With Wonder Woman Winning the Women's Premiership this season and Discheads now in the BUML Grand Final, the title to this post may carry some clout.
A few of the top girls in Brisbane joined a Heroic core, mostly made up of Dischead Women to create the winning formula for that premiership. Again, these girls are involved with a bunch of boys who are aiming for Firestorm selection this season.
They say that mixed ulitmate is all about the women (by 'they' I mean those female types). We'll see if that's true tonight.. I hope that it is!
The place to keep up with Brisbane's Heroes Ultimate Club.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
The Social Event of the Year
A lot has happened this year. Heroes have developed into more than just a random group of people playing Frisbee and I for one feel like it is time to celebrate. I would like to invite all of the Heroes players, partners, and affiliates to come along and help celebrate the year at the first Heroes Ultimate Club Awards Nights.
This momentous event will be held at West Bulldogs Rugby Club at Toowong Memorial Park (along Sylvan Road where we used to train) on Friday the 3rd of December starting from 6pm. The cost is $30 per person. Dinner is included.
This is only two weeks away and as such need to know who would like to and is able to attend as soon as possible. Please RSVP to Chris on 0404 760 131, minimalchris@gmail.com or one of the team captains.
Training!
Hey Heroes!
It's that time of the week again for me to notify you lovely people that there is going to be training this Sunday afternoon, at Oakman Park, at 3:15 until 5pm.
There has been some discussion of late that the Summer months are going to be HOT! This is true and really comes as no surprise, however, we could move training back half an hour to try and avoid some of the earlier afternoon heat. Put your thinking caps on and let us (me) know how you feel about the issue.
See you all there Sunday!!! xoxo Gossip Hero
It's that time of the week again for me to notify you lovely people that there is going to be training this Sunday afternoon, at Oakman Park, at 3:15 until 5pm.
There has been some discussion of late that the Summer months are going to be HOT! This is true and really comes as no surprise, however, we could move training back half an hour to try and avoid some of the earlier afternoon heat. Put your thinking caps on and let us (me) know how you feel about the issue.
See you all there Sunday!!! xoxo Gossip Hero
Keeping up with the BUB
This was actually on my mind about 2 days ago, and now JdR has revisited his nickname poll. Our club/friends has/have a certain style of dishing out nicknames. I think I'm pretty responsible for a few of them. Spaz was my invention, or should I say, evolution, as was Hans, and I was certainly around the traps when Mick became Rick.
The trick is evolution. Take the name one step further. So as a 10 year old, when the kids were calling Sebastian Seb, or Sebas.. it seemed easy to progress / digress to Spaz. I'm sorry Spaz. It's only been 15 years.
Hanz is a more modern evolution. Her friends were calling her "Lans". One night I said "Oh hurro Hanz!", in the style and manner of Kim Jong Il as portrayed so brilliantly in Team America. So Alana is now named after the Swedish Diplomat, Hans Blix, not this Hans or this hans.
Rick happened when Sebastian started putting an R before people's names. What an odd thing to do! I was Rhinny for a while, which is of course short for Dinny which comes from Danny from Daniel. You could even say Ring Dings. Or Pepsi. But I digress. The brilliant thing about Rick is that we have an Uncle Rick, who is quite popular in UQ religion and philosophy circles and google searches for Strelan.
Matt Boevink apparently had a good nickname like this once...
The trick is evolution. Take the name one step further. So as a 10 year old, when the kids were calling Sebastian Seb, or Sebas.. it seemed easy to progress / digress to Spaz. I'm sorry Spaz. It's only been 15 years.
Hanz is a more modern evolution. Her friends were calling her "Lans". One night I said "Oh hurro Hanz!", in the style and manner of Kim Jong Il as portrayed so brilliantly in Team America. So Alana is now named after the Swedish Diplomat, Hans Blix, not this Hans or this hans.
Rick happened when Sebastian started putting an R before people's names. What an odd thing to do! I was Rhinny for a while, which is of course short for Dinny which comes from Danny from Daniel. You could even say Ring Dings. Or Pepsi. But I digress. The brilliant thing about Rick is that we have an Uncle Rick, who is quite popular in UQ religion and philosophy circles and google searches for Strelan.
Matt Boevink apparently had a good nickname like this once...
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Votes are in
Wonderwomen winning WUFL has been voted the crowning jewel of the Heroes Ultimate calendar. But have we nominated to soon? Discheads have made the BUML final in a close match over the other green mixed heroes team. Also we should say Agent Orange sadly went down in a close one too after leading much of the game.
