CITy UPDATE : Calgary, AB
getting results
building a national
coaching program, a new
junior program and more
BY jANA MAKAR PHOTOS DAVE MCLEAN
DEEP IN THE HEART of a classic Alberta
winter (minus 30 degrees anyone?), Ultimate is
still alive and well in Calgary. Our winter league
kicked off on January 4 after a successful draft
night in December fielded 10 hat teams. Lots
of new faces and developing players out there
this year – which is great to see! We’ll get our
Ultimate fix on indoor turf throughout January,
February, and into March before nicer weather
lets us take the game back outside. Canadian Ultimate Championships. Sixty elite ADDING ANOTHER NIGHT OF LEAGUE OPEN/
What else is new these days? Well, we’re still teams came to Calgary from across the country
WOMENS PLAY
coming down from the high of hosting the 2008 for four days of Canada’s best Ultimate. We We currently host three nights of co-ed league
had hundreds of volunteers from the local play but have heard from our membership that
Ultimate community come together and they’d like more opportunities to play open and
put on one of the best shows Canadian womens games. In response, we’re going to
Ultimate has ever seen. The positive test out a Monday-night open/womens night
response from the event participants has for a portion of our summer season. Depending
been overwhelming – it’s almost enough on the uptake, we may look into something
to make us want to bid again for 2010… more long term.
hmmm, we might have to keep thinking If you have any questions about
about that one… anything related to the Calgary Ultimate
Some of the other exciting things we are Association’s happenings, feel free to
working on for the upcoming year are: email our General Manager, Claire McLean
(gm@calgaryUltimate.org). Stay warm over
STRENGTHENING OUR jUNIORS winter and we’ll see you on the fields in the
PROGRAM
spring! »U
We’ve hired a part-time
Juniors Administrator,
Tim Friesen, to lend
some leadership, vision
and organization to our
developing juniors program.
Last year was the first time
in a long time that Calgary
fielded a Juniors team at
Nationals, so we’re hoping
to build on that fresh start
and continue to reach a
new generation of Calgary
Ultimate players.
www.canadianultimate.com — Ultimate Canada Magazine 7
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