Pittsburgh Ultimate Blog
In the CPU Board Election, three new Board Members were elected to replace outgoing members and one member was re-elected. The members who were elected to the CPU Board are:
- Vivek Devaraj
- Maria Bajzek
- Tracy Gibbs
- Justin Burdett
Vivek and Tracy were newly elected to 2-year terms, and Maria was re-elected to a second 2-year term. Justin Burdett was elected to a 1-year term. The four of them join Nicole Shannon as the five-member CPU Board. Special thanks to outgoing Board Members Henry Thorne, Chriss O'Lare, and Darren Shultz, whose contributions to the community have been exceptional.
PHUL is piloting a new program: Coach-for-a-day!
We realize that we have invaluable resources here in Pittsburgh, with players and leaders that support youth ultimate, but don't always have the extra time to consistently coach a team. This program is for you! We have a few teams left in the league without coaches and they are dying for help. If you can come to even just one practice, they'd love to have you.
If you are interested in seeing a schedule, please email ChristieLawry@phul-ultimate.org and we can add you to a google document with requested dates and times. From there, you can choose to sign up for one date, a few, or none at all. No pressure!
Thanks in advance,
The 2012 PHUL Administration
The University of Pittsburgh Men's team, En Sabah Nur, won Classic City Classic in Athens, GA this past weekend, beating the Univeristy of Florida 15-7 in Finals. Pitt was undefeated on the weekend, going 7-0. Follow Pitt this spring on Twitter (@pittultimate) for live scores.
After a battle in the bitter cold and gusting winds, a champion and recipients of the 7 league cones has emerged...Mongolian P.I.M.P. Despite the sloppy field and cold, Charcool and Mongolian P.I.M.P. brought out their rosters with a hunger for victory. The game was hard fought with both teams digging deep and finding streaks of scoring. In the end, both teams shook hands grabbed some food and ran off to their cars.
Wednesday night saw the end of the Fall Salary Draft League, in a clash between Black & Yellow and Happy Fun Time on a field that had seen better days, B&Y brought out the big win. Congratulations and thanks to all the teams and players for a great season.
Pittsburgh's Oakland Ultimate finished 12th out of 16 teams at the USAU Club Championships this past weekend as the first Pittsburgh-based Open team to attend the Championships in over 20 years. Oakland notched wins vs. SubZero (Minneapolis) and Tanasi (Nashville) during power pools on Friday to get into the 9-12 bracket, where they fell to Truck Stop (DC/Baltimore) and Johnny Bravo (Boulder, CO).
Also, congrats to Pittsburgh native Tommy Hendrickson for winning the Mixed Championship with Blackbird (Bay Area).
Oakland Ultimate will be heading to Sarasota to take on the best in the nation at the USAU Club Championships Thursday through Sunday of this week. Check out the event preview or follow along with scores at the USAU Website. Also, follow Oakland Ultimate on Twitter (@oaklandultimate) for live scores.
Good Luck Oakland!
Congratulations to Pittsburgh-based Oakland Ultimate who qualified for the USA Ultimate Club Championships this past weekend! Oakland qualified by beating out North Carolina's Cash Crop 14-13 in the game-to-go, after being down 12-9. Follow Oakland at the Championships October 27-30 on Twitter (@oaklandultimate) or at www.usaultimate.com. Oakland Ultimate is the first Pittsburgh-based Open Club team to qualify for the Championships since Arm & Hammer qualified in 1990.
UPDATE: Recap of the Oakland vs. Cash Crop game posted on RSD
Other Pittsburgh Teams also competed at Regionals in the Club Division this year. In the Open Division, Dire Wolf finished tied for 7th place. In the Mixed division, Muff'n'Men finished tied for 5th place. In the Women's division, Hot Metal finished tied for 5th place.
Congratulations to Skagg Hunters for defeating Victorious Secret by a score of 15-8 in Summer League Finals. This is the third consecutive year that a team captained by Tad Wissel has won Summer League (Ladies' Night in '09, Jags and Skaggs in '10, and Skagg Hunters in '11).
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