Dear All

The Under 17 Indoor Championships 2009 will be held at Aldersley Leisure
Village, Wolverhampton (WV6 9NW) on the weekend of 21st and 22nd March. UKUA
Indoor Regionals were held at Aldersely in November 2008, and last weekend saw
Junior Indoors 2009 take place there, and any teams that went to either (or
both!) will vouch that it is a great venue. As the Under 17 game continues to
grow I have 2 halls for all of Saturday and a 3rd hall from 3-6pm, and I have 3
halls for all of Sunday. The halls are a really good size, and there is balcony
space and a cafe/bar onsite, as well as supermarkets nearby. I am hoping that
Lookfly will be joining us on one of the days, so discs and other merchandise
should be available.

To be eligible to play you must be in Year 11 or below, born on or after 1st
September 1992 (the rules for UK Domestic competition differ slightly to
International competition, to be eligible to play for GB Under 17s this summer
you need to be born on or after 1st January 1993. Please contact me if there are
any queries). If you are a player or a small group of players without enough for
a full team, then it should be possible to arrange for you to join up with
another team; everyone involved in Junior Ultimate wants you there. HOWEVER you
must explain your situation to the Junior Forum (email to: kev@... is
sufficient) and have them ratify which is the most appropriate team for you to
join with. At Junior Outdoors 2008 there were cases of players picking up for
teams which were neither approved, nor the most appropriate. Please go through
the correct systems.

I am hoping that the central location will mean that the majority of teams might
be able to travel home rather than needing accomodation on the Saturday night,
but I recognise that for some of you that won't be possible. Obviously you are
free to organise your own plans, and places like www.travelodge.co.uk often have
good deals (e.g. family rooms which could sleep 4 from £19 per night), and there
are a smattering of Youth Hostels in Staffordshire www.yha.org.uk However I also
have an arrangement with a village hall in Codshall a few miles away
(Wolverhampton Rd, WV8 1PW) where people are able to stay on both Friday and/or
Saturday night as required. Keys are available from the caretaker on arrival,
and each team will be required to have at least one responsible adult to
supervise them and look after the key. It goes without saying that participants
and coaches would be expected to treat the venue and other users with
consideration and respect.
This accomodation would be included in the entry fee. No food would be provided
though.

The tournament is going to cost £70 per team. If you want to come can you do the
following things, ASAP:
1. Email me with your teamname, contact details, and how many teams you hope to
bring. Let me know if you might be interested in accomodation at this stage, how
many people, and whether for one or both nights. Do all this by Friday 6th
March.
2. Confirm your booking by sending a cheque for the appropriate amount made
payable to 'Andrew Vaughan' to me at 12 Court Farm Road, Birmingham, B23 5ND.
Remember to write your team name, and contact name and number on the back. Do
this by Friday 13th.
 
I know it is a short turnaround, but the preliminary details have already been
posted on the Junior list weeks ago so you should know about it, and started
planning whether you are coming and how many teams you intend to bring.
  
I, and the Junior Forum, will take a dim view of teams that enter and then
pull out at the last minute without warning; obviously things might change or be
tricky, but the important thing is that you as a team communicate with me as TD,
and any other relevant parties. At both Junior Indoors and Junior Outdoors 2008,
this was a problem. For Junior Indoors this year those teams in
that unfortunate predicament had the decency to contact me and let me know, so
alterations could be made (thanks guys)

Any problems do not hesiate to contact me on this email or 07791 368786 (usually
turned off during the school day)

Cheers
Vaughnie

TD U17 Indoors 2009