Broadside 2010 is this weekend, it's the first proper outdoor tournament I've done. I've done several indoor tournaments and a couple outdoor hat tournaments, but not a 'proper' outdoor tournament.
It should be pretty good I hope, we've found an ace venue, and have got some great teams coming along.
Local side, the Leamington Lemmings will be looking to make an impact on the tournament. I've got to plump for a Fire 2 and Tooting Tigers 1-2, but I'm still not sure in which order. Fire 2 have got some reinforcements in some EMO players not on the plane to Prague.
We'll be 'tweeting' the results, using #broadside2010 alternatively, these will auto update on the Broadside 2010 website: http://www.broadsidetournament.webs.com
Thursday 1 July 2010
Saturday 5 June 2010
LUCRE 2011
LUCRE 2011 will be held on Saturday 29th January at St Nicholas Park, Warwick
http://www.lucretournament.co.uk
http://www.lucretournament.co.uk
Friday 14 May 2010
MT3 Predictions
OK, here goes...
Mixed Tour 3, another chance for me to be wrong again, here are my predictions.
Biggest risers...
(1.) BAF, the host team will want to put right their MT2 result. (seeded 9th)
(2.) Flaming Galahs 1 will be looking to improve upon their seed. (seeded 18th)
(3.) Leamington Lemmings 2 will look to move up a few places towards their first team counterparts. (seeded 39th)
Other notable mentions to Ltd Release and Thundering Herd 2.
Biggest fallers...
(1.) South Coast Ultimate had some great results at MT2, might find it hard going at MT3. (seeded 14th)
(2.) Kent jumped up loads of seeds at MT2, will they be able to hold or improve at MT3? (seeded 11th)
(3.) Staffordshire Oatcakes also had a good MT2, will MT3 be as successful? (seeded 30th)
As ever, these are just total stabs in the dark!
What do YOU reckon?
This post was written whilst mostly listening to LCD Soundsystem.
Mixed Tour 3, another chance for me to be wrong again, here are my predictions.
Biggest risers...
(1.) BAF, the host team will want to put right their MT2 result. (seeded 9th)
(2.) Flaming Galahs 1 will be looking to improve upon their seed. (seeded 18th)
(3.) Leamington Lemmings 2 will look to move up a few places towards their first team counterparts. (seeded 39th)
Other notable mentions to Ltd Release and Thundering Herd 2.
Biggest fallers...
(1.) South Coast Ultimate had some great results at MT2, might find it hard going at MT3. (seeded 14th)
(2.) Kent jumped up loads of seeds at MT2, will they be able to hold or improve at MT3? (seeded 11th)
(3.) Staffordshire Oatcakes also had a good MT2, will MT3 be as successful? (seeded 30th)
As ever, these are just total stabs in the dark!
What do YOU reckon?
This post was written whilst mostly listening to LCD Soundsystem.
Friday 23 April 2010
MT2 - The Second Teams
Following my previous blog on second teams, I've taken a look at how they performed last weekend in Weymouth.
From the ten teams that entered second teams into MT1, all but three managed to field second teams into MT2 also. It was Sealand, Lemmings and High Altitude who just took a first team squad, perhaps Weymouth was just too far to travel for some people.
Congrats to Thundering Herd 2 for being the highest placed second team, closely followed by Bear Cavalry 2.
MT2 Finishing Positions:
(1.) Thundering Herd 2 - 19th
(2.) Bear Cavalry 2 - 23rd
(3.) Flump Fresh - 30th
(4.) Flaming Galahs 2 - 31st
(5.) ABH 2 - 32nd
(6.) Curve 2 - 34th
(7.) Guildford 2 - 37th
This makes the Second Team Table (after 2 events) look like this...
(1.) Thundering Herd 2 - 17 points
(2.) Bear Cavalry 2 - 15 points
(3.) Flump Fresh - 13 points
(4.) ABH 2 - 9 points
(5.) Flaming Galahs - 8 points
(6.) Principality of Sealand 2 - 7 points
(7.) Leamington Lemmings 2 - 5 points
(8.) Curve 2 - 4 points
(9.) High Altitude 2 - 3 points
(10.) Guildford Ultimate - 2 points
(points are assigned by number of second teams entered, plus one, minus finishing position within second teams).
I wonder if all ten clubs will get second teams into MT3 at Cheltenham. See you there.
This post was written whilst mostly listening to the John Butler Trio.
From the ten teams that entered second teams into MT1, all but three managed to field second teams into MT2 also. It was Sealand, Lemmings and High Altitude who just took a first team squad, perhaps Weymouth was just too far to travel for some people.
Congrats to Thundering Herd 2 for being the highest placed second team, closely followed by Bear Cavalry 2.
MT2 Finishing Positions:
(1.) Thundering Herd 2 - 19th
(2.) Bear Cavalry 2 - 23rd
(3.) Flump Fresh - 30th
(4.) Flaming Galahs 2 - 31st
(5.) ABH 2 - 32nd
(6.) Curve 2 - 34th
(7.) Guildford 2 - 37th
This makes the Second Team Table (after 2 events) look like this...
