Tour 3, Cardif

It rained last weekend. It also was the last of the ultimate frisbee Tours of the season, Tour 3. There was a time when there were 5 Tours, but now with the mixed season expanding, the open season has become nice and short. I know I am not that old, but I am beginning to feel that I have been around the block a little in terms of ultimate frisbee now. A friend of mine and I are beginning to talk about taking a break from the game, maybe taking up triathlons or something equally crazy. Perhaps ultimate is losing it appeal, or perhaps it sucks to get soaked to your pants during the first game of a weekends frisbee.

So to the tournament: We came 15th out of 16th in the A Tour. Not bad to be honest, we showed consistancy, and moments of great skills and ability. We beat Blue Arse Flies, who as it was said at the weekend were "the ass of the Midlands", or something like that. A bit harsh, but made us laugh. I remember during the first year of Ltd Release, we lost to them in the cross over to the top eight after taking a huge lead. Well we wooped them this time on the Saturday, and so set up a great game against Brown of Newcastle to break into the top twelve. We lost, but we fought the whole way, trading up at many points. So top twelve was not to be, and on Sunday we played three games, none particularly memorable and ended up 15th.

The high point for me was a pitch length huck the I pulled off. It was caught spectacularly by the opposite team (bad luck Nick), but I was proud of my throw non the less.

So thats that. I am leaving Southampton soon, and wont pick up a disc for Ltd Release ever again. It makes me a little sad, but not too much. There is so much more to look forward too. Lets see, cycling my bikes, making more bikes, talking about bikes and probably, maybe, more ultimate. I just need to find a team that I like, are good fun to hang out with and can take a bit of abuse, I think I know of one...