Bi-annually UFNSW awards the Sally Basten & Jim Garvey Scholarships. Applications for 2008 are due on 30 April 2008. All NSW based U19 players selected to represent Australia at the World Championships in August 2008 are eligible to apply. The application form can be downloaded here
A NSWFDA subsidized event, the juniors training weekend was designed to encourage as many junior athletes from NSW to develop their skills at an advanced level as well as to create a forum for these young people and their parents to meet and ask questions about the upcoming selections for Worlds 2008. Despite the ominous weather conditions, the weekend was a huge success. With over 30 junior players attending, all with enough talent to try out for the National junior teams, there was no question that Ultimate is growing stronger.
Held at Macquarie University, the weekend was run by a large group of volunteers with a wealth of knowledge to offer these young people. NSWFDA Development Officer Nikki Shires recalls "I am always amazed at how generous our experienced players are to help juniors. I think they get as much as out of it as they give to the junior players. It gives them a sense of giving back to the community." She notes that NSW club Fakulti was especially supportive, offering to help throughout the weekend. A strong presence among the volunteers, players such as Ken Shepherd, Pete Gardner, Anthony Dowle, Matt Oswald, James Yorston, Matt Faulkner, Alex Wong, Brendan Sandoval, Pete Blakely, Liam Kendrick, Luke Turner and Andrew Glover offered their knowledge of the game to the juniors over the weekend. There were also men and women volunteers from all over Sydney whose help was vital and greatly appreciated. Macquarie University players, ex-juniors, players from Manly and the Hills and even some dedicated parents came down to help. Through this support, our juniors were able to take away an enormous amount of skills and tactics. Junior athletes came from as far away as Tamworth showing the depth of development that is happening in NSW at the moment.
It is the hope of the NSWFDA that our junior players feel prepared for the upcoming junior training camps and feel they are supported by their state.
Special thanks must go to Tim Keighley who was the "volunteer of the event" helping with everything from organising fields and lunches to printing flyers and getting ice for injuries. Thank goodness for quiet achievers!
Beach Bonanza Sponsored by Community Relations Commission for a multicultural NSW, Friday, 19 October 2007, Wanda Beach, Cronulla
What would you prefer to do, go to your regular job all Friday, or earn money for going to the beach and playing Ultimate? I chose the latter of the two and there were no regrets. Ryan Purcell, Brett Latham and myself all took part in this community affair as a chance to teach Ultimate to hundreds of kids.
The Community Relations Council for the Southerland Shire invited UFNSW to be a part of this unique opportunity at Wanda Beach, Cronulla for primary-aged school kids. There were as many as 11 different schools participating from across the Shire and this event was organised to bring together kids from different ethnic groups and geographical areas.
Photos by Warren Duncan, courtesy of the CRC (Community Relations Commission)
In order to meet different kids from the other schools, the students were split up into ten different groups, each group with their own colour cap. The groups rotated around ten different activities, including beach sprints, indigenous games, kite making and playing Ultimate.
Each group came past in turn for their 20 minute slot of learning how to play Ultimate. Although there wasn't much time with each group, we tried to give them a good taste of how fun playing with a disc can be. We knew we had been successful when a few kids in every group expressed genuine pleasure at the end of each session and 30 or 40 kids were throwing discs around for most of the lunch break.
>Photos by Warren Duncan, courtesy of the CRC (Community Relations Commission)
It was a special initiative to be a part of and I am glad I took part. A big thanks to my companion coaches Ryan and Brett. Incidentally, Brett was unstoppable with his whistle all day and certainly has a knack for coaching kids! We finished off the day with a swim and the satisfaction that not only were we out of the office all day, but that we gave something back to our community.
Charles Blumer
The squad for the 2008 World Ultimate Championships was announced this week. NSW players featured with 22/47 women (47%) and 17/52 men (33%).
The Australian Mixed Ultimate Championships were hosted by the Hills Ultimate Frisbee Club at Macquarie University, Sydney over 5-7 October. There were 12 NSW teams entered, with them placing:
2. Spider Pig (Sydney)
3. FAF (Sydney)
5. Padlock (Sydney)
6. Pie Wagon (Newcastle)
8. Toot Sweet (Sydney)
12. 7 Nation Army (Sydney)
14. Cosa Nostra (Sydney - Hills)
16. Wollongong (Wollongong)
20. sCAPEgoats (Sydney)
22. Special Sauce (Sydney)
23. woMANLY (Sydney)
24. Ocean Madness (Newcastle)
UFNSW has an annual budget meeting to approve our expenditure for the year. We do this so we can prioritise our expenditure and plan carefully for the areas we are going to invest in. The 2007-08 budget meeting will be held on 29 October.