(1.) Thundering Herd 2 - 17 points
(2.) Bear Cavalry 2 - 15 points
(3.) Flump Fresh - 13 points
(4.) ABH 2 - 9 points
(5.) Flaming Galahs - 8 points
(6.) Principality of Sealand 2 - 7 points
(7.) Leamington Lemmings 2 - 5 points
(8.) Curve 2 - 4 points
(9.) High Altitude 2 - 3 points
(10.) Guildford Ultimate - 2 points
(points are assigned by number of second teams entered, plus one, minus finishing position within second teams).
I wonder if all ten clubs will get second teams into MT3 at Cheltenham. See you there.
This post was written whilst mostly listening to the John Butler Trio.
Tuesday 20 April 2010
TD 2 - Thrillson 0
Well, lets take a look at how my 'stab-in-the-dark' predictions worked out last weekend...
1.) Predicted Kent rising from 16th, finished 12th (gained 4 places).
2.) Predicted Gronical Dizziness rising from 8th, finished 9th (dropped 1 place).
3.) Predicted Shakedown rising from 26th, finished 27th (dropped 1 place).
4.) Predicted Sealand falling from 10th, finished 7th (gained 3 places).
5.) Predicted ABH falling from 18th, finished 24th (dropped 6 places).
6.) Predicted Cutty Sharks falling from 30th, finished 33rd (dropped 3 places).
I managed to pick out Kent on the up and ABH falling a bit along with Cutty Sharks, the other half of my predictions however were wrong (as usual!).
Oxford Mixed climbed up the most places (8), although I could (should?!) have predicted this, after a relatively poor MT1 which saw them slide 11 places down the rankings. Fully Charged fell down the rankings the most most places (8).
See you all in Cheltenham for MT3/Nationals.
This post was written whilst mostly listening to the new Paul Weller album.
1.) Predicted Kent rising from 16th, finished 12th (gained 4 places).
2.) Predicted Gronical Dizziness rising from 8th, finished 9th (dropped 1 place).
3.) Predicted Shakedown rising from 26th, finished 27th (dropped 1 place).
4.) Predicted Sealand falling from 10th, finished 7th (gained 3 places).
5.) Predicted ABH falling from 18th, finished 24th (dropped 6 places).
6.) Predicted Cutty Sharks falling from 30th, finished 33rd (dropped 3 places).
I managed to pick out Kent on the up and ABH falling a bit along with Cutty Sharks, the other half of my predictions however were wrong (as usual!).
Oxford Mixed climbed up the most places (8), although I could (should?!) have predicted this, after a relatively poor MT1 which saw them slide 11 places down the rankings. Fully Charged fell down the rankings the most most places (8).
See you all in Cheltenham for MT3/Nationals.
This post was written whilst mostly listening to the new Paul Weller album.
Thursday 15 April 2010
Mixed Tour Two
Due to phenomenal demand (ok, well one person) I've had another wild stab in the dark at whom may go up the seedings this weekend, and who may slip a place or two.
Moving on up...
Look for Kent to rise a place or two. At MT1 Lemmings knocked them out of the Top 16, but they finished the Sunday strongly to finish as high as they could in 17th.
Gronical Dizziness are the unknown factor this weekend, I understand that they're a dutch team and I'm guessing they're from Groningen. I reckon they'll be tough competition.
A third team I could see rising up a couple of places are Shakedown. The Mixed version of Shake N Bake will be looking to move up from their 26th seed.
Got that sinking feeling...
Judging by the number of emails and messages, it looks like Sealand are short of players for the long trek down to the South coast from Scotland, it's possible they'll drop a place or two.
More plea's for players from ABH, leads me to believe that their second team may slip a place or two from 28th seed.
After a good MT1, Cutty Sharks will be looking to build upon that success, but they've got a few strong teams on their heels, expect them to drop a seed.
As always, this is just for kicks/giggles, and as you'll have seen from my MT1 predictions, you'll probably do better if I pick you for the drop!
See you in Weymouth for some fish, chips and sandcastles.
This post was written whilst mostly listening to 6 Day Riot.
Moving on up...
Look for Kent to rise a place or two. At MT1 Lemmings knocked them out of the Top 16, but they finished the Sunday strongly to finish as high as they could in 17th.
Gronical Dizziness are the unknown factor this weekend, I understand that they're a dutch team and I'm guessing they're from Groningen. I reckon they'll be tough competition.
A third team I could see rising up a couple of places are Shakedown. The Mixed version of Shake N Bake will be looking to move up from their 26th seed.
Got that sinking feeling...
Judging by the number of emails and messages, it looks like Sealand are short of players for the long trek down to the South coast from Scotland, it's possible they'll drop a place or two.
More plea's for players from ABH, leads me to believe that their second team may slip a place or two from 28th seed.
