BUCS UKU University Open Outdoor Nationals 2010
By Tim Sanders

A year ago Warwick Bears took university nationals by storm. This year Bears were looking to retain their title but the competition was far more fierce. Portsmouth Sublime, who Bears had overwhelmed in last year’s final, had retained much of their squad and were unbeaten coming into the tournament, having won University Open Indoor Nationals and qualified top from their region.

Mixed Indoor Nationals was held at Alan Higgs Centre in Coventry on 20-21 Feb.

The tournament was eventually won by Discmen Ultrastars, meaning that Scottish teams had a clean sweep in club indoor national championships.  The final was close and tense with the Discmen taking advantage of mistakes by Bear Cavalry to win in sudden death.  Bear Cavalry won Spirit of the Game.  Cowboys won the Plate (9th).  The tournament was marked by a number of suprising results as lower seeded teams repeatedly over-turned their opponents in the pre-quarters and quarter-finals.

Full results:

In this update:

1. UKU National Indoor Championships 2009-10

2. UKU Spring/Summer outdoor events calendar

3. WFDF U23 World Championships

4. GB Junior Open coach

5. Coaching Licence

6. School Affiliation

7. Ultimatum!2009 late

8. Sanctioning events

9. How do I get involved?

July 2010 will see the first WFDF Under-23 Ultimate Championships.  The event is being held in Florence, Italy.  The event will last 4-5 days with finals planned for the weekend of 24-25 July.

Congratulations and thanks in advance to the management and coaching team: Barry O'Kane, James Hall, Ali Smith, Lindsay Cuthbertson and Jeff Jackson. 

Players that are interested in finding out about how to get involved should see the application process outlined on the GB U23 pages.