What HUrt does in the winter

HUrtems,

Since the fall season is wrapping up in the next week or so, we wanted to remind you of your winter responsibilities:

1) help raise $$ - Cub Fundraiser October 30-31st. All HUrtems share this responsibility and so far the parents have done most (if not all) of the work: Sign up

2) heal - Rest, Ice, Compress & Elevate anything that's been bothering you.
3) get stronger - Improve. Prevent injury.
4) throw & catch - with purpose; with power.
5) recruit - the coaches challenge you to get ONE person who's never played ultimate to throw with you every TWO weeks*.
6) review the rules

*the HUrtem with the most recruits who stay and play spring ultimate will receive a prize.

have fun!
your coaches

MORE FUNDRAISING!!!

I just found out today that we have an opportunity to work the food stand at Cub next weekend; October 30 and 31. This is their last weekend of the year, and should be busy with Halloween activities going on at the store. I need to let them know in the next day or 2 if we can do this~THIS NEEDS TO BE A PLAYER PARTICIPATION EVENT! We've had parents working every Thursday since school started, and this is a chance for team members to come out and volunteer. We can make shifts as short as 2 hours if we have enough people, so talk to your friends and let's make this happen! The hours are from 10:30-5:30 or 6 both Saturday and Sunday. Post your availability please.

Thanks to Benji and Wyatt for working today!

Boys Varsity Tryout tonight

Quick reminder that we have tryouts tonight.

This is 10th-12th grade boys plus those we've already talked to about trying out. If you are unsure if this applies to you, please call a coach or a captain.

If you cannot attend a tryout, it is highly recommended that you notify a coach ASAP.

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Cub fundraiser

Players, if you're in town and free tomorrow it's your last chance of the season to have some fun selling hot dogs and hamburgers at Cub! We have some parents working, but it would be great to have a few players as well, so let me know if you are interested in helping out for a few hours. We're there from 10:30-5:30, and if you want to come for even a couple hours, that would be great!

HBTS update

The sun was shining, and HURT was in good form as they played 4 games each today. Hopkins Black easily won all 4 games, only allowing 4 points all day. Hopkins Silver played hard against some really good teams,even scoring a few points against the second seed, and won their last game 12-0 with the Varsity team cheering them on from the sidelines! It was a great end to a wonderful day of Ultimate! Once again our players showed what great spirit they have by ending their cheer for the losing team by singing "Oh Canada" to them...I was pretty impressed that they knew the words! They are enjoying the bbq at the field right now, and I'm sure will come back to the hotel ready for showers, hot baths, or ice baths depending on their aches and pains, but I'm guessing they'll all sleep well tonight! We'll try and put some pictures and or video up later tonight!

HBTS

It's 45 and sunny in Winnipeg and our two teams are warming up for their first games! We arrived at the Holiday Inn about 8:45 last night, and everyone was in their room with lights out by 10:30. We'll keep you posted on the blog or twitter as the day progresses.

Winnipeg Registration materials and travel info

PLEASE, if there is any part(check, authorization form, passport number and birth date) of your registration that I don't have, bring it to practice TONIGHT! These were due yesterday! I need to send the passport information up to the border control ahead of time, and I have other things to do besides calling individual players to track this stuff down. If you want to get on the bus Friday, be responsible now. Thank you!

As an addendum to Haley's post, I spoke with our sales rep at the Holiday Inn this morning who told me that the forecast for this weekend is for weather in the 60's! If you were in Winnipeg last year you know that this is like a heat wave! It could still be very chilly in the morning and forecasts aren't always correct, so please pack for all conditions. We are bringing field food, but if there are specific things you always eat at games you may want to pack them.

We will be collecting and holding onto your passports when you board the bus.

What to bring to Winnipeg

I know there are plenty of people where this will be your first ultimate tournament or possibly first out of town tournament. In order to help you out a little I will give you what to bring/ what I bring to tournaments. Do with this information, as you want.

Friday: Wear comfortable clothes for the bus. Bring homework, movies, pillows, blankets and snacks. It's an 8-hour bus ride and you want to be comfortable! You also need on the bus your wallet, with id and passport. I would bring your [reusable] water bottle onto the bus also.

Saturday: Prepare for every type of weather.

Socks, non-cotton if you have, and lots of them.

