'straya vs Amrrrca! Mick or Mike?

Who's excited about it? If you haven't heard there's trash talk coming from the Seppos about an Australia vs. America game! They're so overconfident, as Seppo trash usually is, that they actually want it to be Amrrrca versus the Wurld even though they're already gonna get smashed against 'Straya mate!

Not that we're worried, but Mike Larson is talking about turning his back on us after carefully integrating himself amongst us Aussies over the past 2 and a bit years. We taught the bastard and this is all he's got for us, ingrateful. There will be no more aussie alterego name of Micky L for that "guy"!


Well stay posted for more info on when this showcase game will be. Get those eskies filled and ready for a decent spectacle!

League, Round 6!

The 6th round has been played, all the teams have played each other at least once, some may never play again as we enter the tail end of the semester.

The surprise result for this week was:

The Heavyweights 13 def Pink BAMFs 12

Here's a detailed report on such a special special moment! In their first win for the season and some might recall, my first win in 2 semesters(might I remind anyone mocking, that my team did come 2nd the semester before that one - going down by 1 in the final) the Heavyweights were playing their A-game without their B-squad, having B and C grade names like Mark Franich, Yvonne Rank, Troy Mallie and Ashley "Who did my washing?" O'Sullivan all pulling out due to various girly and unsavioury excuses which are outside the essence of this blog to mention (Ashley was learning about the discovery of humans. Duh! Like we didn't know they existed already!).

The game was a strongly mixed game, with a lot of equal match-ups. The strong female presence lifting Dave's drive for his team to succeed to new heights! Beck was trying hard to weaken the female presence on the field and lose the equality that women have worked hard for in the last few decades by not understanding the key difference between needing to jump on the field to play the called "3 girls" point while still being allowed the drink she was so seeking. Instead deciding that both a drink and then coming back on to play wasn't possible or perhaps allowed (after all some scary guys were yelling things at her). A few confused minutes later she was dragged and beaten from the sideline and the game continued...

The Heavyweights as usual were up by a lot at the start, 6 -1, but as usual slipped back as things started to come together for the opponents. The key difference in the Heavyweights' tactics for the win this week though, as pointed out by Brad Studders, was that "this time, we let them bring it to half" which was taken by the BAMFs. And sure enough as luck would have it that was the secret of the win!

The game featured a lot of sharing of the disc to all the players which both teams did well. This really helped to utilise key mismatches and get the disc moving. The Pink BAMFs played some kind of two person cup zone with a player poaching in the lane. For some reason this sort of worked as the Heavyweights struggled to work out how to threaten different areas of the field and drag defenders out of the areas they wanted, however it wasn't completely successful. The Heavyweight caught up again to the lead they'd lost. Tim "TomCat" Mertens had started off the game with a fiery fully extended grab in the endzone and just kept the cuts and points coming, nabbing 3 goals all up in the end and with a lot of good respectable cuts and catches. One more key moment came again from Brad Studders, ending up dropped back as a handler and surprisingly making some great throws (no turnovers) and assisting in the goal. With D and Tim "Toilet-Run" Roland beginning to split the defence of the BAMFs, this worked out to be key for the Heavyweights win. Next week we celebrate this WIN with pre-game beers! And get back to our old form in drunken style, except Brad, who was finally sober and finally managed to throw the disc to someone in a respectable manner. Well done Brad, keep it up!

Yellow Fever 13 def. Hard Force 10

This week's game between Yellow Fever and Hard Force was an intense game with a lot of good pressure from both teams. Yellow Fever managing to find just enough pressure on defense to instigate a number of pressured drops from the other team.
Let's hear from the Yellow team captain the Dunc, for a nice wrap-up of this game:

"This week's game was nothing short of intense with both teams struggling to put girls on the field but having enough to play 7 v 7. The game started out slow with both teams trading point for point until scores locked at 4 v 4. At this point Hard Force made a surge for 2 quick points before Yellow Fever responded with 3 continuous points to bring the game to half. The second half was much more brutal, with points going for long periods of time and with so few subs, players were getting worn out quick. When scores were locked again at 10 v 10 it appeared Hard Force were going to come from behind and steamroll Yellow Fever like they did in Round 1 but with some quick plays and good catching and handling by all players, Yellow Fever got one point up on Hard Force. This point was followed by two further long points which were both scored by Yellow Fever to finish the game at
Yellow Fever 13 v Hard Force 10. "

It was also noted by the feverish captain that each player on his team managed to score at least once, quite a feat at the best of times.

