Want to Host a Championship Event?
Every year, USA Ultimate partners with hundreds of communities throughout the country to host events ranging from local qualifying tournaments to televised national championships. These events provide high quality playing opportunities for players and teams representing a wide variety of ages and skill levels. The information provided below is separated into two sections, which should guide both potential and current event hosts.
1- Bidding to Host a USA Ultimate Event
2- Guidelines for Hosting a USA Ultimate Event
Bidding to Host a USA Ultimate Event
Whether you are already hosting a USA Ultimate, or thinking about hosting one in the future, this page is full of resources that will be helpful to you in your planning. While running an excellent event requires a lot of time and hard work, it is also an extremely rewarding experience. USA Ultimate events offer a number of exciting opportunities for host communities, including:
- Promoting Ultimate in your community
- Promoting your city or region to the greater Ultimate community and beyond
- Generating revenue for your local organization, team, and/or city
- Developing and strengthening relationships between local Ultimate organizations/teams, convention and visitors bureaus/sports commissions, facility providers, and other local businesses
- Building community through volunteerism and organizational teamwork
- Seeing the smiles on the faces of Ultimate players and fans as they make lifelong memories and live out their dreams on the fields you set up.
Following is a list of events that are available to bid on, along with prospective dates, bid deadlines, and bid documents.
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2012
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2012 High School State Championships
(More info here) |
April-June
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January 31, 2012
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State Youth Coordinator
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April 14-15
April 21-22
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January 14, 2012
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College Conference Coordinator
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April 28-29
May 5-6
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November 28, 2011
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College Regional Director
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Early/mid-May
Early June
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September 30, 2011
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| 2012 Club Regular Season Showcase Events |
Regular season starts June 9 and ends Sept 3 |
March 23, 2012 |
Bid Document |
USA Ultimate HQ – events@usaultimate.org |
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2012 Grand Masters and Masters Women’s Championships
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September 1-3
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September 30, 2011
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September 8-9
September 15-16
September 22-23
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June 8, 2012
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Club Sectional Coordinator
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September 29-30
October 6-7
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March 29, 2012
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Club Regional Coordinator
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2013
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2013 High School Regional Championships
(More info here) |
Early/mid-May
Early June
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December 31, 2011
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2013 Division III College Championships
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May 19-20
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December 31, 2011
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2013 College Championships
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May 25-28
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December 31, 2011
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2013 US Open
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July 3-7
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December 31, 2011
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2013 Youth Club Championships
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Early August
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March 30, 2012
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2013 Grand Masters and Masters Women’s Championships
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September 1-3
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March 30, 2012
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2013 Club Championships
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Late October
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June 30, 2012
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Guidelines for Hosting a USA Ultimate Event
It is the goal of USA Ultimate that its events set the standard for high quality Ultimate events both in the United States and throughout the world. The following set of guidelines serves both as a resource and an outline of expectations for event organizers who are hosting high school state tournaments, college conference and regional tournaments, and club sectional and regional tournaments. Note that the requirements and benefits vary depending on the type of event you are hosting. Event organizers will be working with a volunteer USA Ultimate coordinator to plan and manage these events.
Event organizers hosting USA Ultimate championships will be working directly with USA Ultimate headquarters staff to plan and manage those events, using specific guidelines laid out in the bid documents and contracts for those events.