Ottawa-Carleton Ultimate Association

Ottawa-Carleton Ultimate Association
Ottawa-Carleton Ultimate Association
Formation 1993 (1993)
Type Ultimate Frisbee Association
Location Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Website http://www.ocua.ca

The Ottawa-Carleton Ultimate Association (OCUA) is a registered non-profit corporation dedicated to the sport of Ultimate Frisbee in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Ultimate in Ottawa began in 1984 as a result of individuals coming together to play ultimate in scrimmage games. In the summer of 1985, local Ottawa players organized the first “No Borders” tournament, with visiting teams from North Bay, Toronto, and the United States. In 1986 formal league organization meetings took place to organize a league with basic principles and guidelines. [1]

The first ultimate league in Ottawa began play in May 1986 with 5 teams [2]as OCULT (Ottawa City Ultimate League, Thing). The original 5 teams were the Screaming Yellow Zonkers (still playing in OCUA), Bruce and the Usuals, the Ultimate Revolution, Disc Guys, and Disc Drive.[3] As a result of this new league, players from Ottawa helped organize a Canadian entry into the 1986 World Championships in Colchester, England [4], joining players from Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver to form the Canadian team. The first Canadian national championships for ultimate were held for the open division in Ottawa in 1987.[5]

In 1993, the league which had increased its number of teams six-fold [6], officially incorporated as a not-for-profit and renamed as OCUA. Since 1993 OCUA has provided recreational ultimate Frisbee leagues in Ottawa, reaching a peak of 354 teams registered for summer league play in 2004 . [7]

As of 2010 and the start of summer leagues there are 323 teams playing in recreational adult and youth leagues. The number of teams that play with OCUA in summer league has made it one of, if not, the largest ultimate league in the world [8] having well over 300 teams registered every summer for the last 9 years . [9]

OCUA has the unique distinction of being the ultimate Frisbee association with the largest privately owned field complex for ultimate Frisbee in the world. Located in the south Ottawa community of Manotick, UPI (Ultimate Parks Incorporated) was built in 1998 [10]and funded entirely by the membership of OCUA. The 19 irrigated fields of UPI, dedicated solely to ultimate, were in large part constructed by the efforts of OCUA members.

References

  1. ^ "Ottawa-Carleton Ultimate Association". www.ultipedia.org. http://www.ultipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa-Carleton_Ultimate_Association. Retrieved 2010-05-25. 
  2. ^ "OCUA History". www.ocua.ca. http://www.ocua.ca/node/13. Retrieved 2010-05-20. 
  3. ^ "OCUA Hall of Fame". www.ocua.ca. http://www.ocua.ca/OCUA_Hall_of_Fame. Retrieved 2010-06-23. 
  4. ^ "History of Ultimate". www.wfdf.org. http://www.wfdf.org/index.php?page=history/ultimate.htm. Retrieved 2010-05-30. 
  5. ^ "About Ultimate Canada". www.canadianultimate.com. http://www.canadianultimate.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=1&Itemid=2&lang=en. Retrieved 2010-06-03. 
  6. ^ "OCUA History". www.ocua.ca. http://www.ocua.ca/node/13. Retrieved 2010-05-20. 
  7. ^ "OCUA History". www.ocua.ca. http://www.ocua.ca/node/13. Retrieved 2010-05-20. 
  8. ^ "Current Leagues". www.wikipedia.org. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_(sport)#Current_leagues. Retrieved 2010-06-05. 
  9. ^ "OCUA History". www.ocua.ca. http://www.ocua.ca/node/13. Retrieved 2010-05-20. 
  10. ^ "About Ultimate Parks Inc.". upi.ocua.ca. http://upi.ocua.ca/about_up_inc.html. Retrieved 2010-06-09. 

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