Issue 11
November 2014
ULTIMATUM Official newsletter for the WA Flying Disc Association
This Issue... • WA get GOLD at AYUC • Ultimate Legends Named • WA Events Wrap Up • 2014 Award Winners • Perth Players return from Italy
WA win GOLD at AYUC 2014!
Ultimatum is the official newsletter for the WA Flying Disc Association
The team competed at the 2014 AYUC on June 7th and 8th in Melbourne, Australia. The U18 boys division had 5 teams enter including ACT, NSW, QLD, VIC and our very own WA team. Our WA boys, with a very dominant performance throughout the weekend, took home the GOLD!!
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WA finished 1st at the 2014 AYUC with an amazing effort from everyone involved. The team won five of their six games. At the end of the tournament there was a Green and Gold merit team picked.
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Three WA team members were chosen in the Green and Gold Merit team; Ainesh Ritschny, Sean Davis and Alex O’Neil. Our captain, Ainesh Ritschny, took out runner up in the MVP votes for the entire tournament. With three All - Australian representatives chosen, runner up tournament MVP and taking out first place, the 2014 AYUC was a huge success for Western Australia and a promising look into the future of youth Ultimate within this state.
A total of 17 athletes registered their interest in the team. Following selections 13 players from WA were selected. With South Australia unable to enter a team again this year, we added an extra player from Adelaide allowing us to enter a team of 14 players. 2014 WA Boys U18 team list: Julian Bocking (UWA), Seth Lovell (Broome), Bennett Carpenter (UWA), Alex O’Neil (UWA), Cameron Chung (UWA), Adam Pitt (PRIMAL), Sean Davis (SA), Ainesh Ritschny (PRIMAL), Matthew Eton (UWA), Bradley Scott (UWA), Josh Higgins (UWA), Rylie Spence (PRIMAL), Owen Hearne (PRIMAL) & Henry Tan (UWA) U18 WA Support Staff: Coach: Kyal Oh Assistant Coach: Ash Evans Manager: Anna Haynes Thanks to Matt Hill (Tournament Director) and Ultimate Victoria for hosting this year’s Australian Youth Ultimate Championships.
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Other WA Ultimate Tournaments WA State Indoor Championships The WA State Indoor Championships were held on 2nd June 2014 at the Lakeside Recreation Centre. Results: 1st: Frankfurts 2nd: Cabs are Here 3rd: Curtin Spirit: WA U18 Boys Team Male MVP: Jed Yu Female MVP: Sandy Wong
The 2014 Witch’s Hat WA’s annual hat tournament was held on Saturday November 1st at John XXII in Mt Claremont. 54 players across five teams competed this year . Results: Winners: Team Red Spirit Winners: Team Maroon Male Most Spirited: Tim Bowden Female Most Spirited: Lisa Finch Male MVP Final: Jonathan Ng Female MVP Final: Kirra Webb
Right: Our 2014 WA Ultimate Legends
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2014 Ultimate Legends Named TThe Ultimate Legend award is an initiative of the Australian Flying Disc Association, each state is provided with four uniquely branded discs to award to key volunteer contributors. These discs cannot not be purchased - they can only be earned. The WA Flying Disc Association is extremely proud of these amazing contributors to Ultimate here in WA. Thank you to the Australian Flying Disc Association for providing the “Ultimate Legend” discs and the opportunity to recognise our awesome volunteers and their efforts. Sarah Brereton Sarah Brereton, locally know a “B” has hugely contributed to the Ultimate community in WA. Sarah volunteers on the WAFDA committee in the role of Director of Development, and is also the captain of the Perthbased women’s team; Kaos. She was a key organiser for the hugely successful women’s League at the end of 2013, as well as hosting our guest coach Alex Snyder and arranging the catering for the “Rise Up Ultimate” project camp in February. Sarah is a pleasure to deal with and her enthusiasm for the sport is contagious among all those who speak with her. Steve Baker Steve contributes much of his time to the WA Ultimate community not only through his work with the Fear Ultimate Club, recruiting, training and developing players, but also plays the major role in maintaining the behind the scenes work of our website. All technical aspects required to host and update our site and the magic abilities to fix any problem
that’s throw his way. Steve has been helping behind the scenes running and managing the website for many years, but dedicated even more of his precious time during this period and played a vital role in making the website launch as successful as it has been. Thank you to Steve from the WA Ultimate committee and the community. Annie Jessop This is Annie’s second year on the WA Ultimate committee. Annie is always one of the first to put her hand up to help out and whether the task is small or large, she does it all with a smile. This year she has stepped up to the role of Events Director even taking control of the organisation of “Phoenix has Risen”. She also played a major role in the organisation of other major WA events such as Western Regionals this year. Annie also plays a vital role on the UWA committee helping to run and develop the Club. She’s a delight to have on the WA Ultimate committee and we thank her for all her hard work. Caitlin Bartholomeus Caitlin has been working tirelessly to take Murdoch Ultimate Club to the next level. She was instrumental in their recent move to become incorporated and has been vital to engaging new volunteers and players at the club. Caitlin was instrumental in helping set up the club’s new website, has helped run numerous events in the past with her team of volunteers and even assists with coaching of new players. Thank you Caitlin for your contribution to development and hard work into club Ultimate here in WA.
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Ou rworthy recipients of the 2014 WAFDA Awards!
