| December 13 |
Registration is officially open for the 2007 Summer A-League! Games will be played on Sunday afternoons from January 14 to April 22 at the Rugby Field, Sandy Bay. If you want to to avoid late fees, make sure you pay by Monday January 8 (first night of Monday night Summer Social League) to avoid late fees. Thanks to Aaron Pinkus for organising this league.
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| December 13 |
It looks like there will be Tasmanian teams in both the Open and Women's divisions at the Southern Regional Championships, which will be held on the weekend of March 10-11, 2007. This is a qualifying tournament for the Australian Ultimate Championships. It is likely that this tournament will be held in Hobart. If you want to play on the Women's team, talk to Ash Martens or Shavawn Donoghue. If you wish to play on an open team, talk to JK or Mike Baker. Training for these teams will probably be on Wednesday evenings and Sunday afternoons starting in the new year.
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| December 12 |
The finals of the Hobart Spring Social League were held on December 11. Ultima won the all important spirit prize and OHA Ships won the league, defeating the minor premiers Menzies in the grand final. A full list of prize winners will be available soon. Thanks to JK and Tim for running this league!
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| December 6 |
Registration is officially open for the Hobart Summer Social League! Numbers may be capped for this league so register now to ensure your place on a team. Games will be played on Monday evenings between 5:30 and 8:00pm from January 8 to Monday March 12 at Sandown Park, Lower Sandy Bay. If you want to pay in cash, make sure you pay by Monday December 11 (Spring League finals night) to avoid late fees. If you pay electronically, you can get your money in by Monday December 18, before the late fees apply. Thanks to Matt Smith for organising this league.
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| December 5 |
After the final minor round games of the Hobart Spring Outdoor Social B-League, there were no changes in the positions in the B-League table. The finals will be held on Monday December 11, featuring all 6 teams - with a BBQ and presentations afterwards.
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| December 3 |
Congratulations to Shavawn Donoghue and Ian Townsend and their team for winning the 18th Melbourne Hat on the weekend. Commiserations to JK (whose team came second) and Matt Smith, whose team only made the semi-finals this year (this is the only time Matt's Melbourne Hat team has not played in the final!). Three other Tasmanians attended the Hat (and didn't make the semi-finals) and there were another 250+ players from other places.
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| November 27 |
Congratulations to the Tasmanian players who have just returned from Perth. The Restless Flycatchers ended up in 26th place in the Mixed Division, Southside were 10th in the Women's division and Thong came 2nd in the Open Division! This means that Mike Baker came back to Tasmania with a silver medal from the World Ultimate Club Championships! Also receiving medals for Australia were Chilly (bronze: Open) and Eastern Greys (bronze: Masters). Japan was the standout country with gold medals in each of the Open, Womens and Masters divisions, as well as silver and bronze in the Women's division. Thanks to Roger Barnes for permission to use some of his WUCC photos. If you want to see these (and more) WUCC photos, check out Roger's Digital Arts web site or for these plus a scanned article from the Hobart Mercury, try the TUA WUCC photos page.
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| November 21 |
After 6 games without a loss in the Hobart Spring Outdoor Social B-League, OHA Ships have moved up to 2nd place in the B-League table, and only 3 points separate the top 3 teams, with only 2 weeks of minor round games before the finals.
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| November 9 |
The World Ultimate Club Championships are starting this weekend in Perth and running from November
11-18. If you want to follow how the Tassie players are going or some of the other Aussie teams you can check out scores, photos and updates on the WUCC website or at the Scoreomatic website. Jemery Day and Kate Godber are playing in the Mixed division for the Restless Flycatchers, Mike Baker is playing in the Open Division for Thong and Ash Martens and Shavawn Donoghue are playing in the Women's division for Southside.
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| November 8 |
With two losses this week in the Hobart Spring Outdoor Social B-League, the previously undefeated Good Question moves down to second place and Menzies have regained the lead in the B-League table.
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| November 6 |
The next 215 Two-Hat VIII photos are up in JK's Tasmanian ultimate photo gallery. Check them out!
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| November 3 |
Due to decreasing numbers, Tuesday lunchtime pickup games have been cancelled at the University of Tasmania. Friday lunch time pickup games will continue, probably at the Rugby Field or possibly the Uni Oval (if it is open - and if we are allowed to use it). The option of a Wednesday evening pickup game remains open, if somebody wants to organise it!
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| November 2 |
Registration is now open for the Melbourne Hat tournament at Albert Park, December 2-3. If you enjoyed the Two-Hat, you might like to venture across Bass Strait to attend a slightly bigger version of this tournament.
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| November 1 |
Good Question won this week's clash of the top teams in the Hobart Spring Outdoor Social B-League and have now taken over the lead in the B-League table. At the other end of the table, this week saw the first victory (with points awarded) of the season for Disc-o-techs and the first tied game of the season.
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| October 24 |
The first 175 Two-Hat VIII photos are up in JK's Tasmanian ultimate photo gallery. More may appear later. Check them out!
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| October 23 |
After 2 weeks of the Hobart Spring Outdoor Social B-League Menzies have retained their lead in the B-League table. However, there will be a top of the league clash featuring the two unbeaten teams, Menzies and Good Question next week. Hopefully Frank Toman will have a speedy recovery after he dislocated a shoulder this week! Frank's shoulder was "relocated" in hospital after league.
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| October 18 |
The first games in the Hobart Spring Outdoor Social B-League have been played! No points were awarded for the first game (Round 0), but the second game (Round 1) did count and results from this round saw Menzies take the early lead in the B-League table. Preliminary teams and the full game schedule are now available. If you want to play next week, make sure you have paid your league fees - if not, you will be sitting on the side lines! If you haven't registered yet and want to play, you may want to talk to John Kristensen or Tim Johnson before you do so, to make sure that there are still places available.
