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Ultimate Happenings: Issue 43 - April 15 1998

"My mom said she learned how to swim. Someone took her out
in the lake and threw her off the boat. That's how she
learned how to swim. I said, 'Mom, they weren't trying to
teach you how to swim.'"
 -- Paula Poundstone

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Stella 1998 Try-Outs --- Dates Changed:

{EDITOR'S NOTE: I SHOULD HAVE HAD THIS POST EARLIER AS THE
FIRST STELLA TRYOUT WAS TUESDAY. SORRY}

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------!!!! NOTE CHANGE!!!!
 Tuesday April 14 6-8 pm
 Thursday April 16 6-8 pm
 Saturday April 18 12-3 pm
 Tuesday April 21 6-8 pm

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 6:00 pm until about
mid May and then 6:30 pm. 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 Hampshire) - May 23-24, 1998.
 Easterns/Invitational (Boston) - June 6-7, 1998
 Charity (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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Help Needed at Registration:

I will need a few volunteers (2 or 3) to help out (i.e. take
money, write up receipts, etc.) with the League Registration
on May 2.

Could anyone who wants to help please e-mail me at
lstanton@lindavey.com

Thanks

Liset Stanton
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Apartment For Rent:

Lower half of Red brick Duplex
In Preston and Somerset region

close to Transitway
10 min bike ride from both Universities

2 Bedroom
Large Kitchen
Semi-finished Basement
1 bathroom
Parking for one car included, another negotiable

$750 including utilities
Available May 1st

Call 234-3918 for more information

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roommate Needed:

Looking for a cat-tolerating person to share very large two
bedroom apartment with two easygoing (really - Joe isn't
that bad off the field!), active people.

Apartment is located on Argyle Street, next door to the
downtown YMCA, in a heritage building with lots of character.

Apartment has hardwood floors, fireplace, sunroom, eat-in
kitchen, separate dining and living rooms, and lots of
windows.

The bedroom available is big with two closets and three
windows (furnished, too, if you want). Laundry and extra
storage is in the basement, and parking is available.

It's a great location - Elgin Street is just a block away;
large Loblaws, beer and liquor store are two blocks away.
What more do you need? There are a few other Ultimate
players spread out through the building, so there's always
someone to throw with, too.

Rent is $470 - includes cable, heat and hydro. The only extra
is phone.

Please contact Sandra (Sam) Macdonald or Joe Zinck at
234-0090.

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Rochambeau News (Rock, Paper, Scissors for the rest of you)

From: James P. Sarvis
Newsgroups: rec.sport.disc
Subject: FOOLS FEST NEWS: PEE BEATS FIRE; OTHER GAMES PLAYED


In a stunning rochambeau move, Dr Mike Jones of MIT Reunion
threw pee to douse fire, thrown by "Aaron" Goofy Craig of
Yale Reunion, winning shirt color choice for the MIT squad.
To add insult to injury, MIT then chose white, allowing Yale
to wear the dark shirts they had originally wanted. It has
not yet been confirmed that this is the first time in
recorded history that both pee and fire have been thrown at
the same time.

The throw was mired in controversy. Craig, upon throwing
fire, started celebrating wildly without checking his
opponent's throw. Jones kept his throw visible, obviously
confused by Craig's curious behaviour. Some Yale players,
though, saw what had happened, and fell to the ground in
shock. Yale's Josh Cott was not one of them: "I thought he
threw scissors and changed it to pee." But Jones's
unimpeachable integrity, along with a signed affidavit from
an unnamed Yale player supporting Jones's position, won the
day. Yale was forced to concede the rochambeau.

In other news, many games of ultimate were played under
somewhat adverse conditions.

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Ultimate doesn't build character.
It reveals it.
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