2002 UK Ultimate Awards in association with JUMP+REACH and GAIA Europe
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The closing date for the 2002 Awards is 14th September 2002 (2 weeks after
open Nationals) - make sure you have your say in who wins.
You can vote
Jason (et al),
The answer (on behalf of the UKU Board) to that question is yes.
However, it does take a while to organise these things so bear with us.
In the meantime there is a wealth of coaching information available, for
Ultimate specific information try:
- Speaking to all the experienced
What did the Romans do for us?
Apart from the roads, education and medical services?
Disclaimer: This is a personal response and not in any way official. I
am however very keen to hear other peoples thoughts/suggestions/moans on
the UKU and its first year. (And I'm sure the rest of the UKU
My apologies for pestering you with yet another mail and for the length
of this one.
As I will be standing as one of the candidates for the position of
President (maybe Chairman is a better word) for 2003, I thought I would
set out my ideas on how I would to see things working over the coming
James,
Although rather misinformed and abrupt the gist of your email is valid.
Poor communication has been an obvious failing during the UKU's first
year, this is why many of the people standing for election have
explicitly mentioned communication as an issue that needs addressed.
Several
Hi all,
Thank you to all those that took part in the election.
The 2003 board will be made up of:
. Barry O'Kane (Chair)
. Wayne Davey (Treasurer)
. Chis Hughes (DOC)
. Adam Batchelor
. Alia Ayub
. Laura Pearce
. Tom Styles
. Paul Unwin
Our Administrator (NJ Unwin) will be taking over
Title: Message
Hi
all,
We have just sent
out a "Member Update" mail to everyone who has registered on the UKU site.
However we did have a few problems so my apologies if your copy is
garbled.
The Update is also
available at:
http://www.ukultimate.com/about/update_june2003.asp
Thanks,
Thanks for pointing that out Del. Not sure how we missed out - but we
are there now!
Barry
UKU Chair
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Derek Robins
Sent: 10 June 2003 17:20
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [BD] WFDF membership/player stats
Just to change the topic slightly: What is Spirit?
Or more accurately how do we (the Ultimate community in the UK) view
Spirit? I suspect that some of you will wonder why I think I need to
ask, but I know from experience that we have many different definitions:
Is it just being nice, polite
to be a regular feature?
Neither the Update nor the website say...
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Wayne Retter
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Original Message-
From: Barry O'Kane [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 11 June 2003 16:43
Subject: [BD] UKU Member Update!
Hi all,
We have just sent out a Member
Anna (et al),
1. The free years membership is (like the paid memberships) valid until
1/1/2004 only.
2. Overseas players are usually treated on a case by case basis.
However if they are not eligible for the introductory membership the
chances are that they will have to pay the membership fees.
Voting for the 2003 UK Ultimate Association Awards is now open!
To have your say visit:
http://www.ukultimate.com/vote/
LookFly Player of the Year in the following categories:
- Male
- Female
- Student Male
- Student Female
- Junior Male
- Junior Female
(kindly sponsored by
Job title: UKUA Administrator
Main duties: responding to member and public queries; receiving and
managing member fee payments; providing administrative support to Board
members; maintaining the player database; monitoring team rosters;
preparing for Board elections; managing insurance.
2003/2004 SEASON
Dates, rules, standards and bidding process for all official UKUA events
for the 2003/04 Indoor and 2004 Seasons available at:
http://www.ukultimate.com/2004/
This includes full details of the changes to the 2004 Tour.
Hi all,
GB Mixed training will take place (along side the other squads) on
Sunday 9 November at Clifton College in Bristol (the 2003 Tour 1 venue)
starting at 11am.
