As usual both teams took a few possessions to get going and the first point was a bit of a long one. I decided to put Jangles on a run to the endzone with a flick huck that decided to drifted right, into the creek beating up the lovely new UQ game disc (sorry about that Nat). So that wasn't a good start. Luckily for me, we were able to get the D and score the first point of the game. Lovers replied and the score was 1-1.
After that both teams played very evenly trading the next few points and playing a fair bit of manD. We responded and played offense as a horo, which resulted in many hucks being sent out from Jangles and myself, with the Strelans throwing some in as well! UQ then applied a cup zone which worked pretty well and closing our hucks down. But in the still conditions our handlers applied the theories that we practiced before the game and managed to get ourselves out, albeit at times a little messy. But to their credit UQ trapped the lines very well making it hard for us to swing the disc at times. At half all that separated the teams were 2(or 3?) cross field hammer assists from aL and a floaty hammer from Nat to score. We knew that hammers were not part of their game plan (their half time huddle break was no hammers!). I think we defended very well and the game came down to the long throws from both teams. There were very few passing up field to score plays actually, kinda odd, perhaps the two teams were enjoying the still conditions. Luckily we were able to match it with lovers in this department. Bevan and Jamie pulled down everything we threw at them, they played superbly. In particular both of them grab sweet layouts in the endzone which was great to watch.
UQ got away from us just after half but to our credit we scored 3 straight on them to pull the score back to 11-14.
Lovers scored the last point and that was that. 15-11 final score. Better than last time we played 15-6.
Friday, September 24, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Sometimes Frisbee is not the winner
Last night in a not-so-hard-fought match of Frisbee vs the Weather Frisbee was absolutely pantsed going down faster than [EDIT: extremely inappropriate analogy removed here]. The weather had a full strength team of precipitation which was backed by a large array of boutique beers set to psych out anyone who tried to defend.
The Heroes club ventured all the way to Archive, in West End, which for some was a 100m stroll down the street, or for others it meant catching two buses, which in Brisbane takes 1 painfully long hour for what should be a 25 minute trip. Nonetheless most of us came prepared knowing that we would likely injure our sobriety muscle and would not be able to drive home. A few pickups even came along to play, including Lucy, Joel and Amy.
During the evening Heroes were forced to try out some new tactics, such as talking to each other about things other than Frisbee. For example I learnt that Adam Baker is married, and that Steph develops methods of hydrogen storage for work, whatever that actually means. Despite our enthusiasm not a single point of Frisbee was played, although Gavin did turn up at Annerley, after being too rushed to check his email.
In summary, beer was drank, fun was had by all. I think the final score was something like 11mm of rain and 100 beers to nil.
The Heroes club ventured all the way to Archive, in West End, which for some was a 100m stroll down the street, or for others it meant catching two buses, which in Brisbane takes 1 painfully long hour for what should be a 25 minute trip. Nonetheless most of us came prepared knowing that we would likely injure our sobriety muscle and would not be able to drive home. A few pickups even came along to play, including Lucy, Joel and Amy.
During the evening Heroes were forced to try out some new tactics, such as talking to each other about things other than Frisbee. For example I learnt that Adam Baker is married, and that Steph develops methods of hydrogen storage for work, whatever that actually means. Despite our enthusiasm not a single point of Frisbee was played, although Gavin did turn up at Annerley, after being too rushed to check his email.
In summary, beer was drank, fun was had by all. I think the final score was something like 11mm of rain and 100 beers to nil.
Monday, September 20, 2010
and the wiener is...
ARCHIVE!!
and the winner is.... dinner and drinks at Archive!!
Archive is on Boundary St in West End. Monday night special is $10 burgers. I sussed it out at lunch
and they are ok but you wouldn't want to pay $15, so it's good that you don't have to.
Beers are $4 / $6? on tap and there are plenty of bottles. Cocktails are available across the street at Sling.
Pool tables.
The 199 from the Cultural Centre will get you right outside Archive. (It's underneath Uber, but good)
Feel free to bring non-frisbee partners or friends. Or non-heroes players :O
See you soon
Dan
and the winner is.... dinner and drinks at Archive!!
Archive is on Boundary St in West End. Monday night special is $10 burgers. I sussed it out at lunch
and they are ok but you wouldn't want to pay $15, so it's good that you don't have to.
Beers are $4 / $6? on tap and there are plenty of bottles. Cocktails are available across the street at Sling.
Pool tables.
The 199 from the Cultural Centre will get you right outside Archive. (It's underneath Uber, but good)
Feel free to bring non-frisbee partners or friends. Or non-heroes players :O
See you soon
Dan
No frisbee, drink beer?
ANNOUNCEMENT - FRISBEE TONIGHT IS CANCELLED
Much to the extreme dissatisfaction of the club there is NO FRISBEE TONIGHT. Therefore I ask you, where do you want to go tonight instead? Vote on the poll above. All welcome, including non-Heroes.
