Thursday, November 29, 2012

U of M Bubble Tourney Info: FOR SPECTATORS

This Sunday's Varsity tourney is in the Bierman Bubble on the University of Minnesota Campus.

Parking is free on the street, but there is also a ramp on 4th street.

Spectators are aloud in the Bubble to watch games, but they are asked to stay on the sidelines and be cautious of games.

NO FOOD OR DRINK (Other than water) in the Bubble.

A map is provided on the tournament page.


Varsity is in the A pool and plays from 10AM to 1:40PM. Bracket play starts at 5:10PM

We hope to see everyone there!

Monday, November 19, 2012

Varsity Practice

Varsity practice TOMORROW.

Tuesday November 20th.

Lions Park 4pm-5:30pm.

Be cleated up and ready to run at 4!

Monday, November 05, 2012

JV Scrimmage Saturday 11/10

Update 11/8
Thanks for the great responses!  The scrimmage will be taking place, but the time has been moved back to 11:30 due to availability.  Please arrive at the fields at 11:00 for warmups.  See you there!

Update 11/7
Currently we only have 6 players attending.  Please spread the word to your fellow Hurtems so we can get enough to play on Saturday!  If we do not have enough by the end of Thursday we will need to cancel the scrimmage.  
In addition, because of the low numbers and our proximity to the fields in St. Louis Park we will NOT be having a carpool.  


Hi Hurtems!

If you are a JV player there is still one more chance to play outside before winter comes!  We have set up a scrimmage with our friends at the St. Louis Park team for this coming Saturday.  This is a great opportunity to play some Ultimate outside before the snow hits.  Here are the details:


  • Time: 11:00am Saturday November 10
    • Players should arrive at the fields by 10:15am. 
  • Location: Fern Hill Park in St. Louis Park
  • What to Bring: Bring everything you would bring to a practice or a Spring league game.  Dress for the weather!

Please sign up in the comments if you wish to attend.  Also please indicate if you or your parent can drive to the game.  I look forward to seeing you this weekend!

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Varsity Workouts

Varsity Workouts start tomorrow Tuesday, the 6th. 3:00 right after school at Lindbergh. These are mandatory for varsity players, if you cannot make it, you MUST let someone who will be there know.

If you are not on varsity, you are still welcome to come to workouts.

Starting tomorrow workouts will be every Tuesday and Thursday.

See you all there

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Varsity Roster 2012-2013

Varsity Rosters are finally here!

Thank you to everybody who tried out and worked hard.

Tryouts have been hard and making decisions has been even harder. Our Varsity roster is VERY fluid, meaning that if you slack off or do not show up, YOU WILL BE CUT. Also, if you did not make the team, keep coming to workouts and practices and prove that you deserve to be on Varsity.

Your 2012-2013 Hurt Varsity Roster


  • Jor-el "JRat^2" Ratner
  • Beminji "Minjy" Mosow 
  • Adam "The Claw" Caskeyyyyyy
  • Mike Liebermmannshteinbergman
  • Ryan "The Monster" Franklin
  • Jacob "D"Lias 
  • Adam "Wanna be Fink" Shapiro Penguin
  • Max "Dating Parker's Sister" Wolk
  • Zac "Shock the ultimate world" Merie 
  • Will "Kinda ripped" Cohen
  • Sam Kaminsky
  • AR " forscribe" Raskin
  • Joe "call me maybe" Kohner
  • Rob "D Ledge" Dan
  • Captain Wyatt "Raw" Mekler
  • Liam "Speedy" Perkins
  • Trey "cous..cous" Taylor
  • Braden "dirty combover" Spencer
  • Ryland "Men in black" Dorshow


Congratulations to all who made it. I look forward to sweating, struggling, and winning with you all

Varsity Roster

Varsity rosters are here!

Monday, October 15, 2012

Varsity Tryouts

Hurtems,

This week continues our Varsity Tryouts.  Reminder that this is for 10-12th graders and those who we have already invited to participate.