After a good MT1, Cutty Sharks will be looking to build upon that success, but they've got a few strong teams on their heels, expect them to drop a seed.
As always, this is just for kicks/giggles, and as you'll have seen from my MT1 predictions, you'll probably do better if I pick you for the drop!
See you in Weymouth for some fish, chips and sandcastles.
This post was written whilst mostly listening to 6 Day Riot.
Wednesday 7 April 2010
Frijolemole
Frijolemole is the worlds greatest food.
This post was written whilst mostly eating Frijolemole.
This post was written whilst mostly eating Frijolemole.
Tuesday 6 April 2010
Mixed Tour One - Clash of the Second Teams
People rarely write about lower level Ultimate, take a look at the latest edition of Ultimatum; it's pretty much all A-Tour/International. What about the little guys, what about those on second teams?
Well, at MT1 (if you don't count the other Codhand team, were they meant to be evenly split?), the highest performing team was Thundering Herd 2, congratulations to them.
Second Teams Only at MT1, Cardiff 2010
(1.) Thundering Herd 2 - 25th
(2.) Bear Cavalry 2 - 26th
(3.) Flump Fresh - 30th
(4.) Sealand 2 - 31st
(5.) ABH 2 - 33rd
(6.) Leamington Lemmings 2 - 41st
(7.) Flaming Galahs 2 - 42nd
(8.) High Altitude 2 - 43rd
(9.) Curve 2 - 45th
(10.) Guildford Ultimate 2 - 46th
There are almost two clusters of second teams, one in the late 20's/early 30's and one in the early/mid 40th seeds. T'Herd 2 currently top the first of these pools, with Lemmings 2 topping the second of these pools at present. If I can be bothered, I'll continue to publish these mini-league tables throughout the Mixed Tour season.
ABH2 are the second team who finished closest to their first team at MT1, just 13 places behind them. High Altitude 2 finished the most places behind their first team, 29 places behind them.
This post was written whilst mostly listening to Elvis Costello.
Well, at MT1 (if you don't count the other Codhand team, were they meant to be evenly split?), the highest performing team was Thundering Herd 2, congratulations to them.
Second Teams Only at MT1, Cardiff 2010
(1.) Thundering Herd 2 - 25th
(2.) Bear Cavalry 2 - 26th
(3.) Flump Fresh - 30th
(4.) Sealand 2 - 31st
(5.) ABH 2 - 33rd
(6.) Leamington Lemmings 2 - 41st
(7.) Flaming Galahs 2 - 42nd
(8.) High Altitude 2 - 43rd
(9.) Curve 2 - 45th
(10.) Guildford Ultimate 2 - 46th
There are almost two clusters of second teams, one in the late 20's/early 30's and one in the early/mid 40th seeds. T'Herd 2 currently top the first of these pools, with Lemmings 2 topping the second of these pools at present. If I can be bothered, I'll continue to publish these mini-league tables throughout the Mixed Tour season.
ABH2 are the second team who finished closest to their first team at MT1, just 13 places behind them. High Altitude 2 finished the most places behind their first team, 29 places behind them.
This post was written whilst mostly listening to Elvis Costello.
Monday 29 March 2010
TD 1 - Thrillson 0
The MT1 results are out, congrats to Magic Toast on winning the event on their debut.
Without a seeding event, Mixed Tour One was always going to be hard to seed, and the TD has done a great job, much better than I would have. My predictions (read into that, wild guesses!) were pretty far out.
1.) Predicted Brighton Winners, finished 5th (4 places out).
2.) Predicted Steal rising from 36th, finished 38th (dropped 2 places)
3.) Predicted Flyght rising from 44th, finished 45th (dropped 1 place)
4.) Predicted Oxford rising from 27th, finished 35th (dropped 8 places)
5.). Predicted EMu falling from 9th, finished 20th/DNF (dropped 11 places due to dropping out)
6.) Predicted Fugazees falling from 30th, finished 24th (gained 6 places)
7.) Predicted Free Hugs falling from 46th, finished 48th (dropped 2 places)
So, we can conclude that I'm pretty much terrible at predicting results! Fair play to Fugazees for proving me wrong and getting a highly credible 24th place.
UPDATE:
The teams moving most seeds up were:
(=1) Leamington Lemmings 1 (up 9)
(=1) Bears Cavalry (up 9)
(=3) Magic Toast (up 6)
(=3) Fugazees (up 6)
(=3) Strange Blue (up 6)
The teams moving most seeds down were:
(1) Oxford Mixed (down 8)
(2) Meat Pie (down 7)
(=3) The Brown (down 6)
(=3) Jeremy Codhand 2 (down 6)
[NB: does not include EMu who didn't field a team]
This post was written whilst mostly listening to Mumford & Sons.
Without a seeding event, Mixed Tour One was always going to be hard to seed, and the TD has done a great job, much better than I would have. My predictions (read into that, wild guesses!) were pretty far out.
1.) Predicted Brighton Winners, finished 5th (4 places out).
