Hey guys, Hope you all had a great summer and are eager to get off to a flying start to the new season. First of all I would like to say welcome to any freshers that have joined and well done for signing up so quickly. A quick overview of training this week is: Wednesday 23rd Sept, Kelvin Hall, 7-9pm, all welcome All this information can also be found on our calender via our awesome website, created by Phil Chan, which is guultimate.com . After trainings there will be a social gathering, most probably at PJ Champs on Byres Road. This is a great opportunity for freshers and experienced players to get to know each other off the pitch. If any freshers don't know where that is then here is a google maps link, otherwise just follow the experienced players. For more information ask Aoife at training or via email. Also if anyone has any questions regarding trainings etc then please feel free to email me: elastoman [at] hotmail.com See everyone on Wednesday. :) Cheers, |
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Hi Freshers! Dozens of clubs and societies will be fighting for your attention during this week but you should really give ultimate frisbee a try. Whether you've played before or you've never heard of it, the only things we can promise are that you will meet some friendly people and have a lot of fun. Freshers' Week is taking place between Monday 14th - Sunday 19th September. Sports & Recreation Fair Indoor Taster Session Outdoor Taster Session |
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Ben Shaw [ Club Captain ] Joe Crisp [ 1st Team Captain ] Philip Chan, Nigel Chan [ Tournament Directors ] |
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Our new training times for after Easter will be different. We're getting access to the grass pitches, which is fantastic. Make sure you turn up every Monday! Monday 1800-1915Outdoor at Garscube on GRASS! Wednesday 1900-2100Indoor at Kelvinhall. Same as usual. Friday 2000-2100Indoor at Kelvinhall. Only an hour. edit - These times do not apply any longer 26/09/09. |
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Thanks to Anja for the photos. More can be found here. Congratulations to FF1 for qualifying for indoor mixed nationals! |
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By Joe Norat This weekend at Div2 saw Joe Crisp, Niamh, Ben, Gaurav, Will, Peter, Colin, Niall, Cameron, and myself down in Manchester. Started out seeded 16th hoping to break it. First game against Fat Heads. We went up a few points if I remember correctly but we let them back in it and ended in a draw, with the drawing disc thrown by them at the buzzer. Disappointing to say the least. Second game was against horses, who went on to win the tournament. Let's congratulate them all next time we see them. We didn't play our best, but it was the game that forced us to rethink our game plan, and the team for the rest of the weekend. Our third game of the day was against the Jesters. FarFlung playing incredibly well together in that match. We lost the game by quite a bit, bit it was a great game to play, we played well and felt confident about our game. This game saw a great deal of our younger players feeling more confident and making some decisive cuts and plays. We came bottom of the group as Fat Heads won on points difference. Our final game of Saturday was against Fish. They came out of a very disappointing lose right before our game, so it put their heads down, but it still proved a tough match. We saw our long game really succeeding in that game. It reaffirmed our strategical changes. Colin especially did a great job getting his cuts in and going for some easy dumps gaining us a lot of yards throughout the game. Today opened with our game defending for the plate. We lost sudden death to Thrown. The younger players of the team really came out in this one, with a great take from Cameron, and some great end zone play by Gaurav and Niall. Finished off playing a game against Random Fling. Winning it by just 1 or two in the end, they battled us the whole time, but we kept our lead throughout. This past weekend was a great weekend for me and I hope for everyone that went. We came together as a team very well, and I was proud of us. The greatest thing isn't always having a great team to start with, but to see the seeds of one sprouting. Every player improved tremendously over the weekend. Ben was always there when we needed his agility on the cuts. It was great to count on that cut always being there. He always beat his man to the disc. Niamh is an incredible handler though she doesn't realize it or want to admit it. For the most reliable passes we counted on her. Always calmed us down when we needed it most. Colin came in and got the disc off the line if he ever got caught there. He followed basic tactics and he proved very effective for it. Joe Crisp caught high discs. A LOT. Fuzz always looked for that continuation pass, and ran them himself as well. He beat his man up the line all the time. Peter, well he's American so of course, he kind of sucks. Realistically he was a great shout in many positions as he could be counted on as a handler, on defense, and taking discs in the end zone. He always beat off his man ;-) Very solid player, and a pleasure to play with for this oh so short semester. Gaurav improved staggeringly fast. His new name is Guru now. As I'm sure you've all noticed he's gone from being a total beginner to being a very solid first team member in no time at all. I think we can all learn something from the fact that he listens very carefully to every bit of input given to him, and immediately acts upon it. A great quality in a player. Niall got me out of quite a few pickles. I got stuck a few times during the weekend in a bad position and his cuts got me out of it. Cameron saved my ass quite a few times himself with some decisive and much needed cuts. I threw a couple of bad passes, but he had my back every time. |
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Last year, Glasgow One Day was my first tournament and for a new set of beginners this year it would be their first tournament as well. Seeing them genuinely enjoying themselves really brought a smile to my face. The highlights for me with FarFlung 2 were: 1. Shaney's lay out. Best of the season so far without a doubt. Thanks to everyone for a great day. Here are a couple of videos, and photos can be found here. One Day 2008 - FF1 vs Stars from Philip Chan on Vimeo. One Day 2008 - Evolution from Philip Chan on Vimeo. |
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