MZU Fall Outdoor Hat League: Registration Opens August 31st

As MZU’s Summer Leagues come to a close, it is time to discuss Fall League. It seems weight talking about Fall League when it feels like summer only started the other day. Nevertheless, if you enjoyed Ultimate in June and July, you’ll love it in Fall. Here are the league details:

So find your playing partner, and we’ll see you all back here August 31st at noon. If you have any questions, please email us at hi@MileZeroUltimate.Com, tweet us, or message on us Facebook.

Equality Committee

We are incredibly happy about the response to our call for volunteers for the Equality Committee. It shows there is an interest to make MZU better. We are thrilled with the care and attention they gave a variety of issues and concerns facing equality in MZU. The discussions and outcomes will help fuel a more inclusive MZU. MZU is at the point now where we need greater feedback from our membership about equality and MZU. The committee has created a survey to measure your perception of gender equality and the concept of equal participation with Mile Zero Ultimate Leagues.

We are asking all members to take a few minutes to complete this survey. The responses we receive will help future initiatives of the Equality Committee and improve MZU as a whole.

For more information about The Equality Committee please visit this page .

New Subbing Rules! (2015)

We’ve slightly adjusted our subbing rules, please read them here: https://www.milezeroultimate.com/?services=subbing

MZU Guinness World Record Attempt: June 14th

Summer Hat League 2015: Registration Opens May 11

Registration for MZU Summer Hat League, the reason everyone looks forward to Monday’s in summer will be happening May 11th. However, act fast! Because it will be closing promptly on May 15th. The details are as follows:

Capacity: 80 Players (48 Male, 32 Female) or 8 Teams

Team Composition: 10 players minimum, with a typical composition of 6 males and 4 females. (Note: Based on registration numbers, teams may have 5 males/5 females or 4 males/6 females at the Board’s discretion)

Field Composition: 5 on 5 with a male to female ratio of 3:2 or 2:3, other team not required to match

Fields: Southlands

Format: 8 Teams, Zuluru Ranking System, nine week round-robin, 2 week playoffs

Playoffs: Week one: two four team elimination brackets, week two: Championship and consolation games

Team Building: MZU Board Team Building

Registration: Starts May 11 and ends on May 15

Sign Up: Registration is as a solo only. We are trying this due to feedback about making teams even, and based on gender ratios. The main reason we allow registration in pairs is for car pooling, all the games happen at the same time so this isn’t an issue. Meet new people!

When: Monday Nights 6:00pm to 7:30pm

Duration: 11 weeks June 8th to August 20th

Jerseys: Not included in registration. Teams will select a color.

Cost: $30 per individual + any applicable UNL fees (Note: Players only need to pay the $30 UNL fee for one league. If you paid it for MZU Summer League, you’re good)

If you have any questions, please email hi@milezeroultimate.com or write us on Facebook, or Twitter, and new this year, our MZU Sub Reddit /r/MZU

MZU Summer League Registration Starts April 17

MZU Summer League! Our biggest league of the year will open registration on Friday, April 17th at 12 noon. The league details are as follows:

Team Composition: 14 players minimum, with a minimum of 6 of either gender

Field Composition: 7 on 7, with a male to female ration of 4:3 or 3:4, the opposing team is not required to match

Fields: Southlands, Brother Egan, and Kitty Gaul

Format: 24 Teams (can accommodate up to 32), tier system. 12 games (no game in final week) + Playoff Day (August 29)

Playoffs: 3 x 8 Team elimination brackets. Groupings will be based on the top 8 (1-8), the next 8 (9-16), and the next 8 (17-24). Byes may be necessary to ensure we keep groupings of 8. (i.e if less than 24 teams or teams cannot participate in playoff day)

Team Building: Preformed teams and MZU Board Team Building

Registration: Starts: Friday, April 17  and Ends: Thursday, April 30

Signup: Register as individuals, pairs, groups, or a full team. (In the applicable field please outline your team name, or a list of players you wish to play with)

When: Tuesdays and Thursday Nights between 5:30 – 8:30

Duration: 12 weeks – June 1st to August 29th

Jerseys: Included in registration fee

Cost: $50 per person + $30 UNL fee per person

If you have any questions, please email hi@milezeroultimate.com, post to our Facebook page, reach out on Twitter, and now for the first time whatever they do on Reddit.

