Ultimate Frisbee Finals Previews!

Finals time!!! Without any further ado here are the match previews and special guest predictions from our Ex-El Presidente Hugh 'Pugh' Osborn!

Starting from the 9th / 10th Playoff


Zulu Zebras vs More Smarter Than You

The battle for the infamous wooden spoon this year is contested between Dee & Carlos' Zulu Zebras & Zane & Mark's More Smarter Than You. After an up and down season for both teams a ferocious hunger will be shown to avoid the wooden spoon!

Ex El Presidente Prediction

Hearing about their hammers-only game last week the Zulus sound like they're out to have fun and Carlos seems honoured to get his 2nd Wooden spoon (in a row).  I like what MSTY, with Zane at the helm, aims to do in creating a permanent team to take the trophy in a couple of semester's time (would love to see their team uniforms Franich-style) and hope to see a few more player combinations remain together next League.  I hear rumour that a few of the main frisbee brains on More Smarter Than You are missing so I tip Zulu for the win, outclassing them with brawn.  I would love Genge, who's all-brawn on-field, to prove me wrong.  Zulu Zebras 13 - 6


7th / 8th Playoff


Sky High vs White Lightning

In a round 1 rematch Duncan and his High flying Skyers take on Cody's White Lightning in a electrifying match! Duncan has Rob Davies & Godfrey plus a barrage of capable and energetic ladies while Cody boasts a strong team full of male handlers.

Ex El Presidente Prediction

Carlos and Dee's bad hammers have gifted White Lightning a chance to avoid the wooden spoon and they should be lucky.  I predict Sky High to come out victorious as their captain Big Dunc is now beginning to get some years of leadership practise behind him and this will help in the outcome. Sky High 13 - 7


5th / 6th Playoff


Pink Stink vs Tea Cup Pigs

Both teams coming off tough matches the week before will be hungry to get a win against the other. Pink Stink took the honors through the round games so Tea Cup Pigs will be hungry for revenge! Look out for the handler battle between captains Ash Osul and Rob DeHollander. Will be a battle for the ages!


Ex El Presidente Prediction

Former 2nd in command Lascivious Ladyfinger, Rob Dehollander is finally fledging and taking his own team.  One of the senior players in Townsville in the most junior of ways - I look forward to the all-roundedness this will add to his ultimate.  Ash is typically a finals beast, but the relegation to the 5/6 battle and not a 3rd placing may put him off his game.  If Rob keeps control of the disc and limits turnovers, I see them overwhelming the TC Piggies.  Pink Stink 13 - 8

Semi Final # 1


Black Mambas vs We Tie You Die

In the first semi final of the 2012 Townsville Ultimate Frisbee League we see the first seeded Black Mambas take on the sixth seeded We Tie You Die.
Black Mambas took the minor premiership only dropping 1 game throughout the season (to We Tie You Die) and cruising through the first week of the finals. Always dangerous is the captain James David. Townsville regulars Tom Felix and Rowan Hall are ever improving and American dynamos Brad Feiger and Shane Foley will be looking to bring the hurt on their Tie Dye clad opponents.
We Tie You Die had a tough season finishing in 6th place but had a strong run through the finals beating the 5th seeded Tea Cup Pigs and the 3rd seeded Pink Stink to make the semis. Key players through the roster include the captain Matt 'Finny' Finn, Townsville great Ricky Hazelton, American turned Aussie Liss Bowden plus new star recruits Bebe Worsfield and Wes Monts.
Expect the aerial battle between James and Finny to be a deciding factor in this game!
An absolute ripper of a semi final game between two in form teams! This should be a fantastic game of ultimate!

