Canadian Ultimate Players Association

The Canadian Ultimate Univerisity Championships will take place October 13-15 in Ottawa, ON

The CUPA Board of Directors has eight positions available for 2006/2007 terms. Nominations are being sought until October 13, 2006 and elections, if necesssary, will take place in November.
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CUPA is proud to announce the members of the Canadian National Junior Girl’s and Boy’s Teams. The coaches were impressed by the high level of talent and your enthusiasm to attend the tryouts. Thank you to all participants and good luck in August!

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POSITION AVAILABLE -- DEADLINE EXTENDED
Application Deadline extended to September 11, 2006.

This is an excellent opportunity to help develop Ultimate across Canada and forge new directions for CUPA. Responsibilities would include, but are not limited to, managing the day-to-day business of the association, liaison with members and volunteers and helping to coordinate two national tournaments. The successful candidate must be a self-starter, motivated and ideally have some experience in sports administration. Click here for more information.

SSEI Sports & Special Events Insurance Agency of Vancouver ("SSEI") has been selected by CUPA as its preferred supplier of insurance to develop an insurance program for Ultimate players in Canada. SSEI's insurance program includes commercial general liability insurance and optional directors and officers liability insurance and accident/medical insurance. Click here for more information.

TWO POSITIONS AVAILABLE ON THE CUPA BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2006-2007
CUPA is not-for-profit organization governed by a Board of Directors representing over 1400 members across Canada. The directors are a key link between members and the rest of the organization. As a Board, they set CUPA’s vision and policies, oversee prudent financial management, hire and guide the Executive Director, and help establish and evaluate CUPA’s strategic objectives. By volunteering your services as a member of the board of directors, you can help shape the future of Canadian Ultimate. Click here for more information.

Congratulations to Chasing Plastic on being awarded the contract to publish CUPA Connection, CUPA’s new and improved electronic newsletter. Chasing Plastic, established in 2001 and headquartered in Winnipeg, will publish the monthly e-newsletter that will chronicle and report on Canadian Ultimate. All CUPA members in good standing are entitled to receive CUPA Connection. Watch your inbox for the brand new issue!

CUC 2007 HOST CITY ANNOUNCED
CUPA is pleased to announce that Toronto, Ontario has officially been selected as the host city for the 21st Canadian Ultimate Championships in 2007. The tournament will be held from August 9th to August 12th, 2007.

Ultimate in Toronto has been alive and well for the past 25 years and has over 5,000 Ultimate players. Sunnybrook Park, which last hosted CUC in 1996 and the WFDF World Ultimate Club Championships in 1991, will again be the preferred field location.

REGISTRATION FOR WUCC 2006 IS NOW OPEN
CUPA has to date selected 3 Women’s, 5 Mixed, 4 Open and 3 Masters teams, based on their CUC 2005 final standings, for the first-round bids which have been allocated to Canada. Click here for more information.

The UBC Thunderbirds (women) came out of the powerful Northwest Region to secure the region's 3rd bid to the 2006 UPA College Championships. Coming out of pool play with only one loss to top pool seed California-Davis and a convincing upset over Washington (11-5), the ladies were in prime position to make the front door finals. Alas, Stanford Superfly got in their way in the race for the front door semifinals so the ladies went to the tougher, longer, backdoor route to ensure their bid.

In dominating fashion they beat Washington (15-4) and only the California Pie Queens stood in their way. UBC ladies were ahead the whole game, thanks in part to the fantastic, gritty play of Megan O'Brien and the insane defence of Kira Frew. With the score 13-11 in favour of UBC, coaches Steff Chow and Jaime Kelly let their d-line loose on the Pie Queens for the stuff and score. Final score 15-11 for UBC!

The UBC lady Thunderbirds will be in Columbus, OH May 26-28th to battle at the 2006 UPA College Championships. For more info check http://college2006.upa.org/

CUPA is currently accepting bids to host the Canadian Ultimate University Championships (CUUC) that will take place Friday, October 13th to Sunday, October 15th, 2006.

To bid on hosting CUUC, please click here to download the bid template (MS-Word format).

Bids must be submitted by Tuesday, April 4th, 2006 to Shiellah Quintos, by email, at

. The host city will be announced soon afterwards.

