Season's Greetings Mofos

Hi Sublimers and those perusing the webpage,

Just wanted to remind everyone to have a great Christmas and New Years. Go nuts! ..... because Bri Bri is going to run your arse off next year and we'll all be able to make $70 and hour.

Thanks to all of those that turned out to the first tryout, selectors should have provided some individual feedback and we look forward to seeing you in January and a quick reminder you'll be required to make a $100 deposit at the second tryout to confirm your selection.

Later Bandidos

Sublime Selection Dates and Registration Announced!

Tryouts for Sublime in 2009 will be taking place beginning on Sunday 7th December. The location is still subject to change, but the tentative schedule is:

December 7th, 2008 - Tryout 1 (Open): 9:00am until 12:00pm, Beatty Park. Everyone is welcome - Selectors and team leaders will be present.

January 11th, 2009 - Tryout 2 (Invite): 9:00am until 12.00pm, Beatty Park. Selectors will contact you and a club payment will be required.

Note: If you can not make some of these dates/times, send us a separate e-mail. We prefer that people attend all tryouts, but we understand that is not always possible. We want to see you at AUC 2009 and believe in helping you to get on a team.

Please follow the link or go to the AFDA website to register your interest. http://www.afda.com/rego/showcompetition.php?competitionid=560

We look forward to hearing from you and seeing you at tryouts! Good luck!
James, Ken and Paul

Sublime Pre-season Training

Sublime Pre-season Training will commence from 9 Nov 08.
Who: Anyone who is keen!
When: Sunday Mornings 9.30am-11.00am
Where: Beatty Park, North Perth (cnr Vincent St and Loftus St)
What: Some skills, drills, scrimmaging and socialising at Poppies
Why: To improve your game and hit the ground running in 2009.
Bring: Cleats/Boots, Water, a black and a white shirt.

2009 Canberra Invitational

Fyswick will be hosting an elite warm up tournament on the weekend 28/1 March. Sublime is hoping to field a team at this tournament as it will be a valuable hitout in the lead up to Nationals with the top eight teams in the country likely to attend. More details to follow ...... and yes Canberra is a hole .......... but they do get their act together when it comes to Ultimate and it will be summer, which means a 20% chance of good weather.

Selectors Announced!

Hi All,

Sublime has now confirmed it's three selectors for the 2009 campaign with James Eley, Paul Staples and Ken Summers receiving the honours.

They will now formulate a selection process. Watch this space for more details soon.

Cheers

SUBLIME GENERAL MEETING

Hello All,

Getting a meeting together for people interested in the direction of Sublime for 2009. This is an open meeting to anyone interested and will be limted to a short time frame to achieve some set outcomes. 15th October 2008, 8.30pm, UWA SportsPark.

Agenda Items

1. Formalising the Club (10 mins)
- Do we need/want to do it?
- Adopting a constitution

2. Fielding Two Men's teams (10 mins)
- Does the club want two mens teams? Can it support two mens teams?

3. Appoint Three Person Selection Committee (10 mins)
- Nominations
- Vote

Cheers

Perth Premier League

........ time to get the ball rollin' with some good ultimate in WA in the lead up to Nationals 09 .... There seems to be a good amount of interest with the early pace setter "Captain Obvious" .....

Plagiarised pop culture figure - Check!

Cool Quote - Eat a Dick! ......... Check!

SUBLIME AWARDS 2008

After a two month layoff from Nationals, Sublime conducted it's first Club Award Night. Hopefully this will become an annual event with equal notoriety.

Anyway congratulations to the following Sublimers:

2008 Most Valuable Player - John Damiani and Eli Friedman

2008 Most Improved Player - Bryan Peet

2008 Player's (Spirit) Player - Alex Warris

Other notable awards included the establishment of the YO YO YO!, the JUST FOR GAGS!, DECORUB and TRASHCAN awards. Congrats to all who won awards and the chance to relive some of the hilarity from the Nats 08 campaign.

The night also coincided with the departure of Eli and Campbell who will be returning home to the US. Thanks a lot boys, you made an incredible contribution to the team and will be missed.

Cheers

First rate partying by 8th placed team!

Sublime has returned home securing a top eight positon in the Australian Ultimate Club Championships. Sublime were able to top their pool after being relegated to the bottom eight after day one and reenter the top half of the draw. Well done boys, we did a great job of bouncing back after day one and next time we'll get Sweet Chilly.

