WFDF PDF Newsletter

1. Message by the President
2. Picture of the month
3. WFDF Official Communications & News
   • Search for interested bidders for Events 2011 and 2012
   • WFDF to Establish Systems/Web Task Force
   • Interim Ultimate Committee Chair announced
   • WFDF appoints Volker Bernardi of Germany as Executive Director
   • MoU Signed between WFDF and BULA
   • BULA – Beach Ultimate News
4. National Federation News
   • Australia - AFDA Youth Development Manual
   • USA - USAU partners with National Center for Safety Initiatives to protect youth members
   • USA - USA Ultimate and CBS Sports Network Increase Television Coverage of Ultimate College Championship
5. Special: Medical corner
   • Injury Timeout
6. Upcoming Events
7. Call for submissions
8. Imprint

1. Message by the President
2. Picture of the month
3. WFDF Official Communications & News
   • WFDF Congress 2011 to be held in Lignano Sabbiadoro (Italy) on 27-28 August 2011
   • WFDF accepts Poland, Hungary and Slovenia as full members
   • WFDF receives Information regarding The World Games 2013
   • WFDF Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Peace and Sport
   • WFDF implements risk management policy
   • WFDF attended 2nd International Forum on Sport, Peace and Development at United Nations (IOC/UN)
   • WFDF SOTG Committee presents CALM flyer
   • WFDF working on Anti-Doping policies and rules – modifications will have to take effect by 1 September 2011 in order to ensure WADA code compliance
4. National Federation News
   • Canada - Art Hawkins Great Canadian Ultimate Game 2011 June 17th/18th – Across Canada
   • Argentina - Argentinian Major Event
   • Germany - An animated fox called “Ferdi” motivates children to throw a disc in Germany
5. Upcoming Events
6. Call for submissions
7. Imprint

1. Message by the President
2. Picture of the month
3. WFDF Official Communications & News
   • USA Wins Five of Six Divisions at World Championships of Beach Ultimate
     Great Britain wins gold in Mixed Masters Division
   • World Championships of Beach Ultimate (continued)
   • 2011 WFDF World Overall Flying Disc Championships Results
   • Disc Summit Held at WFDF World Overall Championship
   • WFDF Elections to Commence November 15
   • WFDF Congress Approves New Anti-Doping Rules and 2011-13 Anti-Doping Plan
   • WFDF Anti-Doping Program Plan (continued)
   • WFDF Guts Committee Looking to Encourage Guts Play in New Countries
   • WFDF Member Association Opinion Survey
   • Member Association Opinion Survey (continued)
   • Summary of the 2011 WFDF Congress, August 27-28, Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy
   • Congress Summary (continued)
4. National Federation News
   • USA - Revolver and Fury Win Open and Womens USA Ultimate Club Championships - West Coast Domination Continues in USA
   • Germany - “Fair-Play”-Trophy of the German Sport awarded to the German Flying Disc Federation (DFV)
5. Upcoming Events
6. Call for submissions
7. Imprint

Content

1. Message by the President
2. Picture of the month
3. WFDF Events
• Japan Takes Gold in Both Divisions of WFDF Asia Oceanic Ultimate Championships
• USA Takes Gold in Both Open and Women’s Divisions of WFDF Pan-American Ultimate Championships
4. WFDF Official Communications & News
   • WFDF 2011 Election Results Announced
   • Asia Flying Disc Federation (AFDF) established
   • WFDF 2012 World Junior Ultimate Championships (WJUC) host announced
   • WFDF Anti-Doping Program Update
   • Ultimate Peace Hosts Programs in Colombia
   • Explanation of the Spirit Of The Game Scoring Sheet
5. Upcoming Events
6. Call for submissions
7. Imprint

