12
Aug
CUC 2011 Photos by Jon Hines – Day 1
Day one has finished and I can sleep well, having seen a massive variety of top level ultimate, all played on one set of fields. In general, my experience of the day was that most games I saw ended as I was expecting them to, but even heavily mismatched games could yield some exciting ultimate. During the second last time slot of the day I wandered from field to field looking for a game that was not mismatched and close to the end of the list of available games I finally settled on a juniors division game between ResurreXion and CUJO, (Ottawa and Calgary) who did have a close game, hard fought game.
I was reminded today that juniors division provides some of the most entertaining ultimate to photograph as the number of contested throws and layouts is much greater due to the ability of youngsters to survive collisions with each other and the ground better than most of the older ultimate brethren. Continue Reading →
11
Aug
Viewers Guide – Day 2
Day 2 sees the start of power pools in the Open and Mixed Division, as well as the conclusion of pool play in the Women’s Division. Masters continue their Pool play through Saturday Morning. For Men’s and mixed, I’m going to assume no upsets in pool play, of course this could change and timings are unknown, so instead I will just list some games in the open division which are interesting to watch.
10
Aug
Viewers Guide – Day 1
Instead of writing up a preview, I’ll provide a couple of good matchups to watch over the first 2 days in every timeslot for people that are coming to watch CUC 2011. If you’re on a bye or just watching some of the best ultimate in the country, walk over to these matchups and be entertained.
10
Aug
CUC 2011 Open Preview
In the last of our previews we look at the Open Division. Much like the other divisions a World’s year brings out the best and reorganizes the landscape. This time is no different but while the Open division has gotten stronger some markets have experienced a slight downturn.
In Ottawa Phoenix has felt the loss of some players to Trainwreck. Likewise in Montreal where Odyssèe has siphoned off some of the Open players. Both of those losses are tempered by the return of GOAT and Furious George. Furious amongst the most famous teams in the world and GOAT amongst the leading elite.
With sixteen teams and a contribution from every region Ontario leads the way with seven(7) teams, Quebec follows with three(3), Atlantic and BC each contribute two(2), and finally Prairies and Alberta with one(1) each. Divided into four pools each team has a chance to make the finals on the first two days of play before the top and bottom quarters split on Saturday.
9
Aug
CUC 2011 Women’s Preview
Continuing in our theme of previews we now reach the Women’s division and as it’s a World’s year it is quite competitive. While CUC will start on Thursday many of the teams competed in fiercely contested Regionals last month. Women’s Ultimate has seen quite a bit of growth in recent years it still has 12 spots at CUC. There have been a few calls amongst players to open up spots but the true test of demand will be next year.
Divided into two pools of six the Women’s teams play five games before playing pre-quarters on Friday afternoon.
9
Aug
CUC 2011 Masters Preview
In 2007 Tombstone won CUC in Toronto against Ottawa. Tombstone subsequently retired, to some degree, and showed no signs of life until earlier this year. Likewise, teams established twenty years ago (like Nomads) have dusted off the cleats and are returning to the big stage.
This year the Masters division will be the most competitive in perhaps a decade, more competitive then 4 years ago and it promises to be exciting.
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9
Aug
CUC 2011 Mixed Preview
Unfortunately, my predictions will be rather tame. A missed upset on Thursday could have consequences for an entire bracket. This coupled with the even distribution of talent in various “seed groups” has led to a somewhat unpredictable tournament. Sounds like a cop out. It probably is. I am quite lazy. However, I will offer a few guesses, offer some analysis, and leave you with a brief summary of the teams attending.
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