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1. UK Ultimate Association The UKUA acts as a professional body in the UK for Ultimate Frisbee. It's a non-profit organisation, but structurally works in the same way as any other business. I'm going to outline how the organisation functions in the following presentation, including information about the organisation, the aims and goals of the organisation on a yearly basis, what role exactly it plays within the Ultimate community, and the future of the organisation in the UK.

2. What is the UKUA? As the National Governing body for the sport of Ultimate in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the UKUA is a well known organisation of considerable size, with 50 ambassadors across the country working to organise and run the association on a voluntary basis. Positions within the UKUA are elected by Ultimate players that are registered to the UKUA every year. You have to be a registered member of the UKUA to play at Club and National level at officiated tournaments. With regard to the sport sector, the organisation is similar to that of the FA, but due to the fact that Ultimate is a relatively new sport and as yet to be played professionally, probably exists on a scale more similar to that of the county FA network, again on a much smaller scale.

3. UKUA vs County FA As the chart clearly shows, Ultimate is an emerging sport, and at Club level remains drastically smaller than Football. It's growing rapidly, however, and increasing in popularity across the UK year on year, largely down to the efforts of the UKUA.

4. Aims “ UK Ultimate works towards the goal that everyone should have an excellent experience of Ultimate in the UK. We intend to lead and support the UK's development into the World's leading ultimate community. We will maintain and protect the Spirit of the Game as the underlying principle in everything we do.” - UK Ultimate The above statement demonstrates the tag line of the organisation, and their main aims for Ultimate. They're involved in the sport from grassroots level, often including University Ultimate and its encouragement, to the top level, helping to fund Team GB to reach high standards at world class level.

5. Events The UKUA's main responsibility is to host, regulate, and ensure that Ultimate tournaments happen successfully and reliably year on year. Naturally, this includes hundreds of events over the course of the year, usually in the form of a weekend tournament. Here are some of the most prestigious. Tournament Name Location Number of Teams Surface Time of Year UKU Tour Cardiff, Burton, Southampton 64 Grass May – July, multiple events Paganello Rimini, Italy 105 Beach April UO Nationals Up to a yearly Bid 30 Grass March UI Nationals Up to a yearly Bid 30 Sports Hall December

6. Teams As aforementioned, the UKUA supports Team GB in their efforts at World and European Championships, due to the fact that Ultimate is played entirely in the voluntary sector and funding for competative play can often be sparse. This includes the Junior, Open and Masters squads. Segregated into Womens, Mixed and Open divisions, comprising of 8 teams in total. How do we rank? - the GB Open squad is currently ranked 4 th in the World.

8. The competitive side of the sport is well catered for, with affiliated Ultimate brands in the UK funding the GB team, and trials open to all.

9. A lot of tournaments are organised by the company, again promoting inclusion and keeping their brand name out there.

10. Negatives about the UKUA:

11. Although Ultimate is growing fast, the organisation has a long way to go to promote the sport to reach the level of football or rugby, for example.

12. With no desire to push the competitive side of the sport to a commercial level, the UKUA lags behind the US in terms of development.

13. ...The End. From the data gathered, I can conclude that the UKUA is a successful non-profit organisation, on a smaller scale than many other UK sports organisations. The organisation has room for expansion, and a commercial opportunity. Thanks for Watching. Sarah Hoad - 08513757