Skunks Silver Jubilee 2003

A mixed weekend as far as results went for STD1 but a great opportunity to practice our new zone d and to work on coming back from behind, and holding the lead. Plus we got some silver wear!! Winning the plate against a very experienced Spit. Very cool to play in a final in front of so many people.

STD2 had a good weekend too. Playing some solid ultimate but failing to convert all their chances. They finished 23 out of 24, at least they won one match!

Surrey Slingers Xmas Tourny 2002

We entered two mixed ability teams into this one. Ten out of ten for Matts Xmas present costume and for the carols sung by santas toy dildo. This festive effort got us the xmas spirit award, which I think Andy R took home with him!

Seasonal Turkey Dinners finished higher than Toy Dildo but well played to everyone. Especially Joe who got most improved player. If only he was a fresher!

A special well done also to Kevin Noble who won himself a matching scar to his brothers doing Face your Fear. Congratulations to Sally for getting so drunk she was sick out the window on the way home!

Regionals, National Qualifiers 2002

Brunel STD1 qualified by coming a respectable third down in Brighton. Bring on the nationals. This the first time Brunel has ever qualified!

We had some fantastic matches and after a shaky semi vs Sublime we kicked ass against Imperial in the 3rdv4th playoff.

This was also the tournament when Alex Noble split his chin taking an amazing layout from riches dump pass. Sweet grab Al but we were 10-1 up and there was about 5 seconds to go.

Brunel STD2 had a great tourny too and I'll try and get Grant to write some sort of report on how it all happened.

Brunel Beast Indoors 2002

Storming. A fantastically organised tournament by Lozza. Brunel STD1 played out of their skins and beat Fever in the groups stage. We went on to meet them in the final but lost out. This is the highest Brunel have finished in any tournament.

We also did well to field a STD2 and STD3 team which is great for the future of the club.

Sheffield Beginners Indoors 2002

The weekend got off to slightly shakey start as communication issues ensured that fewer beginners were able to make the weekend than were on the original list. Undeterred, the remaining team set off for Sheffield and their first experience of an indoors ultimate tournament.

We were seeded 15 out of 16 teams, so faced a tough challenge in a pool with teams seeded above us. Our first match was against the Skunks team from Southampton. The Skunk's had very good disc skills, were very fast and well organised. We struggled to compete and lost by a reasonable margin, but we did manage to score a couple of points.

The next pool match was against York Ultimate's second beginners team. This match was closer than our first but York extended their lead towards the end of the game and we could not keep up. We had a close third match against the Warwick Bears team and ended up losing by one point. After the three pool games we kept our seeding of 15th.

The last game of the day on Saturday was a crossover match between places 2 vs 15. The second placed team were York Ultimate's first beginners team. Their permitted experienced players included players who have recently represented English club teams at the world club championships so we knew that it would be a tough match. They took a steady three point lead on us right from the start of the match but we started to work better as team and managed to take three points to draw level. They admitted after the game that this had got them slightly worried, but their true quality shined through and we had no answer when they stepped up a gear.

At the end of the first days play we were still to win a game but we were learning to play better as a team and had scored at least a few points in every match we played. After a curry in Broomhill the entire Brunel squad set off for the Sheffield University Students Union bar for the serious part of the weekend, drinking and partying. We started off in in the union bar where the drinking games began in earnest, culminating in James drinking a mixture of snakebite and black, Guinness and Baileys. In the mean time Malcolm took on the role a of ticket tout shifting a few excess tickets for the club and Martin managed to win a t-shirt by quoting Alan Partridge to maniac with a roving microphone who had decided to hassle us. We then rolled on to 'Pop Tarts', much of which was a blur of drinking and dancing.

Luckily the clocks had gone back giving us all an extra hour to get over the nights drinking and ready ourselves for the first game on Sunday morning, a crossover between 10 and 15 place. The 10th placed team were our tournament hosts, the Sheffield Phat Ed's second beginners team. This game was extremely close throughout and finished with some very desperate hammers and floating passes straight to the endzone from both teams, trading point for point. The Phat Ed's drew level with thirty seconds to go and it looked like a draw was on the cards. In the final throw of the match we sent a long pass into the endzone that was caught as the whistle blew for full time to win by one point.

The next two games against the Southampton Skunks for a second time and Strange Blue from Cambridge were hard work. The lack of substitutes was beginning to become an issue and we were all very tired. We suffered two heavy defeats. It was unfortunate to finish the tournament with a losing streak but everyone involved enjoyed themselves and we came away with no significant injuries bar Jamie, who managed to get a bloody nose D'ing a disc with his face and the whole team who suffered with aching legs.

Overall this was an encouraging start for the Brunel beginners team that can be built on next weekend when we host the Brunel Indoor Beast Tournament.

Not the Nationals 2001
Seeded three Brunel 1sts only lost one match in the whole weekend. But after drawing their first match had to work hard on the first day winning the play off to go through 4th.

On Sunday after a somewhat restless nights sleep in the church hall the team wn their quarter final but lost in the semi's against top seed Shooting Stars. They went on to win 3rd and 4th playoff against Ro-Sham-Bo

Brighton Indoors 2001
Brunel Firsts narrowly missed out on qualifying for Nationals, losing the third/fourth play-off, and the second team played some great stuff in their first ever tournament.

The seconds finished 14th after an epic 13/14th playoff with Mohawks(Sussex uni) 3rds, that finished 9:8 in sudden death overtime.