If you're not sure if you should be coming to these tryouts, please ask a captain or a coach.

Hertets - Please keep an eye on the Facebook group for upcoming plans re: Yoga, practices etc.

JV - If you are not eligible to tryout for Varsity this year, please get out and throw as often as possible before it snows - in all weather conditions.  Practices for players younger than 10th grade will resume in January, so please continue to check the blog for details.

Thanks!
Erin

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

HBTS notes

Tomorrow (Thursday) is a HBTS only practice, 6-9pm.  HBTS players should make it a priority.  Please also make sure that you've sent in your materials to Sara.

There have been a lot of questions at practice about what to bring and what kind of gear is necessary.  Your captains are really good resources.  There are also past blog posts here about KITS:

http://hurtult.blogspot.com/search/label/KITS

Please pack for all conditions (the nature of Toasty Warm) and keep an eye on the weather for more information.  When in doubt: Layer.

Erin
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Friday, October 05, 2012

EXIT 69 CARPOOL

All players attending Exit 69 tomorrow meet in Linbergh parking lot at 7 AM SHARP!
We will all be leaving together at 7:10 AM. If you cannot make it on time you must let Wyatt know before 7AM.
Get a good sleep and bring enough clothes to stay Toasty Warm. Make sure to bring a WHITE and a DARK no greys. Also bring your own REUSABLE water bottle and money for lunch and any snacks you want to eat during games.
See you all bright and early!

http://scores.usaultimate.org/scores/#college-open/tournament/11583

HBTS rosters

Hurtems & Hertets,

Next week we'll be having some practice times for only HBTS players.  Please check the blog and make it a priority to attend these if you're coming with us to Canada.  You must turn in your permission materials and have a passport ASAP.

HUrt Black

Ryan Franklin
Riley Kendall
Michael Lieberman
Drew Locketz
Wyatt Mekler*
Benji Mosow
Sam Parker
Liam Perkins
Aaron Raskin
Adam Shapiro
Braden Spencer
Max Wolk

Mickela Heilicher
Hattie Holm
Noa Parker*
Lisa Persson
Becca Steinman*
Sophie Stillman

HUrt Silver

Jordan Barry
Liam Bronstein
Will Cohen
Jacob Elias
Ethan Freidman
Sam Kaminsky*
Oliver Lee
Josh Margolis
Louis McGraw
Jackson Melin
Ben Pavelka
Trey Taylor*

Maddie Ansel
Alyssa Resnick
Lilly Shapiro*
Shortie Sheran
Claire Smart
Samantha Tankenoff

*indicates Captain

Monday, October 01, 2012

EXIT 69 TOURNAMENT

Upperclassmen may sign up for this coming weekend's tournament with the link below. Please look at the sign up carefully as you must sign up on each day if you're planning on being there for the whole tournament.  The players plan their own carpools, but if parents are planning on attending and driving, you may post the number of players you can accomadate if you are interested in offering a ride to anyone else.

Per our team policy, players are allowed to drive themselves to this tournament because it is just under the 50 mile limit we have set as a boundary. As always, it's then up to parents to decide if they want their player to drive/ride with players, or if they prefer to drive. We always ask that only our oldest players drive when possible, and obviously, they may only transport as many players as they have seatbelts for. The kids usually will all contribute a few dollars to the driver for gas, or buy them lunch...whatever they want to work out :-)

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Winnipeg info

PLAYER INFO-the cost for Winnipeg this year will be $200.00. This price includes the coach bus ride up and back, as well as back and forth to the field during the tournament, the hotel, breakfast, some field snacks, all tournament fees, and all coaches expenses. The tournament hosts a dinner on Saturday night, but we've found in past years that our players sometimes like to order pizzas or some other type of food later in the evening. They are also responsible for their dinner Friday night on the way to Winnipeg, and Sunday night on the way home. The bus will stop at a mall with a food court or a strip mall with a variety of fast food choices. They may also want some money for tournament gear(discs, shirts, shorts, etc). We will be bringing typical "ultimate" snacks to the field for each team, but if players have specific foods they like to have at every tournament, they should bring that themselves. PLEASE remember to bring at least one refillable water bottle; two would be better!

