Nationals Results

Canberra was represented at the Australian Ultimate Championships, held in Coff's Harbour from the 24th to the 27th of April, by two club teams, Fyshwick United in the Open Division and the Factory Girls in the Women's Division. It was a great year for both teams. The Factory Girls won all but two games over the course of the tournament and, after being edged out of the semi finals by Sydney's Southside, beat last year's runners-up, Melbourne's Team Box, for a valiant fifth place.

Fyshwick United built on strong performances at Regionals (third) and New Zealand Nationals (first) to reach the final undefeated after dispatching Newcastle's I-Beam in their semi. Despite well-structured offense and strong defense they lost to the superior speed and skills of Fakulti, from Sydney. Fakulti have been runners-up for the previous three nationals and earnt their victory this year with exceptional strong-side offense, eventually winning 15-12.

Both teams improved their positions from last year and took a number of valuable scalps. Check out the photos (Factory Girls are in blue, Fyshwick United in orange) by Roger Barnes at http://frisbee.mindsocket.com.au/press, or see DJ's pics at http://biggszone.net/NATS08/index.html (I think these are all of the boys but he might have some Factory Girls ones somewhere as well). Leon took a bunch of photos as well, but I don't know where they are...

A number of Canberra locals also played for the Sugar Magnolias from Newcastle, Bush from Hobart, Hills Angels and Wildcard X-Factor (who made the final of the women's division but lost to Raging Wahine from New Zealand) from Sydney, and two of our old guard played for the Taipans, the Australian Masters' Team who'll play at the World Ultimate and Guts Championships in Vancouver later this year.

Both teams would like to thank Ian, the coach driver, who drove us to, from and all around Coffs, and the boys would also like to thank the Holmeseses, who billeted half the team. More info about the tournament, including the scores of each game, can be found at the AFDA website.

Roll on nationals 09.