NYL12 Division B Champs!

Super short recap activate!

Having defeated SpaceGrapes in the quarterfinals, UW battled it out with KLAW in the semis. KLAW won the round robin game against the team so this time the Warriors were prepared to take no prisoners. Again the girls' solid cup defense and a pretty good offense helped the Warriors win the game. The finals match was against Makiling Ultimate Club (MUC), a young and strong team that was new to the division. This time, experience and numbers also played to the Warriors' advantage.  Using the same cup defense and short offense, the Warriors won the championships (final score 16-10). Six team members also received individual awards. The end. YAYYYY.

After the finals game vs. Makiling Ultimate Club

(L-R): The Bar Vodka Orange; League Female MVP - Jane; Mythical - Fel, Jacq, Yelle; Finals Female MVP - Chlods
Not in photo: Finals Male MVP - Jamel

Photo op after the quick awarding ceremony

New team pet: tropheus pangchampionus

Congrats, Warriors!

All photos from Tish.

NYL12

Photo by JM/Cel

Jerseys and shorts by Yaya Couture.

WTF 2011

Recap by Kapitan Fel.


After two very grueling days, WTF 2011 is finally over!

Day 1, which was played last July 02 (Saturday), featured the round robin games for all teams. 3 games. 45 minutes each. Race to 11. With very thin lineups during that day (no team had more than 10 players on their roster), it ended up testing every person's endurance. At the end of the day, based on the results of the round robin match ups, the semifinal match ups were:

PULAr Bears vs. Happy BERDE
Team BLUEtongs vs. BLACKheads

The semis and finals were played yesterday, July 09. The point cap was still 11, but the time cap was raised to 50 minutes.

The first semifinal match up featured our special guests Bonnie and Clyde (a.k.a. the Honeys) playing for PULAr Bears and Happy BERDE, respectively. Unfortunately for the BERDEs, one of their main female runners, party girl Jackelens, was out of commission from the PUA Summer League Party held just the night before. As if that wasn't enough of a disadvantage already, the Bears seemed to have a full roster. 13 out of a possible 15 players to be exact. It was like they paid everyone on their team to be there! Hehehe :o)

So with the numbers on their side, the Bears ended up with the win, and finally put a stop to Dino's 4-peat record for WTF competitions.

The second semifinal match up had both teams playing with thin rosters again - 9 players for the Blackheads and 10 for the BLUEtongs. Unfortunately for the BLACKheads, main offensive weapon Lemuelle seemed to have too much of a good time during the PUA Summer League Party from the night before. I will spare you all the details, basta may Bow Tie, Special Chair, 8 seconds, at posteng involved. 'Nufff said. Suffice it to say that Lemuelle enjoyed himself, and probably had one drink too many. Alam ko ito kasi nung binabantayan ko siya, amoy chico pa rin. Hahaha.

It was still a good match up, though. With hucker extraordinaire Mundz added on to the BLACKheads roster, they were able to keep the game close. It was such an even match up that the last point for the game was played for AT LEAST 25 minutes! The score was 5-5, and the point was being played for a few minutes already when a timecheck was called. It was 11:36AM, which gave the teams another 24 minutes to play. Nobody knew that it would be the LAST point of the game.

BLUEtongs ended up with the universal point to victory to barely make it to the Finals.

Battle for 3rd: Happy BERDE vs. BLACKheads
It was the BERDEs handler one-two play versus the BLACKheads' endzone huck connection. Run and Gun vs. Wham-Bam-Thank-You-Maam. The game was tight. Both teams were exchanging points early in the game. At one point, the BERDEs managed to get a defensive break, and scored to lead by 2. The BLACKheads were able to react though, and via their bread-and-butter Mundz to Lems long-range connection, quickly tied up the game.

FYI: Lems scored something like 6 points in this game, almost all of them endzone receptions via hucks.

The game continued to be close until soft cap was called, at which point the BERDEs seemed to have just a little bit more left in them than the BLACKheads. They managed to score the remaining two points to reach the point cap, and close out the game.

