Week Four Battles

Nessie, the Undefeated

 Yello,

First, an Announcement: We'd like to remind the community that Ultimate is technically a Non-Contact sport.  Although some contact is inherent in the nature of a competitive game, there are very real consequences to reckless play, and we don't have the pads or guards that other sports use to minimize injury.  Please, do your best to be aware of your surrounding players and opponents before you make that amazingly athletic play on the disc.  

Speaking of amazing, there was truly some intense ultimate played out in Week 4.  Really tight games, right down to the wire.  I'm sure they're being replayed in your heads all week, but let's see if some words will do the games justice.   

5.30

Chupagoyles vs. The Blue Oxen of Minch

"Chupagoyles came out the gates with some heat, goin up 3 or 4 running some hot zone. [Blue Oxen] triumphantly battled back and chupas took half 8-7. [Oxen] then went on a 5-2 run, playing some good d and capitalizing on a few chupa drops. Soft cap went off at 12-10, and the chupas were feeling the game slipping...but were not deterred. Determined and feeling the urgency of the conch, chupas got two quick breaks to tie the game at 12s as hard cap sounded. Doublay game point. A gifty pull put [the Oxen] in great shape and anticlimactically (for us) ended the late chupa run. Great game on both sides." -Harris

Blue Oxen 13 - 12 Chupagoyles

Man-Bear-Pig vs. Nessie

"Maybe 3 or 4 lead changes before they took the final one. Best game of the season so far." -Cosgrove

Nessie 14 - 12 Man-Bear-Pig

7.00

Guardin' Gnomes vs. Lil' Griffins

Lil' Griffins 14 - 12 Gnomes

Calvinosaurs vs. Funky Fly Foenixes

An exceptionally amazing game, with many many deep shots by both teams.  Finally, an extremely tired me fired to Sitler for the game ender.  

Calvinosaurs 11 - 10 Foenixes

8.30

Guardin' Gnomes vs. Funky Fly Foenixes

"Good to see Kevin Vest back.  Still have not given up 15.  Small moral victories, don’t let anyone tell you they don’t matter." - Jason Rector

Foenixes 12 - 10 Gnomes

Stackin' Kraken vs. Puff the Magic Jackalope

Jackalopes 13 - 11 Kraken

Leaving us with the records: 

Calvinosaurs    2 - 3
Stackin' Kraken    1 - 3
Chupagoyles    1 - 4
Lil' Griffins    3 - 1 - 1
ManBearPig    1 - 3
Blue Oxen of Minch    3 - 2
Guardin' Gnomes    1 - 3
Puff the Magic Jackalope    1- 2 - 1
Nessie    6 - 0
Funky Fly Foenixes    4 - 1

Finally, here's some photographic testimony by Ethan Burns of the Lil' Griffins:

What grace. 

White called a foul on this one. 

Power flicks look kinda weird. 

"C'mon, son, tighten up that mark!" 

White called foul on this one. 

  

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