CEUUC recap
Sunday morning brought on the doughnuts and the elimination rounds.
University of Toronto defeated University of Western Ontario in the Open
BY KIRSTEN NILES
finals. McGill Redmen A took care of Waterloo to finish 3rd. McGill Martlets
and Ottawa University Geegees met once again in the women’s finals with
MCGILL ULTIMATE hosted the 2009 edition of Canadian Eastern University Ottawa taking it 13-9. University of Western Ontario finished 3rd.
Ultimate Championship (CEUUC) at the Douglas Hospital. With forecasts Noteworthy: Concordia men have returned to the university scene after
of terrible weather threatening to cancel everything, 15 Open teams and 11 a long hiatus bringing hopefully establishing Montreal as a major university
Women’s teams representing 12 Ontario and Quebec universities arrived in ultimate centre. Sherbrooke men and women had a great showing this year
Montreal looking for some great ultimate. Thanks to some luck with the weather, with the men finishing 6th and the women finishing 5th. Watch out for Quebec
great sponsors (VC, AUM, and Huck Juice), and great volunteers, they were not university in future years! »U
disappointed!
Saturday’s pool play in the open division saw University of Western Ontario,
Carleton University, and Guelph come out with a 4-0 record topping their
pools. McGill Redmen A went 3-1, with a tight game against Carleton University
being their only loss (11-13). McGill Redmen B were 0-4 as they had their first
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experience against the Canadian teams.
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Pool play in the women’s division was intense with Ottawa University topping
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their pool 4-0 and a three way tie between McGill Martlets, University of Toronto,

CREDIT
and Guelph (4-1 each) demonstrating the amazing level of competition!
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I’ve found my people
something or other. That didn’t help matters much either. To add insult
to injury, on one of my first pull attempts, I chucked it straight into the
BY MARK SCHILL
shrubbery,
causing a five
HELLO! It’s long, tall Mark here and I’ve just completed my first season minute delay
playing Ultimate. Boy, did I have a blast! Wow! I’ve played Frisbee for searching in
what seems like forever but hadn’t even seen or heard of the game before vain for a green
my first season. My 18 year old neighbour/Frisbee bud gave me the disc in the
information and registration form. I joined the Durham Ultimate Club underbrush.
(DUC) in Oshawa, Ontario. Trying to look
So let’s set the scene for my first game of Ultimate...a 45 year old cool with leaves
wannabe dude cruising in the family van to the game with my backpack on your shorts
loaded with discs, some water and an ankle brace for good measure. I and twigs stuck
was ready! I arrived at the field and climbed out of my grocery-getter. in your hair is
I started feeling a little nervous and anxious, and then, there, off in the no easy task,
distance, discs filled the sky. A sudden calm crept over me. “Wow”, I believe me!! But
thought, “An eager bunch happily playing Frisbee”. No more coaxing when I needed
a reluctant friend to play Frisbee at the beach or the park. All those it most, the
camping trips spent trying to toss a Frisbee into a forty-five gallon drum spirit of the
at thirty paces had come to fruition. The callous at the base of my middle game shone
finger now had meaning. through. It picked me up and made me smile. Those encouraging words
Standing there, a new lingo sprang forth: ‘pulls’, ‘hucks’, ‘protect the and light-hearted banter coming from a collection of strangers that I’d
flick-side’, ‘watch for the quick break’, ‘disc up’, ‘stack-up’, ‘stall-one’. It all soon know as teammates helped me to realize that this wasn’t a typical
seemed a little overwhelming for this grey-haired father of two. team sport. No, this game had a heart and soul. SPIRIT! That’s it...spirit at
The game started with the disc going one way and the players going its core.
another. To say I was a little confused was like saying you’re a little drunk I can’t actually remember if we won or lost that first game, but I do
after a bottle of Tequila! I would have been alright if everyone had just know I was a smiling, sweaty mess by the end of it and I was surrounded
stood still. But all of the players just kept running. You see, after playing by many like-minded “Fellow Frisbee Folk”. I felt happy, humbled and
Frisbee for more than 36 years, I had become pretty good at getting the hooked on the sport and the team . “Yes”, I yelled. “I’ve found my
disc to my partner, no running required. In Ultimate, once I’d caught the people”! »U
disc, there was a player standing in my face, waving and yelling, “stall”
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