While there have been women’s club teams in the UK for over fifteen years, before 2004 these teams did not have their own division outside of the annual Nationals event and international play. Instead, competitive women’s teams played in the Open Tour or individual women played on Mixed teams within the Mixed and Open divisions. However, in 2004 it was decided there were sufficient numbers and enthusiasm to run a full Women’s Tour alongside the Open Tour. Since the advent of the Women’s Tour, the women’s division in the UK has increased in size in each successive year and the UK now boasts the biggest women’s division in Europe.
Although the Women’s Tour is smaller than the Open Tour, it remains very competitive. The strength of the Women’s Tour has even caught the eye of a number of European women’s teams, many of whom travel to the UK to compete in our domestic competitions.
This year, after losing last season’s Tour title to local rivals Bliss by the slimmest of margins, Iceni 1 won two of three Tour events to clinch the 2006 Women’s Tour title.
If you have an idea for how to promote women's ultimate in your area, please get in touch with the Women's Committee at the email below.
To join the UKUltimate Women's e-group - please click here
There are a number of other Women's ultimate e-groups listed on the staying informed page
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To contact the Women's Committee
Please direct any questions or comments you may have with regard to Women's Ultimate to the following e-mail address: womens@ukultimate.com
Past results in Women's Tour and Nationals
Results for the UKUA Tour 2008
| Pos | Team | Points | Events Played |
| 1 | Iceni | 730 | 3 |
| 2 | LeedsLeedsLeeds | 702 | 3 |
| 3 | Swift | 662 | 3 |
| 4 | Nice Bristols | 642 | 3 |
| 5 | Iso | 615 | 3 |
| 6 | Brighton Ultimate | 570 | 3 |
| 7 | Dirty Olive | 514 | 3 |
| 8 | Crown Jewels | 482 | 3 |
| 9 | MU | 474 | 3 |
| 10 | Ltd Release | 453 | 3 |
| 11 | Steal Ladies 1 | 412 | 3 |
| 12 | Steal Ladies 2 | 390 | 3 |
| 13 | MUF | 375 | 3 |
| 14 | The Brown | 352 | 3 |
| 15 | BAF Release | 341 | 3 |
| 16 | Nice Bristols 2 | 290 | 3 |
Results from Tour 1 (5-6 April, Bristol):
| Pos | Team | Points | Comments |
| 1 | LeedsLeedsLeeds | 250 | |
| 2 | Iceni | 230 | |
| 3 | Swift | 222 | |
| 4 | Nice Bristols | 210 | |
| 5 | Iso | 205 | |
| 6 | Brighton Ultimate | 190 | |
| 7 | Dirty Olive | 182 | |
| 8 | Steal Ladies 2 | 170 | |
| 9 | Crown Jewels | 162 | Spirit of the Game |
| 10 | MU | 150 | |
| 11 | Steal Ladies 1 | 141 | |
| 12 | Ltd Release | 130 | |
| 13 | MUF | 125 | |
| 14 | The Brown | 110 | |
| 15 | BAF Release | 101 | |
| 16 | Nice Bristols 2 | 90 |
Results from Tour 2 (26-27 April, Cardiff)
| Pos | Team | Points | Comments |
| 1 | Iceni | 250 | |
| 2 | Swift | 230 | |
| 3 | LeedsLeedsLeeds | 222 | |
| 4 | Nice Bristols | 210 | |
| 5 | Iso | 205 | |
| 6 | Brighton Ultimate | 190 | Spirit of the Game |
| 7 | Ltd Release | 182 | |
| 8 | Crown Jewels | 170 | |
| 9 | MU | 162 | |
| 10 | Dirty Olive | 150 | |
| 11 | The Brown | 141 | |
| 12 | Steal Ladies 2 | 130 | |
| 13 | MUF | 125 | |
| 14 | BAF Release | 110 | |
| 15 | Steal Ladies 1 | 101 | |
| 16 | Nice Bristols 2 | 90 |
Results from Tour 3 (9-10 May, Mansfield)
| Pos | Team | Points | Comments |
| 1 | Iceni | 250 | |
| 2 | LeedsLeedsLeeds | 230 | |
| 3 | Nice Bristols | 222 | |
| 4 | Swift | 210 | |
| 5 | Iso | 205 | |
| 6 | Brighton Ultimate | 190 | |
| 7 | Dirty Olive | 182 | |
| 8 | Steal Ladies 1 | 170 | |
| 9 | MU | 162 | |
| 10 | Crown Jewels | 150 | |
