Coaches Needed

The 2013 school and Uni semesters have begun and QUDA will expect to see an increased demand for Ultimate coaches for schools.

In 2012:

The Met North West program (in its 2^nd year) grew to approximately 220 students across 5 high schools.

The new South District program coached and supervised an interschool competition with about 100 students from 4 schools.

The Gap SHS junior sports program (also in its 2^nd year) delivered Ultimate to another 400 students; girls & boys from yrs 8-10.

So that’s over 700 high school students who played Ultimate in SE Qld last year!!!

(Plus whatever Stef on the GC and other teachers elsewhere did on their own.)

Good on us all!

This year we are also seeing big sign-ons for Ultimate clubs in O-week at Uni.  Many of these new recruits signed up because of some exposure to the game they received at school.  Success in our schools programs will translate into bigger and better leagues and more players participating at Nationals and beyond.

This is a call out for people who are interested in paid School Coaching positions this year.

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SCHOOL ULTIMATE COACHES:

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Remuneration:

·              $40/hr for AFDA Level 1 accredited coaches

·              $35/hr for non-AFDAL1 accredited coaches

Pre-requisites:

·              That you have a love of the game and willingness to work with school students.

·              That you are a competent Ultimate player with a reasonable knowledge of the rules.

·              That you either have a current Blue Card, or that you will submit an application for one.

·              NB:  AFDA Coaching accreditation is NOT necessary, (but will attract a higher pay rate.)

People:

School coaching positions would suit any current players, particularly:

·              Students or Part time/Casual workers.

·              Workers with flexible working hours.

·               In most cases you would be working as part of a coaching team and you will not be required to run a program by yourself with no prior experience.  Some programs will demand a more experienced coach and we

If you are interested in taking on a role please get in touch.

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Mat Ryan: 

mat33ryan@optusnet.com.au

Mb: 0434 275 661

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NOTE:

The first program we have been requested to service is the Met. North West Interschool Sports Program.

We’ll require 3-4 coaches per week from THIS Wednesday for a 9 week interschool competition (coaches are required to adjudicate games rather than coach).

Please indicate if you are able to do this one, or else if you’d like to be considered for other programs as and when they arise.

And..

This advertisement is specifically interested in WOMEN coaches.  Half our students are female and it is highly beneficial to have our excellent female players coaching this student group.

OK.  Have a think and get in touch.

Mat Ryan

mat33ryan@optusnet.com.au

mb: 0434 275 661

Learn to Play Canceled, Captains meeting moved

Wet weather strikes again and has washed out our fun. 

Tonight's Captains Meeting is ON.
When: 7pm Monday 25th Feb
Where: Sticks Bar, entry level of the Chalk Hotel, Woolloongabbahttps://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=the+chalk+hotel+park&hl=en&fb=1&gl=au&...
Parking: Located at the rear of the hotel via Reid street.
Attendance: Mandatory for Captains, vice captains. If your Captain/vice are unable to attend, please have another representative from your team that can make decision on behalf of your team.

Agenda Items

-League structure

-Fields Liaisons

-Fields

-League Cost

-New teams

-Roster, topping up teams, ladies

-Juniors

-rules accredited http://rules.wfdf.org/accreditation

Learn to Play & Captains Meeting

We just received this fax from the BUML-OC Bunker:

Hello BUML Community,

Learn to play:We are pleased to announce the beginning of the BUML season with two nights of introduction learn to play sessions.  Coaches will provided on the night to help all the beginners learn to throw and the rules of the game. Pick up games will be played on the adjacent fields, so all BUML members are encouraged to come down for pick up and bring your friends.  

Captains Meeting:

Hi BUML Captains, I would like to hold a quick captains meeting at 8pm at the learn to play night to discuss, team division allocation, captains obligations, fields liaisons, team roster, team fee payment and to answer any questions you may have about the league.

We would like as many of the BUML captains or a team representative to attend as possible.  Please email BUML OC if you or a team rep is unable to attend.

What: BUML Learn to Play and Pick up game.
Where: QUT Kelvin Grove, Sports Ln, Kelvin Grove.

When: Arrive 6.30 for 7:00-9:00pm

Captains Meeting: 8pm

Dates: 25th Feb

Bring: White shirt, Dark Shirt, Cleat boots, Water bottle, Disc, friends, family, work mates, girlfriends, boyfriends, Grandma, anyone!

Cost: FREE

League Rego: http://www.afda.com/index.php?view=details&id=1377&option=com_eventlist (Make sure you are signed into the AFDA home page before clicking link if you'd like to register yourself to "I need a team")

Look forward to see you at the fields.

Thanks

BUML OC

http://buml.quda.org/

http://www.quda.org/

http://www.afda.com/

Important Regionals Info

From Mr Firestorm himself:


All,

Regionals team registration closes next Friday. All registrations are happening on the website: http://regionals.quda.org/

The present state of play:

SATURDAY
Firestorm, with 5 players, are looking likely to take down Stef as the sole Slamtown representative (Abra, think you registered as free agent before Stef added SFC as an option, might want to check your rego).
In the women's, we could see some upsets, as Jess may struggle to defend Black Betty's reign against 5 Cherry Bombers and even the 3 Purple Llamas.
SUNDAY (Open)
Through a combination of assumption and communication, I have Firestorm, Slamtown, Townsville and Ignition down for competitive finals on Sunday.