On a side note Sublime (in Tino team uniform, see previous post) killed the party in a display of domination unrivalled in recent memory. Rather than go into the elaborate details, I have prepared a Haiku or Senryu peom which really sums up the evening nicely.

Sublime Show Scrotum ....
Shirts Lost In Feats of Strength ....
Please Leave Catholic Club!

Great week Sublime!

Trash Cans 'R' Us

Sublime to Combine with Barefoot for National Ultimate Frisbee League

National teams, Sublime and Barefoot will be combining for the upcoming National Ultimate Frisbee League in which Australian's best Ultimate players are pitted against one another in a 6 team round robin competition. The first event will be held 15th-16th May and the second on the 7th-9th June. Sublime Ultimate Club and WAFDA will be looking to field up to 7 players in the team to foster ongoing elite development in Western Australia. The event is cost shared amongst all players attending and billets will be arranged in Sydney.

When: NUFL 1 - 15/16 May 2008
NUFL 2 - 7/8/9 June 2008
Where: Sydney (fields to be confirmed)
Cost: ~$250 (following reimbursement, upfront costs for flights needed)
Accom: Billets

Interested? Please contact Paul Denyer (murray_denyer@hotmail.com)

Lightning Strikes Twice

Peter Eley and Lachlan Gregory have been selected to represent Australia in the Open Junior Team (aka THUNDER) at the World Ulltimate and Guts Championships.

Well done lads!!!! and Hell Yeah Sublime!!!!!

Jase's 21st got a bit out of hand...
Denyer's shirt bore the full brunt of Eley's fury.

CLUB PAYMENTS DUE!!

Hi Guys,

Can you please ensure that you have paid your club fees. By now as communicated at training you should have paid $200 to date. One final installment of $100 is required on 17 March 2007.

These club fees cover

• Uniforms - (~$130)
• Field Hire/Equipment - ($20)
• Nationals Team Rego - ($30)
• Nationals Indivdual Rego - ($120)

Please pay by transfer or give cash to JD.
Account Details
Name: Sublime Bank Account
BSB: 306031
Number:000472199

WOOT! Go Thor in Northern Regionals!

Uuuup! turnover....

Holler Baller!

How's training goin? Fuckin' sick.
Sunday morning kill-sessions only open to the Sublime 16, and Tuesday night training open to a select few promising players who are hot enough to join our scrimmages.

Look out East Coast, tha West side is on it's way! And all you're gona be yelling when you're on offense is "Uuuuuuuup! fuck... turnover..."

Peace.

Sublime 2008 Nationals Squad

Sublime 2008 Nationals Squad has been announced! See the list on the right side of the page!

Sublime Selections Update

Sublime currently has a squad of over 20 interested players. Cutting this down to a nationals-ready 16 has been very difficult, so the selectors have decided to postpone the announcement of the team until after Sunday's training session, which will serve as a final trial for prospective players.

Thanks for bearing with us.

Eley's early years ..........

Funniest thing you'll see all year.

Improve Your Game!!!

Hi All,

Here are some good little tips to improve your individual and team game. Have a look.

http://thinkulti.blogspot.com/

http://rjhberg-disc.blogspot.com/2008/01/one-percenters.html

Cheers

World Championships Selections Digest #2

Mixed Selections!

Another weekend, another camp, another city, 9 hours of flying, and more rain. Yes, in traditional Sydney style, the city turned on the waterworks on Saturday morning and flooded the two under-sized ultimate fields that the Australian Mixed Squad had to run on for the rest of the weekend. The term 'fields' is loosely used here to describe an unknown park in Sydney's northern suburbs that is currently being used by the council as a "Trial dog off-leash area". So there was poo as well.

The fields actually started off ok. The grass was a little bit long (in places a disc could be called down even if it was still 15cms of the deck) and a little bit sparse and a little bit clumpy, but the dirt beneath was soft and moist so it wasn't like we were going to injure ourselves. However, as the weekend progressed the fields became softer and so churned up that if you stood in one place too long you might never see your shoes again.

On the bright side, lovely, soft, squishy mud meant that even the most reserved players would jump on the chance to launch into a half-meter high, fully horizontal layout whether the disc was near them or not. Highlights came from an enormous, side-on layout from Brett 'Sweet as' Middleton, which just slipped through his end-zone bound fingers. And the most ridiculously gratuitous layout you have ever seen from non other than Tom 'The Chump' Walcott. Some spectacular layouts were also seen from just about every girl at the camp, but I've only just met them all and can't remember their names.

