Well SB, it's been a truly fantastic term.

The end of February saw the ever anticipated Varsity. On home territory, we were feeling confident. First, indoors. All our teams won, with the seconds dominating their game, and the ladies pulling it out of the bag in a nail-biting final point.

Then, outdoors. First: the clash of the titans, a faceoff between old enemies: the alumni match. A gripping match, with both teams fielding some excellent players. A good show with Oxford taking it home in the end. This was followed by the seconds' match. Despite a valiant effort, and some inspiring support from the sideline- ( incl. my favourite - "Gimme a D! (D!) Gimme a D! (D!) Gimme a D! (D!) What does it spell? DDDDDDDD!") we conceded. In the women's match, the strong Cambridge team could not be beat. Finally the firsts' match, for the coveted car door. Tension was in the air. Banter flew back and forth. Both teams wanted it, and judging from indoors scores it was going to be tight. And it was. The teams exchanged points until Cambridge with a massive effort pushed ahead by a few points.

Then (because Oxford are a lovely bunch really) we all went to the pub.

The final results were:
Indoors
Open 2nds: SB 9-3 OW
Women: SB 10-9 OW
Open 1sts: SB 8-7 OW

Outdoors
Alumni: SB 12-14 OW
Open 2nds: SB 12-14 OW
Womens: SB 15-8 OW
Open 1sts: SB 15-12 OW

3 weeks later...
MUOOR!
What can I say? We blew up HUGE. SB1 took the cup, qualifying for Nationals, and SB2 took the plate. If you want to know more, check out the tournament reports. Thanks for a huge effort from the committee for making this happen in Cambridge for the second year in a row, and to Geo and Gonzo our TDs for keeping things running smoothly all weekend.

Finally, some thought it would never happen... Winter Cuppers. Even the weather (in a somewhat schizophrenic manner) gave us some snow to make us believe it was December and not March. A smashing day, fun had by all. Thanks Kris Cao, TD, for running around like a headless chicken all day.

So to conclude: a pat on the back to everyone who has put such gargantuan effort into ultimate in Cambridge this term, bringing intensity to every morning, astro and Sunday practice. It pays off - we've now got a car door, a chair, and a bunch of silverware to prove it. A special shout to the captains who put so much thought into organising and running every practice.

October has been an exciting month! Both Open and Women's student teams have qualified for Uni Indoor Nationals after success at regionals: the open team shone, coming first place, and the women took second place after going to sudden death in the final. For the gory details of every hammer, layout D and Wolverhampton nightlife, take a look at the gripping match reports.

Last Friday saw a successful first College Mini Tournament at Abbey Pools, aimed at showing our beginners what a fantastic idea this tournament malarkey is. There was some high quality ultimate on show, including an exhibition match from some of our more experienced players. Penguins had the best Beginners' team, Womens A were best spirited, and Downing ('The Best Huck You'll Ever Have') came first after battling Homerton in the final.

Congratulations to the following people who have made it onto the GB training sqauds: Dom (open), Howard, Jess and Eleanor (mixed), and Elliot (beach). Well done!

In other news:
Jesus Green saw a record high turnout of players assembled to learn 'how to be a handler'*, story-time at morning fitness sessions, and a company of soggy (but not discouraged) open players, turned away from OLWL, gather to play pickup in torrential rain. Great dedication, everyone!

* To read summaries of what we did at these practices, check out the blog!

Welcome back to all returning students; and to all you freshers, simply welcome! Please come along to our beginners' sessions this weekend to see what it's all about: 2 - 4 pm on Saturday 6th and 11 am - 1 pm on Sunday 7th, both on Jesus Green. Any experienced players, do come too and lend a hand.

For the latest information on practices and tournaments, check out our new calendar!

Term may be out for students, but the last few months have been a busy time for newly re-branded open club team Cambridge Ultimate (CUlt).

The end of May saw CUlt's début appearance in Open Tour 1. CUlt 1 finished in 14th place after winning four matches and conceding two, including a tight sudden death match against Fire 1. CUlt 2 fought valiantly but finished in 62nd place.

In June, Tour 2 gave CUlt a chance to flex its newly found muscles. CUlt 1 climbed 3 places finishing in 11th place, while CUlt 2 climbed an astounding 19 places to finish in 43rd place.