So Go Discheads!!!
Come along and support the black and greys and eat some pizza and drink some...soft-dri..(beer)..nk
Monday night game starting 6.45pm
So Go Discheads!!!
Come along and support the black and greys and eat some pizza and drink some...soft-dri..(beer)..nk
Monday night game starting 6.45pm
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Social Media
Not so recently, Sensei declared on the DojoMoJoBlog that reading match reports was tiresome. It has also been said that JdR's controversial posts are waning. Steve juiced up his column with some BPL related gossip, Jason hit back with a tongue in cheek look at previous controversy, only to be mistaken for an attack on the LD. JdR's comments were fuelled by The Mayor of Slamtown, who regularly makes outlandish comments on his teams blog.
Now occasionally, bloggers get in trouble for seemingly criticizing those in administration roles. What's often forgotten is that we do this for FUN, and in stirring the pot, we may not fully believe what we say but it's sometimes worth looking at things in a different light. I think that this is a lot of fun, and it helps our little ultimate community feel more important. For this reason, I present to you the big names in ultimate blogging.
1. The Mayor
Stefan "Spaz" Rappazzo is a Mayor of a small town who is constantly campaigning for the next election. Lots of noise and fanfare, outrageous claims and promises, absolutely ridiculous persona (on the blogosphere). He has implemented one very important and strong policy, and that is the weekly rolling out of the BPL Power Rankings. Each week, The Mayor gives a candid, albeit SFC-biased opinion on how the teams are performing. We applaud him for this and predict another term in office for Spaz (not to be confused with Sebastian Brown of HUC).
2. Sensei
When Heroes first joined the BPL, I was told "No one really listens to Steven Cameron". This is a shame, as he often has some well-thought-out ideas when it comes to BPL administration. Sensei takes on the villian persona and runs with it, dishing up "Courier-mail style" gossip on a very irregular basis (last post 1 month ago). Sensei probably won't read this, as he's only concerned with Dojo news, which is actually quite interesting when the use of video is incorporated.
Sensei has claimed that "Byes s*ck". We know that forfeits are even worse, so maybe it's time for Dojo to assimilate into other teams, as they narrowly avoided another forfeit in the final game. (Here is a great example of a blogger saying something for controversy's sake.. not a serious suggestion but an interesting prod)
How did this end up sounding so bad? I appreciate Steven's input into a discussion, it's entertaining and often-times solid.
3. JdR
The King. JdR has come under fire lately for making assumptions for the sake of a good news piece. I dig his style. While this has directly effected Heroes leadership in the past, it was uneducated responses from our members that was the most irritating. The King of innuendo, and not only the sexual type. Jason uses the "royal we" or "we at the stately BUB mansion" to convey a tongue-in-cheek meaning. A lot of his "controversial" pieces may not have 100% accurate details, but they bring attention to an issue that may otherwise be ignored. It's best to think about what he is really trying to achieve before you get too worked up.
4. Carl
Carl is the founder of this incredible blog. His grammatical errors and poor spelling at times give us something to snicker about, and some of his sporting jargon often leaves me wondering whether he has used it correctly (the sayings in themselves are strange). Carl likes to blog about himself and his lovely fiancee Laura. This is all entertaining for those inside the club, and we thank Carl for putting us on the map and keeping the wheels running. Well done champ.
5. Kaitlin
It's a scientific fact that female comedian's aren't funny (go on, name one), but that's usually in reference to stand-up and not blogging. If Kaitlin has a blog, I'm unaware of it, but her comments on the Dojo and BUB blogs have been provocative, riotous, scathing, juicy and pretty spot on. More please!
Now I've spent an hour bringing this to who? I find myself asking "Why?". My novice linking will probably fail anyway and render most of this useless. I'm sorry.
Now occasionally, bloggers get in trouble for seemingly criticizing those in administration roles. What's often forgotten is that we do this for FUN, and in stirring the pot, we may not fully believe what we say but it's sometimes worth looking at things in a different light. I think that this is a lot of fun, and it helps our little ultimate community feel more important. For this reason, I present to you the big names in ultimate blogging.
1. The Mayor
Stefan "Spaz" Rappazzo is a Mayor of a small town who is constantly campaigning for the next election. Lots of noise and fanfare, outrageous claims and promises, absolutely ridiculous persona (on the blogosphere). He has implemented one very important and strong policy, and that is the weekly rolling out of the BPL Power Rankings. Each week, The Mayor gives a candid, albeit SFC-biased opinion on how the teams are performing. We applaud him for this and predict another term in office for Spaz (not to be confused with Sebastian Brown of HUC).
