The European Championships of Beach Ultimate took place in Calafell, Spain in late June, with GB represented in all seven divisions. It was a mixed bag of results, given GB’s current high standards in the grass form of the game, with the only Gold medal brought home by the Open Masters Team. The Open, Mixed Masters and Women’s Masters teams all came in second best, with a token Bronze for the Grand Masters. GB Women just missed out in 4th place, but still managed to play a key role in most of the Finals. GB Mixed finished 7th in what was probably the most competitive Division.

Nina Harrington aged 15, from Warwick, Warwickshire, is celebrating after receiving a £300 donation from the MARS Milk Fund.

Nina has been in her school team ‘Evolution’ for three years and has now been asked to represent Great Britain in the European Youth Ultimate Championships in Germany later this year.

The fund is open to residents of, and clubs and organisations based in the UK and Republic of Ireland only. Applicants must be 13 years or over and only one application will be accepted per person, club or organisation.

For more information visit www.marsmilk.com

The GB U23s Open squads’ road to Toronto 2013 started in mid-October 2012 with invitational trials followed by several rounds of call-backs over the following months culminating in the 26 man strong squad being announced mid-March. The squad is incredibly experienced with a lot of the gents coming up through the GB U20 and U17 programs, alongside playing at the highest levels with their club teams for many years.

In October 2012 Ultimate players aged 23 or younger descended on Coventry in order to trial for the three GB U23 Squads who will be competing in Toronto for the World Championships in July 2013. After two days of gruelling hard work, sprints and being put through our paces the women’s squad of 2013 had been chosen.

Congratulations to the following players who have been selected to represent Great Britain at The World Games 2013:

Becci Haigh, Bex Forth, Dave Tyler, Issy Burke, Jacqui Veralls, Jenna Thomson, Justin Foord, Matt Parslow, Ollie Gordon, Rich Gale, Rich Harris, Sophie Edmondson, Tom Abrams.

There are just 13 players per team at The World Games.  Alternates/reserves are still to be announced.

See the team in action again at the UKU Mixed Tour 2 in Manchester on 27-28 April.

In late 2012 we took the decision to offer the opportunity to supply GB Ultimate team uniforms to a number of ultimate-gear and clothing suppliers.  As a result of that process we can now announce that "JUMP+REACH / GAIA Europe" will be the Official Clothing Supplier to GB Ultimate for the period 2013-14.

JUMP+REACH / GAIA Europe are well known to many teams and players in the UK, and have a great track record of reliably producing excellent kit.  They made us an offer that was very difficult to turn down!

GB U17 TRIALS WILL NOW TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY 20TH APRIL IN SUTTON COLDFIELD

Venues as before.  Some changes to times so please read carefully. COST £10 PER PLAYER,

The GB Ultimate World Games squad have launched an exciting sponsorship drive with excellent brand promotion opportunities for companies or organisations. See their video here.
And they are pleased to announce their first partnership; with Fashion For Home.   Fashion For Home provide beautiful, affordable, designer furniture without cutting corners on quality. Innovative and stylish concepts come from their talented international design team.