Then in July despite a hard first day in Manchester at Tour 3, CUlt 1 bounced back to bring them to 9th place. CUlt 2 also had a tough first day but battled onwards to win their last two matches bringing them to 49th place. In the final ranking, where results from non-UK and GB teams that are not playing all three events are removed, CUlt finished firmly in A-tour in 7th place and CUlt 2 in 46th place.

This weekend saw CUlt go to Regionals. CUlt 2 finished 8th; CUlt 1 finished 2nd after a fierce final against Emo 1, thereby qualifying for Nationals later this month and simultaneously winning SOTG.

So the website is back up! Hooray!

After hosting two(!) successful tournaments on consecutive weekends (without the website!) there are now many documents on the Strange Blue Blog on how to bid for, arrange and host a tournament. There are also some more player related articles.

Practices

With Student Nationals coming up the student season is drawing to a close, making room for the club season! As such there are now Open Tour Practices on Jesus Green every Tuesday at 5.30pm, as well as the SB traditional Sunday Practice. Be sure to bring a light and dark top, water and a disc.

Keeping up-to-date with SB

Finally to keep abreast of everything Strange Blue there is now a new Facebook page and also the Twitter account (@strangeblueulti).

Hello Strange Blue!

There are many exciting things happening this term with the CUUC, including hosting two tournaments! More below.

Cambridge Ultimate hosts MUOOR and UMON 2012

We have very excitingly been awarded MUOOR (March 10-11th) and UMON (March 17-18th), which will take place at Coldham's Common, (y'know.. near that place we have Astro every Friday).

Practices

All the practice times, places etc. should be up to date on the Practice Times page!

Particularly interesting this term are Rob's shiny new throwing sessions!

Rob's Shiny New Throwing Sessions

These are every Tuesday and Friday at 7.10am on Jesus Green and should last an hour (I like making things bold).

For the first couple of sessions at least they will be doing the Kung Fu Throwing (man that sounds totally ninja) drills with the primary aim of building muscle memory and extending your range of throwing.

After that they may well mix it up with some of Wiggens' zen throwing exercises with the focus on fewer throws but perfect completion.

Logistics of Rob's shiny new throwing sessions:

This session runs best with even numbers so everyone has a partner. As such we will have a spreadsheet to sign up for each session. If you are an odd number sign up (e.g. 7) then it is your responsibility to check back to see if another person makes it evens (8), and then ensure you attend. But be sensible and if you are signing up as say number 12 at midnight the night before the session, then make sure the number 11 person knows (ring them), as it is pretty late to expect them to check their emails.

Also everyone bring a disc, water, and warm clothes, as it is frikken freezing at the moment. I advise a glove for your non throwing hand, a hat and long sleeved tops to keep your wrists as warm as possible.

Sign up HERE.

News for the start of 2012:

Cambridge Ultimate hosts MUOOR and UMON 2012

We have very excitingly been awarded MUOOR (March 10th-11th) and UMON (March 17th-18th), which will take place at Coldham's Common - watch this space for more news.

Practices

Open (6pm at Abbey Pools) and Women (7pm at the Cass Centre) astro practices both restart Friday 20th Jan.

For the ladies, in further exciting news, Women's Indoors will restart Thursday 19th January.

Open Students

For those students intending to play Open Outdoors this year, there will be a trial for all those interested.

This will take place on Sunday 22nd January on JG, in parallel to the standard Sunday practice. Sam and Adam have asked that you sign up at here if you're planning to attend.

Mixed ultimate for 2012

Cap'n Gonzo is asking for details about your commitment so he can plan the world of mixed Cambridge ultimate in 2012 - fill out the form here!

Open Tour

Nimble, our esteemed OT captain, would like to invite you to a meeting about it - Wednesday 18th January, 2000 at the Maypole.

From Nimble:
As busy people I don't think we in Cambridge throw enough, as such I have put together a simple spreadsheet where people can announce their intentions to throw and others can therefore come along and join them.

Remember when you're throwing to vary the distance and direction of your throws and to pivot as you would in a game!

You can use this spreadsheet for fitness so people also know what's going on on that front and can join in those sessions too.

