http://frisbeesportverband.de/component/content/article/23-international/970-die-spannung-steigt-vor-der-ultimate-wm.html

Hey Frisbee Deutschland,
CALLING ALL WOMEN PLAYERS 30+ YEARS OLD!

Next year at the World Ultimate & Guts Championships in Japan, WFDF is supporting a Women's Masters division!
6 country teams must express interest by Jan 31. Keen interest has been shown from USA, Canada, Australia, and Japan. It's shaping up to be exciting!

6 TEAMS MUST ENTER SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR MORE PARTICIPATION!

• • If you are interested in helping to form a team for your country:
    - join the FaceBook group "2012 WUGC Women's Masters Division" and
    - contact your country representative to express your interest as soon as possible
    - tell other women who might want to play/post this message on your local message board. Spread the word FAST!
    

Jan 31 â?? deadline to achieve 6 interested country teams
Liebes Frisbeedeutschland,
der WFDF ist hoch motiviert eine Womens Masters Divison in Japan an den Start gehen zu lassen. Und wir wollen Teil davon sein.
Es haben sich schon einige motivierte und solide Spielerinnen gemeldet, die auf jeden Fall dabei sein möchten. Bisher haben sich 12 Leute zurückgemeldet. Es wäre toll wenn wir noch mehr werden um auch als zahlenmä�ig starkes Team starten zu können.
ALLE die Lust haben und motiviert sind dabei zu sein - MELDET EUCH jetzt!!!
Wir müssen bis zum 31. Januar dem WFDF eine Rückmeldung geben ob wir ein Team an den Start schicken oder nicht.
Bisher haben 4 Länder (USA, Canada, Australien, Japan) fest zugesagt. Und ich habe eindeutige Gerüchte gehört, dass �sterreich ebenfalls ein Team schicken kann. D.h. wir könnten das 6. Team sein - und somit eine Womens Masters WM möglich machen!!!
Au�erdem habe ich gehört, dass einige der Teams nicht exklusiv aus "Super-Hero"-Spielerinnen mit übermenschlichen Fähigkeiten bestehen, sondern durchaus aus Spielerinnen aus dem guten Mittelfeld (auch hier haben einige andere Länder keine Luxusprobleme genug Frauen zu haben aus denen sie dann ein unglaublich starkes Team zusammenstellen können!!!).
Wir wollen dabei sein, und das hier möglich machen.
Bitte meldet euch per mail zurück an mich, oder direkt hier anmelden:
http://wiki.frisbeesportverband.de/display/damenmasters/Home
Greetz - Valeska

An alle Ultimate Frauen,
Wer es immer noch nicht mitbekommen hat: es gibt die starke, sehr starke Tendenz in Japan ERSTMALS eine Frauen Masters Division (ab 1982 Jahrgang) starten zu lassen. Und wir wollen ein Team stellen.
Ich habe bis vor 3 Minuten 8 definitive Zusagen. Tendenz steigend.
Diejenigen von euch die Lust, Zeit und das nötige Geld haben meldet euch JETZT.
Ich brauche bis HEUTE abend, dann muss der WFDF wissen ob 6 Länder Teams schicken können!
Schickt mir bitte bis heute abend eine definitive Zusage (Ich bin dabei)....alles weitere dann.
Greetz aus Hannover - Valeska

Hi all,

es gab ein paar Fragen bzgl. Altersgrenze. Hier die Antwort von Si Hill dazu!!!

Also: Kalender checken und mit dabei sein!!!
Es wäre doch echt FETT wenn wir auch ein Damen Masters Team auf die Beine stellen können!!!

lg - valeska

From: "Si Hill, UK Ultimate" <si.hill /at/ ukultimate.com>
To: 'Valeska Schacht' <vshots16 /at/ yahoo.com>
Cc: 'Anja Haman' <anjahaman /at/ shaw.ca>
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 10:49 AM
Subject: RE: [WFDFMemberLink] Women's Masters Division at 2012 Worlds: update
Hi Valeska
Cc Anja

I found the link on facebook ok this morning.  Does this work for you?

http://www.facebook.com/groups/296963036987300

Age limit.  Players must be 30 years old or older on 31 Dec 2012.  So â?? they need to turn 30 during 2012.  I guess that means born in 1982.

