Gold Coast League 2012 - Details Confirmed!

From the press centre at the Mayor's Residence:

We're excited for 2012, and we are going to return with a NEW style to league.... we're actually going to revisit what we did to start this league long ago.

Bring on your team.... get your mates together, and get a team registered!!!

Minimum requirements: 6 males, 5 females fully paid at the time of rego.

First 4 teams registered in full are in... after that we'll assess based on demand. but only 4 teams are guaranteed.

Cost will be approx $5/night based on a 6-10 week season ($30-$50).

all score sheets, and evening rosters (how many and who played) need to be submitted by email the following day by both captains.

All games are to start promptly, and teams that don't have a min of 5 players will be deducted a point for every 5min they are below.

Season finale will have free drinks and BBQ for all spectators.

A big shiny trophy called 'The Bondage Cup' to represent the Gold Coast Ultimate League Premiership is on the line. MVP trophies for gents and ladies are on the line. Spirit Trophy too!

I will send out an 'AFDA registration' link in the first week of Jan, at which stage you need to race your team rego in to ensure you'll be a part of it.

Be sure to do your recruiting/rounding up now... and ensure that everyone is an afda member... it's quick, free, and easy.

If you are a new member, and might not know many who play, I'll also put up a spot to rego as an individual, and we'll work to find you a home.

Well.... get to it.... build your team... jump on a team... get those lovely ladies to grace us with their presence... and let's do this.

Oh yeah, team that regos first, gets first choice in jersey colour... and so on and so forth.

Also, Team Attendance Prize will be off the hook.

Thanks for reading.
Have a Happy Festive Season on behalf of:
Gold Coast Ultimate Disc Association

Beach Ultimate - Australia Day 2012

Hopefully you're all keeping an eye on http://adbuc.blogspot.com/ and getting your team together to get those big cash discounts!

Brisbane Indoor LEAGUE - January-February 2012

From the press release:

Gidday all brisbane ultimate players! After alot of research, alot of rejection and finally a stroke of luck, Brisbane finally has on its horizon an Indoor Ultimate tournament! For those who have never played Indoor before, its a completely different style of ultimate. Its played smaller and faster, with no wind or rain to worry about, and every player able to throw the full field- it's a recipe for some great action-packed utlimate! For those who have played indoor, this tournament will be slightly different! Due to physical constrants of the venue, it will be played even smaller on a standard size basketball court, with an added twist of the basketball 'keyhole' as the endzone!

Also the league will be a great pre-BUML season warm up for your team! awesome team building, fitness, sharpens your handling skills, game instinct and discover tricks and techniques you never knew you had!

Certainly, Indoor ultimate is great fun for every one, beginner to advanced, its even a great way to convert all those indoor soccer/netball players at your work that havent yet seen the light and refuse to open their eyes! So, the need to know:

When: 7pm-9pm Thursday nights, starting the 12th of January through to the end of February
What you get: at least two 35minute games of high intensity crazy indoor action! Plus prizes and the never ending glory of being brisbanes indoor league champions!
Where: Howell Indoor Sports Centre, Brisbane Grammar School, 14 College Rd, Spring Hill Queensland 4000
Who: All welcome! - sadly, Due to the limited space and availability at the venue, max of 8 teams can register! so you'll need to get in quick! dont miss out!

Why: Because this is a rare brisbane indoor league!! - right in the city too! AND opposite the normanby hotel?!

How: 3:1 or 2:2 m/f split. offence decides. Traditional ultimate rules. final league structure will depend on numbers.


Contact me if you have any questions, or head straight to http://www.afda.com/rego/showcompetition.php?competitionid=1148 for more info and register!


So come along, burn off those xmas callories, keep active over summer and have a great time!



Pass this on!



Erik Stevenson
erik.stevenson@hotmail.com

Taya Siedler
tayasiedler@mac.com

State Titles (aka Northern Regionals) Info Announced!

From the press release:

G’day Queenslanders,

I’m pleased to announce that the 8th Queensland Open and Women’s Ultimate Championships 2012 (aka Northern Regionals), will be held at Griffith University Nathan campus in Brisbane , on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 March 2012. The event will be hosted as a fundraiser by the Griffith University Ultimate Club, with oversight by QUDA.

Open Division
The Open event will run approximately 9am-5pm both days, similar to previous years. We anticipate 6-8 teams, from Brisbane , the Gold Coast, Townsville, Cairns and Gympie, of which 3-4 will be seriously seeking to qualify for Nationals (all teams of course will be keen to play well!). If you are an ‘unaffiliated’ Brisbane player, I encourage you to consider offering your services and experience early to our developing regional groups - we want to see every Ulti-lad in Queensland playing this event!

Women’s Division
As we only anticipate 2-3 Women’s teams will seek to play the event for the purposes of qualifying for Nationals, the Women’s event is currently anticipated as involving a all-skill-level Women’s Hat on Saturday (which may include some development sessions) and a short qualification tournament on Sunday (which may frankly be a game of Black Betty 1 vs Black Betty 2 to provide Nationals ranking). QUDA is currently considering providing further support for regionally-based women to attend, as well as new player recruitment material. We want to see every Ulti-lass in Queensland playing this event! More details to come.

Registration and Fees
Team and player registration is now open at: http://afda.com/rego/showcompetition.php?competitionid=1147

QUDA-approved player fees will be confirmed approximately one month before the event. As per previous years, in recognition of the flight costs involved and QUDA’s role in promoting the sport state-wide, North Queensland-based players will not be required to pay a player fee.

Timing, Qualification and Rostering
Teams which are using the event to qualify for Nationals 2012 in Newcastle should be aware of the AFDA’s qualification policies and requirements.

Please note that our event will be one week before Eastern, Southern and Western Regionals, which will be held on 10-11 March. The AFDA Board has agreed with our request to host the 2012 event early, to allow our teams to gain match practice at those other Regionals, should they wish.

Equally, this provides an opportunity for interstate teams and players to come and play at our event. This improves our event, but I should note a few things to ensure the spirit of Nationals qualification is maintained, specifically:
- interstate teams and players seeking to qualify for Nationals via their own region will not be counted in terms of wildcard slot qualification
- Queensland teams seeking to qualify for Nationals should not pick up interstate players who would be qualifying for Nationals via their own region (as this would screw up our local qualification process)
- Because this is nonetheless our State Championship, non-Nationals bound teams should limit any interstate pickup players to three or less.
If you have any issues with regard these ideas, please get in touch. We’re learning.

After Nationals 2012, AFDA is considering reviewing the Regionals/Nationals system with the possibility of allowing different Regionals on different dates in a permament sense, so how this all goes for Northerns may prove an interesting test.


So mark those calendars, get on a team, and we look forward to it!

Jason de Rooy
QUDA Executive Officer and Griffith Club Secretary

Pack Your Mess Kit

The inaugural Queensland Hat is on tomorrow.

All the info is at the Queensland Hat page. Regos have hit 98 as we speak - so the event is a success before the first disc is hucked!

Hopefully by now everyone turns up to tournaments with their own mess kit. If you haven't made this as natural as grabbing your cleats and sunscreen ... well now is the time!

Will Corey Be Queensland Ultimate's Movember Champion?

Our our highlighted lads, it looks like Corey has an unassailable lead, raising $159 for men's health.

You could always donate to Mansauce of course.

Slamtown Wins BPL Final

... that is all.

BPL Final Tonight (Weather Permitting)

So tonight is the Grandal Fin of the Brisbane Premier League.

In one corner, current champions the Dojo Mojo. Sure, they're the current champions, but they've lost more BPL Grand Finals than most.

In the other, the Slamtown Flatball Club will be sweating the call from Special about whether or not the fields are open or shut before they get in the cars and head north. The ground in Brisbane has been pretty dry, so lets hope Annerley has soaked up the overnight stuff and we don't get too much today. We also hope the Slammers all recovered from Kevvie putting on the white Marilyn dress to breathlessly sing 'Happy Birthday Mr President' last weekend.

Heroes deserve a mention of course made the rookie mistake of planning their end of season dinner for last Sunday, ensuring that it was the end of their season.

Here's the original registered roster for Slamtown: Michael Bienstock Abra Garfield Adrian Gepp James Larkin Nandor Locher Greg Orlando Stefan Rappazzo(c) Kevin Stahlman Phil Stocks isaac stone Rob Wiens Troy Zernike

And here's how the Dojo may line up: Peter Allen adam baker Ryan Black Stephen Cameron(c) Salvatore Colangelo Matthew Eastburn Sean Flanagan Andrew Lankowski Leon McIntyre Darren Shi Dan Walls David Watson

Assuming the game is on tonight, tips including scores are welcome.

Using More of the Web

One of the aspects of the 'off-the-field' part of our sport that we've always been a bit slack on (in the view from the stately Brisbane Ultimate Blog mansion) is knowing what people do between Ultimate games.

There's other sports out there where players become business partners, professional contacts, old boys networks and so forth. This helps those individuals get ahead, but interestingly it also opens up opportunities to further the sport itself through mutual connections and love.

There's no magic bullet for this, but its interesting to notice more and more Australian Ultimate players turning up on professional online networks like LinkedIn. Maybe if you're building your career, or want to work out a way to use our collective non-Ultimate time for the benefit of Ultimate, then get yourself on there.

USA Ultimate's nation-wide (and remember, its a very very big nation) tournament scoring system was broad to the Mansion's attention over the weekend at the AFDA Administrators Conference (more on that to come). Go check it out if you're not familiar - its cool and fun.

And if you haven't, you should go and check this out: http://www.theaudl.com/

And while its Monday morning, thanks to the fine welcome provided to the Mansion by the Heroes Ultimate Club at its awards night last night, and congrats to the awards winners.

