Valley of the Sun Ultimate

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New Year Fest XL

January 29–30, 2022
Phoenix Reach 11 Sports Complex
Phoenix, AZ

Divisions: Sanctioned College Men's, Sanctioned College Women's, Open, Women's

TD: Evan Yamada

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Upcoming Events / Volunteers Needed

In addition to League Finals (Dec. 11th) and New Year Fest (Jan. 29 & 30), we're looking for a few volunteers to help with the following upcoming VOTS events:

Hangover Hat Tournament: Jan. 1st
A/B League: starting in January
Spring League: starting late February

If you're interested in helping out as TD or LD for any of these or just helping out in general, contact Tim.

Leagues

Fall Mixed League 2021

Crossovers games have begun—please be aware of potential color conflicts. Bring an alternate white or dark as appropriate.

Monday, December 6th
Cones	Team	Field	#	Team	Cones
	Big Fun	Ben	4w	Vaxxed and Ready for Stacks (x-over)	CleanUp
SetUp	Code Blue	Ben	4e	Return of the Mack (x-over)
CleanUp	Welcome Back Kutters	Ben	5w	Wash Your Handlers (x-over)
SetUp	Back 4 Blood	Ben	5e	Grape To Be Back (x-over)

Wednesday, December 8th
Cones	Team	Field	#	Team	Cones
	Code Blue (x-over)	Ben	4w	Vaxxed and Ready for Stacks	SetUp
	Big Fun (x-over)	Ben	4e	Return of the Mack	CleanUp
	Guac Block Party (x-over)	Ben	5w	Back in Black	SetUp
CleanUp	Social Disc-tancing(x-over)	Ben	5e	Nice to D You Again

Questions? Contact LDs Kelsey Bradley, Elizabeth Deming, and Brian Parma

VOTS 2021 Return to Play Agreement (Updated 6/3/21)

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In order to protect our fellow members and guests, as well as to satisfy requirements for field usage, the Valley of the Sun Ultimate Association (VOTS) has adopted rules and guidelines relating to COVID-19. Following these rules and guidelines is a requirement to participate in VOTS events. Failure to adhere to them is grounds for removal from VOTS events.

Attendees will self-screen for symptoms on the day of the VOTS event, prior to arrival, and will not attend if currently or previously symptomatic or tested positive for COVID-19 until meeting Home-Isolation-Guidance.
Attendees will follow the Maricopa County Dept. of Public Health Quarantine Guidance for Household and Close Contacts including the provision for people not fully vaccinated who live in the same home or were in close contact (within 6 feet for longer than 15 minutes or physical contact) with someone with COVID-19 being asked not to attend for 14 days after last contact with the person with COVID-19.
Anyone with symptoms or a positive COVID test are subject to those quarantine guidelines.
People are considered fully vaccinated only 14 days after the final dose of a vaccine series.
In order to protect children and other vulnerable populations, masks are still encouraged for unvaccinated individuals.
In order to protect children and other vulnerable populations, social distancing should be maintained when possible. While on the same sideline, teams should continue to try to spread out as much as practical. Close team huddles should still be avoided. High fives, hugs and similar contact should still be avoided. Social gatherings before and after the game should still maintain social distancing.

Professional Ultimate

Arizona Sidewinders

Up-Coming Events

Nov. 6: Showcase game, Sidewinders vs. Desert College Conference All-Stars. Mountain View High School, 6:30pm. $5 at the gate.
Nov. 7th: Open Tryouts, 8am-1pm, Benedict fields. More information.
Nov. 20th & Dec. 4th: Closed Tryouts
Dec. 11th & 12th: WUL Winter Cup. Mira Mesa High School, San Diego. More information.

Watch The West (including some home-town Sidewinders) play Seattle Tempest from July 30, 2021

More information about the Arizona Sidewinders

Club Ultimate

Arizona Mixed

Congratulations to Arizona mixed team, Lawless!

Lawless went 4–0 at regionals to clinch a berth to Club Nationals in San Diego, October 21st–24th.

On their first trip to nationals in their first season of competition, Lawless placed 10th.
Their pool game against Nashville's 'Shine is available on YouTube. It's a nail-biter!

Past VOTS Events

Summer 2021, Tuesday (Monday) – Session 2

Congratulations to The Bleam Team, Tues/Mon Summer League 2nd Session Champions!

Questions? Email Tim

Summer 2021, Thursdays – Session 2

Congratulations to Team F, Thurs. Summer League 2nd Session Champions!

A big 'Thank You' also goes out to all the players of this league for being flexible with the scheduling in order to have 4/3 mixed games!

Questions? Email Tim

Summer 2021, Tuesdays – Session 1

Congratulations to Once in a Blue Monsoon, 1st Session Tuesday Champions!

Questions? Email Tim

Summer 2021, Thursdays – Session 1

Congratulations to Team B, 1st Session Thursday Champions!

Questions? Email Tim

Spring League 2021

Congratulations to Cyanara, Spring League 2021 Champions!

Black Plague had eked out a win over Cyanara in the first game of the season. The rematch swung the blue-ish team's way.

Thursday, May 27
Cones	Team	Score	Score	Team	Cones
Setup	Black Plague	10	15	Cyanara
	All That Glitters is Gold	14	11	Pan(dem)ic at the Disco	Setup

Questions? Email Tim

VOTS History Archive

Note from Katherine:

Not a lot of play going on at the moment, but that doesn't mean we can't yearn for the olden days...

Earlier in the year Kevin Hatch and Kody Lippincot gathered up some VOTS materials from various storage bins and started scanning and taking photos. I decided to take the opportunity to reorganize the league and New Year Fest archive pages. I'm also continuing to add other information (including more about Valley club teams) as I come across it. If you have any info or feedback on the pages, please, let me know.

The first bunch of 80s and 90s VOTS newsletters from Kevin are available on the new History Pages!

History Archive | Email Webmaster