Invites are limited, so if you would like to attend or are interested
please email Isla : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Barry
(on behalf of
-Original Message-
From: HUGHES, Chris
To all those running Winter Leagues,
I appreciate your annoyance at the placement of tournaments,
particularly the indoor qualifiers. Whilst I did proffer a schedule that
identified the winter league dates as the first weekend in every month,
and
'manifesto', this briefly outlines what I would like to concentrate on
next year. If you feel you can help or that I am wrong or even that you
could do a better job (I know there are plenty out there who could do a
better job) - please stand for election!
Manifesto: Barry O'Kane standing for Chairman
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 02 December 2003 15:55
To: eurodisc
Subject: [ED] 1st Brussels International JUNIOR Tournament - 17/18 April
2004.
Hi ultimate lovers from all of Europe,
The COMETS the
All,
The list (and manifestos) of those standing for the 2004 Board is
available at:
http://www.ukultimate.com/elections/2004/
Voting will open shortly.
In the meantime please take a look at this list and ask yourself:
Are you represented by the people on this list? Is your team
represented?
-Original Message-
From: HUGHES, Chris
All,
We have been desperately trying to organise the outdoor season for next
year and have come to an impasse. At present the following events have
been organised and fixed in the diary, although the date on one of the
mixed events has changed. At
Arnie,
Its always worth a try. Although its perhaps a little early to be
trying to get coverage of the big outdoor events next year (these are
far and away the best promotional vehicles we have) - such as the Tour,
Champions League and Nationals.
(Decent) Coverage of these in any of the
Diva,
Good work. See if you can include the following:
03/04 April 2004 Tour Event (Bristol)
26/27 June 2004 Tour Event (Peffermil, Edinburgh)
29/30 May 2004 Tour Event (Leeds)
31 June - 8 August: World Championships (Finland)
21/22 August 2004 Open National Finals (Birmingham)
28/29 August
Richard,
'Without portfolio' simply means a Board member without a specific named
title. All Board members must take part in meetings, discussions and
votes - many of those standing have mentioned an interest or group that
they wish to represent.
In addition 'without portfolio' Board members
Maybe we could get a view from each of the UKU Board
candidates - how would you choose?
I am keen to find someone to coordinate the GB teams for this - so that
the (already over worked) folk involved with Finland and the UKU don't
end up having to fit it in.
The person could then have
All,
The dates on the website are (now) all confirmed. As you will notice
there are still one or two events not up - as soon as they are confirmed
they will go up.
http://www.ukultimate.com/events.asp
Details for each event will be added as and when the relevant TDs make
them available.
Excellent questions Daniel, I wish you had asked them a little earlier -
with only 10 days before voting closes I doubt if many of your
suggestions are in time for this year.
1) It would be helpful to have the picture of the people
running for election on the website. I have probably met
To clarify:
Qualifiers:
UKUA Membership is NOT required for indoor qualifiers. However, it does
make sense to make sure all your players register on ukultimate.com -
it's the only way we can keep everyone informed!
Team rosters are NOT required for indoor qualifiers, however, Team lists
of
The 2004 board will consist of:
Barry O'Kane (Chair)
Laura Pearce (Treasurer)
Chris Hughes (DOC)
Adam Batchelor
Alia Ayub
Paul Unwin
Wayne Retter
Simon Barlow
Graham Mynott
Samual Webber
Rich Hims (University Coordinator)
Our thanks to Pete Harvey and Tom Styles, members of last
Hi all,
Thought someone might be interested in this! (See below).
Any interested 'bachelor' can they please email
[EMAIL PROTECTED] their info, including:
Name
Age
Date of Birth
Where they are from
Contact details
photo (preferably with a Frisbee in shot)
Barry
-Original
Hi all,
The UKU website is currently being rebuilt - and all the membership
registrations have been put on hold in the meantime.
Shortly you will be able to join or renew your membership online.
Watch this space.
Barry
PS The lost password reminder works fine for me. If you are having
Hi all,
A Member Update email went out this morning. If you didn't get a copy you
probably need to check your registration details on the site.
It included some information about the new website, online membership
payments and the Coaching development plan.
