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Grass Roots Ultimate Boulder Ultimate since 1991

Facts

Dates July 21-22 2012Where Pleasant ViewSchedules TBA
BBQ Dinner 5:30- 6:30 at the fields by Moe's BBQ
After Party: 8pm-Close: Shine (2027 13th St. downtown Boulder, backroom). 

GRUB

Twenty-first Grass Roots Ultimate Benefit Tournament

(Photo: T. Dueri)

 

Grass Roots Ultimate will host our annual beneficiary tournament on July 21-22, 2012.  Proceeds from GRUB will be donated to Street Fair: the Boulder Shelter Bakery. Yay cupcakes.

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Format
32 mixed teams, 2 Divisions, 11th Edition.
Format: Captains need to agree to altering ratios before the start of games.  The default is 4 men / 3 women but teams are encouraged set up offense calls 3/4 points.  GRUB is not a USAU sanctioned tournament

Cost
$40.00/player ($35 student rate) plus a team deposit that is refunded when your team attends. Please consider making an extra donation (see charity info below). No refunds will be given THREE weeks prior to the event. Also no refunds if the wait list has been cleared.

Bids: still available in both divisions
Send team bid with the following information by email: grub at gru dot org

  • team contacts (two email address)
  • division A or B
  • team name and team city
  • seeding information
Also you must mail a $300 deposit check made out to Rocky Mountain Ultimate (you will receive the mailing address after you email us the contact info).  The check is not cashed and is refunded at GRUB.   However,  the bid is not completed until deposit check is received. As a benchmark, the ‘A’ division is for teams that could compete  (at least on paper) at the regional level.

Tournament Director: Baker

Teams:

Pimpin Aint Easy Boulder 80210 Denver
Trollhaveners San Fran Liquor & Cleats Fayetteville
Threat Level Midnight Kansas City Single Entendre Boulder
Swingline C.Springs Crude Casper
Love Tractor Boulder Chewy Boulder
Avengers Denver Lawn Gnomes C.Butte
Mesteno Denver Jumping Bones Boulder
Burque Albuquerque Sparkle Pants Boulder
Suit Up Louisville V.Secret Denver
Kill Joy Fort Collins Unfilled
Liver Punch Boulder Unfilled
Codename Fayetteville Unfilled
Golden Spike Salt Lake Unfilled
Del Sol Phoneix Unfilled
Unfilled Unfilled
Unfilled Unfilled

Beneficiary Information
The “B” in GRUB is for benefit. We raise money from pledges from your friends, families and coworkers.  This is a great way for ultimate players to bring the spirit of the game off the field and into the community.   As an incentive for you to raise pledges above the entry fee we will give a thank you gift to individuals who raise extra donations.

Street Fare: the Boulder Shelter Bakery is a supportive employment bakery operated by the Boulder Shelter for the Homeless. It hires homeless adults who are difficult to employ and outfits them with the skills necessary to re-enter the work force. In partnership with its employees, Street Fare also: raises revenue for the Boulder Shelter for the Homeless, and promotes the Shelter to the community.  Buy cupcakes at the Boulder County Farmers’ markets.

Sunday breakfast:  We will provide a team breakfast of Evol burritos and pastries on Sunday morning for teams that can raise over $1,000.

Prizes for your donations: Download a Pledge Sheet:pledgesheet

Please make checks out to Rocky Mountain Ultimate. RMU is the 501c3 non-profit entity that does business as Grass Roots Ultimate.

If you wish to claim a tax deduction please donate by check made out to Rocky Mountain Ultimate. If the check is less than $250, a copy of the canceled check or a bank statement provides sufficient evidence for tax purposes. If the check is $250 or more, a written acknowledgment of your donation is required for tax purposes and you can request this acknowledgment by emailing to giving@rockymountainultimate.org.

