The first UK Elite Skills Clinic  with coaches from the United States lending their experience not only to British players, but players from across the continent, was held in Loughborough on the weekend of the 26 and 27 June.

UKU is pleased to announce the following appointments to the various GB Ultimate teams that will compete in 2011-12.

GB Masters 2011-12

GB Masters at EUC 2011 and WUC 2012 will be organised and led by the group: Ben Mitchell, Stu Mitchell and Si Hill.

Beach Ultimate for WCBU 2011:

• Women: Bex Forth
• Mixed: Dave Tyler and James Freeman
• Mixed Masters: Lucy Byrne
• Masters: Steve Giguere

So far there have been no applications for Open or Grandmasters and we would like to encourage applications for Open in particular.

Congratulations to the following, people who will be running the GB Junior Programme during 2011-12.  Thanks to everyone that applied to support the teams - we received more applications than ever this year.

• Junior Open: Manager: Joe Wyatt, Coach: Jools Murray
• Junior Women: Manager: Gemma Taylor, Coach: Jon Pugh
• U17 Open: Manager: Andy Vaughan, Coaches: Jolyon Thompson, Tom Candlin
• U17 Girls: Manager: Chris Flight, Coaches: Tom Howard, Philippa Sturt

UK Ultimate has also employed Ruth Flight on a part-time basis to the role of GB Junior Programme Manager.

The 2010 UK Ultimate National Championships underwent a major change this year. For the first time ever, teams had to qualify for Nationals by going through Regional Championships. With the growth of the sport, the UK Ultimate Association sees the introduction of regionals as key to the development of Ultimate.

The 2010 UKU National Championships were held in Southampton on 21-22 August. The finalists in both divisions were as expected, with the titles won by Clapham and LeedsLeedsLeeds.

Clapham maintained their grip on the Open title, winning for the 9th consecutive year by dominating Chevron Action Flash in the final 15-5.

UK Ultimate is still seeking applications for team managers of the following squads:

• Beach Ultimate squads for WBCU 2011 (Open and Grand Masters)

Announcing a Level One coaching course in Southampton on the 4th of December 2010.