2.) Predicted Steal rising from 36th, finished 38th (dropped 2 places)
3.) Predicted Flyght rising from 44th, finished 45th (dropped 1 place)
4.) Predicted Oxford rising from 27th, finished 35th (dropped 8 places)
5.). Predicted EMu falling from 9th, finished 20th/DNF (dropped 11 places due to dropping out)
6.) Predicted Fugazees falling from 30th, finished 24th (gained 6 places)
7.) Predicted Free Hugs falling from 46th, finished 48th (dropped 2 places)
So, we can conclude that I'm pretty much terrible at predicting results! Fair play to Fugazees for proving me wrong and getting a highly credible 24th place.
UPDATE:
The teams moving most seeds up were:
(=1) Leamington Lemmings 1 (up 9)
(=1) Bears Cavalry (up 9)
(=3) Magic Toast (up 6)
(=3) Fugazees (up 6)
(=3) Strange Blue (up 6)
The teams moving most seeds down were:
(1) Oxford Mixed (down 8)
(2) Meat Pie (down 7)
(=3) The Brown (down 6)
(=3) Jeremy Codhand 2 (down 6)
[NB: does not include EMu who didn't field a team]
This post was written whilst mostly listening to Mumford & Sons.
Wednesday 24 March 2010
Mixed Tour One
I'm looking forward to MT1 in Cardiff this weekend now.
Not only is it one of my favourite venues, but we're staying in a hotel this year, with a pool/spa/sauna etc.
Anyways, the schedule was released an hour ago, and there are quite a few teams this year. Looks like the TD's have done a good job with the seedings, and from what little I know, they look pretty good. Just for S&Giggles, I thought I'd take a stab at the biggest movers, groovers and losers (take no offence at my lame and most probably drastically inaccurate predictions!).
I know that Codhand have been on a massive recruitment drive in the off-season and have been training hard, but with their teams seeded at #1 and #3 it suggests they've split them evenly, rather than a firsts and seconds, will this give the others a sniff of the trophy? My prediction is yes, and a well trained Brighton team getting prepped for Worlds will take the title.
Rising up the ranks will be...
1.) Sheffield Steal - 36th looks quite low down for this generally good team
2.) Flyght Club - I know they've been training hard, see them gain several places from 44th
3.) Oxford Mixed - Will finish higher than their 27th seed
Falling a few places will be...
1.) EMu - a new exec drafted in this year, seeded 9th, will they be as good as EMu we saw at Euros?
2.) Fugazees - losing players to the new Golden Ants team, will they have the squad depth to keep 30th seed?
3.) Free Hugs - 46th (out of 48th) but will drop two places if they're unable to field a team (good luck with the last minute recruitment!).
UPDATE: Just had it pointed out to be that Strange Blue came 16th at the only MT they entered last year, and are seeded 31st this year, expect them to fly up the rankings also!
See you there!
This post was mostly written whilst listening to Paul Weller.
Not only is it one of my favourite venues, but we're staying in a hotel this year, with a pool/spa/sauna etc.
Anyways, the schedule was released an hour ago, and there are quite a few teams this year. Looks like the TD's have done a good job with the seedings, and from what little I know, they look pretty good. Just for S&Giggles, I thought I'd take a stab at the biggest movers, groovers and losers (take no offence at my lame and most probably drastically inaccurate predictions!).
I know that Codhand have been on a massive recruitment drive in the off-season and have been training hard, but with their teams seeded at #1 and #3 it suggests they've split them evenly, rather than a firsts and seconds, will this give the others a sniff of the trophy? My prediction is yes, and a well trained Brighton team getting prepped for Worlds will take the title.
Rising up the ranks will be...
1.) Sheffield Steal - 36th looks quite low down for this generally good team
2.) Flyght Club - I know they've been training hard, see them gain several places from 44th
3.) Oxford Mixed - Will finish higher than their 27th seed
Falling a few places will be...
1.) EMu - a new exec drafted in this year, seeded 9th, will they be as good as EMu we saw at Euros?
2.) Fugazees - losing players to the new Golden Ants team, will they have the squad depth to keep 30th seed?
3.) Free Hugs - 46th (out of 48th) but will drop two places if they're unable to field a team (good luck with the last minute recruitment!).
UPDATE: Just had it pointed out to be that Strange Blue came 16th at the only MT they entered last year, and are seeded 31st this year, expect them to fly up the rankings also!
See you there!
This post was mostly written whilst listening to Paul Weller.
Monday 8 March 2010
Luau 2010 Results
Just a quick update, full report to follow...
Saturday (Beginners, Womens & Juniors)
Luau Winners = uBu
Plate Winners = Haze 1
Highest Placed Womens Team = Big Girls
Spirit Winners = Demons
MVP of Final = Peter Langdon (uBu)
Sunday (Experienced & Open)
Luau Winners = Leamington Lemmings 1
Plate Winners = Leamington Lemmings 2
Spirit Winners = TBU1
MVP of Final = JR (Lemmings)
...lots of photos on http://www.facebook.com/thrillson
This post was mostly written whilst listening to nothing, as it was done uber quickly!