MZU Summer League Registration: Flaherty Cup League

TL;DR Version:

• -There are now two leagues, a league for highly competitive teams called Flaherty Cup League and a regular league called MZU Summer League
• -Deadline to express interest for Flaherty League is March 23 (do this by emailing Hi@MileZeroUltimate.Com)
• – Team Registration for Flaherty League opens March 30th
• – You cannot play Flaherty League and MZU Summer League
• – There is no individual registration for Flaherty League only Team Registration.
• – MZU Summer League registration is April 17th

Long Read:

It seems crazy to think we are already talking about Summer League 2015, but alas it is just around the corner. As we discussed at the recent Town Hall meeting, we are changing up our approach to summer this year. We are trying something new, that we hope will help provide a better experience for all of our players. This new approach was based on feedback from a bunch of players, and from discussion with other leagues across the country. If it works like we think it will, this will make for a great summer.

We are splitting MZU Summer League into two leagues. A league that competes for the Flaherty Cup, and MZU Summer League which will compete for a new trophy. The Flaherty Cup League will comprise of highly competitive teams featuring players that have been playing the sport for a long time. TheMZU Summer League will feature competitive teams that have been playing for awhile, and also new teams and players who are new to the sport.
To determine if we can go ahead with splitting the two leagues, we first have to determine if we have enough interest in a highly competitive league. To do this, we are asking for Captain’s of any team interested in playing in the Flaherty Cup League to email Hi@MileZeroUltimate.Com by March 23 indicating your team name and a preliminary roster.

We will then work with the teams who have registered to determine if Monday or Wednesday is the better night for this league to occur on. We will do this by March 30th.

Once we determine if we have enough teams to have a highly competitive league separate from our regular league we will open registration team registration (similar to registration for Team Winter League) March 31st to April 10th.

On April 17th, registration for MZU Summer League.

See you on the field,

MZU Board

MZU Town Hall Slides

Last month we held a Town Hall Meeting to discuss MZU’s plan for the year, as well as some findings from the Ultimate Canada Conference. By having dedicated field space this summer, we were able to plan out the league fully for the first time, and make some cool tweaks that should result in a better Summer League Experience. As always, we welcome and encourage your feedback. You can ask questions or provide comment by checking out the album on Facebook and posting on the individual slide. Additionally, you can view the slides in PDF format here . If you would like to provide your feedback privately, you can email Hi@MileZeroUltimate.Com.

MZU is looking for people to join our new Women’s Committee

MZU is forming a Women’s Committee. The objective of the committee is to engage, empower, and develop the female players in MZU. It is to examine our current Co-ed experience and determine what is working well, and what should change. We hope by forming this committee it will enhance the overall member experience of all players in MZU. What we need now, is MZU players both male and female to step up and join this committee. To bring your great ideas and attitudes towards enhancing the MZU experience. If you are interested in joining this committee please send an email to President@MileZeroUltimate.Com with a few reasons why you want to join this committee.

The deadline to express interest in joining the committee is March 12th. Once the committee is formed, they will be tasked with presenting a proposal back to MZU on how to improve the member experience for women. The MZU board will then assist in the implementation of this plan.

This initiative was borrowed from Toronto Ultimate Club (TUC) and you can read about what they did here

We’re all super excited about this initiative and can’t wait to see what awesome ideas our members bring forward.

Happy Valentine’s Day

We had some fun making some Valentine’s cards for our great members and fans, so check ’em out here!