Confirmed Events: 1/26: Ultimate Coaches and Players Conference 2/10 - West New England Coaches and Captains Meeting 3/1-2: High School Terminus** 4/19-20: Paideia Cup** 4/20: Darrow Cup 4/26 - NMH Tournament - Open Division 4/27 - NMH Tournament - Girls Division** 4/26-27 - Andover Invitational 5/3-4: Amherst Invitational** 5/10-11: Easterns** 5/10: Greenfield Ultimate Tournament** 5/17: Hotchkiss Tournament 5/17-18: St. Johnsbury Academy Invitational + NEPSUL Champs** 5/31: Amherst Regional Middle School Tournament Also Tracking: MA Champs New England Champs** Hotchkiss Tournament BUDA Div2 Champs VT Champs
Confirmed Events:
Name: Ultimate Coaches and Players Conference
Location: Newton, MA
Date: Saturday, 1/26
Hosts: Tiina Booth and George Cooke (ucpc at buda dot org)
Comments: This will be the second year Tiina and George have put on the UCPC. Last year 200 people came together from around the country to soak in as much Ultimate knowledge as possible. There are seminars, panel discussions, and an Ultimate Expo. This year's list of presenters is amazing and the day should be way too much fun. If you're at all able to go to this event, GO. Oh, and drop by the presentation on how to run a tournament ;) Registration should open on or around December 1st.
Website: http://www.buda.org/ucpc Name: West New England Coaches and Captains Meeting
Location: Bertucci's, Amherst, MA
Date: Sunday, 2/10
Hosts: Jim Pistrang (jim at jpcr dot com), Tiina Booth (tiinabooth at hotmail dot com)
Comments: Coaches and captains for middle school, high school, and college teams eat, mingle, and schedule.
Website: http://www.amherstultimate.org/ Name: High School Terminus
Location: Woodward Academy, College Park, GA
Date: Saturday and Sunday, 3/1-2
TD: Heidi VanAntwerp (Heidi dot VanAntwerp at woodward dot edu)
Comments: Head down south where the weather is warm. That's what I'm trying to do anyway. From what I have heard the tournament will consist of 16-20 open teams and 8 girls teams.
UPA Sanctioned: ???
Website: None yet...
Name: Paideia Cup
Location: Paideia School, Atlanta, GA
Date: Saturday and Sunday, 4/12-13
TDs: Dave Clauson (
dclauson at reflectivecorp dot com), Michael Baccarini (baccarini dot michael at paideiaschool dot org), Kyle Weisbrod (weisbrod dot kyle at paideiaschool dot org)
Comments: One of the highest quality Ultimate events I have ever been to. The Paideia Ultimate family pulls out all the stops in putting on their premier event. This will be the third year of the event. Last year 8 open teams and 5 girls teams came in from all over the US. The event was started to bring together high level teams that don't normally play against each other. It'll be neat to see if the west makes it out this year. I brought a club girls team last year and we had a grand time.
UPA Sanctioned: As far as I know it will be.
Website: None yet...
Name: Darrow Shaker Cup
Location: The Darrow School, New Lebanon, NY
Date: Sunday, 4/20
TD: Drew Koff (koffd at darrowschool dot org)
Comments: This is the best tournament in New England for beginner-level teams. Drew and the rest of Darrow put on a great event that is popupated with fun to play teams. This is the first tournament I bring my new players to even though it's over 6 hours away.
UPA Sanctioned: It hasn't been in the past. Teams have had to send in Certificate's of Insurance.
Website: None yet...
Name: Northfield Mount Hermon Tournament - Open Division
Location: Northfield Mount Hermon School, Northfield, MA
Date: Saturday, 4/26
TD: Mark Yates (mark_yates at nmhschool dot org)
Comments: One of the older HS tournaments in New England. Great fields, great competition.
UPA Sanctioned: Not as far as I know.
Website: None yet...
Name: Northfield Mount Hermon Tournament - Girls Division
Location: Northfield Mount Hermon School, Northfield, MA
Date: Sunday, 4/27
TD: Craig Hefner (chefner at nmhschool dot org)
Comments: In it's second year. Great fields. Lots of fun.
UPA Sanctioned: Not as far as I know.
Website: None yet...
Name: Andover Invitational
Location: Greater Lawrence Technical School, Andover, MA
Date: Saturday, 4/26 (B Division) and Sunday, 4/27 (A Division)
TD: Joni Lippa (jmlippa at comcast dot net)
Comments: Two one-day tournments at a brand new location. Deposit of $150 due on 3/25/08.
