CITy UPDATE – Montreal, QC
Ultimate
The last part of the evening was reserved for
the first edition of the AUM Hall of Fame. Each
recognition
inductee was introduced by another member of
the AUM. The AUM Hall of Fame is proud to
honour Luc Drouin and Lorne Beckman for their
4 players get honoured
contribution to the development of AUM, and
Sue Farquar and Mark “Shaggy” zimmerl as
with an induction into players. The four players have earned a lifetime
the Hall of Fame
membership in the Association. »U
BY jEAN-LÉVY CHAMPAGNE
THE FIRST EDITION of the Association de
Ultimate de Montreal (AUM) Gala was held
October 18th, with over 300 Ultimate supporters
in attendance. The agenda for the evening
included recognition for the accomplishments
of our volunteers; congratulations to our
tournament and summer league champions;
and the induction of members into the AUM
Hall of Fame for the first time in AUM history as
we celebrate the 15th anniversary of the AUM.
The AUM volunteers were the most celebrated
guests of the evening. The AUM has benefitted
from the efforts of more than 90 volunteers over
the years. The volunteers have been involved
in tournament coordination and execution,
management and coordination of leagues,
Cheap
the Executive Committee, and the Board of
Thoughts
Directors and its sub-committees, and they are
the people we wanted to thank the most. The
When I first started playing Ultimate, I used
orchestration of the Gala itself was carried out to let poor SOTG really get to me. But then I
by an organizing committee of volunteers, and said to myself “What do you care if you have
their involvement made this event a success. rotten Spirit?”. Then I felt much better.
The gala was hosted by Jeff Larrivée. Richard
Stewart presented honours to all of the AUM By Paul Madsen
Luc Drouin is being intronied into the AUM HAll of
league tournament league champions. We
FAME as the founder of the AUM
then congratulated the winners of the summer
league, including the End of Season tournament
champions. Between awards presentations
Dan Block took the stage to entertain us
with his successful “Ultimate Game of Pals”
performance. The most chaotic part of the
One team from
evening was the spirit competition: the four
Montreal’s “Comedy
respective Spirit champions were presented on
of Errors” tournament
stage to determine which team was the most
where teams were
Spirit. Teams OTB, El Santo, Kiwis and Chill’in invited to wear a
had to perform a cheer on stage, and the crowd
costume. (Right) is
determined the winner. El Santo was awarded
team Montreal All
the grand prize of Spirit with a free registration
Star dressed as super
heros and won the
for Summer 2009!
tournament!
www.canadianultimate.com — Ultimate Canada Magazine 15
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