Living Life at 11

WUGC 2016 shall be held at the UCL sports fields in St. Albans, England (this is also where U23s are being held this year) which makes the Canadian Ultimate Championships (CUC), in Winnipeg, all the more exciting and interesting. In case you, the newcomer, didn’t already know: the winner of each division forms four out of five members of the selection committee for that division. As a result the winning team tends to have many of their members on the national squad.

Continuing the grand tradition of being invited to broadcast CUC we return for 2014! This time from Waterloo, Ontario and for a full week (weather permitting)! You can watch our live stream as well as chat here: live.iamultimate.com .

Yes, there is a plan to live broadcast the second weekend of Ontario Regionals. You can catch it on: live.iamultimate.com

It’s about that time of year, a time when after a hiatus I feel like writing again. I’ll get a few articles out the door before something else will come along and require my time and attention. However, time is what has passed and it’s been an interesting year for Ultimate. I’ve had the privilege to sit on the edge of the field as yet another year of Ultimate has played itself out.

Happy New Year and all other pleasantries. Like a grumpy groundhog I am poking my head out to look around and I am not liking what I see. Well, that’s not entirely true. What I’m seeing is articles where Women Ultimate players (note: Women Ultimate player, not Women’s Ultimate players) write about their experiences and then, this is the part I don’t like, are derided by men. Seriously, this is how we’re starting 2014?

Schedule for streaming is as follows: Wednesday August 14th starting at 1600 PDT for the Juniors finals, possibly earlier at 1400 with a semi final. Saturday August 17th starting at 1600 PDT for the Masters finals. Sunday August 18th starting at 0900 PDT for the remaining finals. https://www.facebook.com/iamultimate/events

Perched above field 3 at York University I had a unique perspective on a number of games at U23 World Championships. In one day I alone I watched, filmed, live streamed, and commented on five games in a row. Plenty of long days also led to a number of thoughts that I’d like to share with you. Firstly, Ultimate is healthy and we should expect great things from our youth. While not everybody was able to make it there were a substantial number of teams from around the world and the growth of Ultimate in South America is a good step forward.