Ultimate Frisbee in Guildford
The first training session of the 2011/12 season will take place at Surrey Sports Park on Saturday 22nd October, from 1000-1300.
This session will be followed by an AGM.
Players of any ability are encouraged to attend this session, with opportunities for both GU1 and 2, as we enter GU’s third season in existence, pushing on from last year’s Top 10 Mixed Tour finish, and 4th placing at Mixed Nationals. (Not to mention 5th at Mixed Indoor Nationals!)
Summer evenings = more daylight = more ultimate.Last summer pick-up was really popular. We regularly had 7v7 and a few times had 20+ people.So, 6:30pm on Natwest field. Different location from last year, a bit more central, more car parking (its free after 6pm on campus) and slightly closer to a bar for a post game drink.Here’s a map:No one likes playing in the rain, so if it is raining at 6pm in Guildford, assume pick up is cancelled.Remember light and dark shirts, water and a disc.
GU 1 caused a storm at Mixed Tour 1 (Nationals) finishing 4th and smashing the seasons aim to ‘try and break into the top 16′.
Starting off seeded 21st, they dominated their pool games winning 11-3, 11-2 and 11-4 against Peeps, Curve and Shakedown respectively before losing 11-5 to Herd 1 and winning 11-3 against Scarecrows to take 5th seed and a minumum finish of 8th home on Saturday!
Sunday: GU win their quarter final 10-7 against Flump for a guaranteed spot in the top 4.
Semi-final: GU lose 11-7 to DED in a hard fight for a spot in the final.
3v4 final: GU rematch against Herd and lose 12-9 after some very long, tough points finishing the weekend in 4th place.
A fantastic weekend- lets keep it up GU!
Getting in the habit of showing our finishing postition on 1 hand!
Nick Roberts, Ben Wainhouse, Chris Lyde, Francis Wheely, Luke Ryan, Matt Hutton, Jon Pugh(c), Chris Tull, Tom Pierce.
Lou Davey, Eve Tandoi, Nicola Harrison, Anna Trebble, Laura Wilson, Ania Zbirohowska-Koscia, Daisy Seal(c)
Guildford Ultimate GUrls entered the club’s first ever indoors tournament in Hatfield this weekend, at UKU Women’s Indoor Nationals; starting off as bottom seed in 17th, we took some big wins, and some close defeats, to finish ranked 8th in the UK.
Well done GUrls!
Team:
Daisy (c), Lou, Ania, Eve, Em, Bongor, Anna, Sarah, Nicola B.
Saturday
Begin initial pool stage seeded 17th, 5th in Pool A.
GUrls 2-9 Iceni
GUrls 5-4 Warwick Bears
GUrls 5-2 Big Girls
GUrls 6-1 St Albans
Finish 2nd in Pool A, seeded 8th overall. Carry the Iceni defeat over to the Power Pools, starting in 4th place.
GUrls 2-11 Dea Latis
GUrls 5-3 Huckin’ Insane
Finish 3rd in Power Pool E.
Sunday
6v12 crossover
GUrls 5-4 Sussex Squaws
4v6 quarter-final
GUrls 0-13 Bear Cavalry
6v7 semi-final
GUrls 4-6 Shopping Bags
7v8 final
GUrls 4-8 Dea Latis
Two members of Guildford Ultimate have been announced as part of the 2011/12 Great Britain coaching set-up.
http://www.ukultimate.com/story/gb_juniors_manager_and_coach_announcements
Joe Wyatt will be Team Manager for GB Junior Open.
Jon Pugh will be Coach for GB Junior Women.
Congratulations to both!
GU have announced their training dates for the first quarter of 2010, taking us nicely up to Mixed Tour 2011.
1000-1300, American Football pitch, Surrey Sports Park, Guildford:
Saturday 8th January- GU1 will be selected following this session.
Saturday 15th January
Saturday 5th February
Saturday 19th March- All 1st team players MUST attend. Surrey Scorpions players are excused due to Uni Outdoor Nationals.
Mixed Tour Dates:
26/27 March
16/17 April
14/15 May
Guildford Ultimate, as part of their warm-up for Mixed Tour and Operation National Domination will be venturing indoors for a couple of events in the next few weeks…
GUrls, our Women’s team will be taking on all comers at UK Club Women’s Indoor Nationals in Hatfield on the 22/23 January, the tournament being hosted by Pugh and Big Dave. If you want to play, sign up here on the yahoogroup: http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/guildfordultimate/surveys?id=3009646
Obvious requirement is that you are a GUrl.