| 11 | Ltd Release | 141 | |
| 12 | BAF Release | 130 | |
| 13 | MUF | 125 | |
| 14 | Nice Bristols 2 | 110 | |
| 15 | The Brown | 101 | |
| 16 | Steal Ladies 2 | 90 | Spirit of the Game |
UKUA Women's National Champions 2007: Iceni
| Pos | Team Name |
| 1 | Iceni 1 |
| 2 | LeedsLeedsLeeds W |
| 3 | Nice Bristols |
| 4 | Swift |
| 5 | Brighton Ultimate |
| 6 | MU |
| 7 | Iceni 2 (Spirit of the Game) |
| 8 | Steal Ladies |
| 9 | Discuits |
The final standings in the UKUA Women's Tour 2007 are as follows:
| Pos | Team | Points | Events Played | Average Points* |
| 1 | LeedsLeedsLeeds | 710 | 3 | 237 |
| 2 | Iceni Ultimate 1 | 702 | 3 | 234 |
| 3 | Nice Bristols | 662 | 3 | 221 |
| 4 | Swift | 617 | 3 | 206 |
| 5 | MU 1 | 562 | 3 | 187 |
| 6 | Brighton Ultimate | 529 | 3 | 176 |
| 7 | Strange Blue | 510 | 3 | 170 |
| 8 | Ltd Release | 482 | 3 | 161 |
| 9 | Iceni Ultimate 2 | 432 | 2 | 216 |
| 10 | Discuits | 432 | 3 | 144 |
| 11 | Steal Ladies | 402 | 3 | 134 |
| 12 | Biddy Murphy | 395 | 2 | 198 |
| 13 | The Brown | 372 | 3 | 124 |
| 14 | GB Juniors 1 | 215 | 2 | 108 |
| 15 | MU 2 | 211 | 2 | 106 |
| 16 | BAF | 125 | 1 | 125 |
| 17 | GB Juniors 2 | 90 | 1 | 90 |
* Average points are included for interest only. Rankings are based on the total score across all three events.
The results from Women's Tour 1 (Harlington, 23-24 June) are as follows:
|
Pos |
Team |
Points |
Comments |
| 1 | Iceni Ultimate 1 | 250 | |
| 2 | Nice Bristols | 230 | |
| 3 | Iceni Ultimate 2 | 222 | |
| 4 | LeedsLeedsLeeds | 210 | |
| 5 | Swift | 205 | |
| 6 | Biddy Murphy | 190 | |
| 7 | MU 1 | 182 | |
| 8 | Strange Blue | 170 | Spirit of the Game |
| 9 | Brighton Ultimate | 162 | |
| 10 | Ltd Release | 150 | |
| 11 | Discuits | 141 | |
| 12 | Steal Ladies | 130 | |
| 13 | GB Juniors 1 | 125 | |
| 14 | MU 2 | 110 | |
| 15 | The Brown | 101 | |
| 16 | GB Juniors 2 | 90 |
The results from Women's Tour 2 (Mansfield, 14-15 July) are as follows:
| Pos | Team | Points | Comments |
| 1 | LeedsLeedsLeeds | 250 | |
| 2 | Iceni Ultimate 1 | 230 | |
| 3 | Nice Bristols | 222 | |
| 4 | Iceni Ultimate 2 | 210 | |
| 5 | Biddy Murphy | 205 | |
| 6 | MU 1 | 190 | Spirit of the Game |
| 7 | Swift | 182 | |
| 8 | Strange Blue | 170 | |
| 9 | Brighton Ultimate | 162 | |
| 10 | Ltd Release | 150 | |
| 11 | Discuits | 141 | |
| 12 | The Brown | 130 | |
| 13 | BAF | 125 | |
| 14 | Steal Ladies | 110 | |
| 15 | MU 2 | 101 | |
| 16 | GB Juniors 1 | 90 |
The results from Women's Tour 3 (Cardiff, 18-19 August) are as follows:
| Pos | Team | Points | Comments |
| 1 | LeedsLeedsLeeds | 250 | |
| 2 | Swift | 230 | Spirit of the Game (tied) |
| 3 | Iceni Ultimate 1 | 222 | |
| 4 | Nice Bristols | 210 | |
| 5 | Brighton Ultimate | 205 | |
| 6 | MU 1 | 190 | |
| 7 | Ltd Release | 182 | |
| 8 | Strange Blue | 170 | Spirit of the Game (tied) |
| 9 | Steal Ladies | 162 | |
| 10 | Discuits | 150 | |
| 11 | The Brown | 141 |
| Pos | Team |
| 1 | Iceni 1 |
| 2 | Bliss |
| 3 | LeedsLeedsLeeds |
| 4 | Bristol |
| 5 | Iceni 2 |
| 6 | Swift |
| 7 | Ltd Release |
| 8 | Mu |
| 9 | Discuits |
Tour Winners: Iceni I
| Pos | Team | Points |
| 1 | Iceni I | 730 |
| 2 | Bliss | 685* |
| 3 | LeedsLeedsLeeds | 666 |
| 4 | Iceni II | 610 |
| 5 | Nice Bristols | 600 |
| 6 | Swift | 569 |
| 7 | Mu | 502 |
| 8 | Ltd Release | 501 |
| 9 | MaC | 494 |
| 10 | Discuits | 416 |
| 11 | Floorplay | 390 |
| 12 | Blue | 276.9* |
| 13 | Yaka | 210 |
| 14 | LeedsLeedsLeeds B | 162 |
| 15 | Steal Ladies | 110 |
* Bliss and Blue both received a 10% points penalty at Tour 2 due to kit rules.