2. Sensei
When Heroes first joined the BPL, I was told "No one really listens to Steven Cameron". This is a shame, as he often has some well-thought-out ideas when it comes to BPL administration. Sensei takes on the villian persona and runs with it, dishing up "Courier-mail style" gossip on a very irregular basis (last post 1 month ago). Sensei probably won't read this, as he's only concerned with Dojo news, which is actually quite interesting when the use of video is incorporated.
Sensei has claimed that "Byes s*ck". We know that forfeits are even worse, so maybe it's time for Dojo to assimilate into other teams, as they narrowly avoided another forfeit in the final game. (Here is a great example of a blogger saying something for controversy's sake.. not a serious suggestion but an interesting prod)
How did this end up sounding so bad? I appreciate Steven's input into a discussion, it's entertaining and often-times solid.
3. JdR
The King. JdR has come under fire lately for making assumptions for the sake of a good news piece. I dig his style. While this has directly effected Heroes leadership in the past, it was uneducated responses from our members that was the most irritating. The King of innuendo, and not only the sexual type. Jason uses the "royal we" or "we at the stately BUB mansion" to convey a tongue-in-cheek meaning. A lot of his "controversial" pieces may not have 100% accurate details, but they bring attention to an issue that may otherwise be ignored. It's best to think about what he is really trying to achieve before you get too worked up.
4. Carl
Carl is the founder of this incredible blog. His grammatical errors and poor spelling at times give us something to snicker about, and some of his sporting jargon often leaves me wondering whether he has used it correctly (the sayings in themselves are strange). Carl likes to blog about himself and his lovely fiancee Laura. This is all entertaining for those inside the club, and we thank Carl for putting us on the map and keeping the wheels running. Well done champ.
5. Kaitlin
It's a scientific fact that female comedian's aren't funny (go on, name one), but that's usually in reference to stand-up and not blogging. If Kaitlin has a blog, I'm unaware of it, but her comments on the Dojo and BUB blogs have been provocative, riotous, scathing, juicy and pretty spot on. More please!
Now I've spent an hour bringing this to who? I find myself asking "Why?". My novice linking will probably fail anyway and render most of this useless. I'm sorry.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Discheads progress @ the expense of their green family
The first semi final between Discheads and Heroes was poised to be an interesting game given the last two outings these teams had. DHs winning easily both occasions, but this was finals ultimate and nothing before matters.
AND WHAT A GAME WE GOT.
DHs came out early from the blocks and quickly broke us and put a score on to lead 2-0. Heroes were somewhat flustered and put a strong zone on the DHs and clogged the disc very well. We marched to 4-2 to take the lead and force the DHs to have a time out. Oh but before that Sarah from discheads became the latest casualty from Annerllys field 3a (or b which ever is the pot holely field) and did her ankle.
The two teams traded points I think to about 8-6. Then DHs put the after burners on and steam rolled the green Heroes to win in the end 12-10.
The game was really played in two patches of dominance. Heroes played very well in the first half of the game and DHs brought the intensity in the later stages. Well played DHs. I said everything that needed to be said in the circle after the game. Get out there next week and give the Heroes Ultimate Club our first BUML league championship.
Heres some photos of the action
Up....
Lets raise our arms right, NOW...
Strange photo, normally the 'drag' goes behind the direction of the object? (Explanations? cause the disc looks to be in good focus...)
DiiiiiiiiiiiiiscHEADS
Hehe look at laura in the middle
Foul by MattS above?!?!?!
Craig shows who's boss. Nice vertical leap too
Safe strelan secures the swing
high fives all round as bev and mattS talk tactics
the high chaddy forehand swing. Notice the knee on the ground
I pose like this
Mr intense
Mr relaxed
Chan gets the D, i think...
These heroes love the gournded knee forehand
Nice result
Laura loves the green on green, AND SO DO I
Forehand by Carl, without grounding knee
Feel the love
AND WHAT A GAME WE GOT.
DHs came out early from the blocks and quickly broke us and put a score on to lead 2-0. Heroes were somewhat flustered and put a strong zone on the DHs and clogged the disc very well. We marched to 4-2 to take the lead and force the DHs to have a time out. Oh but before that Sarah from discheads became the latest casualty from Annerllys field 3a (or b which ever is the pot holely field) and did her ankle.
