CITy UPDATE – Sherbrooke, QC
an history of 4 on 4 ultimate
and FQu winter ranking
BY SÉBASTIEN LABBÉ
FOR ULTIMATE PLAYERS from the Quebec and This record has
Atlantic regions, school gyms have always been been beaten many
a way to practice during the long winter season. times since. In
Played 4 on 4, (traditionally mixed), it is played fact, Trois-Rivières
very quickly and demands a lot of handling and organised the first
short range agility. A lot of players from Quebec Bye Bye tournament
played their first Ultimate game in a 4 on 4 in December 2005
format! with 24 teams and
even larger in 2006
THE BEGINNING OF 4 ON 4 ULTIMATE IN QUEBEC with 36 teams.
AND NEW BRUNSWICK
More recently, in
In November 2000, the first edition of Fun- February 2008, 42 teams took part in Coup de of a team is the sum of their best three results.
E-Nuf tournament in Edmundston was held foudre tournament held in Sherbrooke. Four tournaments of the 2007-2008 winter
with 7 teams. A team from Maine won the season took part in the FQU Circuit (Bye Bye,
tournament. Two teams from Quebec and four CREATION OF THE FQU RANKING IN 2007 La Flotte, Coup de Foudre and Mars Attaque)
from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick completed All these tournament were always run with 60 different teams. In April 2008, the best
the tournament. In 2003, Trois-Rivières (Frisbee independently, with pretty much the same teams 8 teams in the Ranking were invited to play in
Fest tournament, 10 teams), Sherbrooke (Coup were playing in each tourney. Then, in September the first Quebec 4 on 4 Ultimate Championship
de Foudre, 10 teams) and Quebec city (Mars 2007, the Quebec Ultimate Federation (FQU) (CQU4).
Attaque, 10 teams) organized a 4 on 4 Ultimate created a Ranking system based on ATP for
tournament as well. tennis, Formula 1 and the Beach Ultimate Ranking SOME NEWS FOR 2008-2009 WINTER SEASON
of Fédération Flying Disc France. The winner of a The next season creates a lot of interest in the
QUICK GROWTH IN QUEBEC tournament obtain 73 points (2nd: 66pts, 3rd: 60 Quebec Ultimate community. In fact, a lot of
In January 2005, Rimouski organised the pts, 4th: 54 pts and so on until 31st: 1 point). At teams had started to recruit their players
biggest 4 on 4 tournament ever with 20 teams. the end of the season, the total number of points unusually early this past autumn. They prepared
early and this has increased the level of play. As
well, two tournaments were added to FQU Circuit
this year: Fun-E-Nuf 9th edition and La Virée
(Saguenay). The FQU Ranking and much more
information are available on the FQU website:
http://www.fqu.ca/search/label/CQU4. »U
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