Breaking news!  check out http://www.sirc.ca/news_view.cfm?id=45902  and canadianultimate.com for more info. 

Championship to be held October 19-21.

SO.  EXCITED.

KUPS is proud to announce our support of Sofa Kings (Open team) and Bushfire (Women's team) in their pursuit of Nationals this year.  Each team member that participates at regionals can apply for a reimbursement of his/her Ultimate Canada Membership Fee ($25 total). Good luck at regionals and, hopefully, nationals!

With an odd number of teams in both our Tuesday Night and Thursday night leagues, there will be one team with a BYE each week. If you do not see your team scheduled for a game it is because your team has the BYE that week.

City Fields are open!

Games are still on for today, April 26th.

That is all.

Spring League Registration is now open.

Tuesday Night League (Comp) will begin April 17th. http://kelownaultimate.com/ult/division/2568/registration (Tuesday Registration page)

Thursday Night League (Rec) will begin April 26th. http://kelownaultimate.com/ult/division/2567/registration (Thursday Registration Page)

To register a team in either of these leagues all players on your team must register on kelownaultimate.com along with a team fee of $550 before April 10th, or $600 after April 10th. The early bird price allows KUPS to ensure that teams who register early will have scheduled games on the first night of league. This year we will be accepting payment by Interac transfer to treasurer@kelownaultimate.com  Please include Captain's name and team name in these transfers.

This year there will also be a Captain's meeting on Tuesday April 10th at 7:00. Attendance is required for all teams. Location will be Dakoda's Pub.

This year we are intorducing a new league on Wednesdays. It will be a Hat League taking place at Ben Lee park beginning at 6:00. The cost for playing in this league will be $5 per night or $20 for the season.

All leagues will run for 10 weeks. Both Tuesday and Thursday leagues will have 8 week regular seasons followed by 2 week playoffs.

Flowerbowl. Regionals. Nationals.

It may be a lofty goal, but it's all taking place in British Columbia this Summer. We are trying to get a practice roster together for both Open and Women's division (for those uninitiated to the lingo, Open is Men's. Except it's open to women. It's a complicated system, but that's what happens when you play an extremely inclusive sport).

As a kickoff to practices starting this Spring, KUPS would like to provide some pitchers of beer and appies at Dakoda's on Thursday, March 8 at 7pm. We'd like to suss out interest, get some contact info for a gender specific email list, and work out our practice time options.

On the Open side, Andy Collins; Furious George, Nationals and Worlds player, has offered to assist with practices, drills and coaching.
On the Women's side, Ashlee Davison; Traffic, Nationals and Worlds player, has offered to assist with practices, drills and coaching.

We are very lucky to have these assets on our side (yes, I did just refer to Andy and Ashlee as the property of KUPS. Thank you, tangible resources!). They know the game at an extremely competitive level, they have a plethora of drills and instruction to impart upon us, and they are both happy to help.

If you are interested in improving your game, this is the best way to go. If you can't make it on Thursday, feel free to contact communications@kelownaultimate.com, where your information can be added to the list of interested parties.

Final Note: It's the last two weekends of Indoor! Saturday in Vernon, Sunday in Kelowna. That's it before Spring starts. And that's not until April. Yeesh.

That is all.

-KUPS communication device
AKA Michael Bowie

Kelowna's High School Tournament is set!

Dates:  May 4-5 (Friday-Saturday).

Location: Mission Sports Fields (off Gordon. Dr.)

Costs: $300 per team - includes: amazing field food, Saturday BBQ, H2O Centre passes

Format: 8 teams - 2 pools with a crossover

*** Our JUNIORS FINAL will be the SHOWCASE GAME for our Sunflicker tournament****

To confirm a spot in the tournament please email Ashlee at juniors@kelownaultimate.com

Ktown Throw Down League (for Juniors) officially kicks off the first Monday of May.

Register by signing up on our website (kelownaultimate.com).  Cost is $40 per player for the season and this includes a totally awesome players jersey.

Date: Every Monday beginning May 7th

Time: 4:30-6:30

Location: Ben Lee Park

We are offering free clinics for High Schools in April - if your school wants a clinic, please send your request to juniors@kelownaultimate.com

Don't have a team? You can still play, just register and show up on Monday!

Any questions, comments, concerns, please feel free to email Ashlee at juniors@kelownaultimate.com

Our Juniors program is about to get up and running and we are asking the Ultimate community to donate their genlty used cleats.

Last year we had several High School players who were new to field sports and did not have cleats and/or could not afford cleats.  As most of you know, having cleats makes the game so much more enjoyable!  Especially since our Juniors league runs from April and May when the fields are damp and slippery, having cleats can make playing Ultimate a much better experience.

If you have a usable pair that you’d like to donate, please contact Ashlee at juniors@kelownaultimate.com

Or as i prefer to refer to it as: S.T.D.D.

KUPS is looking for an individual (or group/team) to take on the unenviable task of organising and running our annual Sunflicker tournament.

Some responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Field preparation, scheduling, registration, organising the party/food/accommodation/shuttle service, and contacting teams.

In the past, teams and individuals have used this as a fund-raising venture, with trips to Flowerbowl, Regional tournaments, National Tournaments, and even the World Ultimate Club Championships.

This is not limited to those tourneys, though. You have a team that wants to be the most outrageous at the Revelstoke tournament? Wearing gold lame bodysuits and serving other teams Goldschlager? This can help fund your dream. You want to send a team to Potlatch and construct your own portable wrestling ring to bring with you? We can help pay for that! In fact, if you just want to outfit your local Ultimate team with matching shirts and shorts, and pay for your year of Ultimate, that can be achieved through this fund-raising too.

Finally, if an individual with no certain plans for fund-raising is interested in running this tournament, we have in the past given out a sizable honorarium to said individual. Not that you lot need financial incentive to get you to help us out.

Keep in mind, however, that this can be quite the workload. We have been lucky to have some exemplary tournament directors running the tourney over it's lifespan, and we look to you (and yours) to continue that tradition.

If you are interested, KUPS is accepting proposals stating intent until February 17th.
Any comments, questions, or proposals, please contact
communications at kelownaultimate dot com

Thank you for your assistance,

Your New Kelowna Ultimate Players Society Board.