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| October 16 |
Congratulations to TD Matt Smith for organising the 8th Tasmanian Two-Hat Ultimate Frisbee Tournament. Superba took out the double, winning both the tournament and the Spirit prize. In the six occasions where a Two-Hat spirit prize has been awarded, the spirit winner has also won the tournament three times now. Shavawn Donoghue has now been a member of the spirit wining team 5 times out of 6!! Pat Dunne won both the first registered prize and the Play of the Day award and Cathy Bowker was inducted to the Ten-Hat hall of Fame (well done for catching the plane Cathy!). Congratulations also to Shavawn Donoghue and Felix Kennedy, respective winners of the skirt wearer and non-skirt wearer divisions in the Philip Redneck Ruddock Throw Them Overboard Disc Golf Classic on Friday evening. More details soon!
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| October 13 |
Don't forget the Philip Redneck Ruddock Throw Them Overboard Disc Golf Classic from 8pm tonight at St David's Park - part of the Two-Hat festivities!
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| October 11 |
Congratulations to Ash Martens for her selection on the 2006 Green and Gold Merit Team which is selected at the Australian University Games every year. Ash is the first Tasmanian to be selected for this "team".
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| October 6 |
Today is the deadline for payment of registration fees if you want to avoid the very late fees for the 8th Tasmanian Two-Hat Ultimate Frisbee Tournament. Pay now - if you haven't paid already! If you have already registered, you can check your registration details (this page is updated every few days) and check to see if your payment has been accepted. If you don't know how to pay, check out the payment details page. Preliminary post-registration Two-Hat information is also available, including details on the Philip Redneck Ruddock Throw Them Overboard Disc Golf Classic on the Friday night, and this information will also be updated periodically.
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| October 3 |
It was 4 weeks ago now, but the finals of the Hobart Winter A-League were held on September 3. As already partially reported, Hobart Hurricane won the all important spirit prize and the Northern Bogans won the League, beating Hobart Hurricane 13-11 in the grand final. The semi-final saw the Hobart Hurricane defeating the Southern Confederates 14-12? after time cap in a very tight struggle. Congratulations to Philippe St-Pierre for winning the most improved player prize, Coit Stevenson for winning the style in the final award and Stewart Wells for winning the Guts in the final. Thanks to Aaron for running this league. The full minor round results (including full spirit scores) and a full league organisers report can now be found at the Winter A-League history page. A-League is going in to recess until 2007.
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| October 2 |
After just emerging from winter hibernation, the Wednesday evening pickup games have gone in to recess again due to closure for maintenance of the Uni Oval and the Rugby Field. This pickup session may start up again in a little while when the fields re-open.
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| September 29 |
If you want $45 registration for the 8th Tasmanian Two-Hat Ultimate Frisbee Tournament, make sure you have registered and paid your fees by September 30. The price goes up the later you leave it in October. Contrary to previous rumours, there will now be 5 teams at Two-Hat VIII, with a maximum of 60 players - we expect this will be the biggest Two-Hat ever! If you have already registered, you can check your registration details (this page is updated every few days - don't expect immediate updates) and check to see if your payment has been accepted. If you don't know how to pay, check out the payment details page.
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| September 29 |
After a narrow 11-10 loss to Adelaide University in their last game on Thursday afternoon, the University of Tasmania team now faces the ANU in a playoff to determine 7th and 8th places at the Australian University Games. In breaking news, the ANU won this final game - but that still leaves the University of Tasmania team finishing in 8th position overall - 6 places higher than their seeding. Congratulations to the team for this excellent result - especially considering that this is the first University of Tasmania team to compete at the Australian University Games.
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| September 28 |
The University of Tasmania Ultimate team is currently competing in the Australian University Games being held at Flinders University in Adelaide from September 24-29. Despite being seeded in 14th place (out of 17 teams), the Tassie team has already made it to the quarter finals and have ensured a top 8 finish. The UTas team finished in 4th place in their pool of 8 teams and in the process beat teams seeded 3 (UNSW), 10 (Ballarat), 11 (UWA) and 17 (Flinders B). UTas then faced the top team from Pool A, the pre-tournament hot favourites Macquarie University, in a quarterfinal game and lost this game 14-3. The next two ranking games will decide the UTas team's final position, which will be somewhere between 5th and 8th and with the next opponent for UTas being Adelaide University. Results can either be followed on Andrew Olennick's website or are available on the AUS website, as is the current ladder.
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| September 27 |
Registration has just opened for the Hobart Spring Outdoor Social B-League! This is traditionally our biggest league - but numbers may be capped this year. Games will be played on Monday evenings between 5:30 and 8:00pm from October 16 to Monday December 18 at Sandown Park, Lower Sandy Bay. Don't forget to bring along some of your friends to the free learn to Play session from 5:30pm on Monday October 9 - they can try before they buy! Thanks to JK and Tim Johnson for organising this league.
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| September 22 |
It was a couple of weeks ago now, but the finals of the Hobart Winter Indoor Social B-League were held on September 6. Footfault won the all important spirit prize and Dive fairies won the League, beating Georges sheepstation 22-21 in the grand final. The semi-finals saw the Dive fairies defeating Disc-o-techs 22-15 and Georges sheepstation defeating Footfault with the same scoreline 19-17. Congratulations to Yvonne Otahal for winning the most improved player prize, Matt Petrie for winning the style in the final award and Rowan Miller for winning the Guts in the final. Thanks to Sarah and Basil for running this league. The full minor round results (including full spirit scores) and a full league organisers report can now be found at the Autumn Social B-League history page.
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| September 20 |
Wednesday evening pickup games have resumed from 6:00-7:30pm at the Uni Oval (or try the Rugby Field otherwise). Just turn up with a gold coin donation (to pay for the field hire) if you want to play!
