The season is just starting, club players are coming out of pick-up hibernation and starting to hit the track in anticipation for another lengthy club season. LA Metro recently had two pick-up sessions in which we saw over 50 players participate. It is a tough job to be a captain these days, and with the formation of a new coed team in the LA area, good talent is scarce, but I think we will be fine. Here is our tentative schedule for the next month or two.
May 30-May 31
Santa Barbara Classic, Goleta, CA
10-12 teams competing in a warm up tournament for all teams. Metro will be sending two teams of 20 (wowsers). We will be treating this tournament as a tryout for those who are new in anticipation for Cal States, where we will field a much leaner and meaner team.
June 5-June 6
Cal States, Santa Cruz, CA
This is by far my favorite tournament in the Ultimate circuit (minus Nationals). The weather is generally perfect at this time, the field is beautiful, and you get a great view of the ocean. That said, the competition is all but beautiful. This is predominantly every club team's main "try-out" tournament and although teams do not have the full chemistry yet, it's a very high level tournament that we've placed 2nd and 3rd in the '08 and '09 respectively. I'm also looking forward to spending time at home with the parents. Always nice to be back home.
June 12-13 or 19-20
Final Tryout
We will be holding one more set of "official" tryouts in Culver City, CA. After this final tryout, the final roster will be set.
July 17-18*
Grass Roots Ultimate Benefit Tournament (GRUB), Boulder, Colorado
Not 100% confirmed that we are going, but we are in the process of securing a bid to this tournament in beautiful Boulder Colorado in the middle of July. We will be able to size up the competition from our friends in the Rockies and hopefully use this tourney to tune up kinks and develop chemistry among the new members and the returners.
August 14-15
Emerald City Classic, Seattle, Washington
We are interested in attending this tournament, but are not sure as we have yet to hear back from the TD's after several weeks of trying to reach them. Hopefully we'll be able to attend, as this tournament is probably one of the highest level tournaments during the Club Season. Update coming soon.
Other Tournaments:
Discos Calientes, Chico, CA- We hate this tournament, despite winning it last year... we don't like it. So we are putting a lot of thought in this before we decide if we want to go
Labor Day, San Francisco, CA- 2nd place finish last year. Great tournament to prepare for the Club Series. It's always good to play against the powerhouse Bay Area teams: CTR, AIR, Mischief, and this tourney has been a very good barometer for our play in the middle of our season.
Sectionals: Rumored to be in Long Beach. Maybe we'll play BCBC 2 times again?
Regionals: Will be in Southern California. I can guarantee you that much.
Till next time,
Hammie
LA Metro #10
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