Spring League is here to bring in the new year

Location: The beautiful Harmon Soccer Complex, part of the City of Fort Worth’s manicured soccer facilities. The address is 1501 Martin Luther King Fwy, Fort Worth TX 76102.

Schedule: Wednesdays 7pm to 10pm, Feb 15th to May 17th. Registration closes Thursday, February 9th.

Fee: General registration is $55; however, Ladies, New Players, and early birds pay $50. Early Registration ends Feb 2. Registration closes Thursday, February 9th.

Uniforms/Discs: We are ordering Jerseys from VC/Spin as soon as we choose a Season Theme and Design.

Capacity: 120ish players. We’ll have up to 8 teams, which will likely be determined by the number of ladies registering. NOTE: We are capping the guys at 72 players until we get enough women to have 8 teams. At that point, the cap will be raised to 88.

Pairing: We will limit pairings to couples and new players to the sport. You get one pairing and the pairing must be reciprocated. We will not try and guess your intentions; if a player you listed did not list you, the pairing will not go through.We are still trying optimize the pairing system, so please try to bear with us as we try to fulfill everyone's wishes. Please pair in the Ultimate Central System and provide your rationale in the League Survey. Pairings can be broken if they are determined to be unbalancing to the league.

This will be a minimum 5-2 gender-ratio league. We will only go 6-1 if both teams have limited ladies. However, no team will be punished for having good participation.

Spirit: Due to what we consider to be a success in raising the fun levels, we are going to continue to encourage good spirit though the use of spirit games and spirit circles after each game, time permitting.

Ages: 16 and up, as of the first day of the league.

Pets: Must be leashed at all times, kept off playing fields, and poop picked up.

Libations: No glass, no Styrofoam, no alcohol, no smoking/chewing tobacco, gum, seeds/nuts with shells, permitted.

Care of Facilities: No climbing or hanging from goals or fences. If your disc goes over the fence, go thru the gate to retrieve it.

Cleats: No baseball cleats, no screw-in cleats. Think soccer cleats or turf shoes.

Parking: Parking in designated spaces only.

Fines: The city can levy fines on FWUPA for violations such as wrong cleats, fighting, alcohol, bad parking, etc. If this happens due to players' failure to follow rules, we’ll pass on the fines to the responsible players.

Registration Instructions: Visit the league page on http://www.fortworthultimate.com/e/2017-spring-league and click the register button.

Game Details: Games to 13 points with the half at 7 points. Teams are allowed one time out per half plus a floater. Hard caps only at 8:20pm and 9:50pm. The cap is applied once the current point is finished. A point starts as soon as the previous point is scored. Examples for an 8pm hard cap: If you score a point at 7:59:59, the cap rules start when the next point is scored, like at say 8:01:00. If you score a point at 8:00:01, the cap rules are in effect immediately. Once the hard cap has started, if the game is NOT tied, the game is over. If the teams are tied, play one final point with no timeouts. (For reference, 11thedition hard cap definition: Rule V.A.1.c - A hard time cap is the ending of the game once a predetermined time of play has elapsed and after the current scoring attempt is completed. If the score is tied, play continues until one additional goal is scored.)

Captains: We always need a few more captains. No captaining experience required, though we recommend having played a league or two in order to know the players. Must be able to draft and send emails. We hope to have the draft the weekend of Feb 11-12. Don't let the initial draft date dissuade you from expressing interest in captaining as the dates may change.

Your support for FWUPA: Want to see more leagues like this in the future? The more players we have, the more weight we’ll pull with the city. Help us make this league the rewarding, fantastic experience it should be.

Sponsorship: If you or your company wants to sponsor Fort Worth Ultimate, please contact us at [email protected]

Guns: In light of the new open carry laws, the city would like to inform us that guns will be prohibited on the fields. Sleeveless shirts, however, are always allowed.

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