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| September 19 |
The Worker's party took the honours in a double header, with two simultaneous games in the latest Worker's/Uni Challenge game. The Worker's managed to win both games, but the exact scores are a mystery. The main objective of this game was to give practice to the University of Tasmania team heading to the Australian University Games in Adelaide later in September.
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| September 11 |
Congratulations to Zing, the Tasmanian team which came 14th at the Australian Mixed Ultimate Championships 2006 in Ballarat. Zing were somewhat constrained by having a very small team, so did very well to finish higher than their seeding (16th). More details and team photos soon (hopefully).
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| September 7 |
Registration is now officially open for the 8th Tasmanian Two-Hat Ultimate Frisbee Tournament. If you register on line and pay your money by September 30, you qualify for the early registration discount! The number of places in this edition of the Two-Hat will be strictly limited - 4 teams and 48 players maximum. Better register early! Why not do it now?
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| September 5 |
Best of luck to Zing, the Tasmanian team going to the Australian Mixed Ultimate Championships 2006, to be held in Ballarat from September 8-10.
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| September 4 |
In a closely contested game, the Northern Bogans defeated Hobart Hurricane 13-11 in the grand final of the
Winter A-League. Hobart Hurricane won the spirit prize, with the Guts in the final award going to Stewart Wells, Style won by Coit Stevenson and the most improved player prize being awarded to Philippe St-Pierre. Thanks to Aaron for running this league!
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| August 30 |
In a closely contested qualifying final, Hobart Hurricane defeated the Southern Confederates 14-12 in extra time and have made it to the grand final of the
Winter A-League. Hobart Hurricane will take on the minor premiers Northern Bogans, fresh off a 17-4 loss by the Southern Confederates from the week before, which may mean that the Hurricane are ensconced as favourites? If you want to see an exciting game, come and watch the grand final on Sunday September 3. Only fully paid team members who have played in at least two minor round games are eligible for the finals. Check with Aaron if you are unsure of your eligibility.
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| August 29 |
Interested in some high quality ultimate? You can always come to the Mixed Nationals training session on Monday September 4, from 6:00-7:30pm, when the Tasmanian Mixed Nationals team, Zing hope to take on a best of the rest team for some all important game practice, or try the next Worker's/Uni Challenge game likely to be held on Monday September 18, at the same time. This will be the last practice game for the Tas Uni team going to the Australian University Games.
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| August 21 |
Registration for Two-Hat VIII will be opening very soon. Check back here shortly!
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| August 20 |
After twelve games in the Winter A-League, the Northern Bogans have taken out the minor premiership from the Southern Confederates, despite losing the final game. The final minor round A-League table will be available soon - as soon as the spirit scores from the final game are sent in to Jeff for processing. This leaves the qualifying final, between second placed Southern Confederates and Hobart Hurricane on Sunday August 27, with the winning team playing the Northern Bogans the following week in the grand final on September 3. Only fully paid team members who have played in at least two minor round games are eligible for the finals. Check with Aaron if you are unsure of your eligibility.
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| August 19 |
Congratulations to Ashley Button who has just finished playing with the Australian junior open team at the World Junior Ultimate Championships in Boston, August 2006. The Australian Junior Open team finished 4th overall and more importantly retained the coveted spirit of the game award. The team were disappointed not to come home with a medal, losing 13-12 to Colombia in the playoff for 3rd vs 4th, having beaten the Colombian team during pool play - but they improved dramatically on their 7th placed finish at the 2004 junior world championships. The Junior Women also won the spirit of the game award and improved on their 2004 placing (6th) by finishing in 3rd place! More information can be found on the AFDA home page and on the aus-ultimate yahoo group.
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| August 15 |
It looks almost certain that the University of Tasmania ultimate frisbee team has a place in the Australian University Games which are to be held in Adelaide, September 24-29. This team is continuing to train at the Uni Oval on Sundays prior to the start of Winter A-League games. Talk to Mike Baker if you are a University of Tasmania student and you want to play on this team.
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| August 10 |
After four games in the Winter Social B-League, the Dive fairies are ensconced in the lead in the B-League table, a position they have occupied since week 2 of the league. There are only 3 minor round games left before the finals night, 6-8pm on September 6. Any questions? Talk to league organisers Sarah Robinson or Basil van Riet.
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| August 3 |
Training is continuing for the squad for the Tasmanian team which is planning to attend the Australian Mixed Ultimate Championships 2006, to be held in Ballarat from September 8-10. Training sessions will be held every Monday night from 6:00-7:30pm at the Uni Oval. Either turn up to training or talk to Matt or Naomi if you want to be considered for selection on this team.
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| June 27 |
The Workers won the latest Uni vs Workers' Party Challenge game, although the exact score remains a mystery. Congratulations to Jemery Day (Ash Martens claims it wasn't rigged and that Shavawn drew the ticket) for winning the major prize in the UTas team's raffle and to Janet Kellehel (Kath Downey's aunt) for winning the pair of Blundstones.
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| June 25 |
Rumour has it that the University of Tasmania frisbee team is training at the Uni Oval on Sundays prior to the start of Winter A-League games, in the lead up to both the Southern University Games and the Australian University Games. Talk to Mike Baker if you are a University of Tasmania student and you want to play on either of these teams.
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| June 23 |
Registration has opened for the Hobart Winter Indoor Social B-League. Numbers will be capped at 28 players for this league - so if you want to play, register and pay now. Games will be played on Wednesday evenings between 6:30 and 8:00pm from Wed July 19 to Wed Sep 6. Thanks to Sarah Robinson for organising this league.
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| June 22 |
As part of their build up to to the Southern University Games in Ballarat from July 2-5, the University have issued a challenge (the workers were too busy slaving away to find time to issue one). The next Uni vs Workers' Party Challenge game scheduled for 6:00-7:30pm on Monday 26 under lights at the Uni Oval. Talk to Mike if you want to play for the Uni and Tim if you want to play for the workers. Bring a red shirt (well white may be better to distinguish the teams under lights) for the revolutionaries and a black shirt for the Uni team. Following the game, the UTas SUG team's raffle will be drawn. So if you still wish to buy a ticket either come and see someone from the team at their regular Sunday afternoon training session before the A-League game, or see Ash or Mike at the Challenge.