Motherhuckers 13 def Blue Sharks 11

The Blue Sharks came looked excited to begin this game against the top ranked team the Motherhuckers. They looked excited because they were excited. They came out to an unstoppable start to the match, really working the Motherhuckers and forcing them to play hard. The blue sharks took the first half 7 - 4, with a lot of quick points.

This in turn lead to a change of strategy for the Motherhuckers. The game had started off with them kindly playing man defence against the quick moving Blue Sharks, but a change of pace was called for and a bit of cup zone defence was played to break things up when the disc was with the Blue Sharks. To counteract the scoring assault they'd received in the first half Mike "Orangatanga" Larson switched out of his team and pace controlling position as handler and switched his laser from stun to kill, receiving throws and making goals off long hucks to the endzone. Alex from the 'huckers was his partner in crime, putting up the hucks that made the Orangatanga arms reach up high to pull down almost all that they could. To the Blue Sharks' credit though, James "I also have long arms" David wasn't about to let all of them through that easily and put up some D to endure a bit of an aerial battle with the Orange Coat Guy for the second half. Katherine Langeland, who shares the same gecko like hands as her older sister Stine also had an impressive game it has been rumoured. Instead of being the reason for her team's loss this week, Katherine decided to take some responsibility for the Volcano in her part of the world and stay and be some use to a frisbee team.

The wear and tear of only playing with 8 players for the whole game also took its toll on the Blue Sharks as the Motherhuckers pressed on and attacked, they wearied and leaked points to bring the scores to 8 - 8 in the second half. Fighting on again, with Zane organising the team to play some tough defense, the score see-sawed until the Motherhuckers were up 11 - 10. Tom also had a great game on the Motherhuckers with a lot of speed and some layouts to pull off some good catches.

There was an unfortunate collision right at this point in the game in which Fraser was injured and had to be taken to Hospital. Just a reminder to people not to mess with Sarah Catlin. We hope he came out of it alright and wish him all the best.
The Blue Sharks lost the next two points to the Motherhuckers and the game was over.

The Barbie!

Oooh, it's exciting, yes we had a barbecue! Lots of people were there and keen to play. As everyone knows already James David, the arrogant new blog poster, got schooled by Hugh Osborn, the hero of The Villains and the person writing this blog post, after James spent the days leading up to the pick-up game trying to trash talk Hugh with his teenager street slang. Alas, Wednesday also marked the day we all expected Katherine, Stine's sister, over from Norway to be gone, but it wasn't to be. Due to some poor brainstorming by the gods of ultimate, taking their wrath out on the northern part of the world with huge clouds of ash to stop any frisbee games there, she's still here and will likely be participating in the Blue Sharks' defeat by the Heavyweights when the Heavyweights get their first win with a touch of Mansauce McCasker next Wednesday.

The game was good with a nice balance of spectators (eg. Tim Roland, who is a chronic spectator, the worst kind, he loves everything about ultimate, the women, the beer, the food, the parties, the women, the atmosphere, except playing ultimate) and players (like Mark Franich, the new poster child of Ultimate in Townsville - goodbye Simon Urquhart you have served us well), as well as player/spectators, the type who like to sneak off for a sausage and beer whenever they get the chance and stay off till they get forced back on (mostly everyone else).
Apparently Deanna Finn, once again dropped a frisbee in the endzone, but it is worth mentioning that she also caught one ie. she finally scored. Who would've thought!?
Matt "3 time Ninja Warrior champion" Finn's favourite game, Ninja Warrior, was participated in after the packing up was done. Jean in her first game of Ninja Warrior, although having some Asian blood in her, was useless at avoiding the dangerous strikes of anyone nearby and lucked out early. Luckily for us again though Jean helped in doing a lot of the cooking for the barbie though, along with Mike "Oranga-Tongs-a" Larson and a few other well-wishers standing around waiting for the food to cook. Thanks to everyone who helped out and to the organisers Mike, Simon and probably the barbecue king Duncan.

I hope everyone enjoyed the food and drinks at the first barbecue as well as the joy of playing and watching the game. See ya next Wednesday.