Championship: PULAr Bears vs. BLUEtongs
The Bears started out blazing, scoring the first two points of the game. The BLUEtongs, though, were able to bounce right back and tie the game, and even take the lead. The Bears rallied back and managed to get one point ahead, 7-6, the half. The BLUEtongs scored the first point, but the Bears scored the next point. The match continued to remain close with both teams exchanging points.

The effort that both teams put into the game was something that a championship match deserved. There was a good distribution of the disc. There was offensive flow. But there were also really good plays on D, which evened things out. Enteng made some fabulous defensive stops right at their endzone, which prevented a couple of potential points for the BLUEtongs. On the other hand, newbie Miko and long-time absentee Kenneth also did a good job on their defensive assignments JM and Enteng.

It took some spectular plays, though, to determine this year's Champions. There were some layout Ds and hustle plays in the game, but these were all overshadowed by the layout goals of the Bears' Secret Offensive Weapon, JP Santos. Goalkeeper na goalkeeper ang dating! Ibang klase ang mga dive.

Despite keeping the game close, it was strength in numbers that finally got the PULAr Bears the win. Congrats to them for being the WTF2011 Champs!

At the awarding ceremony, we gave away a lot of raffle items and special prizes. Here's a rundown of all the awards that were given out:


TEAM STANDINGS

Champion: PULAr Bears
1st Runner Up: Team BLUEtongs
2nd Runner Up: Happy BERDE
3rd Runner Up: BLACKheads

Most Spirited Team:Happy BERDE


INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

Male MVP: Enteng Catura
Female MVP: Chlods "Robot" Manguerra

Mythical 6:
Macky "Back from Hibernation" Puentevella"
Mundz Vasquez
JM Bueno
Lemuelle "Hotlegs/Party Animal" Labadan
Tish
Jane

Best Defensive Player: Enteng Catura

Best Offensive Player: JP "Layout Boy" Santos

Newbies of the Year:
Dustin Bueno
MJ "Basurera" Awa

Most Improved Players:
Bryan Rivera
Edith Daruca


FUN AWARDS

Loverboy of the Year Award: Lemwell "8 seconds" Labadan
Oldie of the Year: Bobby Paras
Macky Puentevella Lifetime Achievement Award (a.k.a. Back from Hibernation Award): Macky Puentevella
Basurera Award: MJ Awa
Layout Goal Boy Award: JP Santos
"Chill lang 'Teh" Award: Jacqueline "Dangerous Girl" Reyes

We, the organizers of this year's WTF - team captains Yelle, Lei, Tish and Mina and Tournament Directors Yaya and Fel - hope that you all had a blast in this year's tournament. We also want to thank all the people who pledged to help generate funds for this tournament, allowing us to give the prizes that went out to our awardees.

And of course, we would also like to thank all of you who attended this event. It would not have been successful without your participation. As I said yesterday at the party, 52 out of 59 participants were able to attend at least 1 of the 2 tournament days. That's a pretty awesome attendance rate right there.

So once again, thank you all for your contributions and your participation in this year's WTF. See you all again at next year's event!

WTF 2011 Teaser

Apollo 10.10.10

10.10.10. Forty-five minutes. Seven on the line. No subs.

Death.

In Crisjunders' words, "Ang Sunken Garden naging Savage Garden!"

With a ten-player cap for every team, the Warriors fielded three teams: two in the open division (Warriors A aka Marines, and Warriors B aka Barracks) and one in the Newbies division.

TEAM MARINES
(Fel, JB, Nana, Aries, Ian, Ward, Lei, Che, Tish, Ivy)

Day 1: Marines were randomly grouped together with Shark (aka the Heyman-Marin-Jamel No-Mercy Team), Spuck U (di ba 4-3 dapat? Baket puro lalake ang nasa team nila?!), and Diskulits. Ended the day with a 1-2 record.

Quotable quote
Marines: "YAAAAAAY!" (with matching raised arms and head tilt)

Day 2: As Marines were in the bottom half of their group, they ended up in Pool B. First game was vs. the Kayu oldies. The team started off with just...FOUR PLAYERS VS. SEVEN!!! Fel, JB, Nana, and Tish. Ten-ten-tenen talaga. And...MARINES SCORED THE FIRST POINT!!!:D As the game progressed, the other players trickled in, so by around half time or so, the team had a solid lineup of seven. Ivy made up for being late by making a one-handed grab at the endzone--with two guys on her! Marines won, earning them a spot in the semifinals! Woohoo!