Agent Orange to have a Frisky Time while Heroes and Discheads playoff for second place
As the rain continues to pour down over Brisbane the Heroes club as always are preparing for tonight's matches. Despite the lack of enthusiasm from some of the field owners, we as a club always like to think that the old rule "unless there is hail, frisbee is definitely on" still applies. Knowing that this is probably not actually the case we hope that the rain will die off because we have a ripper line up for tonight.
At the lower end of the pool we see Agent Orange with 4 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw taking on the brand new Frisky Time who have recorded 6 wins and 5 losses.
Meanwhile the battle for second place will be held between Discheads and Heroes, both having recorded 7, 3 and 1. Last time they met in BUML Heroes swallowed their pride after losing 15-11 in a match sometipsters smack-talkers were predicting a 17-0 pantsing to Heroes. However more recently the Discheads have had to eat a big fat slice of humble pie as the in-form Heroes showed them how Ultimate is played.
My tips for tonight? All fields rained out and an incredibly pissed HUC (due to proposed Brewhouse outing). Otherwise Agent Orange by 4, Heroes by 4.
PS. If it is rained out does anyone want to go to the Brewhouse?
At the lower end of the pool we see Agent Orange with 4 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw taking on the brand new Frisky Time who have recorded 6 wins and 5 losses.
Meanwhile the battle for second place will be held between Discheads and Heroes, both having recorded 7, 3 and 1. Last time they met in BUML Heroes swallowed their pride after losing 15-11 in a match some
My tips for tonight? All fields rained out and an incredibly pissed HUC (due to proposed Brewhouse outing). Otherwise Agent Orange by 4, Heroes by 4.
PS. If it is rained out does anyone want to go to the Brewhouse?
Friday, September 17, 2010
Proud as punch
In the spirit of the lazy friday and for using public blogs for personal plugging (Hi JDR)
Id like to annouce Laura'D'hampels success on the personal stage
This morning Laura won a VIP, all expenses paid trip to Los Angeles, USA to Coachella 2011 from Nova.
Take a look and well done Laura
Id like to annouce Laura'D'hampels success on the personal stage
This morning Laura won a VIP, all expenses paid trip to Los Angeles, USA to Coachella 2011 from Nova.
Take a look and well done Laura

Wonder Women v Moulin Rouge
Well, this was an interesting game.
Wonder Women were actually supposed to play a different team this week, but with every team except Moulin Rouge suffering from a shortage of players, the draw was mixed up so the two teams with 4-5 players each played each other, and we played Moulin Rouge.
Luckily for everyone in the league, Moulin Rouge showed amazing spirit before the game even started by giving up 3 of their players to ensure that 2 games could be played. Wonder Women only had 6 players, after our fill-in Lisa hurt herself in the drills before the game. Moulin Rouge supplied us with uber pick up Sophie and agreed to play with 6 players so that both teams could have a sub. Thank you Moulin Rouge!
I can’t actually remember much of the game, other than the fact that there were always options available for passes, and there were a lot of points with good flow down the field.
We got away to an easy lead, and at half time the score was 8-4 our way. However, the on-field play was very even, so much so that at half time Sandra thought that Moulin Rouge were winning!
However, after half time Moulin Rouge came out firing and bam, bam, bam, the score was 8-8. At this point I was pretty worried and could not believe we had turned a 4 point lead into a nail biter finish!
Luckily we stepped up under pressure, and well, I guess all I have to say is that when I picked up Adam from BPL, I was much happier than he was!
Final score 11-8 to Wonder Women! Yay for our first win!
MVP:
This week’s MVPs were chosen by Vanessa.
3 points: Sarah for an awesome end zone grab.
2 points: Sandra for “throwing.”
1 point: Lisa for keeping score on the sideline!
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Thursday, September 16, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Big Sky 10
Heroes, whoes ready for another tourney?? This one is not to be missed however places are limited (as always :-P )
But before you decide to play or express your interest you need to have a read of this blog.
http://bigsky10s.blogspot.com/
This is a charity tournament and is for a great cause. AFDA says it will be around $50 but its also likely to change. I say any cost is fine for Mike and Stacey.
Stay tuned and I'll send out more stuff about this soon.
On a side note we can probably talk about signing up players for touranment at the AGM and the best approach to take, cause everyone wants to play. (excpet mixed nats qual hey Dstrel lol)
But before you decide to play or express your interest you need to have a read of this blog.
http://bigsky10s.blogspot.com/
This is a charity tournament and is for a great cause. AFDA says it will be around $50 but its also likely to change. I say any cost is fine for Mike and Stacey.
Stay tuned and I'll send out more stuff about this soon.
On a side note we can probably talk about signing up players for touranment at the AGM and the best approach to take, cause everyone wants to play. (excpet mixed nats qual hey Dstrel lol)
Orange and Blue Vs Green
I was once given a sound bit of advice, "When work gets busy and you cant keep up, just delegate. And then you'll never do any work ever again". So in that frame of mind, I hand it over to Laura to finish the rest of this post.
