Ultimate Frisbee in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Nearby Regions

Hello Ultimate Friends!

Fall is right around the corner, which means the craziest ultimate tourney of the year, Fright Flight 2008, can't be far behind. Bids are now being accepted for this event but get yours in early since it will fill up with teams fast!

Here are the details:
Dates: October 25,26
Format: 4/3 Mixed
Costumes: you can't play without them!
Location: Colorado State University, Fort Collins
Website: http://www.frightflight.wrightlife.com/

To submit a bid:
Send a $100 deposit check payable to Heath Mackay along with information about your team costume theme. Be sure to include your mailing address, telephone numbers and email address with your bid. My address is 3419 Eliot St, Denver, 80211. The deposit of $100 will be credited towards the team fee of $400.

Boo!

Heath Mackay
Tournament Director
303-960-6232

The Salt Lake County Fall 2008 Ultimate Frisbee League is coming up. This is an excellent league for all skill levels, including first timers. Here are the Details: 

Orientation, Sign-up, and Warmup Game

A warm-up game and orientation will be held at 6:00PM on August 25th, 2008. This event is highly recommended for first-time league players. This will be held at the same location as the official league games (see below). Bring a white and dark colored shirt to the warm-up game.

Game Times and Location

All games will be held on Monday nights at 6:00PM, beginning on September 8th, 2008. Teams play 2 games each night. Games will be held at Sunnyside Park at 840 South 1600 East in Salt Lake City.

Registration

You can register for league at the orientation night, or online at http://www.slcorecsports.com Registration is due by June 5, 2008. Registrations after June 5 will be accepted only if space is available.

Fee

$25 per person if paid by August 25, 2008. $30 after the 25th. This fee includes a team T-shirt, 10 game minimum, and a league playoff tournament.

Contact

For further information, please contact dabegglen@slco.org or q.atwood@us.army.mil. You can also call (801) 270-7260.

Thanks to everyone in charge of putting on this year's Park City ultimate tournament, the Ski Town Classic 2008.  The fields were in great shape, teams were competitive, and the food was excellent.  Congratulations to Golden Spike for winning the tourney, Missoula for playing very well in spite of only having 7 players, and all the teams who participated.  Here's some photos, thanks to Steve, Tiffany, Richard, and Baker:

If you have more pictures that are worth putting into this slideshow, send them to joey at ultimateslc.org.  Start planning for next year!

Once again, thanks to all those who participated in the tryout process for the SLC Club teams. The 2008 Golden Spike roster is listed below. Information regarding the B team, Chasing Tail, will be released shortly. Congratulations to those who made the A team and B teams! If you have been selected to the Golden Spike roster then plan to practice Tuesdays from 6:30-9 at Ft. Douglas. As a second weekly "practice", players are encouraged to attend the Saturday pick-up game in Sugarhouse, which begins at 10 a.m. 

Thanks to all those who have participated so far in the tryout process for the SLC Club teams! As mentioned earlier, after the initial set of tryouts participants will be notified as to whether they’ve been selected to play with the A or B team at GRUB. Both teams will be participating at the GRUB tournament (...) in Boulder, Colo. on July 19-20. At this time, the rosters listed below are for GRUB only; the tryout committee will continue to evaluate players at GRUB and open practices with the final fall series A and B team roster decisions coming after GRUB. The people listed on the Golden Spike GRUB roster below are the people being actively considered for the fall series Golden Spike (A team) roster.

The 2008 tryouts for Golden Spike and Chasing Tail on Saturday, June 28th, will be held at the HPER WEST fields at the University of Utah. This field is located directly northwest of the Huntsman Center (prominent dome structure) and just north of a large parking lot complex. It's a single soccer-sized field between buildings. Approximate directions: head east on Foothill Drive; left onto Mario Capecchi (formerly Wasatch) Drive; left onto South Campus drive; right onto Campus Center Drive into large parking lot complex; field is just to north of parking lot. Use this map for directions:

The 2008 tryouts for Golden Spike and Chasing Tail on Wednesdays will be held at the Fort Douglas fields at the University of Utah. Use this map for directions:

Please note that the Saturday tryout may be in a different location.

Welcome to 2008 Salt Lake mixed club team tryouts! The goal of these tryouts is to bring together all those interested in playing at club co-ed ultimate tournaments this summer and fall – these tryouts are a chance to enjoy the time to learn from each other, expand upon skills, and find out about the possibilities of playing with either of two awesome teams from Salt Lake! Golden Spike or Chasing Tail!

Golden Spike is planning to make another run at a bid for nationals, and these tryouts will be used to select the full Golden Spike roster. All returning players who want to play this year, including those on the tryout committee, are required to participate in the tryout process to make the team. The tryout committee this year consists of 5 people: Chris Watkins, Scott McNally, Jesse Adams, Amanda Wing, Mo Stamp (selected by the votes of appx. 35 people including Golden Spike and Chasing Tail players and others who have been showing up to coed practices this spring).

If you want to play with Golden Spike (“A” team) but are unable to participate in some (or even all) of the tryout dates let us know; you may be considered on a case-by-case basis...

A local hat tournament will be held in Salt Lake City, this Saturday June 7, 2008.

Location - Fairmont Park (2361 S 900 E)
Registration - 9:30am the day of the tournament.
Times - Games start at 10:00 am.
Other - All levels welcome. Come have a great time!

Congratulations to Alta High School for winning the 2008 high school state Championship! Hillcrest was the runner up, playing a very competitive game in the finals. Thanks to the high school coordination team and all the teams who participated in this exciting event. Please see this thread in the forums for more information.

Alta Champions (not in order): Josh Hanes, capt, Nick Jennings, Casey Haight, Jenny Bunderson, Ethan Collins, James McShinsky, Colton Thompson, Lane Russell, Jason Steck, Will West, Mark Stacey, Cyndi Hutch, Amy Posey, Steven McNary, Isaac Connelly, Coach Ed Tyner

Click here for more pictures of the 2008 High School Championships