We will be leaving from the back of the Adath Parking lot, directly behind Lindbergh Center, at NOON; this means you need to be there at 11:30 to check in and load your things on the bus. The last few years we've gotten back to Adath between 12:00-12:45a.m. Monday morning.

I will need a copy of everyone's passport, as well as a signed parent permission slip(link) along with your check, no later than Tuesday, October 9th. This means you can mail  it all to me, or bring it to practice and give it to Erin/Wyatt, but in order to expedite the process of border crossing, I need to send all passport information to border control by Wednesday, so this is a FINAL date. Please do it sooner if possible. 

Make checks out to HOPKINS ULTIMATE 
mail them to - Sara Mekler
12410 Huntingdon Lane
Mtka, MN 55305

PARENT INFO-for the parents who wish to travel with us, the cost of riding on the bus will be $75.00. If you choose to drive, please know that this is not reimbursed by the team since you are not transporting any players, and have the option of riding on the bus!!! I will be driving, as I feel it's always important to have one car up there, so you won't have to rely on the bus to get to the fields and back for the games. But, it's really important to have parents on the bus so the coaches have some help with OUR children...

I will need passport info and birthdates from parent travelers by October 9th as well, being that everyone on the bus will be listed on a document sent to border control.

Thursday, September 27, 2012

CUB SHIFT TODAY!!!

WE REALLY NEED HELP AT CUB THIS AFTERNOON IF ANYBODY IS AVAILABLE. EVEN IF YOU CAN WORK PART OF THE SHIFT, PLEASE SIGN UP! I WORKED ALL OF THE SHIFT LAST WEEK, PART OF IT BY MYSELF, AND PART OF IT WITH A ROTATION OF PLAYERS, AND AM WILLING TO BE THERE AGAIN WITH SOME HELP. WE ONLY HAVE A FEW WEEKS LEFT; PLEASE HELP OUT!!! 

NEXT WEEK'S AFTERNOON SHIFT IS COMPLETELY OPEN AS WELL, SO IF THIS WEEK DOESN'T WORK FOR YOU SIGN UP FOR NEXT WEEK!

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

You need a passport for Canada


The following players need a passport as soon as possible.

Maddie Ansel
Jordan Barry
Liam Bronstein
Will Cohen
Jacob Elias
Ryan Franklin
Ethan Freidman
Mickela Heilicher
Hattie Holm
Sam Kaminsky
Riley Kendall
Oliver Lee
Michael Lieberman
Drew Locketz
Josh Margolis
Louis McGraw
Wyatt Mekler
Jackson Melin
Benji Mosow
Noa Parker
Sam Parker
Ben Pavelka
Liam Perkins
Lisa Persson
Aaron Raskin
Alyssa Resnick
Adam Shapiro
Lilly Shapiro
Leighanna Sheran
Claire Smart
Braden Spencer
Becca Steinman
Sophie Stillman
Samantha Tankenoff
Trey Taylor
Max Wolk

As always, choosing players who get to go on these trips is difficult.  There is no perfect way, I assure you - and every year we are under the gun with the tournament registration deadline.  If you are on this list and do not attend practices (or notify your captains or me with an explanation of your absences) between now and the tournament - I will not let you get on the bus.  Promise.

