Inspired by Vancouver Ultimate League's (VUL) policy announced earlier this year, we at the Ultimate Experience updated our inclusivity policy. We are consciously using gender-neutral language to make our website and events welcoming and supportive of transgender players. If we missed copy somewhere, please let us know! On the field, transgender players should mark the [...]
July 2nd and 3rd was this year's All-Canadian Classic. It was many players' first Sunday-Monday tournament with Saturday left available for people to enjoy Canada's 150th celebrations. The tournament grew to 19 teams this year and was held at Fletcher's Fields in Markham, a private facility with on-site showers, change rooms, concessions and liquor licensing. Special [...]
On May 3rd, we like hundreds of other players across Ontario and Quebec, found out that TSSC's Toronto Ultimate Festival (TUF) was cancelled. TUF is an early season outdoor tournament which many teams use for inter-regional play and final cuts for tryout prospects. Heavy rains the preceding week forced Sunnybrook to shut down to [...]
Thank you to all the players that attended our Foolish Fours event this past Saturday morning! We had a number of close games, with both 3rd and 5th needing to be decided in head-to-head tie breakers! The young squad of team Owen put on a great display of talent and energy. After the tournament, [...]
The third annual Ontario 4v4 Ultimate Championships (O4UC) was held February 18 - 19 at Varsity Centre in Toronto, hosted by us, the Ultimate Experience, in partnership with Ontario Ultimate and Ultimate Canada. We had a total 18 teams from across the province compete for a chance at 8 bids to nationals held next month [...]
Thank you to all the players that attended our quick little Winter Warm-up this past Saturday morning! It was great to see people out early and we saw a number of close games. Congrats to our tournament winner, Tetraphobia, who won with a perfect 5-0 record! Thanks also to Team Gross with their [...]
August 20th and 21st marked Ultimate Experience's inaugural Not-ionals tournament. Six of the ten Ontario teams who failed to qualify for Nationals came and fought it out to be the best at Not-ionals. The teams had great weather, with only a single 10-minute cloudburst all weekend. The evening party and dancing was held at the Queens nightclub [...]
July 30th and 31st marked Ultimate Experience's inaugural 5 v 5 Beach Ultimate tournament, Discs and Dunes. Six teams dueled it out on the longest freshwater beach in the world, Wasaga Beach. This event is proudly supported by the Town of Wasaga and Ontario Parks. Many teams found accommodations within walking distance to the fields [...]
On June 30th to July 1st, Team Canada's Junior Under-20 teams gathered at York University for a training camp. This intensive 2-day training camp allowed the team to fine-tune strategy and plays one last time before the next stop, Wroclaw, Poland! See Official World Junior Ultimate Championships Website See Rosters of Team Canada U-20, Open and Women's [...]
Gareth Cawley This chemistry high school teacher travels all over the world to play in incredible Ultimate tournaments. We've asked for his thoughts on Gender Blender. Gareth coaching his high school team, Marshall McLuhan Rebels, at the Canadian High School Ultimate Championships How long have you been playing Ultimate? "This will be [...]
