The Australian Ultimate Championships are on this weekend in Adelaide. Canberra will be represented by two teams, Fyshwick United in the Open Division and the Factory Girls in the Women's Division. Both teams have been working hard in preparation for the big event and the four days from Saturday through to Tuesday are their chance to turn that hard work into eternal glory and acclaim.
If you're interested in how the tourney is going, keep an eye on www.afda.com for updates. Unfortunately we can't even keep this blog updated or relevant, so there's little chance of any specific updates from Canberra folk as such. We should, however, get a mention in the daily summaries that usually get put up.
Good luck to both teams from the Canberra Ultimate Blog: Play well and stay healthy. If you see any FU or FG players around (look for the trademark aweful orange shirts of FU or the sleek royal blue shirts of the FGs) pass on your best wishes and adulation and try to get them to play on your league team. After all, they're your representatives, surely you should get some value out of that...
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
ACT Ultimate Development
Hi All,
My name is AJ (Andrew Jackson) and I have been employed by the ACT Ultimate Association to promote and grow our great sport of Ultimate in the ACT. I have been talking to ACT teachers and am hoping to have an inter-school league running by the end of the year. I am also looking to run some training sessions for high school and college teachers. As well as training teachers I am hoping to go into colleges and do some coaching during PE lessons.
I will be looking for some suitable coaches (level 1 or experienced) to help go into schools. If you are interested please send me an email to andrew99dot46 at hotmaildotcom (replacing the 'at' and the 'dot' s) or come and say hello to me at league. I will be wearing a Discotheque shirt with AJ and 12 on the back.
If you are an ACT teacher and want to get your school involved please also send me an email or come and talk to me. The more support the better.
AJ
My name is AJ (Andrew Jackson) and I have been employed by the ACT Ultimate Association to promote and grow our great sport of Ultimate in the ACT. I have been talking to ACT teachers and am hoping to have an inter-school league running by the end of the year. I am also looking to run some training sessions for high school and college teachers. As well as training teachers I am hoping to go into colleges and do some coaching during PE lessons.
I will be looking for some suitable coaches (level 1 or experienced) to help go into schools. If you are interested please send me an email to andrew99dot46 at hotmaildotcom (replacing the 'at' and the 'dot' s) or come and say hello to me at league. I will be wearing a Discotheque shirt with AJ and 12 on the back.
If you are an ACT teacher and want to get your school involved please also send me an email or come and talk to me. The more support the better.
AJ
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Who's going to win Autumn League 2010?
Autumn league is coming fast and is looking like it will be one of the closest fought leagues in many years (at least the 2 years I've been playing for). I'm going to make some predictions (despite not playing the last 2 leagues!) which will probably be completely wrong. Hopefully everyone will have forgotten about them by the end of the league.
Firstly Div. 2: With 6 very even looking teams it is possibly going to come down to points differential and goals scored to differentiate the teams. These teams could finish in any order. My bet is
1) Discotheque (no bias here!)
2) Revelation (having a Dingo in Matt Dowle will make them dangerous on O and D)
3) Boffins (a consistently top 4 team)
4) Dam Beavers (another consistent top 4 team)
5) The Punters (darkhorse)
6) Devolutionaries (with no women registered so far they might struggle!)
Players to look out for: u19 rep Ben M-H (Discotheque), Matt Dowle (Revelation), Nat Blood (The Punters) and Liz de Hoog (Dam Beavers)
Now div. 3: With 15 teams choosing an order is going to be very hard so I am just going to choose a top 4.
1) Go Fetch (any team with a Kaboom player must be good)
2) Ugly Shorts (a strong experienced roster)
3) Dynoshite (former div. 2 team that will be tough to beat)
4) Spin Doctors (with 14 players they will outlast most teams)
Players to look out for: Hannah Angus (Ugly Shorts), Annette Zou (ANU), Mike McGee (Ugly Shorts) and Cam Wilson (ANU)
Now that I've given my expert (unbiased) opinion you can go down to the ACTTAB and make some informed bets ... Discotheque with a 4 point start!