Quotable quotes
Fel: "Nakapag 1 vs. 100 na rin tayo!"
Tish: "Kahit ano pang mangyari sa araw na 'to, OK lang. Basta nanalo tayo na apat lang tayo sa umpisa!"

Marines won the semifinals and headed for the Pool B finals! Fully expecting to play against Spy's team--which didn't make it into Pool A after being put in the Group of Death on Day 1--we were dumbfounded to find out that they lost in the semis, and that we were actually playing against Xavier!

In the finals game vs. Xavier, the two teams were exchanging points, until Xavier went on their 5-0 run. Marines were stuck at 4 for what seemed like ages. "Fast" doesn't begin to describe their boys (or at least a couple of them). Their plays revolved around just three guys. Marines didn't get to capitalize on their girls who had, in fact, scored all the team's points. Nevertheless, Marines reached the finals, and that's something to be proud of!

TEAM BARRACKS
(Mundz, Dino, JM, Brian, Pat, Junders, Mina, Cel, Edith, Eire)

Day 1: Team Barracks ended the day with a 2-1 record, earning them a spot in Pool A! Woohoo! While they weren't too happy about going up to Pool A (boh-ring! Haha), dapat lang may Warriors sa Pool A no! Represent!

Quotable quote
JM: "Jogging tayo!"

Day 2: And the first team that Team Barracks was playing against on 10.10.10 was...Sprockets! Ten-ten-tenen! Barracks had five almost-points. They lost to Sprockets, and went on to play vs. Hairy Monsters, made up of mostly Circus players and Jacq. They lost 5-10. Their last game was against the younger Kayu, which they won! A seventh place finish in Pool A!

NEWBIES
(Lem, Cams, Kenneth, Migs, Emeng, Egay...with the allowed two PUA members Czar and Connie. I'm missing a couple of girls...)

Day 1: MASSACRE! With their patented Connie-Czar 1-2 play, with a huck to Rugby Boy Limonwells or new recruit Cams at the endzone, the newbies ended the day with a 3-0 record!!! The others were also very active on the field, making smart cuts, and really diving/jumping/sprinting for the disc.
Day 2: Newbies cruised through the first game and the semis to make it to the finals! Huwaw! Unfortunately, they were down one guy (injured, may kasal, may housewarming...), so they had to play with four girls and three guys vs. the other team's usual four guys and three girls. In the end, our newbies bowed down to Lugaw (?). BUT they overperformed and had such an impressive run!

Czar aka Mr. Full-Body Cramps: "Ah! Ah! Ah! Lahat naninigas! Kahit pwet!"

~*~*~*~

Everyone did splendidly, and some were even officially recognized for their efforts:

JM, Edith - part of Pool A Mythical 7!!! Huwaw! (JM: "It must be the hair!")
Fel - Pool B MVP!
Lem - Newbies Pool MVP!
Cams - Newbies Mythical!
Czar - BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER ACROSS ALL POOLS!!!

GOOD JOB, WARRIORS!:)

WTF 2010

WHEN: July 31 (elimination round) and August 7 (semifinals and championships)
WHERE: Barracks


TEAM AWARDS:
Champions - Anak ng Put-i
1st Runner up - Code Red
2nd Runner up - Babes and Blue Balls
3rd Runner up - Bikining Itim

Most Spirited Team - Babes and Blue Balls


Recap by Fel:
The standings don't really do justice to the quality of the games played on both days, and the effort put in by all four teams... PARTICULARLY the battle for 3rd between Babes N' Blue Balls and Bikining Itim. Grabe, akala mo pang finals na dahil sa level ng excitement! The bikinis were down 8-5, but were able to rallye behind JM and Connie to score four straight points! They were able to swing the momentum in their favor, and looked like the game was theirs, but the Blue Balls still had something left in them. Goals were exchanged, and before we knew it, last point was called with the Bikinis leading 11-10.

