Pimp my Society 09/10

UCD's Internet Society is back! (www.netsoc.com)


---EVENTS 09/10--

Guest speakers: We will be holding various events throughout the year including talks from the likes of HEAnet, Camara, Linux mint and more!

LAN's:we will also be holding various LAN events throughout the year (with Gamesoc!) The first of which will be announced shortly.

Tutorials: If you dont know how to use our services and would like to. We will be giving various tutorials on how to Setup a a website (blogs) etc. , Using your shell, Using other services etc. throughout the year.

Netsoc provides a variety of services to its members, including:

• Webspace
• Webmail
• MySQL Databases
• Shell accounts
• Tomcat Servlet container
• Tutorials and guest talks
• LAN events
• Proxy (to be added this year! Hopefully soon!)
• IRC/Intersocs (to be added this year!)

ops@netsoc.com

I will be updating this post throughout the 09/10 academic year in order to inform and promote our events. So check back! I can also be reach at admin@netsoc.com

Aidan Church
Netsoc Head Sys admin.

UCD GAA Handball Club:

The Club caters for beginners aswell as experienced players. We currently boast two World Collegiate medals along with numerous national medals and have many experienced players willing to help beginners along. Training is from 6-10 on Mondays and Wednesdays, the alley is situated in the sports centre.

Trips this year will include Wexford in October, Tralee in November, Cavan in February, Limerick in March/April and Arizona State Universtiy in February for the World Inter-Collegiate Championships which will cater for all skill levels and is not exclusive to the most talented.

Dublin League games are played weekly and cater from beginner to experienced.

The social aspect of this game cannot be understated and is a great way to meet people. Club night-outs are also common and great fun. Its a great way to meet people from other universities all around the world too.

For more information email ucdhandball@gmail.com

Ultimate What?

www.ucd.ie/ultimate

UCD Ultimate Frisbee Club. We're a very active club who eagerly recruit new members every September. The season starts with beginners tournaments in Dublin and the a big club trip to Edinburgh beginners tournament. You can be as involved as you like with training and games three times a week, indoors and outdoors.

We are a very social club and welcome all new members to this new and exciting sport! Socials during the week and trips away at weekends provide plenty of entertainment and opportunity to make new friends while learning a new sport!

We have mixed beginners teams, an open and a womens team, and everyone is encouraged to play as much as they like and improve towards making the intervarsities first team.


So what is ultimate frisbee?

Ultimate in 10 Simple Rules.

1. Spirit of the Game -- Ultimate stresses sportsmanship and fair play. Competitive play is encouraged, but never at the expense of respect between players, adherence to the rules, and the basic joy of play.
2. The Field -- A rectangular shape with endzones at each end. A regulation field is 70 yards by 40 yards, with endzones 25 yards deep.
3. Initiate Play -- Each point begins with both teams lining up on the front of their respective endzone line. The defense throws ("pulls") the disc to the offense. A regulation game has seven players per team.
4. Scoring -- Each time the offense completes a pass in the defense's endzone, the offense scores a point. Play is initiated after each score.
5. Movement of the Disc -- The disc may be advanced in any direction by completing a pass to a teammate. Players may not run with the disc. The person with the disc ("thrower") has ten seconds to throw the disc. The defender guarding the thrower ("marker") counts out the stall count.
6. Change of possession -- When a pass in not completed (e.g. out of bounds, drop, block, interception), the defense immediately takes possession of the disc and becomes the offense.
7. Substitutions -- Players not in the game may replace players in the game after a score and during an injury timeout.
8. Non-contact -- No physical contact is allowed between players. Picks and screens are also prohibited. A foul occurs when contact is made.
9. Fouls -- When a player initiates contact on another player a foul occurs. When a foul disrupts possession, the play resumes as if the possession was retained. If the player committing the foul disagrees with the foul call, the play is redone.
10. Self-Refereeing -- Players are responsible for their own foul and line calls. Players resolve their own disputes.


