The 2001 Hobart Spring Ultimate League was Hobart's first real league and it ran on Monday evenings, 6-8pm, at Sandown Park Hockey Fields. This first league was a 4 team league, running from October 2001 - December 2001. The league co-ordinator was Mamoru Matsuki.
For more details and the full sales pitch, see the funky flyer.
League fees for the TUA Spring league were: $15 for AFDA members and $25 for all others. The $25 fee for non-AFDA members includes a $10 AFDA fee - a specially discounted AFDA fee which currently applies in Tasmania, giving AFDA membership until April 2002.
It is compulsory for all players in TUA leagues to be AFDA members. AFDA membership benefits include full public liability insurance coverage while participating in or organising any flying disc activity, some personal injury insurance (see AFDA insurance page for full details) while participating in or attending any flying disc activity in Australia, and discounts obtained from organisations/companies by the AFDA for members (such as Rebel Sport and travel discounts). Further information is available from www.afda.com.
There were two games per night, game 1 from 6:00-6:45 and game 2 from 7:00-7:45. The full schedule for the Spring League 2001 follows.
| Date | # | East Field Game 1 | West Field Game 1 | East Field Game 2 | West Field Game 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 22 | 1 | practice | practice | Blue Tongue v Red Rocket Rangers | Bob v Flying Albinos | |
| Oct. 29 | 2 | Blue Tongue v Bob | Red Rocket Rangers v Flying Albinos | Blue Tongue v Flying Albinos | Red Rocket Rangers v Bob | |
| Nov. 5 | 3 | Bob v Flying Albinos | Blue Tongue v Red Rocket Rangers | Red Rocket Rangers v Flying Albinos | Blue Tongue v Bob | |
| Nov. 12 | 4 | Red Rocket Rangers v Bob | Blue Tongue v Flying Albinos | Blue Tongue v Red Rocket Rangers | Bob v Flying Albinos | |
| Nov. 19 | 5 | Blue Tongue v Bob | Red Rocket Rangers v Flying Albinos | Blue Tongue v Flying Albinos | Red Rocket Rangers v Bob | |
| Nov. 26 | 6 | Bob v Flying Albinos | Blue Tongue v Red Rocket Rangers | Red Rocket Rangers v Flying Albinos | Blue Tongue v Bob | |
| Dec. 3 | 7 | Red Rocket Rangers v Bob | Blue Tongue v Flying Albinos | Blue Tongue v Red Rocket Rangers | Bob v Flying Albinos | |
| Dec. 10 | 8 | Blue Tongue v Bob | Red Rocket Rangers v Flying Albinos | Blue Tongue v Flying Albinos | Red Rocket Rangers v Bob | |
| Dec. 17 | 9 | Semi-final 1v4 | Semi-final 2v3 | Grand Final (1st v 2nd) | ||
| Team Name | Blue Tongue | Red Rocket Rangers | Bob | Flying Albinos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shirt colour | blue | red | green | white |
| Captain | Matt Petrie | Leslie Tse | Jeff Dunn | Ian Warren |
| Women | Madeleine [696] Eve [1701] Tania [1700] |
Leslie [508] Kate [744] Louise [747] Lucy [750] |
Deahne [745] Kerryn [748] Simone [749] Deborah [746] |
Anthea [647] Gabby [742] Clare [751] Sarah [752] Anneli |
| Men | Matt P [654] Damien [739] Dave C [734] Mark [1704] Che [1706] Nathan [1708] |
Dan [743] Dion [741] Joe [1705] Craig [643] Matt F [1707] |
Jeff [731] Mamoru [883] Hamish [1703] Robin F [738] David L [1709] |
Ian [733] Christian [736] Josh [1702] Ben Michael |
AFDA numbers are listed in square brackets.
An approximation of the end of season league table follows. The points for and against look a little dodgy and it isn't exactly clear if the final ranking was determined by points or by the number of forfeits.
| Team | Wins | Ties | Losses | Forfeits | Points for | Points against | Points | Spirit Av. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bob | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 69 | 72 | 28 | 57.5 |
| 2 | Red Rocket Rangers | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 60 | 80 | 24 | 58.5 |
| 3 | Flying Albinos | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 73 | 60 | 21 | 51 |
| 4 | Bluetongue | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 56 | 58 | 21 | 47.5 |
Two close fought semi finals were played with Blue Tongue defeating Bob 7-6 in the first semi final and Red Rocket Rangers defeating Flying Albinos 8-6 in the other semi final.
After finishing last on the ladder, Blue Tongue managed to pull off the win in the final, coming from behind to defeat Red Rocket Rangers 8-7.
Red Rocket Rangers won the Spirit competition (scored for the minor rounds only), beating Bob by a single point. Leslie Tse won the Cherry Ripe award for falling over so elegantly when catching the disc in the final and Matt Petrie won the Purple Crumble award for recruiting the most new players to the league.