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WA State Indoor Championships PLAY ULTIMATE PLAY ULTIMATE PLAY ULTIMATE PLAY ULTIMATE Issue 06, Winter 2011 ULTIMATUM ULTIMATUM ULTIMATUM ULTIMATUM The State Indoor Ultimate Championships were held on Foundation Day, Monday 6 June 2011, at Lakeside Recreation Centre. This was the first time the event has run in recent years and it was great to have 58 players across 8 teams come to support the day. Games featured high quality indoor ulti, with plenty of quick flicks, scoobers, giveandgo's, and of course the trusty hammer. The day tempted hammer- happy teams who could gain 3points for an endzone to endzone pass after invoking 'the Hammer of Thor' before the pull. Teams tried various offensive and defensive tactics against the Hammer throughout the day and both teams in the grand final being able to pick up the extra points on offer. Disco Inferno walked away with the Hammer of Thor imitation chrome trophy with four scoring conversions from their eight games. After sweating it out in the round robin, teams rested up with hot soup and pasta over lunch, before hitting the finals. Gary Ground Work took out the grand final against Red-Footed Tortoise (8-5) and Hop Hogs won third place over Primal (8-5). Gary Ground Work entered the finals series as strong contenders and finished the day undefeated. The Spirit prize was won by Disco Inferno, who averaged 9/10 for Spirit across their games. Teme Meme received an honourable mention as a close second place. The seven players with the most MVP points were nominated as a 'Super Seven' team. Congratulations to Daniel Chang, Greg Chin, Anna Haynes, Steve Jamieson, Cole Lloyd, Sabrina Moro and Daniel McNaughton. Thanks again to all those who came out and supported this event. We hope that future championships continue to get bigger and better! Dave Shackles (Tournament Director, Disco Inferno)

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The State Indoor Ultimate

Championships were held on

Foundation Day, Monday 6 June 2011,

at Lakeside Recreation Centre. This

was the first time the event has run in

recent years and it was great to have

58 players across 8 teams come to

support the day.

Games featured high quality indoor ulti,

with plenty of quick flicks, scoobers,

give‑and‑go's, and of course the trusty

hammer. The day tempted hammer-

happy teams who could gain 3‑points

for an end‑zone

to end‑zone pass

after invoking 'the

Hammer of Thor'

before the pull.

Teams tried

various offensive

and defensive

tactics against the Hammer throughout

the day and both teams in the grand

final being able to pick up the extra

points on offer. Disco Inferno walked

away with the Hammer of Thor imitation

chrome trophy with four scoring

conversions from their eight games.

After sweating it out in the round robin,

teams rested up with hot soup and

pasta over lunch, before hitting the

finals. Gary Ground Work took out the

grand final against Red-Footed Tortoise

(8-5) and Hop Hogs won third place

over Primal (8-5). Gary Ground Work

entered the

finals series as

strong

contenders and

finished the day

undefeated.

The Spirit prize was won by Disco

Inferno, who averaged 9/10 for Spirit

across their games. Teme Meme

received an honourable mention as a

close second place.

The seven players with the most MVP

points were nominated as a 'Super

Seven' team. Congratulations to Daniel

Chang, Greg Chin, Anna Haynes,

Steve Jamieson, Cole Lloyd, Sabrina

Moro and Daniel McNaughton.

Thanks again to all those who came out

and supported this event. We hope that

future championships continue to get

bigger and better!

Dave Shackles

(Tournament Director, Disco Inferno)

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Do you have any comments about Wednesday night league?

Are you interested in learning about WA Ultimate Clubs?

Are you aware of what your money goes towards?

Do you want to join in the conversation about future developments in WA Ultimate?

We want your ideas to help us provide better Ultimate for you, so come along and give

your 2 cents worth. Your comments will be heard and they will contribute to the direction

of WA Ultimate.

