University Coordinators Committee
The UU Coordinators Committee is responsible for the administration of University Ultimate: they oversee the tournament allocation process for Regionals and Nationals, enforce rostering rules, adjudicate any eligibility questions, and aid the Regional development of Ultimate.
The membership of the committee is as follows (NB The committee may co-opt additional people on a year-to-year basis):
James 'Chef' Melzack is the current UKUA University Coordinator. He plays ultimate for his Uni team 'Fingers6' where he is coach and president. He is a UKUA qualified coach and also a qualified sailing and rock climbing instructor. Prior to his election as University Coordinator, Chef was the Northern regional coodinator. If you have any questions about University Ultimate he is your first point of contact. Unicoordinator@ukultimate.com
Felix Shardlow is the current Women's coordinator. Felix has been involved in South East Ultimate for five years - having captained the Mohawks in 2002-2003 & going on to jointy found and train the core of the Brighton Ultimate geo-team. He now co-captains Brighton whilst also coaching the Mohawk freshers on campus. His efforts to improve Ultimate in the South East include establishing a Ladder League for universities to compete against each other, creating the website www.seultimate.org as a base for information and resources, hosting tournaments, and promoting the women's game. Prior to his selection as women's coordinator Felix was regional coordinator for the South East. If you have any questions relating to womens he is your first point of contact. uniwomenscoordinator@gmail.com
Shimmy is the University Mixed coordinator. If you have any questions relating to the university mixed division send Shimmy an email. Unimixedcoordonator@gmail.com
Becca McRory is the Scottish Regional Coordinator. She plays in Glasgow with Far Flung and with the Scottish Women's team Swift. If you have any questions specific to the Scottish region send Becca an email. Scottishrc@gmail.com
Luke 'Faceplant' Tobiasiewicz is the Northern regional coordinator. Luke played for the Lancaster Fish whilst at University and now plays for club team 'The Brown'. Luke created the Northern ultimate website http://www.northernultimate.co.nr If you have any questions specific to the Northern region send Luke an email Northrc@gmail.com
Jon Pugh is the South East Regional coordinator. Jon Plays for Surrey Scorpions whilst at University and Lucky Huckers in the club division. If you have any questions specific to the South Eastern division send Jon an Email. southeastrc@gmail.com
Colin is the Western regional coordinator. If you have any questions specific to the Western region send Colin an email. southwestrc@gmail.com
We currently don't have a midlands coordinator, if you would like the job please email one of the committee.
UKU University Coordinator (in the chair)
The UKU University Coordinator is a full member of the UKUA Board.
The University Coordinator should be the main point of contact for new University or College teams and for related official enquires.
The Coordinator should act as the chair for the UKU University Committee, leading discussion and ensuring its productivity. The Coordinator should support the Regional Coordinators in their duties.
Through liaison with the UKU Director of Competitions, attempts should be made to schedule the major UKU University tournaments around the other major UKU tournaments to enable the more talented University players to compete in more than one division.
The University Coordinator will be responsible for agreeing format and scheduling of UKU University tournaments, as well as ensuring a standardised process of tournament bidding and dealing with any irregularities that arise.
The University Coordinator is responsible for making seeding decisions at the major University events (this should be merely a matter of applying the accepted algorithm).
The University Coordinator should ensure that the resources available to university teams {risk assessments, code of conducts, applications for funding, etc} are kept up to date and are well publicised.
Nearing the end of their tenure, the Coordinator is responsible for advertising the AGM and chairing it or arranging for a replacement Chair.
The Coordinator is appointed by a majority vote at the University Ultimate AGM.
The current University Coodinator is James Melzack.
National Women's Coordinator
The National Women's Coordinator takes the lead role in developing and encouraging the Womens game across the country & represents the interests of female players within the UKU University Committee.
Specific tasks including:
- Participating in the organisation of the university womens indoor and outdoor nationals. (I.e. bidding process, seedings)
- General promotion of the women's sport to university clubs.
The National Womens Coordinator is an advisory member of the UKUA Board & should support the Regional Coordinators in their duties.
The National Womens Coordinator is appointed by a majority vote at the University Ultimate AGM.
The current Womens Coordinator is Felix Shardlow.
Five Regional Coordinators
The following five regions each has a representative on the UU Coordinators Committee:
The Midlands
The North
Scotland
The South East
The West
Regional Coordinators perform the same role across the country as follows:
The Regional Coordinator is responsible for passing UUCC directives to the Region's University clubs.
He/She is also responsible for gathering information from the region's clubs to help the committee make informed decisions on University Ultimate.
The Regional Coordinator is responsible for promoting Ultimate and encouraging development in the area, this involves:
- Getting bids for major events from local teams
- Encouraging and assisting Universities running "fun" tournaments
- Organising and selecting bids for Regional qualifiers
- Assisting any developing clubs within their region
- Leading a group of volunteers in running a regional league (where appropriate)
The Regional Coordinator should also act as a secondary point of contact after the University Coordinator, dealing with matters relevant to their region.
The Regional Coordinator is appointed by a majority vote within the relevant region.
Mixed Coordinator
This is currently held as a non-voting, advisory position.