Regionals Wrap-up

Last weekend, Canberra hosted the Eastern Regional Championships at the UC playing fields. This event is a qualification tournament for teams from NSW and the ACT for the National Championships later this year (to be held in Bribane at the start of April). It was a pretty big tournament, with 8 Open Division teams and 9 Women's Division teams. The field was boosted by a few interstate teams that came to get some extra tournament experience including Black Betty and Kaos, women's teams from Brisbane and Perth respectively, and the New Zealand Keas, the kiwi open under 23s team.

The pool play on Saturday included some games in tough conditions, with strong winds and a bit of rain making things difficult. On Sunday, the skies cleared and the wind eased slightly for the playoffs.

In the Open Division, 7 teams were vying for 5 qualification spots for Nationals. In the Women's Division all the eastern region teams automatically qualified.

The final results were:

Open Division:
1 Colony Plunder (Sydney)
2 Colony Pillage (Sydney)
3 Fyshwick United (Canberra)
4 I-Beam (Newcastle)
5 NZ Keas (New Zealand)
6 Magnum (Sydney and Wollongong)
7 Umlaut (Sydney)
8 Duffmen (Sydney)

With the two Colony teams, Fyshwick United, I-Beam and Magnum qualifying for Nationals.

Women's Division:
1 Southside Penguins (Sydney)
2 Sand Dunes (Sydney)
3 Kaos (Perth)
4 Factory (Canberra)
5 Wildcard % (Sydney)
6 Wildcard * (Sydney)
7 Sugar Mags (Newcastle)
8 Black Betty (Brisbane)
9 Southside Swans (Sydney)

The two Wildcard teams are combining for Nationals, so all the eastern region teams qualified. Black Betty and Kaos qualified at their own qualification tournaments in their home regions.

Congratulations to Colony Plunder and the Southside Penguin for winning their divisions. Congratulations also to the NZ Keas and the Southside Swans for winning spirit in their divisions.

Thanks to Naomi, Craig, Andrew, Laura, Erik and Kate for their help during the weekend, and to Erin, Nat, Mica, Liz, Hebs and Amy for their work before the tournament to get everything running. Finally, thanks to the players who were able to help out during the weekend (especially the FU boys) and to Kaos, Black Betty and the Keas for heading along to the tournament and adding some quality competition.

The 12th and 13th of March sees another great tournament come to Canberra, the Brisbane-Canberra Invitational. This will bring the 8 best men's and 8 best women's teams to town for a quality hit out before nationals. The tournament will be hosted at Giralang fields and will be well worth a look. Both ACT teams look sharp this year so come down and support the local clubs.

New websites

Hi Ultimate Lovers,

The Canberra men and women's teams have created new websites. ANU Disc Enthusiasts also
have a new look on the web.

Check out the sites:
http://www.factoryultimate.com
http://www.fyshwickunited.com
http://www.anudiscenthusiasts.com

Factory and Fyshwick also have new discs with their logo on. Discs cost $15. Look out for a Factory or Fyshwick player at league if you would like to buy one. The Fyshwick home page has a picture of the disc design. They look great so get one fast before they go.

FU Regionals team

Fyshwick United has selected their team for regionals.
Make us proud boys. Regionals is here in Canberra so come
along on the 19/20 February to the University of Canberra
to support our local teams.

Congratulations to all those who made the team.

The team (in alphabetical order):

Adam
AJ
Asher
Brevin
Dan
Gareth
Ian
James Ley
James O'Reilly
Jonno
Konrad
Lancey
Matt
Mikey
Pete
Tom Walcott
Tom Watson
Waz

Jonno, Pete and AJ: FU selectors