Guildford Ultimate will be entering up to three teams into UK Club Mixed Indoor Nationals in Coventry on the 12/13 February. If you want to play, keep and eye on the yahoogroup for entry info.
Guildford Ultimate made their debut appearance at London Winter League 2 on the 12th December 2010.
We beat Cutty Sharks and Choke Hazard, but narrowly lost to Chichester, to finish second in Division Two.
Continuing our fear of odd-numbered winter leagues, we will be returning for LWL4 in January.
Apologies all for the late publishing of this!
GU’s first AGM as Guildford Ultimate took place in October (the previous AGM having been under the guise of “Lucky Huckers”, deciding to become Guildford!). With a great turnout of around 25 people, our new committee was voted in.
Outgoing committee:
Chair: Dave Halls
Treasurer: Tom Pierce
Mixed Captains: Jon Pugh/Daisy Seal/James Rodgers
Open Captains: Jon Francombe
Social Engagements Coordinator: James Rodgers
2010/11 Committee:
Chairman: Dave Halls
Treasurer: David “Sparky” Sparks
Mixed Captains: Jon Pugh/Daisy Seal
Open Captains: ===UNELECTED===
Coach: Stewart Fudge
Kit Secretaries: Eve Tandoi/Tarryn Chalmers
Youth Liaison: Joe Wyatt
The club ended the 2009/10 season in profit by £30.
The committee will elect a suitable candidate for Open Captain in January 2011. Anyone interested should contact Dave.
2010/11 Aims:
Mixed Tour:
GU1: Commence phase two of “Operation National Domination”, building on our top 20 finish in the UK in our debut season, aiming to break into ‘A Tour’ in 2011.
GU2: Continue to provide competitive Ultimate for those not in GU1. GU2 will aim to improve on their final 2010 finish, by moving into the next bracket up. This is considered a realistic, yet optimistic aim. GU2 will continue to act as a developmental side for GU1.
Open Tour:
GU: Continue to be a reasonably competitive C Tour side.
Continue our strong link with the Surrey Scorpions, in Guildford. It was agreed that with the Chairman of Guildford also Chairing Surrey, the relationship between the two clubs would be increased further.
Upon ending Lucky Huckers and becoming Guildford Ultimate, the club ethos was agreed that we would continue to provide competitive Ultimate for players of any ability within the Guildford & Surrey area. We will be focussed upon the UKU Mixed Tour, with a target of establishing Guildford as one of the best clubs in the country within 3 years; as well as becoming recognised as a large enough and strong enough club to also field a competitive second team, thus providing opportunities for all levels. Additionally, the club will also provide a medium for players to enter the UKU Open Tour, but without any specific competitive aims. The club will also aim to expand knowledge and participation of Ultimate within the local area, by providing regular sessions at local schools.
It was agreed, that the club has far exceeded initial expectations of the level of progress to be achieved within year 1 of the three year plan; and that year two is one to very much be looked forward to.
1-2-GU!
The new season starts on October 2nd 10am @ Surrey Sports Park Pitch B4
Training will run from 10am – 1pm (ish) and will be followed by the AGM at the Sports Park bar where we have an area reserved.
Training will include a show game for the Surrey freshers, so where possible bring full GU/Scorpions kit please.
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The AGM
The main points to address will be:
-Electing the 2010/11 committee
-2009/10 season run-down and targets for 2010/11
If you would like to run for a committee position, please send your interest to me on dh00036 [at] surrey.ac.uk. Alternatively, you can just stand up and throw your name into the hat on the day, but it’s nice to know we have interest coming!
-Chairman
-Treasurer
-Mixed Captain(s)
-Open Captain(s)
-Social Engagements Co-Ordinator
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Future Trainings
Training takes place every Saturday 10-1 @ the Sports Park alongside Uni trainings.
The following trainings are key GU Mixed training sessions. Attendance at as many of these as possible is important for 1st team selection. They will also feature guest coaches and intense workouts.
Sat 2nd October
Sat 16th October
Sat 13th Nov
Sat 27th Nov
Sat 4th Dec
Sat 11th Dec
See you all on the 2nd!
