New Year Fest XXXIV

Program!

The official New Year Fest Program and Schedule (Updated 1/26) have been posted!

Of Note:

• Games start on time!
• 11th Edition Rules, except where noted.
• Pool schedules vary by the size of the pool. See the schedule for details since you may have 3, 4, or 5 games on Saturday.
• Win by 2 except at the point cap, new point cap set by soft cap or the hard cap.
• Sunday games are to 13, cap at 15...
• ...except Women’s A and Open A finals are first to 15.
• 20-yard brick on out-of-bounds pulls.
• Up to two substitutions per team, per timeout.
• Mirror at half, no halftime. Finals will have a mirror halftime.
• One timeout per half, plus a floater (3 per game).

Fields

New Year Ultimate Fest 34 will be held at Phoenix Reach 11 Sports Complex.

• NO GLASS at the fields.
• NO ALCOHOL allowed at the fields.
• NO DOGS. Unless it is one of the service type.

Maps

Party & Hotel Information

The party will again be held at the tournament hotel, Comfort Inn Phoenix North, on Saturday evening!

COMFORT INN PHOENIX NORTH Address: 2641 W. Union Hills Drive, Phoenix, AZ 85027 Phone Number: 602.978.2222

Rates for Ultimate players reserving rooms:

• $72.00/night, Double/Double
• $62.00/night, King
• $82.00/night, Queen/Queen
• $92.00/night, King/King

Cut-off date for reservations is Jan. 15th. Reservation must be made by 12:00 midnight the day before the cut-off date.

If your team wants to take advantage of the hotel deal, reservations must be done over the phone by calling Erica Montoya of The Comfort Inn Phoenix North at (602) 978-2222 ext. 512, Monday through Friday during normal business hours, and explaining you would like to make reservations as part of the ultimate frisbee tournament.

Hospitals/Emergency Rooms

The two nearest emergency rooms are:

• Mayo Clinic Hospital, 5777 East Mayo Boulevard, Phoenix, AZ 85054
• Scottsdale Healthcare Thompson, 7400 East Thompson Peak Parkway, Scottsdale, AZ 85255

Bids

Some people are having problems with Google's new forms. The NYF Bid form was created under the old format, but just in case:

Google forms are currently more difficult to use because it is not clear when you have an entry box active. When you click on the box that says "your answer", the box will show a blue underline. I have noticed that you cannot always enter text at this point. If re-clicking on the entry box does not work, click outside the box and then back in it twice until you get a blue underline AND a black vertical blinking cursor. Once it is working, it may be easier to move to the next box with the "tab" key rather than clicking into these difficult boxes.

You may need to try another device if this is too difficult with a mobile device.

This is a new issue with Google and hopefully they will fix it.

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Step 1: Fill Out Bid Information

New Year Fest 34 will take place on Jan. 30-31. The latest game will be the Open I final at 2:45 on Sunday.

Step 2: Submit Entry Fee

Entry fee is $425

Payment: Payment will only be accepted online via PayPal by "sending money to family or friends" to treasurer@vots.org and using a PayPal balance or checking account so that no fees are deducted.

Refund policy for canceled bids (subject to change):

1. Before 12/20/15: Full refund
2. Between 12/20/15 and 1/10/16: 50% refund
3. After 1/10/16: no refund

Subject to change.