The second annual Youth Development FUNd Run takes place on Saturday, May 26 at Seward Park at 9:30am. The Youth Development Fund supports activities and initiatives for youth from under-served populations, including free or inexpensive youth Ultimate events and clinics, financial aid for DiscNW youth events, introduction of Ultimate to new youth groups, and more.

We have fun, non-traditional prize categories for those who may be more light-hearted than light-footed:

• Largest team/group turnout
• Best team/group theme
• Best individual costume
• Fastest times (male/female)
• Raffle

The event fee is $35 if registered before noon on Friday, May 25, and $40 on the day of the race.

Please make sure to support our sponsor:

• Alchemy Goods

We're 16 on the leader board, but we need YOUR help to make the top 5!!!! Only THREE WEEKS LEFT!!!!!!

Then help DiscNW win a national grant to help fund youth programs here in the Northwest.

With just 5 minutes of your time you can help DiscNW win $2500 that will go towards our Youth Development Fund.

All you need to do, to help us win one of five $2500 grants, is complete the following survey/quiz. If you’d like more information about being a responsible sports parent or coach, check out these helpful tips: Coach Link and Parent Link. (Hint: the quiz is based on these documents, but studying ahead of time is not required.)

For every parent/coach/friend that takes the quiz and selects ‘Northwest Disc Association’ as the agency to credit, we move up on the leaderboard. Check to see if we're in the top 25 organizations here. If we finish in the top 5 by June 1st, we will be awarded a grant of $2500 for the Youth Development Fund. The YDF provides funding for new and exciting endeavors in youth Frisbee, as well as support for scholarships that allow youth events to be affordable to all players/teams who wish to participate.

Please take just 5 minutes to help our organization and the youth programs we support!

Riot is excited to announce their annual NUTC and Next Level scholarships! Riot offers a full overnight non resident scholarship to NUTC, the National Ultimate Training Camp, in Amherst, MA and a partial scholarship to Next Level Ultimate Camp, a single gender camp in Eugene, OR. Girls ages 14-18 are eligible to apply.

Visit the scholarships page for more details and applications. Applications are due May 16! Apply now!

Spring Jam is a single-gender youth team tournament taking place at Fort Steilacoom in Lakewood, WA, on Saturday, June 2.

There are four divisions:

• Middle school girls (new in 2012!)
• Middle school boys (new in 2012!)
• High school boys
• High school girls

This tournament is intended for novice or intermediate single-gender teams, or coed teams who want to try single-gender play for a day.

Click here to register by May 13!

• Summer Team League is for new or established coed teams and has something for various skill levels. The league has four divisions, and teams are placed in each division based on their experience to ensure close competition.


• Summer Coed Hat League is geared towards beginner and intermediate-level players, and is a great way to meet new people. Participants in the summer hat league represent a wide range of skills and age groups.


• Summer Masters Hat League is for players tired of chasing those twenty-somethings around the field. If you are a veteran player ready for some fun, complex, thinking-person’s ultimate? Then the Master’s Hat League is for you. Geared for men AND women players over 30, the Summer Master’s League is a great way to connect with the vibrant community of the Northwest’s veteran players.


• Summer Mens Hat League s a hat league that was started in 2003 to provide more opportunities for men's ultimate in the Seattle area. Historically, there are more men interested in playing summer hat league than spots available. The men's hat league is a way to provide another option for summer ultimate. This year the league will be geared towards intermediate and advanced players and college players home for the summer.


• Summer Corporate Team League is for teams comprised of employees from a company who want to play other companies. Some companies sponsor their teams' league fees. The league has a wide range of skill levels but is primarily for beginners who want to have fun with their work colleagues.