Saturday (Beginners, Womens & Juniors)
Luau Winners = uBu
Plate Winners = Haze 1
Highest Placed Womens Team = Big Girls
Spirit Winners = Demons
MVP of Final = Peter Langdon (uBu)
Sunday (Experienced & Open)
Luau Winners = Leamington Lemmings 1
Plate Winners = Leamington Lemmings 2
Spirit Winners = TBU1
MVP of Final = JR (Lemmings)
...lots of photos on http://www.facebook.com/thrillson
This post was mostly written whilst listening to nothing, as it was done uber quickly!
Friday 5 March 2010
A Busy Weekend
There are at least four tournaments this weekend throughout the UK, all indoors ones. I must confess I'm looking forward to getting outdoors with Mixed Tour 1 at the end of this month, but until then, I'll make the most of indoors.
The first tournament is the Lemmings Luau, first because it was entered onto the UK Ultimate calendar first. It two one-day tournaments held in Coventry hosted by James Selley of the Leamington Lemmings. The Sunday is for Open and Experienced players, and the Saturday is for Beginners, Women and Juniors.
Speaking of Juniors, its the National Junior Indoor Championships this weekend in Wolverhampton. TD's by Vaughan, it'll see the current crop of young frisbee players compete to be crowned National Champions.
Down in the Wezcountry is High Octane, it'll be held at the Riverside Leisure Centre in Exeter (that's where I learned to swim, damn straight). JB and Afro Peat are running the show with this one.
The other tournament this weekend is in a whole different country. Senseless '10 in Bangor gets props for the best tournament name (put the place name before the tournament name) . TD for this one is Paddy.
This post was written whilst mostly listening to The Flying Lizards (10p to the first person who guesses the track).
The first tournament is the Lemmings Luau, first because it was entered onto the UK Ultimate calendar first. It two one-day tournaments held in Coventry hosted by James Selley of the Leamington Lemmings. The Sunday is for Open and Experienced players, and the Saturday is for Beginners, Women and Juniors.
Speaking of Juniors, its the National Junior Indoor Championships this weekend in Wolverhampton. TD's by Vaughan, it'll see the current crop of young frisbee players compete to be crowned National Champions.
Down in the Wezcountry is High Octane, it'll be held at the Riverside Leisure Centre in Exeter (that's where I learned to swim, damn straight). JB and Afro Peat are running the show with this one.
The other tournament this weekend is in a whole different country. Senseless '10 in Bangor gets props for the best tournament name (put the place name before the tournament name) . TD for this one is Paddy.
This post was written whilst mostly listening to The Flying Lizards (10p to the first person who guesses the track).
Wednesday 3 March 2010
T2K
2,000 of you have checked out this page, which I'm pretty surprised by! 
I just started it up sometime ago just to pass the time, and was partly inspired by Greenie's blog.
It would be great to have a bit more feedback though and/or comments, so leave some.
Also, if you want anything covered, or whatever, then let me know.
Cheers, Thrillson
lucasthrillson at gmail daaaaaaaht com
I just started it up sometime ago just to pass the time, and was partly inspired by Greenie's blog.
It would be great to have a bit more feedback though and/or comments, so leave some.
Also, if you want anything covered, or whatever, then let me know.
Cheers, Thrillson
lucasthrillson at gmail daaaaaaaht com
Monday 1 March 2010
Lemmings Luau - This Weekend
The third Lemmings Luau, hosted by the Leamington Lemmings, is occurring this weekend in Coventry.
The tournament with it's unique format is two one-day tournaments, it has Womens, Beginners and Junior teams competing on the Saturday, with experienced Open teams playing on the Sunday.
Unfortunately they decided to host UKUA Under 20's this weekend too, so there hasn't been a great uptake by Juniors. There has however been great interested from Women's teams, and we've seen more entrants from ladies than any Luau to date. The Sunday has also proven to be very popular. In fact all of the 32 places (16 per day) were filled up in record time.
It seems that there really is a place for one-day tournaments in the UK Calendar.
What do you think about one day tournaments, do you like still having another day free on the weekend to see your nearest and dearest, or do you prefer two days of Ultimate and a big party, or are you not bothered about the party and enjoy playing the sunday without a hangover?
The tournament with it's unique format is two one-day tournaments, it has Womens, Beginners and Junior teams competing on the Saturday, with experienced Open teams playing on the Sunday.
Unfortunately they decided to host UKUA Under 20's this weekend too, so there hasn't been a great uptake by Juniors. There has however been great interested from Women's teams, and we've seen more entrants from ladies than any Luau to date. The Sunday has also proven to be very popular. In fact all of the 32 places (16 per day) were filled up in record time.
It seems that there really is a place for one-day tournaments in the UK Calendar.