Si

From: Valeska Schacht [mailto:vshots16@yahoo.com]

Sent: 18 December 2011 21:33

To: si.hill /at/ ukultimate.com

Subject: Re: [WFDFMemberLink] Women's Masters Division at 2012 Worlds: update

Hi Si,

there is no Facebook Link "2012 Womens Masters Division"...that I can find.

What is the Agedeadline (is there a set Date players have to be 30??? or just turn 30 within 2012??)
Greetz from Germany,
Valeska

From: "Si Hill, UK Ultimate" <si.hill /at/ ukultimate.com>

To: wfdfmemberlink /at/ yahoogroups.com

Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 10:49 PM

Subject: [WFDFMemberLink] Women's Masters Division at 2012 Worlds: update

Hello Country representatives,

We need your feedback, and help in passing a message on to women ultimate players in your region.

WHY?

Next year at the World Ultimate & Guts Championships in Japan, WFDF is supporting a Women's Masters division.

We need to have 6 teams signed up to make the division viable, and need 1-2 more teams.
We need to formalize the support already received

players on Facebook have shown us that Canada, USA, Australia have enough interest to field teams that want to go. Finnish players just need to see formalized support. Rumours of a Japanese team abound.
We need to formalize that interest through country reps so we can confirm this division in a timely manner

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO ?

Country representatives need to email Anja Haman (anjahaman /at/ shaw.ca) â?? ASAP but no later than Dec 21 â?? with your initial feedback on participation:

Will send a team
Likely to send a team
Might send a team
Will not send a team
Comments_______

Send the following message to your communication channels immediately: league coordinators, message boards, website pages, mail lists, association representatives.

CALLING ALL WOMEN PLAYERS 30+ YEARS OLD!

Next year at the World Ultimate & Guts Championships in Japan, WFDF is supporting a Women's Masters division!
6 country teams must express interest by Jan 31. Keen interest has been shown from players in USA, Canada, Australia, Finland and possibly Japan. It's shaping up to be exciting!

6 TEAMS MUST ENTER SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR MORE PARTICIPATION!

• • If you are interested in helping to form a team for your country:
    - join the FaceBook group "2012 WUGC Women's Masters Division" and
    - contact your country representative to express your interest as soon as possible
    - tell other women who might want to play/post this message on your local message board. Spread the word FAST!
    

Dec 21 â?? deadline for country representatives to show their interest level
Jan 31 â?? deadline to achieve 6 interested country teams

Liebe Frisbeesportlerinnen und - in diesem Fall vermutlich eher -
Frisbeesportler,

der Direktor der Ultimate- und Guts-WM 2012 in Japan, Makoto Ohi, fragt an,
welches Land Guts-Teams zur WM senden wird. Zuletzt waren dabei meist nur
die USA und Japan vertreten.

Da Guts alljährlich beim Savage Seven in Karlsruhe sehr gut ankommt und auch
in diesem Jahr bei den Disc Days Cologne gut angekommen ist, hier die
kurzfristige Frage an ambitionierte Spieler (und Spielerinnen): Wer hätte
Interesse, sich für ein deutsches Guts-Nationalteam zu melden? Es ist
vorgesehen, dass Guts außerhalb der Ultimate-Spielzeiten laufen soll, sodass
Teilnehmer der Ultimate-Nationalteams sich auch melden könnten.

Es handelt sich um die älteste überlieferte Frisbeesportart, sie erfordert
hochkarätige Wurf- und Fangfähigkeiten (Kurzversion s.
http://www.frisbeesportverband.de/sportarten/guts.html,
http://www.gutsfrisbee.com/ und Nachbericht zum Guts bem DDC,
http://www.frisbeesportverband.de/news/803.html).

Noch zwei Anmerkungen:
Als Nationenverband haben wir die Nationalteams bis zum 30. September
(dioesen Freitag) zu melden. Werden es weniger als 8 Teams bei der WUGC
2012, dann wird Guts künftig als Parallelveranstaltung zur Ultimate-WM
gestrichen.