Cleats, possibly two pair if you have them for back up

Shoes to wear to the fields

Sweats to wear to the fields and during your Bye round

Long under armor pants (cold gear)

Compression shorts

Regular shorts

Dark and white shirt- we are making jerseys that we will be wearing but brings these anyways

Long under armor shirt

Windbreaker/rain coat

Gloves

Hat/headband for when it's cold

LOTS OF LAYERS- if it gets cold you will want them

Ultimate bag with a disc, water bottle and your own snacks. If you like granola bars bring those, if you like salty things bring it.

A big garbage bag to put your ultimate bag in if it rains

Saturday Night-

At the hotel we are staying at there is a pool and hot tub. If you are interested bring a swimsuit.

PJ's

Toiletries

Sunday-

Same clothing as Saturday and a change of clothes to wear home from the fields if you please.

If you have any questions please let me know, also if you are a returning player and have advice on something else to bring please let everyone know also.

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HBTS Forms + Parent Signature

We've been handing out forms for HBTS at practice lately. If you are going to HBTS and have not yet gotten a form, please find Erin at practice to get a copy.

These forms need to be returned as soon as possible. Please contact Sara or Erin if you have questions.

Erin

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Central Regionals This Weekend in Maple Plain

The USAU Central Regional tournament is this weekend at the Twin Cities Polo Fields in Maple Plain, MN. The top teams from this tournament will advance to Nationals in Sarasota, FL!

Every year many HUrt alumni and coaches compete. Here's who you can expect to see this year:

• In the Women's bracket, Hert alumni Elise Rasmussen is playing for Pop, the #2 seed. Top 3 go to Nationals.
• In the Mixed bracket, #1 seed Drag'n Thrust includes coaches Jeanine, Tom and Alicia. #5 seed, Evil Twin, includes coaches Lou, Erin and Dan. The reigning Mixed World Champions, CLX (Iowa) are seeded #3. Top 4 go to Nationals.
• As always, the open bracket has many teams with HUrt alumni, including Madison Club, Sub Zero, and Prairie Fire. HUrt coaches Chris and Eric are playing for Sub Zero (#4) and Climax (#5) respectively. Top 3 go to Nationals.
• And in the Masters' bracket, Surly, a Minnesota team, is coming off their 2nd place finish at World's.

You can follow all the action through the USAU Score Reporting tool, right here:

Central Regionals Women's Bracket: http://scores.usaultimate.org/scores/#womens/tournament/7479
Central Regionals Mixed Bracket: http://scores.usaultimate.org/scores/#mixed/tournament/7510
Central Regionals Open Bracket: http://scores.usaultimate.org/scores/#open/tournament/7486
Central Regionals Masters' Bracket: http://scores.usaultimate.org/scores/#masters/tournament/7425

Or you can come cheer in person in Maple Plain (highly recommended). The weather is going to be beautiful, and the ultimate is going to be great!

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Hold Back the Snow 2010 Rosters

Hopkins Black
Eli Leonard*
Sam Bumsted*
Zach Mekler
Wyatt Mekler
Jake Hoffman
Jason Finkelstein
Daniel Raskin
Aaron Blaser
Danny Gollin
Adam Shapiro
Jordan Taylor
JJ Pira
Benny Greenfield
Haley Arenson*
Erynn Schroeder
Mia Bronstein
Alexa Schroeder
Rachel Johnson

Hopkins Silver
Jeremy Steinman*
Dylan Younger
Chris Lovagnini
Aaron Raskin
Michael Liberman
Benji Mosow*
Jake Beggin
Joel Ratner
Drew Locketz
Sam Parker
Braden Spencer
Alex Lehman
Josh Margolis
Shoshana Engelson*
Maddie Hudek
Linette Maeder
Niki Benson
Brie Karls

*denotes captain

Practice, 6pm on Thursday. Be there, we'll be learning new tricks.

Erin

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Winnipeg chaperones

Parents, we still have seats available on the bus and would love to have you join us! There is a $65.00 charge for the round trip transportation, just to cover the cost of our bus. We will be traveling in a comfortable coach bus equipped with wireless Internet. A number of you have expressed an interest, but we now need a firm commitment. Please let me know ASAP if I don't already have you confirmed; I need to let the Holiday Inn know how many rooms to hold for us. The group rate they have extended to us is $135.00 per night which includes all taxes. They will hold the room for you as part of our booking, and then put it on your credit card at check in.