Guys and girls, please get registering. Yes, it's a new system, but this system will be used more in Australia. Set up your account once, and it's ready to go for any future events, just like on AFDA.

If you're having difficulty with rego, please firstly check your account and see that you've filled out the info there. At the very least, include your DOB and AFDA #; you won't be able to rego for this tourney without those details included (Soph, I think that's why yours is incomplete).
Still having trouble? Email me.
No team? No worries, register as a free agent and we'll put you somewhere.

John

P.S. Good luck to FOUR Queensland teams heading to an interstate tourney this weekend... that'd have to be close to a record, off the top of my head.


Obviously people haven't gotten across the new Topscore registering system. It's extremely easy to use and like Jmac said, it's a system that will be used more and more in the future, so now's a perfect opportunity to give it a crack.

Even if you don't have a team organised for Saturday, sign up as a free agent and a team will be found for you. The more people that are signed up, the greater chance the Northern Region has of securing wildcard spots for the Australian Championships in April. Even if you're not playing rep ultimate, do you really want those wildcard spots to go to a bunch of Southern teams, when it could go to helping QLD Ultimate?

Important Regionals Info

More info from our lovely TDs John & Dom


Ladies and gents,

To ensure we're able to get the tournament organised, we're setting down deadlines for Regionals registration.

TEAMS rego will close on Friday 1 March.
PLAYER rego will close on Friday 8 March.
It uses a new system (not AFDA), so may take a couple of minutes to figure out, but it's quite straightforward. Get in touch with any problems.

All the info, and the registration plan, is at http://regionals.quda.org/

John & Dom
Regionals TDs


Pretty straightforward.

It's only a week and a half to register a team so get cracking!

The more people we have play, the higher chance there is of securing wildcard spots for Nationals in Bendigo.

Mondays Nights Learn to Play/Pick Up

We are please to announce the beginning of the BUML season with two nights of introduction learn to play sessions.  Coaches will provided on the night to help all the beginners learn to throw and the rules of the game.  Pick up games will be played on the adjacent fields, so all BUML members are encouraged to come down for pick up and bring your friends.  

What: BUML Learn to Play and Pick up game.
Where: QUT Kelvin Grove, Sports Ln, Kelvin Grove.

When: Arrive 6.30 for 7:00-9:00pm

Dates: 18th & 25th Feb

Bring: White shirt, Dark Shirt, Cleat boots, Water bottle, Disc, friends, family, work mates, girlfriends, boyfriends, Grandma, anyone!

Cost: FREE

League Rego: http://www.afda.com/index.php?view=details&id=1377&option=com_eventlist (Make sure you are signed into the AFDA home page before clicking link if you'd like to register yourself to "I need a team")

Look forward to see you at the fields.

Regionals!

This just in:

All,

I'm excited to announce that Northern Regionals 2013 will be held on 16-17 March in Brisbane. Put that in your diaries.

The women's competition will be Saturday only. Men will play on Sunday as well.
Venue is TBA. There will, of course, be a rocking Saturday night party.

For those unaware, we are currently in the men's/women's competitive season, culminating in Nationals in late April. Regionals falls 6 weeks before Nationals, and serves two purposes:
a) Qualification/seeding for Nationals, for those teams aspiring to that level
b) A chance to play a men's/women's tournament for players of every standard, all around the country

As such, every level of player is very welcome to come and play, either submitting a team yourself or being connected with an existing team.

Summary: You! Come and play! :-)

Dom Simpson and I are your TDs. More info to come.

John
As John mentions above, Regionals is an excellent chance for all Ultimate players in QLD to play in a meaningful and high quality tournament.

If you're considering the idea of playing or not, get your act together and get a team together.
If you're thinking of not playing, get your act together and get a team together.
If you're already on a team, keep up the good work!

High Level Ultimate

This just in from the guy with the biggest calves in QLD Ultimate:

Ladies and gents,

It's Nationals season, meaning men's and women's clubs around the country are preparing for the Australian Ultimate Championships in late April.
Firestorm has been the clear number 1 team from Queensland since 2007, but the rising Slamtown Flatball Club has declared itself a genuine challenger this year.

To help our Nationals preparation, these clubs will be battling several times in coming months. Come and see the highest level of Ultimate in Queensland!
First battle: This Sunday, 10 February
10am, at the field at the end of Assembly St, Salisbury

We'll have a couple of marquees for shade and some cold drinks for sale. Bring a chair and your finest heckling.
Afterwards, the teams will be hanging out, and you're welcome to join us for that.

John
#10 Firestorm


It's sure to be a humdinger of a match with both teams spoiling for it after some not-so-subtle blog based mud slinging the other week.