Thursday, December 30, 2010

Damn!! Let's play some pickup!!


I haven't played a game of ultimate for what seems like forever now. If the weather be fine on Sunday 2nd Jan, let's meet at Oakman after Australia get bowled out.. that's right, 4pm. We'll do some focused throwing before having some good old pick-up.

Love

Dan

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Merry Christmas Training

On behalf of the HUC Community I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. With that said, although work seems to slow down people seem to get more and more busy. They worry about Christmas presents, shopping, preparations, planning. When there is so much going on, Sunday afternoon seems like a great time to get things done, right? Wrong! Give yourself a Christmas present this Sunday by coming down to the last HUC training session of the year!

Get to Oakman Park at 3:15, a drill at 3:30 and an action packed hour long game at 4 to round out the session and the year. At this stage this is the last planned Heroes Training session of the year so get down and enjoy yourselves!

Friday, December 10, 2010

"Baby in the summer time, thats where I'll be"

With the shut down of league ultimate over the Christmas holidays many people are taking time off (yes yes FS & BB are training hard over the summer). But many people will know that possible changes are being suggested in realtion to the BUML.

Maybe this poll holds some sway? Its not up to us and of course we love the orgnaisers for putting the Monday night league on. But just some food for thought

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Catching Training Sunday

After rain spoilt the last couple of opportunities, this Sunday is shaping up to be a great chance to continue the planned training sessions.  This Sunday will focus on catching and developing some of the subtle aspects that contribute to good catching.

Naturally, followed by a game. Any questions/ suggestions, email me, Spaz, or Danny.

Monday, December 6, 2010

Awards Night Wrap Up


A few tales have surfaced post HUC Awards Night, some true, others not so. To prevent you from living in doubt and uncertainty any longer I present here an accurate account of the evenings proceedings:

The Agent Orange made an appearance, assassinating many (beers). Award winners such as Matt Boevink and Vanessa Brown who were not in attendance are presumed dead, perhaps falling in battle against the AO.

Glamour couple Panties and Sonter arrived fashionably late.

The Vego Force united against the forgetful League's Club, defeating them and procuring for themselves an extraordinary pasta dish.

DJ Rickybeatz danced himself into submission, but was able to party boy and thrust countless others before being escorted home.

Founding father and esteemed guest Huddy Fuller teleported himself back to his base in Van Diemen's Land at the night's end.

Party Liason Officer Chris Brown moved the after party to the within-walking-distance Regatta where he was denied the delicious James Squire amber ale on tap due to his own clumsiness of leaving his ID at home. Big Brother Sebastian smoothly attempted persuading the bouncer, but to no avail.

And despite convincing the bartender that I was a big winner, with Bevan's trophy in hand, she still made me pay for my drinks....



The real winners:


Agent Orange - Above and Beyond S2 2010
Vanessa Brown

Salvatore Colangelo ‘Cola’

Heroes Division 2 - Above and Beyond S2 2010
Laura Sonter

Bradley Dull

Discheads - Above and Beyond S2 2010
Matt Schultz

Katie Truss

Super Heroes - Above and Beyond S2 2010
Carl Behrendorff

Robyn Parkinson

Heroes BPL - Most Valuable Player S2 2010
Bevan Rudolph

Heroes BPL - Outstanding Rookie Award S2 2010
James Morrell

Wonder Women - Most Valuable Player S2 2010
Jo Ashdown

Wonder Women - Outstanding Rookie Award S2 2010
Sarah Thompson

Heroes Ultimate Club - Recruitment Awards 2010
Daniel Strelan - for his leadership of the club over many years and for his passion, which has either started or stoked the ultimate fire within so many Heroes players. His recent receival of AFDA recruiter of the year highlights the ability this man has to bring people into the club. His enthusiasm and efforts are nearly unmatched by anyone in the HUC.

Joshua Weier - for his creation of Discheads. At the time his leadership was an essential part of this team being formed which consisted of an almost entirely fresh roster and now boasts a healthy bench (maybe too healthy?). Josh put great effort into pre season training (season 1) to give these beginners a solid foundation on which to build, to the point where they convincingly took the BUML div2 flag after only 2 seasons together. Although Discheads weren't a part of Heroes during Josh's on field time, they certainly are now, and we owe their existence and much of their development to him.

