Mo's Spew

HATS, HOPS & HUCKS 14 - July 23 & 24, 2005

“It’S a CiRCuS OuT tHeRe!”

Our tourney is only a few days away. Here's some stuff to know. Not only are there no refs, but no team captains, so some extra responsibilities will be falling on individuals (read: YOU) in order to pull this whole thing off.

REMINDER: When you sent in your cash you agreed to:

1) Be on time
2) Recycle
3) Carpool
4) Bring your own utensils
5) Have fun.

CIRCUS - This year's theme revolves around the CIRCUS. All the team names reflect our themeŠ Bring whatever costume items you have and if you want to perform in the Saturday night circus please drop a line to Mo at Hats, Hops Hucks cener ring.

T-SHIRTS - each team gets its own unique GAIA color shirts for all it¹s players. This year the body of all your team mates' shirts will be the same but the style will vary within your team. So come early for the best selections. Also we suggest you bring a light and a dark in the event of color conflict.

CAMPING - Camping this year takes place on private property, about half way between the Brewery and Highlands Park. The Caseys are putting themselves out on our behalf again. We've done well enough in the past to be invited back. Please don't park your car on the hill in their front yard (septic system). The tourney requests UTMOST RESPECT. Camping zone will be quiet zone.

There will be ample alternatives for places to party; please cruise by the Boulder Creek Brewing Company and sign in before you head over to pitch your tent. Campground will have port-o-potties there, but little else.

CARPOOLING - PARKING - Please fill up your car ! Parking at the campsite will be a little tight. Think about leaving your car at home or parking it behind the brewery and getting a lift over to the campsites.

REGISTRATION - (and free disc) - Registration begins Friday the 22th at 7 p.m. @ the Boulder Creek Brewing Company, 13040 highway 9, and runs until 10 p.m. It really helps the tourney run more smoothly if folks register Friday night. Friday Night sample the brew, check your team color and see who you're playing with. Be a current UPA member or be ready to part with some cash ($10 for the weekend only, $20 for youth fee, $30 student and $40 regular yearly fee).

Sign in before 9 a.m. Saturday and receive a tourney disc.

Saturday morning Registration continues at 8:00 a.m.at Highland's Park, 8500 Highway 9 in Ben Lomond. Breakfast will be there too, running 8:00 a.m.- 9:00 a.m. Breakfast will end at 9:00 sharp - really !!!! No Hat ­ No Food - and REMEMBER THOSE EATING UTENCELS. This only gives you 30 minutes to get to your fields and get your games started. PLEASE MAKE THIS HAPPEN. Lots of folks have paid their cash to play, not to wait for you. This tourney is unique in that each individual has to do their share to pull it off. First round games start at 9:30 am and will be capped at 11:15.

PLAYER CHITS - Each player gets a chit at registration that entitles them to all kinds of stuff: camping, meals, beer, party.. You're gonna need it all week-end, so please keep it with you.

MEALS - We're feeding all the players breakfast Sat. & Sun. as well as dinner Sat & Sun - that's a lot of food. To cut down on waste (and cost) the tourney will not provide any utensils (no forks, no knives, no spoons, no cups, no plates, no kidding). Either bring your own or be prepared to eat with your fingers off an old disc and scrounge through the garbage for an old jelly jar while others are scarffing and quaffing beer. Sat. a.m.: Brecky at the main field sight. This will be a pancake & egg meal Served by our local Senior Citizens w/coffee & juice. Sun. Breakfast will be prepared by The Blue Sun Café - mmmmm gooooood ! The focus of on sight food is getting the games started on time so we can avoid time caps. - Bring your own utensils.

REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE - We have all become increasingly more familiar with this phrase - here's what it means at HHH13. Fill your car. No cars should be arriving without maximum capacity. - CARPOOL Use the website message board to assist you with networking rides www.HatsHopsHucks.com. We will not be providing plates, cups, eating utensils ... bring your own. NO GLASS IN THE PARK ! Water is being provided in 5 gal containers to cut down on waste. Bring you own water bottle to fill.

FIELDS - We have 3 field sites this year ­ so heads up! Highlands (Frisbee central), SLV Highschool and Siltanen Park Scotts Valley (THIS IS A NEW SITE!).

