Whaddya know. If it wasn't our very own Micky Larson, orangutang arms, who attended this weekend's (first) Moreton Bay Muddle King and Queen Hat. It sounds also as if he could finally put those arms to their true use of winning at Ultimate Frisbee! rather than just swinging between trees.
Knowing that Mike is male and therefore ineligible for the Queen prize, he was only allowed to take home the King Prize for the weekend. Well done!
Good work Mike! Enjoy that medallion!
Showing posts with label Mike Larson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mike Larson. Show all posts
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Monday, May 24, 2010
Our very own Micky L.
A currently interesting new website highlighting Australian Ultimate and Australian players is ForceSideline.com. Who knows what their credibility is yet but all will be revealed soon. The interesting thing about it though is our very own Mike Larson appearing on it in a team picked for a mock team draft with a distinct Queensland flavour. Here's how they describe it:
"Taking inspiration from The Huddle’s mock draft last year, Force Sideline introduces the Force Sideline Fantasy Tournament. A couple of months ago, we invited five people and two other ultimate blogs to participate alongside Force Sideline as team owners in a draft, where they could pick any Australian-based player to be on their list."
Mike managed to appear in the slutty tail end of the pick, but appear he did! and I was clever enough to notice, otherwise we might've missed a TownsVillain escaping Townsville-only appearances!!! Some possible good reasons he might have stood out. Mike's few tournament appearances have usually gone pretty well with his regionals performance this year (a magic game against Beer Barbarians sniping assists on almost every single point for the win) placing him a suspected 2nd overall in that competition on MVP votes and if I remember also a stand-out performance for Townsville at Mixed Nats 2008 after less than a year under his belt and Hamish to compete with for the top spot. Having only played for 2 years, and in Townsville alone, this is pretty good. If none of these reasons explain it, then perhaps he slept his way there. Anyway, check it out, props for a Round 12 to spot Mike.
"Taking inspiration from The Huddle’s mock draft last year, Force Sideline introduces the Force Sideline Fantasy Tournament. A couple of months ago, we invited five people and two other ultimate blogs to participate alongside Force Sideline as team owners in a draft, where they could pick any Australian-based player to be on their list."
Mike managed to appear in the slutty tail end of the pick, but appear he did! and I was clever enough to notice, otherwise we might've missed a TownsVillain escaping Townsville-only appearances!!! Some possible good reasons he might have stood out. Mike's few tournament appearances have usually gone pretty well with his regionals performance this year (a magic game against Beer Barbarians sniping assists on almost every single point for the win) placing him a suspected 2nd overall in that competition on MVP votes and if I remember also a stand-out performance for Townsville at Mixed Nats 2008 after less than a year under his belt and Hamish to compete with for the top spot. Having only played for 2 years, and in Townsville alone, this is pretty good. If none of these reasons explain it, then perhaps he slept his way there. Anyway, check it out, props for a Round 12 to spot Mike.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Villains' first Regionals 2010!
A dear hello to everyone, it has been a while.
The TownsVillains headed down to Brisbane on the weekend for this year's Northern Regionals. After a slow start finding the numbers to play on the team, things just came together for us and we ended up with a strong 13 player side. The team was:
Simon Urquhart, Keith Cameron-Smith, Hugh Osborn, Mike Larson, Matt DeWitt, Vinko Grgic, Mat Ryan, Dave Dehollander, Chris Ende, James David, Dane West, Ryan, and Dave.
The results are approximately as follows:
Saturday - conditions - windy, usually sort of crosswind
Round 1 - Villains 15 def. Brisbane Beer Barbarians 1
Mike Larson wasn't able to throw a bad throw this game, with some casual slow sailing flicks just hitting their open target in the endzone every single time. Brisbane Beer Barbarians get to lay claim to being the first team to ever score against the Villains, something they should remain proud of and perhaps have displayed somewhere in their pool room...
Round 2 - Firestorm 10 def. Villains 7
Firestorm were off to a good start this game taking it out to 4 - 0. Some smart play by Townsville allowed us to match them fairly well and claw back at their lead. Their set structures once countered with some thought of our own gave us more than a few easier points against this well-trained team. It became quite a matchup towards the end but they always held onto their momentum and kept their lead for the win with a points cap. It was an exciting match for Townsville and the one most of us had been looking forward to having. Thanks Firestorm!
Round 3 - Villains 14 def. UQ Lovers 4
One of the points of this game stretched into miles and miles of Huck City. Reece Stewart on UQ showed he was a good leader for their team and actually made this one of the harder fought games for us despite the odds against them and the scoreline.
Sunday - wet morning, some rainy points, some points with a wind.
Round 4 - Villains 11 def. Slamtown Flatball Club (Gold Coast) 10
Both teams had to get up early this morning to face off, with the only party bye strangely enough going to the team least likely to party, Firestorm. With both of our teams knowing we'd be playing again in the semis against each other, and the effects of a late night plaguing our brains, it was hard to find the momentum to push ourselves past a meagre 75% effort level. The Villains made a strong break away to try to end the game but Slamtown fought back to bring it to universe point at the end.
Semi-finals - Slamtown Flatball Club 12 def. Villains 8 or 9
Slamtown found their 100% and the Villains seemed to lose this one for themselves by just not clicking and not thinking as well as we had been on other days. A good game but a sad one for us.
Finals Firestorm 15 def. Slamtown 4
Good luck at Nationals to Firestorm.
We had a really great weekend with a really great Townsville side this weekend. We played some exceptional Ultimate. Congrats to Dane and James for their first tournament weekend they both had some outstanding games and were amazing to have on the team. Special shoutout to Micky L, Mike Larson who did well in the MVP votes and played superbly throughout the tournament as well as doing a great job leading the team. Also to the rest of the Villains who looked pretty fine in their brand new team get-up.
