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*****Games are on as scheduled for Saturday as no rain has fallen at the field sites as of mid-afternoon on Friday. Any update due to inclement weather will be made by 7:15 am Saturday morning and sent to the captain's distribution list, the twitter account, and added to the WAFC Hotline (301-588-2629). *****
***** NOTE: NO DOGS ALLOWED ***** This year's Chesapeake Open will be held the weekend of August 29-30, 2009 in Poolesville, MD, outside of Washington, DC. We will host 64 teams across 4 divisions (Elite Open, Open, Women's and Mixed). Last year's tournament included 10 Open, 8 Women's and 4 Mixed teams that qualified for the 2009 UPA Club Championships and we expect this year's field of teams to be even more competitive. Payment ~ If accepted (see link to Accepted Bids above), your tournament fee of $420 will complete your bid and is due by July 17. All accepted teams must pay online through the WAFC store, located at the link below. If payment is not recieved by July 17, your team will forfeit it's bid, and a team from the wait list will be contacted to fill your spot. However, if your team was accepted and has decided not to attend, please contact us immediately (rather than waiting until July 17) so that we can quickly get a team off of the waiting list. CLICK HERE TO PAY
Announcing the Official Chesapeake Open Photographer.
Chesapeake Open is welcoming back Kevin Leclaire as the Official Tournament Photographer for the second year in a row (www.ultiphotos.com).
You can check out his tournament photos from last year at http://www.ultiphotos.com/chesapeake/2008.
You can sign up for notifications of gallery updates for this year’s tournament on www.facebook.com/ultiphotos.
This is a list of ACCEPTED Bids for 2009.
** Elite and Open Breakdown is now Final **
Open Elite:
Bodhi - Amherst, MA
Chain Lightning - Atlanta
El Diablo - Georgia/South Carolina
GOAT - Toronto
Invictus - Calgary
Ironside - Boston
LOS - North Carolina
Machine - Chicago
Madcow - Columbus, OH
Madison Club - Madison, WI
Prairie Fire - Kansas City
Revolver - Bay Area, CA
Ring of Fire - North Carolina
Sons of Liberty - Boston
Tanasi - Chattanooga, TN
Truck Stop - Washington DC/Baltimore
Open:
The bid window for the 2009 Chesapeake Open is now closed. The Chesapeake Open will be held the August 29-30, 2009 in Poolesville, MD, outside of Washington, DC. We will host 64 teams across 4 divisions (Elite Open, Open, Women's and Mixed). This year's Chesapeake Open is sure to be the most competitive in our 5 year history in all divisions.
Our bid window is now closed. Accepted teams will be notified by Friday July 3rd.
Schedule ~
Elite/Open: http://upa.org/scores/tourn.cgi?div=127&id=6136
Womens: http://upa.org/scores/tourn.cgi?div=127&id=6137
Mixed: http://upa.org/scores/tourn.cgi?div=127&id=6139
For travel purposes, games are scheduled to start at 9am on Saturday, and end at 3:30pm on Sunday.
Holiday Inn Gaithersburg is the tourney hotel!.
Room rate is $99 per night for single or double. Taxes are an additional 15%.
Rooms must be reserved by Thursday, August 13.
Reservations can be made by calling 301-948-8900 and referencing the Chesapeake Open Ultimate Frisbee Tournament as our room block name.
There are 2 field locations, both in Poolesville, MD.
The Mixed, Women's and Elite Open will be playing at the Capital Polo Club (a.k.a. the "South Bay"), 14660 Hughes Road, Poolesville MD 20837.
The Open Division will be playing at the Potomac Polo Club (18410 Beallsville Rd., Poolesville, MD 20837), which contains 2 sets of fields, the "Upper Bay" and the "Lower Bay". We will only be using the "Lower Bay" fields this year.
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