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Our camp director, Tiina Booth, moved to Amherst in 1989 when she was hired as an English teacher at Amherst Regional High School. In 1992 she founded the Amherst Invitational, the oldest high school ultimate tournament in the U.S. She coaches the boys’ varsity team at ARHS and in 1997 was featured in Sports Illustrated’s “Faces in the Crowd” for her coaching achievements.
In 1998 Booth co-founded the Junior National Ultimate Championship, which her team eventually won. For the next four years, her team finished in the top four, with runner-up finishes in 2001 and 2002.
The following year, the Hurricanes won the national title again in Birmingham, Alabama; they repeated in 2004 in Corvallis, Oregon. In 2005 they won the Easterns Championships in Pittsburgh and finished second at YCC in Minneapolis.
Booth also coached the U.S. Juniors Boys Team at the World Ultimate Championships in 1998 and 2000, winning the gold and bronze medals respectively.
In 2004, she coached this team again with Michael Baccarini and they took home the gold, with a victory over the Canadian juniors in the finals. She has recently finished writing a book about ultimate with Michael Baccarini, titled Essential Ultimate which is available now.
Eight years ago, Tiina Booth began her series of highly popular day camps for the town of Amherst. This overnight camp is the next step in meeting the needs and interests of ultimate players throughout the United States and beyond.
In 2001 Amherst Leisure Services and Tiina Booth launched the first overnight ultimate camp in the United States with only 28 campers!
In 2007 they will be offering four sessions and will limit the number of campers to about 100 per session. These camps are open to boys and girls ages 14-18. From daily drills to evening games, these campers will spend five intensive days and nights immersed in the sport of ultimate frisbee. Booth will be assisted by her skilled counselors and guest instructors, who have spent many years playing and coaching their favorite sports.
We are still in the process of solidifying our staff list for 2009. Here is a list of people who have worked at NUTC in the past few year in the Staff Photo Gallery The list below will be updated asap.
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| Dan Baecher | Emily Baecher | Josh Mullen |
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| Esther Warren | Bob Wang | Isaiah Robison |
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| Micah Flynn | Jody Avirgan | Nancy Sun |
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| Derek Gottlieb | Dan Parrish | Nancy Sun |
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Laureen Shea, Leverett, Massachusetts
Erika Cumps, Amherst, Massachusetts
Mark Miville , Amherst Massachusett, Sports Director
Erika Cumps, Amherst, Massachusetts, Assistant Sports Director
Emily Baecher, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Darden Pitts, Amherst, MA
Brent Anderson, Amherst, MA
Jason Chow, Amherst, MA
Joe Costello, South Hadley, MA
Casey Ikeda, CA
Micah Flynn, Boston, MA
George Cooke, Newton, MA
Lexi Marsh, Toronto, Canada
George Stubbs, Atlanta, GA
Andrew Hollingworth, Somerville, MA
Hannah Gipperich, Amherst, Massachusetts
Derek Gottlieb, Boulder, Colorado
Maria Grigoreyva, Northfield, Minnesota
Pauline Lauterbach, New York, New York
Daniel Parrish, Greensboro, North Carolina
Nick Reich, Boston, Massachusetts
Sarah Ross-Viles, Seattle, WA
Miranda Roth, Seattle, Washington
Jason Simpson, Atlanta, GA
Nancy Sun, Boston, Massachusetts
Ben Van Heuvelen, Washington, D.C.
Ben Wiggins, Seattle, WA
Emily Baecher, Amherst, Massachusetts
Greg Booth, Washington, D.C.
Bob Wang, Amherst, Massachusetts
Josh Nugent, New York, New York
Michael Baccarini, UPA National Juniors Director; Coach of National Juniors Champs, Paideia Boys Varsity, 2001-02, Atlanta, GA
George Cooke, UPA National Mixed Director, Boston, MA
Steven Rouisse, Johnny Bravo, Denver, CO
Kyle Weisbrod, UPA Youth Director, Boulder, CO
Bill Wright, Wright Life, Fort Collins, CO