2009 Club Ultimate Summer Sessions (CUSS)
Is your mixed club team ready to compete? The San Francisco Bay Area is home to some of the best mixed ultimate teams in the country, with over a dozen teams vying for a shot at a national championship. This all-new offering for 2009 gives teams a chance to pit themselves against one another and prepare for the Fall Championship Series.
2009 Club Ultimate Summer Session (CUSS)
Divisions
Monday Schedule
Thursday Schedule
When and where are games?
Summer session will run from June through August and provides teams the opportunity to compete locally against other Bay Area teams. We've secured great lit turf fields at the Tom Bates sports complex in Berkeley for the weekly games.
How does it work?
Team management is left to the captains; however, we recommend a minimum roster size of 16 to ensure sufficient attendance for all games. Each team is free to determine their players, practice schedule, team name, team dues, and so on. But let us know if your team needs assistance getting team jerseys or recruiting players - we can help!
Divisions:
The 2009 summer session will have two divisions. Div 1 will either be mixed (coed) or open (mens) depending on interest. Div 2 will be mixed (coed). If both divisions are mixed, we hope to place more experienced teams into Div 1 and less experienced teams into Div 2.
Dates and Times
- Division 1 - Thursdays, June 11 to Aug 20. Games from 7pm to 9pm and 9pm to 11pm
- Division 2 - Mondays, June 8 to Aug 17. All games from 7pm to 9pm
Location
- Tom Bates / Gilman Sports complex - Right off highway 80 at the Gilman exit in Berkeley (south of the racetrack)
Team Requirements
- Captains meetings - at least one team representative must attend captains meetings
- UPA membership & waivers - all players must be UPA members and submit UPA waivers before first game
- Attendance - teams must field a team each week and show up on time to set up cones. All players must have matching team jerseys or bring a white and a black shirt
- Field care - teams must leave fields clean and undamaged
Team Fee
- Since this is our inaugural summer session, the Bay Area Disc Association is subsidizing CUSS costs thereby allowing us to operate at a small loss.
- $600 per team payable to Club Ultimate Summer Session
- Rebate - if teams meet all the requirements listed above, up to $100 will be returned to each team at the end of the season
- Net cost per team is $500, if your team meets all the rebate requirements ($31.25 per player for a 16 person team)
- $300 due at registrations
- $300 due at captains meeting
Important Dates
- Captain's meeting - 7:30pm Wednesday May 27 - location: 4450 Moraga Ave, Oakland, 94611 (Jason Seidler's home)
TEAM & INDIVIDUAL REGISTRATION HAS CLOSED
General Questions Contact Info
FAQs - 2009 Club Ultimate Summer Session
Do I have to be a member of the UPA to play in the CUSS?
For insurance reasons, all players are also required to be members of the UPA. Click here for an explanation of UPA member benefits, and where your UPA dues go. UPA membership is $40 for regular membership, and $30 for student membership.
IMPORTANT: All players should pay their UPA membership fees directly to the UPA before their event begins.
I'm in High School- can I play?
Yes! You can play with any team but you must also be a current UPA member for 2009.
If I don't have a team to play with can I still play?
CUSS is intended for teams to sign up as teams. Since we know there are many individuals that want to play, we have created a match-making option, which will be available at sign-up, to help individual players find teams that have open spots.
CUSS Volunteers
Who is involved?
Bay Area Disc Association is run entirely by volunteers. We have eight volunteer Captains in each league who help run our teams every season and many other volunteer captains and officials who help with our tournaments. In addition to the Captains, the league is run by the following volunteers.
- League Director - Samir Gupta
- Registration Information Coordinator - Chris Irving
- Communication & Marketing - Rachel Holz & Chris Stotts
- Match-making Coordinator - Aaron Stark
- Spirit Mufti - Chris Irving
- Captains meeting - Rachel Holz
- Webmaster - Chris and Chris
- Scores & Schedules - TBD
Where Does the Money Go?
All money collected goes to support the league. The majority of your fees pay for field rentals. We hired a programmer to help implement our online registration in 2001 & 2002, but all technical planning and other work on the website is done on an unpaid, volunteer basis. Other expenses include discs, insurance, field equipment, clinics, and tournaments. No money goes to any of the league officials.