First Aid at Tournaments

Its a frequently asked question for a tournament organiser - what do I do about First Aid at tournaments? While First Aid provision is mandatory and a no-brainer at big and competitive events like Nationals and Halibut, for other events, here's some thoughts.

TDs need to think about First Aid at Ultimate tournaments in terms of providing a focus for players to act quickly when someone gets injured, particularly if hospitalisation is a possibility. As a sport without referees, coaches and played by amateurs and run by volunteers, we generally don't have someone else watching a game and having responsibility for acting when someone is injured.

So, much like interpreting the rules, acting on injuries is everyone's responsibility (not just teammates, subs or friends). Games should stop for as long as is required (there's often a temptation to urge someone off the field so that the game can continue - resist this).

TD's can help by providing a focus for treatment, particularly a physical one in terms of a First Aid Station that is visible/known to all and mentioned during pre-event briefing.

(Side note - TD's who play their tournament should ALWAYS rig the draw so that they play right next to frisbee central and the First Aid Station, and are therefore nearby and can notice problems even while playing in their own game).

TD's can also help by focusing on flexibility in hot weather - if your tournament weather is looking hot, be very careful about heat exhaustion. Check out the AFDA's Hot Weather policies or talk to JdR about the things he's seen.

Folks often think first about getting St John's Ambulance Volunteers or some other dedicated first aider. This is appropriate for large events, both in terms of risk, and in terms of ameliorating the cost. A general rule of thumb for Ultimate seems to be day-long events of more than 150-180 players should closely consider getting St John's. More than 200 people and you should probably do it. The cost is something like $200-250/a day, you need to book at least six weeks ahead.

For a smaller event, a highly visible First Aid kit, ice and a good Captain briefing seems adequate. By Captain briefing, I mean that at least one person from every team should know:
- who the TD and/or delegated person for First Aid is and where they will be;
- where to find the First Aid kit and ice;
- where the nearest emergency room is;
- what their option is if their team doesn't have a car to drive someone to hospital.

Make sure your First Aid kit is properly stocked.

Remember, the most common part of First Aid at Ultimate tournaments is helping the injured person with decision making and then acting on that - should this injured person go to hospital, or at least not play any further? You often don't need much fancy training for that.

Green Ultimate

... no, not the Heroes Club.

A fella is doing a small uni research project on sustainability and Ultimate.

Perhaps you can spare 10 minutes to complete the survey?

[Some Off-hand Comments] Semi-Final: Buggers vs Dojo

It's that old showdown again, ye olde rivalry, the battle of the silver-backs.

Matt Ryan has been bragging that they've got Dojo figured out since last season. Basically, fast handling, jam it through the fence, and trap side-line on D. In other words, he thinks that their usual style trumps Dojo's usual style (Huck it to Pete, controversially re-invented this season as Huck it and Play D).

He may be right. Bugs certainly have the wood on Dojo this season. Steve Cameron described this season methodically: "Bugs beat us 15-3, and Heroes beat Bugs by a point twice, so technically Heroes are 11 points better than Dojo, but we beat Heroes.. What a season!"

While every other team in the comp had their statisticians working out what certain results may mean, Dojo seemed content to coast into the finals, and get Pete back. At one stage, Fatty got worried "We will make the finals, right?" We assured him that it was set in stone.

Pete's in for Dojo, Stu's out for Bugs, and we know these teams will use the same strats as usual.

[In Lieu of Interviews] Semi-Final: Slamtown vs Heroes

Slamtown have been closely guarding their mothers in the lead-up to this weeks final, following a mid-season barrage of threats coming from the Heroes Blog. In response, Stefan has said "Everyone's talking about the Heroes, but we haven't played them since Round 1, and what was the score? 15 to... the usual. Underwhelming."

Heroes will be going into battle with out the artillery of Bevan and Myall tonight. We haven't heard of any Slamtown casualties, aside from their pre-season losses of Jody and Al. Heroes have some hype after training with Firestorm again, and no doubt SFC have been training too, if lack of power rankings is any indicator. Do either of these sides have what it takes to go all the way this season? While the stoic Bugs and Dojo grind it out again on field 1, these two teams will be looking for fast movement and mongrel D, changing the tempo throughout. Matchups look good.

What We Know About Men ...

... is that they appreciate your support when they get around to doing Movember.

Donate to Corey (Cairns Ultimate)

Donate to Chris (Heroes Ultimate)

Donate to Mystery Dan (Griffith Ultimate)

Donate to MikeRick (Heroes Ultimate)

We will try to get some photos out of them ... so that there can be some judging in the final week. Don't forget to check out the Movember tag to see some past triumphs.

What I know about Women

During a Heroes bye in the BPL season, I completed a recon mission to Oakman park to check out the talent over there (and to throw with Jmac and Carl). The Women's League (WUFL) seemed to be an environment where any woman could come and improve their game with the likes of Kailtin, Sandra, Suze, Jo, Soph, Gio etc.

Teams looked pretty evenly balanced. The four teams were lead by:

Jo Ashdown - Wonder Women (Green)
Kaitlin Richards - Supertramp (Yellow)
Moulin Rouge - Giordana Rock (Red)
Titanium Nachos - Gemma Sherridan (Grey)

In the previous season, Wonder Woman was a creation of Robyn Dowley's, representing the Heroes club with some handy pickups (Sandra). This team finished 4th. All the teams made the semi's and they won 2 games in a row to take the premiership.

This season, a different looking Wonder Women team secured their place in a 1-week final series (1vs2) with Supertramp.

Kaitlin made the following statement in the lead-up to the big night:


Wonder women are out to fluke a grand final win again this season. Although based on results during round robin games it might be a little less flukey.

Supertramp will outclass their opponents before they even step onto the field with their 70's inspired cheers and supre inspired kit.

A bias pick would be Supertramp and an unbiased would be Supertramp.

All in all there will be no fiddle playing just some good fricking frisbee.

From all reports, it was the casual attitude of Sandra and Suze, suppliers of fine cidar, and the cidar education of Lauren Hutton that helped Wonder Women toward a second victory, disposing of the Tramps in fashion, 15-6. Yes, many a brew was shared throughout the season, and Lauren has been misquoted to have said "I drank a whole beer on the way from the car to the field".

That's all I know about women.

Looking Ahead - Northern Regionals aka Queensland Ultimate Championships 2012

So earlier this week QUDA put out the call for hosts to bid for the Queensland Ultimate Open/Women's Championships (aka Northern Regionals) and the Queensland Ultimate Mixed Championships (aka Halibut).

This seems as good a time as any to start some speculation commenting everyone (and of course, with BUML over JdR needs something else to blog about on Fridays).

Here's some triggers for your wild or not so wild thoughts.

Who's going to host, and where?

After the trip to Townsville in 2011, QUDA is getting Regionals back to SEQ, but that's a big space. The Griffith Club submitted their bid to host Regionals at Nathan to QUDA this morning (oo-yeah - inside gossip - we have our fingers everywhere here at the stately mansion!). There were rumours about the event going to the Gold Coast too. Sound good? Is anyone else bidding? What's important to a good bid? QUDA aims to confirm the hosts in early December.

Who's going to play?

Open division first. At the 'top end of town', Firestorm have started their season. Hopefully we'll see FS A and B again, or is that depending on whether or not the key Heroes players feel ready to stand on their own?

Slamtown and Townsville will no doubt turn fully up, to make things interesting in terms of who else qualifies for Nationals. Will 2012 see some B teams for these venerable groups?

At the newbie end of the scale - can Cairns make it under their own name (presumably grabbing a few stray Townsvill-ites?) Griffith's bid says that if they host they'll probably be able to enter a team for the first time, assuming their best players aren't lured elsewhere. Will the event being at the end of Week 2 of lectures enable enough time for some ambitious non-Firestorm UQ players to get a mob together? MattB is crossing his fingers for embers at Gympie and Toowoomba to burn ... can they ignite with the prospect of being able to tell their mums that they're going to the State Championships?

Meanwhile, the form of the Women's division each year has really depended on the level of ambition of key players. Black Betty will no doubt be there to do what they have to to qualify for Nationals, and before then be looking to hoover up the best players they can and the numbers to make their training sessions as good as they can be. Griffith's bid mentions running a Women's Hat on Saturday and then whatever qualification games are required on Sunday - is this the way to go?

Northern Regionals vs Queensland Ultimate Championships?

What's in a name? Northern Regionals has long been the name of the event within the Ultimate community, highlighting its role as the stepping stone towards Nationals. But then any member of the Australian public - including field hirers, sponsors, and your mum - understands the concept of a sport's State Championships.


Ok, let the informed and uninformed speculation begin!

What it means

Bugs vs Slamtown

OMG, freakin' huge battle!! Classic last round clash to decide top of the table.

Heroes vs Cobras

A Heroes win puts them 2nd or 3rd, which means they get Myall and Bev for the semi, so it's a little important.

Bandidos vs Blitz

If it rains tonight, these teams will be pissed. The clash they've been waiting for.

bout time for some power rankings

amirite?

Co-Mingled, Discheads win BUML17 Finals

It was a surprisingly blowy night at Griffith last night where the Division 1 Final between the UQ Lovers and Co-Mingled; and the Division 2 Final between What the Huck? and Discheads took place.

The 'old gringos' of Co-Mingled took the gusts in their stride, putting extra spin on the disc and taking advantage of the downwind hucks that were on offer, defeating an unhungover UQ by something like 17-5.

Meanwhile, the battle between the Discheads and WTH seemed to get most of the crowd attention, with the teams trading downwind points. The grey nomads however managed to get the break late in the evening, and won 12-11.

Spirit for Division 1 was awarded to Heroes, and Division 2 to the Griffith Go-Go's.

Ultimate Frisbee Toowoomba

Just in case you're looking for some Ultimate in Toowoomba at the moment (late 2011), there's at least one regular player looking for a throw - Christopher "SA Spesh" Davis zero4three8 035 186 or christopherdavis at live dot com dot au

As requested

"Where did you get those shoes!?!"