| Pos | Team |
| 1 | Iceni I |
| 2 | Bliss |
| 3 | LeedsLeedsLeeds |
| 4 | Nice Bristols |
| * | Flying Circus (Copenhagen) |
| 5 | Iceni II |
| 6 | Swift |
| 7 | Ltd Release |
| 8 | Floorplay |
| 9 | Mushiono |
Tour Winners: Bliss
| Pos | Team | Points |
| 1 | Bliss* | 960 |
| 2 | Iceni I | 960 |
| 3 | LeedsLeedsLeeds | 876 |
| 4 | Nice Bristols | 844 |
| 5 | Iceni II | 804 |
| 6 | Ltd Release | 730 |
| 7 | GB Juniors | 465 |
| 8 | SwiftPlay | 384 |
| 9 | Swift | 384 |
| 10 | Floorplay | 335 |
| 11 | Mushiono | 332 |
| 12 | MaC | 190 |
| 13 | Cardiff | 165 |
| 14 | Sublime | 141 |
*Tour title awarded to Bliss as winners of most recent head-to-head match with Iceni I
| Pos | Team |
| 1 | HRH 1 |
| 2 | Nice Bristols |
| 3 | LeedsLeedsLeeds |
| 4 | Swift |
| 5 | HRH2 |
| 6 | Mushiono |
Tour Winners: LeedsLeedsLeeds
Tour 1:
| Pos | Team |
| 1 | LeedsLeedsLeeds |
| 2 | Isis |
| 3 | Nice Bristols |
| 4 | HRH1 |
| 5 | HRH2 |
| 6 | GB Juniors |
| 7 | Sublime |
Tour 2:
| Pos | Team |
| 1 | Swift |
| 2 | LeedsLeedsLeeds |
| 3 | Bristol |
| 4 | HRH1 |
| 5 | HRH2 |
| 6 | Isis |
The current women's committee is:
Sally Cannon, Alize Clough, Tina Collier, Natalie Kruse, Aura Mackenzie, Felix Shardlow, Gemma Taylor, Cat Vaughn
The Role of The Women's Committee (non-exhaustive):
a. To be the communication group between Women in the UK and the UKUA Board. If there are any concerns, such as with the Tour format, or anything at all, these should be directed to the WC - who will then either be able to deal with the matter themselves, or refer it to the UKUA Board. The WC will be responsible for promoting the standard of Women's tournaments within the UK.
b. To focus on recruiting more women's teams for the Women's Tour.
c. To focus on supporting women's teams throughout the UK to recruit women.
d. Encouraging contacts between established women's clubs and universities. Coordinating, or requesting information from clubs that do have such contacts, so that other areas of the country may benefit from the knowledge of how best to make this development aim work.
e. To encourage skills days, with the aim of making sure that they happen, and encouraging established teams to run skills days within their region.
f. To encourage All-Stars events to fit the needs of the Women's UK Ultimate Community. The WC will not be responsible for organizing the actual events, this will be the role of teams / other members of the Women's UK Ultimate Community.
g. To encourage other non-tour events, eg. hat tournaments - helping to identify where such events may be of use to teams, and suggesting that they happen.
h. Responsibility to ensure that these days are advertised effectively to all teams throughout the UK.
i. To co-ordinate with the NPAC to encourage women's teams to run alongside established men's teams.
j. To think about introducing the intern program into the WC.
k. To co-ordinate and encourage what is happening in different regions - so that the development of UK women is known - and if one region is e.g. found to be lacking in 'development events', attention can be focused there. In addition, this will help to build a central knowledge of women's development initiatives.
l. To liaise with other European teams and facilitate the European Club Series when it takes off. Getting foreign teams to the UK for tournaments and advertising foreign tournaments for teams/players to go to (or ensuring the UKUA does).
m. Reviewing the Women's Tour rules yearly and updating as appropriate.
n. Coordinating with the DoC for Women's Tour schedules.
o. Keeping the Women's section of the UKUA website updated and useful for members.
p. Working out ways of developing the Women's game in the UK. That may involve requesting feedback from Women in the UK.
q. Responsibility for ensuring those plans are implemented and developed.
Contents:
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Note that in the Women's division the kit rules will be implemented slightly differently in that exceptions are allowed for new, joint or second teams. If you in doubt whether your team will qualify please contact us to check.