If you’d like to get involved on the committee, apply for one of these positions:

Events Officer Newsletter Officer

Youth Development Officer Universities Coordinator

Coaching Coordinator Volunteer Officer

High Performance Officer Clubs Representative

and Women’s or Men’s Development Officers

Executive positions include:

President Vice President

Secretary Treasurer

Position descriptions can be found on the WA Ultimate website and for further

information, email our Development Officer, Anna Haynes:

[email protected].

No experience is necessary, we can provide you with all the training you’ll need

and there will be various ‘thankyou’ treats throughout the year.

There is ALSO an Ultimate game on the day of the AGM, so come and join in.

UWA Ultimate Hat Tournament

Where: UWA Sports Park, Mt Claremont

When: 25 June 2011

Time: 10.30am (AGM 4pm)

The AGM provides a chance for all our

members to be heard and to contribute to

the direction of WA Ultimate.

Websites to

Watch!

Australian Flying

Disc Association

www.afda.com

Department of Sport and

Recreation

www.dsr.wa.gov.au

Click on the Clubs section

for a range of templates for

your club.

There are also online

newsletters to sign up for.

WA Sports Federation

www.wasportsfed.asn.au

The latest information for

news, employment

opportunities, workshops

and events in the WA

sporting industry.

Give your two cents worth...

The WA Flying Disc Association, PO Box 149, Osborne Park WA 6917

www.waultimate.com [email protected]

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To align with our National Sporting Organisation - AFDA, WA Ultimate now has new logos.

The WA Flying Disc Association branding will be associated with the

governing of all flying disc sports and will be seen on paperwork such

as letterheads, lease agreements and funding documentation.

The WA Ultimate branding will be more prominent when promoting

the sport of Ultimate.

Noticed our new look?

Youth Ultimate Development Weekend

SPECIAL OFFER- $45 for the set!

Along with our new branding, WA Ultimate has new branded

Ultra-Star discs. These new discs feature the new logo in the

metallic colours of silver, fuschia and blue.

You must order the set of 3 colours via email by 15 July 2011 for

the discounted price. Clubs can also buy the discs at a discounted

price and can be ordered by emailing

[email protected]

They are available now!

Head coaches of the U19 Australian youth teams, Matt Hill and Lu Fearnside,

headed to Perth on 31 April and 1 May to dedicate their time and expertise

towards developing Youth Ultimate here in Perth. 27 participants were tested

with advanced throwing techniques, offense and defense tips and zone tactics.

The aim of the weekend was to get our youth thinking about taking the current

opportunities on offer (league & club events) as well as registering for the upcoming

National Youth Training Camp in Melbourne.

This project was made possible through support from the

Department of Sport and Recreation’s ‘Coach in

Residence’ grant. This allows WA sporting associations to

obtain coaching expertise from outside the state for player

and coach development.

Many thanks to Matt & Lu as well as Assistant Coaches, Julie Hardt, Glen

Fowles, Aaron Dixon & Sam Cleary. Thanks also go to Steve Baker & Anna

Haynes for coordinating the project and their ongoing investment in Youth

Ultimate and youth opportunities in WA.

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Ultimate Diary 2011

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Keep up to date with events on the WA Ultimate web-

site’s calendar.

Current

Perth Ultimate League - Mini League

25: UWA Hat Tournament / WAFDA AGM

July

9-12: Australian Youth Ultimate Training Camp

17: July Dayze - hosted by UWA

27-12 Oct: Perth Ultimate League

August

21: Triple D, Murdoch

27-28:Phoenix Has Risen State Mixed Championship

September

17-18: Singapore Open

25-30: Australian University Games

October

Australian Mixed Nationals

November

Manila, Philippines

Elimination 8s - PRIMAL Youth Fundraiser

December

WAFDA Awards / Big Skies 7s

The annual mixed Championships are being run 27 - 28 August 2011. This event is the qualifying

tournament for teams looking to compete at the Australian Mixed Ultimate Championships however all

mixed teams from Div 1 and Div 2 are encouraged to play.

Make sure your team is registered so you don’t miss out on the two-day Ultimate fun. If you don’t have a

team, you can sign up individually as well or contact the Tournament Director, John Damiani or the Events

Officer, Glen Fowles at [email protected].