"They're my brothers."

Big Sky 11

Alas, JdR the Terrible has regained his dominance, reclaiming much of his kingdom and forcing me into exile. But I've escaped my bermunda triangle shaped lead cave where the internet is neither all around one or within one. I have time for one brief announcement.

Although most readers would already be aware, it would be remiss of us not to mention the most spirited and loving tournament on the Queensland calender. We're not talking about the past - Lovefest, or the future, Queue Hat, this tournament is upon us.

And it's mostly full - I'd say there are two half full teams, and I'm not sure what their plans are, but if you're interested, I'd get on the I need a team list.

Of course, the tournament is Big Sky 11, a tournament that has been run annually to support a much loved couple in our community, Stacey and Mike Neild. Head over to the dedicated blog to check out what it's all about.

And if you're as crazy as I am, you'll be playing the next day as well (Nov 6th), at either Firestarters or Women's development day. Jmacs post a few scrolls down should have some of that info, I hope. This marks the beginning of the nationals season.

BUML 17 - Grand Final Preview - We ARE the Walking Dead!

Well, unlike graphic novel series The Walking Dead (now a TV show), who’s titles we’ve been using for each of our previews this season, this particular season of Monday Night mixed Ultimate must end. But it shall end with a bang with two great-looking Grand Finals for all and sundry to get along to the Griffith University Nathan oval on Monday night, as they battle it out to get their names onto the BUML Hall of Fame Board (are you on it?), and of course have the esteem of the people FOREVER.

Division 2 Grand Final - What the Huck? vs Discheads

Well, this certainly wasn’t on the cards. Everyone expected the Orange juggernaut to be here. But something happened last week in the wilds of the Gap, the Agents went down 8-10, and when you think about it, if anyone was going to a) know of any weakness in AO’s offence and b) be willing to lie doggo for a lot of the season before springing for the throat, then the unfancied, unattractive and surprisingly uncoordinated Discheads were it.

Wait a minute – after ignoring them earlier in the season, are we here at the stately Brisbane Ultimate Blog mansion now opening up a bagging front on the Dischead’s asses? Well, that’s a bit rough, so let’s use the softer end of the pineapple and talk them up a bit. Yes, we can make jokes about their having dish-shaped heads, but their front tow of Craig, Seb and Zombie Starkey provide some solid grey that allows Jess, Electra and the Thompsons to run riot when the opportunity arises. Yay, Discheads!

However, the Discheads’ old-school happy-fun-times approach to Ultimate will be up for a challenge against the hard-nosed multi-sport-edged tanglers from What the Huck? who saw off a rallying but ultimately uneven Disc-Iples 11-9. The Huckers are very very mobile and love to score off the turnover. They’re also very motivated, having already asked JdR to have the carpark gate open by 4.45pm so they can commence a warmup that includes one thousand throws with burpees and raw egg shakes and rat-meat pies for those who stop (as they obviously need the protein, or maybe just need to get more fired up). In terms of talent writeup, its hard to say anything as there are no individuals in this team, and hence nobody to mention, aside from TJ because you need someone to flip the disc with the opposition and of course earn loads of money, have number one hit records and pull chicks and stuff. Yes, we are TJ fans from way back here, we don’t try to hide it. Go WTH?!

Our tip: This promises to be a very tight final, something the BUML fatcats desperately needs after a few easy ones recently. The Discheads will be relying on their pals from within the heroic Ultimate collective to fire their self-belief, and every Hucker will be there, along with their families, workmates and countrymen. We know reps from both of these teams are regular readers of these here previews, and we thank them for it. It also makes this game very very hard to tip … one team gets happiness, and the other team gets something to be angry about. With a game as in the balance as this one, even a tip by a blogger can make a difference on the field. Hmm, well, we like fairy-tales, so let’s tip What the Huck? by 1.

Division 1 Grand Final – UQ Ultimate Lovers vs Co-Mingled

Speaking of what the f**k, how is it that we’re not typing the Dyspnoeics names in here? All we can think of is that the move of Neighbours from Channel 10 to Channel 11 has definitely left the Dysponeics off balance, although nobody could have predicted that they’d have gone down so badly in last week’s semi. Of course, it could be that Co-Mingled finally pulled what it can do when pushed out of their collective pants and started waving it about for all to see.

And about damn time too, as the story of Division 1 this season has been UQ slapping stuff down and dragging said stuff back to its cave for dismemberment or conversion into furniture. The Poachers apparently make a nice occasional table and matching ottoman, after the Semi 13-8 last week.

The brute force on display when old gringos Gref, TomSteve or Megs have the disc in hand is truly intimidating, while their younger and more innocent players like Lex, Connie and Bonnie have been drilled within an inch of their lives. Heck, even JJ isn’t having brain explosions that trip the richter scale like he used to. It must be the calming influence of the regular DAK DAK DAK of BW providing the engine at the back. Yeah LOVERS!

The UQ Lovers have swept all before them this season, but if there’s a team that’s going to beat them on Monday night, it’s the talented Co-Mingled which has been gelling (and turning up) under finals pressure. With Abra, Stu and Brianna, this team will seemingly swim like fish through the air, while Dr Buzz and Prof MattB provide a long experience of ‘schooling student chumps’. Go Minges!

Our tip: This promises to be a very tight final, something the BUML fatcats desperately needs after a few easy ones recently. The Co-Mingled will be relying on the many many fans of Maylin and Molly to fill their sideline, but UQ won’t care as popularity is for people without partially completed degrees. We DO know that some folks from both of these teams are love a good heckling so make sure you bring your champagne along if you’re going to sit on the sidelines for this one. This also makes this game very very hard to tip. With a game as in the balance as this one, even a tip by a blogger can make a difference on the field. Hmm, well, we like fairy-tales, so let’s tip Co-Mingled by 1.

Heroes - BPL Minor Premiers?

Stu has been lamenting the lack of BPL action here on the Brisbane Ultimate Blog, and has cast his eye over the form guide with three weeks to go.

Those players that have been closely inspecting the league table and the draw for the next three weeks, may have noticed that Heroes have a good chance of winning the minor premiership in BPL!

The standings at the moment are:

1. MBB - 25pts (+54gd)

2. SFC - 25pts (+43gd)

3. Dojo - 25pts (+30gd)

4. Heroes - 21pts (+11gd)

However Heroes have a game in hand over the top three teams and in the next 3 weeks will play Bandidos, Blitz and Cobras. Which if they continue on their recent form could see them gaining 9 points and finishing on 30pts.

Whereas in the next three weeks, MBB, SFC and Dojo all have a bye and have to play one another. So one of these teams would have to win both of their games in order to stop Heroes from taking the tittle, which is no easy feat.

It would certainly be a big step up for Heroes, who so far haven't made the semi-finals (I think ??). Although being a Bug at heart my predictions for final placings are:

1. MBB - 31pts

2. Heroes - 30pts

3. SFC - 29pts

4. Dojo - 27pts

Come on the Bugs!!

Stu

MBB #13

BUML17-Finals Week 1

Far out man! And then suddenly, most teams were staring down the barrel of their last game of the season! And its only October. Well, that's the flukey lack of total rainouts for you (UQ Sport woosiness aside). So its Semis for the top four in each division, to see who gets to play in the Finals next week, while all the rest have a final playoff game. Alas, there is so little time to prepare the preview.

Division 1

Semi finals
UQ (1) vs Poachers (4) - UQ7A

Well, all the money will be on UQ tonight - they're only lost one match all season and have cruised through most of their recent games ... except that one game where the Poachers took it to them before going down by only a couple of points. Exams, thesis submissions, assignments, all that stuff are also playing upon the minds of at least some of the students. This one will be closer than most people think, and we're tipping an upset!

Our tip: Poachers by 2

Co-mingled (2) vs Dyspnoeics (3) - Annerley 3A

This should be a cracker, with two very competitive teams, both believing a slot in the Grand Final is rightfully theirs. Co-mingled will want to send Stu and May off to Melbourne with the very best of memories, but the Blue D's got the win in the matchup a month ago 12-11. The finals experience of Suze will probably count for a lot.

Our tip: Dyspnoeics by 1.

Placing games
Wuxi Finger Hold (5) vs Heroes (6) - Gap 2

Wuxi will be looking back at those three draws this season, and wondering what might have been if they'd squeezed another few points out.

Our tip: Wuxi by 4.

Ghost Who Walks (7) vs Bermuda Triangle (8) - Griffith 3

Two of our favourite teams, who have toughed it out in Division 1 against some pretty high level opposition, yet they kept coming back week after week. There will no doubt be some heckling relating to "desire for relegation" every time there's an error tonight, but in reality both these teams will be desperate to go home a winner.

Our tip: Ghost Who Walks by 1.

Division 2

Semi finals
Agent Orange (1) vs Discheads (4) - Gap 1

Its madness, I tell you, that one of the most anticipated games of the season will be hidden from prying eyes at The Gap. But that's the way they roll out in Orangetown. The game back in Round 6 was very close, but its hard to tip against the solid discipline of the Agents.

Our tip: Agent Orange by 4.

What the Huck? (2) vs Disc-iples (3) - Annerley 3B

Dark horses WTH? looked like they were going to miss out on finals action earlier though the season, but seven wins straight sees them go into the finals series placed second. And which was the last team to defeat them? The Disc-Iples! So mouth watering that we expect both teams to be over at the Bowls Club for a few settlers (they have a pie and pint deal, apparently) both before and after the match. Very hard to call, as both teams will really want this, and know how to lift for big games.