If you wish to apply for funding then please complete the application form available on this page. There is an excel spreadsheet which you can use for figures if you prefer.
Proposals need to be submitted to Bel, the secretary [at] ufnsw [dot] com [dot] au (UFNSW secretary), by 15th October.
NSW teams have emphatically taken out both the men's and women's titles for the 2007 National Ultimate Frisbee League (2007). The league was held over 2 events, in Sydney and Melbourne, with points from each event being combined to decide the winner
The winners, North Sydney's Fakulti and Sydney's Betty Crocker, both only had one loss over both events.
Overall placings* are
| Men's | Women's |
| 1. Fakulti (North Sydney) | 1. Betty Crocker (Sydney) |
| 2. Barefoot (South Sydney) | 2. Sara Lee (Sydney) |
| 3. Sublime (Perth) | 3. VOS (Melbourne) |
| 4. Firestorm (Brisbane) | 4. fACTory Girls (Canberra) |
| 5= Chilly / Heads of State (Melbourne) | 5. Sultry (Brisbane) |
*unofficially compiled, does not include bonus points
The Bondi Rebel Sport Store is having a VIP night on Wednesday 26th September between 9:30am-8pm. All AFDA members are Rebel VIP members - and entitled to receive 20% off storewide*. If you don't have a Rebel VIP card then quote membership #3475 to receive the discount
*excluding tennis, golf, cricket balls
Pie Wagon (Newcastle) won an exciting final over Spider-Pig (North Sydney) in the NSW Mixed State Championships. The event, which is a qualifier for the National Mixed Championships, was well attended with 15 teams.
Final results:
Other awards:
In July the Australian Sporting Commission launched the Online Beginning Coaching General Principles Course. You can access the course at http://www.ausport.gov.au/coach/onlinecoachcourse.asp.
The UFNSW AGM was held on Saturday 25 August after the day's play at the NSW Mixed Champsionships in Newcastle. The same committee was returned to power for the coming year;
Charles gave notice that this would be his final year as President.
Want to play some women's ultimate over winter?
Well here is your chance - for the first time in a long time we are having a women's league. Woohoo!
It is going to run at Gore Hill on Tuesday evenings 8-9:15pm. It will start on 5 June and run for 5 weeks. It will run as a hat league so you don't need to organise a team. You can register now at: http://www.afda.com/rego/showcompetition.php?competitionid=313
This league is open to women at all levels, from those who have played at the highest level to those who have never played women's ultimate before.
North Sydney based club, Wildcard, has taken out the National Championship today over Melbourne-based club, Team Box.
Fakulti, also based in North Sydney, were runners up in the Open division, with one of the two Fakulti teams losing for a third year in a row to Melbourne's Chilly in the Final.
The Bondi Rebel Sport Store is having a VIP night on Thursday 29th March between 5-9pm. All AFDA members are Rebel VIP members - and entitled to receive 20% off storewide. If you don't have a Rebel VIP card then quote membership #3475 to receive the discount
Ultimate Frisbee is looking for a Development Coordinator. This is a paid, part-time position.
The Development Coordinator will:
Essential attributes of the candidate:
The hours for this position are flexible, working out at approximately 1 day a week.
Any interested applicants should send a brief CV to secretary [at] ufnsw [dot] com [dot] au (Rachel) by COB Thursday, 15 February. Please pass this on to anyone who you think may be interested in applying. This role may suit someone's parent.
The Manly Ultimate Frisbee League (MUFL) is starting its league for the 2007 Summer season on Thursday night. There will be two divisions. Visit the MUFL website for more details.
The Bondi Rebel Sport Store is having a VIP night on Wednesday 6th December between 7-9pm. All AFDA members are Rebel VIP members - and entitled to receive 20% off storewide. If you don't have a Rebel VIP card then quote membership #3475 to receive the discount
The lucky draw was held immediately after the Spring Hat Final for the winner of the Gaia voucher. The draw included anyone who had included their AFDA number when completing the NSL survey last month. The lucky winner was AFDA #4411 (Sujeev Vijeyakumaar). The winner can now check out the product at Gaia Ultimate and order it through Active Sportz, the suppliers of Gaia in Australia.
