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Basic Info
At the 1/21/12 VT Coach's meeting it was determined that the 2012 Vermont State Championship will take place on Saturday and Sunday, 5/26 and 5/27. The event will be USA Ultimate sanctioned. The hope is that the event will take place in central Vermont.
VYUL 2012 January Meeting
VYUL 2012 January MeetingVermont Youth Ultimate League January, 21st Meeting Montpelier, HS
In attendance:
Zak Pritchard (Burlington)
Josh Seamon (St. J Boys)
John McKinnon (Lyndon Institute)
Peter Alexander (North Country
Theo (Sharon)
Rustin (Brattleboro)
Matt Forgues (BFA Fairfax)
Anne Watson (Montpelier)
Dave Bennet (Montpelier)
Peyton Levalee
Pete Alexander (NCU)
Joel Heller (St. Johnsbury)
Jake (Burling)
Shannon Leslee (Spaulding)
Matt (CVU)
Noah Abramson (St. Johnsbury)
Eric Stone (South Burlington)
Rustin (Brattleoro)
11:22am: John: 8 teams four years ago,
now 20 teams
State Championship Discussion John: Last year we exceeded
what we can do in one day.
We went around the table and people talked about their thoughts on the
format, schedule, and other general ideas for the VT state championship.
Anne: Host states at Norwich
University (Central VT), not sure of the cost, lots of fields (12),
Good for one day format, Not opposed to multiple days Dave: Likes multiple days,
Norwich Peyton: Really flexible, as
long as there are places to lodge Theo: Doesn’t really know, kids
occupied at the moment, anything would be fine, like the idea more of a
two day Pete: Here to listen Jake: As most opportunity to
play for the kids, go two days, believe that a rookie, great respect
for new teams to play against everyone, even really established teams,
two day tournament is a good idea, treat it like a sport, don’t short
it, make it big and good, Zak: As long as its central I’m
for it being two days Shannon: Give them more playing
time, two days Matt: Two days would be great,
tricky part is that they have lots going on Josh: Big event, better, kids
would love it Zach: As a player I would like
a two day tournament, more games, more fun Joel: Two days seems like a
good idea, graduated from Norwich
General consensus is for two days
Need an Local Organizing Committee (LOC) for the state champs
Joel (St. Johnsbury) knows the president of Norwich. He’s going to send
him an email to start the conversation. Aim to possible host the event
there for several years.
Do we stay with USAU or form and
independent league?
- Some people were concerned with the paperwork, chaperone forms
- USAU format had limitations
Josh’s pitch: There are
downsides, but lots of legitimacy is added and we receive liability
coverage for the event. Would not have been able to start the
tournament otherwise. Not all teams can receive certificates of
insurance from their schools. We can go even further and sanction the
whole league. If we did that, it would be much easier for teams to get
insurance coverage for fields.
Anyone strongly against USAU for the
event? Nope.
VT State Champs: 5/26-27
Girls Division, Separate Event
John will setup a Google Calendar for
showing:
- When you have space
- When you’d like to play
Jake: Working to possibly
create a Champlain Valley game schedule
Peyton: Help with VYUL website
Round Robin Games: Schedule groups of games together
Vermont YCC team: Well received, first step is sanctioning the league
USAU Coaching Clinic discussion: Level 1, broad experience served
Need to find out about actual interest, who would sign up, seems like
there is strong interest, $75 fee discussed
Girls teams:
StJ, LI, who else? Montpelier, CVU, BFA possible. Aim to have a 4+ team
Girls State Championship this spring.
Jake is going to run a tournament in Burlington: Aiming for last
weekend of April 28th-29th, Coordinate local hotels, Jake is stepping
back a bit from BHS, 8 teams, “Champlingship”, USAU Sanctioned, Wants
to start a MS league
Josh: Gave out dates for
tournaments that are set in stone:
Northfield Mount Hermon (MA): April
28th (Open and Girls)
Open contact: Mark Yates (
)
Girls contact: Craig Hefner (
)
2009 VT State Champs 
