** UPDATE**
Due to xmas holidays affecting the sign up, the tournament has been postponed until early 2012. Keep in touch to catch the revised dates!
Hello all!
Cape Town Women’s Ultimate is happy to announce the first of what we hope will be many women’s hat tournaments!! The details will be set once we get a better idea of numbers, but we’re looking to combine skills training with a traditional hat tournament. Two to three skills clinics will be set up between/in parallel to hat games. We will be developping 20-30 minute skills clinics, the topics of which will be determined based on numbers.
When: Saturday, December 17th (that’s a long weekend!), from 10/11am to 4pm
Where: Wynberg Sports Club fields
See attached flyer [
Hat Tourney Invite ] for more information and some sweet pictures of awesome women dominating at Ultimate. Please circulate widely, bring friends and sign up using the link below!!
Sign-up sheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArqEE6VWLqVvdFI5Q0JINWtkemJycGdqQWwydGhRWFE
Word on the sidelines is that the East London Ultimate scene is growing in leaps and bounds. With their first showing at a national tournament in Cape Town last year, they appear to have returned to their lair with renewed energy to plot ways to take over the Ultimate world.
Great organisation and a healthy development of the sport at high school level means that these enthusiasts are planning for the future of the sport. They even have a tournament scheduled for June with a winners purse of R2000… more than likely a first in SA. Huge kudo’s to ELUF and we look forward to seeing you in Jozi for Nationals 2011!
Read the EL newsletter here: ELUF_newsletter_april2011_lowres
It’s often intimidating for new players to get involved in Ultimate –Cape Town in particular attracts a lot of high level players from overseas that come here for a semester abroad. This is especially true for women. While Ultimate is in theory a co-ed sport, in practice, many women find themselves being consistently looked off by their male teammates. This can be frustrating at best, and at worst, a reason to stop playing Ultimate altogether!
In an effort to bridge the skills-gap between male and female players, Cape Town has started running weekly women-only training sessions that focus on welcoming new faces and introducing them to the sport. Eager to capitalize on the excitement and success of the first ever Women’s Tournament at Rocktober, Cape Town ladies have shown up en masse for the trainings, held at Wynberg Sports Club on Mondays from 6pm to 7pm.
Combining over 20 years of playing experience in the competitive North American and European Ultimate leagues, Sam Fothergill, Colleen Haley and Anne Maftei have put together a comprehensive training schedule that will enable players of all levels to develop their skills and learn new techniques. The first four training sessions covered the basics: throwing, cutting, marking/forcing the thrower and defence on the cutter. Each session begins with 20 minutes of warm-up and dynamic stretching, followed by a short talk and demonstration of the topic of the week. The ladies then go through a few drills to practice what they have learned, and end with a 7-on-7 scrimmage. At each session, the women are also introduced to a “Rule of the Day”, in an effort to empower women to be more vocal on the field when a foul or violation occurs.
With the response being overwhelmingly positive so far (14+ ladies per training!), the coaches have started planning for future training sessions that will continue well into 2011. The focus will turn towards perfecting throwing skills, handler and cutter positioning, offensive and defensive strategies, endzone tactics and laying out. In order to keep things exciting, and to encourage transfer of knowledge and skills between veteran players and beginners, guest coaches from Chilli and Khayoba will be leading certain training sessions.
For more information about these training sessions, please contact Anne Maftei at anne.maftei@gmail.com or Sam Fothergill at samfstevec@hotmail.com. To sign up on the CT Women’s Ultimate mailing list, please contact Colleen Haley at colleen.e.haley@gmail.com.
A brand new SAFDA website and logo has been in the workshop for some time and finally it is here and ready to roll out.
We hope that all disc sports enthusiasts from all over Southern Africa will enjoy the website and use it to stay updated on whats happening in the world of disc sports. You are welcome to submit your news and photos to be published, as well as browse our database to find a tournament, game or course to play when visiting a new area.
We will keep you updated on the developments on the international scene with World Flying Disc Federation events and rules, as well as hopefully posting a few articles and links to help with coaching, training or community development.
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