The Manly Ultimate Frisbee League (MUFL) is starting its Thursday night summer season for 2006-07 soon. Things kick off with a Learn to Play series over three nights (14, 21, 28 Sep) at LM Graham Oval, with the league starting on 5 Oct. There will be two divisions. Visit the MUFL website for more details.
With Winter League drawing to a close, as usual there will be a short Hat League taking place before the start of Summer League. This is an excellent opportunity to bring along a friend and introduce them to the sport of Ultimate. It will start on Tuesday 12 September, and will run for 5 weeks. See the Hat League Page for more details.
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) for the NSW Flying Disc Association (also known as Ultimate Frisbee NSW) was held on Wednesday, 19 July. The minutes are available here. A number of committee members have stood down after several years of service; Sally Basten, Lisi Jarrott, Ken Shepherd & Alex Leung. We are keen to hear from anyone who would be interested in replacing them. Please email 
The Sally Basten & Jim Garvey Junior Scholarships have been awarded for 2006. They were presented during the Australian Junior Women & Men's dinner on Friday 14 July at the Hunter's Hill Club. Read more about these awards and this year's winners here.
2006 NSL Winter league is now open for registrations. This season, there are 4 divisions (same as last league). See the League Info page for more details, or go straight to Team Registration.
The Australian Junior Ultimate Teams were recently selected, with NSW players making up the major part of the Junior Open and Junior Women's squads. Congratulations to the following players from NSW. In the Open Team, Liam Kendrick, Luke Turner, Matthew Bessen, Peter Blakeley, Nick Dowle, Stephen Gangemi, Dave Jarrot, Nick Kendrick, Tom Tullett, Philip White, and in the Women's Team, Alicia Bearman, Julia Birchall, Megan Carrarro, Tara Carrarro, Liz Dodd, Angela Fehlner, Claire Gavin, Sam Miller, Carol Seeto, Ellie Sparke
The Hills League finals are on this week, with last season's beaten finalists The Flood up against Black Magic. Check it out at Eric Mobbs Reserve, Castle Hill on March 29.
The Australian Junior Ultimate Teams are hosting a Trivia Night. Help them get to the World Championships in Boston by attending this great event. It is to be held at the North Sydney Leagues Club on Saturday, 21 January, 2006.
Summer Series of Fun is underway. It is a great bunch of one day tournaments in Sydney and Newcastle from November to January.
Want to be a better player? Do you want to learn how to throw further? Cut better? Play zone? Or even just improve your forehand?
Whether you're aiming for division 1, nationals or World clubs this clinic is for you! Come and have fun, meet other women and learn from Australia's top women players. Visit this link to find out more.
Australia has won a silver medal at the World
Games in Duisburg, Germany. Congratulations to everyone
that was involved. The following are links for team info and
photos:
Australian Team
website
Paul Hurt's
Photos
Ali
Tiefenbacher photos
WFDF World Games
website
A league calendar has been created so you can get an idea of when leagues start and finish throughout the year.
Wednesday 2nd June saw the inaugural Sally Basten and Jim Garvey Junior Scholarships presented at Gore Hill. The recipients of the Sally Basten scholarship were Emily Satchwell, Heather Smith and Tara Carraro. The Jim Garvey scholarship went to Nick Dowle, Liam Kendrick and Luke Turner.
To find out more about the background of these scholarships along with some more photos, visit the new scholarship section of the website.
First week of league will start on the 28th April and will run till 9th June. Make sure you jot down the changes in your diary. This was done to accomodate those who have their final Nationals training next Wednesday and also gives you extra time to form your teams. All information has been uploaded to the league's website: http://suufl.ufnsw.com.au. We are still looking for teams to register, so follow the link on the website on how to do that, along with other details.
Dubbo now hosts a weekly pick up game. They happen every Wednesday night, South Dubbo Oval from 6pm - all welcome!
Contact Lynton Auld, 0428 267 104.
Northern Suburbs League has recommenced and is now into the 5th week of summer competition. There are 4 divisions in 3 locations. The semifinals of the Manly League are fast approaching. This season it has 2 divisions and continues to grow. Eastern Suburbs League is also operating over the summer months on the Village Green at UNSW. Links to all of these leagues can be found in the menu on the left.
Our teams, including a juniors teams for the first time, are getting geared up to head off to the World Championships in Finland in 2004. Check out their web site to see what all their preparations involve. As with any sport, if you're going to represent Australia in the world arena you have to put a lot of effort into it.
The folks at ESL have put all the information about their league into one spot. So if you're interested in a game on Monday nights in the Kensington area, follow the link in the menu to the left.
