Cape Town Ultimate

2007 has been a phenomenal year for Ultimate, in Cape Town and in South Africa.

Just to Recap:-

January – April
- Cape Town Summer League – Wynberg Sports Club
Was very closely contested between the Cape Disc Doctors and the defending Champions Khaya. It came down to the final game of a Three Round Robin League with the Doctors coming out tops.

April
- Paganello – Rimini, Italy
South Africa had 2 teams competing a Mens (12 Apostles) team and a Co-ed (Jika Majika) team

12 Apostles were ranked 42nd finished 16th out of 46 teams
Jika Majika were ranked 21st finished 23rd out of 24 teams

May
- South African Nationals – Wynberg Sports Club
Was the largest National tournament held in South Africa with nine sides competing. Teams travelled from Cape Town, Johannesburg, Pietermaritzburg, Pretoria and Stellenbosch to take part. It was a great tournament for the Cape Town teams
who ended up occupying the top four places. The Final was contested between the 2 form teams, the Cape Disc Doctors and the defending Champions, Khaya. The Doctors finished the tournament unbeaten and were crowned South African National Champions.

The Spirit award was shared between Pretoria and Stellenbosch.

July
- Cape Towns Inaugural Indoor Tournament – UCT
This was a first of it’s kind in south Africa, organized and sponsored by Sunday Media. It was a grueling 1 day event with Weopons of Mass Destruction (captained by Finn De Haan) beating the Pocket Rockets (captained by James Moolenschot) in the final.

October
- Rocktober – Johannesburg
The Cape Disc Doctors continued their winning streak by beating Blade (Joburg team) in the final of a tournament that had nine teams competing. Participants included sides from Johannesburg, Cape Town, Pretoria, Pietermaritburg and a combined team from Swaziland and Mozambique, lending an international flavour.

August – November
- Cape Town Spring League – Wynberg Sports Club
Saw the introduction of a new team and players, The Ambassadors. It was a two Round League with the Cape Disc Doctors finishing first and unbeaten.

November
- The Funky Hat Tournament -Wynberg Sports Club
Was a 5-aside hat tournament with The Whistlers (captained by Leor Williams) beating UltiHat (captained by Finn De Haan) in the Final.

It really was a fantastic year for Ultimate, and the good thing is 2008 is going to be even better, with the usual leagues and tournaments scheduled. Its also a World Championship year.

Have a wonderful Christmas and prosperous New Year, and we’ll see you all on the fields and ready to play on Monday the 7th of January 2008.

CTU hosted a 5-a-side hat tournament last weekend at Wynberg Sports Ground with great success. Six teams of 7 players were formed randomly on the morning, with different skill levels being divided evenly across the teams.

The Funky Hat tournament theme quickly established a fun atmosphere and friendly banter with some awesome headgear on display. The games were run for 30 minutes in a round robin format that had each team play each other once. After five games completed by early afternoon, everyone was clearly ready for a cool beverage and after sun lotion thanks to the perfect weather. A lot of new faces were seen on the field and kudo’s to the first-time players for coming along and also to the familiar faces who encouraged them.

Many thanks to Butlers Pizza who kindly sponsored R500 worth of vouchers for the prizes.

Results
Winner: Whistlers
Second: Hat Tastic
Third: Ulti Hat
Best Hat: James
Best Team Name: G-Hat

The tournament proceeds will be used to fund the transport for Khaya to get from Khayelitsha to Wynberg on Monday nights for summer league games. We look forward to seeing them back on the field.

Huge props to Mike Harber for organising the tournament and sponsorship, with some well-appreciated help from Aura and Brent.

Heaps of photos were taken by Josh Sowter and the best ones are below. Anyone wanting to see the other shots or get copies should just post a request or email.

Calling for new designs for our official South African discs

Thank you to everyone who submitted designs!

Some people have asked for a little more time so you have until end of Friday 16th November.

Here are the designs so far!

The Safda committee and regional reps will make the final decison by 22nd November and then we place our order for more discs.

Disc design – Option 1

Disc design – Option 2 (click to view pdf document)

Disc design – Option 3.1

Disc design – Option 3.2

Disc design – Option 3.3

Disc design – Option 4

Disc design – Option 5.1

Disc design – Option 5.2

Disc design – Option 6