Our tip: What the Huck? by 1

Placing games
Chimichangas (5) vs Tsunami (6) - UQ7B

Heading up the Division 2 "íf only's" are the well petrigreed Chimichangas and Tsunami. The Chimis had a massive hit-out last week against the Griffith Go-Go's, who threw everything they had at them, so will be feeling good going into tonight. The split round seemed to disrupt the Tsunami's wave, with recent losses to the QUTies and Discheads disrupting Erik's master-plan. Let's hope UQ Sport don't decide to close the fields for the Queen's visit.

Our tip: Tsunami by 1.

Mellow Yellow (8) vs QUTies (7) - Annerley 5A

Could there be two different teams? Mellow Yellow have the depth and talent, but QUTies have a killer instinct post-AUGs.

Our tip: QUTies by 2.

Griffith Go-Go's (9) vs Plastic Scourgery (10) - Griffith 1

The Go-Go's started their late season run of quality with a win over the Scourgeons, but with playmaker JdR on the sick list and playmaker Notty presumably back for the duration, tonight could be quite different. Still, we do have a very favourite team who we've tipped most of the season.

Our tip: Griffith Go-Go's by 2

Griffith Oh-Yeahs (11) vs Slipped Discs (12) - Griffith 2

Very hard to call - really it will come down to who shows and who blows. Both teams have had plenty of splashes of brilliance this season. We'll have to go with tipping the gang that won last time.

Our tip: Griffith Oh-Yeahs by 4

See you later in the week for our Grand Final Previews!

Johnny Mac Does Our Work for Us

Johnny Mac recently emailed everyone he could with useful information, kind of what this blog tries to do sometimes. Good work John!

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Guys and girls,

This email is all about what's happening in Ultimate! It's going out to those playing in current Brisbane leagues; these are ending soon, and tourneys are coming up over summer, so it's a good time! The first half is about knowing how to get information, and the second half is just a quick list of things coming up (summarising some other info flying around).

PART 1: HOW TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING

In general, Ultimate players live on the internet; pretty much everything happens on email groups and/or websites. To stay informed, you'll need to join some email groups.
For those concerned about copping an email barrage if they sign up to more groups, you can set them to "daily digest", where it's only 1 email per group per day :-)

TO JOIN A YAHOOGROUP: Add "-subscribe" to the email address and just send it a blank email, e.g. email buda-ultimate-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Alternately, if you've got a Yahoo ID, go to groups.yahoo.com/group/ and join from there, e.g. groups.yahoo.com/group/buda-ultimate

RECOMMENDED FOR ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE!
- The Brisbane Ultimate announcement group: buda-ultimate@yahoogroups.com
- The Queensland Ultimate announcement group: qld-ultimate@yahoogroups.com
- The Brisbane Ultimate Blog: brisbaneultimatedisc.blogspot.com
These will give you information on local events and things happening nearby.

- The Australian Flying Disc Association website (especially the tournament calendar): www.afda.com
- The Australian Ultimate announcement group: aus-ultimate@yahoogroups.com
For news on events and happenings across the country, check these out. Interstate tournaments are a great way to see Australia and meet a bunch of people.

LOCAL COMPETITIONS
There's obviously all sort of local competitions going on, both in Brisbane and elsewhere. Contact info for these (as far as I can find):
BRISBANE
- BUML (Monday nights) announcement group: buml_ultimate@yahoogroups.com
- BUML website: buml.quda.org
- UQ (Wednesday nights): uqultimate.blogspot.com
- BPL (Thursday nights): brisbanepremierleague@yahoogroups.com
- WUFL (Thursday nights): wufl@yahoogroups.com
TOWNSVILLE
- Email the guys at townsvilleultimate@gmail.com
- Check out the blog: townsvilleultimate.blogspot.com
CAIRNS
- Check out the blog: cairnsultimatedisc.blogspot.com
If you're playing in a comp, getting on the list is generally a good thing, especially for things like field closures (though note this isn't effective if you're on daily digest).


PART 2: WHAT'S COMING UP

Various emails have been going around, so I just want to quickly summarise these, while I'm doing an information-type email.
Get involved! Tournaments are the best way to experience Ultimate, hands down, and are also a great way to meet other people that also play this crazy sport :-)

QUEENSLAND EVENTS

FINALS TIME (various dates/venues)
All the leagues are coming up to finals soon, which means there'll be some great Ultimate for spectators. Unfortunately, I don't know exact dates... but if you're on the buda-ultimate announcement group (as above), you'll probably find out!

ACE RACE (Sun 30 Oct, Bray Park)
A disc golf event for anyone keen to try something different: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=175956055803106

BIG SKY (Sat 5 Nov, The Gap Soccer Club)
There are two things that I think make this tournament stand out: 1) the purpose of the day, acting as a fundraiser; 2) the consistently high standard of organisation.
But hey, that's just me. Come play, and make up your own mind! Rego is filling up fast: http://www.afda.com/rego/showcompetition.php?competitionid=1101
Tournament website: http://bigsky11.blogspot.com/

CAIRNS HAT (Sat 5 - Sun 6 Nov, Cairns)
Fresh off the press, Cairns will be holding their first tournament. For those up north and not attending Big Sky/development clinics, this is the place to be. I don't have contact details handy; try the Cairns Ultimate blog?

DEVELOPMENT CLINICS (Sun 6 Nov, The Gap Soccer Club)
Firestorm and Black Betty, the Brisbane men's and women's clubs, are running a development day.
Not sure about the women's plans; more info on the Firestarter is at: http://firestorm.quda.org/?page_id=652

QUEENSLAND HAT (Sat 26 - Sun 27 Nov, Annerley Junior Soccer Club)
Though rumours and rego pages have been around for a while, the official announcement is still fresh and warm. For the first time, you can get your hat on right here in Brissy in November for two days.
Get your rego on at: http://www.afda.com/rego/showcompetition.php?competitionid=1099
The tournament site can be found at: http://queensland-hat.blogspot.com/

TRAVELLING EVENTS

HEROES & VILLAINS HAT (Sat 19 - Sun 20 Nov, Sydney)
This follows on from last year's Harry Potter Hat, and with this name, it's like it was made for Queenslanders...
Choose your allegiance at: http://www.afda.com/rego/showcompetition.php?competitionid=1098

THE MELBOURNE HAT (Sat 10 - Sun 11 Dec, Melbourne)
What more can be said about this tournament? It's a stalwart of Australian Ultimate, which deserves a pilgrimage at least once in your frisbee life.
Rego hasn't opened yet, but keep an eye on the email groups, as it tends to fill up fast, and you don't want to miss that cut-off...

THE LONGEST DAY/WEEKEND (Sat 17 - Sun 18 Dec, Sydney)
The Melbourne Hat of beach Ultimate (except that it's teams... and in Sydney). Another regular fixture on the tournament calendar which really blends all the ideal elements of Australia, summer and frisbee...
Team registration opens on Thursday 17 November at 8:30am (Sydney time). You'd want to make some kind of plan by then.
Check the website for info: longestday.ultimatefrisbee.org.au



Ladies and gents, I hope this has been a useful email.
If not, the delete button is a wonderful thing...

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BUML 17-11 Preview: Fear the Hunters

The last week of the ‘home and away’ (not Neighbours, Mansauce) series (for those teams with a home). And just in time it seems as the Queensland storm season seems to be settling in. BUML has somehow miraculously avoided a full rainout this season, so everyone you’re your fingers, toes and Strelan’s crossed and make the appropriate sacrifices to keep this run going for three more Mondays.

Everyone of course gets a Semi-Final or playoff game to play next week, and then the week after is Grand Finals time, where all the best hecklers come out to celebrate champagne Ultimate.

Speaking of time, we’re short of it as usual, so lets get through the draw.

Division 1

Bermuda Triangle vs Poachers - Annerley 3A
Bermuda Triangle are of course one of our favourite teams, but its been a long hard season of Division 1 for them, and they’ll be looking across to Field 3B to see a bit of Division 2 play and imagine themselves slapping leather there in 2012. This will be particularly the case as the Poachers will be going all out to win 15-0, as its possible their entry to the Semi-Finals this season will come down to the goal difference.
Our tip: Poachers by 7.

Co-mingled vs Wuxi Finger Hold - The Gap 1
Because its Wuxi or Poachers who are going to take the fourth Semi-Final slot in Division 1 (we don’t know officially, but assume based on the excellent weekly tabling work of the BUML webmaster that goal difference will count … although the TD’s may want to make an official announcement after having a look at the AFDA Tiebreaker information available over at: http://afda.com/showcontent.php?page=tourney_resources).

Of course, with Poachers are the favourites over Bermuda, the Fingers have to get over the Mingers’s first, and that’s a tough ask. Really, its Finals Ulti for Wuxi from here on in. Co-mingled we think would rather not play UQ in the Semi, and hence that’s extra motivation to take the points and second place in this game.

Really, we expect this to be a HUGE game, and a great preview for the Finals series. The spectator's choice.
Our tip: Co-mingled by 2.

The Ghost Who Walks vs Dyspnoeics - Griffith 1
The GWW are so hardcore, that barely hours after the team’s parental units were out of hospital with the new child last Monday, than they were down at Griffith taking on the lost tribe of Lovers. Dyspnoeics need to be careful here and not be thinking too much about next week … we all know how easily Andy can drift off into his ‘imagination’ state. Still, there’s fair reason the Blue D’s are currently equal second on the ladder, and the purple-suited ones equal seventh.
Our tip: Dyspnoeics by 6.

UQ Ultimate Lovers vs Heroes - UQ Field 7A
Its post-Mixed Nats and post-AUGs for many of these players. The hangovers may have worn off, but exams are in sight. Anything could happen, but most likely it’ll be Gref hucking long.
Our tip: UQ by 5.

