The third and final Champions League event of 2003 was held in Copenhagen last weekend featuring the best teams in Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Great Britain and Holland.
Both british teams suffered disappointing starts on Saturday morning, Chevron going down 15-12 to Skogsyddans (from Sweden, EUCC 2001 champions) and then Clapham also losing to the Swedes 15-11. Chevron lost out narrowly to the Danish National team before consolidating with a win over HUT (Finland). In the game of the day the host Danish team beat Skogsyddans 15-12, after an attemped 'trick catch' by a swedish player following a pick call failed and gave the Danes the eventual game-winning disc. Clapham closed out the day with hard-fought victories over HUT and the Red Lights, but overall it was a disappointing day for the british teams. Sunday morning saw Denmark vs Clapham at 9am, with Clapham needing to overcome the Danes by 4 points or more to have a chance of making the final. Clapham came out hard and intense D behind a very solid offensive display saw us open up an 8-5 half-time lead which we extended to 13-8 before the danes came back to 13-10 as the pressure mounted. A gritty upwind score followed by quick D-block set Randy up to throw the 10yd pushpass game-winning score, 15-10 Clapham. Chevron saw off the Redlights 12-10 after recovering from 5-0 down and Clapham won the battle of britain against Chev to set up a final against our long-term nemesis from Sweden. As a team we've suffered 6 straight losses to Skogs over the last 3 years of competition and we knew this was our chance to beat them in a major final. We started well. The D got a block and score on the 1st point, and a couple more defensive scores saw us open up a lead. On offense we were putting it up to the big receivers a lot - Alex Nord and Si Weeks had been dominant against the danes and chevron - but the Swedish defense were coming up with the answers so we scored our goals in any way we could, Si Hill even catching a scoober in the endzone. At 13-9 the swedes upped their defense and came up with 3 straight scores, and after a turnover on our next possession they just needed to convert to tie the game. It was not to be, as Roger Thomson produced a layout poach-block in front of an astonished swedish receiver to recover the disc. We score and it's 14-12, game point. The normally steady swedish offence was clearly unsettled now and a chest-high layout block by Finn Hughes gave us the disc on their goal-line which was easily converted to win the game. Final Placings 1. Clapham 2. Skogsyddans 3. Denmark 4. Chevron 5. Helsinki Ultimate Team 6. Red Lights The Champions League 2003 has been a great success for all the teams involved, so a big thanks to everyone who made it possible. It's given a much needed boost to European ultimate, which I hope will continue into 2004 and beyond. alex clapham ********************************************************************* This email is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please contact the sender. Although we have taken steps to ensure that this email and attachments are free from any virus, we advise that in keeping with good computing practice the recipient should ensure they are actually virus free. dunnhumby limited, Aurora House, 71-75 Uxbridge Road, London, W5 5SL, UK. Company number 2388853 ********************************************************************* __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