Keeping it in the game

The emphasis for explaining rules in our league is usually left up to the captains and to experienced players so that we can get off to a quick start. The responsibility for following the rules rests with these people early on, but it is also everyone else's responsibility to get up to date on the rules as soon as they can so that they can participate in the self-refereeing that is part of the game of ultimate.

Sometimes misunderstandings or disagreements of the rules can cause problems between players on the field on different teams and just generally disrupt the flow of the game. In a beginner's league we often try not to overwhelm people with rules and just get on with the general joy of playing the game, still though, by not letting ourselves get sloppy and by adhering to the rules of the game rather than overlooking them when it's easier to, we can make the game more structured and fair for the people willing to play a game by its rules. Knowing and adhering to the Rules of Ultimate is not only a more spirited and fair way to play ultimate but will also dissolve disagreements that are caused by any casual or uninformed breaches.

I would just like to post parts of the rules that I think are becoming more obscured lately. If you haven't read the rules yet, just skip this and go and read them.

Anyway this time it is the section on continuations (after picks, fouls, violations) as it is a rule that has recently become confused and play-ons situations are now occurring without the confirmation by the team making the call or without play even stopping. This is mostly surrounding picks. Here it is just so you know.

16. Continuation after a Foul or Violation Call
16.1. Whenever a foul or violation call is made, play stops immediately and no turn over is
possible.
16.1.1. However, if the foul or violation is called:
16.1.1.1. against the thrower and the thrower subsequently attempts a pass, or
16.1.1.2. when the thrower is in the act of throwing, or
16.1.1.3. when the disc is in the air,
then play continues until possession has been established.
16.1.2. Once possession has been established:
16.1.2.1. If the team that called the foul or violation gains or retains possession as a
result of the pass, play shall continue. Players recognizing this should call
“Play on” immediately to indicate that this rule has been invoked.
16.1.2.2. If the team that called the foul or violation does not gain or retain
possession as a result of the pass, play shall be stopped.
16.1.2.2.1. If the team that called the foul or violation believes that possession
has been affected by the foul or violation, the disc will be returned to
the thrower for a check (unless the specific rule says otherwise).
16.1.2.2.2. If the team that called the foul or violation believes that possession
has not been affected by the foul or violation, the play stands, they
make up any positional disadvantage caused by the foul or violation,
and restart play with a check.

My simplified interpretation:

IF you haven't thrown it you hold it and stop.
If you have thrown it play continues on until possession is established.
Then, if the team who called the foul or violation gets the disc from this throw then they call "play on" and you keep playing. Done.
If they didn't get the disc while possession was still being decided then play stops. Ok, so basically we always stop when it's not a turnover.
If that call relates to how the person on the other team ended up with the disc, then the disc goes back eg. a pick happens, their player ends up with the disc. Game continues from there.
The next part says what happens if their call had nothing to do with the play, in this case, they make up their disadvantage (ie. pick call and they're a few metres behind) and the disc stays where it was caught and they check it back in. Game on!

So hopefully that clears up picks etc. No more playing on unless it's a turnover but you should call "play on"! OR conversely play always stops unless it's a turnover! No more arguments or confusion about that one I hope!

Anyway all rules can be found off the AFDA site or this link to a compact version: http://afda.com/resources/WFDF%202009%20Rules%20-%20Pocket%20Format.pdf
That's the pocket format of the rules which you can print out easily on one sheet of paper!

I recommend people have a read of all the rules if they haven't already!

Week 5 Results!

Motherhuckers 13 - Hard Force 10

Blue Sharks 13 - Pink BAMF’s 11

Yellow Fever 13 – Heavyweights 8

After the first round of competition, we can now see where all the teams are standing. It could be said that after comparing the line-ups in week one, there are a few surprises in the order. However, don’t be fooled. For it is the next 5 weeks that are the most crucial, because it is the top four teams that will progress through to the final and the bottom two teams that will be left to battle it out for the almighty wooden spoon.

Will Mike make it to 5 seasons in a row?

Will Hugh’s mum receive yet another cooking utensil?

Will Simon and his gang get his long awaited grand-final rematch?

Will Zane and his posse continue with the fairytale run?

Will the Yellow Duncans be as effective without Dave? Or

Will the Pink BAMF’s continue on their winning ways...

Over the next 5 weeks, these questions will be answered, and it is time, and only time that will tell. However, as every ultimate player knows, it is never to late.

