Australian AUUltimate October Two Thousand and Two Winter’s Over! Summer at Last! Newsletter of the Australian Flying Disc Association Inc Page 2 Contacts Australian Flying Disc Tasmainan Flying Disc New South Wales Flying Disc Association Inc Association Association Inc PO Box A1086 Email inquiries: PO Box A1086 Sydney South NSW 1235 [email protected] Sydney South NSW 1235 [email protected] Queensland Ultimate Disc President - Simon Farrow [email protected] President - Jonathan Potts Association [email protected] Treasurer - Lisa Waters Treasurer - Tom Brennan [email protected] [email protected] President - Matt Boevink Secretary - Liz Blink [email protected] ACT Ultimate Association [email protected] Communications Officer - Emma Spranklin Chair of Selectors - Simon Wood [email protected] GPO Box 842 [email protected] Canberra ACT 2601 National Events Director - Ashley Scroggie Victorian Flying Disc [email protected] Association President - Catherine Moyle Newsletter Editors - Jason de Rooy and [email protected] Shannon Wandmaker PO Box 549 Treasurer - Anthony Perry [email protected] Collins St West [email protected] Universities Co-ordinator - Martin Laird Melbourne 8007 [email protected] Got Something to Say? Insurance Officer - Colin Wagstaff Email inquiries: [email protected] [email protected] Anti-Doping Officer - John French President - Paul Egan Do you have any news, photo’s, [email protected] [email protected] competition reports or competition Treasurer - Simon Gorr previews you’d like to share? Western Australian Flying Disc [email protected] Association Maybe you have some tips on tactics, Northern Territory Ultimate nutrition, fitness or beer. P.O Box 149 Frisbee Osbourne Park 6017 Or perhaps you just want to share Western Australia Email inquiries: some creative prose or poetry. Email inquiries: [email protected] Whatever it is, send it in to the Editors [email protected] Coordinators President - John Damiani Matt Ward at [email protected], and [email protected] James Smith experience the joy of seeing your name Treasurer - Mel Barter up in lights...well, up in print at least. [email protected] Australian Ultimate Page 3 Welcome Contents Page Who’s Who 2 Who to hug where you are… Editorial 3 Who to hug for this little thing... Contents 3 You are here... News 4 On the web with Finnish vodka for the young ‘uns What Now for Australian Ultimate? 5 Comments from Gran-mastah Brennan Editorial Worlds Washup 6 Chugging down some Brown spirit Well, here we are with our first edition of AU - Australian Ultimate - the Newsletter of the Australian Flying Disc Association (whew, Victoria 7 that’s a mouthful). Busting at the Seams Australian Ultimate Frisbee is a great thing, and the people who Canberra 7 play are just wonderful, yadda, yadda, yadda … actually, if you’re Capital Capers reading this, you probably know all that stuff. So let’s talk about something else. Gold Coast 7 When we got the nod from AFDA that we had the editing job, we Perverse sexual practices in the surf and sin city said, “Holy shite! How are we going to fill 16 pages with crispy wholesome Aussie Ultimate goodness, in only six or so weeks?” Mania in Tas. 8 [note, this quote is a fabrication, the first of many - eds]. Fortu- The devil’s in the detail nately many of you came to the rescue and sent us stuff (thank you thank you three times thank you) - so much that we couldn’t They play Ultimate in Townsville now! 9 fit it all in! So let us apologise straight up and commit to printing Getting hot and sticky in North Queensland it in the next issue. While we’re apologising, if we’ve made any mistakes this issue, we’re sorry - let us know and we’ll publish Newcastle News 10 any corrections next issue (time has been short this time Everything you were afraid to ask about around). Northern Birth 11 Speaking of the next issue, we’re starting now - so have a look Debbie doin’ disc in Darwin through this edition and tell us what’s missing and what you think of it, or even start sending in words and pictures - NSW Junior Development 12 [email protected] The kids are alright… Jason wishes to thank: Nicole, Housemate Jerry, Fleischman, Finafin, all the ACT Ultimate Crew (I’d name you all, but I’d Halibutmunchen 2002 13 probably forget someone), Stan Lee and all the politicians who Actung! Queensland Uber Alles! visit Canberra. Australian Uni Games 14 Shannon wishes to thank: Lizzie Borden, Robert Hegyes, Students drink, party and, oh yeah, throw disc Homer J Simpson (Homer J, you’re a genius), Adam Smith, Brett Easton Ellis, and all the people who worked on the production What’s in