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Welcome to the Newcastle Ultimate Draft League! We are now in our fourth year of running the draft league in the North East.

The format of the draft league is simple:

- individuals sign up via the registration page

- at Draft Night, the team captains will pick teams

- over 5 or 6 weeks matches are played out between the teams

- at Finals night we have a winner!

Players of all experience and ability are welcome.

All the stats for each player will be recorded throughout the league so we are able to award individual as well as team prizes. There will also be a fantasy league running alongside so you can earn points each week with further prizes available there.

For more information, please continue reading below, or see our Frequently Asked Questions.

The 2019 edition of the draft league will be back at Benfield Sports Centre with matches taking place on six consecutive Tuesday evenings, starting on 7th May. Draft Night will be Monday 29th April.

More details below.

The 2019 Draft Night will be taking place on Monday 29 April. This will be a private event for the host and captains, with teams to be announced later that evening.

RULES

Teams will be mixed gender and the games should be mixed as far as possible depending on numbers. Team captains should decide before the game starts whether to play a full mixed 3:4 ratio or loose mixed 2:5 ratio. 

The ‘home’ teams will always play in WHITE kit, with the ‘away’ teams in DARK COLOURS.

Full WFDF rules should be used unless otherwise stated (please support those players who are new to the rules!).

Games are played to either a points cap or a time cap:

Week 1-5 games should be played to 13 points with a half time at 7; the time cap is 50 minutes. When the whistle sounds, finish the point before stopping.

Week 6 games, the finals, should be played to 13 points with a half time at 7; the time cap is 50 minutes. When the whistle sounds, finish the point and add 1 to the highest score, then play to this score.

Each team is allowed 2 timeouts per game.

SPIRIT OF THE GAME

It goes without saying that Spirit Of The Game should be adhered to.

Each team will be expected to record a SOTG score for their opponents on the score sheet, out of a maximum 10 points.

The suggested process is for each team to start with 5 points and you then add or deduct points for good or bad Spirit, to a maximum 10 or minimum 0 points.

These scores will be public so you should be able to justify your addition or subtraction of points.

You will be expected to have completed the Spirit scoring before leaving the field each week.

STATS

We will be taking stats for goals, assists and Ds. It is the teams’ responsibility to ensure stats are recorded correctly on the score sheets so please ensure your subs are taking charge! There will be prizes! 

Scorers on the sideline have to use their judgement to determine if a point for a D is awarded.

NB a callahan score would score one point for the D (interception) and one point for the goal (but there would be no assist).