Annual Report 2018

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Heather Wallace, Chair Sebastien Belanger, Director Venissa de Castro, Director Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood, Director Andréa Proulx, Director Dan Thomson, Director Alison Ward, Director Jessie Robinson, Secretary Jonathan Champagne, Treasurer Michael Wood, Treasurer

A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR

Hi! On the off chance I haven’t subbed with your frisbee team at some point over the last six years, my name is Heather Wallace, and I love frisbee.

It’s been a busy year for our Board with lots of big successes. Most notably, we took concrete steps toward finalizing Project Callahan; in November the membership voted to merge Ultimate Parks Incorporated and OCUA into one not-for-profit organization, a major milestone in OCUA’s acquisition of the beautiful fields in Manotick. We also took major steps to address gender equity, including implementing 3:3 ratio leagues in both our summer and winter leagues, and we nearly doubled the size of our winter leagues, all while working hard to deliver against our Strategic Plan.

I have learned so much since joining the Board and assuming the role of Chair in April of 2018. Most notably, I’ve learned that nothing happens without the hard work of our Executive Director, OCUA’s dedicated staff, and our committed volunteers. From the Juniors that help us set up No Borders, to our dedicated coaches and convenors, to our innovative (and opinionated - in the best way!) league coordinators, the noble team captains, and everyone in between, I cannot thank you enough for our hard work. I am so grateful for the work you do.

I always like to say that teamwork makes the dream work, and I love the giant, diverse team that makes our organization, and our sport, so great.

Heather, Wallace Chair, OCUA

A MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

I continue to have the pleasure and privilege of managing one of the world’s largest Ultimate associations, and I can honestly say that this organization will never cease to amaze me. We can thank Mother Nature that 2018 was a much drier year than 2017 and with some hard work from our friends at Mountainview, all of UPI was in great shape throughout the season.

The membership continues to grow with over 3,000 adult and just under 1,000 junior players; that’s right, we are back to 4,000+ members! These figures have not been recorded since 2011. Over the past few years, this growth, along with a focus on financial sustainability, has allowed OCUA to invest into new leagues and programs, such as summer social leagues, new turf fields, competitive development for youth and juniors, and new fundraiser events for OCUA’s Competitive Alliance clubs.

Two of the most exciting areas of OCUA’s membership are high school and middle school teams and grandmasters. While not close in age, both groups are growing at a rapid rate. In 2018, OCUA moved its spring and fall high school/middle tournaments to UPI to allow for more teams and within the year, both divisions have already surpasses UPI’s capacity (60 teams). Separate events will be required in 2019! Grandmasters now boast a full 6-month long indoor league, new competitive clubs, and plans to create a new Masters-Grandmasters summer tournament.

I want to thank everyone that has helped get OCUA to where it is today. The list is very long, an indication of such an engaged community. My gratitude goes out to OCUA’s partners: Andrew Morrisey, Ottawa Outlaws, BigRig Brewery, Daredevil Discs, Layout Gloves, and BE Ultimate. And I would like to especially thank OCUA’s 250+ volunteers who come out every year; that’s 6% of the membership or roughly one person per team that helps make this association and sport so great by dedicating their own time!

Get ready for an exciting 2019 as we continue to launch new programs and initiatives.

Christopher Castonguay Executive Director

OCUA Staff Christopher Castonguay, Executive Director Dominique Rioux, League Operations and Marketing Dave Brown, Special Events Manager Samantha Lee, League Operations and Marketing Brian Perry, Special Events Manager Vanessa Mann, Events Coordinator and Community Liaison

OUR MISSION:

To organize and promote the growth and development of the sport of

Ultimate throughout the Ottawa-Carleton region.

OUR VISION:

The Ottawa-Carleton Ultimate Association aspires to be the leading

Ultimate organization that supports its members in reaching their desired

level of play in a top-quality environment.

OUR VALUES:

· Spirit of the Game

· Community experience

· Opportunities to play, learn, and develop

· Fun

· Responsible to the membership

· Financial accountability

· Fairness in dealing with partners and sponsors

· Social and environmental responsibility

· Sustainable growth of the Association

· Field stewardship

· Paying it forward

OUR SLOGAN:

The greatest sport. The Ultimate people.

GROW YOUTH AND JUNIOR

MEMBERSHIP

OCUA was invited to participate in the

Rideau-Vanier Multisport Program, a

program funded by the Ottawa Sports

Council to teach youth in underserved

areas about our sport.

A new league brought the under

17 crowd to the University of

Ottawa on Saturday nights

this winter.

IMPROVE ONBOARDING

OF NEW MEMBERS

New downtown social

leagues at Carleton and

UOttawa meant less driving and

more fun.

Did you notice? An invitation to swing by to

meet your Board members was posted on

the website during summer league. Come

say hi and ask for the inside scoop!

