by Merit Geldmacher
Back in September or October we decided to send a women’s team to this season’s Dutch Ultimate Indoor Championships. It has been four competition days within 99 days, our team played in Arnhem and Eindhoven and the first competition day was not too soon ahead. Continue reading “Who are we? Tiffany! Who are we? Tiffany! WHO ARE WE? TIFFANY!!”
The third day of the Dutch indoor championships is over, which means there is only one day left. On February 22, the Ultimaas ladies’ and open team will finish this indoor season, but how have they been doing so far?
The ladies
Starting into the season seeded last, they upset the seeding on their first appearance and made it to the first division on day one of the competition. They have stayed there ever since and won more games each day. They are entering the finals seeded fourth, which means they will face the UFO ladies in the quarterfinal, who won all their games in division two on the last competition day.
The guys
Starting in division 5, the guys clearly took the win on the first and second competition day, and played in division three on the third competition day. For the first time this season, they did not promote to a higher division at the end of the day, but promised to follow WAF to division two soon. So far, the guys accumulated most wins (11 out fo 12) and the highest score difference (+97).
Find out more about the ladies’ and lads’ team on Leaguevine:
Open competition
Women’s competition
by Merit Geldmacher
On November 16th, the day had come. It was the first of four Dutch Ultimate Indoor Competition days. This year it is the first time that we are sending a women’s team, so we took the train to Arnhem on that Sunday morning and we were really excited to show the other teams that Ultimaas’ ladies have it! Thanks a lot to Kristin from Aachen who joined and supported us.
Since there are just 10 women’s teams participating, we were divided into “Division East” and Division West”. Our first game in Division East was against BFrisbee2’s from Nijmegen. It was a very tight match and in the end we lost on universe. That made us even more ambitious for the other three games that were yet to come. New game, new luck – against Vertigo from Eindhoven. We scored many points and were eager to give everything which ensured us victory. After a short break we played our next game against Airborn. They won the match quite clearly but encouraged us to keep it up for the last game. And indeed, our last game against Tijgers from Veenendaal was tight in the beginning but we braced ourselves, got into the right flow and eventually won.
While we were waiting for our train at Arnhem Centraal, we found out that we ended up second in our pool and thus got promoted to Division 1! We celebrated at the station and had a fun yet delayed train ride back to Maastricht.
On December 7th the second competition day will take place and both our open and our women’s team will play in Eindhoven. Cross your fingers and cheer for us!
by Reid Kleinberg
A couple of things right off the bat, I had no idea what to expect at this tournament, expectations were as they should always be at Ultimate tournaments, completely open to anything and everything. In the tournaments I’ve been to in the US I’ve seen- propane explosions, pants-less points, civil-war reenactments, drum circles, and multiple, multiple, impromptu dance parties… I digress.
At the Dutch Indoor Open National Competition day 1 in Eindhoven I was lucky enough to get to play in my first Dutch and overseas tournament with eventual number one ranked team (I never get tired of finding ways of mentioning that) , Ultimaas. While there may have been a (somewhat) lack in shenanigans, Ultimaas partook in a considerable amount of winning.
Our day started by meeting at the train station where, in classic form, it was only until ten minutes to before our train to Eindhoven left that the majority of the team showed up. Digression, my freshman year we had a player oversleep and miss the carpool and have to take a greyhound bus four hours to the tournament. While nothing as comical happened with our travel arrangements we did leave without one of our players who caught the next train and made it just in time before our first game. By Ultimate player standards a very well executed and efficient commute.
Upon arrival to Eindhoven we walked the short distance to the sports complex, found our way to the basketball courts and began to throw and warm up for what felt like hours. It was maybe actually an hour and a half and as other teams began to arrive I scouted (read: stared at in a menacing fashion) the competition to try and get a fix on everyone’s skill level. While the arriving teams broke into drills and warm ups, we dipped to the lobby of the sports complex for a team meeting to go over strategy and for coffee, caffeine is always the answer.
First game against Panic, I think the caffeine boost really paid off as we were all adrenaline straight from the go. A lot of pressure on defense by Ultimaas, which would be our staple throughout the day, and we forced some early turns which we were able to punch in for points. One thing became clear from that first game, in terms of intensity, confidence, and athleticism Ultimaas was heads and shoulders above the competition. Panic pushed us towards the end of the game as we lost focus and put some points on the board to close the score gap. Final Ultimaas 10, Panic 6
Some quick notes on play style- Indoor is typically fast paced, but the zone we threw a 2-1-2 with a middle force really put pressure on the other teams. Whether it was the lack of experienced handlers for our competition or our execution the zone was probably our biggest advantage as teams struggled against it all day.
Second game against Ultimus Prime was definitely our most competitive of the day. These guys were experienced and had a large team. They opened things off with a patient score on offense against our zone. The next few points were spotted with some technical, but reasonable, foul calls. After the opening points there was no looking back as we out fought and out finessed Ultimus Prime to a 9-3 win.
