Feb 18
Feb 10
Only three weeks of games to go before the tournament, make sure you’re out there every week to help your team get prime seeding! It will be quite chilly tomorrow, so be sure to bundle up!
If for whatever reason you cannot make the games this weekend, please let your captains know IMMEDIATELY! Big D In Little D is taking place tomorrow and Sunday and we don’t want decimated teams to be caught unaware with only six people out for the week having to play savage and a man down.
Rec players, bear in mind that from here on out all games will be played according to the revised rec schedule which can be found here: http://dallaswinterleague.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/rec11-12-v2.jpg
Food this weekend will be Chick-Fil-A chicken sandwiches! Please be considerate of your fellow ultimate players and only take one. If there are sandwiches left over after everyone’s gotten one then, AND ONLY THEN, you’re welcome to get a second.
I love dogs, I really do, I even had a dog once, so I can appreciate that some of you want to bring your dog out so you have someone to help you break down your performance for the day once you get home, but if you bring a dog out, be sure to have your dog on a leash at all times and have the leash staked to the ground the entire time you’re on the field please.
Please be courteous to our hosts at the polo grounds and continue to drive slowly through the parking lot. I haven’t seen too many egregious violations, that’s a good thing!
Finally, a note about SPIRIT OF THE GAME:
I won’t bore you with a giant copy-paste of the premise behind SOTG, though I recommend you read it, but please remember the cardinal rule of not only spirit, but a pretty good life lesson as a whole. DON’T BE A JERK! Nobody wants to play against jerks, nobody wants to be on a team with jerks, jerks tend not to play well in a crowd. If there’s a foul, feel free to call it. If you disagree with a FOUL CALLED ON YOU, contest it! There is absolutely ZERO reason for anyone other than the players involved and perhaps the captains to have any say about a call on the field.
Captains, I’m taking to you. Show your experience and some maturity when dealing with calls and questions about the rules please.
There’s a method to the madness here, folks. The reason captains have been asked to turn in spirit forms all year is because *drum roll please* THIS YEAR WE HAVE FIVE, SAVAGE AND VC ON BOARD WITH DONATIONS TO THE LEAGUE WHICH WILL BE GIVEN TO THE SPIRIT WINNERS! Monitor your behavior, think twice before you open your mouth, and so forth, and you may be in line to get some sweet, sweet ultimate swagg just for being cool people.
As always, please support those that support us, Hard Eight BBQ, Sea Blue Travel, Nationwide Overspray, The Idle Rich Pub, Dallas Natural Childbirth, and the aforementioned apparel companies. Keep an eye out for a more fleshed out e-mail detailing what these fine folks do for the league and what they can do for you!
Everyday word jumblin’,
Glenn and Alex
Freelance Poobahs At Large
Feb 4
Well, it’s February, so as usual it’s 70 degrees all week and the April showers are upon us… Wait… what?
Yeah, this time last year we had to call games due to the snowpocalypse and this year we may be calling it due to a freak tropical storm in our tropical north Texas climate.
In the event of continuing rain today we will almost certainly have to call tomorrow’s games off.??We intend to have a message on the rainout line (214-654-5478) by 10:30 at the latest.
Make sure you check it before you head out, and listen to the entire message to ensure you’re hearing the announcement for this weekend. Remember, just because it’s raining where you are, doesn’t necessarily mean it rained in Oak Point and vice-versa.
Food this weekend will be fresh grilled hot dogs with all the fixin’s and chips.
Doing an anti-rain dance,
Glenn and Alex, Dancin’ Poobahs Extraordinaire
Jan 27
If we catch unpaid players playing, that team will be forced to forfeit any games played by said player.
Playas gotta play, players pay to play.
Jan 27
Little rain here and there? Fear not!
All games are ON this weekend! Big ups to Turkey for going out and checking them out for us. Seriously, if you see this guy walking around, get that man a drink! He certainly earned it.
We’re going to shift fields a little bit to avoid oversquishy end zones, so make sure you pay attention to cones for your boundaries… not that the lines were very visible any more anyway.
Which brings up the fact that we’ll need a handful of volunteers next Thursday to re-line the fields. If you’re available Thursday afternoon, please let us know at dwl@dallasultimate.org.
Field 6 is likely to not be playable, so we’re likely to move that field over to the open unused field space so keep that in mind if your rec captains are Lauren, Alex, Carol, Commander, Garlyn, or Glenn.
Food this weekend is Hard Eight BBQ, so play your butt off to build up that appetite!
Finally, please be extra careful getting in and out of the parking lot this weekend.
We always need to be mindful of speed, but this week everyone needs to be extra careful about getting in and out of the parking lot since the area around it has been described as “moat-ish.” Please look for the least muddy way in to avoid cars getting stuck in the mud.
See you guys out there bright and noony!
Bibbidy, bobbidy, POOBAHS!
Glenn and Alex
Due to an oversight on my part, the rec schedule we distributed last week had a few teams never play each other. I’ve updated the schedule, and we will distribute copies of the revised schedule to team captains this week. Revisions are highlighted green. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Below are the schedules for both the recreational and competitive leagues, as well as a field map for this year. Please heed the warnings about driving slowly and staying out of the stable area. Those horses are ridiculously valuable and we like having somewhere to play.
Peace, Love, and Dallas Winter League. It’s time!
Dec 6
Howdy folks!
As you know, Dallas Winter League is an entirely volunteer run organization put together by the Dallas Ultimate Association. Unfortunately the DUA isn’t gigantic enough to handle every single task that’s required to ensure Winter League goes off without a hitch, which is where you come in.
Every year we rely on the help of dozens of volunteers to help us handle everything from field lining to food setup, player registration and check-in, even policing the fields after we’re done to ensure we leave them as pristine as we’ve found them.
This Thursday the very studly Robert “Turkey” Cropper will be spearheading field lining from 10:00am to 3:00pm. I know many of us work during those hours, but anyone that has a few hours in the middle of the day to give to your beloved Winter League will be greatly appreciated.
Additionally, we’ll be needing a handful of volunteers Saturday morning to run player check-in tables starting at 10:30.
If you’d like to get involved and help with lining or check-in, or if you can’t help this week, but would like it to be known that you’re willing to help, please contact us at dwl@dallasultimate.org and we’ll keep you in mind.
Again, field lining is Thursday from 10am to 3pm and check-in will be Saturday morning starting at 10:30am.
With your help we can make this year’s the best Dallas Winter League yet!
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