Week Three + Name-Calling

Howdy Ultimate People,

Check out the results from Week 3 and all the sweet monikers adopted by teams:

5.30  

Chupagoyles (Team 3) vs. Puff the Magic Jackalope (Team 8)
"Beautiful 530 game, went up 4-1 and felt good. Bad guys came back within one, threatening their wonderful afternoon of joy and rainbows. Mythical powers were pulled together and half was taken 8-5 (i think). Soft cap went of at 11-8. Final score being 13-8, flesh-eating-dog-like-winged-scary-looking-beasts that are graphite in color. The mighty Chupagoyles became victors simultaneously ending their goose-egged win column. We basked in our after game glory, then looked each other in the eye, and sadly continued on with our lives outside of frisbee, although still flesh hungry. Flesh composed teams be weary (sic)....."  -Harris Woody
Chupagoyles 13 - Puff the Magic Jackalope 8

and
Funky Fly Foenixes (Team 10) vs. Lil' Griffins (Team 4)

"Good game. Matt and Leif invented a lefty connection. Birdo played amazingly with full-field sprints for Ds and bids. Ruth had some awesome hucks and posed a major deep threat as usual, which was even more badass since she was running a fever. It was stupid hot out for mid-March." - Rachel Winnerrrr

Foenixes 13 - Griffins 9

 

7.00

Blue Oxen of Minch (Team 6) vs. Guardin' Gnomes (Team 7)
Oxen 13 - Gnomes 8
and
Calvinosaurs (Team 1) vs. Nessie (Team 9)
Nessie 13 - Calvinosaurs 8

8.30

Blue Oxen of Minch (Team 6) vs. Nessie (Team 9)
Nessie 14 - Oxen 12
and
The Stackin Kraken (Team 2) vs. Man-Bear-Pig (Team 5) 
"The Stackin Krakens ate their Wheaties and drank a ton of "Michael's Secret Stuff" and played a fun game against a fun team.  No wind meant for long throws and fast points.  The Krakens took half 8-2 and didn't look back on the way to a 15-8 victory.  The greatest day of the year merited a great day of ultimate all around." -Adam Morgan 
Kraken 15 - Man-Bear-Pig 8

And here's a few photos taken by Jake Dewey of Puff the Magic Jackalope.  

The Brewmaster seems open. 

Kyle Carpenter throws pretty well for a soccer player. 

Big Brother View

Leaving us with the records...

Calvinosaurs    1 - 3
Stackin' Kraken    1 - 2
Chupagoyles    1 - 3
Lil' Griffins    2 - 1 - 1
ManBearPig    1 - 2
Blue Oxen of Minch    2 - 2
Guardin' Gnomes    1 - 2
Puff the Magic Jackalope    0 - 2 - 1
Nessie    5 - 0
Funky Fly Foenixes    3 - 0

See you next Wednesday!  

-Ryan Bell

Week 2 is in the Books!

Hey Everyone,

Week 2 of Spring League brought us clear skies, no lightning, and some great games of Ultimate! Here's a quick re-cap of the scores for Week 2:

5:30
There were two incredibly close and well-fought games to start off the night. Team 6 edged out a victory against Team 1 13-11, while Team 9 claimed victory against Team 8 12-11.

7:00
In two spirited games, Team 10 was able to defeat Team 3 13-7, and Team 4 took home the win against Team 5 13-9

8:30
The first late-game doubleheader of the season featured Teams 3 and 4, with Team 4 winning 15-4. In the other late-game, Team 7 was able to defeat Team 2 15-13 in a game that came down to the wire.

Here is an update on each team's win-loss record (along with any team names that have been established):

Team 1: 1 - 2
Team 2: 0 - 2
Team 3: 0 - 3
Lil' Griffins (4) 2 - 0 - 1
ManBearPig (5) 1 - 1
Team 6 1 - 1
Falkor (7)  1 - 1
Team 8 0 - 1 - 1
Nessie (9)  3 - 0
Team 10 2 - 0

Lastly, as you know Ultimate players can be quite forgetful, and a Lost & Found stash is already being assembled. So far I have found quite a few water bottles, some shoes, a pair of cleats, and an assortment of other things. Please be sure to contact either Ryan or myself to stake claim to your lost item.

See you all on Wednesday!

-CT

Week One: Getting to Know One Another

Hey Ultimate People,

Twas brillig to see all the shiny happy people last week for a sensational season opener.  The weather tried its best to chase us off, but we were able to hold firm (but cautiously) and only miss an hour's worth of ultimate.

