Articles by Ian Brown

Captains on the individual fields will make their own judgment, but right now there’s no reason to cancel tonight’s games.  The city has closed the baseball fields, but not the soccer fields at BSC.

Tonight’s games at the Sports Complex are cancelled due to the rain.

If you are interested in running a comp league team this summer, you need to get a $100 team deposit in by Friday, May 8.

If you are interested in playing on a comp team, post up on the forum and/or contact the convenors.  The cost for comp is the $500 team fee divided amongst the team members.

The competitive league convenors are Tyler Cochrane and Jim Millington.  Please contact them at tyler@barrieultimate.com and jim@barrieultimate.com.

Some comments on the registration for summer rec league.

REGISTRATION

If you haven’t already registered for Rec League, do so now!  The registration will close today or tomorrow—depending on when Talena starts assembling teams.  If you have any questions, contact talena@barrieultimate.com.

Registration is a two-step process:

1. Register as an ODSA member here.  (Membership type is “Ultimate Organization Club Members”)
2. Once your membership is activated (check your email), go through the registration here.

JERSEYS

If you’ve already registered and you ordered a jersey, it’s not going to be mailed to you.  You’ll need to see me (Ian) to pick it up.  I’ll be keeping the box of jerseys in my car trunk for the first few games, and will try to visit the various fields.  (Also, don’t worry if, say, you ordered a medium and you want a large.  We’re just using the ordering system to make payments easier.)

If you still want a jersey, you can pay cash ($30) when you see me.

PROBLEMS WITH REGISTRATION

We switched registration from ITSportsNet to ODSA for this session.  The basic reason for this was that ODSA provides our insurance and required that every member register with them to get coverage, and we didn’t want people to have to visit towo sites to register for the league.

The ODSA site is brand new and has had problems.  Chris Lowcock, the ODSA admin, has been dealing with them as quickly as he can, but I know that some people have found the new registration process frustrating.

I’d like to hear what the problems have been so I’ve created a posting on the forum to let you give feedback.  If you had problems, post up here.

There have been some inquiries about summer league.  Don’t worry, all your questions will be answered soon!  We should have info and a schedule up in a few weeks with all the details for summer registration.

There won’t be many changes from last year, but until we’ve got everything settled, here’s the overview from 2008.  If you have any questions, send them to talena@barrieultimate.com.

Registration for summer rec league closes tonight. If you want to play, you must register on-line by the end of the day.

Click here to register.

If you can’t pay on-line, come on down to the British Arms tonight (7-10pm)—Kristy will be accepting cheques.

Forget about the two feet of snow on the lawn—summer league is coming!

As in years past, the recreational league will be Monday nights, from May 12 to August 18. The league is open to all players—if you’ve never played before, this is where to start.

Here are some preliminary dates and details:
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