1. Message by the President
2. Picture of the month
3. WFDF Official Communications & News
   • WFDF Call for Sanctioned Ultimate Event Bids - PAUCC and AOUCC 2013
   • WFDF 2012 Congress to be held in Sakai, Japan, on the occasion of WUGC from 14-15 July 2012
   • WFDF Congress accepts China, Israel and Panama as regular members
   • WFDF to Establish an Athletes’ Commission at WUGC
   • New Version of the Spirit of the Game Scoring Sheet
   • Teaching Ultimate in the Virtual Classroom
   • Alliance of Independent Members of SportAccord (AIMS) founded during SportAccord convention 2012 in Québec City, Québec, Canada
   • WFDF Submits Application for IOC Recognition
   • Member Opinion Survey for 2012 to be Launched
   • WFDF delegates at the 2012 SportAccord Statutory General Assembly in Québec City
   • WFDF and JFDA Support Development of Guts
   • Book on Flying Disc coaching in Persian language published
   • WFDF Anti-Doping Program Plan 2011-2013 - an Update
   • 2012 Testing program
   • WFDF 2012 Registered testing Pool (RTP) effective as of 1 January 2012
   • WFDF – WADA meeting at SportAccord
   • WFDF general statistical report 2011 to WADA
   • WFDF President Robert “Nob” Rauch meets with JFDA representatives and the TOC of the WUGC Sakai 2012
4. National Federation News / Other Organisations
   • USAU: 2012 U.S. Open - USA Ultimate and the Colorado Springs Sports Corporation welcome the international Ultimate Community to the U.S. for the inaugural U.S. Open Championships
   • South Africa: New Chairman elected – Nic Labuschagne to lead SAFDA in the future
   • Canada: Community-Initiation National Coaching Certification Program
   • South Africa: SA Ultimate Nationals 2012 Cape Town – Review
   • First Professional Ultimate League Begins Play
5. Upcoming Events
6. Call for submissions
7. Imprint

1. Message by the President
2. Picture of the month
3. WFDF Official Communications & News
   • WFDF 2012 World Ultimate and Guts Championships Report
   • World Flying Disc Federation Releases Spirit Scores from 2012 World Ultimate Championships
   • Countries Qualifying for the 2013 World Games Announced
   • Pictures from the WFDF 2012 World Ultimate and Guts Championships
   • Israeli National Girls’ Team at WFDF 2012 World Juniors Ultimate Championship Achieves Milestone in World Sports Participation
   • WFDF 2012 Congress Summary Report
   • WFDF Call for bids - WFDF 2013 World Overall Flying Disc Championships (WOC)
   • WFDF announces elected members of the Athlete`s Commission
   • FPA Freestyle World Championships 2012 - Results of the event in Riccione (Italy) held on 2-5 August
   • PDGA 2012 Disc Golf World Championships - results
4. National Federation News
   • Ultimate in Colombia - Living the Journey
   • German Junior Women won 6th edition of „Disc Days Cologne”
   • Summer recap – Ultimate Peace camp 2012
   • WFDF - Come visit us on our Facebook site
   • WFDF 2012-2013 budgets submitted to the Congress 2012
5. Upcoming Events
6. Call for submissions
7. Imprint

Content

1. Message by the President
2. Picture of the month
3. WFDF Official Communications & News
   • WFDF Ultimate Committee announces bid allocation for the 2014 World Ultimate Club Championships in Lecco, Italy
   • WFDF Spirit of the Game 4-game SOTG-scoresheet released
   • WFDF: The WFDF 2013 Congress - call for submission of proposals
   • WFDF Congress approves Uganda as full National Member, Portugal and Iceland upgraded from Provisional Member status
   • The 2013 IWGA World Games: competition schedule for Ultimate event (28-30 July) released
   • WFDF 2013 Pan-American Ultimate Club Championships (PAUCC) to be held in Brazil in November
   • WFDF 2013 World Overall Championships (WOC) to be held in Sweden
   • WFDF 2013 Asia-Oceanic Ultimate Club Championships (AOUCC) to be held in Singapore
   • WFDF: Bids Sought for WFDF 2014 World Junior Ultimate Championships (WJUC)
   • WFDF announces creation of four new Commissions addressing Sport for All and Development, Athlete`s Entourage, Ethics, and Youth and Sport
   • WFDF announces the establishment of its Women in Sport Commission on International Women’s Day 2013
   • WFDF: New Rules Accreditation Requirements for WFDF-Sanctioned Ultimate Events Announced
   • FPA rejoins WFDF as Disc Game organisational member – Kevin “Skippy Jammer” Givens appointed to the WFDF Board
4. National Federation News
   • USA: WFDF partners with USA ULTIMATE on the U.S. OPEN Championships & Convention
   • BULA: ECBU 2013 – 1,050 athletes, 75 teams, 22 nations, 10 fields, 7 divisions, 1 beach
   • Germany (GER): 43 teams from 16 countries will attend the  European Youth Ultimate Championships (EYUC) 2013 - new record with six teams in U17 girls division
   • Freestyle Players Association (FPA) continues to "spread the jam" across the world
   • Argentina (ARG): Truco Tournament becomes "Espíritu  Sudaka"
   • South Korea (KOR): Ninth Annual Jeju Dirty Dozens Tournament held with 23 teams
   • Uganda (UGA): Frisbee East Africa Sand Tournament (FEAST V)
   • Uganda (UGA): Upcoming 7Hills Classic Tournament in Kampala, Uganda
5. Upcoming Events
6. Call for submissions
7. Imprint