Ex El Presidente Prediction

Finny's team has managed a comeback after placing 6th after the round robins to get to the semis.   With a strong victory over a decent team in Ash O'Sullivan's last week, that same work ethic that got them through last game should see them upset the Minor Premiers.  James might have a better chance of shutting out their captain than did Tea Cup Piggies.  But with a recent Nationals campaign behind him and some ulti.tv filmed and commentated upon "ugly pulls", the smaller fields of Townsville should help steer We Tie, You Die to a grand finals berth.  WTYD 13 - 11


Semi Final # 2


Blue Blizzard vs Red Imperium

In the second semi final of the 2012 Townsville Ultimate Frisbee League we see the second seeded Blue Blizzard take on the third seeded Red Imperium.
After a slow start to the season Blue Blizzard picked up star recruit Mike 'The General' Larson and never looked back from there.
Their co-captains Ryan Miller and Timmy Roland in their debut year of captaincy have done well with their team turning them into a finely tuned machine. Between themselves, Mike and American import Will Rees Blue Blizzard have a dominant handling line up. The lady machines Sanne and Aline cause all sort of problems as well. A solid all around team.
The Red Imperium had a solid season disrupted by attendance at times. Fortunately everything pieced itself together come finals time.
Co-captains Mattie 'Beef Train' Hamilton and Sean 'Bevo' Beveridge lead the Red Imperium with cool heads while All American player Tyler Wright and Townsville's very own golden boy Peter Roach run rings around their opponents. Look to see lots of change it up disc play from the Red Imperium.
This match will be decided on how Red Imperium decide to deal with Mike ' The General' Larson. Period.


Ex El Presidente Prediction


I don't know the history of Tim and Ryan's team the Blue Blizzards, but with their star power I'd guess their only reason for placing 2nd was a certain Micky Larson was in Africa.  Red Imperium just won't have the same level of control and patience with the disc that BB will have instilled by now and the resulting turnovers would be enough to lose them this semi.  Expect my best sneaky recruit/Rookie of the Century, the former Lascivious Ladyfingers player Sanne to be open all day in the endzone for some M. Larson throws.  Blue Blizzard 13 - 6


There you have it folks! Sparkles and the Pugh's Previews and Predictions for Week 2 of the Townsville Ultimate Finals! Hope everyone is excited for some great disc action!!!

Keep on throwing!

Love

Sparkles :-)

2012 Ultimate Frisbee Semester 1 Final Series

Week one of the 2012 Townsville Ultimate Frisbee Final Series kicked off last Wednesday night with the last double game night of the season!
With 2 rounds of finals to play to determine the final combatants all the players were ready for a competitive night of Ultimate!

In the first round of the finals we had the following matches played.

Black Mambas (1) vs White Lightning (10)
Blue Blizzard (2) vs Sky High (9)
Pink Stink (3) vs More Smarter Than You (8)
Red Imperium (4) vs Zulu Zebras (7)
Tea Cup Pigs (5) vs We Tie You Die (6)

After a tough first round of matches the finals scores were...

Black Mambas def White Lightning 11-5
Blue Blizzard def Sky High 10-6
Pink Stink def More Smarter Than You 13-4
Red Imperium def Zulu Zebras 11-8
Tea Cup Pigs def by We Tie You Die 7-10

After seeing Black Mambas and Blue Blizzard keep up their winning ways and earning a trip to the semi finals the other 8 teams had to battle out their second game of the night. 4 teams fighting to stay in the race for the Townsville Ultimate Championships and the other 4 teams fighting to avoid the dreaded wooden spoon!

Red Imperium vs Tea Cup Pigs
Pink Stink vs We Tie You Die

Zulu Zebras vs White Lightning
More Smarter Than You vs Sky High

After another hours of high flying fast paced ultimate the semi finalists were decided...

Red Imperium def Tea Cup Pigs 13-8
Pink Stink def by We Tie You Die 6-9

Zulu Zebras def by White Lightning 5-8
More Smarter Than You def by Sky High 4-13

With a round of upsets the matches were decided!

Semi Final # 1

Black Mambas vs We Tie You Die

Semi Final # 2

Blue Blizzard vs Red Imperium

5th / 6th Play-off

Pink Stink vs Tea Cup Pigs

7th / 8th Play-off

Sky High vs White Lightning

9th /10th Play-off (WOODEN SPOON)

Zulu Zebras vs More Smarter Than You



Keep your eyes open for a super special finals preview extravaganza from Sparkles with a possibility of a special guest interview tomorrow night!