More Spiel if your still interested!

"Ultimate is an exciting, non-contact team sport, played by thousands the world over. It mixes the best features of sports such as Soccer, Basketball, American Football and Netball into a simple, yet fascinating and demanding game. To compete at the top level, Ultimate players require an high degree of speed, stamina and agility. The simplicity of the rules means it's easy and fun for newcomers to pick up.

Oh, and by the way, it's played with a flying disc
How the game works

Ultimate is a non contact sport, played between two teams of seven players on a large rectangular pitch. The game is played with a Frisbee – known in the sport as a disc. The object of the game is to score goals. A line drawn across the pitch at either end creates two "endzones" and these are the goal-scoring areas. A goal is scored when a team completes a pass to a player standing (or more likely running) in the endzone they are attacking.

Players cannot run with the disc. When you get the disc you must stop and try to throw it to another player. By passing from player to player, the offence or “attacking team” attempts to work the disc up the pitch towards the end zone they are attacking. If the disc hits the ground or is intercepted or knocked down by the other team, then the opposition takes possession and this is called a "turnover". Possession also changes if the person receiving the disc is outside the playing area when he or she catches it.

The defending team attempts to stop the team with the disc from making progress upfield by marking their players. The theory is that the offence/attackers won't want to pass to a player who is being marked closely, as it's likely to result in an interception. As a result the offence/attacking players try to get free of their markers to receive a pass, while the defence makes every effort to stay with them in the hope of forcing a turnover.
Fouls

Ultimate is essentially non-contact; any contact between players can be declared a foul.
Spirit of the Game

Ultimate is unique in that it is refereed by the players themselves, even at World Championship level, according to a code of conduct known as "the Spirit of the Game". This places the responsibility for fair play on the players themselves.
"Spirit of the Game" is perhaps the central governing principle of ultimate. Respect for one's opponent is paramount. The official ultimate rules strictly forbid any action—taunting, intentional fouls—that might be construed as bad sportsmanship.

In place of referees, the players call their own fouls. In Ultimate, every player is responsible for their own conduct on the field. Since there are no referees, it's the responsibility of players to call fouls on themselves if the person they have fouled does not call the infraction hence; you call a foul on yourself. Ultimate relies on the honour system and the belief that no one will intentionally cheat.

Ultimates rules can be summed up by the concept of "Spirit." Highly competitive play is encouraged, but never at the expense of mutual respect between players, adherence to the agreed-upon rules of the game or the basic joy of play. The purpose of the rules of Ultimate is to provide a guideline, which describes the way the game is played.

It is assumed that no Ultimate player will intentionally violate the rules; there are no harsh penalties for inadvertent infractions but, rather, a method for resuming play in a manner which simulated what would most likely have occurred had there been no infraction.

Spirit allows the game to be played without refs, without untoward aggression, and without long stoppages in play."


LINKS

If your still with me you should be convinced by now!

http://www.irishultimate.com/ - The home of Irish ultimate

http://www.ultivillage.com/ - lots of videos, mostly high level american colleges and international events

http://tom-styles.co.uk/ - Some great ultimate frisbee photography, lots of layouts!

UCD LABOUR YOUTH - Charlie Donnelly Branch

is as you might imagine the UCD branch of the Labour Party. Without launching into a party political broadcast, we campaign on issues such as our campaign against 3rd level fees, for a more just and equal society, for universal healthcare and for same-sex marriage.

If you're unsure about joining call down to the stand to have a chat or to pick up a copy of our publication, The Left Tribune, to get a better idea of what we're about.

Do join early as we do have limited supplies of material from the Party of European Socialists such as recycled notebooks, rulers made from old CD cases and the usual keyrings, badges etc.

UCD SVP

We're a charity. We do lots of charity work. You should join us if you also want to do lots of charity work.

www.ucdsvp.com

is there an orchestra at ucd?

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