A copy of the email is available
Dave (et al),
The dates are correct. Mixed 3,4 and Nats as well as Open Nats and other
events are all there at:
http://www.ukultimate.com/events.asp
Click on the event to see the venue and contact details (and further details
as the events draw closer).
Barry
-Original Message-
Tom,
Any cheques posted before now should be fine. However don't post one today
(Thursday) or Friday, there's no way it will make it one time!
If your cheque is in the post you will still need to write your name and
email on the form on Sat morning.
Barry
-Original Message-
From:
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Subject: Re: [BD] UKUA Membership and Indoor Nationals
Can someone check out the site please.
Every time I click to renew membership it doesn't open up a
new window, it just refreshes the page.
Ali
from:Barry O'Kane [EMAIL PROTECTED]
date:Wed, 18 Feb 2004 17:51:27
Hi all,
Apologies, the page:
http://www.ukultimate.com/Member/MemberTypes.aspx
is now correct.
Any more errors you find on the site please report to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(or use the form on the site).
Thanks,
Barry
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL
I thought the new website wasn't fully launched and that you
still had to use the old one for certain things, such as
looking for team and event details.
That is a very accurate summary.
The majority of the content will be (as it always has been) freely available
on the new site. In
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Lorne Beckman
Sent: 18 March 2004 02:12
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [ED] SotG observers
Greetings,
I'm no philosopher, but here's what I have to say:
SOtG does work and can continue to work, but
Comments are invited from all teams who may consider attempting to qualify
for World Clubs in 2006. Please do not send these comments to me and don't
clog up Britdisc, send comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks,
Barry
-Original Message-
From: Dan Engström [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Louis (et al),
Check out: http://www.wugc2004.org for details of the event. Transport to
Helsinki is simple enough and the Finnish train service is excellent. The
only problem you are likely to have is accommodation as Turku is busy in the
summer.
It would be good to have extra support!
Hi all,
Just wanted to remind everyone that you MUST be a paid member of UKU to play
in Tour A or B. You can register and pay online at www.ukultimate.com.
Money will NOT be collected at the event, so please pay in advance. If you
wish to post a cheque please register online first, and ensure
they pickup again??
Seems a bit pointless when if you made teams roster irrespective of
the Tour they are playing in it stops a possible problem?!
Am I talking crap?!
Matt
-Original Message-
From: Barry O'Kane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 29 March 2004 14:37
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED
Hi all,
A Member Update email has just been sent out to everyone who has registered
with details of the Tour (Open, Mixed and Women's).
I thought it worth sending the extract below to this list as those to whom
it applies may not get the Member Update email!
MEMBERSHIP
Membership cards are
Hi all,
Just a reminder that EVERYONE must be a PAID member of the UKUA to play in
the Mixed Tour this weekend.
Money will not be collected on the day, please pay in advance. You can pay
online at: www.ukultimate.com
The full Mixed Tour rules can be found at:
www.ukultimate.com/2004/
Thanks,
Hi Kate (et al),
Payment for temporary membership is not available online. It will also not
be possible to pay on the day.
Stick a cheque in the post now, and send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If payment arrives by Tuesday after the event (and is postmarked before the
event) then that's
Could we have some details about tour 4 in Edinburgh please?
Andy (the TD) is not available at the moment, full details will be available
early next week. However I'll try and answer your questions:
I'm trying to book a flight but it would be good to know
where the venue is. Also I
Hi all,
The most recent UKUA Member Update email mistakenly stated that Leeds won
the 2004 University nationals. This was wrong.
The 2004 University Champions were in fact Aberdeen (Positive Mojo), who
also won spirit.
Positive Mojo also won the 2004 Indoor Championships and spirit!
-Original Message-
From: HUGHES, Chris
Apologies for the delay, here are the results for T2.