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| June 20 |
After the finals of the Hobart Autumn League, Disc-o-techs won the all important spirit prize and Colony won the League, beating Chlorophilliacs 8-5 in the grand final. The semi-finals saw Colony defeating Disc-o-techs 16-5 and Chlorophilliacs defeating Vitamin C 10-8. Congratulations to Kathleen Downey and Kylie Roberts for winning the best recruiter prize, Kathleen Downey (again) for winning the most improved player prize, the entire Colony team for winning the style in the final award and Rowan Miller for winning the Guts in the final. Thanks to Dave Cooke for running this league so smoothly at fairly short notice and to all those who helped out with the BBQ! The full minor round results (including full spirit scores) and a preliminary reports can be found at the Autumn Social B-League history page. Best of luck to Duncan Robinson recovering from a knee injured picked up in the semi-final!
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| June 19 |
After three games in the Winter A-League, the Southern Confederates have taken the lead in the A-League table, with two wins out of two games. Talk to Aaron if you want to play in this league.
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| June 16 |
Minutes of the May 11 TUA meeting are now available on the TUA meetings page. The next TUA meeting will be held on Thursday June 29, 5:15pm probably at Knoppies on Salamanca place. All welcome!
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| June 13 |
There were no changes to the league table in the last round of the Hobart Autumn Social B-League, despite the top team, Colony forfeiting their last minor round game of the season. This forfeit enabled second placed Vitamin C to draw level with Colony on points, with their one point victory over Chorlophiliacts. However, using the standard tie breaking procedure (for ultimate), which looks at head to head results before goal difference, Colony finished as minor premiers. As a result, the semi-finals on June 19 will feature Colony vs Disc-o-techs in one semi final and Vitamin C vs Chorlophiliacts in the other, with the winners going through to the grand final, to be played straight after the semi finals at 7pm. The Uni club rooms will be open during the finals with a BBQ during the grand final, followed by awards and presentations. Please let Dave Cooke know if you will be at the BBQ and if you can bring a salad!
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| June 12 |
After two games in the Winter A-League, Hobart Hurricane are languishing at the bottom of the A-League table, with two losses out of two games. The next game sees the completion of the first complete round of games, with the Southern Confederates playing the Northern Bogans to determine who takes the early lead in the ladder. Talk to Aaron if you want to play in this league.
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| June 10 |
Good luck to the University of Tasmania Ultimate team which is going to the Southern University Games in Ballarat from July 2-5. This is a qualifying tournament for the Australian University Games which are to be held in Adelaide in September. This is the first ultimate team from the University of Tasmania to play in University Games of any form, so if you want to help them get there talk to Ash Martens about buying a raffle ticket (prizes include a a weekend away for 2 at Doherty St Helens and a gift voucher from Blundstones)!
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| June 7 |
On Friday June 2, ABC Stateline featured 4 minutes and 4 seconds of Tas Ultimate and in particular of Ash Button who will be playing for Australia in the World Junior Ultimate Championships in Boston, August 2006. Check the new video section in JK's Tasmanian ultimate photo gallery to find a digital copy of this coverage. Ash's chocolate sales fundraising campaign is continuing, to enable him to attend to get to Worlds - if you want to help out, please get in touch with Ash directly.
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| June 6 |
Round 5 of Hobart Autumn Social B-League has set things up nicely for a tough game between Chorlophiliacts and Vitamin C next week, as they vie for 2nd spot in the league table. The Spirit contest is still anybody's, so expect to see some of the fast and fair play that has won spirit prizes for Tassie in the national arena!
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| May 31 |
Rumour has it that there will be an indoor Winter Social B-League this year after all, probably starting some time in July. Details are yet to be finalised, but look out for an announcement here soon!
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| May 30 |
Registration is still open for the Winter A-League to be played on Sunday afternoons 3:50-5:30pm from Sunday June 4th, but the earlybird discount has now passed! Despite rumours to the contrary, this league will be starting as scheduled on Sunday June 4 with the first game between Hobart Hurricane and the Southern Confederates on the Rugby Field, with all future games bing held at the Uni Oval.
Because we are booking fields and paying for lights, registering for A-League costs, and if you haven't already registered and paid - you are now facing the prospect of paying late registration fees! Talk to Aaron if you want to play in this league.
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| May 29 |
Third placed Chorlophiliacts managed a draw in their game against league leaders Colony in round 4 of the Hobart Autumn Social B-League. Despite this result, there were no changes to the order in the league table.
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| May 23 |
There were no changes to the league table with the top two teams, Colony and Vitamin C, both having victories in the 3rd round of the Hobart Autumn Social B-League.
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| May 21 |
The Southern Confederates have won the first Hobart A-League grand final taking their first victory of the season against the minor premiers, the Northern Bogans with a final score of 17-10. The Southern Confederates started very strongly, taking the first half 9-1, before the Northern Bogans stepped it up a notch, outscoring the Confederates in the second half. The spirit prize was also shared by these two teams. Aaron's league organiser's report is now available through the League History page. Congratulations to Michael Dunne and Stan Robert for winning the Style in the final and Guts in the final awards and to Rowan Miller for winning the most improved award. Thanks to Aaron Pinkus for running this inaugural A-League.
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| May 16 |
Colony have taken over from Vitamin C at the top of the league table after two weeks of the Hobart Autumn Social B-League. Looks like the last free space in the league has now been taken. Talk to Dave Cooke if you want to get on the reserve list!
