Heroes Victorious Over Dojo

The men in green gave the kenshi a schooling last night, forcing the old fuddy duddies at Dojo to set up the porta-field, for the first time in BPL history. The move came at 7:30, when Jangles taunted "Are you guys going to set up the field?".

Sensei or Coops... I dunno, they all look the same to me (except Daz), retorted "We're just gonna set up cones, do you mind?"

I could see this coming, and contributed from downfield "Yeah, we do mind!" - it is doubtful whether this comment fell on any ears at all, let alone the aging auricles of our foe.

Another voice, probably Fatty, chipped in "No one wants to hang around after the game to pack the bastard down".

But our fearsome leader held strong, stating firmly "We have some young guys who probably won't go to uni in the morning, they don't mind".

In the end, expert Carl had to explain how to roll out the cumbersome lines, as Dojo were caught with their pants down, never expecting this outcome.

The game started at around 7:55pm.

Post-match, during the circle of light-hearted banter, Cola mentioned that he suspected he would read a report in the morning. Let me say this "Allan Scott - You were WRONG!" It's now well into the PM.

This post is for fun and not intended as a gripe.

World Beach

Hi all

check out this blog
http://auswcbu2011.blogspot.com/

Also you will be able to watch the action too!




I think we should all get together and watch just cause it'd be cool. Comment away and we ll organise something

   *  > 14 games broadcast LIVE @http://live.iamultimate.com:
         o  > Tue Aug 23, 22:00 AEST: Canada vs. Australia, Open Division
         o  > Thu Aug 25, 22:00 AEST: Australia Women – USA, Women’s
           Division
         o  > Thu Aug 26, 06:15 AEST: Germany – Australia, Mixed Division
         o  > Fri Aug 28, 06:40 AEST: Women’s Division Final
         o  > Sat Aug 28, 01:20 AEST: Mixed Division Final
         o  > Sat Aug 28, 02:40 AEST: Open Final

NB:  Thanks to Chris and Dan for the links - I didnt generate any of this content at all -WOOT yay for stealing

Heroes go all out on Bugs

Heroes V Buggers

The past few games between the two teams have made for some great action both on and off the field. In a relatively calm night (considering the windy day we had) aL Don was quoted to say
"Their game was easily the most interesting of all three in tonight's BPL"

Well if the Don says so it must be true.

In reality both teams played pretty well, but dare I say, Heroes looking the better on O seemingly scoring in fast paced attack and the Bugs having to work for every point. The two teams traded until 6 all when Heroes managed to get up and take a break of the buggers and very quickly take half at 8-6. At half time the circle was certainly a more relaxed one than compared to previous seasons and after half we managed to continue the fast paced O and break away on some sloppy offense from the men in white.
In a post match interview Jangles was interviewed and said,
"We showed some maturity tonight to really run away with the game at the end. Our offense was sweet and the defense was stronger but still need to be ramped up. We have really come a long way from the group of BUML player looking to break into the big leagues to a solid team that can roll anyone on the day"
And for you, who was the MVP tonight?
"Well the browntown pairing of Seb and Chris really shown through, but I think the better brown won it tonight"
"Also Myall played superbly on Stu and really shut him down early on in the game which really helped us get up"

Again Jangles went for the crappy circle of love cheer whilst the begrudging remaining players(cheerers) went with it and walked away muttering amongst themselves about how lame it is....

Also Rolo Lover will be pleased to hear the old boy played well and I think got more than one score in the endzone

So the final score Heroes 15  d  Buggers 11

Sunday Training 21.08.11

Sunday training this week is at Oakman Park from 3-5pm. The reason for this is that the women's HAT/pick-up/learn to play day is on also at Oakman Park from 2-4pm. I've had a chat to Bri and the plan is to have Heroes training on one side of the ground and then at 4pm to join in with the ladies and have a big game of Mixed Ultimate! This should make for a fun afternoon of ultimate. Again, this training and game is open to ALL Heroes members and is really good practice and warm up for Monday night's game.

