Firstly, try and grab a copy of the badger this week – your very own Vice-President Mr. Sam Airey has written an article about the unbelievable success of the Mohawks at regionals – between the Women’s teams and the Open teams, we will have a massive 4 teams representing us at Nationals!
Secondly, a massive thank you to Fetu, Meg and James for hosting what was an incredible UV party on Friday! Incredible as always!
Training
Remember training this Wednesday for beginners starts at 2:30 not 3, due to it getting dark and depressing!
Training on Friday is Indoor Invite-Only, everyone else outside – it will be fun (and hopefully not too wet!)
Social
CBA (Al Gore) has kindly said he can host the awesome toga house party this Wednesday in Norwich House – it’s gonna be epic! If you don’t know what a toga party is, follow these links…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toga_party
Mixed Regionals
The third, and according to Shimmy, the best regionals, is coming this weekend! If you are playing, make sure you have £15 of credit in the Mohawks account – if you don’t, pay Ash or you can’t play!
Firstly, well done to all the people that played this weekend. Entering 5 teams into a regional tournament is almost unheard of – countless people from other teams over the weekend were so impressed by what Mohawks as a club have achieved, so well done! Talking of achievements, once again well done to Mo1 for winning (keep it up!). My favourite stat of the weekend was when the top 12 teams got frozen in place. Among those 12 teams were 10 first teams, Mo2 and Mo3 – absolutely incredible that not only can we have a presence at a tournament like we did, but we can also do amazingly on the pitch as well!!
Training
For freshers and beginners this week, training starts at the new time of 2:30! Due to daylight running away, we want you guys to have as much time as possible to train so get there 30 mins early to get maximum training!
Social
There is a social this week happening tomorrow… Ask Mette and Maggie – there should be something on the forum very soon!
On Friday, Fetu and Meg and James are hosting the 2nd annual UV RAVE PARTY!! Last year was absolutely incredible – come along – bring UV paint, lots of white stuff, and even more alcohol – it will be SPECIAL. More details can be found of facebook – ask Fetu tomorrow for more information like address and the like – all Mohawks are invited.
So due to masses of people dropping out, we have had to pull one of the teams out of regionals
People have been shuffled around in teams so check the lists below to see where you are now!
Everyone who wants to play is still playing, just check what team you are now on.
(Mo 6 will become a pick up game on the schedule).
Here is the Schedule. Please check it to see when you start.
Mohawks 1,2 & 3 will be starting at or very soon after 9am.
Mohawks 4 & 5 will be starting at or very soon after 1.20pm.
The venue this weekend is very close to campus but hidden away a bit so here are some directions which should get you there safely!
It is at BACA (Brighton Aldridge Community Academy)
From campus:
1. Walk out of university along the path which is the entrance the buses come into campus on towards Brighton.
2. When you reach the crossroads where the traffic lights are, go under the bridge and then straight on.
3. You should see a tunnel ahead of you with a no entry to cars sign, go through that tunnel.
4. Ahead of you up a slight hill on your left you should see a big car park and a large glass looking building. The tournament is in there!
Also, please pay £15 to Ash for the tournament. If you do not pay before 9am Monday morning then this will go up to £20! Once you have paid, email Ash ( [email protected] ) with your name, reference and amount paid. Just make sure you put [YOUR NAME] and TOURNAMENT MONEY in the reference.
Details for payment are: Mr Ashley Yeo 16932060 30-96-83
Just a reminder that those of you without kit will need to bring a light and a dark top (ideally a red and a black).