2014 WAFDA Award Winners... WA Ultimate hosted the 2013-14 WAFDA Awards night on Saturday the 1st November at the Forrest Park Croquet Club in Mt Lawley. The Awards ceremony was hosted by the newly appointed Executive Committee; Cameron Boyle (President), Jasmine Seah (Secretary), and Lauren Hoskins (Treasurer). The night began with eight teams of two players testing out their Croquet skills on the six hole course, while others snacked on the food and drinks provided by WA Ultimate. With the aid of volunteers from the Croquet Club, the teams quickly learned the tactics involved in Croquet and set about disrupting the opposition’s strategies. The guidance of the Croquet volunteers was greatly appreciated by all.As the night rolled on, the group of over 40 people moved inside the hall for more food and drink, and to find out who would win the WAFDA Awards. There were some outstanding
nominations in many of the hotly contested categories, but there could only be one winner in each division. Over $600 worth of prizes were given out to the following winner Our 2014 awards winners were: Club of the Year: UWA Ultimate Club Coach of the Year: Kyal Oh Tournament of the Year: Cable Beach Hat (Broome Ultimate Club) Administrator of the Year: Sam Dickson Team of the Year: Kaos Outstanding Service: Glen Fowles Female Rookie: Shani Webb Male Rookie: Ben Bastion Female Youth Player: Kirsten Chick Male Youth Player: Sam Francoise Female Player: Anna Haynes Male Player: Kyal Oh A big thank you to all who nominated this year and attended our annual event.
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In other news... Phoenix Has Risen
Perth Players return from Italy!
Phoenix Has Risen 2014 has been run and won. A total of 199 players across 13 teams competed over the weekend including, for the first time ever, the Broome Cyclones who made the trip down from the far North West to compete.
Two world championships were held in Italy this year. The World Junior Ultimate Championships and the World Ultimate Club Championships both took place and were hosted in Lecco. Our U19 teams ,Terra and Thunder, both placed 14th in their divisions this year.
Results: 1st: Cabs Are Here 2nd: UWA A 3rd: ISO Me Spirit: Murdoch Male MVP: Jeremy Nixon (UWA A) Female MVP: Bec Lorraine (Broome)
Aussie Thunder WA Representatives: Ashley Evans (Bunbury Ultimate Club), Sam Francoise (Captain) (PRIMAL/Murdoch Ultimate Club), Curtis Dickson (UWA Ultimate Club) and Jake Taylor (PRIMAL Ultimate Club) Southern Terra WA Representatives: Maxin Qua (UWA Ultimate Club), Gemma Baker (FEAR Ultimate Club) Emma Terkildsen (Murdoch Ultimate Club), Kirra Webb (ECU Ultimate) Bianca Collins (FEAR Ultimate Club), and Kirsten Chick (Disco Inferno) Following the Junior event, World Clubs event will took place and this year we had two Perth club’s representing Australia. Sublime competed in the Open division and PRIMAL competed in the Women’s Masters Division. Sublime’s line up included: Ben Bastion,Brenton McMorran, Matthew Borowski, Ashvin Nair, Jason Carr, Kyal Oh, Michael Chan, Hugh Osborn, James Eley, Hamish Pope, Mark Eley, Robert Prast, Peter Eley, Ashley Evans, Kendall Thorn, Glen Fowles, Paul Whittock, Sam Francoise, Eiji Ito, Ryan Kelly Max Daube and Paul Denyer. Sublime Ultimate Club finished WUCC in 27th position, beating their initial seeding of 47th by 20 places. In Spirit, Sublime finished 8th overall (out of 48), the highest of all Australian Open teams. PRIMAL’s Perth line up included: Anna Haynes, Lauren Hoskins, Mary-Jane Rigby, Sue Summers, Ellen Murray, Victoria Kueppers and Debbie Staples. The rest of the squad included members from all across Australia. We also had nine other WA athletes playing with other teams at WUCC: Lisa Finch (Hippo), and Minh Huynh (Batmania) in the Mixed Divsion. In the Open Masters Divison we had Ken Summers, James Rowse, Paul Staples, Jerome Bull and Steve Baker playing for the Eastern Greys and John Damiani with Phat Chilly. In the Women’s Division we had Rebecca Brereton will play for Sporting Team Box Athletico United.
PRIMAL Win SPIRIT of the Game at WUCC PRIMAL were named the Spirit of the Game (SOTG) winners at the 2014 World Ultimate Club Championships (WUCC). For the first time ever a Women’s Masters Division was added to the schedule for the WUCC event to be hosted in Lecco, Italy from August 2-9. PRIMAL was the first club in Australia to send a team to compete in the division but the history making significance wouldn’t stop there. They played eight amazing, hard fought games. The weather was unkind at times and the playing surface suffered as a result. Staying on your feet in ankle-deep mud was sometimes the greatest challenge of all. They played with passion and earned the respect of their opponents. Every player contributed on and off the pitch and each player held their own at a World Championship event. and were united as a team who learned more about the game and themselves than they thought possible. SOTG is rated by your opponents at the end of each game in 5 categories. Each category receives a score out of “4” and the team received a total out of 20 across the categories. A “10” is a GOOD score. PRIMAL’s average for the whole tournament was 13 and their average was above “2” in all 5 categories.
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