NEW JERSEY STATE OPEN VARSITY FINAL
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — CHS Ultimate Frisbee, the Delaware Valley Youth Ultimate League (DEVYL), and the Columbia High School Athletic Department are excited to announce that the Boys New Jersey State Ultimate Frisbee Championship Final will be hosted in Maplewood on Friday, May 29 at Underhill Sports Complex, 58 Burr Road, Maplewood, NJ.
Gates open at 6:30 p.m., with first pull scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
Admission is FREE and all are welcome.
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New to the sport here is THE ULTIMATE GUIDE to understand the event
- The first team to score 13 points wins the game.
- Halftime is 7 minutes long and begins when the first team scores 7 points.
- Each team has two timeouts per half.
- 100 minutes after the start of the game (~8:45pm) the “cap” goes on. [More on this]
- Once the “cap” is on, the game is played to the score of the higher team +1 point.
(E.g. If the score is 11-10 at the cap, the game is now to 12.) - The game does not have referees. Players on the field for each team will make the calls. Observers are available to support the players in making the right calls. [More on this]
Interested in joining program? Fill out our interest form to learn more.
Fans: please cheer for your team, not against your opponent.
Spirit of the Game – The Basics
From USA Ultimate
Players make their own calls.
As a self-officiated sport, ultimate depends on personal responsibility. It places the obligation and expectation to play fairly on the players in order to maintain the integrity of the game.
Spirit is part of the rules.
Spirit and its principles are written directly into the official rules of ultimate, establishing a fundamental requirement to know the rules and not intentionally violate them while playing hard and having fun.
Focus on fair play.
Spirit of the Game emphasizes a different take on sports. Instead of promoting a win-at-all-costs mentality, Spirit expects players not to take advantage of, or knowingly break the rules.
How is a Foul Resolved
There are no referees in ultimate. Part of the game’s official rules, Spirit of the Game™, is based on the belief that respect and honor between competitors make it possible for control of the game to be in the players’ hands. Each athlete is obliged to trust every other player on the field to act as an official throughout play. Players are responsible for making their own calls.
When a player believes that there has been an infraction, they must make the call. A player called for an infraction can either agree that they committed a foul/violation and say “No Contest” or they may “Contest” that call if he/she believes the infraction did not occur.
If opponents cannot agree on the outcome of a call (i.e., the call is “contested”), there will be a do over, where the disc is sent back to the thrower who possessed the disc before the supposed infraction, and play will continue from there
Alternatively, any player directly involved in a dispute may request an observer resolution – a ruling on whether there was or was not a foul on the play. Once a player requests a resolution from an Observer, all players must abide by the observers’ decision.
For more information -> RESOURCES
What is an Observer
One of the most unique and defining characteristics of ultimate is its reliance upon the players to officiate the game under the sport’s Spirit of the Game ethos.
Unlike referees, umpires or judges in most sports, observers do not make active foul and violation calls of a subjective nature. Instead, that responsibility lies with the players on the field.
For tonight’s game, observers will:
- manage time between points and enforce time at halftime (7 minutes).
- make active line calls (in and out of bounds, in and outside the endzone, onsides and offsides).
- resolve disputes – if requested to do so by the players. Players must abide by the observers’ decisions.
For more information -> RESOURCES