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| May 15 |
Registration is now open for the Winter A-League to be played on Sunday afternoons 3:50-5:30pm from Sunday June 4th! Because we are booking fields and paying for lights, registering for A-League is going to cost money. We hope to maintain the same three regionally based teams which have already been playing A-League. If you want to get the earlybird discount (and make Aaron's life easier) register now, and make sure you pay your money (either electronically or give cash to Aaron) by May 29!
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| May 14 |
A full captain's report and some photos from the Tiggers' most recent Nationals campaign are now available, and further updates to the recent history of Tasmanian representative teams. More photos can be found on JK's Tasmanian ultimate photo gallery and in particular (for Nationals in Sydney in 2006) at the Nationals '06 gallery.
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| May 12 |
Following the May 11 committee meeting, the TUA has a position vacant - league organiser for the traditional indoor Winter social league. If anyone is interested in taking on this role (we can provide plenty of advice and support) please get in touch with one of the TUA committee (Jemery, Shavawn, Dave Cooke,...). If we can't fill this position, then the Hobart social B-League may go in to recess from June 19 until sometime in October, when Spring League kicks off.
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| May 11 |
Minutes of the March 16 TUA meeting are now available on the TUA meetings page. The next TUA meeting will be held on Thursday May 11, 5:15pm at Shippies, Battery Point. All welcome!
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| May 10 |
Vitamin C are the early league leaders after the first week of the Hobart Autumn Social B-League. Rumour has it that there is nobody on the reserve list yet and, following a late withdrawal, one free space still remaining in the league. Talk to Dave Cooke quickly if you haven't yet registered and you still want to play this league!
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| May 9 |
The Northern Bogans have booked their place in the finals of the A-League, alongside the Southern Confederates by winning the last A-League game of the minor round with a decisive 17-10 victory over the Southern Confederates. The grand final will be played between the minor premiers, the Northern Bogans, and the Southern Confederates and on Sunday May 21 starting at 3:15pm and finishing at 5pm. Hobart Hurricane's forfeit last week has proved quite costly, resulting in them missing out on the grand final.
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| May 2 |
Registration is now closed for the Hobart Autumn Social B-League to be played on Monday evenings 6-7pm from Monday May 8th, as the last place has now been taken. However, there is still the option of being placed on the reserve list. A few people who registered have yet to confirm this registration by paying - and if they don't pay soon, these places will be offered to players from the top of the reserve list - first in best dressed! If you want to guarantee your place, make sure you pay your money! Look out for Dave Cooke if you want to pay your rego in cash! In addition to the usual rules, playing in cleated shoes is compulsory in this league. Suitable footwear includes grass cats (touch footy shoes), or even better, given the conditions we expect at this time of year, soccer boots or football boots. Note that exposed metal on your cleats is strictly forbidden - so check those old rugby boots before using them! Preliminary team lists and full minor round schedule are also available.
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| May 1 |
The Southern Confederates have booked their place in the finals of the A-League by winning the last A-League game by forfeit over Hobart Hurricane on a wet Sunday afternoon. The remaining minor round game will be played between the Southern Confederates and the Northern Bogans on Sunday May 7 starting at 3:15pm and finishing at 5pm (Note new starting time to allow the game to be played without using lights!). To qualify for the grand final, the Northern Bogans need to win this game. Any other result will see Hobart Hurricane playing the Southern Confederates in the grand final on May 21.
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| April 28 |
Full rankings from the Australian Ultimate Championships are now available (but still with little commentary). Congratulations to Mike Baker for winning the Men's Most Valuable Player award (as he did last year!), to the Tiggers for improving their seeding by 3 places, and (as also happened last year) improving their ranking in relation to teams from the Southern region compared to the ranking after the Southern Australian Ultimate Championships. Considering only the Southern teams, the Tiggers were 3rd at Nationals and 6th at Regionals this year, compared to last years 2nd at Nationals and 4th at Regionals. Also noteworthy that the Tiggers beat the team that finished 13th this year (in 2003 the Tiggers came 12th but managed to beat the team that finished 9th in the process). Congrats also to Shavawn Donoghue and Ash Martens and Southside who came 4th in the Women's division, and to ex-Tigger Alice Hill whose team Oma Rapiti (NZ) came 5th in the Women's division. Hopefully those with injuries (including Dave Cooke and Felix) and aching muscles will make speedy recoveries.
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| April 26 |
According to Aaron the Tassie Tiggers finished in 15th place at Nationals, improving 3 places on their seeding - and they did beat Newcastle on Saturday! Unfortunately Felix dislocated his shoulder during this game and spent some hours in hospital in Sydney. Hope you feel a bit better now Felix. More news when it comes to hand...
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| April 26 |
According to the latest Trash Talk article the Tassie Tiggers were due to play off against '74 Flood for 15th and 16th place at Nationals. So even if the Tiggers did beat Newcastle on the first day (still not confirmed), Newcastle finished higher than the Tiggers. With teams from Newcastle and Wollongong playing off for 13th and 14th position, it looks like the old rivalry between the Tiggers, and Newcastle and Wollongong has been reignited. In any case, well done to the Tiggers who have improved at least two places on their seeding (they were seeded 18th), and have finished above the teams seeded 9th and 10th. In the Women's division, Southside faced a tough semi-final against Ishtar. All these games have been played now, of course, but the results are still to be released to the mainstream media!
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| April 24 |
News of the Australian Ultimate Championships seems a little scarce, or at least news relating to the Tassie Tiggers, but it seems that they lost to Fakulti P (seeded 3), and they only managed to take score one point in their game against the current National Champions and first seeds, Sweet Chilly. Rumour has it that the Tiggers also went down to the Eastern Greys, 14-8 and also lost to Sublime, 17-8, in cross over games on day 2. If Discheads finished fifth in Pool N, which seems the most likely result, given other known results in that pool, this means that the Tiggers must have beaten Newcastle on Saturday to finish 3rd in Pool K! OK there is a fair bit of speculation involved in drawing this conclusion - but Piers could report a little more detail on games from the other end of the draw! Piers does deserve to be thanked for posting all the results and news used to draw these shaky conclusions... News from the Women's division is that Southside (seeded 3rd) lost to Ishtar (seeded 2nd) in their game on day 1. Was this the first game that Ash Martens has lost at Nationals? The only other known results involving Southside saw them victorious in games against Sultry and Phoenix - so it looks like Southside finished 2nd in Pool E, which means they still have a chance of playing in the final.
