With the final installment of Mixed Tour this weekend, what have we got in store for Cheltenham?
The weather looks to be cold with some chance of rain later in the weekend. This never stopped us but please pack warm and stay warm camping!
Sadly we still have no schedule (mostly down to late dropouts) but we know where to look for excitement. We will see the likes of RGS, World Games, Cambridge, Brighton, DED, Black Eagles and Herd fighting for top spots. Watch out for some of the next 8 fighting their way up, Bristol, Shiny Happy Meeples and U23’s will not give up and will want to finish off the tour strongly.
Last chance saloon for Mixed tour glory. Keep an eye out for our review next week covering Mixed Tour as a whole and looking forward to Nationals and further.
Category: Mixed Tour
Mixed Tour 2 Review: A mixed bag.
A review of the second Mixed Tour event held in Manchester.
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DED vs Herd 1: Matthew Hodgson grabs over his team mate whilst pressured by Luke T. Courtesy of BlockStack.
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- Team Shark +13
- Flyght +12
- JR 1 +11
- Devon +9
- Magic Toast/Some Team 1 +8
- Curve -11
- Golden Ants/Lemmings -7
- Peeps/Halcyon -6
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Mixed Tour 2 (2013) – Manchester
The schedule is out, the weather doesn’t look too bad. We are all in for a great weekend.
Topping the tournament are the newly selected World Games squad, who look to hold onto that spot. They will be challenged by Brighton, RGS and Bristol tomorrow and most likely one of Black Eagles, Cambridge, DED or Bear Cavalry on Sunday.
Some great match ups there, go watch and support our GB teams!
Teams that did well last tour have been rewarded with their higher seedings, as expected. Sadly we are missing Ireland U23 but we have also gained some new faces: Halcyon, Team Shark, Devon and Brixton to name a few. Expect a few movers from this lot.
Finally, GB U23 are yet again using this event as training (pitch 24 for Open) with the Mixed squad out in full force once again and fundraising from the Women. Please find them give them money, water and support for Toronto.
The Grapevine – 26/04
Every Friday – A summary of some of the latest Ultimate based posts from UK, Europe and beyond…
Ka-Pow! repeat last year’s win at the DED warm-up, write up by Eddy Van Der Kloot.
Our friend and contributor Mark Earley gives us another great interview with the Ireland u23 Open coach Leo Yoshida.
Barry O’Kane talks to the one and only Ultimate Rob in Episode 15 and aforementioned Mark Earley in Episode 16 (with a great shout-out cheers Mark!) on UTalkRaw.
UKU AGM takes place at MT2 in Manchester, agenda here.
PushPass have filmed 20 games at Uni Nationals, buy and watch for only £8.99.
Also check out the latest post in ‘Drama‘ discussing the recent ESPN/USA Ultimate deal.
Cardiff beat Swansea in their University varsity, watch some footage here.
WFDF announces the number of preliminary slots countries are allocated for their club teams at WUCC 2014 in Italy.
The GB World Games team was announced a fortnight ago for Cali 2013
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Mixed Tour 1 2013 – Cardiff
The British outdoor season kicked off again a week ago in Cardiff with the first instalment of the UKU Mixed Tour. David Pryce summarises the weekend’s action.
- Ireland U23 +11
- Reading +10
- ABH C +10
- Steal +10
- Choke Hazard -15
- GU1 -14
- St Albans -13
- Flump -9
The teams eating up seeds appear to have worked really hard and fought out every game, everyone loves a challenge and being that initial underdog can really work in your favour.
Highly Notable:
Black Eagles yet again perform well after a solid season last year.
Brighton are always high in the tour and remain solid at 4th.
Some Team rising from 38th to 29th have really found some flow.
Note of interest:
Bear Cav were missing their main man Dave Tyler and so didn’t top the club team table but I wouldn’t count them as out yet. For teams in the top 10 anything can happen.
National teams:
GBWG really showed us what they plan to take to Cali with everyone able to pick the disc up and scoring easily with defences lagging behind. Look out for them as one team in Manchester.
Ireland U23 were probably a little under seeded but still came out strong. In a similar manner to their slightly older beach counterparts played a very good mixed game to secure some invaluable playing time together.
GB U23 had a great Saturday but struggled a little on Sunday with team dynamics holding them back at times. Some true moments of great ultimate were mixed in with a few too many turns and mis communications. These guys and gals will definitely be back next tour and will hopefully use the great training they are having to step it up ready for Worlds this summer.
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Final positions and how they have moved. |