Any problems contact me: 07708233094 or Ed: 07515877908
Mo 1
Lawrence (c)
Ed (c)
Shimmy
Rapo
Frank
Ash
Hayden
Charlie Gorton
Sam Airey
Mo 2
Fluff (c)
Prossie Pete
Spoon
Faron
Jallen
Football
Dan K
Izzy
Sim
Alex Gorton
Mo 3
Geezer (c)
Toto
Rob Ellis
Wham
Kosuke
Zac
Mike C
Gabe
Mo 4
Benjy (c)
Chris PM
Ed P
Steven
Oscar
Stu
Pete Harrison
Mo 5
Lucy (c)
Jessie
Gully
Rachel
Isobel
Onion
Adam
Rhys
Starzy (sat)
Natalie (sat/sun)
Alicia (sat/sun)
Experienced players please bring any spare kit you have too
Here are the teams for University Open Indoor Regionals this weekend.
They will be held at Brighton Aldride Community Academy (BACA). This used to be Falmer School and I think is still Falmer School on google maps. It is just over the A27 from campus and a bit towards Brighton.
If you do not know where this is then meet at Stanmer bus stop by the underpass at 8am. We will walk you there.
My number in case anyone gets lost/needs information is: 07708233094
Or you can call Ed on: 07515877908
Mo 1
Lawrence (c)
Ed (c)
Shimmy
Rapo
Frank
Ash
Hayden
Charlie Gorton
Sam Airey
Mo 2
Fluff (c)
Prossie Pete
Spoon
Faron
Jallen
Football
Dan K
Izzy
Sim
Alex Gorton
Mo 3
Geezer (c)
Toto
Rob Ellis
Wham
Kosuke
Zac
Mike C
Mo 4
Benjy (c)
Chris PM
Ed P
Steven
Gabe
Nick
Pete Harrison
Thomas
Mo 5
Lucy (c)
Jessie
Callum
Stu
Onion
Tin
Ian
Mo 6
Gully (c)
Rachel
Isobel
Adam
Rhys
Oscar
Starzy (sat)
Natalie (sat/sun)
Alicia (sat/sun)
Just a reminder to all players who are playing in Open Indoor Regionals this weekend to sign up to get basic UKU membership and roster with the Mohawks!
If you don’t sign up by Friday, you will not be able to play!
USA Club Championships are running in Florida this weekend – they’ve been running since Thursday. This is some of the best ultimate you can watch, and it’s being streamed FREE!!!
Head to the USA Ultimate youtube stream to check it out – open semi-finals are this evening, which should be CRAZY AWESOME.
On Sunday, the women are playing Women’s Indoor Regionals – 10 teams from the South East region are coming to Brighton to fight it out for one of the four spots for nationals. It’s hosted at BACA – near campus, on the other side of the railway from the uni. Come along and support the three (!!!) Sussex women’s teams as they fight for a ticket to the big show.
And then, Sunday night. Hopefully, the women are going to be celebrating some hot results, and there’s no better way to celebrate with a discounted roast dinner, some drinks and watching the USA Open final in the Druids’. Game starts at 6.30, but you’re gonna wanna be there early to secure your seats… and get your roast on.
Women’s final will also be showing at the Druids’ from 3.45pm, but without sound. This will also be a kick ass game.
So it’s been a bit longer than I planned before updating you on my year abroad at UC Davis, California. I have been able to come up with an excuse though, I was simply waiting for a rainy day. Yesterday it rained for a first time since I arrived about 5 weeks ago. Don’t get me wrong it is not just the rain that reminds me of Frisbee in Brighton! I do miss all you lovely hawks, way more than British food or weather and almost as much as Fifa :p
So Frisbee in the States, where to begin?
First off people actually know what it is. If you tell people you play Ultimate Frisbee here almost everyone has heard of it or knows someone that plays or even played it in school. No more long winded explanations and answering questions about if dogs and special tricks are involved.
The street alongside our pitch. What are the chances?
The other major difference is that the girls play for a completely different club, the Davis Pleiades. They train at different times and have a different social calendar. Mixed Ultimate does not exist at College level in the States and Indoor does not exist at all.
We now have trainings in the American Football stadium which can hold over 10,000 people! No one comes to watch us train obviously but I went to the homecoming football game which was packed. Its a really cool facility to have on campus. The synthetic rubber crumb turf does give nasty burns on occasion but a good thing is it’s kind of sheltered because of the stands around it, so wind is reduced.