Akalain mo ba naman, Blue Balls pa ang naka-score!!! Universal point (a.k.a. Heart Attack Play) na. Maraming exchanges ng possession, with both teams having difficulty scoring because of fatigue. In the end, the Blue Balls managed to sneak one in for the win! HANEP!!! Exciting talaga :o)

The finals match between Code Red and Anak ng Put-I wasn't as exciting though. The only important highlight of this match is that DINO of Anak ng Put-I has been on the winning team for the past four (4) Warriors tournaments - from the original Urda Open back in 2007 to present! O diba, panis ang 3-peat nila Jordan!


INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

MVP Male - Macky
MVP Female - Connie
Mythical 6 - Nana, JM, Mike, Dino, Mich, Yelle
Best Defensive Player - Roger a.k.a. Jun-Jun
Most Improved Player - RJ
Newbie of the Year - Lemuelle a.k.a. Limonwells


FUN AWARDS
Super Glue Award (pinakahanep sa grabs) - Limonwells
Early Bird Award (pinaka-late dumating) - JB
Team Toh-goyz Award (ang tough guys sa field) - Ward (for playing kahit na na-tocino na ang tuhod), JM (for playing savage)
Inertia-Monumentum Award a.k.a. bodybumping award (pinakamaraming collision incidents) - Connie
Dugyutin Award (no explanations needed) - Jhong
Paul Aparici Lifetime Achievement Award (waterbreak award) - Paul Aparici
Gay Guy of the Year Award (due to insistent public demand by Bikining Itim boys) - Ward
Loverboy of the Year Award (pakana ulit ng Bikining Itim boys) - Lloyd


RAFFLE WINNNERS

Minor prizes
Tournament Jerseys - Lloyd, Greg, JM, Mich, Connie, Jhong, Jomen

Major prizes
Small cooler - Dino
Boon shorts - Ward, Crisjunders
Brand new disc - Mike
Free league fee (worth Php 500) - Kath

Grand prize
Havaianas slippers - Limonwells


Big thanks to all who supported the event - mga tumulong sa pag organize, mag-set up ng tent and tables during the games, set up ng cones, mag pack up ng mga gamit - at lalo na sa lahat ng mga nag participate.

SPECIAL THANKS TO CZAR FOR BEING THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS YEAR'S WTF! SALAMAT NG MARAMI FOR ORGANIZING SUCH A FUN TOURNAMENT!

Boracay Open 2010 (March 12-15)

Heads!

Spinning soon to a field near you...

Thrillah in Manila

Manila Spirits / Asia Oceania Ultimate Club Championships 2009
Nov. 6-8, Alabang Country Club

Friday. Open and Women's Division. Kapitan Fel and Warrior Nana banded with some of the Circus Weng Weng guys plus some other dudes from other teams to form Team Barracks' Obama. They competed in the AOUCC Open Division and won 2 out of 4 games. Here's a shot of Kapitan Fel making an awesome grab at the endzone.

(Picture by Ogee of Circus)

Saturday. Day 1 of Manila Spirits and AOUCC mixed division. This was the first time the Warriors, old and new, all played together since heaven knows when so Day 1 was basically Let's-Find-Our-Team-Chemistry day. The team played against MAD, Cuernos Dumaguete, Mindanao United, and BC. The Warriors lost all four games but this did not stop them from partying hard that night at Spotlight in Pasong Tamo Extension. The theme was Z-Day and the place was packed with all sorts of walking dead. Here are shots of the Warriors hogging the baicapture photo booth. (click to enlarge)

(Check out more Z-Day booth photos here)

Sunday. Last day of Manila Spirits and AOUCC mixed division. This time the Warriors proved that they still have what it takes. Game 1 was against Guambats where the Warriors lost by 1. Highlight of the game: the Warriors scoring a 6-point run but was 10 seconds over the soft cap, which would have given the team an opportunity to win by universal point. Game 2 was against Xavier where the Warriors lost by universal. Game 3 was against BC where the Warriors won by 3 points. Highlight of the game: the Warriors showing amazing patience against BC's cup defense by swinging the disc consistently and slowly bringing the disc down to the endzone. Good job, Warriors.

