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You can now purchase games from Push Pass using Bitcoin (BTC) as currency!

Special offer! For a limited time only, we will be giving out Bitcoins with the understanding that you use some of your Bitcoin to purchase one of the exciting Sudden Death Games from EUCF 2014 listed below – a gentlemen’s agreement between you and us, based on trust and mutual respect. No previous ownership or understanding of Bitcoin is necessary, and you’ll end up with not only an exciting game to watch, but also a small amount of Bitcoin left over which is yours to keep!

Bitcoin is a digital currency, utilising an online peer-to-peer payment system – users can transact directly without needing an intermediary. This means the system is not controlled by any banks, treasuries, persons, companies or governments, and transaction fees are typically zero or fractional, instead of the 3% PayPal charge. Transactions are secure, peer-verified, and anonymous, and Bitcoins are worth real money. Read more here.

5 steps to getting your free Sudden Death EUCF 2014 game!

Basically it goes: 1) Express your interest, 2) collect your Bitcoins, 3) find the game you want, 4) purchase it with your Bitcoins, 5) enjoy!

1) Reply to this post on the /r/ultimate subreddit (saying as much or as little as you want), and wait for user felix37 to respond.

2) Follow the link to ChangeTip to collect your Bitcoin → → .
Navigate to and change your → Locale → Preferred currency to Bitcoin, as this will simplify the process later.

3) Click on one of the games below, register a Push Pass account if you don’t have one, select ‘Bitcoin’ as your payment method at checkout, enter your email address and get the payment information.

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4) You’ll be taken to a BitPay invoice page, where you’ll see the Push Pass wallet address, and amount due in BTC.

On the ChangeTip “” page, click and copy+paste the details from your invoice – annoyingly, you will have to remove the decimal point, as ChangeTip works in Bits (millionths of 1 BTC). If transferring £ or $ you will need to add a few pence/cents to account for conversion discrepancies between the systems – see point (2) about changing your ‘preferred currency’ settings.

5) Switch back to the BitPay invoice window, and it should look like this:

You’ll have to wait up to an hour (43 minutes in our test) to receive a Payment Confirmation email from Push Pass, which will contain a link to watch the game!

This offer is running for a limited time only (longer if everyone keeps with the spirit of it!), so let your keen frisbee friends know about it – we hope you enjoy your free game, and your first foray into the world of Bitcoin!

UK Ultimate have announced the trial dates for GB Open, and released information about how closely tied to Clapham Ultimate the team will be.

There has been debate recently about whether the UK could improve its international performance by adopting a similar system to the USA. In the USA, the National Champions are chosen to represent the USA at the next international competition – whereas traditionally in the UK, the UKU appoint managers for GB Open, who then hold trials and select the best players from around the country, training one or two weekends per month in the run-up to the next nations tournament.

The benefits of both systems, and whether the UK should follow the USA, has debated recently in a series of well-timed articles on “Club or Country“, over at The ShowGame.

Back in October, the UKU announced Justin Foord and Marc Guilbert (both Clapham captains) would be running GB Open, and stated: “We cannot emphasise enough that we require the managers to run truly Great Britain teams that are absolutely not just an extension of club teams.” In their latest release of information, it’s clear the tie between Clapham and GB is very tight;

“GB Open practices will be in London, alongside Clapham Ultimate”
“GB Open tactics, structures and plays will be identical to those of CU”
“Frequency of training will depend on the time of the season but are likely to peak at 2-3 team trainings per week in the lead up to WUGC 2016”

Although the UKU go to efforts to assure us “this is not a club based national team“, there are undeniably stronger links than ever before between Clapham and GB Open – how likely is it that a player from Manchester, Devon, Bristol, Scotland, or Leeds will be able to attend regular weeknight trainings in central London? Have the UKU gone back on what they have said previously, or are they just allowing what is necessary for GB Open to reach the next level? What are the wider implications for the UK Ultimate community as a whole?

Have your say below!

