WFDF 2013 World Under-23 Ultimate World Championships to be held in Toronto, Canada

The World Flying Disc Federation today has announced that the WFDF 2013 World Under-23 Ultimate Championships will be hosted in the city of Toronto, Canada.  The event will be held from July 22, 2013 to July 28, 2013 at the facilities at York University Toronto, Canada, with the finals being held on the main field at the York venue on July 28, 2013.  WU23 2013 will welcome 40+ teams from over 20 nations in 3 divisions of competition: Open, Women's, and Mixed.  The bid will be hosted by the Toronto Ultimate Club (TUC) who will serve as the WFDF 2013 World Under-23 Ultimate Championships Organising Committee (TOC).

Announcing a Level One coaching course in St. Andrews, Scotland - on the 12th of February 2012. The course will be held at St. Andrews University. Please view our coaching page for more information about the level one. click here

As part of the wider UKU Coaching Scheme, we have developed a scheme which allows people to formally register as a coach. This is designed for people who have attended one of the UKU coaching courses and are involved in coaching, beyond informally at their club. More details of who should register can be found on the pages of the scheme.

http://www.ukultimate.com/coaching_scheme/coaching_register

The next GB u23 event will take place in the summer of 2013. You need to be 23 or under in that year. There will be Open, Women's and Mixed teams travelling to represent GB, with the aim of equalling or exceeding the successes of our teams in Florence, 2010.

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If you are eligible for u23 in 2013 please ignore this message. There will be more details for you shortly.

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In this update:

1. UKU Events Calendar 2012
2. Consultation on Women's & Mixed Nationals
3. Notice of 2012 AGM   
4. Changes to membership renewal date
5. Ultimatum!2011
6. Coach-Registration scheme 
7. International Results round up
8. Women's Masters at WUGC 2012

A note from Jim Hancox, UKU Mixed Coordinator:

Over the past ten years, we have always struggled to find the right place in the season for Mixed Nationals.  The Competitions Committee has come up with a potential new approach (see below) - but please note we would like feedback on this IDEA before making the final decision.  And in particular please note that there is big knock-on impact to Women's Nationals too.

Based on the poll-responses received so far we decided to provide some additional information on some of the common questions/comments - but please read the proposal and poll first if you have not done so already.

The UKU Board made a decision in late 2010 to make some changes to the structure of UKU membership to make the membership system easier to administer for players, team-administrators, and the organisation.  This article outlines the changes and the reasoning behind what is being done.

Iceni Ultimate (pictured) finished a clean-sweep season in style by taking the European Ultimate Club Finals (EUCF) in Bruges, 30 Sept-2 Oct 2011.  Iceni re-claimed the title they won in 2009, and led a strong UK challenge at the annual European Ultimate Club Series.

In the Open division, Clapham lost a thrilling final in sudden death to Flying Angels Bern, but took some consolation in being awarded Spirit of the Game.