SJAI2012 - Last Update
The fields are marked. The tents are up. Tables have been driven all
over the place. The scoreboards are all constructed. The Dance
equipment is live. The programs have all been stapled. Tournament discs
have been counted and partitioned. The dinner for 900 is set. Tonight's
pre-tournament dance is about to start.
All is well in St. Johnsbury
tournament land.
A few updates:
1) The tournament score reporter pages are now online: Open
Divisions, Girls
Divisions. Please look them over and let me know if you see any
mistakes/issues.
2) Two of the C divisions fields had to be moved to the Lyndon Town School. This means that
on SATURDAY, the U POOL of the C-Division (Burlington, South
Portland, CVU Red, and North Country) will be playing all of their pool
games at the Lyndon Town School.
3) We've pulled together some more water towers but that being said,
please bring one with you if you can. It's going to be hot and very
sunny this weekend.
4) All pop-tents and chairs need to be kept at least 7 yards off ANY
sideline. You MUST pay attention to where you are putting objects close
to any sideline. Do NOT setup a tent within 7 yards of ANY sideline.
See you soon!
- Seamon
ps. Are ALL of your roster issues taken care of?
5/17 Update
SJAI2012 - 051712 Update
The following email was sent out to all team contacts at 11:15am on
Thursday, 5/17:
There will be at least two water
towers at each tournament central tent. I would like for there
to be more but I am running short on finding enough here in the NEK.
So, if you can, please bring a water tower for your team. There will be
water filling stations at each tournament central tent and at other
various points around each tournament location.
There will be athletic trainers capable of taping at the SJA and LI field locations. EMTs will be on
duty at LTS and the Fairgrounds locations who wil not be able to tape
players. So, if you have players that
need to get taped, please have them come to the SJA or LI field
locations before your games start each day.
This Friday, Ava
Schein is running a fundraiser dance for her work with Ultimate
Peace. Anyone attending the SJAI2012 can attend for the low price of
$1. To get access to this awesome price, you just need to email me and
let me know you're coming. Ava did an amazing announcement this
morning. You can watch video of the announcement right
here.
Breakmark is once again returning
to provide a wide array of custom tournament gear. Here's what's going
to be available:
This Friday, Ava Schein is running a fundraiser dance for her work with Ultimate Peace. Anyone attending the SJAI2012 can attend for the low price of $1. To get access to this awesome price, you just need to email me and let me know you're coming. Ava did an amazing announcement this morning. Check it out:
Food Update
An outline of the food provided during the weekend is now online right here.
Captain's Meeting
SJAI2012 - 051512 - Captain's Meeting Notes
The following email was sent out to all team contacts at 5/15 at 6:15pm:
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There will be a mandatory 5-10 minute captain's meeting at 7:45am on Saturday morning.
The girls divisions captain's meeting will happen at St. Johnsbury Academy at tournament
central.
The boys divisions captain's meeting will happen at Lyndon Institute at tournament
central. (All three boys divisions will have their meeting together.)
Note: Open A and C division games will start at 9:00 while Open B
Division games start at 8:30.
All teams are required to have at least one representative at their
division's captain's meeting. If you know you are going to be unable to
have someone at the meeting, let me know ASAP.
Below you will find the full captain's meeting notes. At the actual
meeting I will only be covering a few very important points from the
notes. It is your responsibility to make sure you are familiar with the
full captain's meeting notes.
- Seamon
Captain’s Meeting Notes
Introductions:
-Tournament Coordinator: Josh Seamon
-Tournament Coordinator Shadow: Laura Carver Dionne (802.291.3644)
-Tournament Directors/Scorekeepers: Eimile Bishop (Girls Division -
802.274.6227), Anna Hall (Open A Division - 802.922.2660), Zach
Abramson (Open B Division - 802.274.3054), and John McKinnon (C
Division - 802.477.3618)
-Trainers/EMT/AMC: Chris Despins (Girls Division), Allyson Halsey (Open
C Division), Heather Wheeler (Open B Division, Saturday), and Chelsea
Marcott (Open B Division, Sunday), Jay Benitez (Open A Division)
-All Captains and Coaches
All teams
-Start and cap your games on time; others need to play after you
-If the TDs think there is danger from lightning, we will clear the
fields. There will be no discussion. The word of the TD is final. 5
horn blasts signals that you must immediately clear the field. A second
set of 5 horn blasts means that each team needs to send a
representative to tournament central.
