November 2006 — October 2007

Tournament Recaps

Sacre Bleu Wipes Up Field
The Post Turkey-Day hat tournament was held November 24 at UNC-CH. Click here for the detailed results.

Blue for the New Year
Blue takes the New Year tourney again. Read all about it here.

6th Annual Savage 7
Was held on January 28 at the Davis Drive fields. Click here for the writeup, here for the pictures, and here for the program.

PITS Grabs Loretta over Cretin Potato
For the full story click here. The tourney pictures are here. Read about the spirit winners here. Great season everyone!

Youth League March Madness
Click here to read how our local youth went mad this March.

Masters have a Hat
There was a hat tournament for masters on April 22 in Durham. For the results go here.

State High School Championship
Congratulations to Northwood High School for winning the North Carolina State High School Championship. Click here for the details.

Trouble Overcomes Yellers for Bliss
Victor's Trouble wins the Spring League Bliss Cup. Read the listserv for the details.

WOFOIT Mows Kudzu Again
WOFOIT won the Kudzu tournament for the second year in a row. Click here for all the details.

Blue over Black for the Heat Stroke Hat
No real heat stroke, but Blue won the July 4 Heat Stroke Hat Tourney. Read all about it here.

Inconceivable Gail!
Montoya's Revenge discovered the Gail Grail. Click here for the details of their journey.

Serious Black Fall
Serious Black won the Carrboro Ultimate Fall League.

Short Passes

National Championships
Congratulations to UNC's Darkside who competed in the 2007 UPA College Championships on May 25-27 in Columbus, Ohio. The TFDA Juniors/College National Assistance Grant helped Darkside offset the costs of attending the tournament. Congratulations also go to local club teams Boneyard, Ring of Fire, Backhoe, and Black Molly who competed in the 2007 UPA Club National Championships October 25-28 in Sarasota, Florida. Check out Holly Czuba's pictures of the action.

Intercepted Too Young
The TFDA community lost two of its players this year. Click here to remember Claire Crowley and here on the loss of Brett Chavis.

Rocky's Grandpa Rocks!
TFDA members helped Rocky's grandpa go to Honduras with a supply of discs. Click here for the beginning of the story and here for the results.

New Hat Helper
Thanks to Tim Woods who volunteered to help BJ with the Summer Hat League.

OT Doesn't Stand for Over TIme
In order to help those who don't want to rent houses or attend parties, the listserv has started OT. That's Off Topic. If a post is not directly related to a game of Ultimate please start the subject line with OT.

Twenty Years of IBM by Arnett Brown
This year, the RTP IBM Club Ultimate League celebrated 20 years of organized play in the Triangle. The League was formed in 1987 and was recognized as an official IBM Watson Trophy event the following year. Teams were formed by a draft for the first time in 1997.

Each Fall, six to eight teams are formed from a pool of about 100 players for a 10 game season and tournament, two nights a week. The IBM League is also one of the few leagues where the teams present each other with a post-game cheer.

To commemorate the 20th anniversary, special artwork was designed for this season's jerseys and discs (the first time the IBM League has given discs to each player). The designs include the team names of each of the league champions for the first 20 seasons. On September 29th, a "reunion" pickup game was held at Lake Crabtree, and a spirited game was played by both current and former IBM Leaguers (and their children). Later that evening, Julie Holloway and Anthony Burgess hosted a very well attended 20th Anniversary party, which
included a display of pictures, team jerseys, and even video of past seasons.

Many thanks go to all IBMers, alumni and friends who helped make the 20th Anniversary season a memorable one.

TFDA strives to grow the sport of Ultimate frisbee in the Triangle area and throughout North Carolina by: 1) initiating and fostering youth programs in school and in recreational settings 2) running adult Ultimate frisbee leagues 3) providing regular venues and times for Ultimate frisbee activities 4) hosting tournaments that feed into the Ultimate Player Association's championship series 5) acquiring land for the development of a dedicated set of Ultimate frisbee fields