Bring:

- black and white shirt

- cleats

- drink bottle

- sunscreen

Thanks, see you there!

Sunday Training

Heroes Sunday training is on again from 3-5pm this Sunday afternoon at Kenmore AFL fields (just off Centenary Highway Fig Tree Pocket exit).

This training is for all frisbee players no matter your ability. We spend the first hour working on skills/drills and spend the last hour playing a pick-up game.

What you need to bring:

- black and white shirt

- drink bottle

- disc (if you have one)

See you all there!

Halibut Heroes

This blog has laid dormant for too long! Last weekend the Heroes mixed squad played in the 15th version of the Australia-wide recognised Halibut tournament. This year the tournament was held on the Gold Coast at the home of the GC suns, Carrara stadium. The fields were fantastic, as to was the organisation of the tournament by Stef and co.

Heroes were seeded in 11th spot and unfortunately we were unable to improve on our seeding, finishing in 11th overall. Although we finished in the bottom 4 of the tournament it certainly doesn't represent the number of games where we were in genuine contention. Saturday saw us play against Blue Steel (byron bay), Griffindoor (new pick-upy team), Short Skirt Long Jacket (old schoolers), and lastly DTF (young hipsters).

BS took control early against a nervous Heroes outfit. Heroes managed to get 4 on the board, all of which came from some very nice play. The team played fairly well with good structure but a few skill errors let us down, and against a team like BS they score after every turn. Griffindoor were playing their first game together ever and Heroes were able to take advantage with a solid 15-4 win. A few of their American imports were really quite good and I hear they improved throughout the tourney. SSLJ were too slow, too old, too achey, but really they were just too damned good. Great experienced calm offence and an awesome no look scoober into the endzone to score by big Tony Ross. Score was 15-6 to SSLJ.

The focus before the tournament was on our last game of the day against DTF. We were really excited for it and everyone played exceptionally well for the first half, hardly any errors and well structured play (we also focussed on the weaknesses of Carl and Laura, the former becoming quite frustrated ;) ). At one stage we raced away to a 7-2 lead before Reece called the TO. Reece, Gio and Finn calmed their troops down and they went on to win the match 15-11. It seems like DTF raced away with the win after half but they really did have to earn it. Well done Heroes! Solid improvement throughout the day.

Saturday night saw us have an enjoyable time at the party, with Gav showing off his personal talent of an iron gut, before we retired to our backpackers. I fell asleep to the sounds of Hugh and the rest of the Townsville crew chatting loudly. Then also awoke many times during the night to the same group having numerous chats, obviously strategising for how to beat Heroes come Sunday afternoon. How they can play a whole day on little to no sleep also amazes me.

Sunday morning saw a tired Heroes finish off their pool games against Fun Police (all stars) and Bondage (GC team). Eventual tournament and party talent winners Fun Police were a classy mix of home grown and interstate talent. They raced to 8-0 before we scored 3 in a row. Final score of 15-3. Bondage played hard, really hard. Harder than we were used to and it showed with us getting a bit flustered at critical stages of the match. This is a match we could have won. Bondage played savage girls for the entire day and did extremely well to run out a tough fought match. Skill errors and some decision making when close to the end zone cost us a number of points. The final score was 13-9 Bondage.

For the cross over match we played QUTies and had a really enjoyable game against them. Heroes club BUML players Craig and Starkey did really well. Unfortunately, the relative inexperience of the QUT side had the Heroes triumph with a score of 13-6. The last game of the day and the weekend saw us fairly evenly matched against Taste my Rainbow (Townsvillains). If not for their late name change it would have been a classic Heroes vs Villains showdown. The intensity and closeness of the match did not disappoint with TMR clawing away at the end to take the game 10-9.

Heroes had a great weekend on the whole. Although a few of the results weren't in our favour we played well as a team and there are definite signs that we can and will improve on our skills and structure. Having the killer instinct to put teams away and to play a complete game of ultimate will be our aim for the rest of the season.

Sorry for the long recap but I felt it important to provide an in depth reflection of Heroes Halibut 2011. Go Heroes!