************************************************************
Ultimate Happenings: Issue 65 - Sept. 10 1998

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

"Why do they call it a TV set when you only get one?"

************************************************************
CONTENTS:

- OCUA Web Site Change
- Summer League Final Party
- UPA Fall Championship Series - Co-ed
- Toronto Team Looking For Women This Weekend
- Looking For A Room Mate
- Injury Survey
- More People Looking For Fall League Teams

************************************************************
OCUA WEB SITE CHANGE:

 OCUA's web page address has changed. See the address above.
I believe the old address will function for a while but
update your links.

************************************************************
SUMMER LEAGUE FINAL PARTY:

Sept. 12 at Barrymore's.
The band is the Hammerheads.

$2.00 at the door.
There will be awards.
There will be a DJ between sets.

************************************************************
UPA FALL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES - CO ED:

OK sports fans, here it is!! In the first year ever for co-ed
to be included in the UPA Fall Championship Series, we are
hosting a sectionals tournament here in Canada!! It will take
place on September 19-20, 1998 in Hamilton on the plush fields
of beautiful Churchill Park!!

For those of you that have no idea what I'm talking about,
the UPA is the Ultimate Players Association. This is the
ruling body for ultimate in the US. It used to be the top dog
of the US only, but it has recently expanded to allow Canadian
teams to compete in the fall National championships as well.

The fall series includes a Sectional, Regional, and National
tournament. The top teams at Sectionals advance to Regionals,
from which the top two advance to Nationals. This year is the
first year that Co-ed has been included in the fall series, and
we are hosting the Sectional Championships for our area which
includes all of New York State (except metro New York) and
Ontario. Regionals will be held on October 3-4 (location yet
to be determined), and Nationals are on October 22-25 in
Sarasota, Florida!!

If you wish to enter this tournament please reply to
ssphillips@bigfoot.com or call me at 905-573-9273. I need
your team name and contact information including e-mail, phone
number, and mailing address. Also include a brief bio and a
description of your team strength for seeding and division
purposes. I have already confirmed attendance from the Flying
Baby Grendals of Rochester, NY, and from Alien Junkhaus of
Hamilton, ON.

Notes:
1) The roster for each team is frozen after sectionals (i.e..
   only those players that compete for one team at sectionals
   may compete for that team at Regionals or Nationals.
2) All players that compete at Sectionals must be UPA members.
   You may join the UPA on the day of the tournament. Fees are
   $US 10 for students or $US 25 for non students for a one
   year membership. Membership gets you several newsletters
   per year plus many other benefits
   (see http://www.upa.org/upa/upa-intro.html for info).
3) You may only compete in one division in the fall series
   (i.e.. you must choose between open/women's or co-ed).


Sean Phillips
Upstate NY Co-ed Sectional Co-ordinator

--------------

If you have general questions about the UPA Fall Series
format, fees, which series you are allowed to play in, etc.
check: http://www.upa.org/coed/FallSeries/policies.htm

For info about Upstate NY Open and Women's sectionals,
contact upa_ne_upstate_wsc@upa.org or
upa_ne_upstate_sc@upa.org

************************************************************
TORONTO TEAM LOOKING FOR WOMEN THIS WEEKEND:
(It's not what you think!!)

A Toronto team is looking for 1-2 'B' level women to play in
their league playoffs on Sept 12-13. If you will be in Toronto
this weekend and want to play Ultimate contact Barry at
bargold@shaw.wave.ca or John at harrisj@interlog.com

************************************************************
LOOKING FOR A ROOM MATE:

Room for rent in a 3 bedroom house located in Riverside Park.
Just minutes from Carleton University, Mooney's Bay, Airport
Transitway, shopping, movies, theatres, restaurants and public
transit. Other rooms occupied by young professionals.

Rent includes heat, hydro, cable, parking, laundry and
phone/internet.

$400.

Available Oct. 01/98.

Call 526-5494 or 526-4704 ask for Lindsey or Terri.

************************************************************
INJURY SURVEY:

Please take some time to fill out this questionnaire. This
was in a previous Ultimate Happenings but the contact info
was incorrect or something. He has received a lot of response
but not much from Ottawa. Lets show him how much help the
biggest Ultimate league in the world can be.

Contact info when you are finished:

 Gary Podolsky MD
 Pan Am sports Medical Centre
 75 Poseidon Bay
 Winnipeg, Manitoba
 R3M 3E4
 w: (204) 925 1550
 h: (204)989 0643
 e: podolsky@mb.sympatico.ca

---------------------------

ULTIMATE PLAYERS

I am doing a survey on injuries related to Ultimate Frisbee.
Ultimate is a unique sport with frequent flexions, pivotings,
and collisions and has similar yet distinct patterns of
injuries to soccer and football.

If you have had an Ultimate related injury please fill out
this questionnaire. I will organise the information and make
it available to the Manitoba Ultimate leagues and other
participating leagues.


