[Pickup] Summer League Info

[Michael Jaquith]

Michael's summary version:

1. Free beginner's pre-league before summer league starts
2. Regular league is W/Th this year
3. TEAM league is the extra one this year.  Maybe a pickup team?
4. Youth league is coming, details yet unknown
5. Summer soirree is June 9th, mark your calendar
6. Signups start soon.

The full word from the chief:

Hi, everyone.

Thank you for your patience.  We've been busy pulling together sponsorship,
rebuilding the registration interface, and reinventing the league in
general.  I'm excited about the new direction, and you will be too!  We hope
to take the registration live within the next week.

Here's what's brewin this year...

   - Our first *beginner pre-league* will start on Saturday, May 24th and
   continue for 5 sessions on Saturdays and Wednesdays until Saturday, June
   7th. This pre-league is intended to educate beginner players on the
   fundamental skills and strategies of the game of ultimate. Experienced
   players will lead focused lessons that we will then apply in scrimmages.
   Teams in the scrimmages will be a mix of the beginner and experienced
   players. What's more, since this is our first time offering this
pre-league,
   we're bringing it to you entirely FREE!

   - The *coed recreational hat league* is our flagship league that has
   over 250 registrants. All ages and skill levels are welcome. Regular
season
   games will be on Wednesdays and Thursdays from June 11th to July 24th.
   Playoffs will be during the two weeks thereafter. This year we'll have 14
   teams and an extra week of play!

   - This year, our secondary league will be a *coed team league*! This
   means that YOU can form YOUR OWN team or join a team that someone else is
   forming. When you register for summer league, you will be able to indicate
   whether you plan to submit a team or if you would like to be included in a
   list of free agents. The team submission process, however, will be handled
   separately. Format will be 4:3 (men/women) standard. This league's regular
   season will be on Mondays from June 16th to July 21st with a final
   tournament on the last weekend in July. Do you want to submit a team?
Start
   talking!

   - We will also be starting a *youth league! * The specifics (eg, when,
   where, what ages) are still up in the air. We will be holding a youth
   ultimate event during Ithaca Festival on solstice weekend. We will
   springboard off of that to start the league.

   - We will have our season-opening Soiree on Monday June 9th, our mixer
   tournament in late July, and weekly league nights to-be-announced.


Sound fun?  Worth the wait?  I sure hope so.

Cheers,
 ----boB