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This EOI form is for those who are interested in trying out for the Under-18 (Boys & Girls) and Under-22 Victorian Teams (Mixed, Women's & Men's) who will compete in the 2022 Australian Youth Ultimate Championships and the 2022 Australian Under-22 Ultimate Championships to be held in July.

AFDA are yet to confirm the details of this event, but the anticipated dates for each event are:
- 2022 AYUC: July 1st to July 3rd.
- 2022 AU22UC: July 8th to July 10th.
We anticipate that both events will be held in regional Victoria.

ELIGIBILITY
Under 22s: To be eligible to play you must be born ON or AFTER 1 January 2000.
Under 18s: To be eligible to play you must be born ON or AFTER 1 January 2004.
Lower limit: Victorian U22 teams will only be accepting players who are 15 years and older as at April 1st, 2022.

TEAMS
- Blaze (Under 18 Girls)
- Bandicoots (Under 18 Boys)
- Weedy Seadragons (Under 22 Women)
- Leadbeaters Possums (Under 22 Open)
- Blue Devils (Under 22 Mixed Metro)
- Greater Bilbies (Under 22 Mixed Country/Tasmania)

There are no geographical restrictions on eligibility for the two Mixed teams. Where you live does not solely determine which team you can play for, however players based outside of metropolitan Melbourne are given greater weighting for selection for the Greater Bilbies team.

SELECTION EVENTS
UNDER 18s
- "Come and try" events will be held for all eligible players on Saturday April 2nd and Saturday April 9th, from 9am to 12pm at Caulfield Park.
- Tryouts will be held on Saturday April 30th at Caulfield Park and Sunday May 1st (venue TBD). Information on these events will be emailed to all athletes who submit an expression of interest.

UNDER 22s
- UV's State Representative Teams Policy allows player performance at the Victorian Ultimate Championships to be considered during team selection.
- A tryout event for players who did not attend VUC will be held on Sunday April 10th at Duncan McKinnon Reserve in Murrumbeena from 9:30am to 4:00pm. Players who did attend VUC are still encouraged to attend the selection event.

A player preference model will be used to manage selections for the Under 22 teams. Selection events will be watched by all coaches, assistant coaches and selectors at once and they pick their teams simultaneously. Where one or more teams have picked the same player, that player’s preference will determine which team they will be selected for.

You will be asked to indicate your initial preferences in this form. You do not have to indicate a second or third preference if you do not wish to play for a team other than your first preference. There will be an opportunity to change preferences up until the final selection event.

SELECTION CRITERIA
Selection criteria will be published and made available to all athletes trying out prior to selection events.

TRAINING SCHEDULE
UNDER 18s
- Both Under 18 teams will train weekly on Saturday mornings at Caulfield Park starting from Saturday May 2nd.

UNDER 22s
- All four Under 22 teams will attend two weekend training camps held at Duncan McKinnon Reserve in Murrumbeena. These camps will be held on May 21/22 and June 18/19

INSURANCE
To be covered by Insurance during selection trials, you will need to be a member of the Australian Flying Disc Association (AFDA). This is free! To sign up go to: afda.com/how-to-join

PRIVACY
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