a Name? 15 line at Mazda 15 years ago (that faux woodgrain still looks And you thought naming your first born was hard... great). Challenge Radio 15 This edition was produced to the music of Nirvana, REM, Boney The 12 Tourney Challenge and Shaun on the Wireless M, Blink 182, Madness, Britney Spears (it was getting late), Split Enz, the Bloodhound Gang, Weezer and NOFX… The Back Page 16 …and brought to you by the letter M. Look, up in the sky … its Superhat! Jason and Shannon October, 2002 Page 4 News adfa.com Website Trash Talk 5. Since next year and the year after are afda.com continues to host Trash Talk, the likely years that circa ’85 or later Relaunched AFDA’s on-line news service, which folk will start uni and most likely be provides members with current news items exposed to ultimate, we are keen for The web-site of the Australian Flying Disc about the happenings around Australia. various league organisers around the Association was recently relaunched, country to keep WUJC2004 in mind, reminding us all why your grandparents Every member is encouraged to contribute and keep an eye open for possible didn’t play Ultimate, they didn’t have the to Trash Talk, and though it is moderated to starters internet to keep them up to date! prevent irrelevant, inflammatory or 6. “We” are looking to obtaining assis- offensive posts, pretty much anything else tance - financial and personal – from AU spoke to webmastah Jonathan Potts written in clear English will be approved. Ultimate and non-Ultimate groups to [well, we didn’t, we just ripped some text of So what are you waiting for? not only get to Finland, but to get the the site, but we’re sure Pottsie won’t mind - team together to play in Australia, as eds] who was understandably over the Archive they may come from all over the moon at the Sydney A-List launch party. The AFDA website also acts as an archive country. Again, if you have an interest, [Again, this is possibly a fabrication – eds.] for information about Australian Ultimate, go say g’day at the group website including: National champions, Australian 7. While 2004 will hopefully be the representative teams, Rob Hancock Award inaugural year to get an Australian you can join AFDA online, winners, AGM minutes, Executive deci- team to go, it would be great to be edit your membership sions, photographs, copies of newsletters able to get a team to each biennial (like this one), media sightings, Constitu- championship as this would form a details, and eventually be tion & policies, and so forth. A lot of this good stock for improved and on- able to register for information is incomplete at the moment, going WUC representation, as well as so if you can fill in the gaps please provide being a hoot for the players that go. tournaments and leagues feedback to the webmastah. “The most obvious change to afda.com is Birthdays Finland to Host 2004 the new look. It may not be the snazziest This writer’s personal favourite however, is Worlds site out there, but it’s functional, has a the birthday list. Nobody will have an With Jonathon Potts and Staff Writers drop-down side menu for simple naviga- excuse for forgetting, as all member tion, and a search engine to help you find birthdays will be listed on the front page of At the recent World Flying Disc Federation what you’re looking for,” said Pottsie. the site on their special day! Ages are, (WFDF) Congress in Hawaii, Turku in fortunately or unfortunately, unavailable. Finland was named as host of the 2004 The site has links to the various Australian World Ultimate Championships. Australian regional websites, making it the best first players can officially start getting excited. step for finding out about Ultimate around World Juniors 2004 the nation. All you need is to remember With Bruce McNaughton and Staff Writers afda.com. [Don’t add .au at the end, this Finland takes you to the Australian Funeral You young folk out there (or those with Director’s Association site! – eds.] young folk) may have an interest in the upcoming World Ultimate Junior Champi- Member Benefits onship (WUJC) 2004, to be held in Finland “The most important aspect of the new along with WUC. website is that the AFDA Membership Turku Database has been put on-line.” There is still some confusion about birth- rights and the likelihood of getting an That means you can join AFDA online, edit inaugural Australian Ultimate team to the your membership details, and eventually Juniors, but “we” are keen to give it a go... be able to register for tournaments and and the beat goes like this: leagues. 1. WUJC is an open team and a women team thing.