UKUA Mixed Tour 2 report

“Comprising the rest of the top eight at close of play on Sunday, BAF had slipped a couple of places while Brighton 1 were joined by Brighton 2, even playing each other in the 6 v 7 cross in their penultimate games! For Brighton to get two teams into the top eight is a big achievement, and all credit to them: their selection tactics of splitting their squad into two roughly equal teams has paid off; I for one would love to see how a true Brighton first team would fare against the established teams, and perhaps Mixed Nationals, if it happens, will be the place to see.”

Read the whole report here.

Mixed Tour 2 success

Brighton Ultimate 1 and 2 continued their success in the Mixed Tour last weekend, coming 6th and 8th respectively.

Brighton 1 were seeded 8th, and moved up to 6th after finishing 3rd in their pool. They won their cross-over to stay in the top 8, and then beat Brighton 2 to put them in the 5/6 playoff. Unfortunately after a tough and hard-fought game they lost to Locomotive Leeds, but still ended up two places above their initial seeding.

Brighton 2 were seeded 13th (after moving up from 23rd at Mixed Tour 1), and soon moved up into the top 8 by winning their pool (despite only having 4 ladies and having to play 3 men/4 women more often than not), and then beating Bristol Plastic Factory in their cross-over to secure a top 8 place. This put them up against Brighton 1, but after a close game they lost and went into the 7/8 playoff against BAF. Another close game with a great comeback from Brighton, but they couldn’t take it all the way to a win; nonetheless they still finished in the top 8, making Brighton not only the only club with two teams in the top 8, but Brighton 2 the highest 2nd team by 16 places.

Great work everyone who played at the weekend, and props to the women who played ironman (or ironwoman, rather)! Hope your legs aren’t feeling too bad today…

Squaws win UWON!

Congratulations to the Mohawks‘ women’s team – aka The Squaws – who had an amazing weekend at the University Women’s Outdoor Nationals, winning all their games and coming first! They comfortably beat Skunks (Southampton University) 9-3 in the final to become national champions.

We’re lucky to have some of them playing for Brighton at Mixed Tour 2 this coming weekend – hopefully we can continue where we left off and get two teams into the top 8!

Mixed Tour 1

Brighton had a strong showing at the first Mixed Tour of the season in Cardiff last weekend. Brighton 1 had some tough games but retained a top 8 position, and an under-seeded Brighton 2 had a very successful weekend, winning all their games (including a grueling final game against Curious Bacon that went to sudden death) to achieve their best possible position at this Tour – 13th. After these great results were are looking forward to the next Mixed Tour in 2 weeks, and are anxious to show the top teams that there’s a reason we’re the only team with two squads in the top 16!

Brighton Mixed win London Winter League

Brighton Mixed beat Chichester in the final to win the last London Winter League event of the year, giving themselves enough points to secure first place in the entire winter league mixed division. Well done us! Who says London produces the best Ultimate teams in the UK??
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