Brighton Ultimate at the World Ultimate Club Championships

Between 3rd and 10th of July, Brighton Ultimate’s Mixed team will be in Prague in the Czech Repubic to take part in the 2010 World Ultimate Club Championships (WUCC). Hosted every 4 years, the World Ultimate Club Championships bring together the top ranking teams from around the world in 4 divisions – Open (mens), Womens, Mixed (a ratio of 3:4 men:women or women:men on the pitch), and Masters (over 33 years old). WUCC 2010 will be bringing together a total 136 teams (approximately 3000 players) from 37 countries.

In the last 12 months, Brighton Ultimate have won both the UK National Mixed Division Championships and the European Mixed Division Championships, and are consequently the highest-seeded European team in the WUCC Mixed division – seeded 7th out of 40 teams. Over the course of 7 days, Brighton will play around ten 90-minute games. Updates on Brighton’s results throughout the tournament (and hopefully some comments from players) will be posted here on the website and on our Twitter feed. You can also keep up to date with other WUCC news and results on Twitter by following the #wucc2010 tag.

You can hear captain James Houghton talking about Ultimate and the upcoming World Championships on BBC Radio Sussex, and see a couple of short local BBC news clips on our Media page.

If you’re interested in finding out more about Ultimate or want to give it a try, we always welcome new players to our practice sessions (even if you can barely throw a frisbee!). Check out our New Player page to find more info on how Ultimate works and how you can get involved!

Brighton Beyond 2009 announced!

Brighton Ultimate are happy to announce registration for Brighton Beyond 2009 on the 15th/16th August.

If you’ve never been before, it’s a 16 team mixed tournament hosted on 15th/16th August in beautiful Sussex countryside surroundings on the edge of the South Downs in the middle of the summer, to wind down after an exciting Mixed Tour. For those of you who’ve came in previous years & have been eagerly awaiting for this announcement, skip the blurb and click the link at the bottom of the page to be the first to confirm your space.

Location:
Lewes, just north of Brighton

Directions video

Stats:
15th/16th August 2009
16 mixed teams (3/4 split)
4 pitches
Free onsite camping
Rockin’ party
Green grass
29 minutes train from an airport
14 minutes walk from a train station
£120 for UK teams (£80/€100 for Euro teams)

Extras: Tasty & healthy on-site breakfast, snacks & BBQ, pitchside music, cocktails, team fun + snacks pack, prizes for spirit, MVPs, champions (the wooden disc), plate & spoon, plus plenty of other events depending on what we choose to spend our generous ‘fun’ budget on…

To find out how to sign up for BB2009, check the Sign Up page.

Get your team together for BB2009 now so you don’t miss this great opportunity to relax and celebrate a quality Mixed Ultimate season with cocktails, music…more music, and one hell of a party.

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Brighton to host Open & Women’s Tour 2

Following from last year’s successful Mixed Tour, Brighton Ultimate will be hosting the second Open Tour division A and Women’s Tour on the 4th and 5th of July. Open Tour 2 for divisions B and C will be hosted in Birmingham the following weekend.

Mixed Tour 1 comes to Brighton, 7/8 June

UPDATE: Mixed Tour 1 was a great success, with everything running smoothly and Brighton making it to the final! Unfortunately they were beaten to first place by Chevron Action Flash, but it was still a great result for the local team. Find out the full finishing positions and spirit scores on the Mixed Tour 1 page.

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Brighton are hosting the first big tournament of the Mixed Tour calendar, which sees over 30 of the best Ultimate teams in the UK & Europe come together in a battle for the #1 spot.

Spectators are invited to come and see the best teams compete over the whole weekend, 09:30-16:00 on both Saturday and Sunday 7th & 8th June, climaxing in the Grand Final at 15:30 on Sunday. Brighton’s home team are second favorites to win the tournament, so local support is encouraged and much appreciated!

The games are taking place at the Waterhall Sports Ground [Google Maps link]. For more info see the Mixed Tour 1 page.

Brighton Beyond 2008

Hot on the tail of the Mixed Tour 1 announcement, comes the official invite to this year’s Brighton Beyond! Brighton Beyond is a heady mixture of Ultimate, sunshine, and hardcore chillaxin’ in the beautiful Sussex countryside. Check the BB08 page for more info and sign-up details…