Looking for a Co-ed (aka Mixed) Touring team for 2009? You've come to the right place! Toronto generally supports several Co-ed teams competing at tournaments in eastern Canada, the US northeast, and beyond. If you're interested in playing, there is probably a team that fits your skill and commitment level. For further information, contact TUC's Touring Chair, Nat Fitzgerald, at touring@tuc.org
2010 Information
There are four Toronto Mixed Teams - Monster, Tundra, Zen, and Mars Meet Venus.
Tryouts
Monster will be hosting tryouts on Saturday April 24 at Eglinton Park. Tryouts for the Ultimate Experience teams (Tundra, Zen, MMV) will be held at Dowsnview Sports Park the weekend of May 1st - 2nd:
Saturday April 24: Monster tryouts - 1:00pm - 3:00pm, Elginton Park
Saturday May 1st: Tundra, Zen, & MMV tryouts 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Sunday May 2nd: Tundra, Zen, & MMV tryouts 12:00pm to 3:00pm
For all tryouts please bring light and dark jerseys, water, light snacks and a disc.
If you plan on attending tryouts for Tundra, Zen, or MMV please register here. There will be a $20 cost per person to help pay for the field booking
MONSTER ultimate is looking for talented and experienced players to join us for a fun and competitive season of ultimate. We're aiming to practice once a week this summer with additional fitness sessions.
Our proposed tournament schedule is:
- TUF (Toronto): May 8-9
- Bell Crack Classic (Philadelphia): May 15-16
- Gender Blender (Fergus): June 5-6
- Northern Flights (North Bay): June 19-20
- July 1-11: Worlds Break - planning a trip to Europe even if we don't get a bid!
- Regionals: July 17/18 or 24-25 *
- July 31/Aug 1: Mixed Up (Ottawa)/Motown
- Canadian Ultimate Championships (Sherbrooke): August 12-15
If you have any questions please contact us at monstercan07@gmail.com
See you on the field!
Tundra, Zen, and Mars Meet Venus are working to duplicate the success of other club systems by bringing continuity to mixed division leadership and providing a strong learning environment for developing players. Each team will carry a roster between 18-21 players. All 3 teams are holding open tryouts at Downsview Sports Park on the following two dates:
Saturday May 1st from noon until 3pm
Sunday May 2nd from noon until 3pm
We invite you to come out and meet the leaders and find out what team fits for you. While you need only make one tryout date, we encourage you to attend both as we will be participating in different activities on the two dates, and weather in April can always cancel one date unexpectedly.
There will be a $20 cost to help pay for the field booking.
To register for tryouts, please visit us and fill at our form at www.playwithspirit.com/tryouts/
You will get a confirmation email once you have successfully registered. We wish the best to all participants in this year's tryouts.
You can find more about the teams, now and through the season, at: http://www.playwithspirit.com/teams.shtml
Tundra is a Toronto-based, Nationals-level mixed team looking forward to its 3rd year in 2010. As the top team in the Ultimate Experience Mixed System, our goal is to duplicate the success of the Men’s system by bringing continuity to mixed division leadership and providing a strong learning environment for developing players.
Tundra carries a roster of approximately 18-21 players, while practising twice per week (likely Tuesday/Thursday).
History (2008)
2008 brought together many great players looking to share the same goals: to build a system for mixed ultimate, to have fun and to field a competitive team on the field. Bringing in this wealth of various experiences, skill levels and backgrounds gave us a strong foundation to build strategies, give players new opportunities and position Tundra as a legitimate option for high level touring in Toronto.
As a first year team we are excited with how the team gelled, the improvements of players in the system, the touring opportunities given to new players and the increased role of developing strong female players.
The team finished off a strong debut season by making an appearance at Nationals in Calgary, Alberta. Along the way, we had a number of successful results which we hope to build on heading into 2009.
If you have any questions, please contact the captains:
Andrew Milne: andrewjamesmilne@gmail.com
Neil Griffith
Eric Lau
Cass Lennox
Zen was conceived in 2004 and since its inception has become a stepping stone for an abundance of touring players across all levels and divisions. 2006 saw Zen attend its first Nationals and ended up ranked 7th overall. 2008 was another great year, with Zen being one game away of attending the Canadian Ultimate Championship. We are looking to return to the National stage and 2010 will see Zen blend good competition, fun and improvement (both as a team and individually) into one.
The ideal Zen player will be someone who works hard on the field in games and in practice; and then goes out to be the life of the party. We are looking to consistently put out solid performances and constantly improve our results at major tournaments.
This year Chris Loat will be returning for his 3rd year as captain, and will be joined by Norm Lew and Natalie Wong who both have extensive National-level experience. All three captains are looking forward to a great year with the 2010 edition of Zen.
Norm Lew: normlew@playwithspirit.com
Chris Loat: chris_loat@hotmail.com
Natalie Wong: nataliewong@playwithspirit.com
MMV started in 2003 and has been team focused on introducing players to the touring lifestyle. The focus of MMV is skills development which has helped several players move up through club system in both mens, womens and co-ed. MMV is an open roster and invites everyone to come out and practice whether they can attend tournaments or not.
MMV had an amazingly successful season in 2009. They attended 8 tournaments, including 1 tournament where they submitted 2 teams! 2009 had over 50 different people come out to practices and tournaments.
Norman Lew will be returning as the coach of MMV for 2010. The goal will be to give all players a solid foundation of skills to allow them to reach their goals as an Ultimate player. We also always win the party!
If you have any questions, please contact the captains:
Norm Lew: norm@ultimateworkout.ca
