Last Saturday, the Queens University Ultimate team competed in the first tournament of their sophomore year. The team commuted to a very wet Dublin City University to play Indoor Intervarsity’s against 13 other teams from universities and colleges all across Ireland.

The team was quietly confident going into the weekend, having narrowly beaten Belfast team Deep Heat by a single point in a friendly at the Grove Wellbeing Centre on the previous Wednesday.

well this is what i remember...

1st game - brown 2: worst loss of the weekend. offence struggled against a basic zone defence. our man defense wasn't switched on at all. standard slow start.

2nd game - sheffield steel: oh this one hurts. up 10-5 to go on to lose 10-12. man defense worked a lot better. strugglled again against a zone defense for the final 7 points. lots of turnovers deep in our own half.

3rd game - baf2: used our zone defense to great effect. able to close out an easy win despite coming in after a marathon against steel.

Congratulations to all for what was, for many people, a very successful Easter Special 2009. 10 teams (8 from the North, 1 from Tallaght and 1 from Maynooth) competed in one of the largest Ultimate competitions to be ever held in the North of Ireland.

From personal experience, many of the matches were won in Universal Point, testifying to how evenly matched teams were. Spirit, too, was well represented. Most teams (7) achieved three or more spirit votes from other teams.

BUG returned to Belfast having had a very successful weekend away at the Cork Open on and off the pitch. We returned with both the plate (finished 9th overall) and won the fancy dress prize for our 'Cool Runnings' (and Mexicans) costumes.

just the briefest write-ups for the weekend ....

After a very tight tournament there was a three way tie for top spot but after close analysis the plaudits were handed to CHASE who were deserved winners considering the amount of effort they had put in prior to the tournament.

The run down of places were....

1. CHASE
2. Deep Heat
3. The Lion the Disc and the Wardrobe (The LDW)
4. The Sex Fecks
5. SCRUFF

A very brief write up of the inaugral "Belfast Christmas Special"

After a very early start, six of Northern Ireland's best teams turned out for the first Belfast Christmas Special in the Valley Centre. After some slow starts, the pool games were completed creating a final between the two pool winners: The Swerve V Jason. Both teams had a varied amount of experience having a number of players representing teams in Britain. In the end, however, Jason were able to build a 4 point cushion which they retained till the end.

Winners: Jason