The two teams traded points I think to about 8-6. Then DHs put the after burners on and steam rolled the green Heroes to win in the end 12-10.
The game was really played in two patches of dominance. Heroes played very well in the first half of the game and DHs brought the intensity in the later stages. Well played DHs. I said everything that needed to be said in the circle after the game. Get out there next week and give the Heroes Ultimate Club our first BUML league championship.
Heres some photos of the action
Darryl White flies high
Feel the love
Scenes from wonderwomen's win (By popular demand)
At long last and by popular request the Heroes Wonderwomen wanted to get their beautiful faces up where it counts. And so in no particular order, really just the order from AFDA...
Jo Ashdown,
Vanessa Brown
Suzanne Facy
alana folkes
Brianna Fyffe
Celine Lebouteiller
Robyn Parkinson (c)
Sandra Poon
Chantelle Smith
Sarah Thompson
There was also a silly photo of all the wonderwomen and their feet which I know they wanted to see up here as well but alas you can blame blogger.com for some reason not accepting the jpeg file which is exactly the same as the other two. Weird (one of life's little mysteries)But we will try it again later.
If you had photos send them to me and Ill throw them up here asap
Once again WonderWomen, soak up and bath in the glory of winning the WUFL spring season in your first try!
Jo Ashdown,
Vanessa Brown
Suzanne Facy
alana folkes
Brianna Fyffe
Celine Lebouteiller
Robyn Parkinson (c)
Sandra Poon
Chantelle Smith
Sarah Thompson
There was also a silly photo of all the wonderwomen and their feet which I know they wanted to see up here as well but alas you can blame blogger.com for some reason not accepting the jpeg file which is exactly the same as the other two. Weird (one of life's little mysteries)But we will try it again later.
If you had photos send them to me and Ill throw them up here asap
Once again WonderWomen, soak up and bath in the glory of winning the WUFL spring season in your first try!
Friday, November 12, 2010
Training
Hey Heroes!
Training/Pick-up is on again this Sunday afternoon. Get there at 3:15, throw, 3:30 drill, 4:00 focused game and skill implementation, 5:00 go home and enjoy your Sunday evening. Sounds pretty fantastic hey? See you there Sunday!
Training/Pick-up is on again this Sunday afternoon. Get there at 3:15, throw, 3:30 drill, 4:00 focused game and skill implementation, 5:00 go home and enjoy your Sunday evening. Sounds pretty fantastic hey? See you there Sunday!
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Growth of the Heroes Club in 2008 - 2010
JdR's got some interesting numbers and graphs over on the Brisbane Ultimate Blog but today we thought it might be nice to crunch some numbers, make some graphs and analyse the infection of the Heroes virus in Brisbane Ultimate.
The mission statement of the Incorporated Heroes Ultimate Club (or iHUC as I will soon regret coming up with) is "To play, promote and develop fun, skilled and spirited Ultimate". Up until 2010 this grass-roots movement has solely been seen in Div 2 BUML. This year, however, has seen the Heroes club field 5 teams in Div 2 BUML (across the 2 seasons), a Div 1 team, a premiership winning WUFL team and a BPL team in each season. On top of this we have entered a team into Halibut, Brisbane Indoor Championships, Mixed Nats Qualifiers and 2 teams in Lovefest. In a couple years we might come back and analyse these other leagues and tournaments but today lets focus on BUML.
Our second chart here shows the percentage of Heroes players against the total number of players in Div 2 BUML. So far it has peaked at 21.70%, which means that just over 1 in every 5 players play for a Heroes team.
What will happen if this percentage continues to increase? A higher chance of trophies in the cabinet? A Heroes league? To be honest I don't think it would be healthy for this number to increase much higher. Realistically Heroes are just set to improve and work our way up through the other competitions. With Heroes vs Discheads in the upcoming semi final we are guaranteed to have a team in this season's grand final. If we can secure WUFL and Div 2 BUML perhaps next season we can really focus on making our mark in Div 1 and BPL.
Give us your thoughts, be brutally honest. Or perhaps just give congratulations once more to Dan on his AFDA recruiter of the year award.
EDIT: Here's one more graph, apparently some people are confused comparing Heroes numbers vs the Total numbers, so I've done a pie chart to represent Heroes vs Others
In this second form of graph you add the percentage of Heroes players to the percentage of Other players and you get the total. This is different to the first form of graph, because if you added the two values together you would get significantly more than 100%. If you wanted to, you could subtract the Heroes players from the Total players to give you the Other players. It's apples and oranges really.