What's happening in November:

Saturday Practices

Saturday Practices have now moved to Friday Nights at Abbey Pools Astro.

• Fridays 18.00 - 20.00

These practices will be focused at beginning the preparation for the major tournaments of the student open calendar next term. It is absolutely NOT the idea to close these practices off to experienced players only, but it is expected that those coming along will have already attended Saturday or Sunday practices this term. As attendance is limited, should you wish to come along, please email either Sam (sdt37) or Adam (ajm269) beforehand. Experienced townies are welcome to come along, but note that priority will be given to students.

Open Practice

From Nimble:
As busy people I don't think we in Cambridge throw enough, as such I have put together a simple spreadsheet where people can announce their intentions to throw and others can therefore come along and join them.

Remember when you're throwing to vary the distance and direction of your throws and to pivot as you would in a game!

You can use this spreadsheet for fitness so people also know what's going on on that front and can join in those sessions too.

Mixed Outdoors Practice - Saturday 26th November

There will be a one off mixed practice held on Jesus Green at 12:00 - 15:00.

This practice will be for anyone interested in playing UMON, Mixed Tour or both. These practices will become more regular next term. The aim is to develop a Strange Blue mixed team and coming to these practices indicates your commitment to play mixed for either the university or the club. If you can't make this practice but intend to play mixed with SB this year, please email Nick.

Strange Blue Christmas Dinner - Wednesday November 30th

Come join your fellow frisbee-ers for some holiday cheer!

• 6:30PM: Drinks at 1 Fenner's Lawn, CB1 2EH
• 8:00PM: Dinner at Zizzi's on Regent St
• After: PUB! Location TBD

From Ben:
We'll start with festive pre-dinner drinks at my place around 6:30. I'm hoping to rustle up some eggnog, rum, spiced apple cider, and perhaps a spot of mulled wine. I'll do the drinks -- you can bring the snacks.

After that, we'll walk across the street to Zizzi's for dinner. Then, pub!

Please RSVP if you can so that we can get an accurate reservation.

SB are redesigning their kit!

This year SB are looking to redesign their kit. More information can be found at the SB Blog, including a link to a Google Form where you can express your opinions about the new kit.

If you have any designs you'd like to send in, send them into Chris! They don't need to be vectorised or spectacularised - we're happy to accept anything on Paint or even just a text description. There have currently been some nice designs from Veronika focussed mainly on the tribally/spikey aspect as seen on the discs, and an idea from Fatty of having Cambridge's silhouetted skyline overlooked by an aurora borealis-esque SB logo. Go mad, it's sublimated. Remember the financial incentives (i.e. one of the shirts free for the designer of the kit we use)!

The Future of Strange Blue Open Tour

SB is currently looking to make the Open Tour team more visible to people from outside the university. It has been proposed that the SB Open Tour Team take a new name. You can read all about it here.

The Strange Blue Blog

As you may well have noticed by now, SB has a blog! It is here, and will be kept up to date with various announcements concerning the club.

Strange Blue's plans for October:

Saturday practices - Jesus Green

• Saturdays (Until November) 14:00 - 16:00

All skill levels are welcome, and we particularly encourage freshers and students who haven't yet played with Strange Blue to come along. This practice is focused mainly towards developing student talent to play in future university tournaments, but we welcome any non-students who might also wish to play. Women are welcome, but these sessions will most likely to be made up mostly of XY chromosomes, as are most Open tournaments.

Don't forget there are many other practices going on week-to-week, so check out the Practice Times page for more information!

Lock House Rubik's Party - Lock House

• Friday 14th from 10pm(ish)

White, blue yellow, orange, red, green. Come dressed in a mix of colours; leave all in one.

Also, sobriety is highly discouraged. This is the first big party of the fall term, so kindly bring the ruckous.

Strange Blue's plans for Fresher's Week:

Beginners' Sessions - Jesus Green

• Saturday 08 Oct, 14:00 - 16:00
• Sunday 09 Oct, 11:00 - 13:00

Turn up and learn some of the basics of Ultimate. Bring some water and good shoes (boots if you have them). Includes a short exhibition game to give everyone an idea of what Ultimate is about! Everyone of all experience welcome, men and women.

