The PDGA 2012 Disc Golf World Championships came to a close on Saturday, July 21, hosted in Charlotte, NC, USA. Over one thousand players from 13 countries and 47 states on 14 courses participated. In the Men’s Open division, Paul “McBeast” McBeth captured his first world title to become the 2012 Disc Golf World Champion, five throws ahead of second place finisher Ricky Wysocki. Sarah Hokom became Women’s World Champion, while Valarie Jenkins made an …
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Dear Flying Disc sports friend, We have been informed by our internet service provider that with regard to the start of operations at the new energy-efficient data center park some services will be temporarily unavailable on our website:
WFDF announces candidates for the election at WUGC of the Athletes’ Commission
The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) is pleased to announce the candidates for the election of the WFDF Athletes’ Commission. The elections will be held during the World Ultimate and Guts Championships (WUGC) in Sakai, Japan in July 2012. Seven candidates have been nominated by their respective Member associations, with three members to be chosen: Matt DOYLE (Canada) Adam GOFF (USA) Anna HAYNES (Australia) Bernhard OTTO (Germany) Piero PISANO (Italy) Ryan PURCELL (South Africa) Valeska …
WFDF Call for Sanctioned Ultimate Event Bids – PAUCC and AOUCC 2013
WFDF’s Ultimate Committee and Board of Directors are seeking bids from potential host organizers for several upcoming sanctioned events. WFDF Asian-Oceanic Ultimate Club Championship 2013 (AOUCC) WFDF PanAmerican Ultimate Club Championship 2013 (PAUCC) The last Continental events had been held in in 2011 in Chinese Taipei (AOUC) and Colombia (PAUC). The AOUCC and PAUCC are held on a quadrennial basis alternating with the AOUC and PAUC. The deadline for submitting completed bids for AOUCC and …
Congress Materials Available Online
In keeping with the notice provisions of the WFDF Bylaws, the Congress Briefing Book was sent to all WFDF Members on May 14. The 2012 WFDF Congress will be held on the mornings of Saturday and Sunday, 14-15 July 2012, in the city of Sakai, Japan, and it will be hosted in conjunction with the WFDF 2012 World Ultimate and Guts Championships (7-14 July 2012). A copy of these materials can be found here.
WFDF to Establish an Athletes’ Commission at WUGC
The purpose of the WFDF Athletes’ Commission is to promote open communication with, and solicit feedback from, flying disc athletes, and give them a formal role in the decision-making process of WFDF. The WFDF Athletes’ Commission will have as its main focus the issues facing athletes in the sport of Ultimate, as this is our largest disc sport constituency and the one that is involved in the World Games. This three person group will be …
Teaching Ultimate in the Virtual Classroom
The LOT is an organization based in Maplewood/South Orange New Jersey, USA that makes Ultimate experts available to schools, clubs, camps and existing programs. Columbia High School’s Parking Lot – “The Lot” – was where the earliest structured, competitive play occurred in the late 1960’s. Since then the game has been innovated and tweaked times over into the modern fast-paced, fun, dynamic sport that you know. In November 2010 the group completed its “Gym Class …
WFDF and JFDA Support Development of Guts
World Flying disc Federation is pleased to announce that it has completed a development program to help promote Guts in various countries in advance of the 2012 WUGC being held in Sakai, Japan this July. Working together with Japan Flying Disc Federation, 10 guts discs were sent earlier this year to each of the following countries: Australia, Canada, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong Netherlands, Panama, Sweden, and Switzerland. For this development program, JFDA contributed the discs …
WFDF announces 2012 Congress to be held in Sakai, Japan, on 14-15 July 2012
The World Flying Disc Federation is pleased to announce that the 2012 WFDF Congress will be held on the mornings of Saturday and Sunday, 14-15 July 2012, in the city of Sakai, Japan. The Congress will be hosted in conjunction with the WFDF 2012 World Ultimate and Guts Championships (7-14 July 2012). Per the Bylaws, the purpose of the Congress shall be to: (a) review and approve the previous year’s financial statements and auditors’ reports, …
Translations of the SOTG Scoring Explanation Sheet released
The WFDF Spirit of the Game Ultimate Sub-Committee has released the translations of the Spirit of the Game Scoring Explanation Sheet in German, French, Polish and Chinese language. The SOTG Ultimate Sub-Committee wishes to thank the following persons for their support with the translations: Christophe Bihin and Jean-François Cadoret for French, Nick Liu for Chinese, Sylwester for the German, Wiktoria Maruszczak for the Polish translation. All documents can be found under this link.