Firstly Div. 2: With 6 very even looking teams it is possibly going to come down to points differential and goals scored to differentiate the teams. These teams could finish in any order. My bet is
1) Discotheque (no bias here!)
2) Revelation (having a Dingo in Matt Dowle will make them dangerous on O and D)
3) Boffins (a consistently top 4 team)
4) Dam Beavers (another consistent top 4 team)
5) The Punters (darkhorse)
6) Devolutionaries (with no women registered so far they might struggle!)
Players to look out for: u19 rep Ben M-H (Discotheque), Matt Dowle (Revelation), Nat Blood (The Punters) and Liz de Hoog (Dam Beavers)
Now div. 3: With 15 teams choosing an order is going to be very hard so I am just going to choose a top 4.
1) Go Fetch (any team with a Kaboom player must be good)
2) Ugly Shorts (a strong experienced roster)
3) Dynoshite (former div. 2 team that will be tough to beat)
4) Spin Doctors (with 14 players they will outlast most teams)
Players to look out for: Hannah Angus (Ugly Shorts), Annette Zou (ANU), Mike McGee (Ugly Shorts) and Cam Wilson (ANU)
Now that I've given my expert (unbiased) opinion you can go down to the ACTTAB and make some informed bets ... Discotheque with a 4 point start!
Monday, March 29, 2010
Autumn League
Autumn League is a seminal Canberra frisbee experience. No other city in Australia has a league quite like ours, which starts out with mild April nights and ends in June with crisp evenings, occaisional fog and, even more occaisionally, ice forming on discs left lying on the sidelines. Long time Canberra players will tell you of how the cold makes frisbees harder and makes throwing more precise. Other players will tell you about watching finals with mugs of hot soup. Some will point out that the heavy dews in the later weeks of the season make the fields perfect for laying out. I will tell you that the cold only makes it easier to run hard and that Autumn League in Canberra is a chance to genuinely enjoy weather that most people miss by hiding out inside. It's a beautiful time of year in the ACT, a great league and always heaps of fun.
If you're keen for some ultimate as it should be played get yourself registered on the AFDA website. You'll need an AFDA number (which you'll already have if you've been playing at other Australian events). The rego page is:
http://www.afda.com/rego/showdivision.php?divisionid=1370.
The league runs on Wednesday nights, starting on April the 7th and finishing on June the 2nd. It's at the Dickson Playing Fields on Antil Street. Division 3 starts at 6:40 and Division 2 starts at 8:00. If you're already on a team then sign up with your buddies, otherwise register in the "players with no team" section and the League Organisers (Anthony and Sonia) will sort you out.
Once again, unfortunately, there will be no division 1 because the local club team players are all totally snowed under with training for Nationals and the World Club Championships in Prague later this year. More on that in another post.
If you're keen for some ultimate as it should be played get yourself registered on the AFDA website. You'll need an AFDA number (which you'll already have if you've been playing at other Australian events). The rego page is:
http://www.afda.com/rego/showdivision.php?divisionid=1370.
The league runs on Wednesday nights, starting on April the 7th and finishing on June the 2nd. It's at the Dickson Playing Fields on Antil Street. Division 3 starts at 6:40 and Division 2 starts at 8:00. If you're already on a team then sign up with your buddies, otherwise register in the "players with no team" section and the League Organisers (Anthony and Sonia) will sort you out.
Once again, unfortunately, there will be no division 1 because the local club team players are all totally snowed under with training for Nationals and the World Club Championships in Prague later this year. More on that in another post.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Congratulations to our local Aussie reps
Hi All,
Two ACT players have been selected to represent Australia at Ultimate tournaments later this year.
Ben Matthews-Hunter will play for the under 19s Australian team at the World Junior Ultimate Championships in Heilbronn, Germany (in early August). Ben regularly plays for Discotheque in division 2 and has been training with Fyshwick United and Kaboom as well to get himself ready for the main event. We're all looking forward to seeing Ben duking it out with the best young players from around the world and wish him all the best for his preparation and tournament.