On Monday we played against Dyspnoeics and we got off to a slower start than we would have liked. We started on offensive and recieved the pull only to turn it over around halfway, then letting them score didnt help our cause. We managed to get back into the game and traded basically the entire game. In the end we were able get out to a handy 3 point lead with about 10mins to go. Unfortunately we let them score. So then last possesion was called on their pull and Sean made a funny play saying everyone long. So I immediately run up field and I saw Carl with the disc I keep sprinting to the endzone. But the disc never came, He swang it back to Sean. Then I don't know what happened after that, but somehow we dropped it and game over. Final score was 11-9 (carl thinks...)
Great game after Dyspnoeics had beaten us once before and we'd previously beaten them. We had lots of fun and it was great getting some Ds.
Laura
On Monday we played against Dyspnoeics and we got off to a slower start than we would have liked. We started on offensive and recieved the pull only to turn it over around halfway, then letting them score didnt help our cause. We managed to get back into the game and traded basically the entire game. In the end we were able get out to a handy 3 point lead with about 10mins to go. Unfortunately we let them score. So then last possesion was called on their pull and Sean made a funny play saying everyone long. So I immediately run up field and I saw Carl with the disc I keep sprinting to the endzone. But the disc never came, He swang it back to Sean. Then I don't know what happened after that, but somehow we dropped it and game over. Final score was 11-9 (carl thinks...)
Great game after Dyspnoeics had beaten us once before and we'd previously beaten them. We had lots of fun and it was great getting some Ds.
Laura
Discheads Chimi Changas
Monday night saw Discheads against Baby Chimis. The old mantra of "FIRST SEVEN TO THE LINE!!!" was lost on the Baby Chimis who started the game with only 6 members. Their other members came in dribs and drabs and we utilised the player advantage to go up 3-0. Against a team like baby chimis, who have the likes of aL and usually Fatty (who was absent tonight), becoming complacent and content with a certain score can see you falling behind again within a few minutes. After Chimis put on a couple of quick points we burst through the bubble of complacency and pulled away to a handy lead which we didn't give up for the remainder of the match.
Shining lights for us, that paved the way through the somewhat dimly lit field 5 were Chris B and the girls. I say "the girls" not because they were only good as a whole but because each one of them had an outstanding game. I'll mention Lisa first who scored at least 2 points. I say at least because I know that I (shameless self-promotion a la Carl) threw her 2 scoring points, she may have even scored more as I wasn't paying attention >< Bri also scored a few points and Jo also scored atleast one by running onto a flat forehand throw at top speed. Also Jo, after this point I went off for a drink and I overheard the girl marking you say... "she is just so fast, the girls on this team are SOOO good!" (no word of a lie). It would be wrong of me to say all the girls and not mention Katies impact on the game. She worked tirelessly in attack and defense and what was most pleasing for me was that Katie made really good decisions when she had the disc in hand. Back to Chris, well done you finally laid out for a score, nothing more to say bout your game. (jk u wer v good).
Well done Discheads, another win with final score of 12 - 10. Bring on Heroes next week!!!
Shining lights for us, that paved the way through the somewhat dimly lit field 5 were Chris B and the girls. I say "the girls" not because they were only good as a whole but because each one of them had an outstanding game. I'll mention Lisa first who scored at least 2 points. I say at least because I know that I (shameless self-promotion a la Carl) threw her 2 scoring points, she may have even scored more as I wasn't paying attention >< Bri also scored a few points and Jo also scored atleast one by running onto a flat forehand throw at top speed. Also Jo, after this point I went off for a drink and I overheard the girl marking you say... "she is just so fast, the girls on this team are SOOO good!" (no word of a lie). It would be wrong of me to say all the girls and not mention Katies impact on the game. She worked tirelessly in attack and defense and what was most pleasing for me was that Katie made really good decisions when she had the disc in hand. Back to Chris, well done you finally laid out for a score, nothing more to say bout your game. (jk u wer v good).
Well done Discheads, another win with final score of 12 - 10. Bring on Heroes next week!!!
Dischead's Lovefest Details
Good morning all!
The Incredible HUC and I have been having some discussions of late and he has queried the sole blogpost regarding the Heroes' clubs efforts at Lovefest last weekend. I assured him that something would be done to rectify the situation and without further ado I will present an accurate and sober recount of the weekends proceedings.
Match 1 - Discheads vs UQ AMUC
This game saw DH against the UQ mixed nationals team. With the help of a few handy pick-ups namely Buzz, Matty Stubbs, and Ed "Danger" Dangerous we managed to gain a comfortable lead and maintain it until the final whistle. End score was 9 - 5. This game we played relatively well as we were fresh, enthusiastic, and keen to impress in what was for most of us our first or second frisbee tournament. UQ played really well, unveiling a new woman named Janique (spelling?) from South America who was exceptional and as always the massively tall Justin played really well. UQ were probably let down a bit by the fact that their fearless leader Nathan was the Tournament Director and wasn't able to play because of his duties.
Match 2 - Discheads vs Slamtown Flatball Club
In hindsight, this was probably our best game of the day. Although we lost, we put forward some very tough questions to the eventual tournament runner's up. We had them guessing at a 2-0 lead after relatively few minutes but then allowed them back into the game and to get a break up and take the half at 6-4. From there we kept the margin of two points to the very end and made some good defensive points but lacked the composure to turn these into a string of points. The final score was 9 -7? to Slamtown. I have to also mention that the spirit shown in this game by Slamtown was exceptional.