HATS HOPS & HUCKS - CHECKLIST
Party/Play hat(s) - get creative !!! (leave that baseball cap at home) there is best hat contest
Eating gear - Plate (disc), Cup(s) beer/coffee, eating utensils (plate, fork, spoon, knife, napkin).
Water Bottle - we'll provide the water
Light & Dark shirt - (just in case you see a team with a similar color in the semis)
camping gear - tent, sleeping bag, ground pad...
sunscreen - July. Mountains. Hot.
watch w/ alarm - so's you can get to the fields on time.
good attitude - S.O.T.G. is alive & well @ HHH

- Neither Hops nor Hucks without hats ! WEAR A HAT!
- There will be water & fruit at the fields
- Bring mosquito repellent or discouraging clothing for evenings.
- Watch out for poison oak at the campsites & the park.
- Dogs on leashes at Fields.
- No glass at field sites.
if you have a non player guest they can camp, eat and party for $20.00

HAT RULE
YOU'RE NOT A PLAYER WITHOUT A HAT
(This rule is governed by S.O.T.G.) Clarifying statements:

CATCH W/OUT A HAT = TURNOVER.
THROW W/OUT A HAT = TURNOVER.
"D" W/OUT A HAT = UNCONTESTED FOUL
REMOVING ANOTHER PLAYER' S HAT = "HAT STRIP !".

(If you make the catch and THEN your hat falls off ITS A TURN ! So if you've got the disc and not a hat - "turn" - get it ?)

HAT defined by Webster's New World Dictionary of the Am. Language: (n.) 1. a head covering, usually with a brim and a crown.

The following are not hats: Headbands, visors, bandannas, wigs. Plain ol' baseball caps are officially out. (GET CREATIVE!!!).

There are no rules for affixing a hat to your head. Recommendations: 1) No staples or nails 2) Glue is effective but messy. 3) When using tape, prewrap is strongly advised. A hat is "on" when it's on your head. - If you have a hat on under another hat, the hat on top is the one that counts. Remember: its funny if your hat falls off, don't get mad - laugh.

DIRECTIONS -
Highway 17 (to Santa Cruz)
Exit MT. HERMON RD {Scott's Valley} - Turn Right
Follow Mt. Hermon through the lovely strip malls of Scott's Valley
(no turns - follow signs to FELTON)
{you'll end up on a rural highway...}
When road comes to a "T" at signal - Yield to the right - onto GRAHM HILL rd.
go 100 yards (or so) to the signal
turn right onto HIGHWAY 9
go about 3 miles +/- to HIGHLANDS PARK - on right.
(if you get to the town of Ben Lomond you went to far) the Brewery is another 3 miles down highway 9.

Mo's SPEW

HHH is designed to encompass the best things ulti has to offer in a setting that makes the individual even more accountable than in the ordinary team setting. Each person has a few easy and "key" assignments: especially import are aspects of recycling (just one plate isn't much but 290 a meal x 4 meals is...if we all do a little, the impact is huge)

When each of us is being courteous and playful in the games, its so easy for the joy of play to shine. With the rare opportunity for newer players to play with some big talent, the forum for improvement is at a high. This is great for the whole Ulti community - Help out the new folks with tips (rules, throws, etiquette). It can be intimidating for some folks, so make sure they get plenty of praise & P.T. Be prepared to call a foul on yourself if need be. HAVE FUN ! ! ! ! Be Careful - don't get so caught up in competing that you make a dangerous play. This is especially important in Co-ed ulti with folks of varying abilities, shapes and sizes (think physics). Use your field sense to be aware of others.

Another individual "little thing" with huge impact is getting to the fields to play when the schedule says. There is no more important time than ULTIMATE TIME ! There is an incredible irony, however, as the entrenched idea of "ULTIMATE TIME" really, cuts into ULTIMATE TIME - that is, the time you could be playing the game instead of lagging. After all, you just cut with $81.23 bucks to be playing and so did everyone else you're gonna see at the fields this weekend. I figure they'd all rather start playing than waiting around.

Teams are 18 players this year, so playing time will be a premium. It'll be hot - everyone will get their fill if we can avoid cutting ourselves short with timecaps but, because there is a lot of coordination involved in meals, the tourney will run on schedule. In making the start times as user friendly as possible and still taking into consideration that we all wanna play, we're hoping you'll see fit to be on time. I know I've said it about 5 times, here however, is a little incentive; breakfast only goes as late as 9:00. remember sign in before 9:00 and get a tourney disc.

Last of the spew... Thank YOU! Thank you each and all. Without each individual there is no Hats, Hops & Hucks !

Here's wishes for straight throws & lots of grass stains and good luck at the gaming tables. peace. Mo