It’s been awhile since the last
post so here is a quick wrap up of 2013 and an update with what’s coming in
2014 for Townsville Ultimate.
Congratulations to Robust Fawn for winning the JCU Social League Final!
Robust Fawn has played for a number of seasons and it’s great to see them on
the winning side of a grand final. Will they make it two in a row? We’ll have to wait and see! Congratulations
to Matt Hamilton’s, Firetrucking
Red Team, for winning the most spirited team award!
The TSVL Final was a bitter sweet affair with Ash O’Sullivan playing
his last competitive match in Townsville. Ash is off to the big smoke of Sydney
but before he went, he took most of the silverware! His team, Rainbow Seagull
Fantasy, ran out grand final winners leaving Townsville’s most consistent
captain, Matt Finn, as runner up for the third time this year. Ash also took
home the league MVP medallion and was presented with a farewell gift from
Townsville Ultimate. Most Spirited Player went to Eric Lee with Scott Adams’
team, the Peppermint Pandas, taking the most spirited team prize.
Over the Christmas break Michael Kramer was appointed to the role of Grants
Administrator. CONGRATUALTIONS!! Kramer’s role will primarily focus on helping
the President with grant applications and making sure the grants are acquitted
appropriately. Kramer will focus mainly on community grant applications such as
the JCU Clubs and Societies Funding and the Queensland Country Credit Union
Community Grants.
Regionals and Division 2 Nationals are just around the corner. If you
have an interest in playing and haven’t said anything to Chris Ende, Dave
Dehollander, or Scott Adams, you should probably do that sooner rather than
later! Regionals will be in Brisbane and is being hosted on the 15th
and 16th of March. Division 2 Nationals will be the 12th
and 13th of April in Adelaide. We’re likely going to need a
selection process for the team going to Division 2 as we’re defending our 3rd
place from last year.
In possibly a first for Townsville Ultimate, training
commenced in January and is run by Dave Dehollander and Scott Adams each
Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 5.30pm here https://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=-19.320484,146.736665&hl=en&sll=-19.319952,146.738028&sspn=0.004662,0.008256&t=h&gl=au&z=17
At the end of last semester, JCU Sports and Recreation approached all
of the JCU affiliated sports clubs and asked that we apply for funding to assist
with the repairs of the Rugby Field and the AFL Field. Townsville Ultimate was
approved for $1,700 and with the other clubs enough was raised for our fields
to be fixed up. They are looking very nice and I’m pretty keen to layout on
them!
A new semester approaches and that means Market Day is on the way! As
always, it’s the day after the Toga Party, February 19. This will also be our
first come and try night so we’ll need as many of you at the fields teaching
all the new people. We’ll also have a new FB group being set up shortly so make
sure you’re on there.
And to wrap up, I would like to thank Matt Finn for his time and energy
in helping Townsville Ultimate over the years, specifically with running the
leagues and captaining our representative teams. All the best in Sydney mate
and we’ll see you when you’re back after your travels in August.
