Townsville Ultimate Disc League Round 6

This week the league served up yet another exciting round of frisbee. All teams have found their groove and synergy and are starting to play some really high level Ultimate. Without further ado, here's this week's wrap up!

Game 1 - Blue Crush VS Grapists

The game that went for the longest this week was also the most spirited. This game featured two teams that were pretty evenly matched in terms of skill level and physical ability but it was Blue Crush that managed to race to a 7-1 lead at half-time. Things looked over for Grapists but they refused to give up and came out firing in the second half. Blue Crush took their foot off the pedal and started making unforced turnovers such as dropping easy catches and throwing away easy passes. Bobby Jackson of Grapists was being an absolute beast on defense and shutting down all of Blue Crush's long puts with huge sky grabs and layout swats. Grapists turned the tide as Blue Crush continued to slip up and managed to wrestle victory away from the blue team.

Final score: Grapists put another W on the board as they beat Blue Crush 13-10 to make it three in a row.

Game 2 - Django Unchained VS Tie Dynosaurs

Talk about a blowout! A Tie Dynosaur team playing without captain Finny AND Damo is like a bunch of babies trying to drive an M1 Abrams tank. Tie Dynosaurs were hopelessly lost and Django Unchained wasted no time taking them apart.

The Dynosaurs played well but the lack of handlers meant that they couldn't complete passes despite their receivers getting into good positions. Josh Phipps had the opportunity to lead the team this week which provided him with a good learning experience.

Final score: Django Unchained sweeps Tie Dynosaurs aside 13-2. I am honestly surprised the Dynosaurs even managed two so I guess they can take this as a moral victory.

Game 3 - Cockwalas VS Seagulls

Cockwalas come back from the break ready to play some frisbee and Dave's boombox busting out war tunes is a sure sign of their seriousness. The game, however, did not start in Cockwalas' favour. Seagulls raced to a 2-0 lead within minutes as Cockwalas struggled to keep up. Even without Deanna, Genge and Rob manage to work the disc well. Seagulls also have an extremely athletic breed of players. Cooper and Renee were catching everything thrown to them which made it extremely difficult for Cockwalas to shut down long puts. Cockwalas managed to put up a fight in the second half but the massive lead established by Seagulls proved too great an obstacle for Cockwalas to overcome.

Final score: Seagulls defeat Cockwalas 13-7 as they maintain their place in second.

Game 4 - Robust Fawn VS Purple Haze

The most exciting game this week saw Purple Haze go up against Robust Fawn. Missing various key players such as James, Ryan, and Swan, Purple Haze did not look ready to play during the warm-up. Stand-in captain Tyson was lamenting his lack of players during the pre-game session. Robust Fawn started the game with a vertical stack offense and the lack of a gust meant that they could work the disc easily up the field. On defense, they played a mongrel man defense which shut down Purple Haze's offense and allowed them to easily race to a 7-1 lead at half-time.

The second half started a little differently; Purple Haze, now warmed up, put on an organised zone defense which forced several turnovers from Robust Fawn and allowed them to score five points in succession to bring the game to 7-6. Tyson found a perfect offensive partner in Bevo and his sweet handling skills combined with Bevo's ridiculous disc-reading helped Purple Haze keep up with Robust Fawn. Purple Haze managed to pull away at 11-11 by scoring to make it 12-11, but Robust Fawn refused to give up what could have been their win and scored a point of their own to make it universe point at 12-12. 

The game winner came when Tyson threw a long bomb which looked like it was going out until Bevo jumped up and caught it above and behind his head to the eruption of cheers from the sideline.

Final score: In the greatest comeback this week, Purple Haze beat Robust Fawn in a hotly-contested match 13-12.

Game 5 - Mitey Discs VS Fluro Fantasy

League leaders Fluro Fantasy take on fourth-placed Mitey Discs in a highly-charged match which saw its fair share of collisions. It was surprising to see Ash and Andy on handling duties because I would have expected the super awesome Riley to be taking up the role. The match started out pretty evenly matched and both teams matched each other point for point throughout some long rallies.

Fluro Fantasy then started being more scrupulous on calling fouls and that gave them the edge in many turnovers. This might have thrown off Mitey Discs a little and disrupted their momentum. However, Mitey Discs dug in and played some sick man-marking defense which forced a Fluro Fantasy to make a fair few incompletions.

The game started to slip away when Mitey Discs started to look disheartened and Fluro Fantasy took full advantage of that as they raced away to yet another victory.

Final score: Fluro Fantasy maintain their unbeaten record with a 12-7 victory over Mitey Discs.

That's all for this week! Stay tuned for more updates on the league; will Purple Haze mount a late season comeback? Will Fluro Fantasy stay unbeaten and win the league this semester? Only time will tell!