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 There are just a few weeks to go before a global community of ultimate players descends on Prague, Czech Republic from July 3 - 10 for the World Ultimate Club Championships (WUCC) 2010. This year, there will be a total of 136 teams at WUCC 2010. To give you a better idea of how collossal that is, our local Ho-Down tournament (one of the larger ones in western Canada) typically hosts around 36 teams. Looking at WUCC a bit closer, those 136 teams break down into 48 teams in the Open division, 32 in the Womens division, 40 in Mixed division and 16 in the Masters division.
Canadian Contingent
Canadian teams will be representing our ultimate scene from coast to coast. Their tickets to the event were earned by finishing in top spots at last year's Canadian Ultimate Championships in Winnipeg, MB. Those teams include:
- Mephisto (Quebec - Open)
- Phoenix (Ontario - Open)
- Invictus (Alberta - Open)
- Lotus Canada (Ontario - Womens)
- Storm (Ontario - Womens)
- Zephyr (British Columbia - Womens)
- Chaos (Manitoba - Mixed)
- Onyx (Quebec - Mixed)
- RIP (Quebec - Mixed)
- GLUM (Ontario - Masters)
- Figjam (Alberta - Masters)
- Gauntlet (British Columbia - Masters)
To see a complete listing of all the teams registered for WUCC, click here.
Calgary Represents
Now comes the shout-out to all the local players who are making the trek overseas to play among the world's best. The Invictus (Open) and Figjam (Masters) teams are Calgary-based and are rounding out their local core with a few pickups from Vancouver, Ontario and Halifax. Also, some Calgary women have picked up on Zephyr (Womens) as well as Chaos (Mixed). Congrats to all the Calgary competitive players who've earned a berth to this championship -- we'll be cheering you on from home!
Follow The Event
Ultivillage will be on the scene and each day during the event, UV will bring a video Daily Summary from previous day, a Clip of the Day, and coverage from all divisions. These clips can be found at www.ultivillage.com. They've also produced a little promo clip that gives a run-down of the main match-ups and key re-matches. You can view it here. The WUCC is on Twitter, just search for wucc2010. We'll also be sure to "re-tweet" and Calgary or Canada highlights.
For more details on the entire WUCC event, click here.
(Photo credit and apologies for obvious swiping from his website: Neil Gardner - official WUCC 2010 Photographer. Images from WUCC will be available for viewing and purchase on Gardner's website: http://www.nzsnaps.com/) |
Wild Rose is headed to CUC 2010 and we're looking for women to join us on the field! Interested players will ideally have at least a year's experience and be willing to work hard and learn new strategies of competitive play. As we get closer to the tournament, we would expect attendance at a minimum number of practices (TBD) for the month of July and the first part of August. If you are interested in playing with Wild Rose at CUC 2010 and/or would like more information, please contact us at 
guy with a few years of experience looking to play competitive men's ultimate, but can't commit more than one night a week to practices, we want you!