Freshers' Curry - The Maharajah

• Sunday 09 Oct, 19.30

The annual Freshers' Curry will be taking place this Sunday at The Maharajah on Castle Street (Click to see map). Everyone is welcome to attend. If you can, e-mail Ben Rudick to say that you'd like to come, otherwise don't worry and just turn up. See you all there!

Coburn Gets his Revenge and other stories from SB2 at Open Regionals
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Crushing Small Children and other tales... from Strange Blue 2 at Open Tour 2.

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Hey All

This is the tournament report you've all (by all I mean 13 of you) been waiting for. As I am from DCU, this will, unfortunately for some, be a DCU-length email. Enjoy

The Squad:
Lee Priest, Jon Evans, Nick SD, James Coburn, Poul Alexander, Simon "Burgers" Vernon, Thomas "C-face" May, Nathan "Natman" Kettle, Dan Marahrens, Pete "Babyface" Wilson and Sandy Scott
with
Pete Humphreys on Saturday
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Gareth Brookfield and Josh "Gibbon" Hewes on Sunday

Arriving at our pitch on Saturday morning, we were struck by a certain oddity. That oddity was namely that there was a tree growing out of it. Yes, a tree, a small tree, but still a tree. Anyway, the tree was swiftly dealt with by C-face's expert gardening skills (he pulled on it a bit, it came out) and we were ready for our first match.
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Dear Camdisc,

Anyone who's anyone knows that Mixed Tour 3 took place but days ago in the pleasing surrounds of Cheltenham. No, I don't know where that is either, but a quick google for destinations that take about three hours to drive to gives me the following options: http://goo.gl/maps/PUaZ

MIXED TOUR 3 REPORT TIME

Representing the Blue:
Shannens, Strachens, Natmens, Fenns, Humphens, Maraharens, Rudickens, Borchens, Nick SDens (+ a sliver of Wongens)
Jassing, Katieing, Kating, Sarahing, Pring, Mega (+ a little bit of Nataling)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

SB held seed (22nd) going 3/3 in a slightly windy, occasionally inspirational and regularly gritty weekend. Interesting fact: In only 2 of the 6 games played did we complete the game before the hooter sounded for the start of the next round of matches. We did all of our best work in the cap.
Also, Azerbaijan won the Eurovision. I was going to include it in my 'where is cheltenham' map above but I've never been driven there so don't know how long it takes.
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Hey Camdisc,

Last weekend the SB women went to Durham to play UWON and came 2nd! Woooop! The team: Anna, Ellie, Emily, Jess, Megan, Lauren, Pri, Veronika and me.
(Sideline: Mike)

Firstly, Jess brought her camera (of course) and has uploaded some great photos, here's the link

Two carfuls of us headed to Durham on Friday - it's further away than you might think! We were staying with the lovely Brown player Alex Merson. The other car went earlier and had fun in Durham, while we went up post-dinner and sang the Sound of Music. (Yes, all of it.)

We were seeded 2nd - which we thought was surprising but turned out to be exactly right :) - and in a pool with Sussex Squaws, Newcastle Pies, York and DUF (Durham). This proved to be a very strong pool, all teams in the top 4 were in it! It was terribly windy both days, with strong crosspitch gusts: tough for offence, but great for zoning!
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Hello,

So apparently I have the honour of writing another reflective yet upbeat report about SB's latest adventure at Mixed Tour 2 in Cardiff. Again it's unlikely to be concise so apologies for that!

Some people went down early for Elliots 'day of fun,' some people didn't, but like a well oiled machine we all gathered on Friday evening and set up camp. MEMO- If you camp in Cardiff, bring a mallet, the ground is rock hard, fortunately despite our poorly pegged tents the light winds meant it wasn't a problem. This lack of wind also opened up good 'boosting' possibilities but more about that later.

SB was
Myself, Mikey, Hannah, Lauren, Jess, Anna, Tom B, Claire, Nick SD, Jassy, Humphs, Dan M, Anna, Adam B.