A funny incident in this game was when Kev called an injury sub because he thought he pulled his groin. While limping to the sideline he threw in a cartwheel to try and "shake it out". He claimed that the injury may have just been a tweak from a recent vasectomy operation and needless to say he was back on in a few points time. If you are in need of a laugh, check out a SFC game as they do indeed have many jokers in the team.
Match 3 - Discheads vs The Formidable Green Machine (Heroes)
Well well well, what can I say... On Saturday night I went home, baked a humble pie, cut a huge slice, and ate it. And to be honest, although it pains me to say it the humble pie was delicious and even better was the fact that Heroes played an amazing game of frisbee. The end result was 11-6 and to their credit Heroes had basically sealed the game by half time.
To begin with their fearless leader Dan "the Man" Strelan took the bull by the horns and put Discheads on Offense. Some sideline commentators were expecting this to result in a long huck by Buzz and a relatively easily converted 1-0 lead to DH but this wasn't to be. With a male starting line of 4, 7 foot tall monsters I can see why Dan wasn't concerned with the long throw. Adam Dowley played the puppy position like an absolute bulldog, not giving away any quarter and Pete Allen chased down everything long. Heroes raced away to a 6 - 0 lead to take the first half. Also interesting to note was that Heroes scored off almost every turn in the first half which made it very difficult for DH to even feel like they were in the game. Their fluid play through our zone was very impressive and they used every player on the team to great effect. The girls also had a stella game. Full credit to Heroes who continue to play their attractive brand of frisbee and are (finally?) seeing the rewards of their efforts.
Match 4 - Discheads vs GMSS (Give me some sugar)
This was our last game for the day and by this stage some of our members were starting to feel tired and a bit sore. Due to GMSS and Heroes having a draw in the game preceeding this one we knew that in order for Heroes to achieve 4th place we needed to score more points against GMSS than against Heroes. GMSS ran away to an early lead and the game was looking rather ominous. However, we were not the only ones tiring and with some renewed effort and the pressure from GMSS dropping a little we clawed our way back into the game. A highlight for me was playing the puppy in the last couple of (very very long) points and forcing one of the turnovers very close to their line. Although we probably didn't convert the turn (ah, missed opportunities) it was still good to put that sort of pressure on their handlers. You may be thinking surely this was not just the work of one man running tirelessly after the disc like a possessed puppy dog and you are correct. The ladies on our team, Vanessa, Chantelle, Jo, Bri(atch), and last but by no means least Sarah, did a fantastic job all day running in the fence and also often playing in the midfield on offensive points. Although at times these positions may seem to be unrewarding, the pressure of the fence was converted into a number of turnovers and the work in the midfield created space long.
Back to the game wrap-up I believe the end score was 7-5 to GMSS. Well done to them and they secured 5th place.
Conclusion/Credits/Wrap-up (Sometimes titles really aren't all they are cracked up to be)
We finished the tournament in 6th place. Before the tournament Nathan has us seeded in 6th place so I suppose we played right to his expectations. I feel as though we had a pretty good tournament, although we only came away with one win, we challenged teams and almost upset teams that must have been favourites to beat us before the game. Experience is a very valuable thing in frisbee and by playing in tournaments such as these we will undoubtedly improve as a club, a team, and as a group of friends enjoying sports together.
Thanks to Nathan and the many members of the UQ teams that helped out and put on a really great tournament.
Well done again to the Discheads team that was... Seb, Luke Stark, Buzz, Matt Boevink, Matt Stubbs, Chris Fox, Ed "Danger", Jo, Vanessa, Sarah, Chantelle, Bri.
The Incredible HUC and I have been having some discussions of late and he has queried the sole blogpost regarding the Heroes' clubs efforts at Lovefest last weekend. I assured him that something would be done to rectify the situation and without further ado I will present an accurate and sober recount of the weekends proceedings.
Match 1 - Discheads vs UQ AMUC
This game saw DH against the UQ mixed nationals team. With the help of a few handy pick-ups namely Buzz, Matty Stubbs, and Ed "Danger" Dangerous we managed to gain a comfortable lead and maintain it until the final whistle. End score was 9 - 5. This game we played relatively well as we were fresh, enthusiastic, and keen to impress in what was for most of us our first or second frisbee tournament. UQ played really well, unveiling a new woman named Janique (spelling?) from South America who was exceptional and as always the massively tall Justin played really well. UQ were probably let down a bit by the fact that their fearless leader Nathan was the Tournament Director and wasn't able to play because of his duties.
Match 2 - Discheads vs Slamtown Flatball Club
In hindsight, this was probably our best game of the day. Although we lost, we put forward some very tough questions to the eventual tournament runner's up. We had them guessing at a 2-0 lead after relatively few minutes but then allowed them back into the game and to get a break up and take the half at 6-4. From there we kept the margin of two points to the very end and made some good defensive points but lacked the composure to turn these into a string of points. The final score was 9 -7? to Slamtown. I have to also mention that the spirit shown in this game by Slamtown was exceptional.
