Last weekend saw the first ever BC Invitational, a tournament that will be shared between Brisbane and Canberra on alternating years. This year saw top teams from around the country get together for an old-fashioned bar fight in a great preview of what nationals will offer in late April.
The Open division saw Fakulty X and Y (both from Sydney), Heads of State (Melbourne), Chilly (Melbourne), Firestorm (Brisbane), I-Beam (Newcastle), Fyshwick United (Canberra) and Sublime (Perth) attending while the Women's division starred Wildcard (Sydney), Honey (Melbourne), Sultry (Brisbane) and the Factory Girls (Canberra). I can't think of another lead-up tournament with such a number and variety of teams from all over the place. Kudos to Sublime, Firestorm and Sultry for making the trip.
And it's good that Sublime did head over because those unpredictable West Australians finally showed those of us in the east that the only thing holding them back is regular tournament play. They earnt the right to engrave the first team name onto the trophy by beating I-Beam in the Open Final. It's a great result for Sublime and an exciting sign of things to come as Australia's club teams build towards nationals in Perth, Sublime's home turf.
In the women's division Wildcard stamped their seal of authority on women's ultimate in Australia with a dominant performance, taking out the Factory Girls 15-8 in the final. They are definitely the team to beat again this year and with the absence of New Zealand will be tough to stop in Perth.
It was a weekend of upsets as Fakulty Y beat Faculty X in their quarter after losing all their pool games and Sublime beat Newcastle in the final after losing to them in the pool games.
In all it was a great weekend of competition and thanks must go to Myall for running the tournament despite considerable beaurocratic difficulties. We at the Canberra Ultimate Blog secret underground facility look forward to heading up to Brisbane next year to see the next invitational hit-out. I'm excited!
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