FREE summer sessions in the beautiful Highfield Park. Learn to play Ultimate or just come for the pickup games. Whatever your jam, we're here for it. Open to anyone no matter your level. We run skills sessions to teach new players and train alongside our competitive teams preparing for tournaments we compete in. Everything you need to know is on the Training Page
Absolutely - we look forward to welcoming you at any of our sessions! We offer a 3 free taster sessions for players who are new to Ultimate to come along and give it a try. During these taster sessions, we make sure all new players are supported by our coaches with an introduction on how to throw and the basic rules so you can get involved and play games right from the first session. Many of our players began as complete beginners at St Albans and the majority of our players started playing Ultimate as adults, so it's never too late to get involved!
That's the great thing about Ultimate, not much is needed. Mostly you just need to bring yourself and a smile. But if you want to be prepared then it's good to have:
A water bottle
Appropriate footwear
Outdoors = Studded Boots
Indoors = Non-marking Trainers
Sportswear:
Shorts or jogging bottoms
A light t-shirt (eg: white), and a dark t-shirt (avoid pale colours)
Warmer layers in the winter!
A disc if you have one, if not there's plenty of club discs floating around to spare
Anyone, honestly.
However, we do ask that any juniors (U18s) have a parent or guardian contact us before attending a training session - info@stalbansultimate.co.uk
St Albans Ultimate sporadically competes in the Mixed, Women's & Open (all gender) divisions at Senior & Adult level Indoors, Outdoors & on Beach! We hope one day to have enough Junior and Master's age players to compete across all competitions in the UK! We are currently in a rebuilding cycle so looking for new players keen to be involved!
Not at all! We have players with a diverse range of Ultimate playing experience from weeks to decades. Moreover, whilst we have players from a variety of different sporting backgrounds; football, basketball, netball, tennis, volleyball, and rugby to name a few this is not a prerequisite and plenty of players have Ultimate as their first sport.
Training sessions cost £0 - £8 each. Players who are new to the sport are entitled to 3 free outdoor taster sessions or 1 free indoor taster session. In the summer all our sessions are FREE. Tournament costs are calculated on a case-by-case basis, with the cost of team entry and where applicable accommodation & petrol money being divided equally by all participants. We offer support to players who are financially challenged.
All St Albans players must have club membership in order to compete (Students & Juniors are discounted). Furthermore, for insurance purposes, all players attending training more than 3 times in a calendar year must be at least basic members of UK Ultimate.
These costs change yearly and are just there to cover club admin, operations & subsidise training.
Yes, you can. We understand that as a student you may not be able to commit to the entire season so you are welcome to train and play with us as a guest player. While attending trainings as a guest player, you must have at least UKU basic membership for insurance purposes. Guest Student Players only have to pay the member price and are exempt from membership fees.
We recommend being at least 14 years old before joining as you will be training and playing with adults. Parents or guardians of junior players (U18) will need to contact us before their child attends training on info@stalbansultimate.co.uk