PS: What's your favourite type of chart? And your favourite type of pie?
The mission statement of the Incorporated Heroes Ultimate Club (or iHUC as I will soon regret coming up with) is "To play, promote and develop fun, skilled and spirited Ultimate". Up until 2010 this grass-roots movement has solely been seen in Div 2 BUML. This year, however, has seen the Heroes club field 5 teams in Div 2 BUML (across the 2 seasons), a Div 1 team, a premiership winning WUFL team and a BPL team in each season. On top of this we have entered a team into Halibut, Brisbane Indoor Championships, Mixed Nats Qualifiers and 2 teams in Lovefest. In a couple years we might come back and analyse these other leagues and tournaments but today lets focus on BUML.
| Season | Heroes players | Total players | Percentage of Heroes players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008/1 | 13 | 123 | 10.57 |
| 2008/2 | 15 | 159 | 9.43 |
| 2008/3 | 12 | 138 | 8.70 |
| 2009/1 | 12 | 101 | 11.88 |
| 2009/2 | 23 | 106 | 21.70 |
| 2010/1 | 27 | 128 | 21.09 |
This first chart above shows the massive growth of Heroes in BUML Div 2 in the past 2 years. Do you think this is a story that may have influenced the growth of Frisbee in Brisbane as seen on JdR's charts?
What will happen if this percentage continues to increase? A higher chance of trophies in the cabinet? A Heroes league? To be honest I don't think it would be healthy for this number to increase much higher. Realistically Heroes are just set to improve and work our way up through the other competitions. With Heroes vs Discheads in the upcoming semi final we are guaranteed to have a team in this season's grand final. If we can secure WUFL and Div 2 BUML perhaps next season we can really focus on making our mark in Div 1 and BPL.
Give us your thoughts, be brutally honest. Or perhaps just give congratulations once more to Dan on his AFDA recruiter of the year award.
EDIT: Here's one more graph, apparently some people are confused comparing Heroes numbers vs the Total numbers, so I've done a pie chart to represent Heroes vs Others
PS: What's your favourite type of chart? And your favourite type of pie?
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
The phantom no match for the incredible HUC
Last nights match between GWW and the Heroes in the BUML was a good one, as expected.
Heroes managed to start the game with 5, whilst both Chaddy and Tomsteve were running to the line. The first point was a bit of shambles really. We played a puppy zone, but whilst Tomsteve joined us, Chaddy was still sitting in the endzone doing his laces... After watching a huck come from the GWW he was quickly up on his feet, whilst I was chasing it down next to Justin. Fortunately the wind blew it to far away from a contest and chaddy picked up to play on.
We quickly broke up and took a lead 1-0. The GWW broke back up wind in reasonable fashion to make it 1-1. Both teams played a heavy zone all night which made handling pretty fun, considering our dumping focus at training the previous day. Heroes managed to get out to an early two point lead @ 3-1 until the GWW clawed it back to be up 6-4. The game was hanging in the balance and Heroes called a timeout. It was a good call for us playing with no girl subs and only 1 male sub. After the time out Heroes started to click. We put some good passes together to rip that cup apart. Meagan found a great distributer role, deliberately hanging back to receive the poppers pass out and quickly off loaded to others streaming past. It was good to see Brad pulling down more long hucks, just now having to work on the next pass : P
After the game GWW said they just couldnt keep up with the green Heroes and that was what got us over the line. We put something like 8 points on in a row. GWW really deserved to win all their placing games. From coming up from the B pool and pushing all the teams they play, I think next year we'll have to watch out for the ghosts. Final score 12-8 to Heroes
Heroes managed to start the game with 5, whilst both Chaddy and Tomsteve were running to the line. The first point was a bit of shambles really. We played a puppy zone, but whilst Tomsteve joined us, Chaddy was still sitting in the endzone doing his laces... After watching a huck come from the GWW he was quickly up on his feet, whilst I was chasing it down next to Justin. Fortunately the wind blew it to far away from a contest and chaddy picked up to play on.