Lots of love!

Sparkles :-)

Finals Week 1 Draw

Alright guys first week of finals is all lined up! Will be another double game this week! Games will start at 715pm again. Second game to start at 830pm. Draw is as follows:

Field 1 - Red Imperium vs Zulu Zebras
Field 2 - Black Mambas vs White Lightning
Field 3 - Blue Blizzard vs Sky High
Field 4 - Pink Stink vs More Smarter Than You
Field 5 - Tea Cup Pigs vs We Tie You Die

The second game for the night will depend on the results of the first game so I will let everyone know as the night progresses!  Now that you have the times remember to invite your mates down to watch as the intensity of the finals kicks in!

<3  *Sparkles*

Grand Finale: A preview of mayhem

Your favourite Disc Hammering Honeys have been kidnapped by this menacing Villain and you must now pay attention to my words once again! Muhahaha!

LISTEN CAREFULLY TO WHAT I SAY:

Tomorrow night is the Grand Finale to my master plans! I have created a playoff situation in which two of your favourites will be pitted against each other. The outcome will be less than favourable for one of these protagonists. Who will it be, the glowing Green Lantern or the dastardly Dark Matter? Or will I just choose to punish both?

Whatever the outcome I want you to watch (click the link) like these people during my last Grand Finale.

So the Green Lanterns, lead by the capable captain Mike “Orangutanga” Larson, have conquered the insurmountable, creeping their way from the bottom of the ladder during the first half of the season to enter the finals. Helped by the unwavering green light thrown forth by the good strong shoulders of the parkfitters – Ryan, Vega, Mitch, Tara – and a bunch of other athletes.

Dark Matter started the season sucking teams into its void but then continued to shrink in size throughout the semester until only recently. Its strength grew when it finally sucked through nearby stars James David minor one and Deanna Finn supercomplex three into its ranks. They have increased its power and will be at critical mass tomorrow night.

The game I have set forth seeks to challenge both teams by knowing both their strengths and their weaknesses and finding a balance between the two. There will be various means for the complexities that I have created to reveal themselves throughout the game.

Captain Mike Larson has always known what seems to be a winning formula for the Townsville League having won countless grandfinals, in fact almost all Townsville Grand Finals during his short run at the sport. What he doesn’t know is that this fact alone must be counteracted by others. His Achilles heel if you will has been softened in recent games – a Mixed Nats injury evened out by a well placed Dehollander kick last week took some more of the spring from his step, so though fitness is at an all time high for his career, injury concerns may not be wiped from memory before the game begins and this could weaken his on field control. The mere mention of this fact and release of this sensitive information could inspire some added challenges from Dark Matter.

Dark Matter, has a smaller roster of athletic and tall male players. Besides the star of James David, this height has been under-utelised by captain Ash-O. Will throws that force competition in height be unmatchable in this game and can the Achilles heel of Mike be weakened further to prevent aerial dominance by the orangutang cloud? Will it be a good strategy to use now or should it be avoided with a chance of Mike looming.

The Green Lantern army will be running strongly with endzone looks appearing from plenty of athleticism amongst the ranks. They will surely out-endure the smaller roster of Dark Matter but with an army waiting on the sideline will this just mean no player finds their rhythm on the field? Another wildcard I have placed into this game is Peter "soft trigger" Roach. Recently captured unbeknownst to the Green Lanterns, he has been tampered with and his trigger release is softer than ever and will fire unexpectedly, "just touch it, it's really light" he'll say "BAM!". This could be advantageous if it finds Mike in the endzone or could serve Dark Matter up some more chances with the disc. Muhahaha!

Seeds of doubt over his own ability have been planted evilly in Ashley O’Sullivan's mind over the season, but has the team weeded out these seeds with their recent strong wins lead by a team growing in strength with the like of Jason and Damien reaching dominance onfield during their games? The rest of his team has been stepping up to take the wins in recent weeks rather than their primary handler Ash. Should this trend continue or should he attempt to take control again and say to them and himself "I can do this better"? Will there be harmony of thoughts in this team like the calm of a forest of tall eucalypts on a windless day or will the chainsaw of doubt wreak havoc to this tall timber team?

