Throughout, reviews of the experience have been unanimously favorable.
OCUA Presents the Y Ultimate Challenge Cup
Ontario By: Karlis Bouse
outh MIUDL play in Winnipeg Photo by: Steve Carmichael
Indoor leagues have become a huge part of what MODS offers to its members. All told, there are 72 co-ed teams (with more than a dozen teams stuck in waiting-list purgatory, each year), 16 competitive men’s teams, 4 competitive women’s teams and 8 developmental women’s teams, not to mention a couple of developmental junior programs. Space will likely remain the biggest constraint to indoor programming for the foreseeable future, but MODS hopes that the opening of a new high-caliber indoor facility in the fall of 2015 will allow for significant expansion. Targeted programs for the new space include the creation of a second tier of competitive women’s teams, a developmental men’s league, additional mixed and junior programming and potential expansion of the flagship co-ed league.
Winnipeg can’t change geography but, thanks to these member-driven indoor leagues, we can mitigate some of the challenge that it creates. If we don’t have ready access to a lot of outside competition, then we’ll have to create it from within.
On Tuesday, August 26th, 2014, the future stars of Ultimate took centre stage in Ottawa, with the inaugural Youth Ultimate Challenge Cup (YUCC) Game taking place on a breezy summer evening. The event was hosted at the outstanding Ultimate Parks Incorporated (UPI) fields, which had the youth players of the day sharing grass previously occupied by various national championship players and teams over the years.
The Youth Ultimate Challenge Cup brought together 32 boys and girls, aged 10-13, from the Ottawa Carleton Ultimate Association (OCUA) Youth Ultimate League. The event was intended to provide young Ultimate players an opportunity to showcase the sport they love for a broader audience, including family, friends, fans and other supporters.
As players arrived at the field, one could feel the electricity in the air. This was no ordinary summer league pick-up game – as people were coming from various teams, leagues and locations from all around the city, and numbered jerseys were distributed to participants. Furthering the excitement and anticipation of the evening was the fact that the game was being televised and aired by the local broadcaster, Rogers TV. With announcers, colour commentary, on-field interviews, multiple cameras and instant replays, these players were being given the full professional televised experience for this game.
Players, now clad in numbered red and blue jerseys, jogged across the field for player introductions to the assembled crowd. As names and numbers were shouted out, players ran the gauntlet between a line-up of teammates and
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