GAME DAY Details

Finals 2010

Saturday:  Saturday Brackets

The captain meeting is at 9:00am on Saturday. Games start at 9:30am sharp. Due the likelihood of routine late-day rain showers in Colorado summers, please adhere to the time schedule.

  • Games to hard 15 (no win by 2). Mirror half.
  • No soft cap, but hard cap at end of round (1:45 mins.)
  • One time out per half plus one float.
  • There is a reseed for the fourth found on Saturday, which includes a A-div/B-Div crossover match. If the B-div beats the A-div in the crossover game the B-div has the option to move up into A-div on Sunday morning. However, a winning A-div does not have the same option to move down into B-div.

Sunday: Round 1: 9:00 am.  Round 2: 10:45 am.  Semis : 12:15. Finals: 2:30.

FIELD USE
Remember as in most urban centers, quality recreational spaces are sparse and competitive adult ultimate does not get highest priority when it comes to obtaining this site. So be mindful of the surrounding neighbors, obey the park regulations, and use your common sense so that you do not jeopardize future ultimate events.

    • No glass bottles permitted on the fields.
    • NO Dogs. Really no dogs, not in your car, not on a leash, not on the fields, and not in the parking lot.
    • Please do not practice at the Pleasant View site until the day of the tournament. If your team is coming in from out of town here is a link to a map of various field locations in Boulder: Field Maps. Please note that certain locations are by reservation only.
Violation of these rules or behavior deemed unacceptable will be grounds for expulsion from the tournament and the facility. The Grass Roots Ultimate Board of Directors (and its designees, including the Tournament Director) and the City of Boulder Recreation Staff reserve the right to enforce this policy.

There is no camping on the fields. Here is a map other amenities in the area.

SPONSORSHIP


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sport Trainers: Peak Form Physical Therapy

Message Therapy by: tba

History
Formerly known as LAMA, GRUB started as a small tournament to raise money for medical assistance in Latin America.  Now as GRUB, we focus locally by supporting those over looked charities who help the under served.

Past Beneficiaries
2012: Boulder Shelter Bakery
2011: Boulder Youth Services Initiative
2010: Boulder Youth Services Initiative
2009: Carriage House Community Table
2008: EcoCycle
2007: Kit Faragher Foundation
2006: Intercambio de Comunidades, Boulder
2005: Sage Community Partnership, Boulder
2004: Boulder County Partners
2003: People’s Clinic
2002: Colorado School Mediate Project
2001: Out and About
2000: Earth Force
1999: Volunteer Connection
1998: Boulder Rape Crisis Center
1997: Boulder Day Nursery
1996: Habitat for Humanity
1995: Emergency Family Assistance Association
1992-94: Latin America Medical Assistance

Past Results

 

 

Year A-Div B-Div
2011 Pimping Ain’t Easy over Liver Punch The Business over Crude
2010 Pimping Ain’t Easy over Liver Punch The Business over Crested Butte Lawn Gnomes
2009 Cougars over Liver Punch Jumping Bones over Liquor & Cleats
2008 Paper Champs over Liver Punch Jumping Bones over D.O.A.
2007 Liver Punch Revival over Mile High Club Grip over Fayetteville
2006 Liver Punch Revival over Pimping Ain’t Easy Jumping Bones over Evil Black Bunnies
2005 Liver Punch Revival over D.T.L. ABQ over Jumping Bones
2004 Liver Punch Revival over D.T.L. Asses of Fire over Jumping Bones
2003 Duff over Bad Larry N/A
2002 D.T.L. over Bad Larry N/A
2001 Pimping Ain’t Easy over Holes and Poles Step Behind over Jumping Bones

 

 

 

 


 

 

GRUB Beneficiary

Posted on March 10, 2012 by sonya

Grass Roots Ultimate received four applications from very worthy organizations and though it is always a difficult decision, we are happy to announce that GRUB 2012 will be raising funds for Street Fare!