BUILD STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS

OCUA is making itself known in Ottawa’s

domes! We nearly doubled our dome time

this winter and filled the fields with new

Ultimate offerings.

Have you purchased some cool new swag?

OCUA partnered with BE Ultimate this past

year to bring the best of Ultimate

apparel to its members.

INCREASE CAPITAL ASSETS

Did you know that the fields we

call UPI were never owned by

OCUA? In 2018, the membership

voted to merge Ultimate Parks

Incorporated with OCUA, a significant

milestone in OCUA’s long-term plan of

acquiring the property. Get ready to storm

our fields in 2019!

OCUA introduced a small membership fee

to help us build an Ultimate empire.

Putting our

2018-2021

Strategic Plan

into action

Most Spirited Team of Summer League 2018 Congratulations to Killer Bunnies. Way to kill it!

Ottawa Sports Award, January 2018: Alec Arsenault In 2017, Alec competed with Phoenix where he finished with a bronze

medal at the Canadian Ultimate Championship. Alec also represented Canada at the World Ultimate Beach Championships in

Royan, France. He scored 60 goals in 14 games which placed him in the top 4 in scoring in the American Ultimate Disc League.

Ottawa representation on the world stage

Three teams attended the WFDF World Masters Ultimate Club Championships held in Winnipeg, Manitoba in July 2018

Master Women’s: Eclipse Master Men’s: Iron Crow Grand Master's Men: Get Off My Lawn

OCUA’S Comp Team Winners at the 2018 Canadian National Championships

Open Division Champions: Phoenix Women's Division: Stella, Silver

Master Women's Division: Nebula, Spirit

SHOWCASING OUR ULTIMATE

OCUA has

1925

Facebook

followers

129,087 messages have been sent on

the OCUA Slack channels

The fastest time

for a league to sell

out was 1 minute and

47 seconds

The first team to register for

Summer 2018 was Hucking

Fooligans

1316 beers

and ciders

were sold at

Playoffs

2018

The longest

consecutive

returning team

is the Zonkers,

1986 to Present

DID YOU KNOW?

THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEERS

Congratulations to Marisa Fosco for

winning the 2018 Volunteer of the Year

Award. Thank you for all your help!

We couldn’t do it without you!