We quickly broke up and took a lead 1-0. The GWW broke back up wind in reasonable fashion to make it 1-1. Both teams played a heavy zone all night which made handling pretty fun, considering our dumping focus at training the previous day. Heroes managed to get out to an early two point lead @ 3-1 until the GWW clawed it back to be up 6-4. The game was hanging in the balance and Heroes called a timeout. It was a good call for us playing with no girl subs and only 1 male sub. After the time out Heroes started to click. We put some good passes together to rip that cup apart. Meagan found a great distributer role, deliberately hanging back to receive the poppers pass out and quickly off loaded to others streaming past. It was good to see Brad pulling down more long hucks, just now having to work on the next pass : P
After the game GWW said they just couldnt keep up with the green Heroes and that was what got us over the line. We put something like 8 points on in a row. GWW really deserved to win all their placing games. From coming up from the B pool and pushing all the teams they play, I think next year we'll have to watch out for the ghosts. Final score 12-8 to Heroes
Monday, November 8, 2010
Finals review
Tonight's finals series starts in the BUML and we thought we should take a moment to see who's playing who and who's going to win.
Lets start with pool B in D2
A/O Vs Griffith Go Gos
This has to be an easy tip. The orange have put some good performances in of late and the GoGo's have been improving a lot with the guidance of some experienced players, but this time I think A/O will be too much.
Frisky Time Vs MYellow
Well this is a interesting match. MY hasn't beaten the Frisky Time yet this season. In their last game they fell agonizingly short losing by 1. My tip this finals series? Well it depends on which FT turns up. FT to win (assuming their star pickups show)Pool A
Heroes Vs Ghost Who Walks
Well I think this will be the game of the round. Yes I know we're biased here @ HUC but let me explain.
1. Ive got insider news on the Poachers Vs Dyspneoics game
2. Im gonna tip Discheads to get up easy
3. Heroes only won by 2 in a come from behind game last time.
4. We have got some injuries clouds and work related planned no shows
Im gonna tip with my heart for a Heroes win, but certainly open the comment trail for some smack on this one.
Discheads Vs Baby Chimis
Discheads to win. Always when aL is playing a tipper must account for the aL factor but it seems this year the babies just haven't been able to pull it over the line, with losing games going down by 1 or 2 and the wins by only a slim margin also. Fattys finger wont help the babies cause either. Plus most of the girls from DHs have come off the Wonderwomen WUFL grand final win. Tipping for a 5+ win.
Poachers Vs Dyspneoics
Inside sources suggest a possible gift will be presented to Dyspneoics. Apparently too many med students DanB??
And for the D1 game
Superheroes Vs UQ
Well SH just havent got it in d1 yet but the game depends on whether UQ can hold their emotions together throughout the game. Sorry readers but this tip has to go to the pink UQers
Saturday, November 6, 2010
WonderWomen Winning WUFL
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Heroes lose the fight... for Justice
Last Monday saw two of the Heroes Ultimate Club teams face off against each other. Heroes vs. Discheads. Heroes were playing for redemption, and frisbee justice after Discheads pipped Heroes 15-11 in their last clash.
Unfortunately for this match Heroes were struggling to field a full strength team and Dan "the man" Strelan was able to pick up for them to bolster their numbers. They started the match with a 4/3 women split. On the back of an extensive break from frisbee due to weather, Discheads were very keen to make a strong start. Discheads managed to race away to an 8-2 lead. There was some great looking plays from both sides, but Heroes were often unable to capitalize on the turnovers they forced. The final score was 15-5 to Discheads.
In this match I really felt as though the Discheads women stood up and announced their coming of age. Between Jo, Bri, Sarah, and Chantelle I think about 8 points were scored. Matt Schultz also featured heavily on the scoreboard with 3 of his own. This was possibly his best all-round performance of the season, well done Matt!
Thanks to Heroes for a great, competitive, well spirited match. We look forward to continuing this rivalry into the future. Hopefully you guys will get a win soon and will be able to back up all that "smack talk" you dished out earlier this year =p
Unfortunately for this match Heroes were struggling to field a full strength team and Dan "the man" Strelan was able to pick up for them to bolster their numbers. They started the match with a 4/3 women split. On the back of an extensive break from frisbee due to weather, Discheads were very keen to make a strong start. Discheads managed to race away to an 8-2 lead. There was some great looking plays from both sides, but Heroes were often unable to capitalize on the turnovers they forced. The final score was 15-5 to Discheads.
In this match I really felt as though the Discheads women stood up and announced their coming of age. Between Jo, Bri, Sarah, and Chantelle I think about 8 points were scored. Matt Schultz also featured heavily on the scoreboard with 3 of his own. This was possibly his best all-round performance of the season, well done Matt!