Last year’s event also saw the first North vs South game, with South taking honours. Who will win this

year?

Perth Ultimate League (Sep - Dec)

Division Two - 10 teams

Winners: Lone Wolfpac

Runners Up: Moon Doggies

Spirit: Ginger Ninjas

Female MVP: Jordan Foster (Moon Doggies)

Male MVP: Rowan Bancroft (Fetch)

Division One - 7 teams

Winners: Sizzle

Runners Up: Sunset

Spirit: not available

Female MVP: not available

Male MVP: not available

Past League Results

Phoenix Has Risen - WA Mixed Championships 2011

Perth Ultimate League (Jan - April)

Division Two - 10 teams

Winners: Ninjas

Runners Up: Fearsome

Spirit: Fearless

Female MVP: Casey Meakins (Ninjas)

Male MVP: Michael Hagemann (Turtles)

Division One - 7 teams

Winners: Sizzle

Runners Up: Spyda Munkeez

Spirit:Happy Pig

Female MVP: Casey Meakins (Spyda Munkeez)

Male MVP: Russell Slaughter (Happy Pig) &

Andrew Delane (Spyda Munkeez)

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Introducing... Cathryn Pilcher (aka “Cat Attack”)

Who do you play for currently: Bunbury Butter Monkeys

How old were you when you first started playing and for which team?: Age 25 when a friend from

hockey and I were looking for some off-season fitness. They introduced me to Ultimate and from

there we started the Club that is now Bunbury Ultimate Inc.

What does a ’day in the life’ of Cat Attack look like? I coordinate the mental health rehabilitation

program in Bunbury, so that involves group therapy for people that have complex mental health

needs. I specialise in teaching life/coping skills to people with severe emotion dysregulation

disorders. After work, I either play Ultimate, hockey, volleyball or just go for a run to de-stress my

day.

Out of all the rules in Ultimate, which one have you most struggled to understand/use/call? With the game being self-

refereed, I always forget to call foul until it is too late.

What keeps you playing from season to season? The Ulti crew in Bunno... They are just an awesome bunch of people

(plus I like how fit it keeps me!).

Favourites: I’ll go for a quote - “Attack life, its going to kill you anway” ~ Anon.

Highlights from your Ultimate career? Getting voted MVP (or Most Valuable Bovine as it was dubbed) at the Bunbury

tourney “Moovin’ the Groove” 2011.

Get to know your Ultimate community

Perth Ultimate League - Hat League

In the spirit of trying something new, the Division One League format was slightly altered to accommodate a

six-week Hat League.

The concept behind the initiative was to provide an

opportunity for players to play in Division One if they

had not yet tried it and for the existing players to play

with some new team mates.

Players signed up and we issued their new team for a

six-week round robin league.

Final standings

Winners: Blue (pictured)

Runners Up: Yellow

3rd: Red

4th: White

5th: Green

6th: Black

Blue not only took out the grandfinal, but also won the spirit prize. Player votes were collected throughout the

competition and the All Star Seven line up included Ellen Murray, Louise Delane, Anna Haynes, Louis

Masarei, Dave Briggs, Ashvin Nair and Sam Kirkham. Special thanks goes to John Damiani for his

assistance with sorting out teams and to Julie Hardt for coordinating the six week league.

The Hat League format will appear on the WA Ultimate Calendar again later in the year but in the meantime,

look out for the feedback opportunities so we can make this style of league bigger and better in the future.

Front L-R: Kyal Oh, Sabrina Moro, Ryan Evans, Jed Yu. Back L-R: Matthew

Stacey, Anna Haynes, Sam Kirkham, Tom McCulloch, Matthew Borowski

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In February I took on the role of ‘Development Officer’

for the WA Flying Disc Association. The position has

been made possible with the support of the Australian

Flying Disc Association who have contributed vital

funding to make this role a reality.

