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’s players are between the age of 22 and 32 and many years of playing together gives them the deadliest team coordination in the country! LTF is also known to have some the fieriest women players in the country in their team. LTF has come a long way from flinging Leo Frisbees around, to become seeded as one of the favourites to win the Chennai Beach tournament. Playing thrice a week at various grounds across the breadth of Bangalore, they have honed their skills from being a curious pastime to a serious sport.