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           U L T I M A T E   H A P P E N I N G S            
                Issue 197 - January 31, 2002                
                
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      OCUA - The largest ultimate league in the world!      
            (300 teams and 3700 members in 2001)            

                    http://www.ocua.ca/                    

"All jobs are easy to the person who doesn't have to do 
them" - Holt's Law

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CONTENTS:

- Important Question Regarding League Co-ed Ratios
- City of Ottawa Indoor Facility Study
- Co-Ed Tryouts
- Tour 2002
- Rental Accommodations
- Calendar Of Events

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IMPORTANT QUESTION REGARDING LEAGUE CO-ED RATIOS

With the season soon to be upon us, the BOD is busy working 
on preparations for 2002 (watch for registration information 
to be out soon). One of the things that we've been talking 
about is the possible dissolution of the 5/2 leagues, making 
all of our coed play 4/3. We were one of the first leagues 
to offer 4/3 play, and we are one of the last to offer 5/2 
(in both cases, a product of our size, I imagine). There has 
been some heated debate about it, as there are pros and cons 
to making the move. Here is our reasoning so far:

Reasons for moving to all 4/3

- reduced administration. It's obviously easier to run one 
  league per night as opposed to two.
- consolidation of talent pool.  With different leagues on 
  Mondays and Wednesdays, the talent pool is effectively split 
  in two, with teams from top to bottom in each league having 
  fewer teams at their level to compete against. Making 
  everything 4/3 would help give everyone more competition, 
  and hopefully, better games.
- 4/3 is now the standard coed ratio for tournament and 
  championship play around the world.
- 5/2 leagues have been in decline for several years

Reasons for keeping 5/2

- some teams have difficulty fielding enough women for 4/3
- our general policy as a BOD has always been to provide the 
  players with what they want.  While 5/2 leagues have been in 
  decline, if there are still sufficient teams that want to 
  play 5/2, then perhaps we should maintain them on that basis 
  alone.

We'd like to hear your opinion on the subject, particularly 
if you are currently playing in a 5/2 league. Voice your 
opinion on the website open forum, or send me an email 
letting me know what you think. We'll need to make a 
decision on this soon, so don't delay - we want to make the 
decision that's right for you.

Cheers!

Ken Lange
president@ocua.ca

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CITY OF OTTAWA INDOOR FACILITY STUDY

Imagine if Ottawa had twice the number of indoor fields, or 
more! You can help make it happen by signing an electronic 
petition at www.runnersweb.com and following the link to 
indoor training facility. 

The City of Ottawa is having a meeting February 7th to 
discuss the possibility of having a new facility built. A 
major push for this has come from the Track and Field 
community, but they understand the importance of a facility 
like this to us and have asked us to help. 

To read more on the issue, you can read up about it on their 
website.

Please take the 1 minute it will take to visit the website 
and 'sign' the electronic petition.

Ken Lange
president@ocua.ca

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CO-ED TRYOUTS

Do you think you have what it takes to play at the 
competitive level? Are you not afraid of the opposite sex? 
Well look no further, this year the Fabulous Flying 
Flamingoes are having open tryouts!

Why play for the Flamingoes?

The Flamingoes are Ottawa's premiere co-ed traveling team. 
The Flamingoes have competed at the past 3 National 
championships and are poised  to finish top of the pack when 
Nationals are hosted in Ottawa this year. We play to win, 
but never forget Spirit of the Game.

Having existed as long as we have, we hold bids to every 
major tournament in Ontario. With the popularity of Co-ed 
increasing it is becoming more difficult for new teams to 
get a bid in. Why take the chance? Come play for us!

Tryouts times will be announced in the spring. 
Practices go from May to August.
We play in about 8-10 tournament from May to October.

For more information contact Gavin Thompson - 
gavint@istar.ca or check us out online - www.fffultimate.com

Thanks,
The Flamingoes.

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TOUR 2002

Note to aspiring writers and budding photographers: Tour '02 
is accepting story ideas, letters to the editor, articles, 
photos, advertisements, artwork. To submit your content for 
the spring edition of your favourite ultimate magazine, send 
a note to nick.forster@eds.com. Do it soon before the pages 
are full!

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RENTAL ACCOMMODATIONS

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Room for Rent

$425 all inclusive
Room in a Kanata House in Katimavik area (near Terry Fox exit)
Clean house, quiet neighborhood, ample parking

Interested?  Contact Josephine: 270-0286
Available March 1.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS:

 2002/02/09    : Ottawa Ice Bowl 2002 (Ottawa, ON)
 2002/02/23-24 : Matterhorn Matt Charity Tourny (Coliseum)
 
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