The intention of this position is to increase the number

of people playing Ultimate in WA by increasing the

awareness of flying disc sports in the wider

community, provide in-school coaching sessions,

running coaching courses, expanding support in

regional areas and providing administrative support to

the Association’s key volunteers.

In the last five months over 50 in-school sessions

have been delivered to over 20 schools in the Perth

metropolitan area. With the support of accredited

coaches including Steve Baker, Kyal Oh and John

Damiani we are now able to deliver more school

sessions in more suburbs than ever before. School

sessions are important in raising the awareness of

Ultimate as an ideal sport for all ages and every

session brings us closer to the goal of having a youth

competition equivalent to our senior competitions now

on offer. Clubs, schools, universities and now school

sports equipment supplier, Slate-Gartrell Sports are

now purchasing competition approved discs easily

from us and this year alone we have sold almost 400

discs.

In addition to school sessions we have been able to

deliver professional development sessions to school

physical education teachers looking to introduce a

new sport into their school. The Department of Sport

and Recreation hold regular Junior Sport

Development days for PE teachers to learn new skills

and sports to teach their students. The last event was

held in May and 30 teachers took part throughout the

day in the Ultimate specific sessions.

Having a dedicated staff member allows not only our

Association to be available to provide more support

but also provides physical presence at events like

Tertiary Sports WA competitions involving our

university clubs and school sports days like the

competition planned for term four with several schools

affiliated with the Associated Catholic Colleges of WA.

Ron Alexander (Director General, Department of Sport &

Recreation (DSR)) and Anna Haynes at the recent DSR

Breakfast.

As the Development Officer, I can invest time in

extending our promotion of the sport. Currently new

brochures and resource CDs have been distributed to

local schools and soon the AFDA will have a DVD

available and poster promotion packages ready for us

to supply to schools.

Next on the horizon is a North-West project. We

recently received a request from the Town of Port

Hedland to help them set up Ultimate. We are

currently negotiating funding support and finalizing an

action plan to make this happen. This venture will

hopefully lead to similar projects in the regional areas

of WA including Broome and Kununurra, where

Ultimate is slowly growing.

If you have any suggestions or development requests

regarding Ultimate here in WA, please do not hesitate

to contact me via [email protected].

Development Officer Update ...By Anna Haynes

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WA University Ultimate

On 15 April the first Tertiary Sports WA Ultimate event

for 2011 was held at Curtin University. Players from

the University of Notre Dame, Curtin University Edith

Cowan, the University of WA and Murdoch University

all took part in this event which followed a round robin

format with a grand final.

Final standings:

Winners: University of WA

Runners Up: Curtin University

3rd: Murdoch University

4th: Edith Cowan University

5th: Notre Dame University

Fairest and Best female for the Grand final:

Simone Ryan (Curtin)

Fairest and Best Male for Grand Final:

Jed Yu (Curtin)

Congratulations to all competitors and special mention

to Curtin University for hosting the event and to

Jeannette Meakins from TSWA for event assistance

and ongoing support of University Ultimate.

Get online! Get the latest updates via our social media portals. You can find WA Ultimate on Facebook and on Twitter.

Coming soon there will be competitions for our online followers - so join up today!

www.facebook.com/waultimate

http://twitter.com/wa_ulti

Are you following us?

A HUGE thank you to all who could attend the 2010 WAFDA Awards that was linked

with the fundraising event Big Skies 7's.

Congratulations to each of the worthy award recipients. These annual awards highlight the valuable

contribution volunteers make towards flying disc sports here in WA.

Administrator of the Year: Jodie Larke (Bunbury Ultimate Club)

Club of the Year: FEAR Ultimate Disc Club

Team of the Year: The 2010 UWA AUG’s Team

Tournament o the Year: Phoenix Has Risen (TD: John Damiani)

Coach of the Year: Tim Delane (for UWA Ultimate)

Recruiter of the Year: David Shackles (Disco Inferno)

Outstanding Service: Andrew Hutcheon

Special mention to the WAFDA Events Director: Glen "Chook" Fowles who made

all the arrangements for the awards and catering including cooking of the BBQ!

