New Year Fest XXXVII

January 26th & 27th, 2019
Phoenix Reach 11 Sports Complex
Phoenix, Arizona

Divisions: Women's, Open I, Open II, and
sanctioned College Men's and College Women's

TD: Evan Yamada

Hangover Hat Tourney

• What: Hat Tournament! You don't need a team. Players will be formed into teams at the site (picked from a hat!) and then you play games.
• When: January 1st, 12:00pm-6:00pm
• Where: Tempe Benedict Park
• How Much? $5
• I meant "How much playing time?" Plan for 3 rounds of games. Bring a white shirt and a dark shirt, your own snacks/beverages, cleats & sunscreen.

We do need 1-3 people to help run this event. Email Tim if you're interested.

Leagues

A/B Winter League 2019

A/B Winter League is a continuing experiment for VOTS. With the expansion of Ultimate as a sport and VOTS as a group, the skill distribution among our players has become, perhaps, too wide for everyone who wants to play to have a place in league. We're going to try something that many other vibrant ultimate communities do on a regular basis.

The A/B Winter League will be broken into two division:

• A Division: More competitive, experience required. Top quarter of players in a full spring/fall league should play in A division of this league.
• B Division: Beginner-friendly. Beginners and the bottom quarter of players in a full spring/fall league should play in the B Division.
• The majority of players, the middle half, can play in either league. For instance some mid-level players could use the opportunity to take a more active role on the field or act as captains and teachers to the new players in the B Division. Or they they could choose to play in the more competitive A Division.
• Player's stated preference of divisions will be acted upon when possible. If you only want a certain division, say so. Not all players in A division will be or should be higher skill/experience than all players in B division. Middle players with no strong preference are encouraged to sign up as such in order to balance the numbers as required to form teams.

Details specific to this league:

• Up to 8 Coed teams per division. 12 teams total.
• Exact schedule is dependent on registration numbers. Teams will have 5-7 weeknight games plus playoffs.
• Majority of games on THURSDAYS, but there could be some games on TUESDAYS, dependent on registration numbers. Not all teams will play at the same location or night.
• Games start Jan 3 and run through Feb 7.
• There could be up to two weeks in which a team plays on Tuesday and Thursday the same week.
• Weeknight games 8pm-10pm at Benedict Park or Tempe Sports Complex. (Fields)
• There will be playoff games on the afternoon of Saturday, Feb 9 in the 2-10pm range at Benedict Park.
• League fee: $19. No jersey or disc.

Men's Winter League 2018

Men's teams are posted and the schedule is updated.

Start time is 7pm, on the hour, not like Fall league, so warm up before 7. Full schedule is on the way. Please, wear a shirt in your team's color and bring a contrasting shirt (white or dark).

Upcoming Events

Update, 12/11/18:

Our plans for the spring are still uncertain while we wait on delayed responses from the cities that we are trying to get fields from.

I wanted to let everyone know that we are still hoping to hold a Hangover Hat Tournament on January 1st at noon. I think that will probably happen regardless of what we hear from the cities. (See info above.)

We are also hoping to hold an A/B League, which would typically run January–February, possibly part of March and (see A/B league info above) a Spring League which would typically start in March and would run through the first few weeks of May this year. Those two leagues are dependent on having fields and so there is no certainty of what is happening or what nights we might play. It is possible that we might end up running a league on Sunday afternoons if we cannot get as many weeknight fields as we would like. We will keep everyone informed with updates as soon as we have any further information.

~Tim

Let's Play!

Pick Up Games

Upcoming Area Tournaments

LA Throwback Ultimate Beach Fest

• Where: Santa Monica Beach, California
• When: Jan. 19-20, 2019
• What: 5-on-5 mixed beach ultimate
• More Information: LA Throwback

New Year Fest XXXVII

• Where: Phoenix, AZ
• When: January 26th & 27th, 2019
• What: Open, Women's, sanctioned college men's & women's
• More Information

If you have a tournament you'd like listed, email at webmaster@vots.org

Other Playing Opportunities

Club Teams

Youth Ultimate

Outreach

Past VOTS Events

Fall League 2018

Congratulations to Canyon de Chilly
Fall League 2018 Champions!

Fall League 2018 finals were played Saturday, November 19th, at Benedict and Tempe Sports Complex.

World Masters Ultimate Club Championship

Local team master's mens team, Crawl, finished 10th out of 21 international teams at the World Flying Disc Federation's World Masters Championship in Winnipeg, Canada. They also tied for 3rd highest spirit score.

Video of Crawl's pool play game versus Germany's Wolpertinger is available on YouTube!

• Link to video.
• Schedule of all World Masters Events – Crawl was in Master's Men, C Pool
• Crawl's Team Page

Master's is an age-restricted division of players age 33+ for men. Crawl placed 6th at USAU's 2017 national level championship.

Coconino Classic 2018

Phoenix area club mixed teams acquitted themselves well in competition at Flagstaff's Coconino Classic. ROBOS took home the championship over California's Long Beach Legacy and Rubix and Superstition battled for third.