Archive-name: sports/disc/ultimate_tourneys
Rec-sport-disc-archive-name: Upcoming_Ultimate_Tourneys
Posting-Frequency: Weekly
Last-modified: September 17, 1996
Version: 1996.38

INTRO:

The UPA is the Ultimate Players Association, a non-profit
organization that promotes the sport of Ultimate, a disc/frisbee
sport.

The following is a list of upcoming Ultimate Tournaments that 
have been mentioned on the net, or have otherwise come to my attention. 

RETREIVING THE LIST FROM ALTERNATE SOURCES

1.  Pick it up from anonymous FTP sources.
    ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/rec.sport.disc
    The name of the file is: Upcoming_Ultimate_Tourneys

2.  Send an e-mail message to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with
        no subject and in the body of the message:
    send usenet/rec.sport.disc/Upcoming_Ultimate_Tourneys

3.  With a Web cruiser, check out the UPA Home Page, which is at:
        http://www.upa.org/~upa/upa/home.html
    or, via the hypertext faq archives at:
    http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/bngusenet/rec/sport/disc/top.html

UPDATES:

Please send any additions/corrections/updates to me at
erics@access.digex.net

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                           TOURNAMENTS 1996
========================================================================
Sept 21-22, Clambake, Bowdoin College
   $125. 16 open, 16 women's; still taking women's bids
   Alex Pozzy, redtide@mainelink.net, 207-874-2190
Sept 21-22, Women's Autumn Equinox Tourney, Ann Arbor, Mich.
   approx 10 women's teams
   Rena Hecht, rhecht@ford.com, d:313-322-9079, n:313-994-3521
Sept 28-29, Swamp Thing, Freehold, N.J.
   $100; 20 Mens (2 divs), 8 Womens Teams
   Scott Sayers, sas@anchor.ho.att.com, h:908-370-9642, w:908-949-6614
Sept 28, U.Maryland Women's Tourney, College Park, Md.
   $30 per team or $5 per player, with Hat option, 6-8 teams.
   Lon Berkovits, 301-422-4921, ilona@wam.umd.edu; Pnina Laric, 301-314-5881   
Oct 5-6, College Tourney, Montreal, Que., Canada
   4/3 Co-ed, 12 teams
   Peter 'Nuju' Nguyen, bkuz@musicb.mcgill.ca
   http://www.mecheng.mcgill.ca/MUT
Oct 12-13, 6th Annual Chowdafest, Warwick, R.I.
   $200; 12 mens, 6 women's teams; proceeds to benefit local food bank
   Dave Toohey, 401-884-2976
Oct 12-13, 1st Ever Hucking HoDown, Waco, Texas
   $75/team, 30 open, 15 womens, Pickups encouraged
   Dave Sailor, 817-752-8800, Kenneth_Sailor@baylor.edu
   Kevin Duffin, 817-752-8800, Kevin_Duffin@baylor.edu
Oct 13, The Whip Fest, Wellesley, Mass.
   $4/person, women's tourney
   Emma Ross, eross@wellesley.edu
Oct 18-20, Canadian University Ultimate Championships, Waterloo, Ontario.
   Open and Womens divisions
   Calvin Li, ccli@cantor.math.uwaterloo.ca, 519-725-4866
Oct 26-27, Humboldt Harvest, Arcata, Calf.
   $150, co-ed
   Ryan Mayfield or Cory Cuthbertson, 707-822-7344, rjm2@axe.humboldt.edu
Oct 26-27, 17th Annual Purple Valley Classic, Williamstown, Mass.
   $125 (+$50 deposit)
   Richard Kleinman, Richard.W.Kleinman@williams.edu
   Jess Petoia, 97jp@williams.edu
Oct 26-27, Fright Flight III, Fort Collins, Colorado.  
   20 teams, Costumed Coed
   Heath MacKay, 970-221-1843
   http://vito.atmos.colostate.edu/~csu-ulty/tournaments/ff-iii.html
Oct 26-27, 6th Annual Harvest Moon Classic, St. Ville, Ark.
   John Schmuecker, 501-444-9562.
Nov 10, Cat-in-the-Hat, Philadephia, Pa.
   $60, Juniors only
   Gary Weissman, gars@netaxs.com       
Nov 16-17, Desert Disc Duel, Tempe, Ariz.
   $50/team, College, Co-ed
   Mary Barcio, 602-784-0837, mbarcio@asu.edu
   http://www.public.asu.edu/~xxroesch
Nov 16-17, Totally Co-ed Ultimate Frisbee Championships, Santa Rosa, Calf.
   $100/team
   Drew Tulchin, DTulchin@aol.com; EJ 408-458-2182
   http://www.gargoyleweb.com/coeddisc
Nov 23-24, Ultimax XXVII, Greenville, N.C.
   $100; 16 mens and 8 womens
   Mike Wiegand, ugmwiega@ecuvm.cis.ecu.edu, 919-830-5436

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            **** UPA 1996 FALL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES ****
======================================================================

NATIONALS - Nov 6-10, Plano, Texas
Mike Sunderland, 214-596-1477, HTFF16A@prodigy.com
http://www.flash.net/~msunderl/

CENTRAL REGION         Oct 19-20, Chicago, Ill.
  Michigan:       Oct 5-6, Southfield, Mich. (Open only)
  Northwest:      Oct 5-6, Winona, Minn.
  E Plains:       Oct 5-6, Toledo, Ohio
  W Plains:       Sept 27-28, Lawrence, Kan. (Open)
                  Sept 21-21, Des Moines, Iowa (Women)
  C Plains:       Oct 5-6, Indianapolis (Open; women tentatively Sunday)

NOTE: The Michigan women are playing in the E Plains section this year.

MID-ATLANTIC REGION    Oct 19-20, Philadelphia, Pa.
  NJ:          
  Penn-Del.         Oct 5-6, Lehigh, Pa.
  DC-Md-Va:         Oct 5-6, Ft. Belvoir, Va.
  NC:          

NORTHEAST REGION       possibly Albany, Oct 19-20
  East NE:        Oct 6, Bowdoin
  West NE:        
  Metro NE:       
  Upstate:        Sept 28-29, Geneva, N.Y.

NORTHWEST REGION       Oct 12-13, Las Vegas, Nev.
  Washington:     Sept 21-22, Vancouver, B.C.
  Oregon:         Sept 28, Corvallis, Oreg.
  No. Cal:        Sept 21-22, Davis, Calf.
  Big Sky:        Sept 14-15, Ketchum, Id.

SOUTH REGION           Oct 19-20, Tampa, Fla.
  Florida:        Sept 28-29, Orlando, Fla.
  East Coast:     Oct 5-6, Savannah, Ga.
  Gulf Coast:     Oct 5-6, Memphis, Tenn.
  Texas:          Sept 28-29, Austin, Tex.


SOUTHWEST REGION       Oct 12-13, Las Vegas, Nev.
  So. Cal:        Sept 28-29, Santa Barbara
  Rocky Mountain  Sept 21-22, Ft. Collins
  Desert:         Sept 14-15, Tucson, Ariz.
  Hawaii:         Sept 14-15, Hana, Maui