Division 2

Mellow Yellow vs Disc-iples - Annerley 3B
MY are pretty much top of the bottom half of Division 2, which means their job now is to spoil spoil spoil, and the Disc-Iples have been looking a bit shakey over the last couple of weeks, with their anticipated march to the Grand Final now looking like an early out in the Semis. Should be a good game with both teams looking to stretch themselves. We smell an upset.
Our tip: Mellow Yellow by 2.

Discheads vs Plastic Scourgery - Annerley 5A
The Discheads will be more desperate than … well, a very desperate thing to win this game and assure themselves a Semi-Final slot. Plastic Scourgery meanwhile continue to be focused on a good time, not a long time.
Our tip: Discheads by 7.

Agent Orange vs Slipped Discs - Gap 2
The unbeaten and likely minor premiers Agent Orange take on the brave but likely wooden-spooners Slipped Discs. The temptation for Captain Gav of course will be to rest key players like himself and protect them from injuries, but isn’t that risking losing momentum?
Our tip: Agent Orange by 12

What The Huck? Griffith Oh Yeahs Griffith 2
The second placed dark horses and officially ‘wittiest team name in the League’ What the Huck? take on the brave but likely second last placed Griffith Oh Yeahs. The temptation for the Pie-man of course will be to rest key players like himself and protect them from injuries, but isn’t that risking losing momentum? A worry too is TJ looking ahead to promotion to Division 1, whatever the outcomes from the Finals, and spending his time looking around the free agent market instead of on the field. The difference of course for the Question-Marked Ones this week is that the youthful Oh Yeahs do have the speed to keep up with them.
Our tip: What the Huck by 8.

Chimichangas vs Griffith Go-Go's - Griffith 3
Bags our team gets to wear our red shirts.
Our tip: Chimi’s by 4.

Tsunami vs QUTies – UQ Field 7B
The QUTies will certainly come out firing for this one, now that they’re fully comfortable in their blue and orange ringed outfits, and with the prospect of jumping a ladder spot or two with a few late season wins. Of course, Tsunami are still mathematical possibilities for the Semi-Finals if other games go their way, although they’re no doubt still lamenting recent close losses to the Discheads and What the Huck?
Our tip: Tsunami by 4.

If any of our readers would like to contribute to our team-by-team season round up for next week, email us. Your comments on your teams or others will of course make a great improvement from our usual rambling falsehoods and such.

The long awaited, much anticipated battle between Good and Evil for the state of Queensland was finally fought in the dying hours of day 2, AMUC 2011, Melbourne.

The teams took a moment to stare each other down, before 7 of the bravest, most powerful Heroes, members of the Justice League, took the line, facing the nastiest, most cunning Villians - The Injustice League (lame.. but see wiki).

The Villians struck first (disclaimer - I'm making some of these details up), putting two on the board. Heroes responded, but Hugh Osborne made it his personal business to stop all good work done by the women and men in white (Heroes away outfit, chosen to represent light in the battle against darkness). Hugh got horizontal on many occasion, attacking from behind to steal the disc away.

Townsville's male line was massive, all over 6'. Becky and ..... were the known pickups, but homegrown Villian Dee was most impressive in her first AMUC, again, laying out and catching everything.

Heroes managed to hang on, the Villians taking half, 8-7. Captain H was caught spying on the Justice League at half time, and was immediately captured and escorted back to his camp, not being executed in cold blood, you know, code things. One anonymous Heroes member said at half time "For the rest of the game, we're in this no matter what happens now."

What happened then is the Villians marched in a few more points, taking the score to 13-9, frustrating the Heroes who were not using their super powers when the end zone was in question (mismatch).

I believe it was at this point that a contested call was made on an end-zone bid. The disc went back to 20m out and quicker than the speed of light, Jo had cut and received the disc.

There was a glimmer of hope. The city of Melbourne and the state of Queensland was in peril. A bunch of no-bodies came to look on. With the MIB(/WIB)crying out for a Hero, the Justice League lifted. The Elongated Man, James, was seen marking his man harder than everyone had ever seen before. He was reaching to grab the disc in field whilst it had sailed way out. Along with Bevan and MVP Sophie, these Heroes dominated the field. Hugh gave it his all til the death, but came up "injured" and relucant to leave the field.

Gavin wandered on to the field and this humble blogger let him. We are glad that he did, because it was Gavin who received the disc from Keisha$$#@ sophie (not bell) to win... time is up.

Cairns Fame

AMUC Summary

The Woe of John Doe - Abra states that the chalk was marked around the corpse as early as game 1 day 1. JD had an explosive start, putting a 6 points on the board to the response of just 1. The opposition took half at 8-7 and the "Unknowns" of QLD only managed one more point, going down 11-8 at time cap.

They managed to win one game in the first two days, and a victory before cross-overs saw them narrowly avoiding the bottom pool. Cola put it quite poignantly, when he said "I got 25, maybe 30 D's this tournament, but only 10 were lay-out D's.... and still... we lose."

John Doe looked comfortable at the party, donning Snuggies (they were assigned a theme of "S", which made cheeky goon smuggling a synch. It was only Buzz who looked uncomfortable, the respectable elderly gentleman obviously unimpressed with this bloggers outfit.

Heroes - were having similar difficulties, with Bevan laying out for everything and the others failing to covert on the scoreboard. The Justice League (theme of "J") were up 5-3 in the first half against BUUF before the boys and girls from Ballarat switched on, their hucks coming off and their zone effective. Heroes O looked good in parts but the error came far to often, with a high possession game increasing those chances.

Villians - A short chat with Hugh confirmed that Villians had won a game in the first round. They looked strong in the cross-over game, the women looking incredible, but went down narrowly. The legend of rookie youngster "Dee" has been told - she lived up to her name, with a lay-out to collect a Callahan in her first tourney. The Villians demise came at the hands of the Heroes, which will be blogged about shortly.

John Doe won their remaining games to finish 17th and Heroes were flat on Monday, losing winnable games and coming in at 21. Villians finished in the lower pool.

Sophie Stewart won MVP, which was predicted by this blogger but not mentioned to Kaitlin, who promised a night of drinks for me if Bevan won male MVP.

Its All Happening Up North - Cairns and Townsville

It's all happening up North this week.

Townsville is hosting its annual Royalty Hat this weekend.
Rego and info: http://afda.com/rego/showcompetition.php?competitionid=1095
Facebook and shennanigans: http://https//www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=143247555772024

Cairns Ultimate League on Tuesdays (aka CULT) starts tonight! Check out the preview on the new Cairns Ultimate Blog, and get your tips in. Brisbane folks will look closely at the squads lead by ex-Cobra Wetnose, and ex-Dojo Jay, while people who were up for Northerns in March will be estimating the growth of the likes of Alecha and Jamie. http://cairnsultimatedisc.blogspot.com/

BUML 17-9B Preview: Here We Remain Again

And we’re back into the split round this week, which means byes for many and Mansauce getting to spend yet another night on the couch catching up with some Neighbours, Everybody Loves Raymond, Junior Masterchef, and of course Media Watch, while all the top, I mean, flight-affording players from the Heroes/Discheads/Agent Orange consortium recover from three days of pleasuring people at in the Pool of DEATH (yes, DEATH!) at the Australian Mixed Ultimate Championships (check out Simmo’s previews over here: http://forcesideline.com/). Anyway, on with our local previews.

The Ghost Who Walks vs UQ Ultimate Lovers – UQ 7A
Your mission, GWW, if you choose to accept it, is to fly deep deep deep into enemy territory, and take a pummelling from UQ. Your best chance is to distract them into talking about how huge AUGs was, or ask them to show you their medal, just before you bust long, or remind them that its nearly exam time and they’re probably done sweet FA all semester and are going to be failed out of Uni and forced into employment where they fart in the bathtub so old men can enjoy a spa. Achieve that, and it’ll be closer than most people think.
Our tip: UQ by 4.

Chimichangas vs Mellow Yellow – Griffith 1
These two teams are currently running neck and neck on the Division 2 ladder, but they’ve left their runs too late in the season to threaten the Semi-Finals it seems. Which is a bugger, as they are two very entertaining teams to socialise with. On the field it’s a slightly more predictable manner, with the Chimis continuing their long tradition of playing huck-n-fetch, while Mellow Yellow stick with generating smooth flow down the open side. The absence of a couple of Mixed Nats players from the Chimis lineup, plus Rob’s return from overseas (drinking with foreigners always fires him up for some Ulti) may tip the balance towards Dr Good’s Old Timey Favourites Our tip: Mellow Yellow by 2.

Griffith Oh Yeahs vs Griffith Go-Go’s – Griffith 2
Speaking of DEATH, that’s almost the stakes that are being played for, here in the second ever face to face match up between the two Griffith teams. Way back in Season 1 2011, the youthful Oh Yeahs took charge and won the battle of the T-Reds, and have been making the most of the bragging rights ever since then (dubbing themselves ‘the A-Team’). Of course, everyone knows how psychologically vulnerable and fragile JdR is, so no doubt this he has been rubbed hard in an uncomfortable spot every time he’s seen Angus or Aiden’s cheery faces at the fields. Casey meanwhile has spent the last five weeks in Europe, planning on how he’s going to win this game single-handedly, and then carve himself a Mr T style Mohawk and beard, so that he can mutter to himself about being on the A-Team. Special shout out to JoeyDan, Big Dan and Mystery Dan, who all deserve more recognition.
Our tip: Griffith by 3.

Slipped Discs vs QUTies – Griffith 3
Both these teams were forced to forfeit last week. Some say its fatigue over a long season, where injuries are slowly starting to back up. We say they’re probably just softies who didn’t like the idea of playing when the fields were a little bit wet. Yep, that’s it Slippers and QUTies, the BUB is calling YOU out! Of course, it’s a chance for a rare win for both teams, so they’ll no doubt be there in numbers this week.
Our tip: QUTies by 4 (if they show up)

Oh, hang on, before we go its about time we analysed our most recent poll!

