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Ultimate Happenings: Issue 164 - April 19, 2001

OCUA Web site: http://www.ocua.ca

"I is a college student"
 
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CONTENTS:

- OCUA Summer Registration Day
- Online Player Registration Update
- Please Stay Off The Fields
- Mystery Machine And Curse Combined Tryouts
- waX 2001 Open Team Tryouts
- Training Camp & Tryouts for Women's Traveling Ultimate Teams
- TAGS 2001 Disc Golf Tournament
- Photography
- CD Release Party
- Roommate Wanted
- Calendar Of Events

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OCUA SUMMER REGISTRATION DAY

Saturday, April 21st 
11:00am till 4pm
The Clock Tower Brew Pub
575 Bank Street (Bank St. & Queensway) 

Items you have to bring!!!
- cheque for $550 made out to the Ottawa Carleton Ultimate 
  Association
- cheque for $50 made out to the Ottawa Carleton Ultimate 
  Association

There will also be discs and other ultimate stuff for sale.

Any questions please contact Steve Seabrook 
sseabrook@sympatico.ca

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ONLINE PLAYER REGISTRATION UPDATE

This is to inform everyone that the player registration form 
is finally up on the website. We apologize for the long delay -
we realize that this leaves very little time for players to 
register before Saturday's registration.  However, you will 
still be required to provide a roster deposit if 12 members 
of your team are not registered by Saturday morning.  This 
may seem somewhat unfair given the short time frame 
available, but we think it is reasonable for a number of 
reasons.

First of all, we DO require some guarantee that rosters will 
be submitted and the deposit serves this purpose.  Secondly, 
the $50 deposit cheque is to be postdated for May 14, and 
will only be cashed if you do not have the required number of 
players registered by May 14th. Since the $50 is not required 
up front, we feel that it doesn't really place any additional 
burden on teams. In addition, this year was the first time we 
have given teams the option of not having to submit a deposit 
if they had the required players registered by registration 
day, and it was done simply as a matter of convenience. If 
most of your team has email, we hope that you will still be 
able to take advantage of this.

So, once again, our apologies, but logistics dictate that we 
have to hold the line on this one.  We are sorry for the 
inconvenience, and we hope that the system will prove itself 
worthy of the wait as the season goes on.

Thanks,

Ken Lange
president@ocua.ca

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PLEASE STAY OFF THE FIELDS

Just a reminder for those of you who are anxious to get out 
and play that you should avoid using OCUA fields prior to the 
start of the season, as the fields are very sensitive to 
damage at this time of year. Of course, this also holds true 
for any other fields that are not in good condition, but it 
is especially important for the fields we use for league, as 
our ability to maintain our hold on these fields and to 
obtain more is dependent on our responsible use.  Damage 
caused to the fields and to our reputation could be 
irreparable, so please help us out on this one.

Cheers!

Ken Lange
president@ocua.ca

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MYSTERY MACHINE AND CURSE COMBINED TRYOUTS

Tryout's for two of Ottawa's Open Touring Team's will 
continue Thurs April 19th (6:00), Sun April 22 (2:00), Tues 
April 24th (6:00) and Thurs April 26th (6:00) (weather and 
field condition dependant - check Open Forum for 
cancellations the day of).  If you are interested in touring 
this summer, come on out (even if this is the first you've 
heard about it and missed the first one).  Bring a dark and a 
light.  If interested contact Chris Keith  
(keithchris@hotmail.com) or Barney Barnowski 
(ottawacurse@yahoo.com) about the field location and any 
other questions you may have.

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WAX 2001 OPEN TEAM TRYOUTS

Dates:
Sunday, April 29th 1-4pm
Tuesday, May 1st 6-9pm

Location:
Fields at Fisher and Baseline just south of Baseline behind 
the softball fields.

What to bring:
Light and Dark shirt
Water
Frisbee (a.k.a. a disc)

As the season begins to unfold waX is once again holding 
their annual open tryouts. If you are interested in playing 
competitive ultimate this summer or just want to see what 
it’s all about then come out and put your skills to the test 
against some of the best Ultimate Ottawa has to offer.

We will run through a warm-up/stretch and a few drills to get 
things going so show up on time.

The team will be cut down to between 26-30 players after 
Tuesday’s practice, this squad will go to the Toronto 
Ultimate Tournament (TUT) on the weekend of May 5-6th to 
continue tryouts and lay it all on the line.

For further information please contact Fadi or DJ at
waxultimate@ottawa.com or by phone at 819.775.9936.

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TRAINING CAMP & TRYOUTS FOR WOMEN'S TRAVELING ULTIMATE TEAMS

Throughout the summer, several Ultimate tournaments are 
organized across Eastern Canada and Northeastern U.S.  Ottawa 
is often represented by several teams (women, men and coed) 
at tournaments in Toronto, Montreal, Boston and New York.  
And, of course, we have our own excellent tournament here at 
home, No Borders. In preparation for the upcoming season, two 
of Ottawa's top women's ultimate teams, Stella and Catch 22, 
will be holding a training camp on April 22 at the Coliseum 
(the bubble over Lansdown Park) from 4-6pm. A small amount 
($5-10) to help cover the cost of renting the facility would 
be greatly appreciated.

Tryouts for both teams will be on Tuesday May 1 & 8, 2001 
between 6-9 p.m. on field #3 at the Coliseum.  We will also 
be organizing teams for the Toronto Ultimate Tournament 
(TUT). Everyone who attends tryouts is welcome to join us for 
our first tournament of the season in Toronto on May 5-6, 
2001.

May 1 and 8 - Tryouts will be held at the Coliseum (the 
bubble over Lansdown Park), 6-9p.m.

