GB Girls and u17 Open, both European champions! Hell yeah! Great day for GB. Junior open beat Czechs for 5th, junior women beat Germany for 3rd, GB girls beat Germany (14-6) for gold and GB u17 open just beat Germany (14-12) for gold.
> From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 18:25:34 +0000 > Subject: [BD] Juniors > > Quick junior report from Vienna before most of you set off for nationals. > > GB Junior women have just lost the semi final (show game) 17-9 so have to > beat Germany in the morning for bronze. > > Meanwhile, GB Junior open lost today in the quarters to a much improved > France. France went on to beat favourites Germany in the semis and will now > play Finland in the final. Finland v Sweden in the morning for bronze while > GB play Czech republic for 5th. > > Our big success stories though are in the under 17 divisions. GB u17 open > lost 15-9 to Germany then 11-9 to Austria in the round robin but beat Austria > 15-10 in the semi (thanks in part to having a fit again captain in Borat, and > picking up the D machine Will Allen from GB Junior Open 2). Rematch with > Germany at 2pm tomorrow. > > GB u17 girls have gone unbeaten all week having beaten Germany and Sweden > twice. It's a final against Germany at noon and barring disaster, should be > gold! Youngest on the team is just 12, though she (Ellie Walker-Smith) is one > of the tallest. > > Good luck to everyone tomorrow. With 7 GB juniors squads here and 35 European > teams competing in total, the future is definitely looking good. > > Kev > > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 10:17:14 +0100 > > Subject: Re: [BD] Juniors > > > > Update: > > > > "EYUC shocker. U20 boys beaten in the quarters by France!" from > > BlockStackSteve via Twitter > > > > "left Gb u20s losing quarter final to France :( At least GB girls look good > > for gold having beaten Sweden & Germany, twice!" from Kevin Lowe via > > Facebook > > > > --- > > Wayne 'Wrecker' Retter > > wayne[dot]wrecker[at]ntlworld[dot]com > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Steve G" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Cc: "Chris White" <[email protected]>; "brit disc" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 2:14 AM > > Subject: Re: [BD] Juniors > > > > > > BD > > > > The first two days weren't full of too many surprises. The problem > > with reporting is that I only ever see half of the teams. The 1-4 > > pitches are near HQ while the 5-8 pitches are in a different place and > > teams do not cross over midday. Today U20 was on 1-4 all day. > > U20 boys > > GB 1 look hot. The pull play worked a treat against the Swedes and GB > > finished them off something like 13-7 today. Statto gave them 'the > > talk' before the game about the history of this match up and it showed > > in the game. Previously however, Finland had beaten the Swedes as > > well in sudden death 13-12 or 12-11. Either way it was close. When > > GB met Finland at the end of the afternoon all eyes were watching. > > With Germany having already showed it's cards and that in spite of the > > fantastic hair styles there weren't the Germany of 2007, GB was now > > looking good and Finland had taken Germany's place as the next real > > threat. GB started slow against Finland going down 3 points early and > > spent the rest of the game clawing this back until 11-11 with GB > > receiving. It was unfortunate drops and rushed choices that let them > > down and they lost 13-11. It'll give them a tougher journey back to > > the final but will likely mean a rematch for the gold. > > U17 boys > > Yesterday GB looking surprisingly good. The real troublemaker was the > > U17 Germans. Not much depth but the stars of that team could have > > played on the U20s and made them more competitive. GB I think gave > > them the tightest score so far. > > The 2nds in both areas are playing well and not losing games as much > > as you'd think. Quite a few players on the 2nds could have fit in on > > the 1sts but obviously nobody on the 1sts looked like 2nds so I > > imagine the person who made the tough choices struggled with the > > decision. > > > > U20 Girls and U17 > > Yesterday we saw some of this but today nothing at all. I saw a good > > deal of crutches though and heard about many hospital visit and the > > resulting shortage of coaching staff because of the need to accompany > > injured players. Aussie is probably better positioned to report on > > them as Linz has been helping out. The few games we saw yesterday > > were quite good. The memorable one was U17 beating Sweden. > > > > All for now. It's 3am here and I'm just back from being taken out for > > my birthday to a german(austrian) schlager party. It was hell on > > earth and fantastic all at once. I felt like being part of a Louis > > Theroux weird weekend. They did play Falco's Vienna Calling and we > > tore up the dance floor. That has to be one of those 'to-do before > > you die' moments while in Vienna. > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > 2009/8/6 Wayne Retter (aka Wrecker) <[email protected]>: > > > > > > The EYUC website seems to be updated with most of the Wednesday and > > > Thursday > > > results now > > > http://www.eoefc.at/typo3/index.php?id=70 > > > > > > Steve G is providing a daily observation at > > > http://twitter.com/BlockStackSteve, also visible at > > > http://www.blockstack.tv > > > > > > There's news of the Irish, with occaisional mention of GB, at > > > http://twitter.com/IFDANews > > > > > > --- > > > Wayne Retter > > > wayne[dot]wrecker[at]ntlworld[dot]com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > > Behalf Of Chris White > > > Sent: 06 August 2009 08:38 > > > To: brit disc > > > Subject: Re: [BD] Juniors > > > > > > Hey BD, > > > > > > So far not many of the results appear to have gone up on the site but what > > > we do know is that: > > > > > > GB Junior Women beat Belgium 13:9 but the Junior Women's second team was > > > beaten 15:2 by Austria. > > > > > > The U17 Open Juniors beat Netherlands 15:3. > > > > > > & the U17 women beat the second team 15:1, the big result so far is that > > > they beat the Sweden in the show game. That's a text update from Linz so I > > > don't know what the score was but apparently both sidelines were massive > > > and > > > it made quite a game. > > > > > > More updates to follow. Still wishing all the Juniors the best of luck. > > > > > > Aus > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 08:30, Chris White<[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Hey BD, > > >> > > >> This week, over 150 juniors from the UK are travelling to Vienna for > > >> the 2009 European Youth Ultimate Championships. > > >> > > >> The tournament is bigger than ever before, with 35 teams competing > > >> from 15 countries. > > >> > > >> GB are sending 2 teams to each of the U20 open and womens divisions > > >> and the U17 womens division, with a seventh team playing in the U17 > > >> open, and are seeded either first or second in each division. > > >> > > >> For more information, the tournament website can be found by following > > >> the link below, and I'll send out regular updates over the course of > > >> the week to keep everyone up to date. > > >> > > >> http://www.eoefc.at/typo3/index.php?id=home > > >> > > > -- > > > Aussie > > > http://leedsleedsleeds.org.uk > > > http://www.flatballphoto.co.uk > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > BritDisc mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc > > > Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > BritDisc mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc > > > Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ------------------ > > > > __________________________________________________ > > BritDisc mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc > > Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.36/2272 - Release Date: 07/30/09 > > 05:58:00 > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > BritDisc mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc > > Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live Messenger: Happy 10-Year Anniversary—get free winks and > emoticons. > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/157562755/direct/01/ > __________________________________________________ > BritDisc mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc > Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed _________________________________________________________________ Upgrade to Internet Explorer 8 Optimised for MSN. http://extras.uk.msn.com/internet-explorer-8/?ocid=T010MSN07A0716U __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
