Chester County Ultimate
Attention CCU... Everyone has three pre-season games.
Monday, May 18th // Wed, May 20 // Wed, May 27.
All three pre-season games will be held at Anson B Nixon Park in Kennett.
See Field Page for Details. Please arrive at 6:15 PM. Games start at 6:30 PM
The entire schedule has been posted in a PDF on the Schedule Page. Download it now.
You should have received an e-mail from your captain over the weekend (check you spam folder)... giving you team info...
But if you don't know what team your on, Tracey will be next to a green jeep grand cherokee in the parking lot with a list.
(updated 1:30 PM - 5/18/2009)
CCU SUMMER LEAGUE 2009
Details at www.Pada.org/CCU - updated 03-30-2009
Cost is $45 plus yearly pada memberships dues ($10).
Registration is Now Open - if you want to captain or bring a core team, please email CCUcoordinator at PADA dot org today!
Registration ends at 11:59pm on Monday, May 11th 2009.
Games will be Monday AND Wednesdays. Finals weekend will conflict with Fairmont Park SL.
Please help us achieve a 25% increase in registration. The goal is 250 players on 12 teams. Print this Flyer & hang it up
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We are very excited about 2009 CCU Summer League. We've grown from 137 players in 2006, to nearly 200 in 2007, 2008 & 2009. We've grown from 8, to 10, to finally 12 teams this year. Our next goal is 250 players. But we need your help. Invite your friends, reach out to your neighbors and cube buddies... get an office team together. Volunteer to Captain. Help us grow the league. We've love to grow to 16 teams of 11 men & 5 women, with a north and south division and crossover games. It will be incredible!! RECRUIT, RECRUIT, RECRUIT!!! Print this postcard to hang up and distribute... (right-click & save-target-as)
(*) New & Returning Core Teams welcome!! Bring a new core team in this year :-) It is not at all necessary to be part of a team to join the league, but don't forget that full teams and core teams are welcome in PADA's Chester County Ultimate League. Here is your chance to get together with some friends, classmates, or co-workers and form a team. The only caveat is that this is a co-ed league, so you will need to have men & women in your core or full team. Core Team captains should notify us as soon as possible of your intention to bring a team so we can assign you a team letter designation. You can give this team designation to your core team players. They will select this team letter from a drop down on the registration page to help ensure that they end up on your team. The second step to ensuring you get the players you recruit, is to send the coordinators a list of names via e-mail prior to the May 4th core team roster deadline. All of your core team players need to register by this date. Please keep in mind that you must meet the following women's requirement or your core team may be dis-allowed if baggage requirements prevent us from adding enough free agent women to your team. (Please note that bringing a core team does not exclude the possibility that we'll add some free agents to your team.)
| Min. Women's requirements for CCU core teams | |
| 1-3 men | 1 woman |
| 4-7 men | 2 women |
| 8-10 men | 3 women |
| 11-12 men | 4 women |
| 13 men | 5 women up to max of 7 |
(*) No Pay, No Play - If you don't register and pay, you aren't registered for the league and will not be placed on a team. No exceptions. **If you sign-up and then decide you cannot play for whatever reason, a full refund will be given if you let us know by 6/15 and a $20 refund will be given up to 6/29.
(*) Duffy is seeking Coordinator Help - Drew and Tracey Cope have announced that the Summer of 2009 will be their third and last year helping me run the behind the scenes details for Chester County Ultimate. If you'd like to get more involved with running the details of the league, updating the website, creating the rosters and game schedules, getting details out to the captains, and coordinating t-shirts, discs, and fields, this is a perfect opportunity for you to step up to the plate. Please send an email CCUcoordinator AT pada DOT org and let us know. We'd like to train 5 to 7 people to each handle a different piece of the responsibility so that we can transition from the 2009 season into 2010 smoothly and easily, without placing too much weight on any one person to make it all happen.
(*) Great Article on Chester County Ultimate CCU from the Daily Local
Important (tenative) Dates for 2009 Summer League
Mid-March - CCU Registration Opens
May 4th - CCU Captains Meeting - Deadline for Core Team Rosters and core team players to register. Captains will meet at 6:30PM for food / 7:00PM for the meeting
May 11th - CCU Registration Ends at 11:59 PM - (wait listing begins)
May 16th - Captins will receive an e-mail with their team rosters, schedules, etc, This information will then need to be e-mailed to their players in time for Monday's game.
May 18th - Practice games will begin this date
June 1st - 1st game
July 25th-26th - Wildwood Beach Tourney Site - Wildwood NJ Beach Website
July 27th No CCU games due to Wildwood. Probably scheduled for Wednesday, July 29th
August 8th - CCU Finals, starting at 8:50 AM - Awards & Party to follow. (Rain Day of Aug. 9th)
August 8th-9th - Fairmount Finals (You will not be able to play finals for both leagues).
What to expect this summer
- Games will be on Monday & Wednesday Nights. The number of teams and field availability will have a significant impact on game nights. We'll also be doing some fun hangout nights on occasional Friday's.
- Pickup will be held somewhere (once we finish the field permit process). We've also been informed of pickup occurring at the polo fields across from the Stroudwater Research Center (970 Spencer Rd, in Avondale PA) Wednesday's starting between 6 & 7. Check out www.Pada.org/CCU/Schedule for more details.)