The players are very similar, my favourite kind of people. Committed and competitive and most importantly, know how to have fun. The main difference is that there are more of them. The Davis Dogs get about 40 guys coming to two 3hour training sessions per week. A couple of these are of course the experienced hangers on, long graduated but still more then welcome. About half are freshers, which shows it’s still growing fast. I would say due to having a bigger selection pool, plus the fact that lots of them played at school, the standard is slightly higher. I felt like a fresher not knowing the drills or appropriate terms at first but everyone is so welcoming and friendly you soon feel comfortable. I still get laughed at every time I say pitch, queue or side arm (field, line and flick).
I would still say honestly Mohawks have the better parties. Seeing the pics of the last few socials it seems that this year is no exception. It’s weird being one of the oldest, especially since 90% of the team are unable drink out. There are no bars on campus either, so everyone was very jealous when I explained how the Falmer bar pint after training is basically compulsory.
Like Sussex they have a disc golf course around campus. Its bigger, full 18 holes including a bonus shot (If you get it in the fountain you take a shot off). Also If you eagle the 11th you have to streak trousers down from your last shot to the hole! (A guy did this on my first round).
We just had our first tournament, a beginners/ fun one, a couple of hours north in Chico. It was incredibly similar to beginner tournaments back home. A tiny difference being that the opposing sidelines get together and play fast paced calls during timeouts. It was also full size outdoors ultimate. The party also provided all the alcohol in kegs (most players can’t legally buy it) so it is all free 🙂
Congratulations on all the recent tournament results and I look forward to meeting the new fresher Mohawks!
Just a few bits of news and events for what has happened and what is coming up…
SICKO
So SICKO was awesome, right?! Firstly a massive thanks and well done to all those who helped organise the weekend – it was awesome. I loved everyone’s costumes at the party too – it was a top night! But more importantly, well done in the results! The Mo freshers keep showing how good they are – it’s going to be such a good year! The two Mohawks teams met in the semi’s, with one team going on to win it, and the other coming 3rd! Awesome work both of you, and another well done to both Squaws teams who finished 1st and 2nd too!
SEWIR
Women’s indoor regionals is this weekend! If you want to play and have’t got in touch with Sarah, do so ASAP! You can email her at [email protected] or get her on facebook! The tournament is being held in Brighton at BACA, which will be the 1st of 3 tournaments being held there – very exciting indeed!
Just a very important note concerning regionals and nationals coming up – in order to play you MUST have basic UKU membership – this gives you access to all university ultimate tournaments…
This is an email for what has happened and what is going to happen this week coming up…
SKUNKS BEGINNERS
Firstly, a massive congratulations to the two Mohawk Beginner teams who went to Southampton this weekend to compete in the beginner tournament there – one team came 2nd, and the other came 9th! On top of those fantastic results, for the second week in a row, Mohawks Beginners won spirit! With the Mohawk Pick-up team coming 8th in the experienced division, it was a fantastic weekend overall!
TRAINING
Training is as normal this coming Wednesday, 3-5 on Russells Clump.
On Friday, Women have the indoor pitch, so if you have both an X and Y chromosome, come outside to Russells Clump for more outdoor training!
SOCIAL
This Social this week is the COWBOYS AND INDIANS SCAVENGER HUNT! It’s going to be awesome, but make sure you turn up on the right day as the social this week is on THURSDAY 18th, and not the Wednesday. Meet at East Slope bar at 8 in costume, where you will be split into teams… for more information check the forum.
The fact that the social isn’t on Thursday doesn’t mean nothing is happening on Wednesday – we will be hanging out in Falmer Bar after training for fun and games for the evening, so make sure if you go home to shower, you come back y’all, y’here?!
– Sports Fed – if you guys are playing Ultimate and you haven’t got this yet, do so ASAP from the Box Office (sign up on the Student Union Website first) – you will not be able to come regularly without it soon, so GO GO GO!
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