Winter League - Sunday, Jan. 3

Well, it's been a long time coming but it looks like the weather is actually going to let us play a few games this Sunday. This week we will play makeup games from week 4, however the final locations of these games is still to be determined. We will have the final schedule and location set by Friday so be sure to check with your captains.

Sunday, January 3. Winter League is ON!

Hat Tourney Info

Saturday’s Forecast: 45 and partly sunny – perfect weather for a Hat tournament.


Start pulling out those crazy hats and get ready. Here is a tad bit of information that you might find useful.



Games will be at George Ward Park (directions in right sidebar).

8:00 - Sign in will starts (You must actually sign in next to your name. Sign in closes at 8:40)

9:00 – Games start (make sure you have a hat – ball caps and beanies/scull caps don’t count)

Note: So sorry but there are ABSOLUTLY NO DOGS at George Ward – If you bring your dog you will be asked to take them home.



Bring a light and dark shirt, cleats, and plenty of liquids (the only liquids provided will be the non hydrating kind). We will provide pizza for lunch.



If you are not signed up for winter league:

1. Please make sure to bring $10. You will pay when you sign in.

2. Sign the attached waiver and bring with you to the fields. If you are under 18 you must have your legal guardian sign it for you.

12.13.09 Games Canceled

Update: Looks like Shades Cahaba is also unplayable. Open play is now going to be held at Crestwood Park at 1p.m. See you there.

Sorry to announce this, but due to the never ending rain today's games have been canceled. The higherups are working furiously to determine when and where we'll be able to make these games up.

Currently Open Play is scheduled for 2p.m. at Shades Cahaba for those who still want to get a little muddy.

Week Five Results

While this is technically the fourth week of games, due to the rainout two weeks ago it is on schedule with the fifth week. This means that after the new year (jan 3rd), we'll then play the scheduled games for week four. Got it? It doesn't matter really matter - there's not much that can be done to alter the outcome of this season anyway. Eight Ballin' is running away with it and apparently there is nothing anyone can do to stop them.

A few interesting side notes:(1) Besides the black team there is only one other team with a winning record.(2) Due to the parity of the league, the last place team could feasibly be tied for third place if everything works out just right next week. (3) Cap'n Murph and His Sassy Wenches is the only team name that lacks a color reference and/or obvious puns.

Winter League Hat Tourney - Open to All!

It is time to get things setup for our mid-season Winter League Hat Tournament! If you plan on playing in this tournament on December 19 then you will need to sign up using the following form. You don't have to be currently playing on a Winter League team to play, but if you aren't then there will be a small $10 fee for food, beer, and fields. Whether you are already playing in Winter League or not, you will still need to sign up using this form to let us know that you plan on coming.

After a few days, we'll sort through all the players and assign the teams.

Note: This is a "Hat Tournament" so bring out your best hats people!

SIGN UP CLOSED

Sunday Open Play

This Sunday, instead of league play, come out to Shades Cahaba Elementary School at 2p.m. for some old-fashioned Open Play. I'm sure we'll all need to run off the turkey from today and the tailgating food from tomorrow.

Happy Thanksgiving! Spend some time with your family today and teach your grandparents some Frisbee.

11.22.09 Games Cancelled

From Steve:
"We're going to postpone today's games because of wet fields. I just checked them. George Ward Park is marginally playable (though water is standing on the infields and the fields are wetter than they were last weekend, when we did chew them up somewhat); West Homewood is not playable. With more rain forecast for later this afternoon, it seems best to postpone (and not jeopardize our ability to use those fields in the future. We'll make up today's games later; details to come.

We're off next week because of Thanksgiving. Our next Winter League games will be Dec. 6. I don't know right now whether we'll stick to the Dec. 6 schedule or play what would have been today's schedule on Dec. 6; we'll get an e-mail out to you later about that.

Sorry for the postponement."

Week Three Results

In week 3, the black team (now known as Eight Ball) is continuing their monumental run towards an undefeated season. Some have suggested that performance enhancing drugs are at work here and are requesting that mandatory drug screenings be administered before next Sunday's games. If such actions are deemed necessary, you will be notified by your captains.


Also, I have yet to receive any writeups or MVP nominations this week. If you would like your team's accomplishments to be acknowledged on this super-high traffic website be sure to send all your info in to Steve or LeaAnne.

Games for 11.15.09

This is just a reminder that all games are at George Ward park today. Tuesday's deluge has left West Homewood unplayable this week.

See EVERYONE at George Ward at 1:00!

Hat Tournament

Whether you are a new player or a mothballed veteran - plan to be at this great tournament.

Great Music.
Good Food.
Free Disc for the first 150 signups.


Sign up here.....

HECK YEAH HUCKRAISER!!

