Yeah Firestorm!

So Firestorm enter their last week before their "debut" (as Firestorm in NUFL at least - they were Firestorm at Nationals earlier this year, and the Moreton Bay Buggers in NUFL last year) at NUFL1 this weekend in Sydney.

NUFL (or the National Ultimate Frisbee League) is pretty cool. There's plenty written about it here and there, but I like the idea of getting the 100 or so top Open players and the 70 or so top female players around the country together for an absolute peak end tournament. These players seem to like it too, as you may guess.

A key part of the concept that makes it distinct from other events is that EVERY GAME IS TOUGH. There are no soft games against weak opponents. These players love that. They have been training hard for it, dreaming about it, and are now going to get down there and DO IT!

Firestorm is our local team, which for most people who follow Ultimate, makes them the default team to follow (just like the Brisbane Lions or the Roar or the Broncos).

I hope you can get along to see them at their training on Tuesday night in Toowong, or at their practice game at Annerley on Thursday.

Firestorm this weekend are: Al Don , Chris 'Buzz' Burwell, Chris, Piers Truter, Robbie, John 'Cheese' McNaughton, Adam 'Jangles' Beu, Liam 'Wet Nose', Pottsy, Jason Ray, Mat Ryan, Quinn, Pete 'Mad Dog' , Mike Neild, Shawn Robb, James Larkin and Brett M.

Good luck guys!


I for one would also like to see the Firestorming flow down more into BPL. Near as I can tell, BPL is the only local A-Grade men's league in Australia, and it provides a great patch for Firestorm to draw from (other NUFL teams I think tend to be have large club trainings of 20-30 guys to draw from). Not everyone in BPL wants to play NUFL or at the peak-end of Nationals (I say peak-end, because I think all BPLers should try to get themselves to Nationals for the experience, even if you're not there to win it), but getting some streamlining from BPL through to Firestorm would be good. One thing I've always wanted to see though was a uniform "Brisbane Warmup Regime", that everyone knows automatically. But I guess these ideas are a post for another day.

ps - congratulations to Mike on his engagement! And on getting in that MX newspaper last week.

pps - I would love to mention Sultry heading to Women's NUFL1, but I haven't had the chance to ask . . .