The Motherhuckers started the game with 6 players on the field, missing their key strike player Criegan ‘Gibbo’ Gibson, due to a mid week soccer injury. However it was later that the tables turned and Motherhuckers gained a player and Hard-Force lost a player and was left with no choice but to play with 6 players. With only 6 players on the field, the decision was made by captain Simon to run a 4 person cup, which proved to be a great idea in forcing turnovers, however with a four man cup playing Savage, it was only a matter of time that cup became fatigued, except for Rowan. The four-man cup soon turned into a one man ‘superman’ cup consisting of Simon desperately lunging and scoring some sweet D’s. However the night was all Motherhuckers and some sweet catches by Melanie Burgess, distracting body of Sam, James David like reflexes of Mike, and pin-point accurate ‘puts’ by Alex ensured the Motherhuckers went on to finish the first round of games with only one loss, even with the absence of key players towards the end of the game. Motherhuckers up 13 to 8.

The Pink BAMF’s got off to a flying starting leading 2-0, though with a new defensive scheme, the Blue Sharks struck back taking the lead 3-2. The scores bounced back and forth and reached 6 all, before a Bobby miracle flick ensured the BAMF’s took out the half 7-6. In a game where each point took at least 5 minutes, the cups on both teams were being run ragged. However, it was through the careful handling of Zane, Peter and Fraser that the Blue Sharks were able to keep their nose above water and keep a one to two point lead through the second half. It was the combination of Dave and Bobby in associations with inspirational D’s by Rob that kept the Pink BAMF’s in the game. With two drops in the end zone, not naming names (DEANNA), the Pink BAMF’s crawled back to 11-11. With a crowd of over 20 fine folks brewing, it was game time. Where the best players were put to the test of Ultimate pressure, not even Michael Jordan himself had experienced such a clutch moment. With every single player on the field gasping for air, an entire team was forced to hold Shay back from running onto the field and playing. It was Katherine in her last game in Townsville that got the ever so important goal over her older sister Stine to ensure bragging rights going home. Though with their nose just in front, the Blue Sharks could not be denied a victory taking the win 13-11 in a thriller. Special mention goes out Katherine and Fraser on the Sharks and Bec, Stine and Ryan Miller on the Pink BAMF’s.

In this battle of the bottom two teams, pride was on the line. With the Heavyweights flaring off their new team singlets they were rearing to go. The Heavyweights lined up this week with a new mentality and prepared for battle. In the beginning of the game the teams started off even with the points going back and forth like a tennis match. After a 2-2 buffer, it was the Heavyweights who pulled off to the first assailable string of points to lead 6-2, however it was the Yellow Duncan’s who replied, taking the half with a 5 point comeback. The Heavyweight’s used their height to dominate a lot of points, though with mistimed cutting, miscommunication or simply lack of awareness, the Heavyweights couldn’t capitalise on valuable field position and turned over the disc. The scores once again see-sawed through to 8 all and with the Yellow Duncan’s finding their best defensive form of the season, kept the Heavyweights scoreless. Standouts for the Heavyweights included Brad, Yvonne and Vaporeon, also a special mention to Jean, Rob and Carly for solid efforts in defence on the Yellow team. Yellow Fever is on a two game winning streak, defeating the Heavyweights 13 to 8.

It is also worth mentioning that whilst winning is a high priority and pride is on the line, winning should not be a sacrifice for spirit. Keep in mind that the reasoning behind the rule of a no referee system was based upon Ultimate being a player run game, with rules being called and challenged by the players themselves. It is through these rules that the spirit of the game exists and it is through the spirit of the game that makes Ultimate such a tight knit sport. We need the spirit of the game to ensure that at the end of each game, we can still walk away as friends, with no grudges being held. For this is why Ultimate is the best kept secret in the world, it is the joys, memories and lifelong friendships formed outside the game that we remember forever. So remember, play hard, but keep in mind that it is a social league and ensure that friendships are not broken through on the field arguments.

I would like to finish with a quote from Ashley O’Sullivan when asked:

‘What does it take to become as good as you?’

“The best Ultimate player is not the fastest, fittest, strongest nor tallest. The best ultimate players are the ones who are the smartest. The player with the best strategies, mental attitude, motivation, awareness and overall knowledge of the game, are the ones who make it the furthest. For Ultimate is all about being in the right place at the right time, so practice your throws and catches, but always be aware of the mental side of the game. Like in all games, the most successful players are the ones who arrive first, and leave last. “

O’Sullivan, A 2010.