Which brings us to a few necessary announcements:
1)  Lightning Policy - When a flash is seen, we wait 20 minutes before games begin.  We highly recommend you leave the fields at this time, but even if you choose to stay, no games will be played while lightning is present.
2)  Officially: No Drugs or Alcohol are allowed at the fields.   (Bring discretion devices.)
3)  Even More Officially: No Dogs at the Fields.  Players with dogs will be asked to take their dogs home.  (My B)

And now for more fun announcements:
1)  The complete schedule is now up at ashevilleultimate.org.  Check it out and plan your Wednesdays!
2)  You'll see on the schedule, (and on the results below), that the teams right now are a bunch of numbers.  Lame.  Whoever thought numbers were cool should teach math.  We're giving teams until Week 3 to make up a team name having to do with some Mythical Creature.  Griffins has been taken by someone.  The Kraken is still up for grabs.  If you already have a team name that doesn't have to do with a Mythical Creature, that's fine, but know that everyone else will have cooler names.  If you don't come up with something by Week 3, we'll provide you one using my old Monster Manual (nerd alert!).

Finally, last week's results!

5.30

1v2
11 to 9

3v9
8 to 14

7.00
1v9
7 to 12

4v8
8 to 8

8.30
5v6
11 to 10

7v10
10 to 15

And here's a recap of Team 9's doubleheader:

"Team 9 vs Team 3

We (Team 9) rushed out to start with 4 quick points in a row.  We let off the gas, but took half 8-6 (8-7?).  Team 3 fielded 4 guys/3 ladies for the first few points of the 2nd half, with quite a few deep throws to Chanley for points.  Luckily, our ladies stepped up to the challenge and caught a few deep hammers to score.  End game: Team 9 wins, 14-8.  

Team 9 vs Team 1

With quite a few of Team 1's star players benched due to injuries, Team 9 was able to grab some easy breaks and throw even more hammers to the end zone.  Score: 5-1.  At this time, Team 1 rallied a little bit and we traded points.  Team 9 took half 8-3 (8-4?).  Team 9's speedy, uninjured line, despite more than a few turnovers, easily won the game, which was called early on account of lightning.  Final score: 12-7." - Jack Derbyshire

Team Record

1 1 - 1

2 0 - 1

3 0 - 1

4 0 - 0 - 1

5 1 - 0

6 0 - 1

7 0 - 1

8 0 - 0 - 1

9 2 - 0

10 1 - 0

See you Wednesday! -Ryan Bell  

Spring League Done Sprung

Hey all!

Asheville Ultimate is proud to announce open registration for Spring League!  Sign Up and get your spots while they're hot, cause they usually fill up fast.  Tell your friends (especially the lady ones)!  Cheapest rec league in town, and undoubtedly the most fun.

Hit up the signup survey here

And then the PayPal link. 

Your Directors
Ryan Bell and Chanchai (CT)

Final Playoffs: The Dust/Snow Mixture Settles/Melts

What an exciting finale to the Fall League.  Seriously, if ever there was a time for exclamation points, it would be now.

Congratulations to our victors, the Red-Eye Rockets who upset the formidable Navy Blue Magic twice to claim their prize, the fabled Golden Bucket.

The Champions, the Red Eye Red Rockets.  Sorry so blurry. 

 Here's how the playoff bracket shook out.  Matt Williams was the only player to not play awesome.

Fall 2011 Bracket



See you around for Winter League!  It is rumored to start at 5.30 on Wednesday Evenings.  Also, don't miss New Year's Day Ultimate at Memorial at high noon.  Bring your worst holiday gift for the traditional Regifting. 

I'm out, but it's been an honor and a pleasure this Fall.  Thanks to all the captains and reporters and players and new friends for making it happen.  See you on the field.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Playoffs Round 2: The Dust Turns Into Snow and Swirls More Ferociously!

Aloha,

The Famer's Almanac said we were due for something, but only ray'sweather knew that it would drop 20 degrees in about 2 hours Wednesday afternoon.  But nothing can temper an ultimate player when he's got the playoffs in his/her veins.  Well, it seemed to slow some down, as a total of 10 people were at the fields when the conch horn sounded the beginning of the 5.30 game.

