NUTC Staff

ABOUT TIINA BOOTH

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 is currently working on a book about ultimate with Michael Baccarini, which should be out in March 2006.

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.

ABOUT OUR CAMP

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.

STAFF FOR 2007

Here is a list of people who were part of NUTC '07! Staff Photo Gallery '07! Check back here to see who will be returning in '08.



Dan Baecher	Emily Baecher	Josh Mullen

Esther Warren	Bob Wang	Isaiah Robison

Micah Flynn	Jody Avirgan	Nancy Sun

Derek Gottlieb	Dan Parrish	Nancy Sun

Derek and Micah	Tiina and George
	Ben Van Heuvelen