Point Block O'clock

Seamus gets a big block on Sam at the weekend.

WUCC schedule is up...

...well the first two days are up anyway. As predicted we're in the group with 10th seeds: Colony (Sydney), 15th seeds: Phoenix (Ottawa) and 34th seeds: Mooncatchers (Brussells).

Day 1 (Sunday):
8:30am: vs. Phoenix
12:30pm: vs. Colony

Day 2 (Monday):
12:30pm: vs Mooncatchers

A tough start with us playing two of the top 15 teams in the competition, but exciting to see the games organised and start focusing. It'll be interesting to see how the net stage of the draw pans out...

Come on the Dirty Ol' Town!
Marko

Final Seedings for WUCC 2010

So the final seedings are out. They are available on the WUCC website and see Dublin Ultimate in as the 39th seeds out of 48 teams. Elsewhere, the top 8 are, predictably, dominated by the American teams with Ferg & Mavis' Clapham 9th seeds, 1 place behind Peter's Skogs. Ragnarok are seeded high - 18th place, but look to have improved since Tour 1 with their strong finish in the 'Dam. Closer to us are Mooncatchers, Cambo Cakes, Bischi and a number of other teams I look forward to playing!

No doubt the official schedule will be released in the next couple of days, however, if we were to try and predict the groups (using the snaking pools technique!) we'd be in with:

1. 10th seeds & Australia's no.1 seeds: Colony

2. 15th seeds & Canada's no.2 seeds: Phoenix

3. 34th seeds & Belgium's only Open team: Mooncatchers

4. 39th seeds & Ireland's only Open team: DU

In one more piece of news, apparently the Argentine team Truco have pulled out and the Parisians Ultimate Vibration have taken their place. I wonder how that might effect the seedings given Truco were in at 48th seeds and UV have a relatively strong pedigree in Europe...

Go DU!
Marko

Ramping up the excitement!

WUCC is under a fortnight away. As we edge closer to the trip to the Czech Republic players are gettign excited across the world. Here are a few links from various blogs and from the WUCC organisers:

Organisers:
WUCC Twitter: http://twitter.com/WUCC2010 
WUCC Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wucc2010

Merchandise:
FiveUltimate: http://fiveultimate.com/store/wucc2010 

Blogs:
I Am Ultimate: http://iamultimate.com/2010/06/wucc-2010-updates/ 
The Huddle: http://www.the-huddle.org/weblog/
Force Sideline: http://forcesideline.com/
Get Horizontal: http://gethorizontal.be/

Tour 2 Results

Last weekend DU went to Birmingham to play Tour 2. We were seeded 10th and finished 7th. We won 5 and lost 1 game over the two days. A full report (and all the photos) will follow.

Pool Play (Saturday):
DU 15-8 Cardiff Storm
DU 15-10 Age Against the Machine
DU 15-11 Burro Electrico

Placings (Sunday):
DU 15-8 Fire of London 2
DU 12-15 Emo
DU 15-10 LeedsLeedsLeeds

MVP: Derryk Boyd
MIP: Kev Timoney
SHRP: Rob Kiely

Tour 1 Results

3 weeks ago we went to Tour 1 in London. We had a mixed weekend and came 15th. The results are as follows:

Pool Play (Saturday):
DU 16-15 Ragnarok
DU 7-15 Emo
DU 8-15 Clapham

Placings (Sunday):
DU 15-8 Burro Electrico
DU 12-14 Tooting Tigers
DU 14-11 Cambo Cakes

MVP: Super Dave
MIP: Robin Giller

Full Report to follow soon. Photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/dublinultimate/ATour1
Marko

Ultivillage Preview Video

Ultivillage have made a preview clip for WUCC 2010. Watch it here!

Getting excited now!