These are just some of the mechanisms at play that I have constructed for tomorrow night’s game. Of course a true villain never reveals all of his secrets, or is that a magician? – YOU will never know!

As a sidegame I have also schemed the implementation in the audience of Fantasy Ultimate, giving each of you on the sideline the false opinion that you have some control over the outcome of the game I have manipulated in so many ways and can help your friends. Surely your screaming and abuse couldn’t possibly assist/hinder the outcome of one team on the field, you don’t have that power? For this game I have designated winners who I have pre-set to score the most fantasy points and those I have destined for failure.

For the female to score highest in the dreams of the sideline I have programmed Deanna Finn to tally the most points in a man offense situation. Limited mistakes and a majority of goals, she will be required to play hard to see the victory for Dark Matter take place. Her overall score will be 5 points. Mike Larson has been selected from the opposing team. His successful strategy in the Townsville league places full control of his side in his own hands. Goal throws will only come from him and cuts will be controlled by his magical directions...or so he thinks? Can the fantasy player who selects him copy his talent and seamlessly argue his errors away and attribute any mistakes to his receivers? If so his score will be high, points will come from throwing most of the goals on his team's way to grabbing a 13 - 9 victory with a few sneaking in there from his own grabs in the endzone thrown from Peter. Predictions are ranked as 8 points if his Achilles heel doesn’t weaken, but who says it won’t?

The lowest scorer on the fantasy scale has been given to the recently self-deprecating Ashley O’Sullivan. Can his teammates raise him up in time? Has his own pre-finals psyche-up of looking at pictures of Hugh playing Ultimate from facebook assisted in keeping him from being shut out of the game this week? If morale is low come the night, expect to see him somehow attribute errors on the receiver's end back to his own fantasy score and watch it drop. His throw hit you in the chest once more but you dropped it? Not your fault! Be a team player and pretend it was your asthma kicking in and your mind playing tricks on you and blame it on the thrower! If confidence is lacking he'll take the fall for this too! If he Ashley can wipe fault from his mind, expect to see a similar high score to Mike's from lots of great completions to the endzone and his tall receivers and safe hands moving the disc upfield. It'll either be negative 11 or plus 6.

The loser of this playoff situation will meet a gruesome and entertaining end. Be there to watch.

Oh and by the way, I will release the Disc Hammering Honeys from captivity under 3 strict criteria, if these are not met they will face their doom:

a: The release of the results of last week's games.

b: Their preview of the finals and the remaining 3 placing games whose match-ups are not yet known to me. But only if these details are released in the next 12 hours.

c: Everyone must attend the barbecuing of those who have not attended in the last 2 weeks (they've been in the meat freezer). There will be a feast. And I want you there while you watch the sick ending I have in store for your protagonists.

Grand Finals Results, Semester 1, 2011

Grand Finals Results

Hyper-Masculine Feminists take an easy win over Tytans to claim the trophy.

We farewell Simon Urquhart who has had made a massive contribution to Townsville Ultimate over the years spending 2009 and half of 2010 as Co-President with Mike. We send him off with a win in the finals this year, his second in a row and last year also allowed him to take home the King medallion at the Townsville Royalty Hat.

Townsville Ultimate League Results
Champions: Hyper-Masculine Feminists (Captain Mike Larson/Simon Urquhart)
2nd: Tytans (Dave Dehollander)
3rd: Ginger Ninjas (Ashley O'Sullivan)
4th: Lairy Canaries (Hugh Osborn)
5th: Green Machine (Duncan Webley)
6th: Black Panthers (Criegan Gibson)
7th: Albino Rhinos (Chris Ende)
8th: Tie-Dye Another Day (Matt Finn)
9th: White Savages (Damon Scott/Tim Roland)
10th: Disc Jockeys (Matty Hamilton)

MVPs
Male: Carlos Castro
Female: Deanna Finn

International MVP
Male: Owen Funk
Female: Kiah Brasch

Heart:
Male: Mark Genge
Female: Diana Roman

Best Rookie
Male: Richard Pullinger
Female: ?

