The World Games flying disc ultimate gold medal match between USA and Australia will be aired on CSTV in North America. Enjoy! Player and non-player reviews are invited – send feedback to [email protected]. The game will be re-broadcast on Tuesday, August 30th at 10:30 AM; Thursday, September 1st at 2:00 PM; Friday, September 2nd at 2:00 AM; Wednesday, September 14th at 10:30 AM; and Friday, September 16th at 9:30 PM.

The dates of the Pan-American Championhips in Sao Paulo, Brazil have been moved to December 7 – 11, 2005. This will allow time for more teams to register, and players who are interested can extend their visit and play in the Mundalito Beach tournament taking place December 15 – 18. Information and registration can be found at http://www.frisbeebrasil.com.br/. See you there!

USA comes out on top, earning World Games gold in an exciting ultimate game that was matched point for point up to 12-10 when USA pulled ahead for the win.

The Leeds Jedi Ultimate Frisbee Club has broken the marathon ultimate world record recently. From 9th June to 12th June 2005 (70hrs 19mins total), the group played back-to-back games of ultimate including the final two games in a torrential downpour. They beat the previous record by almost 9 hours and along the way raised over £1000 for charity.

The United States Guts Players Association has announced that five new members will be inducted into the International Frisbee Hall of Fame during festivities associated with the 48th International Frisbee Tournament (IFT) in Houghton, Michigan.

Following the cancellation of the World Disc Games, the World Overall Championships 2005 have been moved to San Diego and will join with the World Juniors and Masters Championships to be held there at the end of June.

The WFDF Board has approved the New England Ultimate Alliance as the host of the World Junior Ultimate Championships (WJUC) 2006. The tournament is to be held in Devens, just outside Boston, from 13th to 18th of August. The decision is subject to approval by WFDF Congress by July at the latest.

A new international disc golf committee has met, the product of collaborative efforts by WFDF and the Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA) to unite disc golf throughout the world and work together toward the development of the game. Draft minutes of the teleconference held on 19th February are now available online.

A website has been established for the inaugural Pan-American Ultimate Club Championships to be held in Sao Paulo in late July this year. It will be the central point for all information regarding the championships.

A healthy thirteen member organisations in good standing voted in the 2004 WFDF elections. The new Board took office on 1st January. Congratulations to those who were successfully elected and to Korean Ultimate, who were admitted to regular membership of WFDF in a concurrent poll.

The first book chronicling the complete history of the sport of Ultimate, from 1968 to the present, will be released in March 2005. The book includes 160 pages, tons of photos, lists of national and world champions, national champion team rosters and a DVD with never before seen Ultimate footage. Pre-orders are now being taken.

WFDF is now acccepting bids for the WFDF World Ultimate and Guts Championships 2008. The deadline for the submission of bids is June 1, 2005. Please e-mail (ultimate at wfdf dot org) if you have any questions.

WFDF is now acccepting bids for the 2006 World Junior Ultimate Championships. The deadline for the submission of bids is February 1, 2005. Please e-mail (ultimate at wfdf dot org) if you have any questions.

The 2004 WFDF Board elections are now open. There have been some delays in commencing the election due to the need to include some approvals for action of the Board in the past year, which the Board hopes will meet the scrutiny of the members. WFDF encourages all members to participate in this election – voting will close on Wednesday 23rd December 2004.

At the recent Congress meeting in Turku, Finland, the Swedish Frisbeesport Federation put forward a proposal to eliminate the observer rule from the rules of ultimate, citing it was contradictory to the central spirit statement of personal responsibility. The submisison was backed by experiences in Sweden, including a letter of support from a FIFA referee who agrees that the presence of on-field officials is detrimental to player behaviour. A straw poll of those members present …

The European Flying Disc Federation (EFDF) today announced that the European Ultimate Club Championships 2005 (EUCC2005) will be held in Rostock, Germany from 3rd to 9th July, 2005. An excellent bid was also submitted from Colchester, England. It is planned to have the following divisons at EUCC2005: Open, Women, Mixed, Masters. Team slots awarded to each country per division will be based on prior results of (at least) the EUCC2001 and EUC2003. These numbers will …

WFDF has sanctioned Big D in the Desert VI as the 2004 World Distance Championships. This year the event will be held from the 25th to 27th September at the California/Nevada state line in Primm Nevada on Ivanpah Dry Lake.

WFDF has announced the qualifying countries for the 2005 World Games in Duisburg, Germany. The qualifying countries are Canada (44 points), USA (42), Australia (34), Finland (32), Japan (31) and Germany (host). Qualifying was based on final placings of teams at the recently-completed World Ultimate Championships 2004 in Turku, Finland. Each country was assigned points based on their best three finishing teams at WUC2004. See the attached file for the full points count.

The WFDF World DDC Championships 2004 will be held in conjunction with the 29th Arizona State Flying Disc Overall Championship in late October 2004. See the tournament website for more details.

The International World Games Association (IWGA) has selected Kaohsiung City – Chinese Taipei’s second largest metropolis behind the capital – to host The World Games 2009. Mayor Frank Hsieh and IWGA President Ron Froehlich signed the contract to have the eighth edition of the elite multi-sport event held between July 16 and 26, 2009, at existing venues in Kaohsiung City, Kaohsiung County and adjacent Pingtung County.

WFDF has accepted the record of 61 hours and 26 minutes set by a group of Alaskan ultimate players earier this month.

WFDF Ultimate Committee and the WFDF Ultimate Rules Working Group do not foresee any changes to the current Rules of Ultimate for the 2004 season. This means that the current rules (last revision 1/28/2002) will be used for play at the WUGC 2004 in Turku, Finland.

The most complete census of global disc play has just been completed. See the listing of 2002 activity within each member country and world totals.

2003 WFDF World Overall Championships (WOC) and WFDF Pan Am Ultimate Regional slated as part of World Disc Games were held in Santa Cruz, CA July 6-13, 2003. See an image of the overall champs here.

Christian Sandstrom of Sweden launches 250 meters World Record Distance at Big D in the Desert IV.

The Freestyle Players Association has just anounced its new web site – www.freestyledisc.org This totally updated site offers jamming tips & great surfing for both rookie and crusty freestyler. The site includes over 150 pages of new content and over 200 new or seldom-seen photos from the 70s to now.

Canada beats the USA for gold in ultimate and ?? and ?? take out the disc golf for men and women.

The International Olympic Committee and the International World Games Association will work more closely together following an historic agreement signed in Monaco.

World Ultimate and Guts Championships Results (WUC) – Heilbronn, Germany. August 5-12.

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