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| April 21 |
Good luck to Ash Martens and Shavawn Donoghue, who will be playing for Southside in the Women's division of the Australian Ultimate Championships in Sydney this weekend. Southside is the Tasmanian women's team (well close enough, they have a few pickups from Sydney as well!) and this team has won the Women's division at Nationals for the last two years running. Good luck also to the Tassie Tiggers, who will be playing in the Open division!
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| April 13 |
There will be one more Wednesday night game featuring the Tassie Tiggers vs the Best of the Rest on Wednesday April 19 from 6pm at the Uni Oval. The Tiggers head to Sydney in a week to play in the Australian Ultimate Championships, and this will be the last chance for the Tiggers to get some all important game practice. If you think you are good enough to give the Tiggers a hard game, then contact Tiggers captain Mike Baker for more information on this game. Meanwhile a team photo and a report on the Tiggers experiences at the Southern Australian Ultimate Championships is now available on the Tasmanian Representative Teams page (although you will need to scroll to the bottom of the page to find the right link. The Tassie Tiggers team at Nationals consists of Aaron Pinkus, Basil van Riet, Dave Cooke, Felix Kennedy, John Kristensen, Matt Petrie, Matt Smith, Mike Baker (captain), Tim Johnson, Tory Fitchett, Tom Caldwell and Warwick Reed. If you can come earlier (from 4:00pm) to provide background colour, that would be great, as ABC's Stateline will be doing a feature on Ashley Button and his selection on the Australian team.
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| April 12 |
Registration is still open for the Hobart Autumn Social B-League to be played on Monday evenings 6-7pm from Monday May 8th! However, there is only one place remaining in this league. A reserve list will be formed once this place is taken, and if a place becomes available due to the withdrawal of a registered player, or through non-payment of registration fees, then players from the reserve list will be invited to register in order of their reservation. If you want to guarantee your place, make sure you register on line and pay your money! There will be a free Learn to Play session from 6-7pm on Monday May 1st. Thanks to new league organiser Dave Cooke for running this league - look out for Dave if you want to pay your rego in cash!
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| April 10 |
Rumour has it that there will be one more Wednesday night game featuring the Tassie Tiggers vs the Best of the Rest on Wednesday April 19. The Tiggers head to Sydney in just over a week to play in the Australian Ultimate Championships, and this will be the last chance for the Tiggers to get some all important game practice. If you think you are good enough to give the Tiggers a hard game, then contact Tiggers captain Mike Baker for more information on this game. Meanwhile a team photo and a report on the Tiggers experiences at the Southern Australian Ultimate Championships is now available on the Tasmanian Representative Teams page (although you will need to scroll to the bottom of the page to find the right link.
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| April 4 |
Registration is still open for the Hobart Autumn Social B-League to be played on Monday evenings 6-7pm from Monday May 8th! However, registrations are rolling in quickly and the player cap (48 players) is fast approaching. If you want to guarantee your place, make sure you register on line and pay your money! There will be a free Learn to Play session from 6-7pm on Monday May 1st. Bring your friends and potential new players to this session. Thanks to new league organiser Dave Cooke for running this league - look out for Dave if you want to pay your rego in cash!
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| April 3 |
Congratulations to Ashley Button who has just been selected in the Australian junior open team. This team will represent Australia at the World Junior Ultimate Championships in Boston, August 2006. As far as we can tell, Ashley is the first Tasmanian resident to be selected to represent Australia at any World Ultimate Championships - although expatriate Tasmanians have been selected to play for Australia in the past. Ashley's fundraising campaign is continuing, to enable him to attend to get to Worlds - if you want to help out, please get in touch with Ashley directly. Rumour has it that there will be more chocolate sales.
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| April 2 |
The newly named Hobart Hurricane beat the Northern Bogans 15-7 in the latest A-League game, and this victory saw them retain their place at the top of the A-League ladder. The next A-League game will be between the Confederates and the Bogans on Sunday April 30 (Note modified date to avoid Easter), starting at 3:50pm, probably at the Uni Oval (given that the Rugby Field may still be closed!). Talk to Aaron if you want to get on a team for this competition.
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| March 29 |
Recent updates to the web site have seen some more information on ancient history and more recent history of Tasmanian representative teams. Recent archeological work has also revealed more information on the early history of the University of Tasmania Ultimate club.
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| March 28 |
After the finals of the Hobart Summer League, :"e"-funf won the all important spirit prize and Carrot Cake won the League, beating Menzies 7-3, or thereabouts, in the grand final. The semi-finals were both closely contested games, with Menzies beating :"e"-funf 5-4 after time cap, with a very long deciding point. Carrot Cake were pushed hard by the Black Cats in the other semi final, but finished strongly to come from behind and win 6-3 (probable score). Congratulations to Pat Dunne for wining the best recruiter prize, Jo Hall and Jerome Stahl for winning the most improved beginners awards, Lyla Goldstein for winning the style in the final award, Ashley Button for winning the Guts in the final and Mike Baker for winning the Gratuitous in the final award (for his 3 metre travel!). Thanks to Matt Smith for running the biggest league ever in Hobart and to all those who helped out with the BBQ! The full minor round results (including full spirit scores) and a preliminary reports can be found at the Summer League history page.
