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For Free Catalogue Write: Discraft East Coast to Hold Separate Collegiate Ultimate Championships Products Brain Murphy new UPA director; 8th Edition Rules· Passes Box 275 Westland, Michigan 48185 Frisbee News resurrects Flying Disc Magazine; Flying Disc Top 20, Update '83 Schedule (313) 421-4322 .. .and more VOL. 3 NO.1 ' , MAR. 25, 1983 FrOI!l the Editor: EAST COAST CAPTAINS: SPRING COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 Whoa! Fhat ' s go{ng on here? As a subscriber by Andy Borinstein ·' of Frisbee flews , you'r~ prouably wondering what ('' ll lfi) Flyinc Disc l ~<>t:.a zine is tloint; in your mailbox, as team' s r·oster . The committee, led l>y Tim Ri viere well as uonc1erinc where Frisbee lle ws is . Old FDM The fifth annual East Coast Captain' s meeting (ZooDisc), Big Rick Atkins (UPENN Refuhees) and subscribers are prouably uondering why this "news­ was held on Februar·y 13 at Villanova University. Steve Mooney, Roston's new Sectional Coordinator, letter" is bcint; calltd FD:' , and why there is Despite the inclement weather conditions caused by decided that two-thirds (2/.3 ) of a team's r·oster little typesetting and no r,lossy pages. the "Blizzard of '83", 34 men's and 8 women's must be affiliated with that institution, as ********************************************** teams participated in the event. Agenda topics either an unr1ergraduate or a graduate student. TABLE OF CONTENTS Well , readers of Frisbee flews knou that much focused mostly on a change in the Spring Thus, one-third (11.3) or the team does not have to has hc. ppcncc in tile frisbee 1~orld in tr.e last few tour·nament format as well as the valid! ty of the be made up or students. The two-thirds compromise *************************************** ***** *~ non th.:;, and this change is one of the results. current UPA By-Law vote. was reached because this is the first large scale The disappearance of Frishee-disc \lo rld leaves a attempt to organize a College Championship East Coast Captain's Meetings & Spring College huLc void in tht fl yinr; c isc publication narket . At exactly 1: 45 p.m., the meeting wa s cal led tournament. The coomittee felt that strict or It l eave::. no central place for co n r ~ unication anong into session by Eric Simon , incumbent Mid-Atlantic limited eligibility would hinder player Championships . 3 all of us . Fr ishee r:c ws is nov int; to fill that Regional Coordinator·. After the various team par·ticipation and possibly lower the quality of Flying Disc Top 20 . 6 void . 1:e feel that Frisbee ne ws is already the spokespeople officially introc1uced themselves to play. However, this two-thirds pr·oporti onal amount is only in effect for this spring's Leadership & other changes in the UPA . 4 lo<>st pu~ licatio n in the r:;a rket , and nOI·I ~te are one another, Simon discussed several different ;: cine. to u<Ji:.e a serious atter.Jpt to t;o big: to issues. First, he gave a brief recap of the championship season. Thus, at next year's meeting Update '83 Schedule . 7 up~;r<.~<::e, to enl11rge our nationnl readership , and results of last year's meeting. (This included: a new standard can he set. Editorial . 8 to incre<:se advertisinr, . Ove r the past t11o .;•ears, a resolution that reserved at least one-third of 1 It must also be r~entionec1 that College teams Letter from the Editor . 2 we 've dedicated our efforts to civinc you co~pre­ all fields at a major tour·nament for women s games hensi ve and i r:: J:..ortant news - a lot of nc1~s when as well as the three UPA By-Law proposals that are can participate in EITHER the College or Open i Club Classifieds . 