A funny incident in this game was when Kev called an injury sub because he thought he pulled his groin. While limping to the sideline he threw in a cartwheel to try and "shake it out". He claimed that the injury may have just been a tweak from a recent vasectomy operation and needless to say he was back on in a few points time. If you are in need of a laugh, check out a SFC game as they do indeed have many jokers in the team.
Match 3 - Discheads vs The Formidable Green Machine (Heroes)
Well well well, what can I say... On Saturday night I went home, baked a humble pie, cut a huge slice, and ate it. And to be honest, although it pains me to say it the humble pie was delicious and even better was the fact that Heroes played an amazing game of frisbee. The end result was 11-6 and to their credit Heroes had basically sealed the game by half time.
To begin with their fearless leader Dan "the Man" Strelan took the bull by the horns and put Discheads on Offense. Some sideline commentators were expecting this to result in a long huck by Buzz and a relatively easily converted 1-0 lead to DH but this wasn't to be. With a male starting line of 4, 7 foot tall monsters I can see why Dan wasn't concerned with the long throw. Adam Dowley played the puppy position like an absolute bulldog, not giving away any quarter and Pete Allen chased down everything long. Heroes raced away to a 6 - 0 lead to take the first half. Also interesting to note was that Heroes scored off almost every turn in the first half which made it very difficult for DH to even feel like they were in the game. Their fluid play through our zone was very impressive and they used every player on the team to great effect. The girls also had a stella game. Full credit to Heroes who continue to play their attractive brand of frisbee and are (finally?) seeing the rewards of their efforts.
Match 4 - Discheads vs GMSS (Give me some sugar)
This was our last game for the day and by this stage some of our members were starting to feel tired and a bit sore. Due to GMSS and Heroes having a draw in the game preceeding this one we knew that in order for Heroes to achieve 4th place we needed to score more points against GMSS than against Heroes. GMSS ran away to an early lead and the game was looking rather ominous. However, we were not the only ones tiring and with some renewed effort and the pressure from GMSS dropping a little we clawed our way back into the game. A highlight for me was playing the puppy in the last couple of (very very long) points and forcing one of the turnovers very close to their line. Although we probably didn't convert the turn (ah, missed opportunities) it was still good to put that sort of pressure on their handlers. You may be thinking surely this was not just the work of one man running tirelessly after the disc like a possessed puppy dog and you are correct. The ladies on our team, Vanessa, Chantelle, Jo, Bri(atch), and last but by no means least Sarah, did a fantastic job all day running in the fence and also often playing in the midfield on offensive points. Although at times these positions may seem to be unrewarding, the pressure of the fence was converted into a number of turnovers and the work in the midfield created space long.
Back to the game wrap-up I believe the end score was 7-5 to GMSS. Well done to them and they secured 5th place.
Conclusion/Credits/Wrap-up (Sometimes titles really aren't all they are cracked up to be)
We finished the tournament in 6th place. Before the tournament Nathan has us seeded in 6th place so I suppose we played right to his expectations. I feel as though we had a pretty good tournament, although we only came away with one win, we challenged teams and almost upset teams that must have been favourites to beat us before the game. Experience is a very valuable thing in frisbee and by playing in tournaments such as these we will undoubtedly improve as a club, a team, and as a group of friends enjoying sports together.
Thanks to Nathan and the many members of the UQ teams that helped out and put on a really great tournament.
Well done again to the Discheads team that was... Seb, Luke Stark, Buzz, Matt Boevink, Matt Stubbs, Chris Fox, Ed "Danger", Jo, Vanessa, Sarah, Chantelle, Bri.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
AO VS MY
One of the perks of playing in the b pool of BUML div 2 is getting to play against such enjoyable teams as Mellow Yellow. Monday night proved no exception to the oft spoken truth of MY's good spirit.
AO was missing Steph (Europe) and Cam (gone AWOL?), with James playing at 50% having an end of season cold. Relatively recent additions Robyn and Cola have slotted into the team quite well however and have helped provide some handling confidence as well as up field flair. The other usual suspects (read some older AO match reports if you don't know who they are) brought their A game too, and instead of having one or two moments of individual brilliance like we normally do, we had moment after moment of fluid play.
The early stages of the game saw us trade points pretty evenly until MY called a time out after we scored two in a row. We knew they'd be coming hard at us after this so we lifted our game too and scored the majority of points in this middle section of play. They proceeded to get a few back and we traded a couple more points to close out the game at a tight 10-8. Although it was inconsequential to the result, one shining moment of 'glory' came after last possession was called by Adilia (doing her BUML duties) - MY pull the disc, AO are talking up the safe play options to keep control and score as they are running to position, and James (probably thinking about how safe he's going to play it) in receiving said pulled disc drops it cold. Some laugh. Some groan. All consequently shake hands.
