184 images. Photos by David Hwang.
Marquette beats host team North Park 14-12 in a finals stunner.
Also, college ultimate is a lot harder to shoot than club. The randomest crap happens constantly, making it difficult to track the disc.
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From RSD, the first announcement of 2009 Nemesis:
This is a call-out for players to try-out for Nemesis, a Chicago-based team that competes in the women’s club division. Nemesis will be holding open scrimmages and several weekends of open and invite-only try-outs starting at the end of April. During the season, we practice on weekends in Chicago, so out-of-town players are encouraged to try out.
Please send any questions to captains@chicagonemesis.com.
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The follow comes from Ryan “R. Kelly” Kelly, captain of the ISU Gnomes:
I’m attempting to compile a history of ISU Ultimate, any help from alumni is appreciated. Check out this post for more info about what I’m looking for. Thanks in advance for your help and have a great club season this summer/fall!
-Ryan Kelly
Illinois State c/o ‘09
Current Captain
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Some early-season action from two area teams on divergent but similarly hopeful courses: Loyola’s Sirens look to make the ultimate plunge and compete for a spot to Nationals, while UIC WUF bring new leadership and some fresh talent to hopefully shed their commuter-school also-ran status at Regionals. (18 images.)
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From RSD:
We’ve started planning for the spring and subsequent 2009 season. Anyone living in – or moving to – the Chicagoland area for the club season who is interested in playing open should get in touch with us to stay abreast of any spring practice sessions, tournaments, and tryouts. (contact info below)
The spring sessions and activities are open to anyone who wants to play open ultimate competitively. It is a great opportunity for current and graduating college players, new players to Chicago, and younger players to meet members of the team and to get a chance to see what playing club is all about.
If you know you are interested in trying out this year, please let us know in your email so we can make sure we keep track of all interested players.
Thanks,
-Mike Shiel, Akira Yamaguchi, Joe Ferrari
Co-captains Chicago MachineContact: joe (dot) ferrari (at) gmail (dot) com
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Chicago club co-ed Ultimate is one of the most volatile and dramatic scenes I would ever care to imagine. It certainly stands to reason that, in a sport where the elite athletes and casual BBQ crowd do not have the velvet rope and bouncer of a commercial league, salaires and scouting to seperate them, every player trying out for a team has to make every ounce of their impression on a team in 1-3 days of drills and scrimmages.
This year offered an especially brutal tryout season. Briefcase, rebuilt by hand by Rob Berg and company, saw some player poaches and one set of tryouts. Gambit, returning from their initial season of cuts, had some holes to fill. And Food and Liquor decided to hold cuts for the first time. Some players declared their allegiance to one squad. Many tried out for all.
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Regionals was this past weekend in Wisconsin at the same fields as Cooler Classic. No cheese cows, but with a greater prize within our sights, Nemesis set out to claim one of the two bids to Nationals for the Central region.
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59 images. Photos by Jennie Passehl of Food & Liquor. More photos (outtakes, candids, etc.) here.
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Photos by Ryan Rittenhouse, who might be described as having a serious jones for mixed ultimate. Literally thousands of photos of mixed action from both days.
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153 images. Photos by David Hwang.
Congratulations to Machine and Nemesis for making nationals, and thanks for letting me follow you around all season; it’s been a lot of fun.
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How Important Is UC Ultimate To You?
by David on Mar 23, 2009
in Commentary, Community
The following is a UC Message Board post from Akira Yamaguchi: Machine officer, CHC Tournament Director and erstwhile league gadfly-cum-Socratic cynic. While I may disagree with him on several points, I respect how much thought he’s put into this and his emphasis on personal initiative — he played a small but influential role in the birth of this site. Due to the general unreliability of the message boards I have reposted his comments in their entirety.
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