Factory Beginners' Clinics 2011!

FACTORY BEGINNER'S CLINICS: Thursday October 20- Thursday November 24, 5.45 for 6.00-7.00, O'Connor playing fields.
http://www.factoryultimate.com/beginners-clinic.html

Beginners' Clinics are back this year! After the overwhelming success of the clinics last year, Factory has decided to run another set of 6 clinics, leading into the rest of our glorious season. Though the clinics are aimed at Beginners, there's plenty for everyone to learn, so if you came along to last year's clincis, or if you play Frisbee in league, or if you have never heard of Frisbee but would like to give it a go, please go to the website and sign up!

Also, please invite your friends to come along. Last year we had around 40 lovely ladies at the clinics. I think this year we can hit retirement age (the big 65!- that's what retirment age is now, right?). Impossible? If everyone invites 2 friends, we'll be well over 65. So think, who are your 2 friends going to be?

Canberra's Fyshwick United Men's Spring League

dates 20th October - 6th November, 2011 venue O'Connor Oval @ O'Connor ACT 6:30-8:00pm format Fast Games, Fun Teams, Drinks Afterwards cost 20 AUD includes  Best game w best CBR guys, and lowest $$ This is a men's league for all experience levels as long as you want to run hard and have fun. Check out: https://sites.google.com/site/canberraultimatemensleague/ First, join AFDA: http://www.afda.com/editmember.php?action=add - This is FREE and essential!!! Then, if you have been recruited by a particular captain, make sure that Captain adds you to their team -- it's worth a follow up email. Or if you are a new player and without a team then email one of the captains and ask them to roster you by providing your AFDA number to them and a little bit about yourself: Team 1 AJ/Konrad: konrad_wallace@hotmail.com Team 2 Tom/Asher: ashergentle@hotmail.com Team 3 Jonno/Dan: danmathunt@hotmail.com Team 4 Gareth/Mikey: gareth.beyers@gmail.com or mikey_h22@hotmail.com As a last resort, you could post your info here and you might get picked up: https://sites.google.com/site/canberraultimatemensleague/home/get-recruited-find-players Other questions, email the commissioner: ultam8 AT gmail DOT com To email all of the captains at once: konrad_wallace@hotmail.com, ashergentle@hotmail.com, danmathunt@hotmail.com, mikey_h22@hotmail.com, gareth.beyers@gmail.com, andrew99.46@hotmail.com, mrfrisbee@gmail.com

Spring League

The Canberra Ultimate Spring Social Ultimate League is scheduled to start on Tuesday 11th October at the Dickson Playing Fields. The league will run for 10 weeks finishing on 13th December.


Divisions 2 & 3 will commence at 6.35 and games will finish at 7.40pm. Division 1 games will begin shortly thereafter.

League Registration Site

Div 1

http://www.afda.com/rego/showdivision.php?divisionid=1850

Div 2

http://www.afda.com/rego/showdivision.php?divisionid=1851

Div 3

http://www.afda.com/rego/showdivision.php?divisionid=1852

Cost

The cost to enter a whole team in Spring League will be $350.

We also recognise that some players will not have a team and may need to register as individuals. We will endeavour to find you a team. If we are successful you will be advised when to pay your league fee which will be $30. Payment will be required before the league commences. These steps should avoid the hassle of having to chase fees.

Registration Process

Teams

Team captains who want to register a team can send a request to me. You must supply three things. They are:

- the division you would like to register in,
- your team name; and
- your AFDA number.

If there is room we will create a team registration site. You have 3 working days to pay the $350 team payment. If payment is not received the team will be removed from the registration site.

Teams will be required to have a minimum of 6 male and 4 female players (the ideal team size is 7m / 5f). If you require assistance in obtaining a few players please contact the league organiser as we may be able to allocate players from the list of people who register as individuals. The league organiser also has the right to add individual players to any team.

Individuals

Register your name on the website in the individual players without a team section. This does not guarantee you entry into the league.

You must not register with a specific team unless you have the agreement of the team captain. If a captain doesn’t know you, you will be removed from the registration list.

The league organiser may look at allocating you to teams that do not have a full complement of players or elect to create a new team. If we elect to create a new team we will advise you by e-mail and you will have 3 working days to pay the individual player fee of $30.