Which just shows that people think Agent Orange are gonna win it. Hmmm.

Quick AUGs2011 Notes

All Queensland teams went into Division 2.

University of Queensland - Gold - won their final 15-12
QUT - 8th
Griffith - 13th
Bond - 15th
ACU - 18th

AUGs press - http://www.unisport.com.au/News/Pages/UltimateAUGsportboastsspirit.aspx

Start saving those pennies to get to Adelaide next year!

BUML 17-10 Preview: What We Become

Off the split round and AUGs, and some people will have noticed nothing, others will be refreshed and ready to rock, and some will still be hung over (Hi Megs and Gref).

With teams having two or three games left before the playoffs, BUMLOC have quite rightly reminded everyone that players must have *attended* at least five games through the season to be eligible for the Finals. The attended is there (rather than played) to allow injured players to ensure their eligibility by getting along to support their teams.

An of course, we're only a few weeks away from the playoffs, so lets keep that finals speculation up by looking at the results of a recent Brisbane Ultimate Blog poll:

Yep, it looks like the favourites remain the UQ Lovers and the Dysponoeics, although maybe its possible those two teams are the only people who voted. Don't forget to vote over on the right there for the Div 2 favourites.

Anyway, lets get into Round 10.

Bermuda Triangle vs Co-mingled – Annerley 3A
Apparently the Co-Mingled squad were quite amused when we put the Co-Co’s moniker on them last week. Alas for them we aren’t trying to amuse, so from here on in we’ll nickname them the Minges and see how they like that. Expect Bermuda Triangle to throw everything at them this game, as they are desperate for a win to get them ahead of the other Div1 cellar-dwellers. Alas, many of these throws will be intercepted by a rampaging Maylin, who some believe has the highest ratio of wingspan verses height in the entire Ultimate nation.
Our tip: Co-Mingled by 5.

Dyspnoeics vs Poachers – Annerley 3B
The Blue D’s got out of jail against the Minges last week, so they’ll be careful about dropping the soap from here on in. The Poachers have been uneven all season, but are perhaps only one game away from pinching a Semi-Finals spot.
Our tip: Dyspnoeics by 5.

The Ghost Who Walks vs Heroes – Griffith 1
This could well be the battle to avoid relegation. The Purples and the Greens are two of the bottom three (along with Bermuda) and this is the last time they’ll play amongst themselves this season. So the winner here will be able to feel pretty confident they’ll be able to remain in the top flight, while benefiting from any early 2012 draft picks.
Our tip: The Ghost Who Walks by 2.

Wuxi Finger Hold vs UQ Lovers – UQ 7A
This game will all be about whether UQ can managed to turn up following Uni Games. Its not just the sore bodies (which frankly haven’t been that challenged this week) or the sore heads (which are nothing new). It’s the backing up of life – work, study, sex – that means they just may not be able to play on Monday night. Wuxi of course will be there, solid. Upset time?
Our tip: Wuxi by 2.

Chimichangas vs Disc-Iples – Annerley 5A
Well now, this should be an interesting game that will tell us about the makeup of the final. The Iples had a very humbling experience against Agent Orange last week, and must have spent the last seven days questioning themselves, their beliefs and their Ryans. Can they come back? Meanwhile, the Chimis are moving steadily towards the end of the season, with the return from injury of Johnny Mac adding lots of everything.
Our tip: Chimichangas by 4.

What the Huck? Vs QUTies – The Gap 1
Apparently the entire What the Huck? Team reads this preview each week. Our first reaction was of course, what the huck? But then it became clear that they come here seeking reassurance of their general fame within the competition, and their general dark horse status. Yes, its quite possible this lot are going to pull a Warriors and force their way into the Grand Final, on the basis of their slick counter-attack and tight teamwork. QUTies meanwhile I think alas will be pretty smashed up from AUGs, despite all the new tricks they will have learned.
Our tip: What the Huck by 6.

Tsunami vs Plastic Scourgery – The Gap 2
Neither of these teams have been to the Gap before, so that’s challenge one.
Our tip: Tsunami by 4.

Agent Orange vs Griffith Go-Go’s – Griffith 2
Most of the time, your blogger tips his own team, the Go-Go’s, through hell and high water. But this week they’re up against the veritable Beasts of Division 2, who will be getting all 666 on Griffith’s arse, much like they have with most other teams this season. Griffith will also be missing Dominator Dan due to AUGs.
Our tip: AO by 12.

Slipped Discs vs Griffith Oh Yeahs – Griffith 3
Oooo! This one is very important to both of these teams. After spending the season being boffed around by some teams full of people who’ve played lots before, the two genuine newbie teams of the League go head to head. Expect some long points, which will bring things down to a proper ‘survival of the fittest’ scenario.
Our tip: Oh Yeahs by 2.

Mellow Yellow vs Discheads – UQ 7B
So here’s how this game is going to go. Rob will wonder if he can’t slip over to the Staffie for a quick one before the game, as he hasn’t been on campus for a while. Yestin will go with him, and they’ll find Brendo’s already there with Dave C and Dave B. There’ll be some happy times, and then a warm up involving sculling the rest of the jug and a light jog across campus to arrive spot on start time. The Discheads meanwhile will have been slotting a few macchiatos down their gullets.
Our tip: Discheads by 3.

Every week we're shufflin'

A 1-point score differential in favour of the Heroes over the Bugs tonight made Dojo very happy. Cola thanked many individual green men, who were confused. Are you confused?

As Dojo secured a 2-point win over Cobras (a good battle), the Heroes win meant some shuffling would occur on the ol' leaderboard, aka the ladder. Dojo resume #1, while Bugs slide down to 2nd. Heroes move up to 3rd and SFC down to 4th as a result of Slamtown not playing (scheduled bye).

Next week, SFC and Heroes get to smash it out, and with 1-point 2-point no-point wins and losses going around, all this blogger can say is that it's f8ckin close and this is the first time in my memory where 4 teams could win it. That said, the bottom 3 are playing very competitively and it'll be interesting to see where our little league ends up say, in 12 months time.

That is all.

BUML 17-9A Preview: Here We Remain

So this Monday brings the first half of the AUGs/AMUC inspired split round, which gives us previewers a bit of a break, and a chance to run a bit of other business in this space.

Best of luck to all the gang from Griffith, QUT and of course UQ at the Australian University Games, which huck off next Monday at Runaway Bay on the Gold Coast.

Most importantly, apparently whomever is available of the two Griffith teams are going to the Beachhouse at Garden City for a few quiet ones. This means that folks visiting the Griffith campus for once will not be overly confused by the number of people running around in red shirts, nor by JdR’s inconsistent timekeeping and rambling about how it’s the only field he’s played Ultimate on this year, aside from Townsville.

Rumours about the Queensland Hat abound, particularly with news that Badman is going under the knife in November meaning his birthday will be more bummer than bash. The QH is flagged for 27-28 November in Brisbane.

Division 1

Poachers vs Heroes – Annerley 3A
The Poachers will be desperate to win this one, as Myall and Kalin have put the word out amongst the team that they’ll accept nothing less than a Semi-Final berth, or they’ll be quitting Ultimate for Disc Golf. The Poachers are currently two points out of the top four, and face the Dyspnoeics next week before finishing against Bermuda Triangle, so the opportunity to dark horse their way in is there.

Of course, the proud women and men in green are standing in their way, and will be hoping to pull an Ireland against the Wallabies on Monday night. Guarin remains in the Brian O’Driscoll role, while Sean is more of your Michael Flatley and Carl is more Westlife. Hmm, maybe next time we profile the Heroes we’ll match them all to heroic Irishmen and women …

Our tip: Poachers by 2.

Bermuda Triangle vs Wuxi Finger Hold – Annerley 5A
We’re not sure that its harsh to remind everyone that in its long and storied history, Bermuda Triangle has always had trouble scoring. Maybe it’s the whole ‘being full of married people and teenagers’ thing, but then again some of them grew up in the sixties and no doubt have made a few trips to Nimbin in their time. Anyway, we can only suggest hucking to the endzone from receiving the pull and then zoning like a mutha was always the BT way.

Wuxi meanwhile are so packed with stars … well its sort of something to say that Pete Allen is probably their worst player, both on the field and off. This probably why they rank amongst the best scorers of the entire BUML competiton, but have a relatively shabby defence, particularly when George is overseas and can’t clean up. You’d think they’ve have booked their place for the Semis by now, but their remaining games are against fellow top 4 teams UQ and Co-Mingled, and of course there may be player injuries and such from AUGs and AMUC to consider.

Our tip: Wuxi by 7.

Dyspnoeics vs Co-Mingled – Griffith 1
Well, this is a clash of the titans.

Speaking of For and Against, we pause to note that Dyspnoeics have the most miserly defence in the League, having only let in 51 points across 8 games so far this season (although the stats are slightly skewed by the Poachers’ forfeit back in Round 3). Indeed, its only been twice that the Blue D’s have let anyone score more than 6 on them in a game, and that was in their loss to UQ and draw with Wuxi. This game against Co-Mingled will either set them up for the Semis, or knock them on their asses before they face the Poachers and TGWW finish out their season. Despite some poll-bombing by UQ, the Dysponeics remain the favourites, based on the poll on the right there.

Co-Mingled meanwhile will presumably lose Abra to AUGs (although there’s a chance he’ll slip back up for the game), but this will just mean that the rest of the Co-cos will have to step up a bit … nothing new for the likes of Molly and Pres Boevink of course.

Our tip: Dyspnoeics by 3.

Division 2

Discheads vs Tsunami – Annerley 3B
Earlier in the season, we thought we wouldn’t need to talk about the Discheads in these previews. And how right we were, as their rampant egos and constant self-promotion have saved us from typing many words. But we’re starting to get to the business end of the season, and its not clear whether this crew still have the shop open. This game will be the big test.