We were seeded 17th and in a pool with High Altitude, Scarecrew and BAF.
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Since for various reason Matt is unlikely to remember much of the weekend and if Natman writes the report we'll be waiting until next summer I thought I'd give a brief (it's really not in any way brief so if you need the loo or are a bit hungry I'd do that first) round up of SB's trip to the deep South.

SB Was:
Tom B, Anna, Matt H, Katie, Nick SD, Jess, Ruben, Susanna, Natman, Lauren, Myself, Rob G (Sunday!)

Some of us camped on Friday, some of us didn't, but we all congregated bright and early in a somewhat hazy but soon to be sun drenched Weymouth with varying degrees of optimism/ambition. We were seeded 22nd
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Prepare yourself for a ramble: it's the report of what happened with SB at The Big Show.

The climax of the season had come upon us: Uni Outdoor Natties in Sheffield, last weekend, the 19th and 20th of March. After winning Midlands Regionals in a fairly nailbiting fashion (down 7-8 at cap to Oxford, winning 9-8), we arrived at Natties with the 3 seed overall (behind Mohawks and Ro Sham Bo, and ahead of Warwick).

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Hello everyone,

As you've probably heard by now, it wasn't just the firsts at outdoor regionals. Oh no. The seconds turned up and turned it on too.

The team was, in no particular order and with no particular lines, Natman, Nimrod, Poul, Adam B(e), Chris B, Lauren, Emily S, Gareth, Nick, Tejas, Kris C, Calvin, Jon E and myself.

We were seeded 19th overall (as Mike would put it !!?), in a pool with Bears 1, UBU 1, Demons, OWL 2 and Leicester 2.
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Kia ora, Well here's the story. We sent a bunch of people to Birmingham for outdoor (YAY) regionals. This is what the 1sts did; I'm sure someone from the 2nds'll step up with some sweet stories too.

Last Monday the schedule came out; we were 4th seed (!) with Aye-aye (!) and Haze (!!?) both seeded above us. #1 was Bears, of course, which meant that if we topped the group we'd play the 1v4 semi on Sunday morning (9:05). That would be An Important Match (ominous music).

On the other hand, being 4th seed meant we were in the short pool (5 not 6 teams), which in turn meant we had a 1045 start on Saturday (say WHAT).

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We had a chance of being 15th seed or 16th seed, I pulled 16 and brown got 15. (seems unlucky, but wait....)

Saturday- damp but warm- light rain on and off all day, gusty winds. We lost to Clapham in game one (pretty handily, but used it as a tough warm up). We then played Fire 2 in an epic 16-15 sudden death win for SB. Fido went up for a floaty huck, was fouled and was called for foul (unlikely that last bit) and then after the disc was sent back, it was promptly re-hucked and he came down with it and we promptly scored for the W. We then played Tooting Tigers in the 8-9 game after a 2 hour lay off- and we didn't put up too much of a fight, since we were too happy with ourselves from the previous win.
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Evening All,

It wasn't just the firsts who made the epic journey to Wales this weekend, Strange Blue also fielded an enthusiastic second team to take on C Tour.

Dropped from 3rd seed to finish 7th in C Tour, with everyone playing through injury and unbelievable exhaustion to contribute to a fantastic weekend.
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Hi everyone,

A quick report on open tour 3, which took place in Cardiff this past weekend. The firsts persevered brilliantly with a "tightly integrated" team of 12 after several last minute crises. Despite our small squad and a steadily accumulating list of injuries we managed to give Fire 2 and several other strong teams a run for their money. Our injuries and tiredness did catch up with us, though, and we lost a close game against cardiff in the 16v17 game to be relegated to B tour, and over the whole weekend we went from 14th to 18th.
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A Couple of weekends ago SB2 took a team to Tour 2 in Burton-on-Trent.

We won the 9-10 plate final (although there was no plate). It was close game but by now we'd found everyone's strengths, from Token's tireless running (he must have been top scorer in our team), great link up play from Will, and Spence, great hucking from Joe and Rich, great D from Chris, to mention just some of the team. It was a great team effort to secure a well-deserved victory. Bring on Tour 3!

Safe journey home,

Your loving co-captains Piers and Rich
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Hey everyone,

I'm sure more will follow, but just a quick note to say that the firsts had a fantastic weekend at A tour 2, finishing 14th. The highlight was coming back from 9-13 down to win 15-14 in sudden death against Cambo Cakes in the 13 v 16 game. Great work SB!

