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Swinburne Weekend Info Pack

This info pack will provide you will all the info you need to ready yourself for a weekend of Ultimate Fun!
Dates: 26 Feb – 28 Feb 2010
Venue: Appin Farm, Swinburne (near Harrismith), Free State
Who: Anyone and their dog who are interested in spending a weekend on a relaxed Free State farm. Ultimate players from Johannesburg, Pietermaritzburg and Durban are especially encouraged to come, and to put together 7-a-side teams for the Saturday morning. Beginners are welcome – there will be a great fun hat tourney on the Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning!

What you need to do right now:

Book your accommodation by filling in the options on the Doodle page:
http://www.doodle.com/5trcspwaxtwqwxpp

Tell your Liaison Officer whether you are coming:
· Johannesburg: Agata agata.bryszewska@gmail.com
· Durban: Bryan Bryan.Courtney@ogilvy.co.za
· Pietermaritzburg: Juan Juan.Pieterse@hulamin.co.za
· All other regions: Jen jennifer@sfh.co.za

Tina will collate the numbers for PmB, Durban and other regions when finalised: tine_schubert@web.de
Provisional numbers will be collated on Monday the 15th of Feb
Final numbers, your accommodation preference and your R100 – R120 weekend fee should be in on Friday the 19th of Feb (fee will still be calculated by Hilton). We are going to be strict about this deadline as food needs to be bought and plans drawn up. No pay on that day, no play.
This will include your tourney fee, breakfast and lunch Saturday and Sunday, and munchies throughout.

So, what do you need to know?
Accommodation
Accommodation is basic – no frills and no room service.
· Camping: R65 pppn
· Barn accommodation (dormintory-style): R50 pppn
· Rooms: R120 pppn (rooms consist of 2 single beds and an en suite bathroom)
The Liaison officers will collect your accommodation money on the Sunday morning, so make sure you bring enough cash.
There are plenty of showers for the campers and dorm people. There is a fridge in the barn as well as in the big kitchen. Lots of power points – also for the camping.

Meals
Johannesburg will buy the food and there will be a cooking roster drawn up by Marc for cooking turns. There is a big kitchen with gas and plenty of crockery, cutlery and cooking utensils.
There will be a fire lit in the lapa for people who want to braai on Friday night – otherwise just eat en route. Salads and side-dishes will be provided for the Saturday night supper – you bring what you want to braai.

Provisional game plan
This depends on the number of people who confirm. Hilton and Mich are the Tourney Directors and will give through info closer to the time.

Provisional programme:
· Saturday morning: 7-a-side games
· Saturday afternoon: Mixed hat tourney 5-a-side
· Saturday evening with sun-downers: Free State Disc Golf Tourney II hosted by South African Disc Golf Association (SADGA)
· Sunday morning: Hat tourney

Other activities:
You can hike, rock climb, mountain bike or just lie on the grass under the trees reading.

What you need to bring:
· Your cleats or tekkies
· Sunscreen
· Hat
· Sun umbrella/gazebo
· Sunscreen
· Bath towels
· Braai stuff for Fri and Sat night
· Walking shoes
· Warm sweater if it gets cold and the wind picks up (will make for some interesting Disc games… so prepare yourself). Rain is also not unheard of.
· Sleeping bags and pillows if you sleep in the barn or camping
· If you are camping – surprise, surprise – your camping stuff
· Your dog if it is nice and won’t bite the other dogs or the horses and cattle on the farm

Directions:
The farm is about 2.5 – 3 hours drive from Johannesburg and Durban. Please organise lift clubs so that we can be as environmentally-friendly as possible. Agata will coordinate lifts for Johannesburg (let Agata know if you can offer a lift(s), or want one)

From the North:
· Take the N3 to Harrismith
· Pass through Harrismith towards Ladysmith
· +- 15 km outside of Harrismith you will see a Shell Ultra City on the right. Big “House of Coffees”, Steers etc. Turn right here
· Pass the entrance to the garage and within a few meters you will see gravel road to your left with Appin Farm and Bald Ibis signs
· Take the gravel road and follow the signs to the farm (you are basically make your way up the big mountain that you cannot miss)

From the South
· Take the N3 to Harrismith
· About 40 km north from Ladysmith you will see a Shell Ultra City on your left
· Follow directions above

Check out photos here:· http://picasaweb.google.com/joziultimate/Swinburne?feat=email#
· Others: http://www.linx.co.za/tripreports/baldibis/index.php and http://www.saclimb.co.za/freestate/swinburne_main.html and http://www.footprint.co.za/baldibis.htm

Everyone is welcome at this tournament, and it will be great fun and a good way to get into the game. Please contact Baden 0835629016 if you need further information, otherwise see you there on Saturday

We are back to our normal format for now:

Games on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 7pm - at Sandton Sports Club.

