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  The men and women of Leadbelly and Fever would like to invite you to our fundraiser. In a joint effort with the Columbus Blue Jackets we are working to raise money for our programs. As you may or may not know, OSU provides very little assistance to our club teams as we travel the country, sleeping 10+ to a hotel room and driving countless miles on our own vehicles so that we can play at the highest possible level. Both teams have their sights set on Nationals, but the journey is expensive. That's where our friends in the Columbus ultimate community come in. Our programs are selling tickets to the Red Wings vs. Blue Jackets hockey game on Feb. 28th (at 7pm). The more we sell, the more profit we make. The opportunity exists for each program to make well over $1000, which will help us significantly. If you like hockey or would like to support our team, please give this a shot. Attached is a flyer and order form. If you like you can fill out the order form and send it to either Cassie or Kevin, or to make it even easier you can just send them the necessary order information. What is even easier is just calling Keith Raynor, who works for the Blue Jackets and is a contributing member of the ultimate community here in Columbus, at the number listed on the order form and just telling him you want to buy tickets through us. 

Thanks in advance for your support.

The Columbus Cranes are one of the original eight teams that will play in the 2012 inaugural season of the American Ultimate Disc League (AUDL). The Cranes are proud to be one of the newest editions to the rich sports heritage of the city of Columbus, OH.

The Cranes will host the AUDL’S inaugural game against the Indianapolis Alley Cats on April 14, 2012 at 5:45pm and will play their first season in the 5,000 seat stadium of Westerville Central High School.

“Columbus has a very strong Ultimate community at the club, collegiate and even high school levels, we are extremely excited to be a part of bringing the sport to the city at the professional level” said Michael Moses, owner of the Cranes. “It is our mission to give the city of Columbus a new, affordable and exciting one of a kind sporting experience, while maintaining the integrity of the sport that millions of players have grown to love worldwide”.

“Everybody involved with the league is very excited to bring this great sport to the next level”, AUDL founder Josh Moore said. “This has been one of the fastest growing sports for participants in America. With the introduction of this new professional league, everybody involved with the AUDL is particularly excited to bring the game mainstream for the average person to experience Ultimate played at its highest level. We are creating tremendous value for our fans, sponsors and owners”.

The Cranes held their scouting combine on January 6, 2012. The coaching staff is currently holding weekly training camp practices to decide the team’s makeup and final roster. A formal press release will be issued in March to announce the coaching staff, corporate partners and final team roster.

For more information about the AUDL please visit www.theaudl.com. For more information about the Columbus Cranes, please visit www.columbuscranes.com.

Hi All,

There will be a goaltimate hat tournament on March 18th at 1:30 at the Park of Roses.  Hardware will be awarded to the winning team.  All levels of players are welcome.  For those who haven't played goaltimate before, it is a "half-court" version of ultimate where points are scored by throwing the disc through an arch into a smaller end zone.  For more info, you can check out the wikipedia page for goaltimate.  For more information, contact Rob Martin via eatplastic -at- yahoo -dot- com.

Thanks to Adam Swejk for the shots from Winter League!  Check out all of our photos on the photos page.

Welcome to the new home for the Columbus Ultimate Disc Association!

TopScore was designed by two Ultimate players for the Philadelphia Area Disc Alliance and is now the host for many leagues – large and small – across the nation. Check out the overview on their website at www.useTopScore.com.

One of the first things you should do is register for your account. You’ll need one to sign up for leagues. If you’re a current Winter League player, we’ve begun your account for you so we could upload the teams and report scores. If you haven’t received it already, an email will be on the way to you soon with a link to claim your account.

We’re still exploring all the great features that TopScore offers. Let us know what content you would like to see by posting on the forum, posting on our Facebook page or emailing .

Our high school league's success is dependent on the many CUDA members who volunteer their time and talent to coach teams. To help develop our coaches, there is going to be a Level 1 USA Ultimate Coaching Clinic on February 4th. This clinic is a great opportunity for anyone interested in coaching ultimate at any level.

Players of all experience levels can be successful high school ultimate coaches and the clinic is not required to volunteer with us.  We are always looking for more volunteers to coach and help run tournaments. If you would like to get involved with youth ultimate in Columbus in any way, please contact .

If you are interested in finding out more about coaching clinics in general: http://www.usaultimate.org/resources/coaching/cdp/level_i_coach_certification.aspx

If you are interested in the details of the clinic here on Feb. 4th: http://www.usaultimate.org/events/coaching-ethics-performance-columbus-oh/

How to Register (this can be slightly tricky):

• Log into http://members.usaultimate.org/  
• Click here (or copy and paste into your browser) once you’ve logged in: http://members.usaultimate.org/coaches/clinics
• Click on the “register” link next to the Columbus Clinic.

CUDA is now hiring writers for web content. We pay nothing. We probably won’t even thank you or credit you for your work. But if you have an Ultimate-related article or story that you would like to see on this site, send it to . (And no, no one has claimed the unauthorized biography of Jamie Lynch.)