Finals Night Weather Preview!!!

Wednesday			Wind	Rain	Humid	Temp
Afternoon		Sunny. Cool.	23 km/h S	-	44%	22
Evening		Clear. Cool. Breezy.	26 km/h S	-	53%	18
Overnight		Clear. Cold. Breezy.	27 km/h S	-	59%	14

Hey All,

Week 2 of the Finals begins tonight with the Grand finale next week, I hope you all have your game faces on to do battle with the best. Tonights draw is as such:

Field 1: Hyper Masculine Feminists vs Ginger Ninjas
Field 2: White Savages vs Disc Jockeys
Field 3: Black Panthers vs Green Machine
Field 4: Albino Rhinos vs Tye Dye Another Day
Field 5: Tytans vs Lairy Canaries

Games start at 730pm, are to 13 points, 3:4 ratio and have a 2 hour time cap.
A quick reminder to all that if you haven't paid your league fees could you please do so tonight and that there will be a bbq, awards and alcohol ahoy next Wednesday night for the Grand Final games.

Much love xxoo Duncan

Finals Week 1

Apologies for the late write-up, now we will do our best to swamp everyone with the week's worth of blog posts spread out over one day while ignoring uni for far too long before more finals games take place in less than 24 hours.

Game 1

Game 1 was much of a formality but what was not a formality was the serious chance of an upset from any team coming into this game. Alas that was not to happen and each game played out to the rankings coming into this round.The closest 2 ranked teams Lairy Canaries and Ginger Ninjas still ended up with the higher seed on top.

HMF 9 d. Disc Jockeys 5

Tytans 9 d. Tie-Dye Another Day 6

Black Panthers 10 d. White Savages 8

Green Machine 10 d. Albino Rhinos 4

Lairy Canaries 10 d. Ginger Ninjas 6

Game 2.

While HMF and Tytans relaxed on the central field, with some stubbie guts hiding their fear behind laughter and too afraid to face off before their foolishly "assumed" Grand Final appearances, the rest of us had games to take care of. Both BYE teams looked anxious and their players were behaving in ways that can best be described as "drunk" and "fearful", and they also smelt like homeless people.

Tie-Dye Another Day 9 d. White Savages 8

Tye-Dye brought it all out this game to move out of their low placing and gave it a serious crack. Looks like the White Savages weren't giving in either but their recent form may have just given them doubts in the tighter moments. Tie-Dye if given another semester to tighten the rubber bands they used to make their shirts could potentially give many more teams a run for their money and this late game is their way of saying that to the other teams. A close attempt by the White Savages, they're going to wish they won as they'll be facing an overexcited DJ's in their next game, the "other one" everyone remembers forever!

Albino Rhinos 8 d. Disc Jockeys 5The closer rankings of these two teams was sure to produce a slightly more satisfying result for the Disc Jockeys, but it looks as though the Rhinos showed their true calibre, perhaps a little late. This game was targetted as being a good chance at the Disc Jockeys' first win of the season (correction: they beat Finny's team so cannot be pantsed) and from what I hear it was nice to play in a tight match up. Alas, it was not to happen. They should return this week for their final chance at not being pantsed this season being awesome. I'd advise it cause that oval is looking mighty big!

Lairy Canaries 10 d. Green Machine 4

The Green Machine was looking a bit dusty tonight, long in need of a waxing, while their opposition in this Quarter Final, The Canaries seemed chirpy. Green Machine had some good offensive moments threatening with some flicks off the Dunc and some well timed shots from Geoff Couper to the girls deep. A change in force from the Canaries, began shutting off the Dunc's flick option and then the female Canaries went on some full field runs taking it up the field singlehandedly. Sally was threatening from the Green Machine with some long cuts, but not every option paid off.