Rounding off the weekend was an old verse young, mudbath ultimate game. The cutoff for the guys was 24 and over and the cut off for the girls was about 26 (i think). Despite the oldies holding the enormous firepower of John Damiani, Adam Mortimer, Rueben Berg and Al Don, the aptly named 'Degrassi Junior High' young team delivered the biggest upset of the 2008 World Championships campaign by knocking out the oldies 12-9 (approximately).

Now many, many people wait with baited breath for a call from the selectors that will determine the course of their lives for the next 6 months. Best of luck to all of them.

Now, while the mixed squad was trudging through the soppping mud puddles in Northern Sydney, the so called Australian 'Men's' team decided that they didn't need to play any frisbee, so they went Sandboarding instead. Correct that, they got drunk, then went sandboarding, then got drunk again. And then, on Sunday, they played a little bit of Ultimate. So, as I sit at my desk at work with severely painful hamstrings, Paul Denyer sits at his desk at the Water Corp with a severely painful hangover. Awesome.

Dingos 2008

Congratulations to Paul Denyer on making the Australian Men's Ultimate Team, the Dingos, for the 2008 World Ultimate Championships!

Sublime Squad Selection Process

Due to the large cost to play nationals we are looking to confirm the squad that will be attending Nationals at Coffs Harbour in 2008 within the next few weeks.

To confirm your interest, Sublime Ultimate will require a $100 deposit into the Sublime Bank Account by 8th February 2008. This money will go towards club cost for Nationals including field hire, uniforms and team registration. This money will be fully refunded should you not be selected in the squad.

Account Details
Name: Sublime Bank Account
BSB: 306031
Number:000472199

Squad selections will be finalised by 15th February 2008 after which players can book their flights and accommodation. Selections will be based on but not limited to a demonstrated team commitment, previous experience, basic skill level, athletic ability and most importantly a willingness to learn and improve. Selectors will be John Damiani, Tim Delane and Paul Denyer. While we have limited time we hope to provide players with some casual feedback. Please don't hesitiate to approach us if you have questions.

A preliminary individual budget is shown below. Thanks to Anna Haynes for preparing the original document.

Nationals 2008 - Coffs Harbour
Expected Costs BEFORE Fundraising

Airfare ($600-$800) $600.00
Accommodation 5 Nights (23-27 Apr) $180.00
Uniform $80.00
Individual Player Fee $140.00
Team Fee $30.00
Bus/Transport/Petrol $80.00

Total - $1,110.00 (before fundraising)

Anyway I hope this helps with your planning and good luck with the squad selection.

World Championship Selections Digest #1

Saturday morning saw a dreary, drizzly start to the first selection camp for the Australian World Championships. Approximately 50 guys were there with ages ranging from 20 years old right up to the high-30 year olds who, quite frankly, are totally past it.

The weekend consisted of several round robins between teams that were mixed up at the start of each session. The style of play was somewhat different to that usually experienced by Sublime team members. At one point an excuse-filled Johnathon Potts exclaimed that 'there was somebody in front of me, so I had to jack it long' after looking off a wide open dump cut by Timmy Delane. Events like this were not rare, many a disc was turfed after an over-excited squad member attempted to 'showcase' their powerful but surprisingly inconsistent throwing skills.

The final session of the weekend was an old-vs-young fight to the death. Split down the middle at age 27 the young squad starred Abra Garfield and Mike Nield, while the pensioners had Matt Dowell, Anthony Dowell, Pete Gardner, John Damiani, Gus Keenan, etc. While some players got stuck right in and showed the selectors how well they stood up in a pressured grudge-match, others were quickly swallowed and crushed by the oversized teams of 20 or more players each.

Interspersed throughout the weekend were a number of AIS lectures, topics included Sports Psychology and Strength & Conditioning. A pool-based recovery session was guided by an AIS instructor on Saturday night, which included a relaxing spa followed by an icy few minutes in a plunge pool, which seemed to be filled with liquid oxygen.

The flight home was less than comfortable with an ever-so-slightly drunk procession of WA boys stuggling through the excessively delayed 5 hour flight home to cross-windy Perth, ending the weekend with a rather interesting landing.

An impressive Paul Denyer now waits eagerly by the internet machine in the hopes that he has secured his place on the Australian Men's World Championship team, while JD and Tim hang out for the Mixed Squad selection camp in Sydney. JD is nervous about his chances of making the team, while Tim appears to be an absolute shoe-in.

It's time to get things amped up for Nationals '08!

Top 3 is a big ask but I'm sure we're up to the challenge. Expect big things.

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