Living Life at 11

As posted in the Ultimate Canadawebsite: Ultimate Canada will be sending teams to the 2010 U23 World Championships in the open and women’s division. Tryouts are expected to take place in early May with one tryout in the “East” (Ottawa or Toronto) and one tryout in Vancouver. The coaching selection process has begun and the exact tryout dates/location along with player application forms & additional information will be made available once head coaches are selected.

As we approach the start of Paganello 2010 and Paganello coverage we look back at Paganello 2009 and the finals for all divisions. The second video in our series features Huck Finn (USA, defending champions) vs Yellow Submarine (USA). Huck Finn had an easy time getting to the finals aside from a tight semis match against Mouthful of Sand where they barely squeaked by with an 8-7 win. For Yellow Submarine the finals were a second chance against Huck Finn whom they had faced and lost to in Round 3 play (Huck Finn won 11-7).

As we approach the start of Paganello 2010 and Paganello coverage we look back at Paganello 2009 and the finals for all divisions. We start with the Junior Finals where 2008 champions Flugsaurier(Austria, red) faced off against Willy and de Schellekes(Belgium, black). While the rest of the field was quite close Flugsaurier were favourites all the way through by going undefeated in pool play. A big thank you to the organizers of Paganello for providing this video especially Frix, Gege, and Jumpi.

It’s been a bit slow around here but you can blame that on the Olympics. Ever since I can remember I’ve been watching the Olympics, trying to attend them, and living for the day when possibly Ultimate can be a part of it. There’s a long way to go before Ultimate will be in the Olympics and that’s another conversation. To make up for the slow days though a few quick updates:

RIP Captain Kirsten Niles has passed on the following information with regards to their tryouts. You can also find the same information on the Facebook Event ici: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=476381735393 <p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">RIP, a mixed competitive team, would like to invite all ultimate players for its tryouts for the 2010 season! Tryouts for the at least 12 available places, will be held on Saturday, March 13, 2010 from 19:45 – 21:15 and Sunday, March 14, 2010 from 19:00 – 21:00 at complex Bois de Boulogne in Laval </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">(Directions: </span><a href="http://www.

It has been over 1.5 weeks since my knee was dislocated and my MRI results are back. My expectation was that there wasn’t any ACL damage but it appears that it’s slightly stretched. The good news is that a much better brace has been suggested and I’m excited to get it on so I can return to the field. Recovery continues but there was bone bruising and I’ll be taking it easier for the next month with only one tournament and league play where I work on fitness rather than all out winning.

Canada has expressed interest in participating in the U23 tournament but a true gauge of interested is required. Ultimate Canada has released a survey to be completed by those players that are eligible to play in the tournament. You may find the survey here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2Q7FPDCIf you know of players that qualify then please pass the link onto them as the survey closes on February 24th.

Preliminary registration has started for WJUC 2010 on their website: wjuc2010.deWJUC 2010 will be held in Heilbronn, Germany which is where the WFDF World Ultimate and Guts Championships were held in 2000. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could look back to almost a decade ago and know what it was like back then in the olden days? Luckily we can! The WUGC 2000 site (http://wugc2000.ira.uka.de/en/home.htm) is still up and running with news, results, and final standings.

Thank you to Jamie for providing the Phoenix roster as selected for Phoenix. Unlike many teams Phoenix hasn’t changed much from their CUC 2009 roster. Jamie Craig (C) Andrew Corey (C) Derek Alexander (C) Kenneth Alexander William Alexander Jonathan Haig Ewan Reid Reynaldo Arteaga Mathew Goodkey Robert Schmidt Sebastian Bell Brent Gerhart Dan Turcotte Ramsey Wright Matthew Cole Colin Froats Aaron Kucherawy Joel Bellavance Ryan Bauer Bryce Ring Mathew Berg Kielan Way Sean Harkins Luke Phelan Paul Cobb Neal Dawson Scott Westwell Karl-Frederick Loiseau This is a young and fit team with plenty of experience; how will they fare against Australia and the UK?

Patrick Mooney has sent in details regarding World Junior Ultimate Championships to be held in early August of this year: If you are born in 1991 or later then you are eligible to represent your country at the World Jr. Ultimate Championships in Heilbronn, Germany (Aug 2-7th). Applications and details regarding tryouts for Team Canada Jr men and Jr women are now available here: http://www.canadianultimate.com/WJUC2010.htmlWe encourage all those interested to apply and look forward to seeing you at one of the three tryouts.