Ginger Ninjas 8 d. Black Panthers 4

Semi final two of the night saw the daunty Black Panthers take on the Ninjas. The Panthers have been one of the least favoured to play against teams this semester with good reason. They must have forgotten to tell the Ninjas this as all they could think of was getting through to the Semis. Even the Panthers facepaint wasn't working. The last game running of the night which managed to gather it quite a crowd. We saw the longest point in history with both teams getting excited like a teenage boy alone in a bed with a pretty girl and things just not going to plan. Many many questionable options were taken and those questions were quickly answered with a "Yes, that was a terrible idea" but the point was nonetheless exciting. Brigi Palatino was everywhere on the field that point compiling a highlight reel of her own. Peter Roach unfortunately was the teenage boy of the Black Panthers letting the white disc fly all over the playing field! Let's just hope he can shake those nerves before the honeymoon not too far down the track!!! Best of luck Peter! A riotous upset by the Ginger Ninjas giving them a semi final berth they must have thought shattered only a game earlier.

This Wednesday History will remember those in the wooden spoon-off and those who missed out on the Grand Finals. Our hearts will remember the rest. Be merry and prepare to relax after the games! Bring along a drink or two to enjoy with your team after last game (not an official endorsement of drinking by this club)! Enjoy responsibly!

3 Week Finals Format!

To give teams an idea of what is at stake, the entire finals structure is now on the BLOG! More details regarding each week's activities and the finer details will be posted as we progress through but for now have a look where you want to be!

Week 1 of Finals aka tomorrow aka THE NIGHT OF THE UNDERDOG will feature TWO Games which allows every team one last shot at playing in the Grand Final! First game top team plays lowest teams and so forth. Top 2 teams get through to finals and may elect to scrimmage in the second game timeslot of the night. The second game of the night for the remaining teams will then be the next 4 highest teams (rankings 3, 4, 5 and 6) competing for the 2 Semi Final spots with the two losing teams then ending up in the 5/6 Bracket. The lowest 4 teams compete to be placed in the 7/8 Bracket or the 9/10 Bracket. Exact positions for the Bracketed teams will be worked out in Week 2.

Week 2 of Finals aka LET'S WIN SOMETHING will be the Semi finals for the top 4 teams and the ranking games for the remaining 6 teams (5th through to 10th position up for grabs) and their last shot at GLORY! Who will win the wooden spoon? Who will get their team up through the ranks for a respectable position and some credibility to take home?


Week 3 of Finals will be the GRAND FINAL and the 3rd vs. 4th playoff for bragging rights. This night the final will be staggered to start slightly later so that everyone is free to spectate and heckle and drink beer. Some fun games will also take place before the final is expected to start. Be there, bring friends, bring drinks!

IF you're confused the simplest way to think about it is this:

Turn up every week and try to win! In the third week bring beer and goon and yell at people! Get amongst it!

Click the picture below to enlarge!

With all the hard work done already in Excel it is much easier to plonk a picture of that up on the narrow columned blog! Sorry for this laziness, click to make it bigger!

Finals night - Semester 1, 2011

Results:

Grand Final:
Hyper-Masculine Feminists defeated Tytans
The HMF machine was too strong with the Mike/Simon/Ray Brigade trifecta wreaking too much havok for Dave's team. Tytans tried their best but the fast-paced strategy that they play too was overlooked by the composed winners of this semester's League.

3rd/4th playoff:
Ginger Ninjas defeated Lairy Canaries to claim 3rd place. Coming into this match neither team was sure whether it was going to played for real, with the clash of Origin one and the Grand Final that night affecting the mood to complete it early. Unfortunately it went on for a long time and both games were missed. A close game but the Lairies fell apart distracted while the better team on the night took third place.

Semester Results:
1st: Hyper-Masculine Feminists
2nd: Tytans
3rd: Ginger Ninjas
4th: Lairy Canaries
5th: Green Machine
6th: Black Panthers
7th: Albino Rhinos
8th: Tie-Dye Another Day
9th: White Savages
10th: Disc Jockeys

Finals - Round 1

The first round of the finals beginning the 13th of October will see 1 vs 8, 2 vs 7, 3 vs 6, 4 vs 5 with the winners going through to the top pool and the losers going through to the bottom pool.