1.
 Name,
 Phone number,
 E-mail
 May we please contact you? Yes___ No___


2.
 Age ___


3.
 Male___
 Female____


4.
 How long have you played Ultimate ? ____


5.
 Junior ___________
 Adult league ___________


6.
 Have you injured yourself in Ultimate previously? ______
 Have these injuries healed? ________
 What injuries have you had in Ultimate this calendar year?
 List how this happened.
 ___________________________________________________________
 ___________________________________________________________


7.
 Have they been self treated? Yes___ No ___
 Did you seek professional help? Yes___ No___
 If yes, What treatment was given: medication, therapy,
 braces, surgery ?
 ___________________________________________________________
 ___________________________________________________________


8.
 How long were you off from Ultimate? _________


9.
 How many hours/times per week do you play or practice? ____


10.
 Do you usually warm up and then stretch before each game?
 ____________


11.
 Do you drink fluid before, during and after each game? ____


12.
 Do you wear protective equipment? _________
 What type? _____________________________________________


13.
 Do you wear cleats? ___________________


14.
 Do you think your injury could have been prevented and if
 so how? ___________________________________________________
 ___________________________________________________________


15.
 Please describe your physical condition. (optional)
 1) rarely or never exercise
 2) exercise 2-3 times per month
 3) exercise about once per month
 4) exercise 2-3 times per week
 5) exercise 4 or more times per week
 If 5- do you rest at least 1 day per week?


16.
 Have you stopped playing ultimate? ________


17.
 Do you think your injury was a result of competing against
 a team/player who was either more/less skilled than you or
 did not understand the rules well and fouled causing the
 injury?


18.
 During this recent competition did you injure yourself?
 Please describe the injury, how it was treated and any
 predisposing factors. If you feel there was any environmental
 cause (field conditions, weather etc.) include this also.
 ___________________________________________________________
 ___________________________________________________________


19.
 Did you receive adequate medical treatment on site or back
 home? Do you have any suggestions for medical coverage in
 future tournaments. Was there adequate water/fluids,
 facilities on site?
 ___________________________________________________________
 ___________________________________________________________


20.
 Do you feel in either your self or others on your team that
 there were more injuries in tournament play compared with
 regular league games?
 ___________________________________________________________
 ___________________________________________________________


21.
 Did you enjoy the tournament and would you go again?
 ___________________________________________________________
 ___________________________________________________________


22.
 Do you have any suggestions on how to make the sport safer?
 In your opinion should there be referees at least in
 tournaments. Many feel that this would disrupt the 'spirit
 of the game' and I have had mixed responses to this question
 and would be interested to hear your opinion.
 ___________________________________________________________
 ___________________________________________________________


Please list additional comments or attach additional sheets.


If you are on one or more teams please list all of them
________________________________


I hope that the information from this survey will help in
preventing or minimising many frequent injuries. Please fill
out all sections.

Thank You
 Gary Podolsky MD

************************************************************
MORE PEOPLE LOOKING FOR FALL LEAGUE TEAMS:

If in a week you still have not had any success finding a
team let me know. I will put your blurb back in the next
Ultimate Happenings. If someone wants to step forward and
be a captain and scoop some or all of these people then
just give them a call. Jack Webb (h: 231-6530,
e: 668prouf@sympatico.ca) may also be able to fit you in
somewhere.

--------------

I know it's getting late, but I'd still like to get on a
fall ultimate team...

I'm available any night of the week except Tuesday, and I'd
like to play on a fairly competitive team. If you can think
of anyone looking for a tall guy to go deep, please set me
up.

Jamie Noonan
 e: jnoonan@newbridge.com

--------------

Geoff Seaborn
 e: seaborn@calcorp.com

--------------

I would like to join an Ultimate team for the fall league.
I cannot play on Monday's or Tuesday's. I am 17 and would
prefer to play with other juniors but that is not necessary.

Thanks for your help.
Tyson Chen
 e: ax315@freenet.carleton.ca

--------------

I'm interested in playing this fall in level one 4/3 on
Tuesday nights. I played for the first time this summer.
Please contact me if you have room for one more player.


Thanks
Angela Easton
 e: Angelique@sympatico.ca
 h: 237-5173

--------------

I'm looking for a competitive team to play on in the fall
league.

I hope you can help me out.

Thanks in advance
 Sylvain Gingras
 e: Sylvain.Gingras@PWGSC.GC.CA

--------------

I am looking for a team to join this fall: Tuesday or
Wednesday (or both), 4-3 or womens.

Will take 5-2 if desperate for women. Experienced club player,
want to play hard and meet new people. New in town.

(Call SVP before 11PM. Thanks -her roommate)

Danielle des Groseilliers
(actually this might be from Manon des Groseilliers as I
 was a little confused by the e-mail)
 h:225-8547

--------------

************************************************************
Ultimate Happenings is a e-mail newsletter for the
Ottawa-Carleton Ultimate Association.

If you want to subscribe send an e-mail to
mharley@sympatico.ca with the subject
"Subscribe Ultimate Happenings".
************************************************************