- We are working on secured fields at Stetson Middle School on the southbound side of 202/322 between 926 and the south end of downtown West Chester. West Goshen is not available. We will be using the Kennett Fields at Anson B. Nixon Park We are also looking into some other options as well. Please email CCUcoordinator AT pada DOT org if you have suggestions.
- Games WILL start at 6:30 PM. We are asking you to plan on arriving at the fields no later than 6:15 PM to warm up, stretch, cleat-up, flip for shirts & possession, etc. Games WILL start at 6:30 PM. It is the captains responsibility to make sure they can field a team prior to arriving at the fields each week and communicating any problems to their opponent 24 hours in advance to allow for rescheduling. The Intramural Attendance Keeper is provided to CCU captains & players to assist with this. If a team is short players or women at 6:30 PM on game day, that captain has the choice to either (A) accept a 1-point penalty for every 5 minutes that (s)he can't field a team, or (B) play 7 vs whatever players (s)he has present, keeping in mind the male / female ratio. If the short team opts for point assessments, the first point is assessed at 6:35 PM and every 5 minutes there-after until either (1) they are able to field a team, (2) they decide to play short, (3) they forfeit the game, (4) or they still don't have a team at 7:30 PM at which point the game is forfit and pickup begins. Games will start on time again this summer.
How will Playoffs & Finals work in 2009?
We want finals weekend to be both fun and competitive and we want everyone to have the opportunity to heckle the A-Pool final game before heading to the party. We are running a format that gives everyone a shot at the title regardless of your regular season record, however, those teams who performed better throughout the summer will have an easier road. So with that in mind...
? We have 12 teams
? You will play 8 other teams on Mondays and 3 of the teams on Wednesdays for your official record.
? You will play 11 other “preseason,” “bonus,” or “Friday” games for a total of 22 games
? Teams will be ranked based on their “Official Record.” Bonus games do not count in the standings.
? Rankings will be based on Record first, head to head second, and overall point differential third.
? Please report scores promptly so that the coordinators can update the rankings.
? Bracket-play game 1 will be held Monday, August 3rd
? Bracket-play game 2 will be held Wednesday, August 8th
? Bracket-play game 3 will be held the morning of finals, Saturday August 8 at 8:50 AM.
? Bracket-play game 4 will be held the morning of finals, Saturday August 8 at 11:00 AM.
? The game for 1st and 2nd will be played at 12:15 PM on Saturday August 8 followed by an all day party.
Please consult the game schedule and the finals bracket for details about the specific games and who you’ll play next based on the results of any given finals tournament game.
Any questions? please contact CCUcoordinator AT pada DOT org.
Check out the Chester County Ultimate Forum Discussion Board here...
RULES
- CCU uses the 11th edition rules of from the UPA.
- Play to 15 or as mutually decided by captains (Hard Time Cap should be set at 20 minutes after established sunset / 10 minutes prior to civil twilight (defined).
- Timeouts: The 11th edition rules stipulate that in a game to 15, each team is granted two 70 second time out's per half.-
- Gender default:
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If both teams have a 5 or more healthy women and 10 or more healthy men, then the gender ration is 5/2 for one half and 4/3 for the other half. Captains should agree on which format is played prior to start of game.
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If both teams have a minimum 5 healthy women and less than 10 men, then the gender ratio is 4/3.
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If a team has only 3 - 4 healthy women, then it is offense decides.
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If a team has only 2 healthy women, then it is 5/2.
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If you know you have players arriving late to the game, please communicate this to the other captains to come to an agreed upon gender ratio format.
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A healthy player is anyone who can play one point at the start of the game; start-of-game gender rules will apply throughout unless otherwise agreed upon by captains.
- Zone can be played throughout the whole season. Announcing before the pull is optional, and zone is not limited to the second half of games, or the second half of the season.
- Spirit: Stopping to explain the rules is expected and encouraged. Cheering is strongly encouraged. Be kind to novices.
- Game cancellation for weather: Perform a "Cleat Test" on the field and please make the responsible call to ensure our continued relationship with our field providers; Do not play in standing water and do not play if CCU/PADA or the Field Owners issues calls the games on account of weather. Weather cancellations will be posted on www.Pada.org/CCU/Fields and also disseminated by e-mail to the captains and then out to the players on their teams.
- Restrooms: Public restrooms are available at our fields. Please use them. CCU is different from other leagues you may have played in previously. Do not use the tree line for changing or relieving yourself. Inappropriate behavior has costs us fields in the past and it will not be tolerated.
2009 CCU Captains (let us know if you want to help run a team or bring in a core)
-- Dan Simmons – Castaways III
-- Tim Wagner - Mondo Banzai
-- Nancy Reigel, Brad & Eric – YAO
-- Matt, Colin, Matt – TripleBaggers
-- Jesse Vanderhoef & Rose – Hucking Awesom
-- Steve Rosso – Landmines
-- Scott Xanthopoulos: AwesomeSauce (Conestoga HS)
-- Brian D: DiscQualifiers (Garnett Valley HS)
-- Nate Williams – Bohemians
-- Matt Hurray: SquareDiscs
-- Dan Schmidt & Shlee: ShmoHawks
-- Dan Huddell & Kevin - W.A.C.K. - West Chester Univ
-- Your Name Goes Here !!
You can read the Core Team Rules here...
Chester County Ultimate is the official summer sport of Ground Zero Masters Commission