STANDINGS

	WINS	LOSSES
PINK BAMF’S	3	2
MOTHER HUCKERS	4	1
BLUE SHARKS	3	2
HARD FORCE	3	2
YELLOW FEVER	2	3
HEAVYWEIGHTS	0	5

Play, other kinds of play and pizza parties!

James is right. Don't do a Hugh Osborn spelt with no "e". You should be working hard on those mid-semester assignments and studying for those exams! But just remember, you're only working hard now because tomorrow night you get to play! And play you will!

Don't forget that you should pay club fees tomorrow night cause after that the special will end. The pizza party that will make all the other teams look in their pockets for spare change is still up for grabs and what better way to celebrate a great game than one of those for free. I believe Yellow Fever still has a sniff if they can rally the troops this week. If the Heavyweights win it tomorrow night I'll invite them to party extremely hard with me this weekend and we can pick up the pizza after the booze-munchies settle in. Or any team that wins for that matter, you are also welcome to drink with me and share pizza. Come on TEAMS!!!

Hugh Osborn(e)

Procrastination:

pro-crast-in-ate |prəˈkrastəˌnāt; prō-|

verb [ intrans. ]

delay or postpone action; put off doing something : it won't be this price for long, so don't procrastinate.

Hittin' the booze

The spirit of the game is probably one of the unique and important rules of the Ultimate Frisbee we know today. A lot has been said about it already, but all I want to do is bring it back to the attention of our current batch of players out there. We certainly don't hear enough about it, that doesn't mean it isn't present, but perhaps we need to know it a little more.

So look at these rules and read section 1 on Spirit.

Take note of the following rule:

1.4. Highly competitive play is encouraged, but should never
sacrifice the mutual respect between players, adherence to
the agreed-upon rules of the game, or the basic joy of play.

And noting that rule I would say that we here in Townsville are doing a fine job on rule 1.4. Perhaps though might I point out, that there are times when the last part of that rule is being broken "the basic joy of play". Come on you Motherhuckers, Hard Forkers, Sharks, and pink coloured Bad Ass Mother F**kerS, cut the competitiveness, you're ruining the joy for us, the HEAVYWEIGHTS! CAUSE WE'D LOVE TO WIN!

Week 4 Results!

Yellow Fever 13 - Blue Sharks 2
Hard Force 13 - Heavyweights 12
Pink BAMF’s 13 - Motherhuckers 8

Bro, Broskies... Week 4, the magical week. The week that sets the teams apart and determines which beginners have begun the process of picking up the rules of the ever growing sport of Ultimate. It is in this week, that the players get used to their team mates and begin the familiar and awkward but very necessary team bonding in order to build a team spirit, where each team mate begins to know the strengths and weaknesses of the person they stand next to, and it is in this week that the confidence of the new up and rising stars are put to the test. From here on out, it's game time. This is where friendships are put on hold after the opening huck, this is when rivalries begin and battles are lost, the pursuit of glory or the anguish of defeat. This is the sport that is played in heaven...

This is the sport of Ultimate...

The Yellow Fever turned up ready to play, despite the strong and vocal spirit of the Blue Sharks. No amount of Shark power, Baby, Mamma, Grandma or Daddy could deter the Fever from another defeat, this week they were determined to play. In what seemed to be a last minute call up, the Fever had managed to recruit a new player, in what was leaked after the game to be a Nationals player. With the first four points becoming an arm wrestle to see who could get out on top, it was the Blue Sharks who led 2-1. However, this was when the magic of the Fever came in, plus the composure of random nationals guy. With an array of precision passing, delicate cuts and blistering speed, the Yellow Fever displayed a near perfect first and second half to keep the Blue Sharks scoreless for the entire game. No amount of defense from the Blue Sharks however was able to keep Yellow Fever scoreless. Even the bribe of a Barbeque bacon and cheeseburger wasn’t enough to get the Sharks over the line, with the Fever team sharing the point scoring for all of its 13 points amongst its new and old players. The Yellow Fever have stated their claim in putting forward their bid to become serious contenders in the 2010 competition, and I wish them all the best. Yellow Fever winners 13-2

