Outdoor Club Competition 2023 - December Update
We continue to work on dates and venues for our club competitions in 2023. In this update, we’ve organised the information by competition, rather than solely by date. There are more details in the event calendar.
UKU Mixed Tour 2023
25-26 March - Provisionally Mixed Imperial
Location: Harlington Sports Ground, West London.
UKU Mixed Tour Season Opener
1-2 April - Uni Fans
Location: Riverside Sports Complex, University of Nottingham.
Alongside Uni Outdoor Nationals
17-18 June - Moooxed
Location: London / South-East England
UKU Mixed Tour Event, paired with Grey Towers
17-18 June - Provisionally Grey Towers
Location: Durham (to be confirmed)
UKU Mixed Tour Event, paired with Moooxed
15-16 July - “the one where we all play mixed”
Location: Moor Lane, Birmingham
Mixed Tier One event
29-30 July - UKU Nationals Playoffs (see below)
26-27 August - UKU Nationals / EUF EUCR-West
Location: Highfields Sports Complex, University of Nottingham
UKU Women’s Tour 2023
22-23 April - UKU Spring Startup & EUF Spring Invite
Location: Provisionally West London (but this is to be confirmed - do not book travel)
Women’s Division tour event open to ALL teams. Winner of the Spring Invite gains qualification to EUCF.
3-4 June - UKU Windfarm
Location: Riverside Sports Complex, University of Nottingham
We are in discussions with a number of national teams looking to use this event as part of preparation for EUC in Limerick (also windy :-).
29-30 July - UKU Nationals Playoffs (see below)
5-6 August or 12-13 August - Women’s & Open
We have provisional plans to run a Women’s & Open Tour event on one of these weekends (more details below).
26-27 August - UKU Nationals / EUF EUCR-West
Location: Highfields Sports Complex, University of Nottingham
UKU Open Tour 2023
22-23 April - UKU Spring Startup (Open)
Location: Provisionally Leicester and/or London
Do not make travel plans yet. Confirmation to follow.
3-4 June - UKU Windfarm
Location: Riverside Sports Complex, University of Nottingham
29-30 July - UKU Nationals Playoffs (see below)
5-6 August or 12-13 August - Women’s & Open
We have provisional plans to run a Women’s & Open Tour event on one of these weekends (more details below).
26-27 August - UKU Nationals / EUF EUCR-West
Location: Highfields Sports Complex, University of Nottingham
Playoffs / August & September Tour events
Entry to Nationals will open and close early in 2023 so that we know the size of the Playoffs competition that will be required. One of the Playoffs will be held in Reading (probably mixed); other venue(s) TBD.
Women’s Division (August)
Based on entries in the last few years, we may not need a qualification event in the Women’s division. In that case we plan to run a women’s Tour event on 12-13 August (or the backup date 5-6 August). If Playoffs go ahead in the Women’s division we do not expect sufficient demand for a Tour event in August.
Open Division (August)
The competitive outdoor season does not have to stop in July for teams and players who are not going to Nationals. We aim to run a further Tour event for Open teams in mid August, which may be of interest to some of the Nationals teams, but is really aimed at everyone else.
September
We are keen to work with clubs that would like to host Tour events in September and/or October. In the long run we aim to add another round in each division at this time of year - primarily for the players who are not involved in Nationals.
Nationals 2023
As noted above, the key dates for Nationals 2023 are:
29-30 July - Playoffs (single event per division to replace Regionals)
26-27 August - UKU Nationals / EUCR-West
The Nationals date is now confirmed, returning to University of Nottingham Highfields Sports Complex on the (bank holiday weekend) 26-27 August. This does not mean a permanent return to the end of August for Nationals - it just works better this year.
National League (March-May)
The qualifying teams have been contacted with provisional information about National League 2023. The top 3 teams in the National League will qualify directly to Nationals.
Other Divisions - Key Dates and Locations
University Outdoor Championships
University Men’s & Women’s Outdoor Nationals is on 1-2 April at Riverside, Nottingham.
University Mixed Outdoor Nationals is confirmed 24-25 June at Moor Lane, Birmingham.
Beach Nationals
Beach Nationals. Provisionally 15-16 April (timing to enable winners to attend EBUC).
We are planning 2023 Beach Nationals in September will be mixed division only, after which we hope to move to a cycle of Open & Women’s Beach Nationals in Spring, and Mixed Beach Nationals in September.
Juniors
Junior Outdoor Nationals is likely to be held on 24th June in Leicester.
Under-24s
UKU is hosting the WFDF World Under-24 Ultimate Championships, 1-8 July. We will share more information about this as soon as we can. Please also see this announcement by WFDF: https://wfdf.sport/2022/10/wfdf-announces-2023-events-schedule%ef%bf%bc/