A Tour
1. Clapham 1
2. LeedsLeedsLeeds
3. Fusion
4. Chevron Action Flash
5. Fire of London 1
6. Clapham 2
7. Blue Arse Flies
8. EMO 1
9. Bristol Plastic Factory 1
10. Ltd Release
11. Fire of
-Original Message-
From: HUGHES, Chris
All,
After repeated warnings, two teams at T2 were found to have fielded illegal
players. The two teams in question, Smash Grab and UTB have been penalised
25% of their tour points effectively immediately. Smash and Grab will retain
their
The World Flying Disc Federation . 200 Linden . Fort Collins, Co 80524
970-484-6932 . [EMAIL PROTECTED] . www.wfdf.org
General Release:
There have been a number of various responses to the release of the Official
WFDF
Anti-Doping Policy. We can assure you this process has been done with much
my meagre
best to help run things at a local, national and international level.
My apologies again if my poor attempt at humour implied the opposite in any
way.
Barry
-Original Message-
From: Robert Alpen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 11 June 2004 10:55
To: Barry O'Kane; [EMAIL
Message from Andy (Tour 4 TD):
All games start at 9am on both Saturday and Sunday. Captains meeting at
8.30am on Saturday morning.
Schedule can be downloaded from:
www.edinburghultimate.co.uk/tour4
All other details (accommodation, directions etc) also on the website.
Hi all,
There have a been a couple of distressing incidents of things going
'missing' at tournaments this year.
Two of the most significant where:
1. At the BritOpen in Eastbourne a couple of advertising banners belonging
to Jump+Reach / GAIA Europe went missing (two large banners advertising
Hi all,
A big thank you to everyone who supported the GB squads at in Finland last
week - both those that made the trip out and those who supported from home.
Reports and photos at:
www.lookflynews.com
Full results at:
www.wugc2004.org
Some video clips at:
To anyone who has run a tournament in the last 5 years:
The UKUA are currently considering some changes to the way that we run
tournaments. To aid in the discussions I am trying to gather financial data
on recent tournaments; and would be very grateful if you could send me a
rough summary of
Are you only interested in outdoor events?
No, all events. Indoor, outdoor, Tour, Mixed, Womens, Juniors, Students,
everything...
Thanks,
Barry
-Original Message-
From: Barry O'Kane
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 13/08/2004 13:25
Subject: [BD] Calling All TD's
To anyone
Alex,
The UKUA are planning to go further than that. On the 23rd of October (the
Awards dinner will be in the evening) we are holding a 'Conference' in
London. All teams are invited to send a representative - topics discussed
will include the tournament and season structure, coaching,
Apologies to those that get this more than once.
-Original Message-
From: UK Ultimate
Sent: 21 September 2004
Subject: 2004 Conference Awards Dinner
Dear UKUA Member,
CONFERENCE
Details for the 2004 UKUA
Thanks Matt,
It is always good to actually get feedback - even when it is negative.
Unfortunately it is too late to change anything this year and it's a shame
we didn't get more feedback earlier in the year. The dinner/conference was
first suggested in the Member Update sent on the 14th March
There is little or no chance of getting this virus direct from BritDisc
because the infected attachments are stripped out.
Also it wouldn't do much good to remove those emails from the list - as Ben
says it is more than likely that the emails are 'spoofed' and are actually
not from their
-Original Message-
From: distresseddebt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 22 November 2004 16:04
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [WFDFMemberLink] Ultimate History Book
As you have probably heard, there has been a project progressing this year
to pull together an Ultimate History
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of infoeucc2005
Sent: 01 December 2004 20:18
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [ED] EUCC2005 Christmas Calendar
Hello Ultimate Europe
The Endzonis in Rostock are working hard to prepare the EUCC 2005 for you.
Voting for the 2005 UKUA Board Elections closed on Wednesday 8th December
2004.
Well done to all those who stood for election and thank you to all those who
took the time to vote!