Living up to its reputation, the team Hard Force led by the handsome El Presidente himself had come off a tight loss in the previous week and wanted a chance at redemption, despite the absence of Rowan Hall. Before the game even started, the Heavyweights did some underground recruiting, managing to steal one of the Blue Sharks female players without the knowledge of Zane. With a new look in the form of Ashley O’Sullivan’s boots, the Heavyweights dazzled the opposition and got off to a blockbuster start leading 6-2, however, once again, Hard Force delivered one of its trademarked spirited comebacks and fought back and were taken to half only 7 -6 down. In what seemed to be a tight affair in the second half, the Heavyweights seemed to run out of puff and the momentum was swinging like a pendulum. The game got to 12 all, until a Hugh Osborn(e) brain explosion deciding against a solid D in the end zone, to attempting a full field ‘greatest’ to win, cost the Heavyweights the game.

However, as a spectator, the caliber of Ultimate that was being displayed by both teams is definitely worth mentioning, and it showed the level that the other teams must compete at to be able to make it to the finals series. Hard Force up in a hard fought victory 13-12.

After Round 3, the question was posted about the Mother Huckers “Who can beat these mother fuckers?”
Enter... David DeHollander. With the inspirational captain, now in his second season in the Pink uniform, he was determined to get his 2009 grand final match he had wished. With Katie cheering from Seattle, the rest of the BAMF’s had a willing urge to dissect the Mother Huckers. It was a tight affair in the early half with Mike ‘The Shark’ Larson, taking early dominance and stamping his foot on the match. However, it was Bobby who came up with the play that cost the Mother Huckers the dream undefeated run. With some sort of brain explosion, Bobby came up with a new defensive scheme to ensure that the Mother Huckers' danger man (Criegan Gibson) was kept out of the picture. With a 2 man cup, 2 deep defenders and a 3 man middle zone, the defence proved to be unbreakable, shutting Gibbo and the Mother Huckers right out of the game. The Pink BAMF’s runaway winners 13-8.

After a blockbuster week of non stop entertainment, it really goes to show the talent we have on display here in Townsville. In addition, I would like to say to everyone that it would be extremely beneficial for you and your teams if you came early, before 7pm to start throwing. Also, not only is playing Ultimate extremely beneficial, but watching games is as well. Take the time to watch the last game being played, for you could be glad to experience greatness, in the form of Hugh Osborn(e).

SEASON 1 TEAMS

Ladies and Gentlemen..

I present to you, the Townsville Ultimate Season 1 Teams of 2010!

MOTHERHUCKERS

HARD FORCE

THE HEAVYWEIGHTS

THE BAMF'S

YELLOW FEVER

THE BLUE SHARKS

GOOD LUCK TEAMS!

New Segment: WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE DISC AND WHY? OR IS IT JUST REALLY PRETTY...Plus Why are Ultimate Players so sentimental?

Do you have a favourite disc from making it to your highest representation in frisbee, a meaningful swap with someone from another country, that once in a lifetime crazy tournament overseas that you wish you could afford to go to again next year. Discs are given out at most larger tournaments and feature unique designs relating to the specific tournament, they're made for fundraising for a team going away, or for representing a team or club, but usually just to throw and play ultimate with. Discs can be a strong reminder to people of different great occasions in their Ultimate existences. For a lot of people most of these discs don't make it onto the field. So it would be great if some people would be willing to share theirs!!!

I'm not sure how I'm gonna get this to work. Please be kind enough to email in a photo of a disc that you have. Anyone else who's keen can email us at townsvilleultimate at gmail dot com. If only Notty from Brisbane would email, she has like practically a million or someone else who used to be in Townsville like let's say Megan!

This month I think I will start with Zane, who's going to be writing on this blog soon to see what he's got, and what he can say about it and frisbee in general. We'll start with an excerpt of prayer adapted by Tim:

"This is my Disc. There are many others like it, but this one is mine. My Disc is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my Disc is useless. Without my Disc, I am useless. I must flick my Disc true. I must throw straighter than my enemy, who is trying to DEE me. I must DEE him before he DEE's me. I will. Before God I swear this creed: my Disc and myself are defenders of my country, we are the masters of our enemy, we are the saviors of my life. So be it, until there is no enemy, but peace. Amen."

Take it away Zane!

ZANE's Story:

Zane said...