And after the dissapointment of an unfitting end had faded, what we were left with was the memory of fun, hard fought ultimate. MY's new players had improved heaps since our last match up. For me though, it was most pleasing to see AO finally gelling as a team, reading each other well and playing disc with some wonderfully seamless flow. The challenge now is to string wins together and get on top of this b pool!
AO was missing Steph (Europe) and Cam (gone AWOL?), with James playing at 50% having an end of season cold. Relatively recent additions Robyn and Cola have slotted into the team quite well however and have helped provide some handling confidence as well as up field flair. The other usual suspects (read some older AO match reports if you don't know who they are) brought their A game too, and instead of having one or two moments of individual brilliance like we normally do, we had moment after moment of fluid play.
The early stages of the game saw us trade points pretty evenly until MY called a time out after we scored two in a row. We knew they'd be coming hard at us after this so we lifted our game too and scored the majority of points in this middle section of play. They proceeded to get a few back and we traded a couple more points to close out the game at a tight 10-8. Although it was inconsequential to the result, one shining moment of 'glory' came after last possession was called by Adilia (doing her BUML duties) - MY pull the disc, AO are talking up the safe play options to keep control and score as they are running to position, and James (probably thinking about how safe he's going to play it) in receiving said pulled disc drops it cold. Some laugh. Some groan. All consequently shake hands.
And after the dissapointment of an unfitting end had faded, what we were left with was the memory of fun, hard fought ultimate. MY's new players had improved heaps since our last match up. For me though, it was most pleasing to see AO finally gelling as a team, reading each other well and playing disc with some wonderfully seamless flow. The challenge now is to string wins together and get on top of this b pool!
A good night for the club all round
Last night was a very good round for the HUC with all teams recording 2 point wins.
Heroes 13 D Dyspnoeics 11
AayOhh 10 D Mellow Yellow 8
Discheads 12 D Baby Chimis 10
Well done to all teams and players Im sure there were lots of exciting moments to blog about. So get up your captains if they arent doing it :P
Heroes 13 D Dyspnoeics 11
AayOhh 10 D Mellow Yellow 8
Discheads 12 D Baby Chimis 10
Well done to all teams and players Im sure there were lots of exciting moments to blog about. So get up your captains if they arent doing it :P
Cobras strike
Sorry for the lack of a BPL report this week, believe it or not Carls been busy haha. Well too busy to blog, but ive found some time now.
What can we say about last weeks match against those black adders? Heroes started strongly but failed to be decisive missing early chances to put on score board pressure. The teams traded points until 6 all when cobras got a brake and then capitalized on O to take the half 8-6.
After half all the good work to pressure cobras into long points fell away and the snakes slithered into the endzone on the back of some bad errors. This game was easily our worst for the season. I think the final score was 15-9? not sure.
Take aways from the game. For me, dont try to catch a pull around your ankles, you ll drop it. When you turn it over in mid field and you are on Wetnose, just get in front of him cause he ll be breaking long. We all knew it was gonna happen but being out of position from the turn over didnt help (also a lesson I learnt).
This game was disappointing and we let ourselves down. Enuf said.
What can we say about last weeks match against those black adders? Heroes started strongly but failed to be decisive missing early chances to put on score board pressure. The teams traded points until 6 all when cobras got a brake and then capitalized on O to take the half 8-6.
After half all the good work to pressure cobras into long points fell away and the snakes slithered into the endzone on the back of some bad errors. This game was easily our worst for the season. I think the final score was 15-9? not sure.
Take aways from the game. For me, dont try to catch a pull around your ankles, you ll drop it. When you turn it over in mid field and you are on Wetnose, just get in front of him cause he ll be breaking long. We all knew it was gonna happen but being out of position from the turn over didnt help (also a lesson I learnt).
This game was disappointing and we let ourselves down. Enuf said.
Monday, September 13, 2010
HEROES AGM and BREW HA HA
On behalf of the incredible Heroes Ultimate Club, I would like to announce Heroes first Annual General Meeting:
16 October 2010
5pm-7pm
All Heroes welcome
Followed by the Heroes Brew Ha Ha (instead of a fight, we will drink brews and have some laughs to celebrate our application of incorporation):
7pm-??
Write the date on your calender NOW! Come to one or both events. More info will be out soon about both the meeting and the party so keep your eyes open.
16 October 2010
5pm-7pm
All Heroes welcome
Followed by the Heroes Brew Ha Ha (instead of a fight, we will drink brews and have some laughs to celebrate our application of incorporation):
7pm-??
Write the date on your calender NOW! Come to one or both events. More info will be out soon about both the meeting and the party so keep your eyes open.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Heroes learn a li'l lovin' from Lovefest 20/10
First of all I must ask that you excuse how crap this post might be because zs I write this I ma ucrrently consuming my 6th beer since our last game, which ended less than 2 hours asgo.
Heroes brought some wicked frisbee right from the get go after the practice tournament last weeekend. First up we played against Griffith and friends, the most spirited team of the tournament. After a hard week of frisbee (Div2 BUML, Div1 BUML, BPL and the first ever Wonder Women game) Heroes were pumped to play some Frisbee, and most importantly to WIN some frisbee.
