Regional Update - Summer 2015
British Columbia By: Nathan Lam
Dress up and Play: Victoria Pumpkin Pull T
ournament
Pumpkin Pull 2015 featured 22 teams with a wide range of competitive and spirit teams from Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Yukon and Washington. This year was more competitive than most featuring 12 A-pool teams. The final game saw a showdown of a Vancouver based team and a mix of Team Canada youth members. The finals showcased the old era against the new era of up and coming all- star Ultimate players. It was a competitive game that had a lot of big plays and ended with the aptly named “3-pete” taking the tournament title.
Pumpkin Pull is a very unique tournament where everyone dresses up in Halloween themes and games are more about spirit than competition. It is always great to see all the costumes as well as hilarious trying to decipher who is on each team. The weather for Pumpkin Pull is always an adventure with a mix of cold, rain and sunshine but there is always signature foods at the tournament like hot chili, pumpkin soup and pumpkin loaf to keep players warm and full. Pumpkin Pull is very much about the community and with all the volunteer help it always runs great and players keep coming back!
18 Photo: Max Hunter and Vivian Chan
PUMPKIN PULL First Pumpkin Pull: 1993
Fun Fact: Self described best team packs in the country.
From far and wide: Yukon, Missoula, Oregon, Winnipeg have traveled to come to Pumpkin Pull.
Special field food: Chili and baked potatoes.
Party: Pumpkin carving Friday, tournament rager on Saturday.
Alberta Ultimate: Regional update
Alberta By: John Russell
Alberta was well represented at the 2015 Canadian Ultimate Championships with two women’s teams (Flurry, Wild), one masters team (Carjam), two junior teams (Whiplash, Fallout), one mixed team (Rogue Hippo), and for the first time in many years and the start of a rivalry, two open teams (Alberta Flatball Club, Whiskeyjacks). Teams experienced their share of memorable and forgettable moments, but all are ramping up and re-tooling for the their chance to represent Alberta on home turf at the 2016 CUC’s in Edmonton.
Congratulations to the Calgary Wild who represented Calgary at the Pan- American Ultimate Championships in early November and finished 9th. It was a 40 C adjustment from winter in Calgary to the sunny skies of Mexico, but it was still not as hot as Winnipeg in August.
While Alberta has already experienced a couple of harsh doses of winter, competitive Ultimate is still going strong with the second annual Prairie Summit Series (PSS). The PSS consists of indoor, 4vs4 and continuous play tournaments. The first tournament was held in Edmonton on November 22. These are the qualifying events for C4UC with the next two tournaments being held in early 2016 in Red Deer and Edmonton.
Like any newly formed organization, the Alberta Ultimate Association is still working through the early hurdles and getting the right
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