“Tune Up Write Up”
Now that my homework is out the way I can tell you all how I saw the tournament unfold . It all started on Friday when arriving at around 5:00 peak rush hour in Glasgow the University of Cork arrived in Glasgow Preswick Airport, a small convoy went to find them and show them Sunny Stirling, lol. Late we were but the Cork team had by them taken over the airport bar and were working their way through the stock. During that time Rob was in Glasgow collecting players also and collecting the most delightful balloons we all saw during the party. Friday night in No 2 Baker Street the pub with the most unoriginal name in the history of Pubs. We had a Dj all for us but the old Stirling head bangers decided to rock to the sounds R n B and were much entertainment. After only three teams had arrived the pub was full and a strict “one in one out” policy was controlled by some blaze players, who became part time doormen for a night. Other events on Friday night were the constant pitter-patter of the rain on my window, I didn’t sleep, being too worried the tourney would be called of due to Ultimate in a mud bath had not been invented yet. Oh yeah some of the Irish players taking their sport too professionally decided to go clubbing in FUBAR nightclub till four. Saturday morning Three blaze players went to set the pitches at around seven, and lay the beautiful porta-field that was on pitch two, (check out their website) www.port-a-field.com The rain fell lightly and all games were slightly late but we were on a tight schedule and everyone was kept busy. Last game on Saturday was Blaze vs Shooting Stars (Dundee) we had the cheerleaders giving us support but it did nothing to hold back the might of the Dundee team who took the victory by just a point, making us look stupid in front of our adoring groupies, (yeah right). Party baby Never have I seen such dedication to a party theme as the Samson like effort put in by all the teams for this party. It was a phenomenon. From the Super Ted costume to the Princesses and Fairies to the cowboys and cowgirls, oh and a couple people humorously dressed as dirty old men. Not to forget Mario and Luigi and the rest of the Pies who drank pints out of potties, wearing nappies hilarious. Three pint challenges were on the go to apparently somewhere near the pool tables. Normally a winning time Glasgow pulled an amazing 17 seconds. But Blaze had home advantage and just piped them to the post with 16 seconds. I find it quite stupid that I’m telling you about the party when I don’t remember most of the night. One thing sticks tho and sorry to all the captains who had their seeding for the next day tattooed on to their arms a tattoo that I only found out is very hard to wash off. Ahh Sunday morning, another early game at 9:30 for most people and Stirling pitches were looking good, a bit soggy but perfect to lay out on. I would like to say sorry to all the teams for the schedule, it became apparent that if you did not finish first in your pools you would not end up top four. As TD I should have been aware of this imperfection and sorry to anyone if it put a dampener on your weekend. Next I’d like to say thank you to Mike/JB/Dawgg who made the schedule thanks Mike. The work and time you put into that tournament was the single biggest part of Tune Up. I think you did amazingly to make sure people did not have to change between pitches 20mins away, you also gave people a lunch break on both days and to top it off made sure no 1st and 2nd teams played each other or that the Irish teams didn’t meet in pool play. Without you doing all those logistics there would be no tune up. Ohh fun more apologies… Mac line. What happened… Scheduled for Saturday afternoon it just seemed people were too cold or already showered to get in the Guinness book of records. Again Sorry. But the final came and the play was the reason we call this sport Ultimate. The best greatest was performed by Sam who caught the disc in mid layout and forehanded it under this outstretched body to Joe in the zone who probably did his trade-mark no look catch, for a point…wow. Final was won by Pick Up Kings Runners up were PositiveMojo 1 I miss placed the list of where people came so here are just the ones who won prizes Plate winners were Wet Beavers Because there was no Spoon final Ro Sham Bo1 were given a DVD of the Matrix “There is no Spoon” Party Too many Pies 1 n 2 Spirit of the Game Boogie Knights Thanks to everyone who helped me make this tournament, Mike the other TD, Ed and Rob the party organisers, Miri the pasta cook, all the hosts, Fi the cheese cake maker, Darya for getting us all the pitches and laying out the pitches early both mornings, Mary for letting me use her bank account, Roe for buying all the prizes, The freshers who blew up the balloons for the party, Stu and Ed for the game discs which you kind knew you wouldn’t see again, fi for trying to get promotion and newspapers, Geordie for attempting to make a logo for the tournament, the blaze freshers for helping me move the football posts all 15 of them. Most of all thanks to Salt n Sauce Positive Mojo UCC UCD Flatball Project Wet Beavers Ro Sham Bo Pick Up Kings Boogie Knights Shooting Stars Blaze Too Many pies Far Flung I’m still recovering from having so many teams here in Stirling thank you for coming to our little tournament, you all made a big impression. Lost property Black Ben Sherman t shirt large Brown n blue Nike jumper large Grey/blue t shirt GIFTED Moto large Black+white fleece I’m pretty sure it’s yours Sam Red UCC cork coyotes polo shirt, v nice top. Used to be white Canada t shirt ‘The Windsor’ Used to be white sleeveless t shirt ladies ‘4gers’ White ish South Africa t shirt 2002 Sports bra looks like an F cup, you don’t want to running about with out this. Walkman tape deck, no tape Extremes catching gloves Addidas wind proof training coat Navy Huck and Sea hoodie Ny Yankees baseball hat navy “ “ “ “ cream LA “ “ “ Blue Scanda outdoor weatherproof coat Coffee coloured River island chineas t shirt White Nike womans top long sleeves. Shoes how did you all leave your shoes??? Brown moccasin suede shoe size 8-9 White green Dunlop tennis shoe size 10.5 Pink white kickers authentic size 7ish Black blue old vimto trainers 5-6 ish Black orange metal studded (tut tut) Mizumo football boot Blue and gold addidas boot size 9 Total 90o white and black football boot, 7-8 ish White n baby blue gola trainers 5 ish A single black and flu yellow/green diadora astro boot size 9 rand new. >From the party a couple people are requesting lost memories, any info will be hugely >rewarded, ty That’s all folks Thanks for being part this tournament and your welcome any time you wish to come to stirling. Look out for ‘Stirling goes Savage’ an iron man only, tournament next semester. Yours Ultimately Love you all DP PS Would you be so kind as to help us and therefore make things better for you by answering some of these questions. 1. What did you think of tune up? 2. What was your favorite part? 3. What could we have done better? 4.Would you come again? 5. Would you have bought t-shirts and hoodies if they had been on sale? How much would you pay for a blazer top, and how much for a tune up top __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
