Spring League 2013

Divisions

Email any questions to mufadisc@gmail.com.

Overall Summary

As always, Madison will not allow us to use their fields until after April 15. All games before that will be at Stoner Prairie.

We will have 2 parent teams that will always share a sideline. See below under “Parents teams”

Mens League Mon/Wed– April 1 to May 23 or 30, all games at 6 pm, up to 4 people can baggage together. Possibly only 1 game per week for the first two weeks.
Womens Intermediate/Advanced League M/W – April 1 to May 23 or 30, all games at 6 pm, up to 4 people can baggage together. Possibly only 1 game per week for the first two weeks.
Womens Rec League – Tuesdays – April 16 – May 21 or 28, up to 4 people can baggage together
Mens Tuesday League – April 2 – May 21 or 28, up to 4 people can baggage together
Mens Thursday League – April 18 – May 21 or 28, up to 4 people can baggage together
Coed Thursday Advanced Draft – April 18 – May 21 or 28
Coed Thursday Rec BCD – April 4 – May 21 or 28

*no baggage for coed teams – all games for each league will be at the same park

We will have an all-star game again sometime in May.

Notes:
The MW leagues may also have games on Tuesdays and/or Fridays for the first two weeks of the season.

Coed Thursday Rec BCD – This league is intended for people who have played for a while but perhaps have not had much club or college experience (as well as beginner players). This would include people who play Rec C and D, and most of the players from Rec B as well.

Advanced Coed Draft league – On Thursdays we will also offer an Advanced Coed Draft league aimed mostly at players who play Rec A and Competitive, and some of the players from the top half of Rec B. This league will also play all of its games at the same park; there will be no baggage except for parents. We hope this league will give some people who may be on the fence about joining the Premier league in the summer a chance to try out the draft format and play a higher level game. The gender ratio will be 4/3. Men registering for the draft league will be able to indicate whether or not they want to be placed in the Mens Thursday league if they don’t get drafted.

General info

Spring League is open to everyone. Beginners are very welcome
Everyone signs up as individuals or groups of up to 4 people.
High Schools can sign up as an entire team.
Teams will be created with an approximately even distribution of skill levels on each team.
There are seven different league to choose from.

When

Registration will open March 17th and close on March 30th.
Games begin April 1 and run through May 23th. There are 6-8 weeks of games, depending on the league.
All games begin at 6pm.

Where

Spring League is played at Midtown Commons, Glacier Hill, North Star Park, and Stoner Prairie. Other fields may be added as they become available.
See our maps page for more information.
The city of Madison will not allow us to use their fields until April 15th. That is why some leagues start later than others.

Signing up

To sign up with more than one person you need to agree on a single team password.
Women can sign up for both of the women’s divisions and a coed division.
Men can sign up for both of the men’s divisions and a coed division.
All players rate themselves with our infamous 6 point scale.
Any group of 3 or more must have an average rating of 4.5 or less (men)
or 4 or less (women).
People who we have not received payments for by midnight on the registration deadline will not be put on teams and will have to go on a waiting list.
Anyone under 18 must turn in both waivers before registering. Download the waiver.

Cost

2x per week leagues cost $27. 1x per week leagues cost $20 or $16 because some of the league start later. Women can play in both women’s advanced and womens Coached Rec for $33.

All payments go through PayPal.

What you get

6-8 weeks of games.
A free disc.
Two free pitchers of beer or soda at The Great Dane after every game. Sometimes the wait staff is caught off guard on the first night so be nice if they don’t know and have them check with their manager.
An end of season all-star game with free food and drinks.

Ratings

All players rate themselves with our infamous 6 point scale.
Don’t let someone you know intentionally miss rate themselves.

Groups

Players can sign up in groups of 1 to 4 players.
Any group of 3 or more must have an average rating of 4.5 or less (men) or 4 or less (women).

High School teams

High school teams need to have 10 players registered and paid with their waiver signed by the deadline in order to play as a team. Download the waiver.
The captain/coach should send an email to springdisc@gmail.com to get an baggage password to use.

Parents teams

Parents Teams will play on adjacent fields (a men’s team and a women’s team), and share a common sideline.
This option has been added for parents with small children, in Women’s Intermediate/Advanced and the Men’s 2 days/week (Mondays/Wednesdays).
Use the baggage password ‘parent’ when registering.
Each parent may have 1 additional non-parent baggage, space allowing. If there is no space, the non-parent baggage will be notified and allowed to baggage with someone else. Please indicate who your ‘parent’ baggage is in the comments section of your registration.

Bring cones if you have them!

The team listed higher in the standings is responsible for bringing cones.

Lights and darks

The higher seed in the standings wears white. The other team wears dark.
Check the standings to see who is the higher seed.

Waiting list

Players not initially assigned to teams will be added to the waiting list.
Players on the waiting list will be added to teams in the order they signed up and paid.
If several players are being added at the same time, all care will be taken to keep teams even.
Baggage’s no longer apply once you’re on the waiting list. If you want to play with your friends then sign up and pay on time and make sure they do to!

Maps to fields

View MUFA Madison Wi in a larger map

Field Layouts