Week Two Results

After two weeks there seems to be an amazing amount of parity in this league. With a virtual 5-way tie for second place and no team without a win, this could be anyone's season... if it weren't for the black team. Can Gray and the guys from Anniston be stopped or is every other team just going to lay down for them?

Captains: Did your team do anything amazing this week? Did you see the other team do anything noteworthy? Send in your highlights to let your accomplishments be known.

White:
"Matt Phipps from the White Team had a beautiful layout Callahan D. We had the Orange team trapped on the sideline and Matt followed his defender in and jumped to grab the disc, make the D, and land in the endzone for the score! "

Purple:
"Jennifer on Purple Reign dove into the endzone, into the mud to catch the score! Also, our ladies made the majority of the scores in both games this week."

Green:
"In our first game, patient and consistent handling from Andrea, Beth and Nate pretty much won it for us. But an amazing huck from Tom Culpepper to newcomer Jeremy McDermott certainly helped as well. In our second game (against black) all our scores were hard fought and deserved. Smart cutting in the endzone from Nick Rockwell and an incredible layout from Brian Zirbes for a score really helped keep our intensity up... until we lost."

Red:
Red and Light Blue's second game of the day was an out-and-out battle. Blue went up 8-3. Then Red rattled off 7 in a row. Eventually the game reached universe point. Both teams took shots in the endzone but couldn't pull it out. Finally, a solid D from Amanda McPhail right near Blue's endzone setup a quick pass for the score and the win.

Week One Results

One week in and there already appears to be some separation amongst the teams. Of course it is still very early in the season but three teams have set themselves apart from the rest of the pack. Is this going to be a sign of things to come or have the top three merely put a target on their backs?

Also, please check out the updated schedule for the latest information about fields and playing times.

Updated Schedule

Field Change for 11.1.09 Games

From Steve:

The West Homewood fields are too wet (if we play on them, we'll tear them up, which will jeopardize future field use). So today's games scheduled for West Homewood will be played at JPK Fields instead.

This affects teams 5 (Mike Murphy-Gwen Acree, captains), 6 (Jay Pigford-Lea Anne Williams), 7 (Jimbo Tucker-Stacey Brown), and 8 (Brian Loynachan-Ashley Brooks).

Here are directions to the JPK Fields (there's a soccer field and another field next to it; we'll use both of those, as the soccer field is too narrow for two fields to fit on it):

You take Exit 135 (Old Leeds Road) off I-20.

—If you're coming from Birmingham, you'd head toward Atlanta on I-20; Exit 135 is just before the I-459 junction. After you exit, at the end of the ramp, turn right. After about a block, turn right at the T intersection onto Old Leeds Road. Take the first right onto Appaloosa Drive (just after the end of the guard rail). Follow Appaloosa Drive until it ends at the fields.

—If you're coming from Leeds or someplace south such as Shelby County, Exit 135 is the first exit after I-459 as you head west on I-20 toward Birmingham. At the end of the ramp, turn left and cross over the interstate. At the T intersection, turn right onto Old Leeds Road. Take the first right onto Appaloosa Drive (just after the end of the guard rail). Follow Appaloosa Drive until it ends at the fields.

See you there.

2009 UPA Club Championships

As you are certainly aware, the 2009 UPA Club Championships are underway right now in Sarasota, FL. Today is the start of the four day event and scores are already coming in. Real time score updates are available on Twitter by following @UPAnats or by searching for #upa09. If you prefer, streaming video of the daily highlights as well as a few select games will be available starting Thursday afternoon on the Club2009 UPA website.

Get your score updates and watch the country's continent's best Ultimate players do what they love.

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Winter League Teams & Schedule Posted

The rosters for the teams along with the schedule for the season has been posted. The links are in the right sidebar and located below.

Thanks to everyone who came out to the draft last night. It was a huge success with little to no bickering, screaming, or drunken knife fights. It seems Steve and LeaAnne are on par for organizing one of the best leagues in recent memory.

Winter League Schedule

Winter League Teams

WINTER LEAGUE 2009|2010

WINTER LEAGUE signup is closed......

Draft - Oct 27 - location Zydeco
Captains only 7-8:30.....all those not captaining please plan to come by after 8:30.

All Games are on Sundays starting at 1:00 till darkish.

Season - Nov.1 thru Jan. 31

EOW - Feb 6th

See who signed up

EOS Pics

I found these on facebook. Send me pictures and I'll put some on here for everyone to enjoy.

Hail to the Victors, Milk!

Hail! to the victors valiant

Hail! to the conqu'ring heroes

Hail! Hail! to Milk,

The leaders and best!

Hail! to the victors valiant

Hail! to the conqu'ring heroes

Hail! Hail! to Milk

The champions over the rest!