Finals Predictions - Semester 1, 2010

With all the crap going on at uni, the clock-like inner workings of the Townsville Ultimate Blog have been put on hold. Hopefully the study break will supply ample time to wind the clock and get things going again. It will more than likely need the input of a few spectators and players for the scores of the 6 games that were played last week, plus the spectacle/barbecue of the World Cup game between America and Australia.

Predicting the finals was the next step of the predictions which has been left till this week. Seeing as most of the other predictions I made were wrong, I'll pick up from the true results instead of predicting the game I predicted the finals to be.

So this week we see the Blue Sharks take on Hard Force. Both of these team's semi-finals games went down to the wire, both on points and time, and both came out ahead close to "lighs cap" 2 points (Blue Sharks) and one point ahead against their respective opposition, Motherhuckers and Pink BAMFs.

The Blue Sharks are looking like the team to beat now after downing the Motherhuckers, though I think it will still be hard to top Hard Force and the lift that comes from playing in a final. Blue Sharks seem to be packed with a little bit more depth in some of their players with Zane leading the charge with creative strategies they've got James who'll be key on defense, Peter handling and moving the disc quickly, and....that's about it...oh wait, don't know if this counts but Deanna Finn (the less fortunate sibling of Matt Finn, the Heavyweights Superstar)...To her credit she has been outscoring James David, god's gift to sports. With all of the Blue Sharks' intra-team competition it's a wonder they get anything done.

Now we're looking at Simon Urquhart, whose last full season in a Townsville League it will be. This needs to be the fairy tale ending that Mike had been dreaming of for himself, replaced by Simon and Simon's team's victory. Along with the Presidental House bragging rights after the America defeat on Friday, this would just be the icing on the cake that is the stellar Townsville season for the young space monkey. There is fair-natured Ian, who has certainly been smack talking it up wherever he goes, perhaps having spent too long around me before the showcase game perhaps. Oow! There's the Ray Brigade! THE BOOTS ARE ALREADY SHINED I'm sure! There's Jess, who usually has just played rugby and rocks up really smelling and sweaty and noone can bear to stand near her. This usually works in her favour, but does she have rugby tonight or is the season over? What will her strengths be if it is over? The beginnings of her tan from many weekends on the beach? I don't know but this should provide some good heckling material for the sideline.

As for what the teams bring, Hard Force are gonna have to look out for some really quick running swing movement, messing up the defense and poking holes in it as well as some imaginative defense catered specifically to their opposition from The Sharks. The Sharks will have to look out for the 5 -year prowess of the cuddliest man in Townsville, that's right ladies, Simon Urquhart in his final season here! Ihear that one will just poke holes in anything!!! Ba - dum - ching!

I'm going for both teams, but perhaps blue is the more unfortunate colour on a state of origin night! I think this will really be a close one, let's hope it drags out a bit and come down and enjoy the BARBECUE. I'm personally in favour of Blue's line-up and playing style but I think that Hard Force will have the mental toughness and edge that is needed to take the win. Hard Force 15 - Blue Sharks 11.

GAME START TIME 7:15pm!!!

The Semester 2, 2009, Finals

The League Finals, Semester 2 2009.

The Finals were played on Wednesday the 28th of October '09 in windy conditions between the Racist Dropbears and The Fraternal Order of Red. It was attended by a good sized crowd for the barbecue and to watch the game. Unfortunately the Dropbears were unable to pull it all together against Red and went down 13 to 3.
Well done to both teams for making it this far. Congrats to The Fraternal Order of Red for their success this season and for winning the Townsville Ultimate League Semester 2, '09.

From the top: Beers with Bobby & Finny, Steve throws a flick past his marker Ian, Matt Esser & Katie "Eugoogley" Gilluly manning the barbie, the sideline crowd.

