Tryouts are over and the roster has been set… New additions (7): Michael Arenson Elliott Erickson Sam Gainer* Grant Lindsley* Byron Liu Nicky Spiva Joel Wooten* *played on Chain previously Personnel losses (7): Taylor “Tree” Goforth, Will Moore, Brandon Perales, AJ Tiarsmith, Paul Vandenberg, Rob White, Josh “Zip” Ziperstein So, the club gets an infusion [...]

Especially considering it’s for a tournament on another continent, Chain Lightning will be bringing a deep and strong roster to the Czech republic for the World Championships next month. 26 players are making the trip: all but 2 from 2009′s UPA Championship team, plus 2 worthy additions. Vets Jason Simpson and Rob Barrett are the [...]

Chain rookies: Asa Wilson, Ben Spears, Joel Wooten, Mark Poole, Paul Schrafft, Paul Vandenberg, Russell Snow, Will Moore. More to come on the individual additions to our roster, but in brief: Asa Wilson: 5’10″; UCSB, Gendors (Santa Barbara) and Atlanta’s Rival Ben Spears: 6’1″; Geo. Washington, Chain previously, and LA’s Monster Joel Wooten: 6’5″; Ga. [...]

The 2007 roster page is now up (though we’re still unsure which #s some rookies will be assigned). 7 additions: Bain, Gainer, Segal, Sieling, Weisbrod, Wooten, Zip 6 losses: Boyd, Cornelison, Edelman, Eden, Neder, Spears In brief, exciting and promising newcomers that we hope will offset the loss of several players who helped Chain to [...]

Following the final tryout sessions this past weekend, 5 new players have been added to the team for the 2007 season: Ben Bain, Nate Segal, Fred Sieling, Kyle Weisbrod, and Frank “The Tank” Wooten. The field of tryouts was as deep as any team leaders could recall, and making the choices presented the proverbial problem [...]