Chennai International Beach Ultimate Tourney’08
By Aj • Jul 16th, 2009 • Category: Lead Story, Tournament
Ladies and gentlemen the Teams are.. Drumrolls please as we present you the two host teams…..Representing the city of Chennai we have C-Ultimate and Chennai Live Wires.The Chennai Ultimate Group ( http://www.chennaiultimatefrisbee.com )started of in June 2007,from a size of 7 individuals to now amassing a bunch of around 30 players that will be representing the city in this tournament.The virtual size of the group hovers around 100 people.
C-Ultimate:
One of the top teams in the India, is proud to be an almost completely Home grown team, with key players who have played the game at college and club level US lending them finesse,experience, and a cheap source of Discrafts.
To learn more about this team and updates on regular pick up games get in touch with them at http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/chennai_ultimate_frisbee/
Chennai Livewires:An off-shoot of the C-Ultimate is a group of dedicated atheltes with the passion to fight till the end.This team has a core group of players with exceptional skill and stamina who are hell bent on making it an all chennai finals come sunday evening.To learn more about this team and updates on regular pick up games get in touch with them at http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/chennai_ultimate_frisbee/Next Chennai city’s archrivals the city of Bengaluru.Bengaluru is putting up two teams for this tourament.
Disc-0-Deewane:DOD, came into life in February 2008. The team comprises a group of sports enthusiasts who were primarily into adventure sports like rock climbing, mountaineering and water sports. From the first Kodai tournament they attended in April, DOD has come a long way and has become a formidable team combining their ever growing Ultimate skills with the unique advantages of having the tallest players (avg. height 5ft 10”) and highest fitness levels in the circuit.They practice 3 days a week.
Learning to Fly:LTF, from Bangalore, is probably the oldest “Frisbee” team in India. This group started off primarily as a bunch of college kids who used to fling around Frisbee back in 2000. The sudden rare appearance of Leo Frisbee in the market revived a long-lost sport in 2003. The occasional playing in between classes during Engineering had fizzled down to nothing. Four players started swinging the Leo discs in Cubbon Park on Sunday evenings. Within a few months of a chain reaction, they had 20 people showing up for games, which were noisy more than anything else. Lot of faffing, and even more of sugarcane juice used to characterize this social event.All this while, their game would involve two teams playing on a long, narrow pitch marked by goal posts at each end. The aim of the game was the “shoot” the Frisbee through the goal of the defending team, which was guarded by a goalie. Over the years, the numbers and enthusiasm went through ups and downs. However, to attract more players, they kludged together a website, and even left their contact numbers at the sports shops from where they bought the discs, hoping some disc buyers might call them for a game.All this effort paid off 5 years later in April 2008 when the DOD team found them online and contacted them to have a practice game for preparation for the Kodai “Flybaba” tournament. They decided to learn the rules of Ultimate and try their hand at Flybaba. And what happened later was history. LTF finished in one of the top spots in the tournament.LTF is also known to have some the fieriest women players in the country in their team. They are the players’ favourites to win the Chennai Beach tournament.
Stray Dogs in Sweaters:The team with a “Capital” S;Representing New Delhi we have the Stray Dogs in Sweatersssss.Easily the most popular teams amongst the players. The unusual name comes from the fact that you will find a lot of stray dogs that randomly walk around in sweaters during winters in Delhi.The team has been around in various forms for over 2 years now. This team comprises of expats from US, Canada and Europe living in Delhi. The composition has changed multiple times in the last 2 years because of people moving in and out of Delhi. The team meets every Saturday at Nehru Park to play pickup games, and has a mailing list (http://groups.google.com/group/delhi-ultimate?hl=en) where information on scheduled plays and other relevant exchange of information happens. Players at all levels play with the group and new members join almost every week. In spite of the changing composition of the team, the Stray Dogs from Delhi are a formidable team because of their players having played Ultimate for many years in their home countries.Go Dogs!
Storm Chasers:Representing the City that gets clogged in rains as fast as the bath will after a game of beach ultimate we have the “Storm Chasers” from Mumbai city.The Storm Chasers are a group of sports aficionadosi, indulging in this new and exciting sport called Ultimate. Storm Chasers formed with an objective of promoting, developing the game and serving as a catalyst for many sports enthusiasts in Mumbai to excel in this lively sport called Ultimate. The name Storm Chasers connotes positive action against the run of play. It evokes a sense of belligerence. This team wants to be the vanguards for the future generation of Ultimate players. We shall strive to storm over every opponent that comes our way and chase the disc even at our last breath.The Storm Chasers team came together as recent as September 2008 and the Chennai Beach Ultimate Frisbee tournament will be their first tournament against the other national teams. Watch out for this young team with members of ages 20 to 25 storming into the Indian Ultimate scene and chasing the disc down to the last breathChaser! Chaser! Storm Chaser!!!!!!
Serendiscity:The international flavour to this year’s tournament is definitely Singahlese Tea. Introducing team “Serendiscity” from the city of Colombo.It must have involved a fair bit of serendipity to get a diverse bunch of folks some working with NGOs, some ex-patriots, and Sri Lankans to cumulatively land up on the first of many Saturday afternoons at Victoria Park in Colombo in November 2006.But it is no fluke that they continue to maintain this unusual ritual with a largely transient crowd (as the nature of their job requires them to be).Theirs is a mix of young, old, men, women, who either like running around and want to learn how to throw a frisbee or have been throwing for years. The variety makes every Saturday a different game.The team is comprised of people from the United States, England, Spain, Germany, and Australia. Ironically, no Sri Lankans!!We assure ‘Serendiscity’ that the Chennai ‘Ultimate’ kaapi is a different cuppa- tea!Disc - Up!———————————————————————-TEAM DRAWS:POOL-AC-ULTImate (C-ULT)Stormchasers (Storm)SDIS(Stray Dogs in Sweaters)LTF (Learning to Fly)POOL-BSerendiscity(Seren)LiveWires (Li WI)Disc-o-Deewane (DoD)———————————————————————-MATCH FIXTURES:Saturday (29th)6:30 AM DoD vs Seren (Field1) , C-ULT vs Storm (Field2)7:30 AM C-ULT vs SDIS (Field1) , LTF vs Storm (Field2)8:30 AM Li Wi vs DoD (Field1) , LTF vs SDIS (Field2)————– Life as we know it——————-4:00 PM Storm vs SDIS (Field1)5:00 PM Li Wi vs Seren (Field1)6:00 PM CULT vs LTF (Field1)7:00 PM Konckout 1vs 2 (Field1)8:00 PM Semifinal 1 (Field1)9:00 PM Semifinal 2 (Field1)————– Life as we know it——————-Sunday (30th)6:00 AM Knockout 2 vs 3 (Field1) , Knockout 1 vs. 3 (Field2)7:00 AM Losing Semifinalistface off8:00 AM Final
Aj is An Ultimate Player. Discovered the game at school. Rediscovered it with Chennai Ultimate. Lone freestyle fanatic in the group.Can develop a throw a day.
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