Show full UKU announcement text

GB Open 2015-2016

UKU has granted the GB Open GM post to Justin Foord on a bid based in London with close ties to Clapham Ultimate.

The details of this bid are very important as they explain that this bid, while structurally different, is not so dissimilar in essence to those of GB Open of previous cycles. For the skeptics, please realise this is not a club based national team. To make sure this is understood, we will explain why and how this GB Open cycle presents as many opportunities for growth as before.

It is important for those associated with the 2015-2016 GB Open cycle that it is recognized that this bid was put together in accordance with the UKU’s aim to elevate the level of elite ultimate in GB.

Organizational Structure

The GM, Justin Foord, will have overriding decision over all aspects of the GB Open cycle. An advisor to the GM has been appointed (Marc Guilbert) due to his breadth of experience with leadership roles within Clapham Ultimate and GB Open. The aim of the advisor will be to aid the GM whenever possible.

On field coaching will be done by captains and Junta members who will be given specific on-field, off-field and/or functional responsibilities by the GM. Coaching appointments will be made according to players on field strength and expertise. No non-playing coach has been appointed at this time.

Trials
As per all previous cycles, all UKU players will be invited to tryout for the GB Open squad.

Trialists will be invited to submit an application consisting of writing a concise summary of their candidacy to the GB Open selection committee (who will be appointed by the GM).

As learned in the 2011-2012 GB cycle, the GB Open selection committee will be encouraged to keep an open mind on young or unknown players. A pre-selection process will identify which players are invited to trials.

GB Open Trials will be held in London in early 2015 to give everyone a chance to showcase their on-field skills and abilities and for the selection committee to complete a detailed appraisal.

Trials will run in 2 phases.

Full Weekend: 28th Feb & 1st March

After this trial weekend, there will an initial cut followed by 4 further trial dates:

Sunday 22nd March
Sunday 29th March
Sunday 12th April
Sunday 19th April

The GB Open squad will then be announced as soon as possible after the trial period has finished.

Training
This section is where this bid differs most from previous GB Open cycles.

GB Open wants to compete with the best teams in the world. To do so, it is widely recognized that training frequency of the squad has to increase from previous cycles.

In order to provide a platform for all players to train more, GB Open practices will be in London, alongside Clapham Ultimate. Here, all GB Open squad members will have an open invitation to train at all Clapham Ultimate practices. Given this invitation, Clapham Ultimate will not be looking to recruit those players into the club.

Since GB Open tactics, structures and plays will be identical to those of CU, Clapham Ultimate practices will provide every GB Open player a chance to learn and reinforce the principles of the GB Open team.

Since practices will be based in London, some consideration can be placed in the concept of helping subsidize travel costs for those travelling from far. The expectation is that any funds raised by GB Open will be used to support those with financial challenges irrespective of location. The outcome of this consideration will be subject to review by the GB Oversight Committee. We do not expect GB players to
incur any accommodation costs in attending training.

Competitiveness of training will be fuelled and every player will be offered a bigger network for feedback since existing CU players will be in a great position to help players integrate into the systems. Thus, GB Open squad members who aren’t Clapham Ultimate players will benefit from the free exchange of experience, knowledge and systems.

Frequency of training will depend on the time of the season but are likely to peak at 2-3 team trainings per week in the lead up to WUGC 2016. Recognizing that players might have conflicting club commitments, provisions will be made for those with such commitments and/or for those with travelling constraints. That said, every GB Open squad member will be expected to be very clear on their expected practice attendance.

Final summary

This proposal takes advantage of the existing world class Ultimate programme within Clapham Ultimate to challenge and elevate every GB Open squad member.

Every GB Open squad member will benefit from the successful Clapham Ultimate structure, tactics, systems and principles and allow them bring back this experience to their respective club teams. This sharing of experience and information will hopefully promote further developments to other club teams and all levels of Ultimate in the UK.

Original UKU PDF.

Update: UKU have posted a new statement in response to discussion on this topic

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