At 5.30
Graphite vs. Baby Blue.  
The Baby Blue team began to arrive in a trickle, and then they turned into a river.  Apparently gumptioned by their first loss in the brackets last week to Navy Blue, the team had plenty of motivated players.  Meanwhile, Graphite topped out with 5, and played the first half down two players.  And still, due to some stellar play and at least one flying layout D by Dan New Baby Daddy Manget, they only officially forfeited when the score was 6-3 and one of their players decided to begin his long drove home early.  Baby Blue.  
and
the Scruffy Unicorns mustered enough players to meet Green&Tonic 7 on 7.  The tone was set early by the weather.  People, the snow was coming down in curtains.  The cones quickly blew away after I tried to set them down, and scores typically only went one way.  Huck and Zone would've been a good strategy, had you been able to Huck in a direction of your choice.  But as the weather got worse, the dedication in all players showed, and it turned into an amazing game; just the kind of incredulous heart that the game's all about.  Green&Tonic won to advance, 8-4 I believe.  Here's a picture I tried to take.

at 7.00
Baby Blue stayed around for the additional 15 minutes to see if their opponent, Gold Rush, would arrive.  Alas, only 4 hearty members of their roster were on hand.  A shame Gold's attendance issues left their teammates in the cold.  (ha?)  Their stalwart loyalists stuck around for a brief pickup game, but most of Baby Blue was happy to accept their second forfeit of the night and get in their cars a little sooner.
and
Green&Tonic took on Tighty Whiteys in G&T's second game of the evening.  I didn't see too much of the game, but I saw some nice flow and tosses, despite the elements, from some of White's stars.  White wins.

at 8.30
the Bonobos took on Navy Blue in the playoff semis.  Again, I was playing and didn't see much, but can surmise from drinking with reps from both teams afterwards that it was pretty spirited game with more of Navy Blue's characteristic domination by their deep and talented roster.  Navy Blue
and
"Though it was epically cold out, Redeye Redrockets and P.P.P.P.. had a good turn out. Feet and fingers froze within the first 5 min and the game was already intense. P.P.P... took the lead at 3-0, but each point was long and hard fought by both teams. RR came up through the windy conditions to take half at 8-7. With many fouls, travels and intense lay outs for those floaty discs, RR came out at hard cap with 11-9." - Natalie Wolfe.  Red wins.  


So the bracket has come to this!  See you Saturday; every team has a game, as scheduled below.  And if you can't make it to your game, then at least come Saturday evening to the Altamont Brewery in West Asheville, where the victors will be crowned and then the victors of bar games will be crowned.  
Fall 2011 Bracket

Playoffs Round I: The Dust Swirls

Evening!

Our first week of playoffs featured some of the most astonishing and breath-taking feats of athleticism that I've ever imagined to have actually happened.  Here are the results..

at 5.30
in a round that started late due to lights delay, Pink upset Graphite, 12-6.  "fun to play with Ethan and vs Harris.  good spirit all around" - Keith
and 
"Green and Tonic took to the frigid field this past Wednesday with great heart even though their bearded captain suffered a club foot and could not play.  G&T gained the first point, and the game went back and forth twixt the teams until Baby Blue decided to take the lead.  Many more things happened ending with a loss for Green, 7-14."-ET


then at 7.00
"purple and pink played a tight game first half, purple took half 8-6 and slowly pulled away to win 13-7ish?
we missed you! felice-" (that's my wife) "-played real well- 3 scores i think- she would have had one more but i over shot her!" - Mark Strazzer 13-7 Purple
and
B. Blue lost to the 1. seeded N. Blue, 7-15.  Can anyone stop the Magic?  


at 8.30
"White scored first for the break. Walt had a crucial turn on our end
zone allowing for this opportunity. From there we straightened up.
Maroon took the game 15-6. Believe we were 8-3 at half, @ 12-3 white
made a three point run. May want to fact check with CT and Katie.

I burned Ari deep kicking in the turbo. Ari burned me deep, "I got you
back" Juliette's hands were made of krazy glue and she caught e'ry
thing with one hand. We were a well oiled machine playing smart and
controlled. Sam Fontaine showed off his b-ball skills and cat like
reflexes on D, and while going up for a disc against A.Hartnagel
mis-read and like a ninja bid for the catch and the score." - Mateo Gordon
and
Red defeated the Gold Rush, whose attendance seemed to be an issue.  Where are the pre-season favorites?  


Check out the bracket below for game times.  All teams play both Wednesday and Saturday.  The trophy and prizes will be presented at the party this Saturday at 6.00!  Be there or be heckled.  




Fall 2011 Bracket