2021 Summer League
Summer League is just around the corner!
We’re offering two divisions this year and registration is now open!
Get all the important details and register here.
St. John's 18+ Mixed Ultimate Frisbee League
Summer League is just around the corner!
We’re offering two divisions this year and registration is now open!
Get all the important details and register here.
UPDATED APRIL 2021: We did not receive approval from Sport NL and Public Health for our Return to Play plan in time to run a Winter BIY League.
Captains who expressed interest in Winter BIY have been contacted about renting field space for intra-squad practices and scrimmages.
A message from the MZU Board of Directors:
Our recent Facebook post regarding the Fall BIY League Award Winners has gained a lot of attention over the past week.
The board would like to be clear that we did not intend to slight any teams in the Fall BIY League by not awarding a league or division winners. Wherever your team finished in the ladder, we’re sure there are accomplishments to celebrate and we hope you’re proud of how you played. As announced at the start of the season, there were no playoffs in order to accommodate a maximum number of teams that would all receive the same number of games, during a period when we lost a timeslot each week due to COVID-required breaks between games. Obviously, choosing a “winner” of a league can be determined a number of ways. However, in our past leagues, winners have been determined by a set of playoffs. This league – the first we’ve ever run without playoffs – we used a different system in order to schedule the games in 4-week blocks, instead of weekly, to ensure every team received the same number of late games. This meant that some teams’ standings might have been skewed, due to the ladder not readjusting every week. All of these factors contributed to the decision to not name a league or bracket winners. It has not been practice to highlight other team or player accomplishments, so such announcements were not considered for the post last week. We regret that we did not make that clear at the outset when this league was advertised, or at the end as part of the awards post. We apologize for any misunderstandings or disappointment. We’ve followed the recent feedback on Facebook and understand that some of our members don’t agree with our approach to naming award winners this fall. The board will bear this in mind for future league decisions.
Secondly, we want to address the manner in which this recent feedback was received. We always want to hear from our members. Your ideas and concerns help us to improve the league and address issues as they occur, so thank you to those who commented. However, we are disappointed by the tone of the conversation that unfolded among MZU members. In all aspects of MZU, we want to promote a respectful environment for our players and members on the field , at MZU-sponsored events, and on our social media and digital platforms. We encourage your feedback, but ask that you please take the time to provide it respectfully and constructively. Where necessary our Harassment Policy may be applied and further action taken (e.g., removal of problematic public posts). We invite you to review our Harassment Policy here.
We think this is a good time to reiterate that there is a vacant position for a Member at Large on the MZU Board of Directors. If you want to be more involved in the running of MZU and have more say in Board decisions, we strongly encourage you to join the effort. You can reach out with an expression of interest via email to hi@milezeroultimate.com
Lastly, as a reminder, there are multiple ways to communicate with the Board. You can connect with us on Facebook (publicly or privately), send us an email at hi@milezeroultimate.com, or submit your feedback anonymously through this form, which is always accessible on the homepage of our website www.milezeroultimate.com.
Thank you for your patience while the Board conferred on this matter and prepared this response.
Details for our 2021 Winter Toque League have now been posted here.
Details for our 2020 Fall Indoor BIY League have now been posted here.
Details for our 2020 Fall Outdoor Hat League have now been posted. Check out the details here.
Details have now been posted for our 2020 Summer League. You can check out all of the details here. We’ve missed you all and are excited to see you on the fields!
Mile Zero Ultimate stands with the Black Lives Matter movement. We support those who are working to build a more just society and condemn all acts of systemic and targeted anti-Black racism.
We are committed to the anti-racist movement and anti-oppressive practices; using our platform to elevate the voices and experiences of Black, Indigenous and racialized people in our sport and in our community; and ensuring that everything we do has a lens of equity, diversity and inclusion. As an organization, we recognize that we can and must do better to create safer environments for all Black people, Indigenous people, and people of colour involved in our sport.
We will engage with our membership over the coming weeks to develop a set of concrete actions that we will take to fight racism and build a more equitable and inclusive ultimate community. Mile Zero Ultimate is committed to doing, and being, better. Black Lives Matter.
Every player in the Winter BIY League should have just received and email announcing the unfortunate cancellation of the league. Here is a summary of the email.
As you’re aware, the Board of Directors decided to postpone the league prior to the March 16th (week 3) games. This decision was made to protect the health and safety of our players amidst the escalating COVID-19 situation.
The league was supposed to run until May 18th, but it has become clear that things likely won’t be back to normal by that time. We know that these are challenging times for our members, and we have decided to cancel the remainder of the league in order to issue refunds to our players.
We will be refunding teams for everything except weeks 1 and 2. Some teams paid different fees based on the bye weeks, and the amount of each team’s refund is outlined in detail in the email. The team fees will be issued back to the captains that originally paid the fee. It will be up to captains to get the player fees back to their players. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause.
Now for a note about our summer league. In past years, registration for summer league would normally open at the beginning of April. We will not be opening registration at that time this year, since we are unsure of whether or not the league will be able to go ahead this summer. Whenever things look to be getting back to normal, the Board will start to plan the launch of a new league. Unfortunately, we have no idea when that will be, and we will have to play things by ear as this situation unfolds. We hope that we will be able to run some sort of summer league, but we hope you can understand that things are very uncertain at the moment. We will share any updates about future leagues on our website, newsletter and social media though, so please stay tuned to those outlets.
We hope that all of you are staying safe and healthy out there, and we look forward to seeing you all on the field sometime in the future!
Cheers,
MZU Board of Directors
