051811 - SJAI2011 Post Tourney Update
Hello everyone,
Thank you so much for your wonderful feedback! We'll be using comments
from the online survey along with months of deep thought to make the
next SJAI even better than this year's!
We're still looking at May
19th and 20th, 2012 for the date of next year's event. The date
will be finalized sometime late this summer. Next year our boys
divisions will return to their regular location, Lyndon Institute.
The official tournament photographer has finished putting up images
from tournament on his site right
here. Make sure to check them out!
Our local TV station did a story on the tournament. You can watch it
online right
here about 24 minutes into the May 2nd broadcast.
Thanks again for coming out to the 2011 St. Johnsbury Academy
Invitational!
See you on the field,
- Seamon
Post Tourney Email
050411 - SJAI2011 - Post Tourney Email Hello everyone,
Thank you, thank you, thank you for coming out to the 2011 St.
Johnsbury Academy Invitational! I am so happy that you all made the
trip and I hope to see you all again at next year's event!
Right now we're looking at May
19th and 20th, 2012 for the date of next year's event. The date
will be set in stone towards the end of the summer.
Please take a minute to login
to your online roster and make sure it's 100% in order. If you
have any items still listed as missing, or if you notice any other
issues, please email both me and Anna () at
USA Ultmate HQ. In the email please tell us what you are doing or have
done to correct the problem.
In order to help improve next year's SJAI, we'd like your feedback.
We'd love it if as many players, coaches, and chaperones could take 5
minutes to fill out the post tournament
survey. We welcome any and all comments. The more information you
can give us the better we can make next year's event.
A decent sized lost and found box is sitting her in my classroom. If
you think an item in the box may be yours, let me know. One item in the
box is a silver and black LG clamshell style cell phone.
Thanks again for attending the St. Johnsbury Invite!
We're all set for another round of the St. Johnsbury Academy Invitational!
All teams need to make sure they have at least one representative at the 8am captain's meeting at tournament central. There will be a meeting at both SJA and the Fairgrounds.
It's hard to believe that in just over two weeks the St. Johnsbury
Ultimate community will be welcoming you all the the NEK! We can't
wait, and hope you can't wait as well!
Note: I will be on vacation
from 4/15 through 4/24. During that time my email response will be
delayed.
Every team's paperwork status has been updated on the online spreadsheet. Please take a look
and make sure your information is correct.
1) Every team must have at least one NCSI background checked chaperone
listed on their online roster
in order to participate. Please keep in mind that it can take up to two
weeks for this process to be completed. If you have not started this
process, please do so IMMEDIATELY.
Listed below are the teams that have completed this requirement as of
8:30pm on Wednesday, 4/13:
Acton-Boxborough MA Open
Amherst JVA MA Open
Brattleboro VT Open
Columbia B NJ Open
Compass VT Open
Concord-Carlisle MA Open
Concord-Carlisle MA Girls [Note:
You need to have someone else listed as your chaperone.]
Falmouth ME Open
Fryeburg Academy ME Open
Hanover NH Open
Hopkinton MA Open
Lincoln-Sudbury MA Girls
Lincoln-Sudbury MA Open
Lyndon Institute VT Open
PVPA MA Girls
Spaulding VT Open
St. Johnsbury Academy V VT Girls
St. Johnsbury Academy V VT Open
Stuyvesant JV NY Open
Stuyvesant V NY Open
Vermont Commons VT Open
All other teams either have NO chaperone listed on their online roster
or their listed chaperone still needs to be cleared.
I implore you to get this done as quickly as you can. Please let me
know immediately if you have any questions.
2) Only players that are listed on your online roster that have paid
their USA Ultimate membership due and have completed the online waiver
will be allowed to play. If
your team puts players on the field that are not on your roster your
team will be immediately expelled from the tournament.
3) All teams must mail me copies
of their USA Ultimate medical waiver forms.
4) All teams must have at least one
chaperone with them at all times, including all time spent at
host houses.
6) Many teams have requested more dinner spots than they have paid for.
Please check the paperwork status sheet, find out how much you owe, and
send your check, made out to St. Johnsbury Academy to:
Josh Seamon
SJAI2011
1000 Main St.
St. Johnsbury, VT 05819
Please write your team's name and "dinner" in the memo field on your
check. Checks need to be mailed by this Friday. (I have to finalize
dinner numbers by early next week.)
+TEAM ROSTERS
We will be including team rosters in our tournament program. Please
fill out the team roster
spreadsheet and email it to me at by Thursday,
4/21 at 3pm.
+TOURNAMENT PHOTOGRAPHER
I am happy to announce that in addition to several student
photographers, we will have a professional on hand. Stephen McKinney
of Big Dawg Images
will be working his way through our field sites taking pictures all day
Saturday and Sunday. Prints will be for sale online shortly after the
tournament.
+HOUSING ASSIGNMENT
The housing coordinator extraordinaire, Teija, has been hard at working
matching the 27 teams that need housing with hosts. She will be sending
out emails introducing teams to their hosts in the next 7 days. Be on
the look out for the email.
The following teams have not filled out the Housing and Dinner numbers
online form. If I don't hear from you by the end of the week I will
assume you don't need any housing or dinner tickets.
Montpelier A VT Open
Montpelier B VT Open
Needham B MA Open
+ROSTERING TIPS
1) On your online roster, Organizers and Chaperones are NOT the same thing. The same person
can be listed in both places but the big thing you need is for at least
one person to be listed as a chaperone who has completed the NCSI
background check.
2) Please delete players from your rosters that will not be attending
the tournament.
3) If a player's status is not showing up as up to date, click on
"Check Roster". This can also help to make a coach show up as cleared.
+TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
I am working hard at completing the final tournament schedule. My goal
is to release the first draft in the next 5 days. The big thing I need
from all teams is for everyone to report their scores in
the USA Ultimate online score reporter. Initial tournament rankings
will be based on what has been reported to this system.
Everything that is currently known about the competition schedule is
online right here.
Event schedule information is online right here.
+DINNER/DANCE/TRADE NIGHT
The Saturday night extravaganza (6-10pm) is going to be phenomenal. All
tournament participants, coaches, and chaperones are welcome to attend
even if they're not going to eat dinner at the event. In addition to
the dance, bouncy castles (3!), and dinner, there will also be a large
gaming room.
2009 VT State Champs 
Hello everyone,
