Living Life at 11

The Canadian 4 on 4 Ultimate Championships shall be held this weekend in Ottawa with 24 teams stock full of talent vying for the crown. I have thought long and hard about predictions and the reality is that it is quite difficult to do so. All the way from the top seeded team to the 24th seed there is little to differentiate any of them. In this tournament you are 2 minutes away from losing a game.

As mentioned a few weeks agomy knee has not been in the best of conditions and that some surgical operations would be required in order to make it more stable. I thought I would provide a few updates so that those of you that are may experience the same issues know what to expect. I’m also writing this out as for those interested in the medical fields. Last November I side stepped aggressively and reached back to grab a disc.

There’s been plenty of gnashing of teeth this week from Ontario teams about the reallocation of C4UC bids. Ultimate Canada has since posted a statement of apologythat provides a few details as to why the situation occurred. Even the most cynical amongst us need to give credit to Ultimate Canada. UC could have ignored this issue and let it die down but instead they have responded with an apology in a relatively short time period.

There is controversy brewingbetween Ultimate Canada and Ontario with regards to C4UC. This past weekend OUC was held with the tournament format arranged to send 8 teams to Nationals. This was based upon the websitewhich at the time indicated 8 bids for Ontario. Following the tournament the bids were reallocated with Ontario now receiving 7 bids. This has ignited criticism from Ultimate Canada members in Ontario for a few reasons with the primary one being that bids for the regions should have been determined prior to regionals.

Yesterday the OUC 4v4swrapped up with 18 teams competing for 8 bids to National Championships. The results (with initial seed) are as follows: Tune Squad (4) Crazy Cat Ladies (5) Tetraphobia (2) Last Call (3) Swift (6) Waitlisted (1) Quality Control (10) Oasis (9) Max Power (8) Force (11) You can watch some of the live stream on our Videos page on Facebook. National Championshipsare less than one month away, March 18-19, at Louis Riel Dome in Ottawa.

Coming up later today and on Sunday morning shall be a live stream of the Ontario Ultimate Championships from Varsity Stadium in Toronto. Visit our Facebook page to stay up to date with the stream as well as events. Go to IAmUltimate on Facebook.

The last few years have been tough. My work life has consisted of founding/co-founding startups or being an executive at more established companies. This has left little time for Ultimate and as a result my fitness and readiness to play at a high level has taken a hit. In November I suffered a serious setback when I reached back for a disc and had my knee buckle. Unlike 8 years ago, when I partially tore my ACL, I was unable to walk/hobble/put any pressure on my left leg for several days.