Registration Close

The registration site will close on Friday 7th October (or earlier if we reach our full complement of teams or individual players).

Be wise and register early.

Come and Try Ultimate September Sessions

Factory Ultimate and Fyshwick United have joined forces to bring you the September Come & Try Ultimate days. Every Friday lunchtime this September free introductory sessions to Ultimate Frisbee will be held in Canberra's centre.

From 12.15-1.15 every Friday lunchtime, FREE
9th Sept Glebe Park, Civic
16th Sept Rose Gardens, Barton
23rd Sept Glebe Park, Civic
30th Sept Rose Gardens, Barton

This is the beginning of what promises to be an exciting and eventful season for both clubs so be sure to get on board!

For more details, check out www.factoryultimate.com/come--try.html

Winter Outdoor Frisbee League (WOFL)

ACTUA is organising a very short Sunday winter league for 4 weeks from this Sunday 21 August through to 11 September.

The league will be held at Downer fields (Melba St) from 2.30pm to 4.30pm. There will be only one division, basically like Div 2 in our normal leagues (ie you can play zone). You'll get 2 shorter games each afternoon.

Registration cost is $170 per team and $17 for an individual. To pay electronically you can transfer funds to:

Account Name: ACT Ultimate
BSB Number: 801009
Account Number: 309871
Reference: Your name (so we know who it is from)


For those of you who can't make the Sunday league, never fear, Spring league is just around the corner - starting in early October, Tuesday nights at Dickson.

Cheers

Liz (ACTUA President)

ANU2 come 5th in pool, to play off for 9th tomorrow

After checking the results of the games, I discovered ANU2's glorious victory by two points against CSU2 actually puts them on top of a three way tie! Since ANU2 beat CSU2 by 2 points, and only lost to Sydney Uni Cumberland by 1, they are at +1 in a three-way tie, whereas CSU2 lost by 2 points to ANU2 and won by 2 points against Cumberland, putting them at 0, and Cumberland's 1 point win against ANU2 combined with a 2-point loss to CSU2 puts them at -1! Congratulations to ANU2! This just proves how incredibly valuable those upwind points are not only in tight games, but across the whole of the tournament!

They will now be playing off for 9th place against UTS2 at 12.00, rather than for 11th place as I said earlier.

ANU into Semis at EUGs

Canberra, true to form, has pulled out the very worst possible weather this week in order to welcome all our interstate visitors to their nation's capital. However, despite the 65 km/ hr winds, 13 brave University teams have struggled on, eager to bring home the EUGs championship medals.

After beating Sydney Uni 11-8 in their first tight game yesterday afternoon, ANU1 suffered its first loss this morning against Newcastle Uni. This leaves the top seeds of Pool B locked in a 3-way tie, with Sydney Uni, Newcastle Uni, and ANU1 each with 4 wins and 1 loss. However, since Sydney Uni beat Newcaslte something like 13-3, points differential puts Sydney top of the pool, with ANU second and Newcastle unfortunately having to fight it out for 5th.

Tomorrow will see these teams matching up with the top 3 of the other pool, which, assuming the further pool play goes as predicted, will be Macquarie on top, UNSW second and UTS third.

This puts Macquarie versus ANU1 in Semi1 and Sydney Uni versus UNSW in Semi2 at 10.30 on Thursday morning. The winners of these two semis will play off for gold at 3.00, and the losers will play off for bronze on the field next door, also at 3.00. There is even a small possibility that the wind speed will drop below 40 km/ hr in the afternoon!!!! (but we're not counting on it)

On the other end of the draw, ANU2 has also been playing a bunch of tight games, including a glorious victory against CSU2 on Monday afternoon and a very tight 1-point defeat against Sydney Uni Cumberland yesterday morning. They are likely to place 6th in their pool, which leads them to the 11/12 playoff, likely against the third Canberra team in the tournament, CIT, at 12.00 tomorrow afternoon.

The semis, finals and 11/12 playoff will be played on the University of Canberra fields, which, coincidentally are also the windiest fields in Canberra, tomorrow (Thursday) at the times mentioned above, so if you are passing by, stop and give us a cheer!