2010 WAFDA Awards

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Who’s Your Ultimate Legend?

Introducing... Jordan Foster

Who do you play for currently? Moon Doggies

How old were you when you first started playing, and for which team? 20, for Moon Doggies

What does a 'day in the life' of Jordan look like? Sleeping in til around 11, working two jobs, going

home to write a thesis, and somewhere in the middle trying to catch up with friends and do some

reading... busy girl!

Out of all of the rules in Ultimate, which one have you most struggled to understand/use/call? I

guess it sounds a little stupid, but I never call pick. On the field, it can get confusing if someone is

'entering' your space and therefore cuts off your lead, or if you were already 'sharing' the space. I guess on a big field you

have to expect that sort of thing (running into each other/cutting off leads) to happen, and it's not always easy to know

when to call it or not. So I just never call them.

What keeps you from playing from season to season? It's just a great sport with really friendly people. The competition

never gets so competitive that it becomes hostile (in my experience anyway!), but it's enough that it keeps you that little

bit more motivated. Plus it's always fun to see people's reactions when you tell them you play frisbee!

Favourites: Italian food, John Mayer, and any sort of romance books (I'm such a sucker)

Highlights from your Ultimate career? Beating the Ninjas (haha sorry guys!), and getting the Female MVP one season.

The medal is a highly cherished possession!

Get to know Your Ultimate Community

Who rocks your Ultimate world? Your friend’s parents who pick you up and drive you to Ultimate each week? Your mate who puts the cones out each week to set up the fields? Your friendly team mate who took

the time to correct your throws? Or maybe the organised person who orders your team uniforms?

Take a few moments to nominate your Legend for their efforts.

Since the launch of REAP (Recruit, Educate, Acknowledge and Preserve) in 2009, the AFDA has been active

in promoting the volunteer management program across the country, encouraging each state to recruit and

reward hard working volunteers for their ongoing efforts. After two years of raising the awareness through the

Volunteer of the Month initiative, a new direction is currently being implemented.

Each month there will be a call for "Ultimate Legends". Simply nominate someone who you feel is a Legend

and if your nominee is selected, you also win a prize because the AFDA thinks that those who take their time

to raise the awareness of volunteer efforts are Legends too!

The prize: A unique designed Ultra-star sports disc.

How to nominate: Each month reminders will be sent out via yahoo group email lists and posted on the Ultimate Australia

Facebook page. You can nominate by sending an email to: [email protected] or comment on the Ultimate

Australia Facebook page when the status update calls for nominations. Please include details including full

names of the nominee and the nominator and a reason for the nomination.

In the spirit of keeping this new direction on an even playing field, a fair play element will be in place. Each

person who wins the monthly prize (nominee and nominator) is eligible to receive one disc. Each subsequent

nomination will earn members a raffle ticket in the six monthly prize draw for a $50.00 Rebel Sport Voucher.

This means that if you’re efforts are so amazing as to receive more than one nomination or

the person you have nominated has already been nominated by someone else, you will

receive a ticket in our six month draw.

These limited edition discs cannot be purchased they can only be awarded by the AFDA to

"Ultimate Legends".

Check out the Volunteers section at www.afda.com today!

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WA Ultimate Coaches recognised for their hard work

On Friday 10th June, the 2011 Annual Coaches’ Awards were held at the Burswood Resort. This event was hosted by

the Department of Sport and Recreation and encourages State Sporting Associations to recognise their Coaches for the

contributions they make to sport. This is the second time this event has been run and this year the WA Flying Disc

Association sent Glen Fowles, Kyal Oh and Anna Haynes as representatives.

Each sport had the opportunity to submit their High Performance Coach of the Year and Community Coach of the Year.

All individuals were acknowledged at the dinner in front of their peers and presented with a certificate and gift. Sports

also have the opportunity to nominate up to five people for Commendation Certificates.

This year John Damiani was acknowledged for his contribution to High

Performance, Anna Haynes for Community Involvement and Kyal Oh as

Youth Coach of the Year (pictured left).