What do you think about one day tournaments, do you like still having another day free on the weekend to see your nearest and dearest, or do you prefer two days of Ultimate and a big party, or are you not bothered about the party and enjoy playing the sunday without a hangover?
Friday 26 February 2010
Quality or Proximity?
Just had a discussion with a friend about tournament venues.
I made a blog entry sometime ago where I explained that I thought that 'Nationals' should be held somewhere central, in order to be easily accessible to the majority of teams.
The counter argument is that for Nationals the very best facilities should be used, regardless of their proximity.
This year saw Club Open Indoors Nationals and Uni Mixed Indoor Nationals both held in Glasgow, because it's got a really good hall apparently*. The UKUA Nationals (Outdoors) will be held in Southampton, home of EUC 2007, which apparently are also a great facility.
Both of these venues are not central in their location in the slightest, but offer a high standard of facility. There are perfectly good facilities in the Midlands however. Wolverhampton and Coventry have both got good indoor facilities. Birmingham is one of my favourite outdoor venues.
Therefore, should we go for high quality venues at the expense of proximity, or should proximity be the main driver for 'Nationals'?
*I've not been there, just feedback I've heard.
This post was written whilst mostly listening to Marina and the Diamonds.
I made a blog entry sometime ago where I explained that I thought that 'Nationals' should be held somewhere central, in order to be easily accessible to the majority of teams.
The counter argument is that for Nationals the very best facilities should be used, regardless of their proximity.
This year saw Club Open Indoors Nationals and Uni Mixed Indoor Nationals both held in Glasgow, because it's got a really good hall apparently*. The UKUA Nationals (Outdoors) will be held in Southampton, home of EUC 2007, which apparently are also a great facility.
Both of these venues are not central in their location in the slightest, but offer a high standard of facility. There are perfectly good facilities in the Midlands however. Wolverhampton and Coventry have both got good indoor facilities. Birmingham is one of my favourite outdoor venues.
Therefore, should we go for high quality venues at the expense of proximity, or should proximity be the main driver for 'Nationals'?
*I've not been there, just feedback I've heard.
This post was written whilst mostly listening to Marina and the Diamonds.
Monday 22 February 2010
CMIN 2010
Club Mixed Indoor Nationals was this weekend, held in Coventry.
As predicted Brixton were pushed out of the top four, but not by Kent, Brown or Cowboys, it was Flump and Babushka (DUF) who outperformed their seedings.
Congrats to Discmen, who beat Bears Cavalry in a great final. Also congrats to Bears Cavalry who won Spirit of the Game, which goes to show you can play highly competitive ultimate in a spirited fashion.
Full Results (SOTG Scores)...
1. Discmen Ultrastars (12.5)
2. Bear Cavalry (15) - SOTG winners
3. Flump (13.9)
4. The Babushka Lady's Babies (14.9)
5. Fire and Ice (13.4)
6. The Brown (12.1)
7. Mythago (13.8)
8. Steal (14)
9. Cowboys (13.6)
10. Brixton Angels (14.4)
11. Black Magic (8.6)
12. Kent (14)
13. BearsReloaded (13.7)
14. Lemmings (13.5)
15. Trigger Happy (12.3)
16. Cutty Sharks (13.5)
17. Fugazees (14.1)
18. Bear Minimum (14.1)
19. Discmen Daredevils (11.6)
20. Strange Blue (12.7)
As predicted Brixton were pushed out of the top four, but not by Kent, Brown or Cowboys, it was Flump and Babushka (DUF) who outperformed their seedings.
Congrats to Discmen, who beat Bears Cavalry in a great final. Also congrats to Bears Cavalry who won Spirit of the Game, which goes to show you can play highly competitive ultimate in a spirited fashion.
Full Results (SOTG Scores)...
1. Discmen Ultrastars (12.5)
2. Bear Cavalry (15) - SOTG winners
3. Flump (13.9)
4. The Babushka Lady's Babies (14.9)
5. Fire and Ice (13.4)
6. The Brown (12.1)
7. Mythago (13.8)
8. Steal (14)
9. Cowboys (13.6)
10. Brixton Angels (14.4)
11. Black Magic (8.6)
12. Kent (14)
13. BearsReloaded (13.7)
14. Lemmings (13.5)
15. Trigger Happy (12.3)
16. Cutty Sharks (13.5)
17. Fugazees (14.1)
18. Bear Minimum (14.1)
19. Discmen Daredevils (11.6)
20. Strange Blue (12.7)
Thursday 18 February 2010
Club Mixed Indoor Nationals
This weekend sees CMIN held in Coventry.
According to seedings, the favourites are Discmen, Fire & Ice, Bear Cavalry and Brixton Angels. I wouldn't be surprised to see Kent, Brown or Cowboys force themselves into the top four, possibly at the expense of Brixton.
I appreciate that seedings are tricky for one off tournaments, particularly mixed indoor ones. Depending on who turns up for their respective teams, expect Strange Blue, Mythago and Leamington Lemmings to shoot up the seedings.