Matt

Kia ora,

A gloriously sunny *cough* warm *cough cough* British summer day saw 16 - er, 15 - er, 14 - er, 12 in the end - teams battle it out for the title of Summer Cuppers. Champions. That's the one.

Trunderballs (Trinity & new thundercatz) took the cup in style, while Emma, with a little help from Pembroke won the plate.

SPIRIT: A tie between Emma A, Downing and Darkside, congrats. And a big boo to Darkside for stealing the prize. I bet the security tag on the bottle gets you into trouble. That'd be like totally karmic and stuff. Fo' sho'.

Thanks to everyone for turning up despite the weather, which teetered on a knife edge all day but ended up not being (too) terrible. And props to Trunderballs and Chillies, who played a great final that was thoroughly enjoyable to watch.

Chur,

- Mike

The firsts beat seed to come 21st of 24 at open tour 1 this weekend. We were looking pretty unstoppable by the end of today, and finished on a high with a hard fought win against Limited Release who we'd lost to earlier in the tournament.

The seconds visited Cheltenham this weekend. Now officially renamed Strange Blue Woo, and the campest team on tour, the overall result (holding seed at 26th) doesn't really do justice to how hard everyone played.

On Saturday we rocked our pool play, winning four matches with a good margin. We struggled against zones - especially the horrible arrowhead formation that Kent use, but our junk got better and better throughout the weekend.

Matches on Sunday were exhausting in the horrible wind, and all games going to time - or over. The highlight of the weekend was the final match against Red where we came from 11 v 3 down to bring the score back to 12 v 11 at time. Red managed to add the final points in the cap but everyone played their hearts out and it was our best overall performance of the weekend.

An immensely windy weekend in Manchster gave the Uni Mixed team plenty of opportunities to try out a variety of zone defences, which were used to great effect against most of their opposition.

Bears & Mohawks provided the stiffest opposition, with the former beating them in their quarter-final. SB won their remaining games and finished 5th.
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So the ladies + two pimpin' guys went down to Brighton last weekend for Uni Women's Outdoor Nationals and got 6th place!! WOOT!!!!

The ladies: Jo, Laura, Sonja, Natalie, Eleanor (Ellie), Lauren, Veronika, Valentijn, and me!

Driver/Photographer: Gary Lowe
THE amazing baker: Mike Fletcher

So proud of the girls and can't wait to play with the women again.

Props to Laura's parents for all the food they brought for us!!!

And can someone please take over being JTM? I'm going to hunt for freshers next year who's born in 1992.

Anna
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Here's a report of the adventures of Team 'Stranger Danger' Blue at the 6th Costa Brava erotic edition tournament. 'Stranger Danger' got coined because the hotel misspelt our name and because there was a lot of stranger rodeo this weekend.

After 3 days of ultimate on the beach, and plenty of intense partying, SB placed 22nd out of 24 in the Costa Brava tourney.
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Strange Blue are back from a weekend of sunshine in Cardiff. We started out as lowly 31st seeds and gave up a winning position for a difficult loss in our first game, leaving us a tough set of fixtures to improve our ranking. Nevertheless, we had a great spirit throughout the weekend and interspersed some very good and some not-so-good moments, but eventually things started to click and I think we really improved towards the end as we climbed up to 25th. Hopefully Lauren will bring you a more in-depth review in due course.

I'd like to thank all those who went for making it so awesome, especially the tour debutants, but I'd especially like to thank our new and old friends, Kate and Alex for joining us this weekend.