Third game was against Force Electro we went in guns blazing after our previous big win. These were from what I was hearing in the huddle mostly new players with one experienced and talented player. The game plan was simple, keep the disc away from their better player and capitalize on their mistakes. In a spirited and competitive contest we bested Force Electro 15-0.
I don’t remember much of the fourth game against UTKA Ultimate except that we won, and instead of flipping for pull I introduced both teams to pokey, which I found unbelievable that no one knew. We sent one of our rookies against theirs and it took about a dramatic five minutes before ours bested it theirs. After the (actual) game we played another spirit game version of charades which was quite amusing (UTKA was definitely the most spirited team we played that day so shout out to them!).
Some highlights of the day: Just making the train on time leaving Miki behind, Pregame coffee and strategy, winning all of our game, Leo catching everything in the end zone, my diet of the day consisting of a container of turkey and cheese, Tim constantly falling over from getting hit by discs (my bad Tim), David and Miki playing in their first tournaments, Sander and Paul being generally awesome, Danyel with the leadership and strategy (and some sick hammers), and post games beers. All being said I had a great time with some great ultimate players and friends and rocked the first day of competition for Dutch Indoor Ultimate Open Nationals.
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Frisbee is fun. Competition days are fun. Playing savage can be fun. But playing savage at the Dutch Ultimate Mixed Competition was not a really desirable aim of Ultimaas. Long story made short, we decided to send one team together with our friends from Vertigo, Eindhoven. And finally, the day has come. First Sunday after Uni has started, September 7. Everyone is still in summer vacation mode (in every way) and somewhat ready to take the first train on early Sunday morning from Maastricht to Zwolle, four Frisbee matches in Division 5 ahead of us. As we had never played with but just against Vertigo before, it took us some time to get the flow and to get into the game. We had a really tight game against BFrisBee2’s from Nijmegen but they managed to score the universe point. In the end, we stayed in Division 5 but that did not prevented us from celebrating ourselves and performing some team building exercises at Utrecht Centraal.
Just two weeks later, similar setup. Early Sunday morning, first train from Maastricht, train replacements on our way to far-away Veenendaal (you figured, everything is far away if you’re traveling from Maastricht) but we again made it in time for our first match. The first points revealed: we got the flow! We won the first two games against Bluefingers and UTKA 2 quite clearly, then we got to play against BFrisBee2’s again. Again, universe point. The winner takes it all. Last time, it was BFrisBee2’s. But this time, we put all our energy in that last point of the game. And it was worth while, 5:6 for UltiGo! The last match went smooth and spirited and since we got first in our pool we got promoted to Division 4!
One more day to go, October 12. You know the story by now. Early Sunday morning, first train from Maastricht to Amsterdam, train replacement in between. However, some problems on the tracks delayed our trains and it took us five hours to get to the fields. Too late for our first game. Fortunately, Vertigo and Paul made it on time and some random pickup players helped us out. We changed on the bus, hurried to the fields and were ready to join during the first game. It may be due to our non-existing warm-up or due to our exhausting train ride, we lost our first game against NUTS on universe. But it was not Ultimaas if we had not brought team food for everyone; delicious wraps to fill with everything you can imagine. Strengthened again, we were ready for our second and third game against MUG and UFO 3. While giving everything, including some awesome layouts, lots of emotions and crazy catches, we managed to win both games clearly. Eventually, we ended up in a tie with those two teams since they had also won two games and lost one game. The point balance showed that our Dream Team got promoted again! We just turned our back on Division 4 and went to Division 3 straight ahead.
We want to thank Vertigo, our players and all other teams for this amazing Mixed Competition! Looking forward to sending a joint team to some other tournaments as well 🙂
Ultimaas trainings resume in one week! From Monday, September 1, we’ll have trainings on Mondays and Thursdays from 7 to 9 pm at the “Oefenstrook” in Maastricht Scharn (Akersteenweg 215) and Wednesdays from 4.30 to 6 pm at the Sportcenter Randwyck.
Just drop by any of our trainings to find out more, or join the facebook group to ask questions and get in touch. Looking forward to meeting you soon!
On Wednesday, August 20th, Ultimaas promoted Ultimate Frisbee at the sports event of Inkom, the introduction week for new students in Maastricht. Thanks to Merit, Maartje, Sebastien, Leo, Tim, and Paul for helping out! Check out the photos on Facebook.
If you left your e-mail address, you will receive information about the beginners course and trainings shortly. You weren’t there, but want this information nonetheless? Browse through the homepage or send an e-mail to ultimatefrisbeemaastricht@gmail.com.
Three intense games on the last day of the 2014 Dutch Ultimate Outdor Competition. Huge thanks to our pickup players, Tanja and Rene!
On Thursday, June 19, 2014, Ultimaas hosted the first ever Maastricht Interfaculty Ultimate Tournament! Players from SBE, UCM, FPN, and FHML played Ultimate, but in the end no one could keep up with the FPN (Psychology)-team “Ulti-G”. You can find more photos on Facebook.
What a fight! Three games to universe point, but unfortunately we only won one. Nevertheless, we secured our position in division six.
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