Oh yeah!! I played some beach ultimate on the weekend and it was so sweet!
Sunday, 30th Jan, training will resume at 3:30pm. Venue is TBA, as Firestorm may have an engagement at Oakman.
Sunday, Feb 6 & 13 will be training for selection for BPL Heroes, details coming soon.
Summary of Beach Ultimate:
A team of Heroes who had mostly never played ultimate on the beach were pooled up against some very strong competition, BUD - the kids from Byron who were mostly conceived on the beach, and Venturing North, a bunch of Dirty Mexicans (Southerners) who had travelled to the GC with the intention of being selected for Worlds 2011 in Italy.
Running on the beach was hard, and at first it seemed like a daft idea. Hitting the deck seemed to be the only kindness. Hucking was largely futile, and required extra preciscion to float the disc on the wind. Anything with too much zing would sail off into the distance.
We went down in competitive fashion to BUD in the first match, before being slaughtered by Venturing North, only just managing to keep the budgey smugglers and bikinis on (we scored 1 point). VN could run on the beach, and so they got away from us.
After our first 2 games, we had about 3 hours break. We came out refreshed and with extra Rudolph, of the Bevan Stuart variety, and really stuck it to Undulate. I believe we were up 4-0, with a lot of fast passing and give go. Notty didn't like being down, so they put a zone on us and clawed their way back, taking the half, and eventually the game. I remember lying in the sand at the end of the game, feeling my heart pounding way too fast, and then realising we had another game.
The final game was fittingly played against Rhubarb Scoundrels, the team that Steph had put together, a mix of Heroes and French Speakers. It was a lot of fun to play against the likes of Cola, Starkey, Baker and Steph (did I miss any Heroes?), and to beat them by 2 points ;). I remember some amazing layout D's from Bev and James (with good marker pressure from Yours Truly). I can remember great moments from everyone.
Chantelle - great overhead grabs
Brianna - great low one-hand saves
Sebastian - beautiful saliing puts
James - laying out for everything, especially that last paddlin'
Jo - excellent cutting and high grabs
Sophie - best pickup, but mostly for solid, aggressive handling
Izzie - great cuts all day
Dan - handler cuts and hand block
Adelia - knee layouts!
Trevor - brief pickup, strong handling
Sean - calm handling and big D's
Bevan - playing extra hard on D, especially on Cola, and hucking
if I missed anyone, it's me not you.
Go Ultimate!
nice write up dan I was just thinking to do the same thing. Was a lot of fun at the beach, another great tournament run by Nat. I really love the 3 pools of 3 teams set-up, allowed for 3 of our 4 games being quite competitive and very enjoyable!
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