I'm sure some people haven't realised yet (where on earth have you been), but last weekend we went to Uni Open outdoor nationals in Sheffield. And ate a load of carvery. We also played some sweet frisbee, and came 4th in the country (i.e. won the quarterfinal), which when you look at the teams above us (probably on balance better than us) and the teams below us (all unequivocally worse than us) is fair. Plus Flatball came 15th. HA HA HA HA.
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Last weekend, SB trekked (7 hours each way!) up to UMIN in Glasgow. After narrowly fighting our way through 2 dodgy 3-way ties and an intense crossover, we found ourselves in the Top 8 for Sunday. However, we finished at the bottom of it as we were beaten by some quality opposition. I had a fantastic weekend and first SB tournament and I hope everyone else enjoyed it too!
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In Leicester this weekend both SB teams showed their mettle. Despite Hammad driving to the party venue rather than the pitches (leaving SB 1 with only 6 at the start of play!), they won all their games on the first day, and only lost to Bears on Sunday, finishing 2nd and qualifying for Div. 1 Nationals.
SB2 only just missed out on beating the hosts on Saturday, then flattened their first 2 opponents on Sunday to set up a tight match for The Plate, which they closed out in style to pick up some silverware.
Fatty Jon was MVP of the final.

After a disappointingly on-sided loss to Clapham (13-1, though we played better than that suggests), SB dug deep to beat ABH in sudden death, and finally found our form against a tired, but still dangerous, Tooting Tigers. If this match is anything to go by, we'll see more plenty more spectacular layouts, sketchy hucks, and chilly zone offense later in the year.

Last weekend (Jan. 23/24), we sent off two teams to University Mixed Indoor Regionals, held in Norwich at UEA. After starting off with an intense game between the two teams, we went our separate ways, with the second team being pushed into 6th place by an impressive Bears 2, while the first team just lost out on a Div. 1 Nationals place to a huge layout score in sudden death from a fired up UBU 1.
Reports: Firsts — Seconds

Overall we came a very respectable 8th and voted Hammad as MVP for, amongst other things, consistently bringing down high discs and playing really hard throughout and Gary as MIP for a great combination of handling and cutting.
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It was a good weekend, despite the results. We pulled a tough game out of the bag and we had an amazing first game on Sunday. Imagine what it would be like if we kept practising for the last 2 months and could count on a few more players. Hopefully, next year we will be facing the tour in a different way, knowing that we could be aiming for a permanent seat in the A tour.
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Cambridge Uni demonstrated their dominance over the dark blues today with wins in all 6 matches - Firsts, Seconds & Women, both Indoors & outdoors. Sweet!

Last weekend Cambridge took 3 teams to Tour 1:
2 Open Teams, imaginatively named "SB 1" and "SB 2", and a Women's team - The Dolly Mixtures.
The Firsts did really well fighting their way into A Tour after coming off worst in a 3 way tie at Tour 0. They finished 15th. It didn't go quite that way for the seconds, who lost a few spots to end up second in C tour. The Women climbed 1 place to 14th after a really strong Sunday in which they won all but 1 of their games.
Finally, a party at Jassy's topped off the weekend, with Ouzo and GSK being of particular note.
Reports: SB 1 — Dolly Mixtures

Without having practised together, plus a rather alcoholic bloodstream on Sunday, we still totally pulled it off and moved up a bracket into the TOP 16!!! WOOO!!
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This weekend just gone, as is SB's current wont, a minor menagerie of wildlife took to the joys of the A14/A1(M)/A52 to travel to Nottingham for Uni Mixed Outdoor Nationals, hosted by Random Fling. Carefully caged during transport were a hippo, a leopard, a falcon, a meerkat, an octopus (in a tank of water, obviously.), a wolf, a spider monkey, a koala bear, a peacock, a yellow giraffe, and a "shire horse" (I've got no idea how this is different from a normal horse).
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So SB2 rocked up to tour 0 to have some fun and try to make B tour. We started seeded 17th, and bottom seeds in a tough looking pool, with 13th place required for B tour.
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So slightly depleted in numbers due to silly engineer exams, we had 6 girls go from cambridge up to newcastle. Me, Jassy, Laura F, Rachael, Laura W, Abby, playing for the first time in the new strip crafted by Jassy and under the SB ARU women combined name 'Dolly Mixtures.' Because of special women's rules we also had some help from Alice from Aye Aye and 3 and a half DUF girls, taking our squad to 11 for sat and 10 for sun.
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Despite relatively little experience on sand, SB played some sweet, sweet ultimate to finish 3rd, a massive step up from last year. No fun compromised, this was achieved on top of our tri-night dance floor destruction, cold-shock dips in the sea and creative use of sangria.
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So SB marched to nationals, seeded second, and itching to get playing to take apart the rest of the country with our awesome game. Despite a slight deviation from the plan, SB had a great time, and finished the weekend with a great game against Ro Sham. Congrats to Bears for taking the title.
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SB hosted a sweet regionals this weekend, with the first team winning the title, and the seconds doing better than ever before. Thanks to everyone who helped, especially Mark who brought it all together.