The new UKUA Board for 2005 is:
Barry O'Kane - Chairman
Laura Pearce - Treasurer (and Women's Committee
Hi,
Yes, it is still a requirement to be a UKUA 'registered' member in order to
play at the Indoor regionals - however as this is FREE it does not seem
unreasonable. Just 5 mins on the website to register or update your details
if you registered last year.
The reason for this, by the way, is
-Original Message-
From: Patrick van der Valk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 29 January 2005 12:03
To: [WFDFMemberLink]
Hello to all WFDF members, and happy new year to you too :-)
This year BULA - the Beach Ultimate Lovers Association - will hold the
4-on-4 Beach Ultimate World
We will be - as soon as we hear official confirmation from the EFDF. We
have an idea of what all the slots are - but need to wait for the official
EFDF announcement. Having said that I am not sure if that announcement will
happen before the TD's contact the teams in question!
Barry
-Original Message-
From: Chris Hughes (DOC)
All,
I apologise for the lateness of this email.
Thanks to all those teams who actually attended indoor qualifiers. UKU
clearly has to reconsider the role of indoor in ultimate and the demand and
popularity of the game. I'll try and
How much?
Dean, BB.
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Dean
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
07813 178181
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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 19:56:30 -
From: Barry O'Kane [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [BD] UKUA National Indoors
Cheques to Jonathon Hope (made
Trying to get in touch with Benji after his email below - but he isn't
responding to email - can anyone out there get him to check his email and/or
get in touch with me please?
ta,
Barry
PS apologies for spamming everyone else
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi all,
Apologies for the delay in announcing these - we are STILL awaiting
confirmation of the extra wildcard slots in each division. We were waiting
to hear these confirmed before making our own announcements. I've been
promised that these will be confirmed by the end of this week.
In the
Masters team that went to Beach champs in Portugal last year.
-Original Message-
From: Stewart, Daniel (GE Consumer Finance)
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 28 February 2005 15:57
To: Barry O'Kane
Subject: RE: [BD] EUCC
Barry,
You've set yourself up for loads of replies
Hi all,
Further to the previous announcement (see below) the following teams have
been awarded slots at European Clubs in Rostock this summer:
Open Division:
Fusion
Fire of London
Bristol Plastic Factory.
In addition Rampant X have decided not take up the offer of a slot in the
Mixed
Apologies, this page is now working again.
Barry
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of chris stokes
Sent: 17 March 2005 08:31
To: britdisc@near.me.uk
Subject: Re: [BD] Membership
but the registration page it not working, no?
Are you able to clarify the situation re: rostering?
What I understand is that Chris (DoC) has made a few exceptions for players
who did not play with their 'normal' team at Qualifiers and now want to
return to their 'normal' team for Finals. Just randomly picking up too many
players will
Something for the 70's fans...
-Original Message-
Thought most of you would like to see this. Amazing, what's on the web these
days... Floating Free, nominated for the 1977 Academy Awards in the Best
short film (Live action) category.
World Frisbee Championships held by Wham-O, with
Perhaps the DoC / UKU would like to get into next years
strategy and leave this years scheduling to some of the
scheduling wizards we have out there on Britdisc. Perhaps
they are already working on this? Barry?
We are indeed. More details as soon as we can (prob sometime in June)
Hi all,
It is very encouraging to see so many people providing positive feedback and
constructive suggestions as well as negative. Thank you for that.
All of the Board (and especially Chris as DoC) do read the BD comments and
suggestions; and there is time before Open/Womens Tour 3 to make
Hi all,
We are looking for an enthusiastic, organised individual to take over this
important role. The Administrator plays the pivotal part in keeping the
UKUA alive and providing services to our members. As well as the day to
day running of the Association you will need the ability and
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barry O'Kane
Sent: 19 May 2005 23:28
To: britdisc@near.me.uk
Subject: [BD] New Administrator Wanted
Hi all,
We are looking for an enthusiastic, organised individual to
take over this
important role. The Administrator plays the pivotal part in
keeping
Hi all,
The profits TD's make vary considerably; its controlled by the number of
teams and venue costs; two factors which in turn depend on the event and
location.