Both teams ask for some commitment for practice time (1-2 per 
week) and tournaments (5-6 between May-August).  Please come 
out to the first tryout to see what it's all about and ask 
as many questions as you like!

Help us get the word out - Please pass this message on.

In the meantime, if you have any questions about Catch 22 
please contact Sue Fraser at 725-2876 or sfraser@aquaterre.ca.
For information about Stella you can go to www.ocua.ca and 
select Teams from the homepage (it will be updated any day 
now).  If you have specific questions please contact Erin 
Huck at erin_huck@hotmail.com  or 244- 0738.

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TAGS 2001 DISC GOLF TOURNAMENT

Saturday, May 5th 10am
Jacques Cartier Park

$10 - for a non-TAGS entry
$20 - for a TAGS entry
+$5 - for all non-ODGC members

This is a 24 hole tournament being held at JCPark.  The 
second round will be a jungle course with totally new tee 
placements.

TAGS is an ongoing ranking system that facilitates friendly 
competition and provides a medium for spontaneous wagering, 
endless hours of trash talk, rewards for a great round and 
consequences for the one you'd rather forget.

How it works:

Each player is given a TAG to carry on his or her bag. Each 
TAG is numbered. So, if there are 20 people involved, there 
will be TAGS 1 through 20 in circulation.

During the start of any game, TAGS may be wagered. The 
challenge will generally come from the higher numbers, but 
even top ranked TAG holders can challenge the lower seeded 
players and risk losing their precious ranking. Declining 
challenges is poor form.

In order to keep it exciting, TAGS has a simple handicap 
system.

TAGS 1-5
Give 1 stroke to 6-10
Give 2 strokes to 11 and up.

TAGS 6-10
Get 1 stroke from 1-5.
Give 1 stroke to 11 and up

TAGS 11- and up
Get 2 from 1-5
Get 1 from 6-10

If the higher number beats the lower number, players exchange 
TAGS If the lower number beats the higher number, no TAGS are 
exchanged. A tie is considered a push. Each player retains 
his or her TAG.

Generally, these competitions are between two players, but 
you may be creative. After all, it's just a game.

Anyone entering the mix after the TAGS tourney will begin his 
or her battle for top spot with the new last place TAG.

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PHOTOGRAPHY

If you're ever looking for someone to take free photos for 
your web site or whatever, I'd be interested in helping out. 
I mostly do black-and-white landscapes, so this would be a 
cool way for me to branch out. If you'd like to check out my 
work, drop by
http://communities.msn.ca/MarkMcCarvillPhotography. 

Thanks.

Mark McCarvill

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CD RELEASE PARTY
 
Thursday, May 3, 2001
Zaphod Beeblebrox, 27 York Street
SHANE SIMPSON BAND
w/ Trevor Tchir
 
Doors open at 8pm, Trevor Tchir at 9pm.
Tickets: $5 at the door
 
The SHANE SIMPSON BAND is pleased to announce the release of 
their first full-length CD "Sketches."
 
The CD features "Not Talking At All," which is currently in 
the finals of a New Music Showcase on the Blue Rodeo website, 
and "Middle of the Conversation" which was a featured Track 
of the Day on garageband.com.
 
To cap off the evening the band will be giving away a brand 
new Art & Lutherie cutaway acoustic guitar.
 
You can visit www.shanesimpson.com for more details.

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ROOMMATE WANTED (available May 1st)

I am looking for a good humoured roommate.

I have a large, bright, two bedroom apartment, with a private 
driveway.  Located in a _nice_ section of what used to be 
called Vanier.

Huge fully equipped kitchen, storage room, backyard with 
deck, in-apartment laundry room with washer/dryer. Large 
living room with faux fireplace.

Non-smoker, available May 1st. $400/month + hydro/phone.

Well behaved pets are ok.  Well suited for a co/op student.

Contact:

Don Lane
Saints and Spinners
e-mail: dlane@cwsa.ca
tel: 744-6262, 799-8812

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS:

 2001/05/5-6   : Toronto Ultimate Tournament (Toronto, ON)
 2001/05/12    : Lakefield College School (Peterborough, ON)
 2001/05/18-20 : Boh-Down 2001 (Regina, Saskatchewan)
 2001/05/26    : Layout For Life (Ottawa, ON)
 2001/06/2-3   : Gender Blender (Fergus, ON)
 2001/06/09    : Pole-Hole-Ka Disc Golf Tournament (Ott., ON)
 2001/06/16    : 10th annual Beach Tourney (Ottawa, ON)
 2001/06/30    : Pre-Canada Day Camp Out Party (Ottawa, ON)
 2001/06/30-1  : Montreal Jazz Tournament (Montreal, PQ)
 2001/07/14    : Tree-oh Disc Golf Tourney (Hull, PQ)
 2001/07/21-22 : No Borders (Ottawa, ON)
 2001/07/28-29 : Parlee Beach (Shediac, NB)
 2001/08/11-12 : Catch 'n Release (Halifax, NS)
 2001/08/16-19 : Nationals (Edmonton, AB)
 2001/08/18    : OCUA Tuesday Playoffs
 2001/08/19    : OCUA Thursday Playoffs
 2001/08/25    : OCUA Monday Playoffs
 2001/08/26    : OCUA Wednesday Playoffs
 2001/09/29    : Ottawa 'Plaid Jacket' Open Disc Golf Tourney
 2001/10/27-28 : 9th Annual Pumpkin Pull (Victoria, BC)
 2001/??/??    : Women's Hat Tourney (Ottawa)
 2001/??/??-?? : Fr'equinox (Co-ed, Ottawa ON)
 2001/??/??-?? : Unknown Legends (Hamilton, ON)
 
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