Also acknowledged at this event were Paige Oh, Blake Lewis, Monte

Masarei and Annie Jessop with commendation certificates for Rookie of

the Year in the sport of Ultimate.

Anna Haynes was also interview by event Master of Ceremonies, Tim

Gossage which was a wonderful opportunity to raise the profile of the

sport in general and recognise those contributing to the growth and

development of the sport here in WA.

This event was truly a great night out, with plenty of opportunities to meet coaches and representatives from other

sports and key industry leaders in sport and recreation.

The Women’s Development day was run at Methodist Ladies College on Dec 4 2010. The days focus was skills specific to the women’s game. The 18 participants worked on their zone offence and defence as well and a range of throws that women do not normally have the opportunity to do in a mixed game. Thanks goes to Anna Haynes and Dan McNaughton who successfully coached the day. And also to Rebel Sport who supplied some vouchers for the day.

Anna Haynes demonstrating a high release back hand

Women’s Development Day By Bec Lorraine

Participants practising

reading of a high disc.

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Come and complete our Level 1 Coaching Course.

The course will teach you how to break down aspects

of various throwing techniques and basic concepts of

the game of Ultimate.

The course is ideal if you are helping new players in

your team or if you want to improve your own Ultimate

skills.

This course is accredited under the Australian Sports

Commission’s National Coaching Accreditation

Scheme.

The course will take a full day to complete and

includes practical and theory components. No

previous experience as a player or coach is required

to take part in the course.

Expected cost to complete the course is $80 and you

could be eligible for a subsidy of $50!

Contact our Development Officer, Anna Haynes,

[email protected] for further information.

Are you a Division Two team Captain?

Last November 17

participants took part in

the Level 1 Ultimate

Coaching Course.

Amongst the attendees

at this course were two

special guests from

Singapore, Kee Koon

Neo and Serena Tiong who were in Perth to network and

exchange ideas on coaching and Ultimate Development.

Thanks to Steve Baker for running this course and to Andrew

Hutcheon for making the necessary arrangements to provide

suitable facilities at Murdoch University.

Clubs are required to renew their affiliation with WAFDA annually by

the 31st October. Renewal forms are available on the WA Ultimate

website under > Clubs/Unis > Affiliation.

Just a reminder on how renewal

works - you need to be able to

show that your club has achieved

at least 500 points using the Club

Assessment Tool in order to

maintain your affiliation status and

receive the annual $200 in club

support.

The Club Assessment Tool is also available on the website.

Name

Associated Club/Team

Anna Haynes PRIMAL / WA Ultimate

Cathryn Pilcher Bunbury

Danya Meakins UWA / Kaos

Gemma Baker FEAR

Jenaya Shepherd FEAR

Julie Hardt UWA / PRIMAL

Louise Delane UWA / Kaos

Mary-Jane Rigby FEAR

Natalie Kippin PRIMAL

Sarah Brereton UWA / Kaos

Simone Ryan Kaos

Victoria Kueppers FEAR

Andrew Hutcheon

Murdoch / Happy Pig / WA Ultimate

David Shackles Disco Inferno

Gareth McDonald FEAR

Jason Carr UWA / Sublime

Jaxon Botje PRIMAL

John Damiani Sublime / WA Ultimate

Jonathon Hingley PRIMAL / UWA

Kendall Thorn UWA / Sublime

Kyal Oh PRIMAL / WA Ultimate

Matthew Borowski Happy Pig

Peter Eley UWA / Sublime

Quinlan Oh PRIMAL / UWA

Ricky Sandhu ECU

Sam Francoise PRIMAL

Samuel Cleary Ninjas

Steve Baker FEAR / WA Ultimate

Are you part of a Club?

Current Coaches

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WA Ultimate Club Updates

Beach Ultimate

For the first time ever a six-week beach league was trialled in Perth. Four teams took part in the inaugural

event and for six weeks games were conducted at City Beach under lights. With City Beach a popular location

for family swimming, picnics and barbecues this was a prime location providing great exposure for the sport.

