Catapulted from obscurity, The Galway Open returns to Ireland this Autumn. The Galway Open 2011 promises to be the Rootin'est, Tootin'est, Boot-Scootin'est Ultimate Frisbee Tournament this side o' Tallahassee!
The Tournament will be taking place at the NUI Galway sports grounds in Dangan, Galway city on the 1st and 2nd of October 2011. The venue offers prestine pitches and top class changing facilities, with under floor heating to keep your toes warm! Each Team will have no less than seven 60 minute games to 15 points (TBC). There will be no player fee for the tournament but instead a team fee for each team that enters. This year we will also see the Galway Open recieve the GAIA Spirit Award Sponsorship - in co-operation with JUMP+REACH / GAIA Europe. The team that wins SOTG will receive 1 very special GAIA Spirit Disc (black discs with gold and silver print) as a team trophy during the prize ceremony. In addition,every player who played in the team while winning SOTG will receive a white GAIA Spirit Disc (of course with the same logo as the trophy disc). The white discs will be sent from GAIA to the team directly after the tournament. Trinity won this prestigious award last year, So make sure you enter your team so you have a chance to win this epic prize. Tournament fee: 150 euro for 1st team 120 euro for 2nd team 120 euro for teams coming from outside of Ireland. We have a reduced fee for teams travelling internationally to add an incentive to travel and to negate excess costs. We also have a reduced fee for clubs bringing a second team! We plan to run a two tiered tournament with a 2nd division for developing teams. So why not bring your beginners along and let them experience great Ultimate in the party capital of Ireland, Galway city! What you will get at this tournament: Each team will recieve a basic Breakfast and Lunch at the pitches each day and clean drinking water is provided. The Winning Team of the Tournament will recieve a bitchin' Trophy along with medals. Each team will vote for an MVP who will recieve a limited edition Galway Open MVP T-shirt. At the Friday night party, at the College bar, all players will recieve 1 free beer and some free pizza! Ya thats right, free beer and pizza. If you don't believe us ask someone who went last year! On the Saturday night, there will be a Black & Gold themed party in Monroes. There will be finger food, cheap drinks and a live band rocking it out. You are probably wondering how do we afford all this for such a low price... Magic! Its like Hogwarts over here in Galway. In regards Accommodation, team members hope to accommodate as many players as we can with couches, floor space, etc... We will endeavour to host as many people as we can but priority will be given to teams travelling the furthest and to teams who have hosted the Galway team in the past. A list of great value hostels will also be published. More details will also be in the captains pack. If your team is interested in attending, or you would like to play for the pick up team. Please e-mail the tournament director: Liam Grant at [email protected] you can also check out last years tournament video by clicking here<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woVrdZU9pOE>. Hope you can make it, Liam Grant Galway Open 2011 TD __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
