So yesterday the senior member of the stately Brisbane Ultimate Blog mansion's household decided it was time to get out the cleats, shake off the hot hot summer, and get back onto the Ultimate field, in preparation at least for tonight and this Thursday, and headed on down to Sunday Pickup at Kalinga Park.
In sum, Sunday pickup at Kalinga Park is very cool, and you're a fool to miss out. We were impressed by the number of new players having a crack, and am glad that a future move to a 4pm start may be more attractive to those of us with slightly less sweat available for our bodies to exude. This event will only grow through the year, as the weather gets a bit cooler.
Tonight sees the start of BUML (rego and info), with some pickup at Griffith Nathan AFL Fields (map) (where we've been previously for Regionals 2007 and 2008). Gaining and keeping this venue to a big step for BUML (after the loss of Yeronga due to its being redeveloped into the new QAFL headquarters), so get on down there and have a run. This is the time to bring along your mates for a go, or recruit a few newbies to flesh out your team.
While we're talking BUML - what's the frickin' deal with the 70 people who want to play Division 1 forming themselves into only 5 teams??? Do they love their buddies so much that they want to have a bye every few weeks????? Madness ....
[Edit - its actually next Thursday 25 February for the warm up night!] Thursday sees the warm up night for BPL (you've been down to the Gold Coast blog to check out the second half of their season preview, haven't you?), assuming the lights at AJSC have been repaired as was hoped (otherwise it'll be fitness work in the dark for some teams, for others, it'll be some strategy sessions over at the Greenslopes Bowls Club).
Of course, the forecast for rain this week could stuff it all up!
7 comments:
there appears to be a shortage of women to create the sixth team... ??
I agree - if a 6th team were to form, I think the league would have to allow a 5-2 split
There also appears to be a lack of another core leadership group with enough pull to get a competitive 6th team up and running.
70 players and 5 teams = 14 = about the size team you'd (?I'd) like to have to make sure you get at least a couple of subs each night when you take out injuries, and work, and travel, and socail commitments etc etc etc
70 players and 6 teams = 11.6 = almost a gaurantee of having at leat a couple of nights over a season where you're playing with 7 and perhaps a couple where you're scrounging around looking for pickups..
Is there someone out there who wants to get the word out to all the div 2 teams to find those players interested in having another run each week to get a 6th team together?
and looking at the numbers on the AFDA site 1 see only 58 (+1 looking for a team) players registered for Div 1.. Which'd be less than 10 a team for 6 teams?
LOUD NOISES!!!
But anyway, is the BPL warmup this week? thanks for letting me know, I thought it was next week for some reason.
According to Stu's email sent out last Thursday, BPL will be starting NEXT Thursday (25th) with the first night being a training night.
Stu are you here?! Can you confirm?
Personally id love to see a 6th team. means you get to play every week. Sure there is a lack of girls throwing there name in to play but there are girls around if you ask them nicely.
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