News

Say It Ain’t So and the WDS AGM – Sunday 4 March – only a week away!!

It's time to register for Say It Ain’t So, the social hat tournament where we hold the WDS AGM at 1pm.

It's at Martin Luckie Park, all day, with a BBQ provided. You enter as an individual, and are put into a team. Its a great way to end the season and play with some new people!

The tournament costs $20, and you can register by filling out this survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PFGNWK7 and paying $20 into the WDS account: 03 0502 0924107 000.

Thursday night leagues

As many of you now know, the men’s and women’s leagues we had organised for Thursday nights this summer have had to be cancelled due to a lack of attendance.
 
The fields have, however, already been booked and paid for. Since we are refunding the fees paid for those leagues, WDS has a significant financial gap in its books. To try and make use of the fields, and to help promote the development of ultimate in Wellington, Jonathan Aumonier-Ward (Jaws) has offered to organise a 5 week long mixed 7 a side league.
 

SAVE THE DATE: 2012 WDS Awards event

Hello WDS community,

The WDS Awards Committee are pleased to advise this year's event will take place on Saturday 31 March. More details will be circulated shortly.

WDS Awards 2012 - one week left for your nominations

Check out the website forum for how you can nominate, amongst others, the best U19 player, the best male in the WDS community and your club

Wellington women's training sessions - Thursday nights

To all Wellington Women!
 
Artemis, a Wellington women’s ultimate team, is planning on running training sessions on Thursday nights as part of their preparation for the WaM (Women and Mens) Tournament being held in Auckland on 24-25 March 2012.  
 
This training is in addition to the sessions previously advertised, which are being held with the Victoria University women’s team on Sunday afternoons (from 3-6pm, at the Boyd Wilson field).
 

Boutique Beach Ultimate 2012

In case you haven't heard, the awesome Hawkes Bay Beach Tourney Boutique Beach is back!! It's also a great tournament for newer players, as its very social and heaps of fun.

This year its at Waimarama, a beautiful East coast beach. It's a cheap tournament, registration costs just $40, but you get to spend a fabulous weekend in the sunny Hawkes Bay playing some great disc on a beatuiful sandy beach!!

Register by this Sunday via NZU

WaM Women's Coaches

Wellington Disc Sports would like to announce the selection of Adele Gibson and Jane Keane as co-coaches for Artemis. They will be running trainings and selecting a team to represent Wellington at the WaM tournament in Auckland.

Trainings will be held on Sundays from 3-6 pm at Boyd Wilson Field, at Victoria University of Wellington's Kelburn Campus. VUWFDC has secured these fields. To help cover the costs of the fields they are charging $20 per person for the entire training period leading up to WaM.

Trainings start Sunday, 29 January 2012.

Notification for all WDS players

Action has been taken to ban a player from all WDS events. Please read this letter from the President for more details.

Register now for the Century Game

Its not too late to register for the Century Game...
 
We are ordering the t-shirts soon so register now to guarantee you get one!
 
To register fill out survey monkey and pay the registration fee into the WDS account: 03 0502 0924107 000.

12Q1 Registrations Open

WDS is pleased to open registrations for the second summer leagues for 2011/12. Registrations close on Saturday 14 January.

Want to know if the WCC gounds are open?

You can do this either by visiting the WCC website or call the sportsgound hotline on (04) 801 4134.

WDS Strategy and The Exec.

In June there was a special convening of the Wellington Disc Sports Executive to discuss the development of a strategy plan for the Wellington community.  The resulting strategic statement resulting from this session was as follows:
•    To grow and develop the skills, players, spirit and awareness of the Wellington Disc Sports Community.

New Zealand Under 19 Ultimate boys and girls teams faced Australia

At the beginning of October the two NZ U19 teams faced off against the Australian U19 in the first ever Trans-Tasman U19s Championship.  The players have spent the last six months training hard and it was exciting to see each team come together to represent their country in an exciting three game series.
 
Both teams coped with the wet and windy conditions admirably with some games going to universe point.

Kahu, the NZ U19 girls, and Katipo, the NZ U19 boys, both put on an impressive show and each team took the series in a clean sweep 3-0.

NZU Mixed Ultimate Champs - looking for a TD!

NZU is looking for a Tournament Director for New Zealand Mixed Ultimate Championships.


This person will lead the organising of the event on behalf of New Zealand Ultimate and will work closely with the National Tournament Coordinator (NTC) and local volunteers to produce a great tournament.  Ideally looking for someone from the Wellington Ultimate community.

Volunteer wanted: Design of 2012 indoor leagues

WDS faces a number of choices about the design of the 2012 indoor leagues.  We have considerably more court space (because of the opening of the ASB Community Sports Centre at Cobham Drive) and have made a number of changes to the summer leagues which might also be relevant to the indoor season. We're looking for someone to work through these choices, and to consult other players about their preference.  The Leagues' Committee will provide advice and support for the work.

Winners from 11Q3 indoors league

Sunday A Grade

Spirit winner: Cat Wilder: Party Liason
Spirit runner-up: Sunday Crew 1
League winner: Sunday Crew 2
Runner-up Cats Gone Wild
Male MVP: Drew, Cat Wilder: Party Liason Female MVP: Bron, Cats Gone Wild
MSP: Mike, Sunday Crew 1

Tuesday B Grade

Spirit winner: Can't Touch Disc
Spirit runner-up: Zesty Creature
League winner: Meercats
Runner-up: Sex Panther
Male MVP: Ben, Moose Knuckles
Female MVP: Keri, Moose Knuckles
MSP: Andy, Tuesday Crew

2012 Century Game - 28 & 29 January 2012: registrations open

To register complete the survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LHS5ZKN and pay the appropriate fee into the WDS account: 03 0502 0924107 000.

Registration is only complete when you have filled in the survey and paid the fee! Make sure you register before the price goes up on 23 December...

Taupo Hat! Taupo Hat! Taupo Hat......

Let it be shouted from the rooftops and ultimate fields around the country...... Taupo Hat 2011 is about to begin..... and WE WANT YOU THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Taupo Hat is one of the best outdoor mixed tournaments of the year, and all in all a fun weekend away for one and all.

Some of the details for this year are.....

Friday

  • Player registration at the Base Bar Taupo with Drink Specials
  • Stunning Taupo Hat Discs for Sale

Saturday