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Ultimate Happenings: Issue 40 - Mar. 23, 1998

"Very funny Scotty, now beam down my clothes."

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Help Me:

I am looking for someone to sublet my room starting in mid-
April and for at least the summer, maybe longer. It is a
good-sized room (with a little balcony) in a spacious house
with two super Ultimate-loving roommates (Richard Griffith
and Andre Larade). The locations is 23-1/2 Laurel St. (it's
a little street off Preston St, between Somerset and
Gladstone).

The room is furnished, but the furniture can be removed if
necessary. The rent is $345 plus utilities. There is a
kitchen, dining room, living room, reading/compputer room,
back yard and spacious basement for storage. There is also a
washer and dryer in the house. If you are interested, or
know anyone who might be, please call Roxane at 233-6092
(home) or 236-8481 (office).

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Still Need a Few More Apple Tree Pruner Volunteers:

Come on out and get to know the future site of many an
Ultimate game to come. Besides the field development, there
are many other aspects of the overall land development &
maintenance which will rely on the good will of Ottawa's
Ultimate community to volunteer some hours. One of these
aspects is the maintenance of some very old apple trees.

If you've got the will (and hopefully a set of pruners),
we've certainly got the way to use them. This Sunday,
starting at 10:00am, at the new land which is 1.5 - 2km
south along Manotick Station Rd. Drinks (including beer) and
pizza will be served for lunch.

Please contact Sandy Osler at 443-3026 or
Sandra_Osler@dmr.ca.

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STELLA 1998 TRY-OUTS:

Ottawa women taking the nation by storm....
Ottawa's top competitive women's club team is looking for
you!

Do you want to join Stella this summer and have a blast
playing competitive women's ultimate??!!!

If you're undecided, come to the first tryout just to see
what it's all about....

The goals of the team this year are to have fun, send the
most competitive team possible to this year's Nationals in
Montreal, August 27-30, 1998, promote women's Ultimate in
Ottawa and improve our play while attending several
tournaments in and out of town. (see list below)

1998 TRY OUT DATES
Thursday April  9 6-8:00pm
Tuesday  April 14 6-8:00pm
Thursday April 16 6-8:00pm
Saturday April 18 12:00-3:00pm

As field availability is weather dependant, the location of
tryouts is not yet determined. We will announce the location
through Ultimate Happenings as soon as it is set.
(Probably Carleton but contact answer machine at 231-8563 on
the day of the tryout to confirm)

TEAM SELECTION:
The selection committee will be made up of:
Nikki Brackstone - 231-8563
Tanis Lugsdin - 238-1286
Hali Gernon - 237-7873
Deb Murphy - 567-3150
Please feel free to contact any of us if you have any
questions, specific or general, about tryouts or life on a
competitive team.

If you can not attend one (or all) of the try-outs please
contact: Nikki Brackstone: 231-8563

The team size will be ~ 15-17 players.

The team will be selected based on the following criteria:
 - Offensive Skills
 - Defensive Skills
 - Athletic Ability
 - Communication Skills 
 - Spirit & Attitude
 - Commitment & Potential

STELLA PRACTICES:
Once selected the team will practice every Tuesday and
Thursday evening and a weekend practice when there is no
tournament (rain or shine) starting at 6:00pm until about
mid May and then 6:30pm. Practices will be 2.5 hours in
length.

STELLA's TENTATIVE TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE:
Mother's Day (Philadelphia) - May 9-10, 1998
Molten Disk (Hanover, New Hamshire) - May 23-24, 1998.
Easterns/Invitational (Boston) - June 6-7, 1998
Chairity (Rochester) - June 20-21, 1998
Jazz Fest (Montreal) - July 4-5, 1998
No Borders (Ottawa) - July 18-19, 1998
Tune up tournament (local) - 1st or 2nd weekend in August
 (not yet confirmed)
Nationals (Montreal) - August 27-30, 1998

STELLA will represent the top women's Ultimate team in
Ottawa and if you choose to try out and play we will expect
a high level of commitment from you for the summer.

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Wanted:

CIRCULATION & TOURNAMENT PROMOTION DIRECTOR
World Ultimate Magazine

World Ultimate Magazine is looking for a local Ottawan who
is interested in volunteering their time to help promote
this new international full colour magazine on Ultimate.

This person will be responsible for the following duties:

1) Using email to liaise with tournament directors primarily
in Canada and the U.S. and requesting the following:

a) the tournament director of the numerous tournaments
forward the stats from their tourney for printing in the
Stats Department of WORLD ULTIMATE magazine. (the list of
ALL tournaments and tournament directors (complete with
phone and emails) would be provided);

b) packaging and mailing tournament kits to each tournament
director. Kits include a free subscription for the td for
their assistance; a copy of WUM for each captain; and 15
subscription cards for each captain's team. (roughly 140
tournaments per year)

Currently, the entire staff of World Ultimate is made up of
volunteers and contributors. Their support to help the
development of this full colour magazine continues to ensure
a long and (someday:) prosperous future for the magazine.

If you're efficient and keen - please jump on board.

Thanks for your time and support and please contact me as
soon as possible at the email and telephone number below.

Cheers!

Dave Brown
Publisher/Editor-in-Chief
WORLD ULTIMATE MAGAZINE
860-8687
wum@netcom.ca

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Comment:

 I have been getting a few people asking me when the spring
season will start or when the captains meeting is or who
is the co-ordinator for such and such a league, etc.

 For the most part I don't know these answers right now.
We are having a league co-ordinators meeting a week from
now and I am sure most (if not all) of these questions
will be answered.

 There will be announcements in future Ultimate Happenings
with all of the answers so stay tuned.

 On an entirely different note. The Tuesday 5/2 league that
I ran last year suffered from a lack of teams. We only had
8 and the calibre of the teams ranged from High A to middling
C. This did not make for competitive games throughout the
season. Rumours are some teams (Bruce, etc.) may be leaving
to go to Wednesday night for a higher level of play. I am
curious (from a co-ordinator point of view) what people
would suggest to keep Tuesday 5/2 a viable league and to
attract more teams. At the same time if there is a new
team that is curious about joining or an old team coming
back please let me know so I can get a rough idea of how
many teams there will be.

 Thanks Mike
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Ultimate doesn't build character.
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