watson.
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