Andrew "AJ" Jackson has also been selected to play for Australia, and will play with the under 23s Australian team at the Under 23s World Championships in Florence, Italy in July. AJ's positive attitude and cheery tone have been a real hallmark of his time playing frisbee in Canberra and he'll be bringing that same enthusiasm to the field in the green and gold.
If you see AJ or Ben around the traps be sure to say hi and give them some poorly thought out technical or strategic advice. Both also accept donations.
Two ACT players have been selected to represent Australia at Ultimate tournaments later this year.
Ben Matthews-Hunter will play for the under 19s Australian team at the World Junior Ultimate Championships in Heilbronn, Germany (in early August). Ben regularly plays for Discotheque in division 2 and has been training with Fyshwick United and Kaboom as well to get himself ready for the main event. We're all looking forward to seeing Ben duking it out with the best young players from around the world and wish him all the best for his preparation and tournament.
Andrew "AJ" Jackson has also been selected to play for Australia, and will play with the under 23s Australian team at the Under 23s World Championships in Florence, Italy in July. AJ's positive attitude and cheery tone have been a real hallmark of his time playing frisbee in Canberra and he'll be bringing that same enthusiasm to the field in the green and gold.
If you see AJ or Ben around the traps be sure to say hi and give them some poorly thought out technical or strategic advice. Both also accept donations.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Spring League 2009, first details
Hi All
Spring League is scheduled to start on Tuesday 6th October at the Dickson Playing Fields. This season, the ACTUA Committee has agreed to try a series of changes to the format of how spring league is conducted. The background to this decision is that we have had to turn away teams in recent leagues due to a lack of space and the proposed changes will hopefully resolve that problem. The format for Spring League will be as follows:
Social Division 3
Division 3 will be at 6.30pm as per previous years. There will not be any significant change. Games will finish promptly at 7.40pm. Any Division 3 team that participated in Autumn League is welcome to apply to participate in the upcoming Division 3 league. New Division 3 teams are welcome to apply but will be subject to the approval of the LOG (League Organiser Guy / Gal).
Social Division 2
Division 2 will be at 7.50pm which is a significant change from previous years. Any Division 2 team that participated in Autumn League that wants to play in this league must register for the 7.50pm time slot. This will be strictly enforced and the rebadging of a team to circumvent the change in time slot will not be permitted (i.e. a team called the Apples with the majority of the players being from last seasons Bananas Team will not be allowed entry into Division 3).
Division 2 players who cannot play in the later time slot may register in Division 3 as individual players without a team and we will endeavour to find you a team to play on.
Division 1
There will be no Intermediate / Division 1 league this season due to reduced interest and other ultimate commitments. With a season off it will hopefully revitalise people's interests by summer.
League Organiser
As yet we do not have a league organiser. Without a league organiser there will be no league. If you are interested in being the LOG or being a LOG helper (i.e. someone who doesn't want to be the boss but is happy to help mark the fields or collect scores) can you please let me know. The LOG is gets paid a honorarium.
League Registration Site
Details of the registration site will be forwarded later this week.
Spring League is scheduled to start on Tuesday 6th October at the Dickson Playing Fields. This season, the ACTUA Committee has agreed to try a series of changes to the format of how spring league is conducted. The background to this decision is that we have had to turn away teams in recent leagues due to a lack of space and the proposed changes will hopefully resolve that problem. The format for Spring League will be as follows:
Social Division 3
Division 3 will be at 6.30pm as per previous years. There will not be any significant change. Games will finish promptly at 7.40pm. Any Division 3 team that participated in Autumn League is welcome to apply to participate in the upcoming Division 3 league. New Division 3 teams are welcome to apply but will be subject to the approval of the LOG (League Organiser Guy / Gal).
