Alan Hoyle's Home Page

I played, captained, and managed Boneyard Ultimate (twitter: @BoneyardUlt) for several years. We won the 2014 World Ultimate Club Championships (Masters div), the 2015 USA Ultimate Masters Championships, and, as Team USA, the 2016 World Ultimate Championships.

I have also played in the Grandmaster's division. In 2015, I was on Alchemy and we won a beach national championship in 2015, and played with Junkyard in 2022 and won a national championship on the normal grass field.

I played with Ring of Fire for several years. At the 2002 UPA Championships we finished in second place.

During the 2000 UPA Mixed gender series, I played with Spear. We won the National Championship for that division.

I am a founding member of the UNC-Chapel Hill Darkside (twitter: @UNC_Darkside) Ultimate team, was a captain the first year and the team awarded me MVP honors our second year. The team has improved greatly since those early years and I was lucky enough to see them win Nationals for the first time at the 2015 USA Ultimate College Championships in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

I coach the Duke Swerve Women's Ultimate Team (twitter: @DukeSwerve).

I was a board member of Triangle Ultimate (née TFDA) And I've played in various leagues since the 1992-1993 season.

Here are a few pictures of me playing ultimate and here are some teams that I've played with.

(See my hobbies page for more about my ultimate experience.)

I was destined to play cards with the last name "Hoyle." My favorites are:

Hearts

This is a addictive trick taking game with lots of strategy and variations. (Original content alert!)

6 7 8 9 10

This is a variant of Contract Rummy. (Original content alert!)

Cribbage

This is a great game I learned to play on my PalmPilot. The Cribbage Forum is a pretty good resource.

Egyptian RatScrew

This is a fast-paced and fun game I learned at summer camp during junior high school. I play a slightly different variation than the one listed there or here. By the way, I never lose*.

I've played video games for almost as long as I can remember. I started down the path towards a collection of classic arcade games by purchasing a Gauntlet II standup arcade game at a local auction.

In January 2000, I traded it for a Star Wars arcade game. I have installed a multi-game kit to allow me to play The Empire Strikes Back on the same hardware.

Before you start down the same path, be warned...