Tsunami meanwhile have spent the week recovering from their first loss in a while, against the unpredictable but always-running What the Huck?

After this week the Discheads have Mellow Yellow and Plastic Scourgery, while Tsunami have Plastic Scourgery and the QUTies, so you’d assume on form they are both well in contention in a tight Semi-Finals race (although stranger things have happened), and will need to start practicing keeping their throats clear.

Our tip: Tsunami by 2.

Agent Orange vs Disc-iples – Griffith 2
Speaking of the upcoming Finals series, is this the Grand Final preview? While this previewer hasn’t had a chance to observe AO at all this season, the numbers speak for themselves – top of the table, only one draw to marr a perfect record, highest scoring offence and second toughest defence, plus outstanding spirit. But, perhaps AO are vulnerable this round, having to leave their halcyon heights home ground at the Gap and venture forth to the far south for the first time this season. Will this be beyond the reach of their local talent, and will they be able to find the easier carpark?

It’s a big call, as they’re up against the Disc-iples, who haven’t lost a game since their one point cliffhanger against the Discheads back in August, and have been semi-regulars on flat Griffith track.

Our tip: Disc-iples by 2.

What the Huck? Vs Plastic Scourgery – Griffith 3

Scourgery have the opportunity to get all River Song on us for the remainder of the season, with a chance to release some spoilers as their remaining games are all against potential Semi-Finalists.

Our tip: What the Huck? By 5.

IMHO

Blitz (5th) - stats suggest that the new team on the block seem to have put up a fight in most games, as they've reached time cap most nights. Always going to be reliant on Chris Cunliffe, but these guys have a lot of talent, young (Sean, Craig) and old (Geoff and that other guy). Oh, and Brock. Chris has been keeping it basic and appears to be coaching pre-game.

Win forecast: 2 more (3 total)
Placing: 5th
MVP candidate: Chris Cunliffe

Moreton Bay Buggers (1st): Early on, Buggers looked buggered. They seemed to lack positive leadership, comprising of wirely old crank pots and wide eyed rookies. The addition of Buzz surely consolidated this composition, but perhaps the physical presence of spiritual leader Mike has spurned the Buggers on, spiralling upwards to heights unfamiliar in the seasons most recently passed. Linus is larger than life but no doubt some (one) will attribute the Buggers success solely to #7115.

Win forecast: 4 more (10 total)
Placing: 1st
MVP candidate: Rolo

Cobras (6th) - These guys had an awful start to the season, again. Forfeits, players O/S for beach.... Trachter withdrawal.. The team they've had on the line in recent weeks has been less "star"-studded and more likely to win a match, which I think they did against Bandidos (am I riiight?)

Win forecast: 1 more (2 total)
Placing: (6th)
MVP candidate: Finn

Dojo (2nd) - Dojo find themselves in unfamiliar territory, 2nd place, without Pete, Matt Ryan or Caleb Sim... looking vunerable. That said, the other 3 in the top 4 have stuck it to them and they've come away losing only one. They say that Lankowski has been on the up since Nats. We agree. We play against him a lot.

Win forecast: 4 more (8 total)
Placing: (4th)
MVP candidate: Coops

Los Bandidos (7th) - Looking less threatening in their second season. They seem to be aiming to develop players with the usual suspects taking subs occasionally, however, as William Shattner says "It hasn't happened yet". Josh looks threatening in the air.

Win forecast: 1
Placing: 7th
MVP candidate: Gref

Slamtown Flatball Club (3rd) -
The travelers were unconvincing early. Sure, they had a string of wins, but their unravelling against Dojo was disappointing, and they failed to challenge the Buggers. We're told that their talls have improved, as we predicted they would. This is likely to carry them into the finals again. Greg Orlando anyone?

Win forecast: 5 more (9.5 total)
Placing: 2nd
MVP candidate: Jimmy

Heroes (4th) - A lack-lustre start after a bye first up. Heroes seemed doomed to mediocrity. Then heads were turned, as the green boys had their first victory against a "top 3" of the last few seasons - Buggers. Still playing to the level of their opponents, but mostly winning. Bevans hucking has disintegrated since he hit the pole on field 2 (read 3b if you're a BUML n00b). Killing it in the air.

Win forecast: 5 more (9 total)
Placing (3rd)
MVP candidate: Myall

Thanks for listening.

WFDF Introduces New Antidoping Rules

WFDF have announced its new Antidoping rules. If you are representing Australia, you'll need to be familiar with them. The press release at the bottom of the link below does a good job of explaining the various perspectives our sport has had in taking this on.

http://www.wfdf.org/index.php?page=antidoping/index.htm

Anyone want to place bets on when Ultiamte's first international doping scandal will occur, and how big a deal it will be?

No News is Bad News for Buggers

So last week, LD.Spesh finally released the ladder to the public. A number of Bugs# had been discussing positions on the ladder in previous weeks, obviously being privy to such exclusive information. So with Bugs securing #1, the ladder is released!

This post is a little late, so the ladder does not include games from the most recent Round, but here's an update.

Blitz started strong against Heroes with a 5-2. Heroes switched on and won 14-7. There were many skill errors all round.

On the darker side, Bugs and SFC had a hit out to establish dominance on the league. It seems like Bugs are the in form team, SFC apparently not challenging, I believe a similar score to the Blitz / Heroes game.

Not sure what happened across field, but I know that Dojo kept it serene in the garden.

Get Your MIT On This Weekend

The Mixed Invitational Tournament is on this weekend. If you're playing, AWESOME. If you're planning to go and watch, AWESOME. If you're missing out, lame ...

Here's the gin from TD Mat:

"G’day Everyone,

This is the Information you need for the Mixed Invitational Tournament this weekend.

This information is necessary for Team Captains, Players and Spectators.

This is the maiden MIT Tournament and it’s going to be absolutely smashing.

The Barramundi squad will be fist-fighting for spots at Worlds next year, and a bunch of interstate Mixed teams will be having their last tournament tune up before Mixed Nats. There will also be a mishmash of locals (including some highly credentialed players), who want to have a crack at all of the above. The Ultimate will be smoking hot.

With 7 teams participating this wont be the biggest event you’ve ever played, but it does allow us to give you a little extra special attention, starting with the use of one of our best tournament venues in Brisbane . And we’ve got a few gourmet lunch surprises lined up also.

In many years from now, you might be able to look back with pride and say that you were at the first MIT. And we’re hoping to give you a high quality, “boutique” tournament experience appropriate to the occasion.

Ooh lah lah.

COST $57 per player.
* 1 day players:
- $32 (Sat only).
- $29 (Sun only).

INCLUDES

Saturday 24th
•Games 11.00am – 5.00pm
•Gourmet Lunchbox
•Roast Dinner & Barra v Mundi Demo game (6.30pm – 8.00pm)
•Bar open till 12.00am

Sunday 25th
•Games 8.30am – 4.30pm
•Cold breakfast (cereal, bread & spreads, juice)
•Gourmet Lunchbox
•Gourmet Pizza after games
•Bar open
NB: Hot BBQ breakfast, Tea and Coffee available – user pays

VENUE
The Gap Soccer Club, Glenaffric St, The Gap
(approx 9km WNW of CBD on the road).

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=Glenaffric+Street,+The+Gap,+Queensland&hl=en&ll=-27.463652,152.994061&spn=0.06344,0.109863&sll=-25.335448,135.745076&sspn=63.416161,79.013672&vpsrc=6&t=h&z=14

BRING

•Usual Frisbee tournament stuff plus..
•Money for BBQ breakfast, fizzy drinks at bar and tournament fee (if needed).
•Towel and change of clothes for dinner and bar after the game (showers available at the fields).
•Jumper, because it can still be brisk at night.

SCHEDULE & DRAW
Saturday 24th
10.20am:…………………Captains Meeting

NB: The final draw will be published and distributed at the Captains Meeting
All team Captains or reps to be present at the Captains Meeting.

11.00am – 5.00pm:……. Games Commence
6.30pm - 8.00pm:……… Barra v Mundi Demo Game
12.00am:……………….. Bar closes.

Sunday 25th
7.45am:………………….Cold Breakfast (paid) & Breakfast BBQ (user pays) available
8.30am – 4.30pm:……...Games Completed
4.30pm – 5.00pm:………Pizza & Presentations in bar

Second Hand Marketplace

So this post is here for people who are looking to buy or sell second hand Ultimate gear within the Brisbane Ultimate community (or just give stuff away).

Maybe you've upgraded your cleats but the old ones are still usable by a newbie who doesn't want to invest yet? Maybe you've left a team but have a shirt that you don't wear any more but someone might like?

While the post itself will slide down the pile, new comments will come up in the sidebar, and we'll pin this title on the sidebar too for people to find easily.

Please have a good look at the date of the post when you're looking to buy.

If you're looking to sell, we suggest you include an email address so people can contact you.

BUML 17-8 Preview: Made to Suffer

Hey ho, let's go.

Division 2

Form only for Division 2 this week.