If you have any questions about traveling with us please contact me and I'll be happy to talk to you about it. If you don't know much about the game, this is a great way to learn. I didn't know a huck from a layout, had no idea how long games lasted, what a soft-cap was, or even who was supposed to be doing what on the field at any given time. Then I went to Chicago. Todd Leonard saw how confused I looked and gave me a little tutorial on Ultimate. I was hooked! I guarantee if you come to a tournament someone will be happy to teach you everything you need to know to be an informed spectator. Some might consider me a glutton for punishment because I continue to travel to every tournament I possibly can! But I can honestly say, that despite the sometimes poor weather, you'll never find better entertainment, and you will most definitely find yourself proud of and impressed with the way our kids play this game! It's also very refreshing in this day and age, when many sporting events seem to be filled with fighting and yelling, to see our players discuss the issue when a foul is called and work through the problem. How many other sports do you know of where they cheer for the other team after the game, or give an award to a player they think displayed the most spirit? They learn about a lot more than Ultimate out on those fields.

Please email me at semekler@gmail.com
or call me-
cell 612-817-7997
home 952-935-8357

I need to know by Wednesday, October 6th if you are planning on coming. I will be finalizing the numbers with the hotel first thing Thursday morning.

Find your passport, you're going to Canada

Notice these are in alphabetical order, Black and Silver rosters will be announced at practice.

Please tell your parents that you're going to Hold Back the Snow, find your passport, finish registering for HUrt and tell your teachers that we're leaving at noon on Friday October 15th.

Haley Arenson
Jake Beggin
Niki Benson
Aaron Blaser
Mia Bronstein
Sam Bumsted
Shoshana Engelson
Jason Fink
Danny Gollin
Benny Greenfield
Jake Hoffman
Maddie Hudek
Rachel Johnson
Brie Karls
Alex Lehman
Eli Leonard
Michael Liberman
Drew Locketz
Chris Lovagnini
Linette Maeder
Josh Margolis
Wyatt Mekler
Zach Mekler
Benji Mosow
Sam Parker
JJ Pira
Aaron Raskin
Daniel Raskin
Joel Ratner
Alexa Schroeder
Erynn Schroeder
Adam Shapiro
Braden Spencer
Jeremy Steinman
Jordan Taylor
Dylan Younger

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Exit 69 Day 2

Hey guys,

Meet at lindbergh at 8:50 in the morning tomorrow to get to the fields by 10 for an 11 oclock game. We have a first round bye so we get to sleep in. YAY!

Wetball Out
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Official Exit 69 Information

So as we know, we are going to Northfield this weekend for the Exit 69 tournament. It is very early in the morning, so we will be meeting at the lindbergh parking lot at 6:20 and leaving NO LATER THAN 6:30. We will leave without you if you aren't there. Our first game is at 8 and it is against the first seeded team in our bracket, so get your mind ready to play a big game right off the bat. We will be carpooling to and playing at the main field site:

Spring Creek Soccer Complex
510 Jefferson Pkwy
Northfield, MN 55057

We could be playing as late as 5:30, meaning we will be back to the high school around 6:30 or 7.

Here is the roster for the weekend, if you are not on it and you want to tryout(and have shown interest in the past), post your name.

Capt. Eli Leonard

Capt. Sam Bumsted

Jake Hoffman(leaving early sat)

Jordan Taylor(sunday only)

Big Mek

Baby Mek(sunday only)

J Fink

Nate Wexler

Tommy Kach (leaving early saturday)

Daniel Forscribe

Aaron Raskin

Danny Gollin

Chris Lovagininininini

Dylan Younger

Adam Shapiro

Back Ache Seffren

Aaron "buzz bullet" Blazer

Drew Locketz

Jor-el Ratner

Minjy Mosow

Max Stelzner (sunday)

Benny "diaper" Greenfield(late saturday)

Mark Barry

JJ Pira

Jacob Brandys

Jake Beggin

Jason Herzog

Gary and Julius-showed interest at practice, but we need to know if they are going.

What to bring: Cleats, White and Black jersey, Too much water, snacks for the sidelines (it is a long day without much food, so bring a lot of protein and carbs to munch on), clothes for the cold because it is supposed to be around 50 degrees all weekend, and anything else to keep you comfortable.

Get some sleep tonight because it is an early one tomorrow

Wetball Out.

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