My favourite disc like most of the discs I have owned was either given away or on the scape heap. This disc was my first disc in Townsville which was bent out of shape and cut to pieces thanks mostly to the Cathedral Frisbee players Troy, Nathan and Denyer and our disc golf course designed at the Cathedral School. It was probably the most fun I have had playing disc with inavative throws including Troy Booths super rollers. My second favourite disc belonged to a girl called Anna who had a favourite disc which she had gotten from her first tournamnet many years ago. She made the mistake of using it on the disc golf course. It went into the lagoon which I gentlemanly offered to get out with the help of a large piece of wood. I placed the wood on the disc and heard an onimous sound. I pull the wood up which had her disc attached due to the large nail in the end. Her favourite disc now had a big hole in it :)

Week 3 Results

Blue Sharks 13 – Hard Force 10

Motherhuckers 13 – Heavyweights 8

Pink BAMF’s 13 – Yellow Duncans 8

After what seemed to be a long awaited wait to Wednesday night Frisbee, the league did not disappoint. With absolutely minimal wind, man on man defence seemed to be the most effective approach to the games. This opened the door to many stand out performances, daring catches and pinpoint accurate throws. Standing on the sideline and witnessing the calibre of games being played so far this season has provided evidence to the ever-growing sport of Ultimate in Townsville. Brand stinking-new players have been able to pick up the rules, catches and throws like they have been playing for years, providing a promising future for Townsville Ultimate. Keep it up!

The Blue Sharks were itching to get started on a new week after suffering a disappointing loss to the Motherhuckers in the previous week. After much discussion about pre-game rituals, it was decided that a song would be debuted this week called “The baby shark”, which proved to be a big hit, with some members of Hard Force joining in after the game. The Blue Sharks were determined to get out to a good lead after hearing about Hard Force’s habit of sneaking back into the game through a string of goals, and this week was no different, after a 5-1 head start, Blue Sharks only managed to get into Half time at 7-6. A close second half consisted of full field hucks from Zane and perfect throws and delicate cutting between Simon and Cody. The new players picked up the game with ease, easily bagging one or two goals each throughout the game. Except for Deanna who ended up with no goals. Sorry Dee! In a game dominated by man on man defence (Or woman on woman), it was a close grind with Blue Sharks just holding of the hard finishing Hard Force to come out victors 13-10.

With an incredibly slow turn up rate, the Heavyweights managed to pull together 7 players before the opening pull against a full strength Motherhuckers team line up, only missing their key player Criegan “McNabb” Gibson in the first 20 minutes due to a car break down or something. After a quick fire first half, the Heavyweights seemed to be dominating simply through possession, playing patiently with their handlers. Following a flawless first half performance by the Heavyweights, Finny had to visit his boyfriend, Rohan and in turn, put the team at a slight disadvantage. Blood was smelt in the water by Mike “The Shark” Larson, and after a courageous half time speech involving a few tears and a random pledging ceremony, the changed Motherhuckers ran onto the field determined to prove their worth. The Motherhuckers turned the tables and kept their composure to retain the momentum. Hard defence all round restricted Hugh’s Heavyweights to only one goal in the second half. Motherhuckers still remain undefeated and poses the question to the rest of the league... “Who can beat these Mother fuckers?” Motherhuckers up 13 to 8.

A gun team consisting of more stars than the Milky Way, the Pink BAMF’s were a force to be reckoned with this week. After a second round scare, Bobby took the field in uniform and was itching for goals, Bec on the sideline cheering and Bob dazzling the crowd with his familiar ‘flat as a pancake’ flicks the BAMF’s were a force to be reckoned with. But little did they know that the Yellow Duncan’s had a trick up their sleeve as well. The sleeve must be huge, because the trick involved a 7 foot something giant dressed head to toe in yellow body paint making it impossible to come within 3 foot of him without turning Yellow yourself. With the three D’s (Duncan, Dave and Dane) running amok, it was always going to be hard for the BAMF’s to dispose of the Duncan’s without a fight. To this day, the score remains unknown with both captains promised to a world of secrecy. What is known however is that the BAMF’s did come out on top. BAMF’s 13 defeating The Duncan’s ‘Unknown’. I’m guessing 13-8, though.

After Week 3, the new players are showing a lot of potential. In a sport like Ultimate, the greatest investment you can make is purchasing a disc. Find a friend and do some throws, or keep a disc in your bag and play disc golf around Uni. For $20 the improvement you will see is invaluable. I hope to see everyone next week for Week 4 of the 2010 season!