Der DFV hat nicht die finanziellen Mittel, um die erheblichen Kosten, die
für alle Nationalteams mit der Teilnahme an der WUGC 2012 in Japan
entstehen, auch nur annähernd abzudecken. Der genaue Termin ist der 7. bis
14. Juli 2012, es wären wenigstens fünf einigermaßen verbindliche Zusagen
erforderlich. Zuletzt vgl. auch die zweite Meldung unter
http://www.frisbeesportverband.de/news/853.html.

Für Rückmeldungen bis Freitag vielen Dank.
Mit sportlichen Grüßen

Jörg
- -
Jörg Benner
Geschäftsführer
Deutscher Frisbeesport-Verband
0700-74474477
info /at/ frisbeesportverband.de
http://www.frisbeesportverband.de

Dear WFDF Member Countries,

I am Makoto Ohi from Japan Flying Disc Association, JFDA. I'm the executive
director of World Ultimate & Guts Championships 2012 which will be held in
SAKAI City, Japan. We are expecting 25 countries to participate from all
over the world and have been engaged in preparation to host a wonderful
tournament. SAKAI City (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakai,_Osaka)

This championship is aiming 1) To support victims of Japan's earthquake and
tsunami disaster. 2) To provide WFDF and all participants and guests with a
unique and outstanding experience in Japan. 3) To build stronger
international relationships between disc players in Kansai (east-Japan) area
and other countries. 4) To develop awareness of the sport of Ultimate in
Japan and worldwide for incorporation as an Olympic sport by using world
class athletic fields. Ultimate Division is also placed as trail for World
Games 2013 in Cali, Colombia and we are expecting to see many exciting
games.

Unfortunately, the number of countries participating in a Guts tournament
has been getting small. Recently, except some countries like USA and Japan,
very few countries have Guts tournaments. Not a few players have never seen
Guts before WUGC held once every four years. However, Guts is originated in
1950s, the oldest official flying disc sport. It is wonderful and attractive
in a different way from Ultimate. In USA and Japan, more and more teenage
players are involved in this sport and it is expanding slowly but steadily.

At the previous WUGC in Vancouver, Ireland participated in Guts Division for
the first time. It seemed that they had seen Guts only on the Internet, but
they learned Guts through interaction with USA, Japan, and other countries
and played wonderful games. They proved that "flying disc players" could
enjoy playing Guts competitively as a representative of a country even if it
was the first time to participate.

We, flying disc lovers, should not remain silent, looking at the oldest
flying disc sport diminishing. If we were to have fewer than 8 countries
participating in the upcoming tournament, WUGC would become WUC from the
next WUGC in 2016 and all players and fans over the world would lose the
opportunity to see the other team sport than Ultimate.

It is obviously not easy to develop such a competitive team that vie to be
the world's best, but please just begin to play Guts as the first step. Not
only JFDA but Ryan Scott, Chairperson of WFDF Guts Committee would like to
provide a sincere welcome to the first and courageous participation as well
as comeback players. We are considering of an official training day (joint
clinic) for WUGC Guts Division before the tournament begins. We believe all
countries have players who are interested in wearing national team jerseys.
There is no reason to hesitate to participate in the division most countries
have never tried out.

We are considering of preferential discount of tournament fee and favorable
schedule so that players participating in each Division are able to
duplicate application to Guts Division. We expect many WFDF member countries
to send a team. I hope that my call will be delivered to all players who are
not familiar with Guts and who have played Guts before in your country.

We are now preparing WUGC 2012 official website (http://wugc2012.org). All
the information such as; How much are Hotels at the WUGC? How much for team
fee at WUGC? How much for player fee at WUGC? How much for a train from
Tokyo to Sakai, where WUGC is located? Is there a food package for players?
When the registration starts? etc.. This website will be open in early
October and information will be updated at short intervals. If you have any
questions, please feel free to contact info /at/ wugc2012.org for more
information.

We want to know your thoughts in participating WUGC 2012, Please reply to
this email by September 30th in following questions.
1. Which country do you belong to?
2. Which ULTIMATE division is your country participating in? (OPEN, WOMEN,
MIXED, MASTERS)
3. Are you planning to send your national GUTS team?
4. OR are you interested in GUTS division, try to give positive
consideration to send GUTS team?

Your cooperation is highly appreciated.
Best Regards,
--
Makoto Ohi
Executive Director
Tournament Organizing Committee
WUGC2012 SAKAI
http://www.wugc2012.org
info /at/ wugc2012.org