Hello Youth Ultimate Enthusiasts!<br><br>We've got six pieces of news for you:<br><br>1. MoHo and Mini MoHo in February<br>2. Green Games<br>3. Seattle Spring League (ES, MS, HS Coed and HS Single-Gender)<br>4. Tacoma High School Spring League<br>
5. Spring Reign<br>6. Teams Needing Coaches<br><br><br>1. MOHO AND MINI MOHO IN FEBRUARY<br><br>MoHo and Mini MoHo are a
series of *FREE* practices for high school and middle school students
respectively. They include drills and scrimmages, led by experienced
adult Ultimate players and coaches from the Seattle area. We welcome
players of all skill and experience levels. To learn more about the history, philosophy and coaches of MoHo visit the<b> </b><b style="font-weight: normal;">MoHo pages</b><b style="font-weight: normal;"> at: <a href="http://www.discnw.org/youth/moho/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.discnw.org/youth/moho/index.html</a><br>
<br></b>Participants are encouraged to pre-register, however players may
register at any time throughout the season and may attend as few or as
many sessions as they would like. <br><div>
<p> Mini MoHo and MoHo will run
simultaneously on the same fields each week at the following times and locations:<br><br>--Sunday, February 6 from 4:30-7:30pm on Genesee Lower Soccer Field<br>--Sunday, February 13 from 1-4pm on Magnuson Park Field 6<br>
--Sunday, February 20 from 4:30-7:30pm on Genesee Lower Soccer Field<br>
--Sunday, February 27 from 1:30-4:30pm on Loyal Heights Field<br></p><p>To register for MoHo visit: <a href="http://www.discnw.org/events/MoHo.html" target="_blank">http://www.discnw.org/events/MoHo.html</a></p><p>To register for Mini MoHo visit: <a href="http://www.discnw.org/events/minimoho.html" target="_blank">http://www.discnw.org/events/minimoho.html</a></p>
<p><br></p><p>2. GREEN GAMES</p><p>DiscNW is proud to be hosting the 2nd Annual Green Games: <a href="http://www.discnw.org/events/greengames.html" target="_blank">http://www.discnw.org/events/greengames.html</a> </p><div>
<p>The Green Games will take place at Charles
Wright Academy in Tacoma on Sunday, March 13. We will schedule
three games for each team, with one bye during the day.</p>
<p>There are three divisions:<br><br>--Middle school girls<br>--Middle school boys<br>--High school open (novice/intermediate teams)--girls are encouraged
to participate in this open division, but there is no strict gender
ratio</p>
<p>Though the tournament is designed for school-based teams, we
recognize both that it can be difficult for new or intermediate high
school teams to put together a full team for a tournament, and that
pulling together a single-gender middle school team can also be a
challenge. For that reason, there is some flexibility to the "one
school" team rule for this tournament. We are primarily interested in
growing the sport in this new city and this new division of play. Thus,
teams made up of players from more than one school will be permitted.
That being said, to maintain the integrity of competition, please limit
the number of schools represented on one team (no all-star teams,
please).</p><p>**Registration ends February 20th.**<br></p></div><p><br></p></div>3. SEATTLE SPRING LEAGUE (ES, MS, HS COED AND HS SINGLE-GENDER)<br><br>***Registration is open for all Seattle Youth Spring Leagues!!***<br>
<br>Elementary School Coed Spring League<br>**Registration Closes February 13**<br><a href="http://www.discnw.org/events/SpringElementary.html" target="_blank">http://www.discnw.org/events/SpringElementary.html</a><br><br>
Middle School Coed Spring League<br>
**Registration Closes February 13**<br><a href="http://www.discnw.org/events/SpringMS.html" target="_blank">http://www.discnw.org/events/SpringMS.html</a><br><br>High School Coed Spring League<br>**Registration Closes February 13**<br>
<a href="http://www.discnw.org/events/SpringHSCoed.html" target="_blank">http://www.discnw.org/events/SpringHSCoed.html</a><br>
<br>High School Single-Gender Spring League<br>**Registration for Varsity is CLOSED**<br>**Registration for JV closes 3/3**<br><a href="http://www.discnw.org/events/SpringHSSingleGender.html" target="_blank">http://www.discnw.org/events/SpringHSSingleGender.html</a><br>
<br><br><br>4. TACOMA HIGH SCHOOL SPRING LEAGUE<br><br>For the second year we're hosting a high school Ultimate league in
Tacoma! It is open to high school teams (grades 9-12), public or
private. All players on a team should attend the same school (contact
us for exceptions). Teams are encouraged to play at least a 6:1
boy:girl ratio as much as possible, but this is not a strict rule or
requirement.
<p>Games will be on the following Saturdays:<br></p><p>--April 16<br>--April 23<br>--May 7<br>--May 14<br>--May 21</p>
<p>Times and fields are TBA--We will update the Tacoma HS page when registration opens and as soon as we have the location pinned down.</p><p>For more information about Tacoma HS Spring League, visit the league page at: <a href="http://www.discnw.org/events/TacomaSpringHS.html" target="_blank">http://www.discnw.org/events/TacomaSpringHS.html</a></p>
<p><br></p><p>5. SPRING REIGN<br>
<br>***Registration is open for Spring Reign (and closes March 31)!!***</p><p>Spring Reign is the largest youth ultimate tournament in the world! Spring
Reign is a coed tournament with divisions for elementary school, middle
school and high school teams. With teams from Washington, Oregon,
California, British Columbia, Manitoba, Alberta, and beyond, this
tournament will showcase some of the best competition in the Northwest!<br></p><p>Games will be played in Burlington, WA on April 30-May 1, 2011.<br><br>For more information and to register visit: <a href="http://www.discnw.org/events/SpringReign.html" target="_blank">http://www.discnw.org/events/SpringReign.html</a><br>
<br>***We need volunteers to help with Spring Reign on the tournament days.***<br>If you'd like to help, please contact <a href="mailto:spring.reign@discnw.org" target="_blank">spring.reign@discnw.org</a> and we'll be forever grateful!<br>
</p><p><br></p><p>6. TEAMS NEED COACHES<br></p><p>There are currently three youth teams looking for coaches: <br></p><p>--Madrona Middle
School in Edmonds (new team)<br>--Laurelhurst Elementary (first year
team)<br>--Cleveland High School girls' team (new team, stipended
position)<br></p><p>If you are interested in helping to develop a new youth
Ultimate program, contact Wynne Scherf at <span><a href="mailto:youth.director@discnw.org" target="_blank">youth.director@discnw.org</a></span></p>
<p><br><br>Please contact me at <a href="mailto:betsy.brown@discnw.org">betsy.brown@discnw.org</a> if there is any more information you may need!<br></p>-- <br>Betsy Brown<br>Operations Manager, DiscNW<br><br><br>