8 it ' s still ne1~s . lie l:no11 that l•e'VE' struck a currently up for membership referendum. These Championships , BUT NOT BOTH. Therefore, a College responsive ci:crll uecause ot:r readers are extrer~e­ By-Laws proposals call for : 1) teams team can opt to play in the Club F.egionals if they ly loyal . :'e 've huun r. together on a slroestrint; par·ticipating in a UPA sanctioned Regionals to wish. Club teams may only participate in the !Jm! t_; raphics, very sr ~a ll prir.t, lots of typos - have 50~ of its players as members of the UPA; 2) Open/Club Regionals. Once a team has decic1ed to hut. t he content has always been excellent. l!ow , a membership vote on settling the Spring-Fall enter a specific level of competition (i.e., ~1c feel tha t 1~e can cxrJand our r ca~e rship and Nationals question; and 3) making certain that no College or Open ~ C lub) it must remain there. Once up r.ruc!e our plrysical characteristics . It r1cans member of the UPA will be able to hold more than a team is eliminated rrom play, it cannot "jump" u: ;-.l :inc our firre neHslE:tter lool: like a fine news­ one of the following titles simultaneously: into another level of competition. letter , and hope , so:rcc!ay, to turn it into a slick· Sectional Coordinator, Regional Coordinator, r1at.,c:•zine, like Jim Fal11eri's old Flyint; Disc National Coordinator, UPA Newsletter Editor, and By a vote of 32 in favor and 9 against, this i'ae,a zine. Treasurer). (Ed. note: all three have passed.) proposal becaMe the East Coast 1 s spring tournament standar·d. Mr. Fete {413-?.53-3154), Mike Farnham, To that end , in aGreerrent with Jin PalMeri , After finishing the l•l!"ap up of last year 1 s SUNY Purchase ultimate Coach (914-253-5026), Andy EDITOR: Eric Simon we've cl:an,;ed our nr.r1e to FDt: . Jim , along with results. Simon began a discussion on the UPA's Borinstein (212-864-8258), Atkins (2 15-222-7876) Carol Cavallaro , ~1ill te helpin.; us publish and current financial situation. He noted that the (now Mid-Atlantic College Coordinator), and Bus. Mgr.: Wendy Mer rill 11ill also try to send Fl'll to all of llis former "UPA Newsletter" costs roughly $11,000 a year to F.iviere (New England College Coordinator) were subscri~- ers . publish. Expenses are met by the $10,000 grant chosen to help organize the College Championship. Contributors: that Wham-0 annually donates to the Association, By mid-Harch, this committee will send out So , \.his is just the next phase in the life of as well as the $5,000 raised through membership additional information to all college teams, Andy Bornstein Frisbee Hel·ts: Flyinc Disc i·iaGazinc ; the sar~e dues. However, Wham-0 was bought by Kransco, a notifying them of tournament dates, sites, Dan Roddick editor and publisher , pretty rruch tile sar1c staff San Francisco toy manufacturer , and the grant is procedures, and fees. Thi s new tournament and contributors. nut with increased read ership not yet certain this year. Thus, the UPA must schedule does not affect wome n's play at all. In find other "sources" of aid or else face the Production: ar.d adve rtisint~ . and 1~ith Jir1 and Cn rol helping order to qualify for £a sterns, women's teans must u:; , ~1e can only ch<JnLe for the uetter. possibility of cutting certain services (i.e., the play in a Regional tournament. It must also l>e Susan Vogel newsletter) in order to remain financially noted that Open~Club teams in the Northeast Kevin Cande In the neantine - enjoy the publication! This solvent. Regionals will not play in any Sectional Lindsay Scoggins is our anni versary issue - welc01.re to Vol. 3 tlo. tournament. Due to the limited number of 1. \:e 've cor.;e a lone, way fron that little 3 page At ?. p.m . , discussion shifted to the Open~Clul> teams in this region, a Sectional is Ne\•1 FDM logo by She ll ey Simon thine: tuo year s aco. announcements of the major Spring tour·naments. At unnecessar· y. Thus, OpeniCl ub teams in the that point, this correspondent took the floor and Northeast ~egion advance directly to a ~egional Ir. ttrc me<~ntine - enjoy the publication! This proposed that an East Coast Men's Collegiate tournament, with the top six (6) going to the €) 1983 Flying Disc Magazine is our <Hrlli ver sary issue - uelc01 ~ e to Vol. 3 No. Championships be held this spring. The format Easterns The Mid-Atlantic Open/Club teams as 1. 1:e ' ve cor.e a lone way fron tlrat little 3 pace woul d be based upon the two Regions (Northeast anc1 well as all of the College teams have to play in a thing two yeArs t~go. Mid-Atlantic) having separate College and Sectional tournament. Open/ Club Sectionals (if necessary) and Regionals.