Street Fare grew from the passion and commitment of one of our own GRU league players, Sarah Haas. She combined her love of baking and care for community and created an innovative program that we are proud to support. The money raised from GRUB will propel them forward at a critical moment in their young history.

In Sarah’s words…

Street Fare: the Boulder Shelter Bakery is a supportive employment bakery operated by the Boulder Shelter for the Homeless. It hires homeless adults who are difficult to employ and outfits them with the skills necessary to re-enter the work force. In partnership with its employees, Street Fare also: raises revenue for the Boulder Shelter for the Homeless, and promotes the Shelter to the community.  We do this by selling cupcakes and pastries, baked in the Shelter Kitchen with organic and locally sourced ingredients, to patrons of the Boulder County Farmers’ Markets.

In 2011, Street Fare employed nine adults. Of those nine, two are now employed by local businesses, three are signing on for another season of Street Fare with managerial positions and one is now independently housed and back in school in Longmont.

Street Fare is an exploration into the barriers that homeless adults face on their road to self-sufficiency in Boulder County. Supportive employment with Street Fare offers a safe place to test the water, to fail, and to succeed. This success, however, is impossible without the support of the community: our customers, our donors and our cheerleaders.

http://www.westword.com/2011-09-29/dining/sarah-haas-cupcakes-street-fare/

a little history

Posted on February 19, 2012 by sonya

Ever wondered about the disc hanging from the tree in the GRU logo?

1992 was the first year of the fundraiser tournament that is now known as the Grass Roots Ultimate Benefit (GRUB) but was initially known as LAMA (Latin American Medical Assistance). The LAMA tournaments supported Steve McCrosky’s work in an indigenous community and a disabled veteran’s group in El Salvador. Over the years of the LAMA tournament, ultimate players donated over $20,000, enough to purchase 10 acres of land and construct two buildings.

In 1993, the proceeds from the tournament were used to support a prosthetics workshop for disabled veterans and a natural medicine pharmacy. That year, Steve spent a couple days working on the design for the tournament. After looking through several books in the indigenous community’s library, he decided to base the design on two different gods.

Tezcatlipoca, an Aztec warrior god, the figure on the left, represents the thrower. In the sky, his constellation appears as a man missing a leg.

Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent, plays defense. What he represented is debated, but he is often related to vegetation renewal, the wind and the sky. In the disc design, he is stalling to ten in the Mayan dot and line numerical system.

While Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca were often described as rivals, they were also described as collaborators in the creation of the world. The disc they play with has the Aztec symbol for fiesta.

The LAMA tournament was a big part of the genesis of Grass Roots Ultimate, and as a nod to this history, when GRU was officially christened; the chosen logo included the disc from the 1993 LAMA design.

GRUB 2012 seeking beneficary

Posted on January 16, 2012 by baker

GRU will host our annual beneficiary tournament on July 21-22 (note: still waiting for field confirmation). We are seeking a partnership with a Colorado charitable organization. Apply for this year’s beneficiary by March 1. Details:  GRUB Beneficiary Information and Application

GRUB Raised $12,576 for YSI !!

Posted on July 20, 2011 by sonya

Grass Roots Ultimate is very proud to announce that we raised $12,576 for YSI at GRUB 2011!

Thanks to all who played!

Having 32 teams is the first step in meeting our fundraising goals and it makes for an action packed weekend.

Extra thanks to:

  • Our TD – Baker – for yet another year of hard work – it was a great tournament and a great party!
  • YSI volunteers – they did a great job keeping the tourney flowing and they rounded up awesome tourney food for all to enjoy!
  • The players who went the extra mile in fundraising! Top 5 teams ($ per player) were Jumping Bones, Single Entendre, Trollhaveners, Lawn Gnomes and Red or Green.
  • The teams who came from out of state! (San Diego, San Francisco, L.A., Portland, Fayetteville, Iowa City, Salt Lake, Albuquerque, Casper). Fun to play less familiar faces, and to meet new friends.

Thanks again all!

See you next year.