WFDF today has published today the Spirit of the Game final rankings of the 2012 WFDF World Junior Ultimate Championships which were held in Dublin from 12 to 18 August 2012. The rankings also include the SOTG results for the U17 EYUC tournament. Winners of the SOTG awards were Colombia in the Junior Open division and Germany in the Junior Women division. In U17 EYUC the winners were Switzerland in the U17 Open division and …
WJUC Dublin – Day 6: Semifinals in Junior Open and Women`s divisions – and bronze medals decided
As day six brings the curtain down on a fantastic celebration of Junior Ultimate, at times it looked like we weren’t going to make it. 47 teams, having flown from the far corners of the globe to be part of around 1100 players in four different competitions, have played their hearts out. There have been bumps in the road – there can’t be many tournaments, let alone World Championship events, that can boast that they …
WJUC 2012 Dublin – Day 7: The World Champions are crowned – USA (Junior Open) and Colombia (Junior Women)
The final day of the WFDF 2012 World Junior Ultimate Championships was blessed by sunshine and perfect playing conditions in the Tolka Park Stadium in Dublin. The finals were played for the Junior Open and Junior Women divisions and the World Champions are crowned: USA and Colombia were the finalists in both divisions and glory was distributed equally amongst them: whilst USA took the gold medal in the Junior Open division defeating Colombia 15-10 the …
WJUC 2012 Dublin – Day 5: back to normal life after the tropical storm
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 …