So the SB girls, once again surpassing the efforts of the boys finished 4th at indoor nationals. We played hard, played fair, played fun, and a fantastic weekend was had by all.

Bet you boys can't wait to play mixed with us all now!
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This weekend we went down to Southampton for Indoor Nationals, we achieved our best place nationally, ever. We were also the only team that beat Roshambo! I'm really pumped to be on our team. I'm really pumped for outdoors! Good night blue.
Mark Ioffe
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On 8th of November, Alex, Susanna, Jassy, Snodge, Cat, Laura, Jo & Natalie (with Chris driving) went up to Liverpool to qualify for Nationals. They played some sweet ultimate, taking the trophy in style by winning every game.
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Last Weekend Strange Blue sent a team to Nottingham to compete in the Midlands Indoor Regionals. We played 7, lost 1 and and came 3rd, qualifying for Indoor Nationals. Overall it was a totally sweet tournament, and we totally did a load of totally sweet stuff and played some totally sweet frisbee.
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Strange Blue on Tour wound up at Burla Beach Tournament 2008, which took place in ViaReggio, Tuscany, Italy on the 19th - 21st September. We didn't do that well in the tournament - but to be honest we spent the weekend running around a beach in Tuscany with a whole bunch of mates. . It don't get any better than that!
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I sing of discs and of the man,
destined to lead our team,
Of blue clad youths and bright women,
To the pitch of the ultimate dream.
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It was a typical British Saturday morning on the 28th June when 8 fit and healthy men, 7 feisty women and 1 broken shoemaker took to the roads to make their way to the oh-so-glamorous Burton-on-Trent to represent Strange Blue in the second instalment of Mixed Tour.
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Strange Mixed Balls embraced the terrier spirit to play some tip top ultimate, have bundles of fun, defeat an entire nation and finish 7th at Mixed Tour 1, my [Nick's] favourite tournament of all time.
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Strange Blue came second in the 2008 University Open Outdoor Nationals in York, after beating tournament favourites, Ro Sham Bo.
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Despite having to forfeit all the matches on day one, the SB women more than made up for it on day two, winning 2/3 matches and finishing 11th.
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Strange Blue went on Tour at the Lloret Costa Brava Tournament 2008, which took place in Lloret De Mar on the 15th - 17th March, SB had great fun and came a very creditable 11th out of 24 finish.
Long Live the Beach and we'd better come back next year!
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Strange Blue won all matches in Uni Open Outdoor Regionals, qualifying for Nationals on 3/4 May in York.
Second team won the plate (13th), and third team came 20th.

The Strange Blue Women's squad qualified for University Indoor Nationals after 10 long and exciting matches.
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Last weekend (24-25th November) the SB women's student team went to Sheffield where after 10 hard fought games of ultimate, we obtained 6th place and more importantly qualified to go the national's tournament in February.
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There are new hoodies for sale. Just contact the shop if you want some (go to "How to get discs/kit") and order some. Alternatively talk to Pedro on Sundays practices.

It's time to start up the winter college league. Could you please send an email to Nathan (nk294) with all the teams you wish to enter asap. The exact format and timing of the league this year will depend on the number of teams entering so the sooner this is known the better. The situation has not changed since last year regards playing on Jesus Green, so could you please also email him the pitches you have at your disposal.

The indoor teams as chosen (mostly) by Simon were sent on the email, but they're not set in stone and could change if you particularly impress him tomorrow night. Or if you chump it like a n00b. "Tomorrow" is 8-9pm in Hills Road 6th form college (map http://www.hrsfc.ac.uk/contact/map.asp ) and you should be there at 7.45pm with £2.50, light and dark top, indoor shoes and a disc if you have one. Practice is advanced, and open to anyone, not just people coming to regionals, so if you want to play any more indoors in the future (mixed regionals for example, or any open events) you should come. That sounded more threatening than I intended...