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Canadian Ultimate Summer Series (CUSS)
Reminder -
The roster deadline for Regionals is June 30th, 2004.
CUPA is proud to unveil the revamped competitive
season structure, Canadian Ultimate Summer Series (CUSS) for 2004
and 2005. This initiative is designed to accommodate growth in the
Canadian competitive scene, encourage participation at regional
tournaments, and foster a positive perception of the qualifying
and championship tournament (CUC) as the premier events of the season.
Changes that will be implemented in 2004:
- Teams must qualify via a regional tournament
in order to participate in Nationals.
- All players must be current CUPA members in
good standing to participate in a regional tournament.
- All teams (including those that may be exempt*
from participating at regionals) must meet all roster and payment
deadlines on or before regionals, as required.
- Regional tournaments must take place at least
one month before the scheduled date of Nationals.
- Under the direction of the National Championship
Director, a volunteer CUSS team, comprised of National Divisional
Coordinators and Regional Coordinators, will coordinate the competition
aspects of both Regional and National tournaments.
- CUC Tournament manual will be updated to reflect
these changes.
Recommended changes for 2005:
- Open, Mixed and Women’s divisions reduced
from 16 to 12 teams each.
- Growth wildcards will be determined based on
division-specific regional registration and will correspond to
CUC of the same year.
- CUPA will oversee all logistical aspects of
CUC
Steps to participate in CUSS:
- Team A decides they want to compete at Regionals,
in a bid for a spot at Nationals.
- Team A captain contacts their Regional Coordinator
(RC).
- RC adds Team A captain to his/her contact list
in the CUPA database.
- Team A captain logs into CUPA
site and registers as member and captain of Team A and pays
membership fees.
- Team A captain sends e-mail to all team members
requesting they login and register as CUPA members (paying membership
fees online).
- Team A captain gets approval to build team
from RC/database manager. Team A captain accesses database and
selects team members for online roster.
- RC can verify all team rosters (members paid,
waiver signed) on/before the roster deadline. Rosters are final.
- Team A pays regional tournament fee. Late penalties
can be applied at the discretion of the RC.
- Team A qualifies to participate in Nationals.
- Team A pays the National tournament fee. Late
penalties can be applied at the discretion of CUPA.
- Team A participates in CUC.
2004 Timeline:
- Regionals Roster Deadline – June 30
- Regionals - July 10/11 or July 17 – 18
- Nationals – Aug 19-22
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