After the chaos of Tropical Storm O’Donnell, I half expected to wake up floating down the Liffey after being flooded out of my flat. This was not the case and glorious sunshine was the order of the day for day five of WJUC 2012 (well the first half of the day anyway). This, however, did lead to an equally disturbing sight; one that a lot of the players and spectators from warmer climates may never …
WJUC 2012 Dublin – Day 4: Heavy rain suspends play and the greenkeeper is in action
Our insider at Met Eireann was not wrong about the prediction of yesterdays weather, although they failed to warn us about the hurricane warning that was put in place – Ian Thorpe’s polyurethane swimming suit would have been more useful than the waterproofs that I chose to wear as I cycled to the pitches for day four of WJUC 2012. It was clear that this was not going to be any ordinary day when a …
WJUC 2012 Dublin – Day 3 – conclusion of the initial pools in the Junior Open and U17 Open divisions
Day three of WJUC 2012 saw the conclusion of the initial tial pools in the Junior Open and U17 Open divisions, whilst the ladies continue to battle on in this first stage of competition, which draws to a close for them tomorrow. Although blustery at times, ‘Rio of the North’ continued to surprise the tournament organisers by delivering sun for large periods of the day – but don’t get used to it…our sources at Met …
WJUC 2012 Dublin – Day 2 – first full day of the tournament in the Rio of the North
Monday was the first full day of the tournament after the excitement of the opening ceremony and show case match on Sunday. Dublin, locally known as “the Rio of the north”, did not disappoint on the weather front putting on at least 20 minutes of blistering sunshine (mixed in with the torrential rain and blustery conditions that will test the players over the next couple of days). As with any tournament on the World stage, …
The 2012 WFDF World Junior Ultimate Championships are on stage
The 2012 World Flying Disc Federation World Junior Ultimate Championships and EUF EYUC U-17 are on stage. Sunday night saw the opening ceremony take place in Albert College Park. The sun came out, the teams created a carnival atmosphere and most importantly the tournament mascot, Micheal J. Fox finally had a chance to meet the crowd! Spectators were wowed by a traditional Irish dance group, introduced to Mark Kendall, the WFDF Representative, and attendance heard …
WFDF 2012 World Ultimate and Guts Championships reported
The 2012 WFDF World Ultimate and Guts Championships (WUGC) in Sakai, Japan came to a close with a convincing victory by Team USA over Great Britain 17-5 in the Open division finals. Hosts Japan secured the World Championship title in the Women`s division on their home fields to win 17-13 over USA. Japan (Red) won the World Guts Championship title during WUGC, beating USA 2-0 in the Guts division final. Japan (White) secured the Bronze …
WUGC 2012: Day 8 – World Champions are crowned – USA takes gold in Open, Japan in Women`s division
The WFDF World Ultimate and Guts Championships 2012 are history. The final results and medal rankings:
WUGC 2012: Final Rankings
Ultimate Open Division: USA GBR CAN PHL Ultimate Women`s Division: JPN USA CAN CAN Ultimate Mixed Division: CAN AUS JPN RSA Ultimate Open Masters Division: CAN AUS JPN NZL Ultimate Women`s Masters Division: USA CAN JPN GER Guts Open Division: JPN red USA JPN white AUS
WUGC 2012: Day 6 – USA meets Canada in the semifinals for a rematch of the 2008 final
Great Britain playing Australia in the Open division was in the end another game about the ability to score upwind. Great Britain took an early lead off of an upwind huck, but could not preserve it until halftime. Down 8-6 Australia ran off a string of 3 points to take half 9-8. Great Britain battled back, getting one upwind point in the second half, carrying that lead all the way to 14-13. Despite the Aussies …
WUGC 2012: Day 7 – Finals are set up – Japan (red) wins Guts Open division
Day 7 of the World Ultimate and Guts Championships has seen the first World Champions been crowned in the Guts Open division. Japan (red) won over USA 2-0. Japan (white) took the Bronze winning 2-0 over Australia. In the meantime the finals are played in the Masters divisions and USA took the Gold in the Women`s Masters division whilst Canada are the Champions in the Open Masters division. Open division, Women`s division and Mixed division …