UPA Sanctioned: No
Website: http://andoverultimate.com/ Name: Amherst Invitational
Location: Amherst Regional High School, Amherst, MA
Date: Saturday and Sunday, 5/3-4
TDs: Tiina Booth (tiinabooth at hotmail dot com), Jim Pistrang (jim at jpcr dot com)
Comments: The oldest and most prestigious Ultimate tournament in the US. Jim and Tiina know how to run a tournament like none-other. This is the event to go to. More teams apply to go than they have spots for. Apply early and write a good bid.
UPA Sanctioned: Nope, but they strongly encourage all players to be UPA members.
Website: http://www.amherstultimate.org/ai/2008.html Name: Easterns
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Date: Saturday and Sunday, 5/10-11
TD: Darren Schultz (upa_hseast_td at upa dot org)
Comments: The big dance for the east. Top host + top teams = a great event. Hopefully we'll see more girls teams this year.
UPA Sanctioned: Yes.
Website: http://www.upa.org/juniors/championships/2008_hs_easterns Name: Greenfield Ultimate Tournament
Location: Greenfield High School, Greenfield, MA
Date: Saturday, 5/10
TD: Terry Plotkin (tplotkin at earthlink dot net)
Comments: A great tournament for many levels of teams. The mixed division will (most likely) be folded into the B division to make way for the brand new girls division.
UPA Sanctioned: It's never been sanctioned before, so I doubt it will be in '08.
Website: http://www.freewebs.com/terryplotkin/index.htm Name: Hotckiss Tournament
Location: Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT
Date: Saturday, 5/17
TD: David Thompson (dthompso at hotchkiss dot org)
Comments: One of the most spirited events in existance. Great fields, great hosts, way too much fun.
UPA Sanctioned: I'm not sure...
Website: None yet...
Name: St. Johnsbury Academy Invitational
Location: St. Johnsbury Academy, St. Johnsbury, VT and Lyndon Institute, Lyndonville, VT
Date: Saturday and Sunday, 5/17-18
TD: Josh Seamon (jseamon at gmail dot com)
Comments: For the first time ever I have been able to secure enough fields to run both the girls and the open divisions at the same time. 16 teams will be playing in each division. Last year we brought in 27 teams from all over the East Coast and Canada. Every team is guaranteed 6 games. We will be running a trade night / dance / dinner on Saturday. Lots and LOTS of information is online at the tournament webpage. The NEPSUL Champs will be run in conjuntion with the SJAI. This brings the team totals to 24 open teams and 16 girls teams. More info on how this will work will be posted on the tournament website soon.
UPA Sanctioned: Yes.
Website: http://www.sjainvite.org
Also Tracking:
Name: MA State Champs
Location: Ft. Devens, MA
Date: Sunday, 6/1 -
UNCONFIRMED TDs: Catherine Greenwald (ckgreenwald at earthlink dot net)
Comments: Last year 12 open and 8 girls teams competed. The date has yet to be set, but it's VERY likely it'll be on 6/1.
UPA Sanctioned: Yes.
Website: http://www.buda.org/joomla/content/blogcategory/22/76/
Name: New England Champs
Location: Ft. Devens, MA
Date: Sunday, 6/1 -
UNCONFIRMED TDs: Josh Seamon (jseamon at gmail dot com)
Comments: The top two teams from ME, NH, VT, and CT battle it out. The date has yet to be set, but it's VERY likely it'll be on 6/1.
UPA Sanctioned: Yes.
Website: http://www.buda.org/joomla/content/view/112/418/
Name: BUDA Division II Champs
Location: ???
Date: ???
TDs: ???
Comments: Last year BUDA created two divisions.
The tournament could be expanded this year. Also, the top two DivII MA teams could possibly be added to the New England Champs. It would be nice to have the DivII champs run at the same time as DivI, but I don't think there are enough fields at Devens -- hard to imagine eh? I think it would be neat to expand the tournment into a weekend event. There really aren't enough of them in New England.
UPA Sanctioned: I'm not sure.
Website: http://www.buda.org/joomla/content/blogcategory/22/76/ Name: VT State Champs
Location: St. Johnsbury Academy -
UNCONFIRMED
Date: Sunday, 5/11 - UNCONFIRMED
TD: Josh Seamon (jseamon at gmail dot com)
Comments: This will be the third VT State Champs. There is some thought to turning it into a weekend event.
UPA Sanctioned: Yes.
Website: http://www.vyul.org
2008 Events Roundup 