After the quick finals game between Siouk and Black Flag, it was party time on the fields. Highlight: the Warriors going on a picture-picture spree with random and not-so-random people. Some of the victims included members of Siouk (AOUCC champs), members of Black Flag (Manila Spirits champs), a white guy with taped nipples, and local idols Kuya Danny, Jeffrey from Bora, and Towie. The Warriors, with the exception of those who left early and Dangerous Girl who stayed at the party, capped off the Manila Spirits weekend with a lamon fest at one of the Warriors' favorite post-ACC games hangout - Congo Grill.


UW Manila Spirits '09 lineup:
Fel, Czar, Dino, Doc, Jim, JP, JM, Karlo, Lloyd, Mike, Mundz, Nana, Pat, Paul, Ward
Cel, Ena, Jacq, Jane, Kring, Lei, Mina, Tish, Yelle

M&M 09, Monsoon, WTF

The Warriors Men managed to stay in Pool A after crossing over from Pool B.
Weng Weng Warriors Club retained their place at 6th in the Women's Division.

Good job, boys and girls!

The next league coming up is the Monsoon League, which kicks off in two weeks. Yay mixed league! Time to get down and durrrty. Let's hope we get a bit of rain for at least one game day or something.

But before that, we have the annual Warriors Tournament and Farty (WTF) coming up this weekend! Four teams, one whole day of disc, and an after party. Yeba.

M&M 2009 Update (Week 5)

First Pool A Win
Yay the Warriors Men got their first Pool A win last Sunday against Monster! The guys started on defense and Monster scored first, but the Warriors were able to catch up. The two teams exchanged points until the Warriors scored for the mirror at 6-4. Monster played catch-up the rest of the game. At some point the Warriors led by 4 points, but Monster managed to cut it down to 2, then to 1. Last point was called at 10-9 with Monster on defense. The Warriors managed to convert that possession into a point, so Warriors won, 11-9!

The Warriors played Askalz in the second game. The boys had a pretty good flow and were executing plays well. They traded points with the Askalz until they were tied at 4. That was when the Askalz upped their game and took the lead at 9-4. The Warriors managed to score two more points, but the Askalz claimed the game at 11-6. Still, good job, Warriors!

Savage Baby Girls
Nine Baby Girls played savage against Chicks with Discs and Discpatchadoras. The Girls played hard but lost the must-win game against Chicks by one point. In the second game, the Baby Girls scored two points against the Discpatchers. Over quota! Good job, Baby Girls!

Ultimate in 10 Simple Rules

Steve Courlang and Neal Dambra
Copyright © Ultimate Players Association, 1993

1. The Field: A rectangular shape with end zones at each end. A regulation field is 70 yards by 40 yards,with end zones 25 yards deep.

2. Initiate Play: Each point begins with both teams lining up on the front of their respective end zone line. The defense throws (“pulls”) the disc to the offense. A regulation game has seven players per team.

3. Scoring: Each time the offense completes a pass in the defense's end zone, the offense scores a point. Play is initiated after each score.

4. Movement of the Disc: The disc may be advanced in any direction by completing a pass to a teammate. Players may not run with the disc. The person with the disc (“thrower”) has ten seconds to throw the disc. The defender guarding the thrower (“marker”) counts out the stall count.

5. Change of Possession: When a pass in not completed (e.g. the disc went out of bounds, or was dropped, blocked, or intercepted), the defense immediately takes possession of the disc and becomes the offense.

6. Substitutions: Players not in the game may replace players in the game after a score and during an injury time-out.

7. Non-contact: No physical contact is allowed between players. Picks and screens are also prohibited. A foul occurs when contact is made.

8. Fouls: When a player initiates contact on another player a foul occurs. When a foul disrupts possession, the play resumes as if the possession was retained. If the player committing the foul disagrees with the foul call, the play is redone.

9. Self-Officiating: Players are responsible for their own foul and line calls. Players resolve their own disputes.

10. Spirit of the Game: Ultimate stresses sportsmanship and fair play. Competitive play is encouraged, but never at the expense of respect between players, adherence to the rules, and the basic joy of play.

Read the rules here.