See y'all there!
This post was mostly written whilst listening to Elliott Smith
According to seedings, the favourites are Discmen, Fire & Ice, Bear Cavalry and Brixton Angels. I wouldn't be surprised to see Kent, Brown or Cowboys force themselves into the top four, possibly at the expense of Brixton.
I appreciate that seedings are tricky for one off tournaments, particularly mixed indoor ones. Depending on who turns up for their respective teams, expect Strange Blue, Mythago and Leamington Lemmings to shoot up the seedings.
See y'all there!
This post was mostly written whilst listening to Elliott Smith
Friday 12 February 2010
Barr Crawl...
Well, t'other weekend was Great Barr Crawl in Birmingham.
As always, was a fun tournament, and as always my predictions were wrong.
Dog Eat Disc, which seemed to be made up largely of Team Shark players won the tournament, from their seeding of 29th (or similar!). They beat Bears Cavalry in a hotly contested final. Less hotly contested was the 3 Vs 4, seeing local side Leamington Lemmings beat Leroy the Mexican Turbo Snail. Spirit was won jointly by Hot Snatch and Ovathrow (a team of ARUP engineers).
Looks like uBu2 won the plate (in 13th position), with other notable performances from Arctic 1* (finishing 7th) and Lady Lemmings (managing to compete well in an otherwise 'Open' tournament).
Here's looking forward to Club Mixed Indoor Nationals next weekend in Coventry.
Lemmings 1, 2 & Lady Lemmings @ GBC
* Why do people in the Ultimate world find it so hard to spell Arctic?
This post was mostly written whilst listening to Mumford & Sons.
Monday 25 January 2010
LUCRE 2010 Results
The second ever LUCRE (Lemmings Ultimate & Cancer REsearch) fundraiser tournament was held this weekend.
Eight teams from across the region travelled to Warwick to raise money for Cancer Research UK.
A massive thanks to all of the kind sponsors who donated gifts to the LUCRE, including Quarry Park Disc Golf, Lookfly, BlockStack, RadSheep, VC, Five, Catch the Spirit, PushPass, Zone, Nicola Green, Inferno Tournaments and DJ Tees. Plus thanks to Duffa for running a fantasy frisbee fundraiser too.
A massive £670 was raised for Cancer Research UK, well done to all involved.
The Legendary Leamington Lemmings LUCRE Limn Lion Award (yes, I like alliteration) was won by Chris Batey of uBu (I'll get a link to his drawing up soon).
The spirit prize was won by host club, the Leamington Lemmings.
The plate final saw young side Ex-Uriel (whom were mostly actually Ocelots) beat uBu. The final was contested between the Leamington Lemurs and Duffa. The Manchester team were a point up with thirty seconds remaining, but Lemurs pulled it back in time, forcing the game into sudden-death. An epic point followed, finally being won by the Leamington side to win the LUCRE 2010 Trophy.
Final Standings:
1st - Leamington Lemurs (Winners)
2nd - Duffa
3rd - Leamington Lemmings (Spirit)
4th - Evolution
5th - Ex-Uriel (Plate)
6th - uBu
7th - Aston Hornets
8th - Bear Force One
This page was mostly written whilst thinking about updating the LUCRE website
Eight teams from across the region travelled to Warwick to raise money for Cancer Research UK.
A massive thanks to all of the kind sponsors who donated gifts to the LUCRE, including Quarry Park Disc Golf, Lookfly, BlockStack, RadSheep, VC, Five, Catch the Spirit, PushPass, Zone, Nicola Green, Inferno Tournaments and DJ Tees. Plus thanks to Duffa for running a fantasy frisbee fundraiser too.
A massive £670 was raised for Cancer Research UK, well done to all involved.
The Legendary Leamington Lemmings LUCRE Limn Lion Award (yes, I like alliteration) was won by Chris Batey of uBu (I'll get a link to his drawing up soon).
The spirit prize was won by host club, the Leamington Lemmings.
The plate final saw young side Ex-Uriel (whom were mostly actually Ocelots) beat uBu. The final was contested between the Leamington Lemurs and Duffa. The Manchester team were a point up with thirty seconds remaining, but Lemurs pulled it back in time, forcing the game into sudden-death. An epic point followed, finally being won by the Leamington side to win the LUCRE 2010 Trophy.
Final Standings:
1st - Leamington Lemurs (Winners)
2nd - Duffa
3rd - Leamington Lemmings (Spirit)
4th - Evolution
5th - Ex-Uriel (Plate)
6th - uBu
7th - Aston Hornets
8th - Bear Force One
This page was mostly written whilst thinking about updating the LUCRE website
Wrong Again
So my prediction for the LUCRE Winners was (kinda) wrong too.
Leamington Lemurs (the other Leamington Lemmings team) won the Tournament, beating the Lemmings in the semi-final. Duffa were the other finalists, whom Lemurs beat in sudden-death.
