The Brisbane Canberra Invitational, Australia's premier (only?) invitational tournament, is on at the Giralang playing fields this weekend.
The open division features Colony Plunder and Colony Pillage from Sydney, defending national champions I-Beam from Newcastle, Firestorm from Brisbane, Chilly and Heads of State from Melbourne, Gammin from Perth and Fyshwick United from Canberra
The women's division has Southside, Wildcard and Sand Dunes from Sydney, Black Betty from Brisbane, Sugar Mags from Newcastle, defending national champions Sporting Team Box Athletico United and Honey from Melbourne and Factory from Canberra.
Now that we're getting towards the business end of the season, the BCI looks set to showcase some high quality ultimate and should be a great preview of the national championships in Bribane at the start of April. Come along and see Australian ultimate at its best and support the local teams.
The tournament director, Leon Smith, is still looking for volunteers. If you're able to help out on the weekend contact me at who dot is dot the dot schmooze at gmail dot com and I'll put you in touch with him. Volunteering is a great way to support the frisbee community and see the world of frisbee beyond weekly league games.
As an aside, where's Karma? I'm not sure how these things work but I would have thought their 5th place finish at Nationals last year would have secured them an invite. Are invitations just based on Regionals?
Monday, March 7, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
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.
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.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
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.
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.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
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
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
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Summer League
It seems summer league is going to be held at Kaleen playing fields (Diamatina st).
League will be on Wednesday nights and run for 6 weeks from the 2 Feb-9 Mar.
Registration is $200 per team or $20 per individual.
Login and sign-up here:
http://www.afda.com/rego/showcompetition.php?competitionid=964
League will be on Wednesday nights and run for 6 weeks from the 2 Feb-9 Mar.
Registration is $200 per team or $20 per individual.
Login and sign-up here:
http://www.afda.com/rego/showcompetition.php?competitionid=964
Monday, January 10, 2011
Eastern Regionals is on in Canberra
That's right! The ACT will host regionals at the University of Canberra fields on the 19th and 20th of February. The rego page will be up an the AFDA website shortly and details for the weekend should be out soon.
Congratulations to Factory for putting together a winning bid for the tournament. If you're interested in helping out contact easternregionalsact at gmail dot com.
Stay tuned for more details. It looks like there are going to be heaps of tournaments in the ACT this year, we've also got the Brisbane Canberra Invititional in March and apparently Eastern University Games (which I think is in July).
Congratulations to Factory for putting together a winning bid for the tournament. If you're interested in helping out contact easternregionalsact at gmail dot com.
Stay tuned for more details. It looks like there are going to be heaps of tournaments in the ACT this year, we've also got the Brisbane Canberra Invititional in March and apparently Eastern University Games (which I think is in July).
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
What's going on with league?
I've got no idea.
We're still waiting on word from the powers that be about how we're going to deal with the closure of our beloved Dickson playing fields. Our league is once again SO HUGE that it won't fit anywhere else.
Once details emerge I'll get them posted up here.
We're still waiting on word from the powers that be about how we're going to deal with the closure of our beloved Dickson playing fields. Our league is once again SO HUGE that it won't fit anywhere else.
Once details emerge I'll get them posted up here.
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