The TownsVillains headed down to Brisbane on the weekend for this year's Northern Regionals. After a slow start finding the numbers to play on the team, things just came together for us and we ended up with a strong 13 player side. The team was:
Simon Urquhart, Keith Cameron-Smith, Hugh Osborn, Mike Larson, Matt DeWitt, Vinko Grgic, Mat Ryan, Dave Dehollander, Chris Ende, James David, Dane West, Ryan, and Dave.
The results are approximately as follows:
Saturday - conditions - windy, usually sort of crosswind
Round 1 - Villains 15 def. Brisbane Beer Barbarians 1
Mike Larson wasn't able to throw a bad throw this game, with some casual slow sailing flicks just hitting their open target in the endzone every single time. Brisbane Beer Barbarians get to lay claim to being the first team to ever score against the Villains, something they should remain proud of and perhaps have displayed somewhere in their pool room...
Round 2 - Firestorm 10 def. Villains 7
Firestorm were off to a good start this game taking it out to 4 - 0. Some smart play by Townsville allowed us to match them fairly well and claw back at their lead. Their set structures once countered with some thought of our own gave us more than a few easier points against this well-trained team. It became quite a matchup towards the end but they always held onto their momentum and kept their lead for the win with a points cap. It was an exciting match for Townsville and the one most of us had been looking forward to having. Thanks Firestorm!
Round 3 - Villains 14 def. UQ Lovers 4
One of the points of this game stretched into miles and miles of Huck City. Reece Stewart on UQ showed he was a good leader for their team and actually made this one of the harder fought games for us despite the odds against them and the scoreline.
Sunday - wet morning, some rainy points, some points with a wind.
Round 4 - Villains 11 def. Slamtown Flatball Club (Gold Coast) 10
Both teams had to get up early this morning to face off, with the only party bye strangely enough going to the team least likely to party, Firestorm. With both of our teams knowing we'd be playing again in the semis against each other, and the effects of a late night plaguing our brains, it was hard to find the momentum to push ourselves past a meagre 75% effort level. The Villains made a strong break away to try to end the game but Slamtown fought back to bring it to universe point at the end.
Semi-finals - Slamtown Flatball Club 12 def. Villains 8 or 9
Slamtown found their 100% and the Villains seemed to lose this one for themselves by just not clicking and not thinking as well as we had been on other days. A good game but a sad one for us.
Finals Firestorm 15 def. Slamtown 4
Good luck at Nationals to Firestorm.
We had a really great weekend with a really great Townsville side this weekend. We played some exceptional Ultimate. Congrats to Dane and James for their first tournament weekend they both had some outstanding games and were amazing to have on the team. Special shoutout to Micky L, Mike Larson who did well in the MVP votes and played superbly throughout the tournament as well as doing a great job leading the team. Also to the rest of the Villains who looked pretty fine in their brand new team get-up.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Round 3 League Results and Apologies to Kevin
Apologies to the diehard fans such as Kevin Staples and...oh wait that's it at the moment, but I managed to forget to put up scores from Wednesday night. This is quite a booboo because that's about all I have to write about and it's much more fitting when it's closer to a time when you can remember it and it still matters. I would normally try and come up with an excuse but I probably just forgot and maybe went drinking the following day and forgot even more. Sorry Kev, the rest of Townsville Ultimate and Ultimate players of the world, no hard feelings.
Without further ado for Mr Staples and the rest, here are the results from last week.
Pink Panthers 13 defeated The Last Surviving Dragons 12
I'm told that the Dragons had a good lead early but failed to finish it off with a comeback from Pink Panthers stealing the win.
Racist Dropbears 13 defeated The Savages 7?
The Savages are still struggling to find some form early in this league, hopefully once things settle and they get used to playing savage they will get some wins. Some quick disc movement from the Droppies helped them to victory.
Hammerheads 13 defeated The Fraternal Order of Red 12
This showdown between these two stubborn teams went on well after the other two games. The crowd gathered on the sideline cheering on the underdog which was always gonna be the Hammerheads because Mike Larson happens to be captain of Fraternal. The result was some intense playing from everyone on the field and a strong fight back from the Hammerheads to get the win.
As Mike duly noted to his team at the start of the season, the crowd was never gonna be cheering for them in a tight game. I have personally experienced this phenomenon on many separate occasions playing against Mike last semester, however I always thought they cheered for me because I'm such a great guy. I will cheer for you next time Mike, unless we showdown again in this year's finals, then we'll be going for the jugular while looking underdoggy and forlorn so the crowd likes us more.
Without further ado for Mr Staples and the rest, here are the results from last week.
Pink Panthers 13 defeated The Last Surviving Dragons 12
I'm told that the Dragons had a good lead early but failed to finish it off with a comeback from Pink Panthers stealing the win.
Racist Dropbears 13 defeated The Savages 7?
The Savages are still struggling to find some form early in this league, hopefully once things settle and they get used to playing savage they will get some wins. Some quick disc movement from the Droppies helped them to victory.
Hammerheads 13 defeated The Fraternal Order of Red 12
This showdown between these two stubborn teams went on well after the other two games. The crowd gathered on the sideline cheering on the underdog which was always gonna be the Hammerheads because Mike Larson happens to be captain of Fraternal. The result was some intense playing from everyone on the field and a strong fight back from the Hammerheads to get the win.
As Mike duly noted to his team at the start of the season, the crowd was never gonna be cheering for them in a tight game. I have personally experienced this phenomenon on many separate occasions playing against Mike last semester, however I always thought they cheered for me because I'm such a great guy. I will cheer for you next time Mike, unless we showdown again in this year's finals, then we'll be going for the jugular while looking underdoggy and forlorn so the crowd likes us more.
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