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| March 27 |
Registration is now open for the Hobart Autumn Social B-League to be played on Monday evenings 6-7pm from Monday May 8th! Because field space is limited for this league, it will operate on a strictly first in best dressed basis, with total player numbers capped at 48 players (12 per team), with a minimum of 3 women per team. This means that a minimum of 12 spots are reserved for women on the registration list and a maximum of 36 male pre-registrations will be allowed. Late male registrations will be placed on a reserve list and will be allocated to any free women's spots if there are less than 12 female registrations in the week prior to 1st game. There will be a free Learn to Play session from 6-7pm on Monday May 1st. Bring your friends and potential new players to this session. Thanks to new league organiser Dave Cooke for running this league - look out for Dave if you want to pay your rego in cash!
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| March 26 |
Minutes of the March 16 TUA committee meeting are now available on the TUA meetings page. The next TUA meeting will be held on Thursday May 11, 5:15pm at Shippies, Battery Point. All welcome! Unsigned copies of the audited 2005 financial statements and a copy of the 2005 TUA President's report are now available. The executive of the TUA is unchanged this year with Jemery Day, Tim Phillips, Shavawn Donoghue and Mike Baker re-elected as President, Vice-president, Treasurer and Secretary respectively.
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| March 24 |
The completion of all minor round games in the Hobart Summer League, saw Menzies and :"e"-funf swap places as 2nd and 3rd on the ladder (Menzies rose from 5th on the ladder 2 weeks ago!). The full finals schedule is now available. Note the finals will be held at a different venue to the minor round games, under lights at the Uni Oval, Sandy Bay. The grand final is due to finish at 8:20 and will be followed by presentations and a BBQ. We aim to have the night all wrapped up by 9:30pm.
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| March 20 |
The third round of the new A-League saw the Southern Confederates defeat the Central team, 17-7. Despite this loss Central go to the top of the A-League ladder. The next A-League game will be between the Northern Bogans and the Central team on Sunday April 2, starting at 3:50pm, this week at the Uni Oval (given that the Rugby Field is currently closed!). Talk to Aaron if you want to get on a team for this competition.
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| March 16 |
Congratulations Tim Phillips and Angie on the birth of their son Max. Not quite sure when we will see him playing ultimate...
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| March 15 |
Congratulations to the Tassie Tiggers who finished 6th in the Southern Australian Ultimate Championships, enabling them to qualify to play in the Australian Ultimate Championships in Sydney in April! While the draw seemed a little strange and details of the tourney are still a little sketchy, the best report of this tournament so far (with complete final ranking) seems to be on the VFDA web site.
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| March 14 |
With only 1 more week of minor round games in the Hobart Summer League, Carrot Cake are now confirmed as winners of the minor premiership with a 9 point lead in the league table. However, the fight for minor placings remains fierce, with still only 4 points separating the teams ranked from 2nd to 5th place. This week :"e"-funf have moved back into second spot, with Menzies rocketing up from 5th to 3rd, Wookies of Love sliding from 2nd to 4th and Black Cats moving back to 5th spot. This means that Carrot Cake will have a bye in the first round of the finals (essentially a quarterfinal) and the other teams are still battling for positions to determine their quarterfinal opponents.
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| March 10 |
Following Hobart's first training session and pickup game for women only, held on March 1, a new yahoogroups list and web site has been set up for women who play ultimate in Hobart. If you want to know about future ultimate events for women, send a blank email to tas_women-subscribe@yahoogroups.com to get on the email announcement list or check out the tas_women web site. Talk to Ash Martens if you want more information.
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| March 9 |
Do you want to support Ashley Button's fundraising campaign to play ultimate for Australia at the World Junior Ultimate Championships in Boston, August 2006? If so, you can help by buying chocolate from Ashley or Peter Button, or taking a box of chocolate to sell to your friends, family or workmates. Ashley Button has already been selected to the Australian Junior Open Squad for the World Junior Ultimate Championships in Boston, August 2006. This squad of 23 players will be pruned down to somewhere between 17-19 players at the Australian Youth Championships in April. Ashley has a great chance of making this final team. Please help him to raise funds so he can take advantage of this opportunity to play for his country!
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| March 8 |
This Wednesday evening there will be a high quality ultimate game, featuring the Tassie Tiggers vs the Best of the Rest. If you want to help the Tassie Tiggers get some hard match practice in their lead up to the Southern Australian Ultimate Championships, then bring along a black shirt to the Uni Oval ready to play at 6pm, tell Stan you can play and give the Tiggers some good hard match practice.
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| March 8 |
Minutes of the February 23 TUA meeting are now available on the TUA meetings page. The next meeting is the Tasmanian Ultimate Association's 2006 AGM on Thursday March 16, 5:15pm at Shippies, Battery Point. The agenda includes reports from the president and treasurer, presentation of audited financial statements and election of a new committee and office bearers for 2006. Talk to Jemery if you want to help run the association in 2006! All TUA members are welcome to attend. The AGM will be followed by an ordinary committee meeting.
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| March 7 |
With only 2 more weeks of minor round games in the Hobart Summer League, Carrot Cake are looking like the favourites to take out the minor premiership maintaining an 8 point lead in the league table. However, the fight for minor placings is fierce, with only 4 points separating the teams ranked from 2nd to 5th place. In the last round of games, Wookies of Love have reclaimed 2nd spot from :"e"-funf, with Black Cats taking 4th place from Menzies. An announcement on the finals format is due out soon, but it looks likely that all teams will have a chance to play in (and win) the grand final.
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| March 6 |
The second round of the new A-League saw the Northern Bogans defeat the Southern Confederates, 10-9, in a close game. This victory also saw the Bogans go to the top of the A-League ladder. The next A-League game will be between the Southern Confederates and the Central team on Sunday March 19, starting at 3:50pm. Talk to Aaron if you want to get on a team for this competition.
