The ACT's competitive women's ultimate club "The Factory Girls" is gearing
up for the 2009 season. The positive frisbee energy amongst the ladies out
there will be a huge boost to the club this year.
Larissa, Heather H. and I are taking on the leadership of the club this
season and we are happy to welcome John Horan as our coach. The vision for
this campaign is to build a strong women's club for Canberra which has a
positive attitude and technical skills to match. So, "WE WANT YOU!!". We want
every enthusiastic woman interested in competitive ultimate --
regardless ofskill level -- to
come out and be part of the club. Together we will improve our skills and
enhance our enjoyment of the game!
*Tournaments!*
In line with our club development goals, all Factory Girls will have the
opportunity to compete in up to four tournaments including New Zealand
Nationals. With a view to improving the strength of the club, the end goal
for the season is to send a competitive team to Australian Nationals. Hence,
there will be selections to form the strongest possible squad for Nats.
*We've got style.*
In terms of playing style, we want to keep our structure simple and focus on
playing through the whole team, running hard and moving the disk quickly.
For those of you that came to Kaboom training this probably sounds familiar.
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I'm sold. What's next?
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* Join the Factory Girls mailing list! Just send an email to larissa dot arney at gmail dot com and Riss will hook you up. Spread the word and rally the girls; get them on the
list!
Come to trainings. They will be run by John on *Monday *nights. Cleats on
for *6:30 pm**.*
Our first session is *Monday *the* 17th *of* November *at* 6:30pm. *Stay
tuned:* location to be announced*.
While Riss, Heather and I have put our hands up for the leadership group,
there's plenty of opportunity for everyone to be involved. If you have ideas
or suggestions, please feel free to send them through.
Let's aim high & have a fantastic season!
Jess, on behalf of Heather, Larissa and Jess.
Showing posts with label Nationals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nationals. Show all posts
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
More worlds stuff
Hi again,
OK, so in response to popular demand (that is, a few people at the Dev Clinic last night) I've got more details on worlds stuff AND added a neat new labels bar on the side. Go ahead, try it out - you won't be disappointed (well actually you might, since there's nothing particularly new or exciting about the posts to which those labels refer).
Anyway, the World Ultimate and Guts Championships website www.wugc2008.com not only has a bunch of useless information for players, it also has nifty stuff for spectators too, follow the "scheduals" link to see when games will be played, live updates of scores (which is exciting, but all the action happens in the wee hours of the morning) and details about the standings in each division and individual player's goals and assists. I see that local heart-throb Max Wheeler not only looks good, but also has a whopping 8 assists (that's throwing a goal for the uninitiated). Go Max.
The other place to keep an eye on in the UltiVillage website. UltiVillage have been around for a few years now filming frisbee stuff. Their footage is usually OK, but it is sometimes a little close to the action for nerds like me. Anyway, they've got some clips up and apparently they'll be LIVE STREAMING the finals or something equally technological. I am not up to speed with any of this because I have dial-up. Yes, dear readers, I am one of those people who contribute to Australia's embarrassing broadband uptake statistics. Blame TransACT, and Pookie, who have combined to bring about this sorry state of affairs. Anyway, have a look at http://www.ultivillage.com/ for more details and don't even think about telling me all about the latest clip of Jonno Holmes leaping 92 feet in the air and catching the disc with his nostrils and throwing 6 thumb hammers for goals all on different fields before he even reaches the ground only to have them all called back for travels because he hasn't established a pivot foot which he doesn't need to do anyway.
Also, for those Dev Clinic faithfuls who want to see that Wide World of Sports footage it's up on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5A8tj7F5hc. Since some of the authors here are in that footage we set our internet connection aside for a whole day to watch it. Twatson is the dude in orange who headspikes the disc. A Plus!
OK, so in response to popular demand (that is, a few people at the Dev Clinic last night) I've got more details on worlds stuff AND added a neat new labels bar on the side. Go ahead, try it out - you won't be disappointed (well actually you might, since there's nothing particularly new or exciting about the posts to which those labels refer).
Anyway, the World Ultimate and Guts Championships website www.wugc2008.com not only has a bunch of useless information for players, it also has nifty stuff for spectators too, follow the "scheduals" link to see when games will be played, live updates of scores (which is exciting, but all the action happens in the wee hours of the morning) and details about the standings in each division and individual player's goals and assists. I see that local heart-throb Max Wheeler not only looks good, but also has a whopping 8 assists (that's throwing a goal for the uninitiated). Go Max.
The other place to keep an eye on in the UltiVillage website. UltiVillage have been around for a few years now filming frisbee stuff. Their footage is usually OK, but it is sometimes a little close to the action for nerds like me. Anyway, they've got some clips up and apparently they'll be LIVE STREAMING the finals or something equally technological. I am not up to speed with any of this because I have dial-up. Yes, dear readers, I am one of those people who contribute to Australia's embarrassing broadband uptake statistics. Blame TransACT, and Pookie, who have combined to bring about this sorry state of affairs. Anyway, have a look at http://www.ultivillage.com/ for more details and don't even think about telling me all about the latest clip of Jonno Holmes leaping 92 feet in the air and catching the disc with his nostrils and throwing 6 thumb hammers for goals all on different fields before he even reaches the ground only to have them all called back for travels because he hasn't established a pivot foot which he doesn't need to do anyway.
Also, for those Dev Clinic faithfuls who want to see that Wide World of Sports footage it's up on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5A8tj7F5hc. Since some of the authors here are in that footage we set our internet connection aside for a whole day to watch it. Twatson is the dude in orange who headspikes the disc. A Plus!
Sunday, May 11, 2008
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.
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.
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