Erin

Monday, September 24, 2012

Feed my in-box update

We've found some answers to everyone's questions regarding the late arrivals of blog posts when you subscribe to feed my in-box. Apparently, this service only sends out emails once a day, unless you subscribe to a full version, and pay $5.00 a month...per email address. Obviously, this is not something the team is going to do, and not something I even recommend each of you do on your own. If you bookmark the blog, during busy times of the season, it's pretty easy to take a quick peek at it a few times a day if needed. We will continue to look for other services that are similar, and will give us the freedom to have notices sent out in real time, without any fees. I'll keep you updated, but in the meantime, we appreciate your patience as we continue to look at new options. We're attempting to embrace new technology as you may have noticed with our Winnipeg sign up, and would love to hear what you think about it. Thanks for your patience!

Winnipeg info

The following people either have none or only part of their registration materials in, and will not be considered for the HBTS rosters, if they don't either have them at Sara's by 4:00 Tuesday, or they've contacted Sara.

Aaron Raskin
Sam Parker
Trey Taylor
Will Cohen
Oliver Lee
Riley Kendall
Hattie Holm
Claire Smart
Overflow list-
Brandon Fountain
Winnie Brand
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First thing; if we don't have all of your registration materials-all forms completely filled out, and payment, you will not be put on the HBTS roster...at this point, 12 of the 36 people signed up are in this position. If your paperwork and check isn't either mailed or dropped off at Sara's by Tuesday, your spot will be given away. If there is a problem, contact Erin or Sara immediately. 

Parents, please let me know if you are planning on traveling to Winnipeg with us. Whether you're planning on riding the bus or driving, I'd like to get a head count on how many adults will be there. We are going to be staying at the Country Inn and Suites this year. They've given us a group rate of $105.00 per night plus tax, but I need to give them a final number by the end of the week for how many rooms we will need. 

I'm finalizing all the costs, but am looking at the price for the trip this year to be @$200.00 give or take $15.00.  I'll have a final price up on the blog by Tuesday. Once this price is determined, it will be due by the end of next week.

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Winnipeg sign-up

Today, Sunday, September 23rd is the last day sign up will be open to only upperclassmen. If you want to go to Winnipeg, get your name on the list. Tomorrow, 9th graders may sign up, and we're closing registration at the end of the day tomorrow, 9/24, in order to form rosters and meet the deadlines set by the HBTS coordinators.


Okay, what you've all been waiting for!!! Please use this link to access our new method of signing up for a tournament. If you have any problems, please let us know at the email address below! Please read all the information regarding this new system, below the sign-up link, before using the link!



New season, new technology. We are trying a new and hopefully better way for players and drivers to sign up for tournaments. Signupgenius.com is a free system that should be easier for everyone. With signupgenius, you can sign up without having to create an account. However, if you do sign up for an account, you will receive emails when changes are made to the signup page, you’ll also receive email reminders as necessary, and it becomes easier to sign up for subequent events. Again, there is no requirement to setup an account – entirely your choice. If you have any questions about the signupgenius, you can send an email tohopkinsultimate3@gmail.com. Also, we’d really like to know what you think of the signupgenius so please send your comments to that email address as well. Thanks

And thank you to David "Digital" Seffren for all the work you put into creating this!

Winnipeg

We are working out the kinks in a new system for tournament sign-ups...it will be up and running soon. In the meantime, you should already know if you are hoping to go to Canada-
1: you have a passport!
2: you've been attending practice
3: you've helped out at Cub, or will be working a fundraising shift. 
4: your parents have already given you permission to go!!! Don't sign up if you haven't cleared it with them yet!

Check back later today for updates on the sign-up

Friday, September 21, 2012

Registration

Thank you to everyone who attended our registration meeting last night; it was great to see so many returning and new players and parents! If you were unable to attend, the registration forms will now be available for you to download and print out. You may bring them to practice and turn everything in to coach Erin, in which case Wyatt will have a disc for you that night, or mail them to me at the address on the form, and I will then let Wyatt know that you can be given a disc at the next practice. No one will be allowed to attend practice without being registered after next Thursday, September 27th. If you have any questions regarding the forms, I'm happy to answer them; my email address is on the right hand side of the page above the calendar.

All forms here-one is information only, the rest need to be filled out and returned
registration forms