NEW ONTARIO DIRECTOR
CUPA is pleased to announce that Ian Brooks has been appointed as the second Ontario Director. He has played Ultimate for just over 10 years and has also been a director on the Toronto Ultimate Club (TUC) Board and a committed league convener. Ian is currently the TUC’s Member Services Coordinator and one of the captains of Bombing Madd Fatties who will compete at the World Ultimate Club Championships in Perth this year.

JUNIORS CENTRAL TRYOUT - SUNDAY, MARCH 26TH & MONDAY, MARCH 27TH
Arrangements have been finalized for the Central Selection Camp for the 2006 Canadian Junior Boys and Girls Teams. Click here for more information.

JUNIORS WEST COAST TRYOUT - SATURDAY, MARCH 25TH
Arrangements have been finalized for the Western Selection Camp for the 2006 Canadian Junior Boys and Girls Teams. The western selection camp will be held in Vancouver Saturday, March 25th from 1:30pm to 4:30pm. Click here for more information.

The East Coast Tryout for the boys' team and the girls' team will happen simultaneously Saturday March 18th at the Coliseum Dome in Ottawa. Charges of $40 will be asked from each player to cover the field rental. It's an indoor grass field so bring shoes and cleats. The Coliseum Dome is located on the football field at Lansdowne Park, entrance is located under the south side stands. Click here for more information.

The Canadian Ultimate Players Association is hiring a contract Newsletter Publisher for a one-year term. Qualified candidates should submit their résumés and a brief description (250 words or less) about their involvement with Ultimate by March 15, 2006.

The position will entail gathering national editorial content and publishing monthly electronic newsletters for the members of CUPA. Successful applicants will have experience in journalism, design, and web publishing, with a broad knowledge of Ultimate across Canada.

Compensation for the position will be $150 per newsletter. Additional newsletters beyond scheduled monthly reports may be requested by the Board of Directors.

Please e-mail résumés or any questions you may have to

. Please put the words "Newsletter Publisher of CUPA" in the subject line of your e-mail and be sure to include your name and how we may contact you.

JUNIOR COACHES SELECTED FOR WJUC 2006
Congratulations to the following applicants who will coach the Junior Boys and Girls team competing at the World Junior Ultimate Championships in August 2006.

Junior Boys
Head Coach: Colin Yeung, Winnipeg, MB
Assistant: Ghislain Levesque, Sherbrooke, QC

Junior Girls
Head Coach: Jillian Maguire, Vancouver, BC
Assistant: Geoff Urton, Vancouver, BC

CUPA is proud to announce that Lisa Gordon has been appointed as the new Alberta Director of CUPA and its VP of Finance. She has played Ultimate in Calgary since 1999 and has also been involved at all levels of league organization. Off the field, Lisa is a chartered accountant. One of her speciality areas is not-for-profit associations.

JUNIORS TO COMPETE AT CUC 2006
The Canadian Junior Ultimate community and CUPA have decided that the Juniors division at CUC 2006 will not form its own tournament. As usual, these upcoming and rising stars will have the chance to "show their stuff" in August in Halifax, along with the rest of the Canadian Ultimate community.

WORLD JUNIOR ULTIMATE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2006 - APPLICATION PROCEDURE FOR PLAYERS, COACHES AND CHAPERONES
It is CUPA's intention to send one National team for each of the two Junior divisions (Junior Open and Junior Women). In order to do so, coaches, chaperones and players must be chosen in the near future. So, this note is intended to be informational, as well as notification that space on the team rosters is now up for application. Click here for more information.

VANCOUVER TO HOST THE WFDF WORLD ULTIMATE AND GUTS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008
The World Flying Disc Federation announced that Vancouver has been selected to host the WFDF World Ultimate and Guts Championships on August 2 - 9, 2008. More than one hundred teams from over 30 nations will gather to compete for the world title. Congratulations to Brian Gisel and his team on a successful bid! Click here for more information.

CUPA BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2006
The first online vote to elect a CUPA director has been completed. Congratulations to Will Dumaresq who will represent the Atlantic Region. CUPA also welcomes Louis Beauregard who will represent Quebec, and Harry Burkman, who will represent Ontario

Joining them are returning board members Lara Mussell Savage, Sarah Mitenko, Colin Yeung, and Eric Reder. Also, a huge thank you goes to out-going Board members: Pierre Castonguay, Alison Fischer, Barry Goldlist, Heather Adams, and Erin Fitzgerald for their hard work and dedication.