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I had the privilege of attending the WFDF(*) World Junior Ultimate Championships in Ireland with my daughter (Tasha) and her team (Team USA!). The tournament is like the World Cup of Ultimate and is held every 2 years. This year, 15 women's teams from around the world competed. I offered to photograph for the Women's Team USA and post photos for them to see and share, so for 6 days, we pretty much ate, drank and slept Ultimate as the US team first played pool games against 6 national teams from all over the world, then faced an elimination round against the national team from Germany, and ended with a championship game against #1 seed Colombia.
(*) WFDF = World Flying Disc Federation (international governing body for Ultimate 'Frisbee' sports - Frisbee is a registered TM of Whamo corp).
Below are links to the individual pages for each day of action. I hope you enjoy them. |
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Days 1 & 2 (Israel, Great Britain, Australia & Russia)
Day 3 Photos (USA vs Austria U17)
Day 4 Photos (USA vs Italy, Open/Men's USA vs Italy, USA vs Colombia)
Day 5 Photos (USA vs Germany, Open/Men's USA vs Canada)
Day 6 Photos (Championship Games: Open/Men's USA vs Colombia, Women's USA vs Colombia)
Feel free to share the links to these images or make copies of images for personal, non-commercial use.
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In addition to the summary pages linked above, below are some miscellaneous and random memorable images from the 6 days at the tournament.
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There were many cool jersey designs - 4 of my favorites. (New Zealand, Russia, Italy, Belgium)
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How often will you get to
toss a disc with your sister in front of a 900 year old castle (Trim
Castle in County Meath) on your night off from the tournament? |
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An epilogue to the tree branch falling on the spirit circle after our game with Austria's U17 team (day 3) and trapping a couple of players from both teams. The girls are all fine and the Austrian team went on to win the championship in the U17 Women's league. Congratulations to them!
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PRE (Pre-game Relief Exercise) - it must be a European man thing (get it?) since the Italian Open team used this system too (though my camera was not nearby when they did their exercise).
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