British Ultimate,
We are currently in the process of organising a UK Major League Ultimate tournament, based on the idea tried out in the US in 2006. The tournament will consist of five all-star regional teams, based on the currently existing boundaries of UK University Ultimate (namely, South-West, South-East, Midlands, North and Scotland). Teams will comprise of a combination of the top University players from each region, and the best open players also from that region. Guidelines and restrictions on this format will follow. Provisionally, the tournament will be held in Manchester on the 19th and 20 th of April this year, however this is subject to change. Exact details will be released as soon as they are confirmed. For those of you who are not aware, under MLU rules the game is refereed and has a separate rule-set from Ultimate, the full version of which will be provided to teams prior to the tournament, with plenty of time to get to grips with them. We have been in contact with Ben Wiggins (founder of www.thehuddle.org) and Ian McClellan (TD of the inaugural MLU tournament) concerning the exact rules and any amendments they would suggest based on having played under them in 2006. Referees will have received several weeks of training prior to the tournament. Each player will receive a shirt as part of the player fee, featuring the yet-to-be finalised MLU:UK logo, the name of your region, and number. For an introduction to the rule amendments, the main changes can be seen on the rec.sport.disc post about the US event here: http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Rec/rec.sport.disc/2006-06/msg01409.html And the Ultivillage DVD of the U.S. MLU from 2006 can be ordered here: http://www.ultivillage.com/index.php/DVD-Trailers/2006-major-league-ultimate-mlu-dvd-trailer Please note, this is not an attempt to change the rules of Ultimate, it is firstly a chance to try out these alternative rules first hand, and secondly a chance to prove the strength of your region at a new elite-level tournament in the UK. Yours, The MLU:UK team P.S. please direct inquiries to [email protected] __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