Slipped Discs (11th) vs Plastic Scourgery (9th) – Annerley 3A
Slipped Discs - last seven games – LWLLLLL (five losses in a row)
Slipped Discs Player to Watch – Bridget B
If Slipped Discs were a TV show – they’d be on Bris31
Plastic Scourgery – last seven games – WWLLLLL (ditto)
Plastic Scourgery Player to Watch – Emma B
If Plastic Scourgery were a TV show – That 70’s Show
Our tip: Plastic Scourgery by 2

Chimichangas (7th) vs Discheads (5th) – Annerley 3B
Chimichangas - last seven games – WFLWWWL (steady as she goes)
Chimichangas Player to Watch – Jemery A
If Chimichangas were a TV show – Los Vengadores
Discheads - last seven games – WWWWWLL (have the wheels fallen off?)
Discheads Player to Watch – Craig B
If Discheads were a TV show – Thunderbirds
Our tip: Discheads by 1

What the Huck? (4th) vs Tsunami (3rd) – Annerley 5A
What the Huck? - last seven games –LWWLWWW (due for a loss?)
What the Huck? Player to Watch – Laura B
If What the Huck were a TV show – The Mickey Mouse Club Show
Tsunami- last seven games - WLWWDWW (hasn’t lost for a while?)
Tsunami Player to Watch – Ben D
If Tsunami were a TV show – Hawaii 5-0
Our tip: Tsunami by 1

Agent Orange (1st) vs Mellow Yellow (6th) – The Gap 1
Agent Orange - last seven games – WWWDWWW (unbeaten!)
Agent Orange Player to Watch – Alex B
If Agent Orange were a TV show – Get Smart
Mellow Yellow - last seven games – DLLLWWW (talk about a season turnaround)
Mellow Yellow Player to Watch – Kirsten
If Mellow Yellow were a TV show – Cheers
Our tip: Agent Orange by 4

Griffith Go-Go's (8th) vs QUTies (10th) – Griffith 2
Go-Go’s - last seven games – DLLWLLW (blips)
Go-Go’s Player to Watch – Lizzy B
If the Go-Go’s were a TV show – Funky Squad
QUTies - last seven games – LLWDLLL (will be keen for it)
QUTies Player to Watch – Jangles
If QUTies were a TV show – Open University
Our tip: Go-Go’s by 1

Griffith Oh-Yeahs (12th) vs Disc-iples (2nd) – Griffith 3
Oh Yeahs - last seven games – LLLLLLL (about due!)
Oh Yeahs Player to Watch – Kate B
If the Oh Yeahs were a TV show – The Banana Splits Show
Disc-iples- last seven games – LWWWDWW (another great streak)
Disc-iples Player to Watch – Sam BW
If the Disc-iples Were a TV show – Sunday Praise
Our tip: Disc-iples by 8

Division 1

Meanwhile in Division 1 ...

Heroes vs Co-mingled – The Gap 2
Co-Mingled will be on a high after knocking off UQ at St Lucia last week. But its about time the Heroes did something and we reckon this week is it.
Our tip: Heroes by 2

Dyspnoeics vs Bermuda Triangle – Griffith 1
Both these teams adore going out to Griffith to play some Frisbee. Bermuda are seem to been getting somewhere on offence is the increasing number of points on the board each game means anything, but the Blue Ds view themselves as assassins and won’t take anything from anyone.
Our tip: Dyspnoeics by 5

Wuxi Finger Hold vs Ghost Who Walks – UQ 7B
Wuxi beat GWW 17-6 earlier in the season, but the purple-suited-mothers have strengthened as the temperatures have risen. Wuxi have been a bit vulnerable lately, but they seem to play better on campus.
Our tip: Wuxi by 3

Poachers vs UQ Ultimate Lovers – UQ 7A
Speaking of vulnerability and campus, the UQ Ultimate Lovers had their bedroom breached last week by a Co-Mingled raid. Can they regroup? The Poachers meanwhile will be looking for a third win on the trot, and of course, Revenge with a capital R after their 1 point loss against the students way back in Round 1.
Our tip: UQ by 4

BPL results plz

After Heroes took the first two points, the Bandidos struck back, taking half at 8-5, easily walking it through the Heroes zone.

Heroes applied a transition zone which took Bandidos by surprise every time, especially when we played man straight up for one point. Got the next 6 in a row and took out the game 15-11 (or 12).

On the premier field, Sebastian told me that Buggers were wiping it in the faces of Dojo, but he was wrong. What Sebastian did not realise, is that Dojo looked angry because the point was taking longer than they intended and they had to run a bit.

Coops was heard saying "HOW did that disc get through our fence?!?" - Matt and Stu have been boasting that they have the Dojo zone figured out (jamming it through the middle), but obviously this didn't work or didn't matter on the night, Dojo taking a big win (am I right?).

Blitz and Cobras finished last, which is interesting, but I heard nothing.

Please comment with more details - let's get interactive!

BUML 17-7 Preview: The Calm Before

Well, everyone’s focused on the 7th Lovefest this weekend, but serious Ultimate players know that the whole event was concocted several years ago to ensure that UQ was ready to continue its unbeaten run in BUML19’s Round 7 on Monday night.

It being the NRL and AFL Finals this weekend, plus the RWC starting, we’re going totally with form to help you all with your tipping this week.

Meanwhile, the big boys in the BPL are wondering why they don't get the same sort of coverage BUML does from the BUB. An easy answer would be to blame aL and Natman for cutting JdR from the UQ Lovers a few seasons ago. Another answer could just be that BUML is more interesting.

Division 1
Division 1 this week is very interesting, as random chance has produced a draw of two halves. The top four teams play each other, and the bottom four teams play each other. So that makes all matches very hard to pick.

Wuxi Finger Hold (4th) vs Dyspnoeics (2nd) – Annerley 3A
Wuxi - last six games – WWLDWL (Looking shaky)
Wuxi Player to Watch – Salvatore Colangelo
If Wuxi were a TV show – Home and Away
Dyspnoeics – last six games – WWWWLW (Bam baaam)
Dyspnoeics Player to Watch – Adam Baker
If Dyspnoeics were a TV show – The Flintstones
Our tip: Dyspnoeics by 2

Poachers (5th) vs The Ghost Who Walks (6th) – The Gap 1
Poachers last six games – LWLWLW (what a roller-coaster)
Poachers Player to Watch – Alison Baynes
If Poachers were a TV show – Being Human
The Ghost Who Walks - last six games – LLWLLL (a blip?)
The Ghost Who Walks Player to Watch – Luke Allen-Ankins
If The Ghost Who Walks was a TV show – Lois and Clark: The Adventures of Superman
Our tip: The Ghost Who Walks by 5

Heroes (8th) vs Bermuda Triangle (7th) – Griffith 1
Heroes – last six games – LLLLLL (flatline)
Heroes Player to Watch – Carl Behrendorff
If Heroes were a TV show: Sex and the City
Bermuda Triangle – last six games – LLLLWL (looking up)
Bermuda Triangle Player to Watch – Jack Allan
If Bermuda Triangle were a TV show: Lost
Our tip: Heroes by 1

Co-Mingled (3rd) vs UQ Ultimate Lovers (1st) – UQ7A
Co-Mingled – last six games –WLWDWW (on a roll)
Co-Mingled Player to Watch –Sonya Arthur
If Co-Mingled were a TV show – The Tudors
UQ Ultimate Lovers – last six games – WWWWWW (on a steamroller)
UQ Ultimate Lovers Player to Watch – Megan Barnes
If UQ Ultimate Lovers were a TV show – In the Night Garden
Our tip: UQ Ultimate Lovers by 3

Division 2
Meanwhile in Division 2, the fun continues, mostly because we’re out of time this week. Let’s make it quick.

QUTies vs Disc-iples – Annerley 3B
Jangles is reporting that Ultimate doesn’t hurt the next day any more. Obviously he’s doing it wrong.
Our tip: Disc-iples by 3.

Discheads vs What the Huck? – Annerley 5A
After losing to Agent Orange last week, I was totally surprised when the Discheads didn’t set fire to Gav’s wheelie bin after drinking all his beer.
Our tip: Discheads by 2.

Agent Orange vs Chimichangas – The Gap 2
Agent Orange are currently undefeated at their new fortress at The Gap. The Chimis have had a few soft games recently.
Our tip: AO by 3.

Griffith Go-Go’s vs Plastic Scourgery – Griffith 2
Well, all we can say is its JdR vs Dusty, and some s#%t’s gonna go down. The Go-Go’s have had a decent crack at some good teams this last two weeks before giving it away in the second half.
Our tip: Griffith Go-Go’s by 1.

Griffith Oh Yeahs vs Mellow Yellow – Griffith 3
The Rugby World Cup should soften the livers of Mellow Yellow this week, but the Oh Yeahs are pretty much Tonga.
Our tip: Mellow Yellow by 5.

Slipped Discs vs Tsunami – UQ7B
Tsunami got a bit of a scare last week before pulling out the zone and taking care of the Go-Go’s.
Our tip: Tsunami by 7.

Better late than never...

Last Thursday night, I was playing on field 2 - Heroes vs Cobras. We had been trading all night, and were up by a couple, when we looked over to field 3 and saw MBB and Bandidos seemingly disbanded. It was then announced that the time was 9:05, which means that the game should have ended. Who's the time keeper? Obviously, no one. Jangles says something like "Don't worry about time, let's get the points". Our minds go racing back to that ugly night of the same match up, where Cobras came back to get the draw because the time-keeper went home early. Jamie says urgently "We need to get this shit sorted now!"

Meanwhile, on the premier field, Slamtown have watched their hopes of vindicating their Grand Final loss to Dojo vanish before their eyes, in a come back not seen since Al Don lead the winless lovers to victory from an 9-2 deficit before vomiting violently and turning their season around. SFC had been up 11-5, and the score was now under fierce debate at something like 13-12, Dojo. "The game should have been finished 5 minutes ago!!" someone shouted. "MBB / Bandidos are only on time out - look! They are still going!!"

This argument went on long enough for the other game to finish, have circle of love and Special LD to get involved. "What time did you start", he asked. "BUUUULLSHIT!" - jeered Kevvy into an SFC coloured cone.

Slamtown were unwilling to accept the cock up, and Dojo in their usual fashion said "Fuck it." The game went on and I believe Slamtown got the draw. Fitting?

The moral of the story -

Games start at 7:30 and go for 80 minutes. If games start late, it is up to the captains to decide on finish time. Perhaps a rep from each team should be in charge of starting their stop watches on their phones at the same time.

END POST.