My other tips, saw Ex-Uriel win the plate, uBu were sixth and Bears eight (in the eight team tournament).
Moral of the story, I probably shouldn't do the seedings at any future tournament.
This post was written whilst mostly listening to Marina and the Diamonds.
Leamington Lemurs (the other Leamington Lemmings team) won the Tournament, beating the Lemmings in the semi-final. Duffa were the other finalists, whom Lemurs beat in sudden-death.
My other tips, saw Ex-Uriel win the plate, uBu were sixth and Bears eight (in the eight team tournament).
Moral of the story, I probably shouldn't do the seedings at any future tournament.
This post was written whilst mostly listening to Marina and the Diamonds.
Friday 22 January 2010
Unofficial UK Ultimate Calendar
I had JB asking me about upcoming tournaments, so I showed him my Google Calendar, and there was loads of tournaments he wasn't aware of, they're not on the UKUA Calendar either. So, I decided to embed the calendar in this blog below.
I wouldn't trust these dates 100%, but they're what I'm using to plan with.
If you've got a tournament you'd like added, or one amended, then let me know the details.
Oh, it'd be ace if everyone could keep the proper UKUA one up to date.
This post was written whilst mostly listening to Plan B
I wouldn't trust these dates 100%, but they're what I'm using to plan with.
If you've got a tournament you'd like added, or one amended, then let me know the details.
Oh, it'd be ace if everyone could keep the proper UKUA one up to date.
This post was written whilst mostly listening to Plan B
Monday 18 January 2010
First Prediction - Wrong
WIndoors was this weekend, I had predicted Bears 1 would win, in fact they were beaten in the final by Vice (in sudden death I think), well done to them. Joke Paws weren't fourth in the end, they were seventh, but picked up the spirit prize. Brixton Angels won the Plate and Leamington Lemmings won the spoon.
Surprise of the tournament was local school side Evolution, finishing high up in thirteenth place. Reckon they stand a great chance at winning LUCRE if they play as well as they did at WIndoors.
This post was written whilst mostly listening to TTT&C Covers.
Surprise of the tournament was local school side Evolution, finishing high up in thirteenth place. Reckon they stand a great chance at winning LUCRE if they play as well as they did at WIndoors.
This post was written whilst mostly listening to TTT&C Covers.
Friday 15 January 2010
January Tournaments
WIndoors or Warwick Indoors is this weekend, it's where all of the Ultimate playing graduates of Warwick University reunite and play some indoors. In addition to all of the old Bears players they also invite along a couple of local teams to make up the numbers. For the first time in years, the Mexican Horse Bandits haven't entered, I think they have won it pretty much every year for the past every years! Bears 1 are looking pretty strong this year, and I'd be surprised if they didn't win it on their home turf. Expect Joke Paws to finish fourth, standard.
Next weekend is LUCRE or Lemmings Ultimate and Cancer REsearch (what is it with all these acronyms?!). That's held in Warwick, unlike Warwick Indoors, which is held in Coventry. Current Champions the Leamington Lemmings will have to be on top form to retain their crown. I think that nearby team uBu from Birmingham University have a great outside chance to win this one, although there will be stiff competition from (ex)Uriel and a young Bears team.
Great Barr Crawl is at the end of January, hosted in Birmingham (it's a busy month for Ultimate in the Midlands!). Bear Cavalry will fancy their chances of last years success and retaining their title, however, they'll have to watch out for Leroy the Mexican Turbo Snail, Arctic 1 and Stourbridge, who will all fancy their chances.
Keep up to date with Ultimate in the Midlands at THIS facebook group.
This post was mostly written whilst eating salted pretzels.
Next weekend is LUCRE or Lemmings Ultimate and Cancer REsearch (what is it with all these acronyms?!). That's held in Warwick, unlike Warwick Indoors, which is held in Coventry. Current Champions the Leamington Lemmings will have to be on top form to retain their crown. I think that nearby team uBu from Birmingham University have a great outside chance to win this one, although there will be stiff competition from (ex)Uriel and a young Bears team.
Great Barr Crawl is at the end of January, hosted in Birmingham (it's a busy month for Ultimate in the Midlands!). Bear Cavalry will fancy their chances of last years success and retaining their title, however, they'll have to watch out for Leroy the Mexican Turbo Snail, Arctic 1 and Stourbridge, who will all fancy their chances.
Keep up to date with Ultimate in the Midlands at THIS facebook group.
This post was mostly written whilst eating salted pretzels.
Thursday 7 January 2010
MWL3 Cancelled
Midlands Winter League 3 is cancelled due to frozen ground.
Good, I bloomin' hate WL, playing in the cold and sleet.
Instead I shall be mostly warming myself and relaxing.
This post was mostly written whilst listening to the Paolo Nutini album, which is surprisingly OK.
Good, I bloomin' hate WL, playing in the cold and sleet.
Instead I shall be mostly warming myself and relaxing.
This post was mostly written whilst listening to the Paolo Nutini album, which is surprisingly OK.
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