The first game seemed a little scrappy. Both teams took a while to get in to the game and both teams probably should have capitalised on each others' errors earlier but in the end Heroes managed to take the game something like 9 - 6 or perhaps even closer, I really can't remember that far back now. Griffith were our only opponent who was organised enough to have a spirit "game" during the circle of love and our roses were awarded to Robyn, Adam and everyone's favourite captain, Dan.
Next up saw Heroes playing the number 2 seeded squad (who ended up taking the tournament) The Mexican. I think the most disappointing aspect of this match was the lack of moustache, given Al's display at Halibuts. Thankfully, yours truly was able to bring something extraordinary to the table. Props to Arlin though for his disgustingly seedy mo.
In true Heroes style we used the first game to warm up and realise that it was gonna take a little more effort to bring the competition to this game. The Mexican were made up of a combination of Chimichangas, John Doe and probably a few others so most tipsters would have predicted a pansting, a la last week in Mixed Nat's Qualifiers. Instead, Heroes decided to play some fricken awesome ultimate and lost the game 8-7. Heroes had last possession with this score however unfortunately we were unable to bring it back to a draw after a rather even rest of the game.
Next up Heroes had a bye followed by lunch, which was deliciously welcome. The pools were split at this stage and Heroes were placed with Disc Heads and Sugar, who had both won one and lost one.
Post lunch Heroes played Disc Heads and really brought our A game. Our new recruit Pete Allen only played the first half but in that time we were able to get up 6 - 1. I think most of all our attitude coming in to the game is what got as so far ahead with every Hero wanting to beat these chumps after last BUML Div 2 matchup. This game I think was won by our women, Laura Sonter, Mel, Robyn and Steph, who all put in 113%. Final score was approx 11-6 to Heroes.
Far out, blogging under the influence takes forever.
Finally Heroes played Sugar basically for 4th place in the tournament. It was a draw. What more can I say? I expected more from Sugar but the talk (from other teams) on the side line went along the lines of "Heroes are playing really well today" or "I've never seen Heroes play so strong".
After the game there was discussion about how Frisbee wins after a draw. Often teams will say "Frisbee is the real winner" but I think Frisbee would be pretty pissed about this. Anyway, I'm not pissed, I think Heroes were phenomenal today. Come next time and we will be winning against the tournament champions, and pantsing the rest of them.
Three big cheers for Nathan for directing a lovely tournament, Pete, Buzz, Stubbs and Danger for there first appearances in the HEroes club and gosh darnit, for James Squire for providing me with such delicious post tournament beer! Hiphiphiphorray!!yayayayroflcopterlolbbq
Friday, September 10, 2010
Training This Sunday
IS ON!!
We're not all playing Lovefest, and 1 day of ultimate is not enough for one weekend for some of us!
So there will be training at Oakman Park, Toowong (it's just off Moggil Rd near BBC School) at 2:30pm. Social pickup will commence at 4pm.
Cheers
Dan
We're not all playing Lovefest, and 1 day of ultimate is not enough for one weekend for some of us!
So there will be training at Oakman Park, Toowong (it's just off Moggil Rd near BBC School) at 2:30pm. Social pickup will commence at 4pm.
Cheers
Dan
Wonder Women v Nachos United

Okay, I have been informed that as a heroes captain there are “certain duties” that I have to carry out, including a match report.
Heroes first ever women’s team, Wonder Women had their first ever game last night. The Wonder Women demonstrated their superhuman strength, super-speed, super-stamina, and super-agility with some great play on the field. Here is a run down that I remember:
Points 1-3
…… not too sure what happened during these points, as after dropping Adam off at BPL, I arrived in time for point 4. Luckily Sandra Poon, our amazing poached recruit was there to fill in for me until I arrived.
However, the score was 2-1 our way when I took to the field so I gather there was some quality play from the Wonder Women.
Points 4-10
Nachos strode ahead at this point in the game, with some awesome short and long plays which involved most of their players.
Score at the end of point 10: 7-3 to Nachos
It was about this point that we had a timeout, and were trying to figure out an action to go with out cheer, but we couldn’t quite think of a way to do the action for a lasso without looking like strippers, so we put that idea on hold for a while.
Points 10-17
The game got very interesting from this point on, with the teams almost matching point for point. The male heroes could have learnt a thing or two from one of our awesome points where a play was called on the line (handler swing to primary cut to secondary cut) and it came off perfectly for a score with some amazing flow down the field. Lesson: Playing the position and play called on the line + paying attention to timing makes for some pretty looking ultimate.
There were a few long hucks from myself and Sandra, with both of us admitting to being slightly huck-happy with end-zone eyes. However, I believed we scored at least 2 points, possibly 3 from these throws.
End score: 10-7 to Nachos.
MVP points!!
Okay, for this game seeing as we haven’t discussed this yet, I am going to make an executive decision about MVP points for the players, we will discuss this next week and come up with a proper system.