Heroes Ultimate Club - Coaching Award 2010
Matt Boevink - for his tireless (and so far as the scoreboard goes mostly rewardless) efforts in coaching the Heroes BPL team through 2 seasons, as well as running several coaching sessions throughout the year for the benefit of the entire club. Many Heroes have learnt a lot from him this season.

Heroes Ultimate Club - Culture Award 2010
Carl Behrendorff - for his creation of the blog, as well as the countless hours put in to designing logos and creating posters for tournament prizes. The blog has been the central hub of Heroes communication. It has helped in shaping the culture of the club (history, awards, social) and gives us a presence in the wider ultimate community, with a regular readership coming from all over the world, primarily in Brisbane, but certainly not just limited to the HUC. Carl has conducted interviews and season reviews that are both entertaining and informative. It has been a major contributor to the health of the HUC.

Heroes Ultimate Club - Outstanding Male Award 2010
Adam Beu ‘Jangles’ - for his input to the Heroes BPL team, mostly on the field. He has been the only Firestorm player to come across from another team and help us. He has been enthusiastic about showing us the ropes and the level we need to play at, and has stuck with Heroes despite countless disappointing scores. He has been essential to the workings of the Heroes BPL side.

Heroes Ultimate Club - Outstanding Female Award 2010
Robyn Parkinson - for her creation of the Wonder Women team and encouragement of Heroes women to play in the WUFL. Her presence and voice has been the primary influence in many of our women making the jump from 'casual' to 'interested in more'. As captain of WW she also led these ladies to take the premiership in their first season.


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This year our little club has seen many highs and lows, and some people have found themselves caught up on results and performance from time to time. After conversation with The Vice it seems obvious however that the success and health of this club is dependent not on wins vs losses but rather on us being excellent to each other. Regardless of how well we do in tournaments to come, and whether the BPL team gets some wins or not, and even if we never make it to WUCC 2014, it will still be awesome being a part of this group.

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Training Update

Due to inclement (look it up if you don't know it, it's a fantastic word) weather, training this afternoon has been cancelled. With the state of the fields and a forecasted thunderstorm for this afternoon the decision has been taken out of our hands. Sorry for the inconvenience, however, we here at the stately HUC BOM look forward to your company in finer weather.

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Things Toohey's New will make you (forget to) say

In my concluding remarks at last night's awards spectacular, I wish I had said the following:

A thanks to all the outside people who have encouraged and showed their support to heroes players individually, and to the club as a whole. People who supported the BPL team despite opposition and those who came down on Sunday afternoons and coached us through various aspects of the game stand out to me the most. Your contribution has been very valuable.

And a huge thanks to Gavin Croft, who has put a huge amount of effort and passion into the club over the year, and in particular in recent months with the vote to become incorporated and everything that goes along with that. The way Gavin selflessly goes about the things that need to be done, the way he conducts himself on and off field and his enthusiasm for Ultimate and life in general makes him a great leader of the club. There is no doubt in my mind that he will continue to do a fantastic job in his position as President of HUC in 2011. Thanks Gav!

Friday, December 3, 2010

It's time for a celebration!

It's that time of year again, and for the first time the Heroes Ultimate Club are putting on a little celebration! Will this be the party of the year? Who knows... but what I do know is that the best parties are made by the people that attend them. Thankfully, we have 30 keen Heroes members descending on Wests Rugby ground this evening striving to make this the best HUC party ever!

How will the evening be structured? Will Laura S retain her duties and to an extent chair the evening? Will the HUC president address the masses and instill in everyone a sense of pride, belonging and outright enthusiasm to bring in the new year with? Will Carl ramble on seemingly endlessly, reminiscing about the one time he was able to play a game and not get injured, or perhaps the one time he was able to throw a huck assist without the disc curving away from the receiver (jk Carl ily)? Will Foxxy prove once and for all that Canadians are indeed the better drinkers? Will Chris' Party Liason Officer skills be put to the ultimate test and will he have the foresight to organise the kick on?

All of these questions and more will be answered tonight! Will you be there??? I... wouldn't want to miss it.