Sunday game at 4pm to be confirmed depending on numbers.

Remember if it looks like it is going to rain - still come down to the fields to check it out as often it doesn’t actually rain and we can get a game in.

Let me know if you would like to subscribe to our e-mail list which will keep you more informed about what’s hip and happening around Joburg Ultimate.

Tam
tamlyn.wright@gmail.com

1. Chillies
2. Long Donkeys
3. Mozambique
4. Ultitude
5. Zebru
6. Mbabane Mbananas
7. Prawn Bunnies
8. Disco

Winning Team - Chillies from Cape Town (who have the defending-champion wooden spoon award for another year - congrats guys)
Top Overall Team (spirit + games) - Prawn Bunnies from Durban - you guys were great!
MVP Male - Mfundo from Ultitude
MVP Femal - Marlise from Disco
Best Spirit Male - Darren from Long Donkeys
Best Spirit Female - Robyn from Prawn Bunnies
Best Layout - Baden from Ultitude
Best D - Steph from Mozambique
“Agitator” award - Ant from Chillies
Organising the Naked Tournament - Wendy from Mozambique helped by Steve from Zebru (surprise surprise )

Thanks to Lionel for overseeing a great tournament, and Jen for all the communication, and to all the people involved in the running of the tournament including Marlise, Marc, Tina, Dylan, Cath, Luisa, Tam.

Most of all thank you to all the teams who travelled from far to join us and help make a great RockNationals 2009.

See you at the next tournament!

Pickup games are back at Sandton Sports Club / George Lea Park. Normal format - Tuesday & Thursday evenings from 7pm and Sunday afternoons from 4pm.

With rainy season approaching please note 2 things.

1. If it looks like it is raining please still come down to the field to play as more often than not the rainstorm is not directly over the club, so we can still get a game in.

2. If it has rained continuously during the course of the day you need to check your mail at 5pm as sometimes we are unable to use the fields if they are waterlogged. If we have to cancel the game we try our best to send out a mail before 5pm to warn everyone. If in doubt still come through to see if you can get a game in.

Happy Throwing!

Unfortunately it seems that we may have to play some games at the Zoo Lake fields (Moyo side of Zoo Lake). Please keep an eye out on the weekly reminders to see where the games will be played, and if you are not on the e-mailing list contact Dylan on dfw700@gmail.com to make sure of the venue.

Thanks and sorry for any inconveniences caused by this.

Tuesdays 7pm - Pickup game, All Welcome
Thursdays 7pm - Nationals Training - contact Dylan/Marc if you want to join this
Sunday 4pm - Game on

RockNationals Tournament is on for 03/04Oct09
We are looking for corporate sponsorship for RockNationals so if you have a generous contact somewhere, email Marlise (marlise.richter@gmail.com) and she will send you the letter.

See you on the fields

Tamlyn

Ultimate served as part of the phys-ed time. Every year the phys-ed time culminated in an ultimate tournament, which the kids really enjoyed. Thanks to everyone who helped with the program: James Lambert, Richard Lay, Marc Lewis, Baden Dowie, Mfundo Sithole, Dyllan Wallet, Luisa Nardini and Jon Linde.

Marc, Baden and Mike demonstrating what not to do ;)

Kids in action with a crazy flying disc

This year we had discrafts kindly donated by Gareth Beyers Australian club team

Tuesday night (6:45pm to 8:45pm) - Pick up
Beginners and all welcome.

Thursday (6:45pm to 8:45pm) - Skills and Training
All welcome who are looking to better their game of Ultimate.

Sunday (4:00pm - 6:00pm) - Pick up
There will be a game on Sunday, it is a great way to finish off the weekend, if you have time please come down for a run around.

In the near Future

Swaziland details
Johannesburg has some commitment for the Bushfire weekend so far but have not made decisions for the 8-9th
Any body keen can contact me (Dylan) dfw700@gmail.com

1) 1-2 August (Bushfire weekend): whoever is in town, plan to play! Will be more informal, additional details coming from Michelle and the Swazi crew

2) 8-9 August (Ultimate weekend): plan to be back in Mbabane for some more serious Ultimate! Will be more formal; the idea is to work on tournament-level play and preparation for nationals, and this will be a key event to help our local Mozambican players who we want to bring to nationals. Additional details will be coming from the SwaziMoz crew

Nationals: Johannesburg
We are hosting Nationals this year so make sure that you have blocked out the weekend of the 3-4 October. We will be hosting teams from all over the country and beyond.

Winter League has begun, so check out the results weekly:

Tamlyn