Competitive ultimate is typically played in tournament format over the weekend. There’s a full day of ultimate on the Saturday, followed by a party in the evening, followed by another full day of ultimate on the Sunday. The parties are always great fun and are really important part of the tournament schedule. The players of the host team of the tournament always provide floor space for us to sleep on, so there’s no extra cost to the action packed weekend.
We enter mixed tournaments (rules on the minimum number of men and women on the pitch) as well as open tournaments (no rules on the minimum number of men and women on the pitch), indoor and outdoor tournaments so there’s a lot of variation in the tournaments we enter.
The beginning of the academic year is full of beginners’ tournaments all over the region, with King’s holding its own beginner outdoor tournament in October. The beginning of the new calendar year becomes more competitive as we look towards Regionals and Nationals
Click below to read a tournament report for one of the weekend tournaments.