Thanks to Heroes for a great, competitive, well spirited match. We look forward to continuing this rivalry into the future. Hopefully you guys will get a win soon and will be able to back up all that "smack talk" you dished out earlier this year =p
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
AO Play Less Risky vs Frisky
Brief match report from Monday nights game:
Although there were 7 Agents at Annerley for start time (the 6.45 kickoff is hard for many to make) we began play with only 6 on the field as Adilia conducted her official whistle blowing duties. Frisky played 5/2 m/f at the beginning as that's all they had and we mixed it up a bit once Cola arrived from the GC playing 4/3 and 5/2 as people needed the sub.
The early stages of this game were tight. 9 consecutive points took place with both teams trading 1 for 1. Not happy to just trade points to the end, the Agents found some Orange Power and kicked things up a notch. The middle to end periods of the game saw us keep good control of the disc, execute some effective long throws and run tight tight tight D. My highlight was seeing (I think it was) Vanessa use the dump swing (which scored) where traditionally we would have rushed it down the sideline to our demise. As a team we finally seem to be a bit more patient with the disc, which I couldn't be happier about. Shout outs to both Robyn and Alana who continuously got free of their man (in the unisex sense of the word) particularly when making long cuts. From memory both were rewarded with goals for their efforts. Frisky Time played well too and (even when we were scoring point after point) remained calm and confident in their abilities, the result of which was some beautiful Ultimate. Final score 13-5.
The thing for AO to work on for the final series will be generating the flow of hard under cuts by knowing whose turn it is to cut and clearing out faster when you don't receive it. We are hitting our stride at the business end of the season, and will be looking to take out the pool b flag if this form continues.
Although there were 7 Agents at Annerley for start time (the 6.45 kickoff is hard for many to make) we began play with only 6 on the field as Adilia conducted her official whistle blowing duties. Frisky played 5/2 m/f at the beginning as that's all they had and we mixed it up a bit once Cola arrived from the GC playing 4/3 and 5/2 as people needed the sub.
The early stages of this game were tight. 9 consecutive points took place with both teams trading 1 for 1. Not happy to just trade points to the end, the Agents found some Orange Power and kicked things up a notch. The middle to end periods of the game saw us keep good control of the disc, execute some effective long throws and run tight tight tight D. My highlight was seeing (I think it was) Vanessa use the dump swing (which scored) where traditionally we would have rushed it down the sideline to our demise. As a team we finally seem to be a bit more patient with the disc, which I couldn't be happier about. Shout outs to both Robyn and Alana who continuously got free of their man (in the unisex sense of the word) particularly when making long cuts. From memory both were rewarded with goals for their efforts. Frisky Time played well too and (even when we were scoring point after point) remained calm and confident in their abilities, the result of which was some beautiful Ultimate. Final score 13-5.
The thing for AO to work on for the final series will be generating the flow of hard under cuts by knowing whose turn it is to cut and clearing out faster when you don't receive it. We are hitting our stride at the business end of the season, and will be looking to take out the pool b flag if this form continues.
Yes I am procrasinating from my thesis - sue me
As I sit here wishing I was @ Oakman park at the first training session of the Firestorm calander, looking down at the big wod of paper that is my thesis (with pen written all over it), I might be excused to expanding a bit more on than a comment...
You may have heard that Heroes Ultimate's own Danny 'Dstrel' Strelan was recently awarded the AFDA recruiter of the year. Well now we've made it to the big stage with an AFDA write up to boot
Many would know me to be the modest individual but this time I thought we'd make an exception and congratulate the club on a job well done over the last few years.
You may have heard that Heroes Ultimate's own Danny 'Dstrel' Strelan was recently awarded the AFDA recruiter of the year. Well now we've made it to the big stage with an AFDA write up to boot
Many would know me to be the modest individual but this time I thought we'd make an exception and congratulate the club on a job well done over the last few years.
Cheap Flights to The Melbourne Hat
If you are considering going to the Melbourne Hat on 11,12th December, there are cheap flights with tiger who now fly out of Brisbane (to Tullamarine!)
http://www.tigerairways.com/au/en/
It seems like you can't register on AFDA so I don't really know what's going on with it.
http://www.tigerairways.com/au/en/
It seems like you can't register on AFDA so I don't really know what's going on with it.
BigSky10s
I would write up an inspirational message about the BigSky10s tournament but then I went around the blogs and I found that Stefan did a pretty good job at it here, be sure to have a read its good stuff.
Having said that Heroes had a great time playing on the day, only coming away with one win but more so being glad to chip in for a good cause. Our first two matches were against the 1st and 3rd seeded teams, and coming up against us the 7th seeds, both Staceys all stars and SFC must have been nervous. But good ultimate prevailed and Heroes just didnt click in our early exchanges. Slamtown being us 10 nip and SAS conceded a "brown biscuit" (I dunno, they called it something lame) winning 10-1.