With ample space on offer and games 60 minutes in duration there was plenty of sand action for all players

involved.

A big thank you to Bec Lorraine for making this event possible.

Ninjas Ultimate Club

By Sam Cleary

Ninjas Ultimate Club has been hosting weekly open training sessions at

High View Park in Nedlands for the past two months. The session have

been focused at beginner and intermediate levels with the aim of

developing skills and knowledge of Ultimate Frisbee.

The sessions are light hearted and enjoyable and have been attended

by players from a multitude of clubs and teams. Ninjas Ultimate has

been thrilled with the sessions as it has promoted more growth in the

sport with new players joining in with some of the holder hands.

The session will be run through winter until September. All are

welcome. Contact [email protected] for further details.

PRIMAL Ultimate Club

By Natalie Kippin

The past year has seen PRIMAL go through a bit of a growth spurt,

welcoming new members of various ages. As well as seeing new men

and women coming to our club activities, our promotion of youth

Ultimate opportunities has led to a great bunch of young people

joining our club and playing various tournaments with us.

We’ve been looking more like a club too with our new uniforms, wrist

bands and now even cleat bags!

Lately we’ve played in the beach league, Bunbury’s Moovin the

Groove tournament and the WA Indoor Championships.

In the coming months we’ll put our first mixed team into Wednesday

night’s Division Two league.

Our Monday night Club night in Yokine/Inglewood is ongoing, with a winter King & Queen Hat currently being run which

sees around 25 people playing weekly. Our Club’s details can be found here: http://primal.waultimate.com.

PRIMAL at the WA Indoor Championships

Ninjas training session

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Introducing... Glen Fowles (aka “Chook”, “Chookaburra”)

Who do you play for currently? Sublime, Fetch (Div 2) and coaching UWA development

squad

How old were you when you first started playing, and for which team? 18, for UWA.

What does a 'day in the life' of Chook look like? 8:30 – 5pm Monday to Friday at my office

job. I’ll always make sure I’m doing something physical after work such as Ultimate, AFL

and going to the gym.

Out of all of the rules in Ultimate, which one have you most struggled to understand/use/

call? I still always forget to take advantage of the marking infractions (Contact, fast count,

wrapping etc…)

What keeps you from playing from season to season? I like having a group of friends that I

enjoy training and playing with and also seeing the development in newer players who I’ve

helped in some way.

Favourites: The beach in summer and a good “hug from behind”.

Highlights from your Ultimate career? Playing with Smurf at World Ultimate Club Championships (6th) and playing U/23 World Championships for Australia in Florence (5th) in 2010.

Get to know Your Ultimate Community

The AFDA is pleased to launch the new Ultimate Clubhouse section on the Association's website. Whether

you are just starting a club or you are looking for ways to strengthen your club's governance and

development - the Ultimate Clubhouse is designed to help your Club!

What you will find in the Ultimate Clubhouse?

The Club Hub - Areas of consideration, promotional help and useful information to help clubs of all sizes

Definitions - Confused with all the terminology? Check here for common club terms

Resources/Downloads - Position descriptions and templates to improve governance and assist with promotion

Key Contacts and Links - Need further assistance? Click here to find out who else you can talk to.

The AFDA recognises the valuable contribution that clubs provide in developing Flying Disc Sports and are committed to

providing support and encouragement. Visit the Ultimate Clubhouse at www.afda.com.

The annual Witch’s Hat was run on 31 October 2010. Kaos Ultimate hosted the event at Beatty Park,

North Perth, putting on a day of fun Ultimate and a cake stall.

The day had 95 participants and the winning team were Fantasmas

(white shirts). The Most Spirited Male was Scott Robertson and the

Most Spirited Female was Geri Viros.

Look out for the 2011 Witch’s Hat details, which will occur later in

the year. Its WA’s biggest Hat Tournament on the annual calendar,

so don’t miss out!

Check out AFDA’s Ultimate Clubhouse

Witch’s Hat 2010

Chook playing Beach Ulti for

AUS in Boracay, Philippines.