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Welcome to USA Ultimate Weekly, where we'll provide you with brief, weekly updates on happenings at USA Ultimate!

December 21, 2015:
 

• We're sprucing up our new office with some awesome wall art. Thanks to Leah Farris and Trent Dillon for making these great plays and to Ultiphotos for capturing the moments! 
  
  

   

  Leah Farris making the grab for our U-19 women's team against Canada at the 2014 WJUC. #sotg #playlikeagirl??

  A photo posted by USA Ultimate (@usaultimate) on Dec 17, 2015 at 11:52am PST

  
  

   

  Sprucing up our new digs with some great #ultimate photos! This wall: Trent Dillon making a key late game block in the U-23 open gold medal game.

  A video posted by USA Ultimate (@usaultimate) on Dec 17, 2015 at 11:44am PST

  
  




• 2016 U-20 National Team coach Jamie Nuwer was just elected to the World Flying Disc Federation Board of Directors. Congrats, Jamie! 
    

  Our 2016 WJUC Girls' team coach Jamie Nuwer was elected to the @WorldFlyingDisc board of directors. https://t.co/Cu1ScyYBOh

  — USA Ultimate (@USAUltimate) December 21, 2015

  
   

• We posted three more post-Competition Working Group meeting recaps this week, covering developments in the youth outreach, beach and club departments.
  
  If you haven't already, catch up with our general recap of the meeting and a rundown of college division developments. A recap of the youth competition department's activities will follow after the holidays.  
  
  

  Volunteers, diversity task force, Restorative Justice, PE outreach, middle school curriculum via youth-serving orgs: https://t.co/V9JSW1ArD1

  — USA Ultimate (@USAUltimate) December 15, 2015

  
  

  New roster rules to promote gender equity and 4 vs. 4 format among beach working group updates. https://t.co/V8AAiSwhTu

  — USA Ultimate (@USAUltimate) December 17, 2015

  
  

  Revised competition format for national championships announced as part of club division update: https://t.co/hDAbVuiAkI

  — USA Ultimate (@USAUltimate) December 21, 2015

   
   
• A big part of the development in the youth outreach department over the last year has been the expansion of its volunteer structure. Check out the big picture here and see where we still need people to get involved!  
  
  

  Next up in our Competition Working Group recaps, Youth Outreach https://t.co/V9JSW1ArD1 @GUMUltimate pic.twitter.com/tID3nVMQHY

  — USA Ultimate (@USAUltimate) December 15, 2015

  
  
   

• Val Iani and the Bay Area Disc Association recently trained 20 Playworks coaches! We sent them 20 Learn to Play kits and other materials that will help them as they teach ultimate to thousands of kids!

   

  Val Iani of Bay Area Disc recently trained 20 Playworks coaches. We sent them Learn to Play kits and other materials to help them as they teach ultimate to ~4,000 kids!

  A photo posted by USA Ultimate (@usaultimate) on Dec 15, 2015 at 7:49am PST

   
   

   

• Tons of new videos from the #usauarchives were added to our YouTube page this week, including the open finals from the 2001 UPA Club Championships.
  
  

  
  
  Condors v. Jam - 2001 Club Championships Open Final 
  
  

   

  Other recent additions:
  
  • 2000 UPA College Championships Open Final - Brown v. Carleton College
  • 1999 UPA Club Championships Open Final - Death or Glory v. Condors
  • 1995 UPA College Championships Open Final - East Carolina v California-Santa Cruz
  • 1995 UPA College Championships Women's Final - California Santa Cruz v. Stanford
  • 1993 UPA College Championships Open Final - UNCW v. UCSB
  • 1991 UPA Club Championships Open Final - NYNY v. Big Brother
  • 1991 UPA Club Championships Women's Final - Lady Godiva v. Maine-iacs
  • 1991 UPA College Championships Women's Final - UCSB v. California

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