Rīgas rudens 2011

1.      Objectives.

1.1.   promote ultimate frisbee sports development and recognition.

1.2.   to find out the best ultimate frisbee teams participating.

2.      Tournament organizers.

The tournament is organized by Ogre Frisbee Club. Tournament director – Aiga Grasmane.

3.      Place and time.

3.1.   Tournament takes place in Ogre and Lielvarde.

3.1.1. Ogre Sports hall (Skolas street 21,Ogre);

3.1.2.      Ogre Secondary School No. 1 (Zinibu street 3, Ogre);

3.1.3.      Lielvarde Sports Hall;

3.2.   tournament takes place on November 5-6.

4.      Participants.

4.1.   Ultimate Frisbee teams participate in the following divisions:

4.1.1.      open division – 20 teams;

4.1.2.      women division – 10 teams;

4.2.   participants play in team uniforms with numbers.

5.      Registration for the tournament.

5.1.   a team pre-registers for the tournament by sending e-mail to TD (rigasrudens [at] inbox [dot] lv) naming team name, city and country representing and division. - Deadline for registration October 20;
- Organisers publish the final list of participating teams on October 21;
- Deadline for paying deposit - October 24;
- Deadline for submitting info for invitations for recieving visas - Oct 21;

5.2.   a team is counted as a registered after being published on the October 21 as the registered teams for the tournament and having paid deposit of 50 EUR or 30 LVL to the Ogre Frisbee Club. If a team pulls out after registration deadline, the deposit is not refunded.

5.3.   if there are more teams registered for any of the divisions than the maximum number named in 4.1, there is a waiting list formed naming the teams pre-registered last.

5.4.   if any of the pre-registered teams does not pay deposit until October 20, it is not counted as registered and Tournament Organising Committee decides which team from the waiting list takes the vacant place. In this case the new pre-registered team pays deposit within 3 days.

5.5.   in case there is not the maximums number of teams registered in any of the divisions, and if there is waiting list in the other division, TOC may decide about changing the maximum number in one division respectively changing the number of teams in the other division.

5.6. The principle of “invited teams” shall be applied by TOC regarding the participating teams to ensure high level international participation.

6.      Competition.

6.1.   teams in both divisions are seeded taking into account the results of the previous indoor ultimate tournaments.

6.2.   playing schedule is sent to the team captains and posted on the website www.frisbee.lv.

6.3.   players wear uniforms with shirt numbers. A team may not add new players to the team during the tournament. A player may play only for one team during the tournament.

6.4.   Format – 5 players on the field. The number of players in a team – not limited.

6.5.   Rules – international ultimate Frisbee rules applied with named exceptions for the indoor play.

7.      Awards.

7.1.   the first 3 teams in each division receive winners cups and medals;

7.2.   the winner of the Spirit of the Game award in both divisions is estimated by collecting team votes after each game by staff during the whole tournament except semifinals and finals in the open division.

8.      Financial conditions.

Tournament fee is 115 EUR or 80 LVL, which includes deposit of 50 EUR or 30 LVL. The fee includes a tournament bus to Lielvarde hall.

Bank information:

Account holder: OGRES FRISBIJA KLUBS

Bank name: SWEDBANK

Bank code: HABALV22

Address: SKOLAS IELA 12, LV-5001

SWIFT code: HABALV22

IBAN code: LV06HABA0551016088329
Registration number: LV-40008008375

Form for INVITATION