Thanks for another great Semester of Ultimate Frisbee! Looking forward to the next one.
Over and out.

Results of Semi Final Round, Semester 2, 2009

The Semifinals Commence!

The Semifinals commenced this week with some different than expected matchups. The Fraternal Order of Red played against 2nd/3rd placers Hammerheads due to confusion with the team rankings. The Hammerheads had to start off their game without team captain Matt Esser who was off fraternising with other sporting codes for the first hour. The arrival of this ultimate dynamo came too late however with a comeback bringing the final score to The Fraternal Order of Red 13 def. Hammerheads 6. Good luck to the team powerhouse Redcoats in the final.

A handblock from Katie "Eugoogley" Gilluly on Simon "Bob Fossil" Urquhart shook up the big zookeeper pretty good in the later stages of the game. However the dominant display by Simon's team of "Racist Dropbears" made sure to keep the not-so-white Pink Panthers from entering their Zoo...

Bob Fossil - great guy

Racist Dropbears 13 def. Pink Panthers 6 to move ahead to the finals.

The game everyone was looking forward to on this finals night was the wooden spoon game of The Last Surviving Dragons against the wooden spoon minor premiership team The Savages. The Last Surviving Dragons showed up late numbering only five or so minus their captain Matt De Witt who's still off living the dream (ie. not being in Townsville). Meanwhile The Savages surely shook them to the core with their full squad looking pretty intense during a number of warm-up drills. Alas the organisation was to end so soon with the fateful decision to hand over their two superstars 6 foot something-taller-than-most-people Adrian Sullivan and Cody "Quick Hands" Hall to provide numbers and apparently even up the game.

The Savages got off to a dominant start scoring a number of quick points and taking the lead which they held for most of the game. For many of the points the whole team was playing their part helping them to victory while the dragons looked decidedly pick-up-y. The Dragons got their scramble on and took things back with little Matty and southern ring-in Sara Cargill utelising their team and throwing lots of things including a few frisbees to Heather in the endzone for some goals.

Now realising there was a chance they could win a prize this year, albeit the wooden spoon, The Savages were torn apart to go down in history as one of the greatest frisbee teams ever!!! Steve Jamieson has now been on the wooden spoon team both semesters he's played in Townsville. Thank god he will be leaving Townsville in a week or 2, I'm sure this is the same reason he had to leave Adelaide. Good luck though Steve, maybe next time your luck slash frisbee skills will improve.
The Last Surviving Dragons 13 def The Savages 11 (Wooden Spoon winners Semester 2, 2009)

Crazy Nuts!

Look, it's getting tough figuring out scores and shit! But remember! Wednesday Night is the frickin' league final! We've got the Racist Dropbears squaring off against the Redcoats (The Fraternal Order of Red)! We're hoping this game will be a cracker and that you crackers are down there for the barbie, cheap piss, and the heckling. Mike's team will be the obvious underdogs coming into this game (NOooootttT!) and we Australians love to cheer for the underdog. So get your red shit together for this top match. Also remember to bring along some gear to play in as there's gonna be a second field set up for a pickup match on the side (a bit like having salad on the side with a steak - it's nowhere near as good as the steak, and mostly kind of pointless, but it still happens somehow).

Anyway see you all there kids. The results will eventually go up when I'm more sober.

Delays and Holidays

Sorry for the delays on the blog, I haven't been around to do any of the scores and whatnot. Tasmania however had some pretty sweet weather and some really weird looking people like you've never seen before. I will do my best to soon update it and I will probably need Kevin to tally the scores for me cause apparently they're wrong.

Anyhoo, finals begin this Wednesday with it being potentially the last game for many teams. But don't forget that it doesn't end there for you people. The week after will be the finals and a barbecue and it is everyone's job who won't be playing to make it down to the fields. Once there please refer to the acceptable "sport" of heckling and fantasy ultimate (one version of the rules on this page: http://www.mit.edu:8001/activities/ultimate/flu/flu.html) for some great ways to abuse or show love for the players on the winning teams.

Lots of love