M&M 2009 Update (Week 4)

It's now Round 2 of the elimination games.

The UW Men's Team are currently playing in Pool A after winning against Lolos in last week's crossover match. Yesterday our guys had their first taste of Pool A ultimate goodness against the more experienced and hardcore Heyman and the Masters of the Universe, Sexual Chocolate, and T3. The Warriors lost all three games to point caps, but still they played hard and managed to take 7 points against Heyman, 5 against Sexual, and 3 against T3. Good job, Warriors in Pool A!

Yesterday was deja vu for the Weng Weng Warriors Club when they once again battled it out with Disc Menor Hijas, KAI, and Devil Dogs. The Baby Girls lost again to the Hijas and were blown out by the Devil Dogs, but maintained their dominance over KAI. Good job, Baby Girls!

Win-Loss Record in Round 2:
Ultimate Warriors 0-3
Weng Weng Warriors Club 1-2

Win-Loss Record in Round 1:
Ultimate Warriors 6-1
Weng Weng Warriors Club 3-4

M&M 2009 Update

Win-Loss record after 2 weeks

Ultimate Warriors 4-1
Weng Weng Warriors Club 2-3

M&M 2009 Day 1

Ultimate Warriors - Men's Team
Record after three games: 2-1

The Warriors dominated the first game against Super Bueno and the third game against Kainumanggi, but lost the second game to Circus Weng Weng by universal point.


Weng Weng Warriors Club a.k.a. Baby Girls
Record after three games: 2-1

In the first game, the Baby Girls were slaughtered on the field by the Devil Dogs. Aside from the fact that the Devil Dogs are one of the top seeded teams, it was also the Baby Girls' first game as a team and everyone was still trying to assess each other's game. By game 2, the Baby Girls were more organized and confident, and won against MAD/USC by 6 points. SP forfeited due to lack of players so Day 1 ended early for the girls.

Summer League 2009: The Final Score

Saturday, 6th of June. Summer League 2009 ended with a bang, or rather with a splash, as teams battled it out in the rain. The Warriors defeated BC in their first game of the day but lost to a strong K3 in the semi-finals. The battle for 3rd saw the Warriors playing against regular practice buddies Circus Weng Weng. Circus took the first half with a 4-point lead, but the Warriors managed to rally to 6-5 before the last point was called. The Warriors took the last point for a chance to win the game by universal point. The Heart Attack Play was in effect, and the Warriors ended up getting the universal point to bag 3rd place.

Later in the after party, Captain Fel a.k.a. FedEx was named MVP. That makes two MVP Warriors this year! Woohoo!

Good job, Warriors!



Next up...
Malakas-Maganda 2009... Coming end of June.

Summer League 2009 UW Scoreboard

Day 1 - April 19
vs Circus (9-6 UW)
vs BC (9-6 UW)
vs K3 (8-5 UW)

Day 2 - April 26
vs Jogadores (11-7 UW)
vs Xavier 1 (10-6 UW)
vs MAD (8-6 MAD)

Day 3 - May 10
vs Justice League (9-4 UW)
vs BC (11-3 UW)
vs Circus (9-8 Circus)

Day 4 - May 17
vs K3 (10-6 UW)
vs Jogaores (10-5 UW)
vs Xavier 1 (9-6 UW)

Day 4 - May 24
vs MAD (8-6 MAD)
vs Justice League (9-7 UW)

current standing:
11 W, 3 L

Discs for sale

P700 each. Email oooozing_machismo@yahoo.com for orders.

Summer League

Twenty-nine Warriors...
Six weekends of disc...

HOTNESS.


Kicking off this Sunday at Alabang Country Club.

March Recap

The Warriors joined the 7th Boracay Open for the first time. Seventeen Warriors enjoyed a whole lot of sun, sand, disc, and booze. Of course, they also celebrated old and new friendships Bora Open style.. coz they were in Bora. Right.

To cap off March, the Warriors had a victory party slash despedida for the Honeyz. It was crazy and bittersweet at the same time. It was also the night of the HOTNESS. The team also elected new captains. Congrats and good luck to new captains Fel, Czar, Jacq, and Lei.