2018 Volunteers

Achtell, Kate

Al-Zahrani, Khalid

Allen, Henry

Ambery, Tim

Arsenault, Emily

Atallah, Habib

Ayad, Adel

Bailey, Connor

Barber, Andrew

Beaulieu, Emma

Beauregard, Thomas

Beausoleil, Emilie

Beausoleil, Lanie

Belanger, Reegan

Belanger, Ryley

Belanger, Sebastien

Bentley, Gillian

Berg, Mathew

Berquist, Cassie

Berquist, Kristyn

Blackstock, Lance

Bordage, Marcus

Bouchard, Melany

Boucher, Cory

Bourdon, Jacob

Bouse, Jakob

Bouse, Karlis

Bowditch, Cory

Brichta, Jessica

Brook, George

Burge, Eric

Burnett, Dale

Cameron, Alex

Cameron, Andrew

Cameron, Georgia

Cann, Nadine

Cantal, Danielle

Cantin, Logan

Cantin, Noel

Caron, Frederic

Chan, Wing-Leun

Cheer, Ben

Cheer, Brooklyn

Cheer, Kira

Chomyn, Roman

Chouinard, Maxim

Chow, Steve

Clement, Kate

Cloutier, Natasha

Cohen, Daria

Colantonio,

Alessandro

Colic, David

Cooke, Brittney

Cooper, Calvin

Daigeler, Chris

Daigeler, Liam

Daigeler, Owen

Davidson, Michael

Davidson, Travis

Dawson, Hannah

de Castro, Venissa

De Melo, Dylan

Deforge, Jean

Francois

Delorme, Martin

Dent, Jen

Devin, Nancy

Dickson, Sarah

Dietz, Andrea

Donaldson, Julie

Dunnigan, Thomas

Ferguson, Tanara

Fielding, Craig

Flynn, Alison

Fosco, Marisa

Fosco, Mattia

Fransham, Kyle

Fraser, Sarah

Gascoigne, Kevin

Gatt, Victor

Gauvin, Marie-Eve

Gee, Clare

Gee, Wynne

Germain, Erik

Gnaedinger, Anika

Godding, Allan

Gorber, Allison

Gorber, Benson

Goulet, Clara

Graham, Scott

Gravel, Marie-Ange

Gravelle, Félix

Green, Samantha

Guibord, Josee

Hadwen, Alex

Hadwen, Anthony

Hassenzahl, Eric

Hayes, Andrew

Hernandez, Ana

Vanessah

Hew-wing, David

Higgins, Scott

Higham, Tristan

Ho, Mi Yen

Hodgson, Derek

Huang, Tina

Hughes, Kevin

Huluta, Alexandra

Hunter, Erik

Hyslop, Caroline

Jacques, Marie-

Christine

Jaffray, Brianna

Jaffray, Cassandra

Johnson, Halden

Johnson, Owen

Jolanda, Turley

Juergensen, Lars

Junek, Adrienne

Karman, Mehmet

Kavanagh, Emily

Kavanagh, Karen

Keates, Christopher

Keenan, Amelia

Keillor, Jody

Keillor, Logan

Kells, Brian

Kelly, Hugh

Kelly, Kevin

Kelly, Owen

Kennedy, Caitlyn

Kennedy, Cameron

Kent, Stanley

Kenzie, Patrick

King, Abbigail

Klimowicz, Nick

Koblbauer, Christina

Kwan, Jack

Kwok, Damian

La Barre, Marjolaine

Labonte, Ben

Labrèche, Cédrik

Labrosse, Emylie

Lacelle, Pierre-Luc

Lafontaine, Luca

Larock, Darby

Larock, Roisin

Lawson, Maya

Lee, Amos

Lee, Brennan

Lee, Justin

Lee, Mike

Lefebvre, Rachel

Letvi, Jennahfer

Lewis, Hannah

Lovett, Lynn

Lumley, Owen

Macabuag, Yvette

MacDonald, Adam

Mandal, Stephanie

Marshall, Amelie

Masse, Matt

Mattice, Amanda

McCabe, Heather

McCardle, Alex

McDonald, Ryan

McDonald, Sarah

McKay, Duncan

McKay, Tenley

Mellway, Kalia

Mertins-Kirkwood,

Hadrian

Michaud, Pascal

Milbradt, Elise

Millar, Abby

Millett, Kaden

Minty, Tyler

Moo, Peter

Mooder, Justin

Moore, Michael

Mueller, Angela

Munoz, Abigail

Munoz, Jonah

Murphy, Lauren

Murray, Jack

Nahmias, Sherine

Newman, Tom

Neyson, Jeremie

Ng, Rachel

Norman, Gwynn

Nuk, Audrey

O'Callaghan, Brian

Olfert, Zane

Ostojic, Aleksandra

Pampararo, Dave

Pattathe, Anirudh

Paul, Deon

Perry, Brian

Peterson, Tynan

Phang-Lyn, Erich

Phelan, Luke

Pindur, Jon

Piper, Ben

Popovic, Maya

Porter, Colin

Pound, Trevor

Powell, Becky

Price, Justine

Proulx, Andréa

Provost, Jim

Qin, Michael

Racine, Alicia

Rancourt, Joe

Randy, Zdyb

Ranger, Alix

Redding, Susan

Reid, Freeman

Rhodenhizer, Tim

Ricard, Evelyne

Richardson-Brown,

Sara

Rivada, Jenny

Rivier-Gatt, Logan

Robinson, Jessie

Robinson, Jim

Ron, Ogoniek

Ross, Gwyneth

Ross, Sherri

Ross, Terron

Rowe, Jonathan

Russell, Breanna

Ruth, Bankey

Savard, Francesca

Sawler, Nicola

Saxe, Jen

Scholefield, Devan

Scott, Ben

Scott, Emily

Scribner, Tim

Seaborn, Geofford

Shannon, Lilianne

Shannon, Patrick

Shannon, Valérie

Shawn, Sellars

Sherin, Nahmias

Sherwood, Rachel

Sidhu, Sabreen

Slobodian, Mark

Solomon, Jennifer

Spearin, Andrew

Stanton, Thomas

Staples, Annelise

Staples, Desmond

Steele, Aaron

Steve, Viitaniemi

Stockbrugger, Jessica

Stocki, Trevor

Storey, Laura

Sullivan, Chris

Suys, Erika

Suys, Nicole

Szabo, Andrew

Szereszewski, Kama

Tavares, Jeremie

Theriault , Nick

Thomson, Dan

Tim, Radcliffe

Tokarski, Derek

Torok, Christina

Tracy, Gibbons

Tran, An

Tremblay-Larochelle,

Alexandre

Tremblay, Tina

Tuck, Loughlin

Turner, Carson

Turner, Jay Thor

Ulvr, John

Untiveros, Ariel

Vaillancourt, Christine

Verney, Allison

Vickers, Christopher

Vince, Rimes

Walker, Glenn

Walker, Simon

Wallace, Heather

Wallace, Ian

Wallace, Ryan

Ward, Alison

Waterman, Evan

Watson, Autumn

Watson, Benton

Weiler, Jamie

Wendler, Cindy

Whyte, Carrie-Anne

Wielemaker, Anthony

Wilkie, Jennifer

Wind, Zoe

Wong, Edwin

Wood, Mike

Wowchuk, Stacey

Xu, Ying

York, Ben

Zhao, Alisha

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