Heroes next clashed with Starlight, a team made up of completely new players, there to simply support Stacey. They were obviously there to have a good time, and we showed them some good will be giving them two chances with turnovers on each and every possession. Final score 10-5 Heroes.
Lastly the Heroes wrapped up the BigSky10s with a great and hard fought final pool match against Walrus and the Carpenter. On paper this match looked pretty even. On the field W&C got to an early lead. Heroes rallied and scored the next couple. The game plan was simple - control the disc, use safe options. We did that and after drawing the momentum back from WC, Heroes came back on a charge. The second last point MUST be mentioned. I think each team had about 5 possessions - it was epic. The girls were playing a tough cup forcing the turnovers each time, but it was a shot in the foot at times with then having no legs on O to complete the score. Eventually we did score it and it felt great. Final score was 9-7.
The final was played in front of the grandstand pub seating and it was Heroes who lead the charge at the bar. This was the key factor to the great atmosphere created with cheering and geeing up on the Pulls. It was fun for us and I hope the players in the final liked it too. Mike stepped up and took some fantastic Bigskies and in the end closed the game out with a nice layout bid to score - great work.
Apparently the day raised $15,000!!! Great work to the TD's and everyone involved.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
7 November Meeting
As decided at the AGM and previously mentioned here there is going to be a Heroes Club meeting prior to training next Sunday 7 November. It will start at 2.30pm and finish at 3.30pm, at which time training will commence. We will meet in the undercover area at Oakman Park, Toowong. Here is the Agenda:
1- Discuss and vote on the Club Objectives for incorporation application
2- Discuss and vote on Membership details for incorporation application
A) Who can/must become a member?
B) What benefits will members receive?
C) Cost of membership preceded by a cost of running the club report from James
3- Changes to the Club Rules for incorporation application
4- Any other matters relating to incorporation application
5- Brief (subject to time) vision reports from position holders outlining their intentions (eg. goals, ideas, timeframes, assistants, etc.) for the next 12 months
6- Any other matters (subject to time)
1- Discuss and vote on the Club Objectives for incorporation application
2- Discuss and vote on Membership details for incorporation application
A) Who can/must become a member?
B) What benefits will members receive?
C) Cost of membership preceded by a cost of running the club report from James
3- Changes to the Club Rules for incorporation application
4- Any other matters relating to incorporation application
5- Brief (subject to time) vision reports from position holders outlining their intentions (eg. goals, ideas, timeframes, assistants, etc.) for the next 12 months
6- Any other matters (subject to time)
Wonder Women v Missfire
Well, I have been a bit slack about writing these summaries sorry.
On Thursday WW took on Missfire. As it is now Saturday, most of the game has been erased from my memory, but I do remember that it was a really fun, competitive game to play!
Sandra Poon and I are very huck happy, and luckily for us, Wonder Women are very good at reading the disc and catching some dodgy floaty throws (well, at least lucky for me, Sandra's hucks are kind of amazing). This lead to several point scoring connections which were awesome to see (and the BPL team spectators seemed to enjoy seeing long plays in women's ultimate too). One of my favourites was seeing Jo free in the endzone, but then for some reason I waited until she was being marked by two players to throw it to her. Jo kept her cool, read the disc perfectly and took it down over the two opposing players!
We also tried two versions of a zone – a 3, 2, 1 zone and a 2, 3, 1 zone. We found that the 2, 3, 1 zone worked better as Missfire were taking full advantage of the gaps in the middle with the 3, 2, 1 zone. You may notice this only adds up to 6. That is correct. We were playing 6 on 6 as Missfire were missing a bit of firepower this week.
Missfire also pulled out a zone on us after that, and for the first point they played it on us we floundered a bit, before sorting ourselves out and working the disc down effectively against it.
Anyway, the final score was, I think, 9-4 our way (although technically we had already won as Missfire had forfeited). With only one week left I am super proud of how much all the WW have improved and how well we are all playing together. There are no weak links on this team.
Oh, and did I mention that this game was a semi-final, meaning we are in the Grand Final next week?
So BPL boys, I wish you luck in your grand final..... oh wait ;)
MVP points:
3 points: Jo for her contested grab in the end zone
2 points: Alana for her contested grab in the end zone.
1 point: Sarah for her continually improving handler skills!
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