There was awesome play from everyone on the field, from Jo’s catches of some pretty swilly throws, to Bri continuously providing options and Alana’s stack master skills and long options but the points for this week will be awarded as follows:
3 points: Sarah for her long cuts and scores in the end zone
2 points: Sandra for her layout to save a terrible pass by me which should have been just a simple 5 metre pass.
1 point: Vanessa for some awesome handling points!
Honourable mention goes to Morag, who played her first ever game of ultimate last night.
I am really proud of our effort last night (especially considering that it was the first time we had ever played together) and can’t wait for some more Wonder Women action!
Heroes first ever women’s team, Wonder Women had their first ever game last night. The Wonder Women demonstrated their superhuman strength, super-speed, super-stamina, and super-agility with some great play on the field. Here is a run down that I remember:
Points 1-3
…… not too sure what happened during these points, as after dropping Adam off at BPL, I arrived in time for point 4. Luckily Sandra Poon, our amazing poached recruit was there to fill in for me until I arrived.
However, the score was 2-1 our way when I took to the field so I gather there was some quality play from the Wonder Women.
Points 4-10
Nachos strode ahead at this point in the game, with some awesome short and long plays which involved most of their players.
Score at the end of point 10: 7-3 to Nachos
It was about this point that we had a timeout, and were trying to figure out an action to go with out cheer, but we couldn’t quite think of a way to do the action for a lasso without looking like strippers, so we put that idea on hold for a while.
Points 10-17
The game got very interesting from this point on, with the teams almost matching point for point. The male heroes could have learnt a thing or two from one of our awesome points where a play was called on the line (handler swing to primary cut to secondary cut) and it came off perfectly for a score with some amazing flow down the field. Lesson: Playing the position and play called on the line + paying attention to timing makes for some pretty looking ultimate.
There were a few long hucks from myself and Sandra, with both of us admitting to being slightly huck-happy with end-zone eyes. However, I believed we scored at least 2 points, possibly 3 from these throws.
End score: 10-7 to Nachos.
MVP points!!
Okay, for this game seeing as we haven’t discussed this yet, I am going to make an executive decision about MVP points for the players, we will discuss this next week and come up with a proper system.
There was awesome play from everyone on the field, from Jo’s catches of some pretty swilly throws, to Bri continuously providing options and Alana’s stack master skills and long options but the points for this week will be awarded as follows:
3 points: Sarah for her long cuts and scores in the end zone
2 points: Sandra for her layout to save a terrible pass by me which should have been just a simple 5 metre pass.
1 point: Vanessa for some awesome handling points!
Honourable mention goes to Morag, who played her first ever game of ultimate last night.
I am really proud of our effort last night (especially considering that it was the first time we had ever played together) and can’t wait for some more Wonder Women action!
Thursday, September 9, 2010
BUML mid season review_#3
Poachers
Poachers have given the Heroes the best run of matches thus far. With 3 outings against them resulting in 1 win each and a 9 all draw, no one knows what will result next time round. The poachers had recruited well over the off season and with the likes of Kalin and Dan added to the experience of "Always gets hurt" Theoand Dan Blacklock (pictured). At this midpoint of the season poachers are in with a real shot at the title, with a couple other teams. They need to hold form, especially with 3 draws, as soon at those close games go their way, Poachers could get a roll on.
Bermuda Triangle
The old Bermuda Triangle lead by 'the old' Geoff Spurling has had an up and down season with 4 wins, 4 loses, and 2 draws. But what do people know about this team? Really not much is known, except other teams constantly get lost in their zone. It’s this un-phantomable predicament. You know you're about to sail straight into it, but you still get lost. All you need to beat this team is compass like this. But getting your hands on it isn’t that easy. It seems as though 6 other teams got lost in the mist of the Bermuda zone, can you make it through to the 'other endzone', no I mean side, agrh Im lost...
Kelvin Grove Cougars
This team is a previous league champion but with the likes of their best player Mike Nield gone for this season, who was there to step up and take control. Well they've still got Tim Johnson and Gemma Sheridan marshalling the cougars around the field, so they cant be going to badly. I haven’t as yet played this team but from their previous results, the table standings and the average AFDA #, what I would suggest of this team is that they’re blooding some new talent. So with 4 wins and 6 loses, that’s pretty good I think. Rumour still has it that the cougars get extra practice in at recess at KG high school. Maybe some enforced after noon detention and we'll see this side back to their old form from winning the league.Griffith Go Go's
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Its a fact I’ve saved the incredible HUCs favourite team until last. The HUC loves what this team/club has done for ultimate in Brisbane since the start of the year. Unfortunately this success has not as yet carried over to the BUML D2 league as yet. But their fighting spirit has. I recall last season a drawn game between Heroes and the GoGos. Instead of registering a draw, they wanted to play one last point to go for the win. They pulled Heroes the disc and put us on O. We scored, but seeing this offer of spirit and the willingness to lay down the points earned for a draw, for a win was great. Seeing them get the first BUML was great this season. Well with all teams reviewed in this BUML league and with the poll running its' course currently, The incredible HUC has been enlighten. Stay tuned to buml.com and get into the funest league going.
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