Personally I encourage TDs to maximise profits (without exceeding the
accepted norm for team costs or sacrificing tournament
Just a reminder, please pass this on to anyone you think might be
interested.
Applications by this Friday!
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NEW ADMINISTRATOR WANTED
The UKUA is on the hunt for a new Administrator. This PAID position is an
integral part of the daily running of the UKUA and provides an invaluable
From the UPA web site: www.upa.org
This announcement is also posted on the International World Games web site,
which will get significant traffic this month:
http://www.worldgames-iwga.org/
--
College Sports Television has declared Friday, July 1 to be Ultimate Friday.
Beginning
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jonathan Potts
Sent: 30 June 2005 13:53
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [ED] Come to Perth in 2006
Hi everyone,
(it would be great if you could forward to your country or team lists)
As you probably have
European Junior Ultimate Championships
The 2005 European Junior Ultimate Championships take place in Sweden this
weekend, with 4 UK teams taking part: Junior Women, Junior Open (A B) and,
for the first time ever, an Under 16 team!
More info at:
http://www.ejuc2005.tk/
Good Luck to all 4
Thanks for pointing this out Jon, we did notice that kit standards at the
top of the A Tour were pretty rubbish at the weekend. Especially
disappointing as these are the teams and individuals which the rest of the
Ultimate community look to for inspiration.
At the World Games the kit rules were
Don't the rules prohibit the Cardiff guys and others from
picking up?
All rostered teams can pick up one guest (i.e. any unrostored player).
B Tour teams are not considered 'rostered', so in effect they can pick up
any other unrostered players.
The rules are in need of being tidied up,
-Original Message-
From: Andrew Mallarkey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 13 September 2005 23:52
Subject: Magic Circle email
Hi all,
MAGIC CIRCLE TAKES A BREATHER
For those of you who have played at the Magic Circle Edinburgh Invitational
indoor tournament for the last few years,
UKUA 2005 Conference
This years UKUA conference will be held at York St John University on
Saturday November 19th.
If you can't make it make sure your club is represented!
Aims to provide a forum where UKUA members can:
- learn about the how the UKUA works and what it does
- raise and discuss
Quote from Oct members Update:
2. 2006 CALENDAR
The UKUA board have voted to shake up the makeup of the domestic season
following ideas which were first suggested at the 2005 conference and have
been the subject of much debate over the past few
will be made
available on the website afterwards.
Hope to see you there!
Barry
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Barry O'Kane
Sent: 05 November 2005 15:04
To: britdisc@near.me.uk
Subject: [BD] UKUA 2005 Conference
UKUA 2005 Conference
Hi,
So we've reached that time of year again - the excitement and drama of the
UKUA Board elections - or do I mean the antipathy and confusion?
Many people have valuable skills and strong opinions about Ultimate in the
UK - but are don't really understand what is involved or are not sure
Hi Ben (et al),
Thanks for taking the time to raise your concerns. Similar concerns were
raised when the Board were debating this decision and here are my personal
thoughts on the issue:
- The Mixed Tour has seldom had more than 24 teams so far, plus it is not
necessarily limited to 24 teams
If anyone is interested in this then drop me an email.
Barry
-Original Message-
Dear All,
Tomorrow (Nov 30) is the last day for candidates to apply for the board of
directors election.
For six positions, several people have said they will or might run. However,
only one has
Hi all,
For those that don't get (or don't read!) the Member Update:
BOARD ELECTIONS
The UKUA Board Elections are now open for voting. Full details of the
candidates and how to vote at:
http://www.ukultimate.com/2006/election_manifestos.aspx
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Event: UKU Indoor Qualifiers
Dates: Sat 18th Sun 19th Feb 2006
Venue: Hutton Moor Leisure Centre, Weston-Super-Mare
This will be one of the
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