Congratulations to Milk on winning the summer league championship!

Week 4...and then there were none

After week 4 we have no undefeated and no winless teams.

	Team	Wins	Losses	Point Diff
T-1	(16) Milk	7	1	39
T-1	(14) Muchos Grassyass	7	1	36
T-3	(13) Green Eggs & Hammers	5	3	10
T-3	(1) Tommy Two Tones	5	3	8
T-3	(6) Naval Proxy	5	3	8
T-3	(3) Li-Lick	5	3	-1
T-3	(10) Miracle-Gro	5	3	-1
T-3	(8) Hella Yella	5	3	-5
9	(5) Pikachu	4	4	-4
T-10	(12) Chronic Master Bladers	3	5	9
T-10	(2) The Ugly Hucklings	3	5	-11
T-10	(15) Chalula	3	5	-17
T-13	(4) Captain Hook & His Royal Crew	2	6	-17
T-13	(11) I Did My Huck'n Best	2	6	-17
T-13	(9) Cindy & Carter	2	6	-25
16	(7) Swine Blue	1	7	-15

Week 3 MVP - Ryan Miller come on down!!

Week three’s MVP is Ryan Miller.  Ryan is a first year player making a major impact on the league-leading Muchos Grassyass.  His callahan last week stood out from the other great performances around the league.  What is a callahan you ask?  A callhan is when a player intercepts the disc in the opponent’s end zone for an automatic score.  Watch a video here (No, it’s not Ryan in the video but I’m imagining his was probably pretty awesome too).

Honorable Mentions:

Dan Chappell.  From Dan’s captain - Dan had an amazing night, really stepping it up in both games, but especially in game two when he inspired us all with a turnaround point in which he had a huge D, followed by a sprint down the field and sweet layout catch in the end zone for a score to tie the game.  From that point on, there was no stopping us... until the other team won.  :(

Mark Van Gerwen.  Though Mark would never nominate himself, his impact on last week’s game was abundantly clear.  Before Mark’s late arrival the Ugly Hucklings had been outscored 13-7 on the night.  Mark arrived early in the second game and entered with the score tied at 2 apiece.  He promptly made a game-changing mud-slinging layout D that sparked his team to a 9-5 run and the win.  When asked how he felt about turning his team’s fortunes around Mark sternly replied, “I just didn’t want to be outplayed by Christy.”

 

Nirmal "the Flash" Choradia for his lightning fast moves down the field, popping up exactly wherever the other team didn't want him to be, shutting down their poppers, intercepting their throws, and generally smoking all of their guys.  The other teams were impressed!!!  

Brandon Bates. **Breaking News**  Actual quote from an opposing captain: “We'd actually like to nominate Brandon Bates for a night of exceptional plays and surprisingly good sportsmanship.  It helped make for an intense but enjoyable game.”....I promise I didn’t make that up.

Spencer Davis.  He stepped up and played above and beyond his usual standards.

Evan Thomas for his willingness to sacrifice his body including the use of his face to make a defensive play and then multiple layout catches for scores, including one to end the first game.

Andrew Butler.   From Andrew’s captain - He is always a solid player with great spirit, but tonight in our second game he outdid himself.  He made some phenomenal catches while being contacted by the opposing team.  He was knocked around and knocked down and still caught the disc.  He took an elbow or knee to the neck on one play.  Got up, shook it off and after taking a moment, completed a pass.  Turned right around on the next possession and made a huge "D" on the opponent's goal line as they were about to score.

Other players getting some love:

Jorge Pino, Dan Chappell, Stephen Rhea, Jimbo Tucker, Justin Thigpen, Mary Beth Brown, Ashley Brooks, Christy Dettmer, Richard Phillips, and Mary McWhirter.

Week 3....and then there was one

Here are the standings after three weeks of play.  Muchos Grassyass is now the only undefeated team.

	Team	Wins	Losses	Point Diff
1	Muchos Grassyass	6	0	31
T-2	Milk	5	1	33
T-2	Tommy Two Tones	5	1	16
T-2	Green Eggs & Hammers	5	1	17
T-5	Naval Proxy	3	3	6
T-5	Pikachu	3	3	0
T-5	Li-Lick	3	3	-7
T-5	Miracle-Gro	3	3	-8
T-5	Hella Yella	3	3	-12
T-5	Chalula	3	3	-12
T-11	Chronic Master Bladers	2	4	4
T-11	Captain Hook & His Royal Crew	2	4	-10
T-11	Ugly Hucklings	2	4	-11
T-11	Cindy & Carter	2	4	-17
15	I Did My Huck'n Best	1	5	-15
16	Swine Blue	0	6	-15