-Shower in the locker rooms at SJA, NOT at your host house.
-Important: clean up after yourselves when you move from field to field
and at the end of the day.
-No cleats in any buildings please.
-Cursing or insults, including racial or gender slurs, will not be
tolerated, either on or off the field.
-No disc spiking.
-If you’re not in the game you cannot make a call or tell someone in
the game to make a call. -We are not playing with softcaps.
Rules and Tie Breakers
-We are using USA Ultimate’s Rules of Ultimate, 11th edition
-All divisions will start with pool play. Championship bracket play
will then follow in all divisions. In the case of tied win-loss
records, we will use USA Ultimate Tie Breaker manual to determine
placement.
-Each team has a copy of the rules in their team packet. Copies of the
rules are also available at Tournament Central.
Scoring
-All games will be played to 15. Win by 2 until softcap. Hard point cap
at 17.
-Report all scores by calling/texting them into the scorekeeper for
your tournament location. Use the text format: “[Team Name 1] Score
[Team Name 2] Score”.
Time Between Pulls, Halftime, and Time
Outs
-The receiving team must be ready within 70 seconds after the previous
goal. The pulling team must release 90 seconds after the previous goal,
as per 11th edition rules. Everyone should be polite but firm.
-A five-minute halftime will be taken when the first team reaches 8
pts.
-If neither team has reached the 8 points 30 minutes before the
hardcap, a five-minute halftime will be taken at the end of the
currently played point.
-Each team is allowed two timeouts per half. No timeouts can be taken
after harcap or after a score of 14-14 is reached.
Time Caps and Hard Cap
-Time Cap times are listed on the schedules. Time Cap times must be
adhered to regardless of the starting of the game.
-A time Cap is declared after the current scoring attempt is completed.
Scorekeepers and coaches must make sure that all teams and players are
aware of the Time Cap.
-When a Hard Time Cap is declared and the active point is finished, the
game is over unless the score is tied, in which case a final point will
be played.
-Immediately after a point is scored you are considered to be in the
next point, even if the pull has not happened yet. (There is no time
be- tween points.) Half time is considered to be in the next scoring
attempt.
Game play
-All games are mandatory and MUST be played. A team that fails to play
a game will most likely not be invited to a future St. Johnsbury
Academy Invitational.
Spirit of the Game Scores
-Please return your spirit ballot to tournament central immediately
after your last game on Sunday.
Trainers
-A trainer will be stationed at Tournament Central all weekend
St. Johnsbury Academy: Chris Despins (ATC), 802-535-5074
Lyndon Institute: Heather Wheeler (ATC), 802-535-7386 (Saturday),
Chelsea Marcott (ATC), 802-274-2157 (Sunday)
Fairgrounds: Allyson Halsey (EMT), 802-473-2100
Lyndon Town School: Jay Benitez (EMT), 802-274-4312
Team Boxes and Water
-Each team will get a large team box.
-Extra water will be available at Tournament Central
Saturday Night Dinner/Dance/Trade Night
-The event will take place in the center of the St. Johnsbury Academy
Campus
-4-8pm: Showers in the SJA lockers (SJA)
-6:30-8:30pm: Dinner on Stowe Green
-6-10pm: Bouncy Castles, Stowe Green [Yah, four of them.]
-6-10pm: Video games outside The Black Box
-7-10pm: Dance in The Black Box
-7:30pm: All tournament picture, Stowe Green
-7:30 to 8pm: Players vs. Coaches, Stowe Green
-8pm: Coaches and Parents social, Morse Lobby
-You will need to present a pink tournament wristband to gain access to
the dinner line
-Tables will be available for anyone that is interested in trading gear
Bathrooms
-Use the bathrooms or the porto-potties, NOT THE WOODS. If you don’t
know where the bathroom is, please ask at tournament central.
Volunteers
-Any time you see a volunteer staff person, say thank you!
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