WFDF is pleased to announce that the Congress has accepted the Asociación de Deportes con Disco Volador de la República Argentina (ADDVRA) as regular national member association of the World Flying Disc Federation. “We are pleased to welcome Argentina as a full regular member of WFDF and view it as furthering the development of Flying Disc sports in South America,” commented WFDF President Robert “Nob” Rauch.

WFDF’s Ultimate Committee and Board of Directors are seeking bids from potential host organizers for the following upcoming sanctioned event: – WFDF 2015 World Under-23 Ultimate Championship (WU23) Applicants are requested to inform WFDF on their intention to bid no later than March 15, 2014. The deadline for submitting completed bids for WU23 is April 30, 2014, and it is anticipated that bids will be awarded no later than June 30, 2014.

The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF), in a move to enhance its Anti-Doping educational efforts for athletes participating in the 2014 World Championships, has contracted with the “Real Winner” educational Anti-Doping online tool.  WFDF is going to use the tool to educate a limited number of athletes competing in the 2014 WFDF World Junior Ultimate Championships and the WFDF World Ultimate Club Championships in Lecco, Italy. Three athletes from each team in the WUCC and …

WFDF’s Ultimate Committee and Board of Directors are seeking bids from potential host organizers for two upcoming sanctioned events. •    WFDF Asian-Oceanic Ultimate Championship 2015 (AOUC) •    WFDF PanAmerican Ultimate Championship 2015 (PAUC) The last Continental events were the 2013 Continental Club Championships (as opposed to national teams events) held in Singapore (AOUCC) and Brazil (PAUCC), respectively. The AOUC and PAUC are held on a quadrennial basis alternating with the AOUCC and PAUCC.

The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) is pleased to welcome Karina Woldt as WFDF Event Manager, a new part-time paid staff position.  Karina, 33, an Australian national, will begin work immediately out of the city of Hannover, Germany, where she currently lives with her family, as the newest addition to WFDF’s virtual global office. WFDF’s administrative staff is led by Executive Director Volker Bernardi headquartered in Harxheim, Germany (near Frankfurt), and includes Daniel "Stork" Roddick, …

The World Flying Disc Federation is pleased to announce that a Working Group on Indoor Ultimate events and rules was established by the Board of Directors during their last meeting. The group is composed of experts on the field of Indoor Ultimate WFDF member associations from three continents as follows.

WFDF is pleased to announce that the Mixed Team from the USA has been nominated by the International World Games Association (IWGA) as a candidate for the 2013 “Team of the Year” award. The announcement was made by IWGA earlier this week underlining that “everybody can support their athletes in the public vote for the Athlete and Team of the Year awards and in particular for the teams as far as Flying Disc is concerned.”  …

The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) today has announced the results of its 2013 elections. The WFDF Member Associations voted on open positions on the Board of Directors and on the Ultimate Committee to serve from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2015. WFDF President Robert “Nob” Rauch commented:  “We are very pleased about the election of this extremely qualified slate of candidates.  We also are excited to be having our first independent (non-disc sports …

The World Flying Disc Federation is pleased to announce that a Working Group on Indoor Ultimate events and rules will be established by the Board of Directors and it requests nominations from its member associations for participation in the group. “After having been approached by several member associations to assist in coordinating Indoor Ultimate activity, WFDF is establishing a working group to help organize this discipline,”commented WFDF President Robert “Nob” Rauch.  “We are aware that …