With the lifting of restrictions on outdoor sports, BC Ultimate is resuming activities for our High Performance Development Program.

The program creates a foundation for dedicated and committed ultimate athletes in their pursuit of excellence. The goal is to promotes best practices by providing specialized training from expert coaches designed to enhance the development of athletes within the sport as they move towards achieving success in the sport of ultimate.

Sessions will begin on the weekends in June, with plans for the program season to run until the Fall of 2021. This program is fully supported by BC Ultimate, there is no cost for athletes to attend.

Athlete Registration

The High Performance Development Program is also looking for coaches who are interested in developing their coaching skills with an eye to becoming involved as coaches in the elite club and national programs in Canada. The program is an excellent place to learn from seasoned program coaches and create connections with the next generation of Canadian Ultimate Athletes.

Associate Program Coach Registration

As BC Returns to Play, BCU looks forwards to growing the HPDP into Canada’s premier training ground for both athletes and coaches in our sport. Additional program information can be viewed HERE.

Questions can be directed to the BCU General Manager.

 

On Monday, April 19th the Provincial Government announced additional restrictions on movement and activities across the province. Additional details will be released on Friday, April 23rd, the day these changes will begin. It has been announced that previous restrictions as well as the ones starting on April 23rd will continue to at least Tuesday, May 25th.

At this time BC Ultimate expects that the current restrictions on sport will continue, but not be increased. An overview of the Province-Wide Restrictions can be viewed here.

An overview of the sport restrictions and how they impact our sport:

Adult Indoor and Outdoor Group Sports (including Ultimate)

Group sports are activities involving more than one person. This includes training and practice for an individual or team sport. Games, tournaments and competitions for indoor and outdoor group sports for people 22 years of age and older are prohibited.

While restrictions are currently in place related to adult group sports, some indoor and outdoor sports and activities, including drills and training activities, are permitted with modifications and a reduced number of participants:

• • 2 people may engage in indoor sports with one another
  • 10 people may engage in outdoor sports with one another

Participants must maintain a distance of 3 metres from one another unless everyone lives in the same private residence.

Youth Indoor and Outdoor Group Sports (including Ultimate)

All organized indoor and outdoor sports for people 21 years of age and younger are limited to training and practice where all participants maintain 3 metres of physical distance from one another. This means games, tournaments and competitions are temporarily suspended. Amateur sports organizations and leagues may implement additional guidelines to ensure the health and safety of participants.

Travel for Sport

Even with the allowances above, it is important to reiterate that travel for sport is not allowed right now. So while groups may gather under the rules above, participants must restrict their travel according to this Guidance on travel restrictions for sport.

BC Ultimate Guidelines

In addition to the restrictions listed above, BC Ultimate encourages all groups participating in any training and practice activities to use enhanced cleaning procedures for both participants and equipment. Athletes and organizers should sanitize hands and discs prior to and after activities. While the use of masks are not mandatory, they are encouraged, even when a distance of 3 meters can be maintained.

No athlete should participate in any group activity if they answer Yes to any of the questions on the BC COVID-19 Self-Assessment Tool

Travel Restrictions

As announced on April 19th, the province will be enacting additional travel restrictions on April 23rd. All athletes should be aware of these new restrictions when released and avoid non-essential travel.

Each year BC Ultimate awards four $750 bursaries to BC High School students who are moving on to Post-Secondary institutions and have been and are planning to continue to be involved in the sport of Ultimate.

In 2020, bursaries were awarded to:

Mika Kurahashi – Burnaby North Secondary – Vortex – UBC

Christine Ma – Burnaby North Secondary – Vortex – UBC

Katie Wong – Eric Hamber Secondary – Misfit – UBC

Annie Wu – RA McMath Secondary – Eclipse – Cornell

Name – High School – Jr Club Program – Post Secondary Plans

We wish all those selected for the 2020 bursaries good luck with the future education and disc sport endevors.

While the 2021 High School Ultimate season will not take place, BCU is happy to continue our tradition of supporting BC high school students who are involved in the sport of ultimate with their Post-Secondary plans. The 2021 Bursary documents can be found HERE. The submission deadline is May 15, 2021.