Social Division 2
Division 2 will be at 7.50pm which is a significant change from previous years. Any Division 2 team that participated in Autumn League that wants to play in this league must register for the 7.50pm time slot. This will be strictly enforced and the rebadging of a team to circumvent the change in time slot will not be permitted (i.e. a team called the Apples with the majority of the players being from last seasons Bananas Team will not be allowed entry into Division 3).
Division 2 players who cannot play in the later time slot may register in Division 3 as individual players without a team and we will endeavour to find you a team to play on.
Division 1
There will be no Intermediate / Division 1 league this season due to reduced interest and other ultimate commitments. With a season off it will hopefully revitalise people's interests by summer.
League Organiser
As yet we do not have a league organiser. Without a league organiser there will be no league. If you are interested in being the LOG or being a LOG helper (i.e. someone who doesn't want to be the boss but is happy to help mark the fields or collect scores) can you please let me know. The LOG is gets paid a honorarium.
League Registration Site
Details of the registration site will be forwarded later this week.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Kaboom teams announce for the NSW Qualification Tournament and Mixed Nationals
The teams for Wollongong and Hobart have been selected.
NSW mixed qualification tournament, 29-30th August, Wollongong.
Erin Wallis
Mica Hartley
Michelle Phillips
Larissa Arney
Heather Tolley
Lorna Barr
Carrie Flynn
Nat Cheong
Adam Mortimer
Tom Watson
Gareth Bayer
Pete Flynn
Max Wheeler
Asher Gentle
Warwick Shepherd
James Ley
Andrew Sutton
Myall Hingee
Non-player Coach: John Horan
Mixed Nationals, 10-12 October, Hobart
Mica Hartley
Michelle Phillips
Larissa Arney
Heather Tolley
Lorna Barr
Carrie Flynn
Jess Preston
Vickie Saye
Adam Mortimer
Andrew Jackson
Tom Watson
Gareth Bayer
Max Wheeler
Asher Gentle
Warwick Shepherd
James Ley
Myall Hingee
John Horan
Pete Hemphill
Thomas Walcott
The teams are fairly large. This is for three main reasons: 1) We want to test some methods of line-balance and 'time on field' management, 2) We want to assess a range of players in pressure games at tournaments. 3) These tournaments are not our end goal and are working towards ourgreater plan for Prague.
Thanks for everyone's continued efforts so far this season. Congratulations to those selected and if you missed out we encourage you to continue to come to training and improve your skills to take advantage of every future opportunity that Kaboom, Factory Girls and Fyshwick United will provide you.
If you have any questions for the selectors, please reply to this email and I'll pass those questions along.
NSW mixed qualification tournament, 29-30th August, Wollongong.
Erin Wallis
Mica Hartley
Michelle Phillips
Larissa Arney
Heather Tolley
Lorna Barr
Carrie Flynn
Nat Cheong
Adam Mortimer
Tom Watson
Gareth Bayer
Pete Flynn
Max Wheeler
Asher Gentle
Warwick Shepherd
James Ley
Andrew Sutton
Myall Hingee
Non-player Coach: John Horan
Mixed Nationals, 10-12 October, Hobart
Mica Hartley
Michelle Phillips
Larissa Arney
Heather Tolley
Lorna Barr
Carrie Flynn
Jess Preston
Vickie Saye
Adam Mortimer
Andrew Jackson
Tom Watson
Gareth Bayer
Max Wheeler
Asher Gentle
Warwick Shepherd
James Ley
Myall Hingee
John Horan
Pete Hemphill
Thomas Walcott
The teams are fairly large. This is for three main reasons: 1) We want to test some methods of line-balance and 'time on field' management, 2) We want to assess a range of players in pressure games at tournaments. 3) These tournaments are not our end goal and are working towards ourgreater plan for Prague.
Thanks for everyone's continued efforts so far this season. Congratulations to those selected and if you missed out we encourage you to continue to come to training and improve your skills to take advantage of every future opportunity that Kaboom, Factory Girls and Fyshwick United will provide you.
If you have any questions for the selectors, please reply to this email and I'll pass those questions along.
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