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| March 3 |
Rumour has it that the University team have regained Edwina, having beaten the Workers' Party 10-9 (or thereabouts) in the latest Uni vs Workers' Party Challenge game. Apparently the Uni team started very strongly, taking an early 6-1 lead, before the Workers started to claw their way back into the game.
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| March 2 |
The traditional Thursday lunchtime pickup game at the University of Tasmania has finished. Don't worry, you can still play pickup twice a week, with games now held both on Tuesday (as usual) and on a new day, Friday!
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| March 1 |
The University have issued a challenge, so if the Workers' Party want to retain their trophy, they need to show up to the next Uni vs Workers' Party Challenge game scheduled for 5:30pm on Friday March 3 at the Uni Oval. Talk to Mike or Dave if you want to play for the Uni and to Joe if you are one of the Workers. Bring a red shirt for the revolutionaries and a black shirt for the Uni team.
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| February 28 |
Do you play ultimate and are you a woman? If so, come along to Hobart's first training session and pickup game for women only, at the Uni Oval, on Wednesday March 1 starting at 5:45pm with a game running from 6pm sharp through until 7:30pm. Talk to Ash Martens if you want more information.
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| February 27 |
The date for the Tasmanian Ultimate Association's 2006 AGM is now confirmed as Thursday March 16, 5:15pm at Shippies, Battery Point. The agenda includes reports from the president and treasurer, presentation of audited financial statements and election of a new committee and office bearers for 2006. Talk to Jemery if you want to help run the association in 2006! All TUA members are welcome to attend. The AGM will be followed by an ordinary committee meeting.
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| February 23 |
The Tasmanian Ultimate Championships have just morphed into a new competition. With 3 teams this year, TUC has undergone a number of changes, the latest of which is a name change, and TUC will now be known as the A-League. The first A-League will run through until May 2006, and a new season of A-League (with yet more changes) will begin sometime around June. The next A-League game will be between the Northern and Southern teams on Sunday March 5, starting at 3:50pm. Thanks to Aaron Pinkus for running A-League - talk to Aaron if you want to get on a team for this competition.
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| February 21 |
Minutes of the January 19 TUA meeting are now available on the TUA meetings page. The next TUA meeting will be held on Thursday February 23, 5:15pm at Shippies, Battery Point. All welcome! The TUA Annual General Meeting (where office bearers are elected and reports are presented) is scheduled for Thursday March 16, 5:15pm at Shippies, Battery Point.
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| February 20 |
:"e"-funf are this week's movers and shakers in the Hobart Summer League, with two one point victories enabling them to sneak into 2nd place on the league table and push Wookies of Love into 3rd spot.
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| February 19 |
The first official round of the 2006 Tasmanian Ultimate Championships resulted in a victory for the Central team over the Northern team, 9-7. Thanks to Aaron Pinkus for revitalising this competition this year and turning it into a 3 team league, run every fortnight. If you want to play more serious games than the Monday night Social League, talk to Aaron about getting on to a TUC team. Watch out for further announcements on TUC and how it will run in 2006 soon!
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| February 14 |
Carrot Cake are the current Hobart Summer League leaders, having taken over from previous leaders Wookies of Love, and before that the early runners (but now defunct) Last Team. The league table has also been updated.
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| February 8 |
It is old news to anyone keeping an eye on the AFDA web page, but Tassie's own Ashley Button has gained selection to the Junior Open Squad for the World Junior Ultimate Championships in Boston, August 2006. Great effort Button! This squad of 23 players will be pruned down to somewhere between 17-19 players at the Australian Youth Championships in April. Ashley has a great chance of making this final team.
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| February 8 |
The 2006 Summer League has undergone a mid-season shake-up, with The Last Team being dissolved and its remaining players redistributed to the 7 remaining teams. See the Hobart Summer League page for (almost complete) team lists and also the full league table.
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| January 18 |
The Tassie Tiggers have started training on Wednesday evenings from 6-8pm at the Uni Oval. Players of all experience levels are welcome to attend, even those not considering playing with the Tiggers, since more people result in a better training session. This training session will be supplemented by fitness training from 3-4pm on Sunday afternoons at the Rugby Field, followed by a pickup game from 4-5pm (on weekends when TUC is not being played). The Tiggers are a Tasmanian team aiming to play in the open division at the Australian Ultimate Championships in Sydney in April. To achieve this goal, the team first needs to qualify, by playing the Southern Australian Ultimate Championships in Melbourne in March. Talk to Mike Baker if you want more information.
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| January 13 |
A full list of award winners from the 2005 Spring League is available (at last!) on the league history page. To confirm the results, Red Herring won both the spirit prize (shared with Geilston Bay) and the 2005 Spring League, having beaten Geilston Bay 9-5 in the final. The semi-finals were both closely contested games, with Red Herring holding off a late charge from Menzies to score the winning goal after scores were tied at time cap and Geilston Bay coming back from behind to beat All Bar One by a couple. The prize winners (and their prizes) include: Style in final - Jason Gedamke (Show Pony); Best recruiter - Michael Schmidt (Tarnished silver trophy and Charlie Pride record); Most improved novice, female - Janina Beyer (Girls Book of Ballet); Most improved novice, male - Andy Conlan (Biography of Charles Bronson); Guts in Final - Tim Phillips (Rusty Spanner/Tool); One off award: "No worries, I'll fix it myself award" - Andy Conlan (antique First Aid Kit); and Gratuitous in Final - Stewart Wilde (stylish leopard print shirt). Thanks again to Kerryn for organising the BBQ and to Tim Phillips for running the league!
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| January 10 |
The standard registration deadline for the 2005 Hobart Summer League has just passed. League fees are now $50 and if you want to make sure you are on a team, make sure you register and pay before Monday January 16, the first night of Summer League. If you haven't registered by then, you might miss the first game - and cause Matt to miss the first game as well, while he tries to allocate you to a team!
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