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The paperwork is flowing.  All should be in place for an April 15th start.

The liability insurance fee is $12.25 this year.  Still a deal!

Season 31 is history. Time to reminisce.

Dale will bring the stats. I will bring the trophies. Tinu will supply the house and some grill food. You can bring yourself, your family, your good cheer, and, if you want, some food/drink to share. Our team of brew masters have fermented a selection of very flavorful beers. And, there is sure to be a few games of Poleish Horseshoes to aid in the beer consumption.

Date: Tuesday, October 22nd at 6:00, or so.
Place: Tinu’s house
Tinu’s data:

Here are the address/directions and parking info for the end-of-season party at my place on Oct 22, 2013. My address is XXX Endzone Street, North Andover, MA 01845 The XXX Endzone Street address on Google Maps erroneously brings you 200 yards further south of our house. My cell phone is XXX-XXX-XXXX if anybody needs to call me. Tinu

LAST GAME OF THE SEASON !!! Let’s start early! 5:15.

Please get your award nominations in ASAP. The party is on Tuesday the 22nd, and, the solid gold award trophies need to be ordered in advance. Email your ideas to me, bill @ ankers.org, or, let me know at the last game, or, at Skewers afterward. The only rule regarding the rewards, is you have to be present at the party to receive it (this leaves out those highly enthusiastic and skilled college players, heh, heh).

The party will be at Tinu’s house in North Andover on Tuesday the 22nd.

See you at the last game on Tuesday the 15th at the Tewksbury field at 5:15!.

Watch the weather radar. I’ll see you at the Tewksbury field, Tuesday Oct 8th at 5:30.

It is us against the sun. We can win by starting earlier. Plus, the sun gets a “Bozo” for wearing yellow.

Last week, we nearly had a “Bozo” situation. Historically, we’ve only lost discs due to errant throws that plunge into what has grown up to be Pricker Heaven. This happens with a groan of the crowd and humility to the thrower. Last week, a normal line drive pass zooming into the endzone was decisively deflected by Kit. Without slowing it down, Kit added a vertical vector which projected the disc up and, “oh no”, into the bush. A hoard of disc lovers descended to rescue the 30 yr. commemorative limited edition disc. Eric was shaking the bushes like King Kong. JJ was tunnelling through like a rabbit. Bob was clamoring for a flashlight and answered his own question, “Who has a flashlight; I have one in my car.” All this and no disc was found! The rest of us decided to finish the game-to-5. Success there. I think it was a 5-4 match. Still, the rescue team had not found the victom. With the game decided, I moseyed over to the disaster scene. Without stepping 1 foot into the bush, I reached in at eye-level with 1 hand and retrieved the healthy disc. Yay for me!
Thus, we defer the rhetorical question: Would Kit have deserved a “Bozo” for losing a disc due to a block?

See you Tuesday Oct 1st at the Tewksbury field at 5:30 (or earlier).

I know some will get there earlier. That’s great. We’ll target 5:30, but we can start playing when we get a quorum.

Last week’s play of the week was a late evening pass from JJ to Noah. It wasn’t one of those “floater in the endzone” passes that hangs in wait for a superstar to get to it. This was a perfectly arched, half-field long pass beautifully executed to hit Noah deep in the endzone on the parking lot side. Wait, there is no “deep” to the endzone on that side. Noah had a decision to make. Go for it and get swallowed by the pricker laced plants (and slam into the fence), or abort. Noah did neither. He was going full throttle straight towards the fence. He reached up high with both hands and managed to catch it at the bush line. And.. somehow decelerated and stopped upright with his face just a little buried in the bush. I think he might have kissed the bush in gratitude.

This week looks more like fall. Less sweat. Fewer mosquitoes.

Kitt earns the catch of the week. He already owned that title with his first endzone layout in the gully by the fire station. It was a beauty with Kitt gliding inches off the the ground to reach out and snag the disc. Later, at the opposite end of the field, the defense was making it difficult to score. Kitt, powered by one of his micro-bursts of acceleration, zipped across the endzone and quickly layed out to save an out of bounds throw. But this was no routine layout and catch. The disc was thrown sharply from near the sideline and it had angled itself to be well out of bounds by the time it crossed the goal line. Kitt had so much speed from his micro-burst, again, his body shot out pencil straight and he layed out inches off the ground. With arms fully outstretched, Kitt had the wherewithal of a seasoned NFL receiver to drag his toes to keep them inbounds as his fingers latched out onto the disc for the score. We were stunned in amazement. I see this one as the catch of the year! Go Kitt!

The more comfortable fall weather is here! Sweat a little less at the Tewksbury field this Tuesday Sept. 10th at 6:00.

Catch of the week goes to Roger. Deep in the endzone, he went up against the Leapin’ Lizard. As usual, the battle began in the air where the disc took a hit from Leapin’. It must have been good position on Roger’s part that thwarted the usual solid interception or smashing block. The disc fluttered and tumbled end over end. Roger, the first of the 3 to hit the ground, was on all fours and scrambled to move toward the decending round butterfly. With a couple of scooches and gropes, he got under it and pulled the disc into his chest. 3 seconds later, JJ returned to earth to see that this battle was won by Roger for the catch of the day.

It’s the field from here on out! Don’t forget your gear this week. Due to Labor Day, Tuesday comes on Monday.

See you at the Tewksbury field on Tuesday, Sept. 3rd at 6:00.

Should be a nice evening in Tewksbury, Tuesday, August 27th at 6:00.

A couple notes as we head into fall..

I’ll be hitting people up for signing the 2013 waiver and paying the $10 yearly fee that gets us the field.

If we have enough people wanting to squeeze in one last beach night, it is possible on Tuesday, Sept. 3rd.  We would have to start early to beat the sunset.  It will take a chunk of people to be vocal to make this happen.

The college kids are headed back to their resorts, so, the number of subs should reduce to “just right”.  Still, every so often, it’s good to remind ourselves that we play a very social, non-competitive game of Ultimate.  The idea is to have everyone involved in the game, regardless of ability.  That’s a big reason why we don’t even keep score until the very end.

With that in mind, there are a couple of things that we can all do to keep the game more fun for all:

1. Substitute frequently, even if you’re not tired, if there are folks on the sidelines waiting to play.  This act of generosity will then apply to you when you’re waiting to play.
2. Spread your throws around, focusing on shorter throws.  Long throws are certainly fun, but short throws involve more of your teammates and are therefore much more fun overall.  Besides, those long throws often are incomplete and therefore counterproductive in more ways than one.  So choose short throws whenever possible, and watch how much easier it is to score and most importantly, how fun it is for everyone.

See you at the Tewksbury field on Tuesday, August 27th, at 6:00.