[Halo] European Ultimate Championship Series (EUCS) 2007

[David Brauchli]

Dear European Ultimate Players,

As many of you are aware, a new annual Championship series was started last
year with the intention of building European Ultimate up to a competitive
world standard. In 2006 more than 50 open and women's teams from all over
the continent competed for the right to represent their region in the
Finals, which were held in Florence. After a three-day tournament Iceni from
the UK and Skogshyddan from Sweden were crowned champions.

As the 2007 Outdoor Ultimate season dawns, the Championship series committee
(CSC) is proud to announce the 2007 Series. There have been a few changes to
the series; changes, we hope will make the series even better than last
year. To start, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg have been added into the
West region and teams from those three countries will now compete with teams
from Ireland and the UK for the right to represent the West region in the
finals. Player eligibility rules have been tightened up as well, different
clubs will no longer be able to merge for the series although clubs with A
and B teams will be allowed to have all their players play on a single team
should they wish to do so. And finally, the EUCF tournament format has been
changed to reward pool winners and to provide a more accurate final
placement. 

The EUCS website has been updated (http://efdf.eucs.org) and all the current
2007 rules have been posted. Further, results from last year can also be
found, either on the front page or in the case of a regional, on a region's
page. We will shortly be adding a roster function to the site so all clubs
will be able to input their team rosters for the series. Regional
information as it becomes available will be updated on the site, so please
check back on your region's pages for the latest information regarding the
series. 

The Finals will take place this year in Basel, Switzerland for three days in
October. Basel offers a multitude of sweet fields with lots of grass and
excellent facilities. Even if your club doesn't qualify for the finals, it's
worth the trip to Basel to watch top quality ultimate being played. Basel
offers easy access with Easy Jet and other low-cost airlines flying to the
city. 

Finally, the series is looking for people who are interested in helping to
organize the series on a regional level work on regional committees
(Regional Series Committees). If you would like to get involved in how
ultimate is developed in your region, please contact the following people:

* West region - Si Hill (si.hill at blueyonder.co.uk), Brona Ni Chobhthaigh (
bronanic at yahoo.co.uk )
* South West region - Buddha Schneider (yahoo at cschneid.com ), Emilie
Vaillant (emilie.vaillant1 at wanadoo.fr)
* North East region - Markus Erkinheimo (markus.erkinheimo at enskilda.fi),
Hanna Ounap (hanna.hokkanen at welho.com)
* Central East region - Rue Veitl (ruediger.veitl at skytecag.com),  Delia Chiu
(deliaspice at yahoo.com )

Have a great 2007 Ultimate season hope to see everyone not only in
Southampton in July, but in Basel in October!

The Championship Series Committee


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