All, Yesterday, the Independent on Sunday carried a great little piece about Ultimate in the run up to xEUCF, on the back of some PR work by the UKU for the event.
It focuses more on schools participation and the rapid growth of the sport's player base, more than xEUCF itself, but it gets a prominent mention too! Si Hill and Bex Forth provided quotes. Below, the link to the online version, but if you can get hold of the paper copy then there's also a nifty graphical representation of Ultimate too! http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/frisbee-craze-gets-pupils-flying-back-to-sport-1790459.html Frisbee craze gets pupils flying back to sport By Susie Mesure Sunday, 20 September 2009 There's no ball, no net, not even a referee, but that hasn't stopped Ultimate Frisbee from becoming one of the UK's fastest-growing sports. A surge in the popularity of Ultimate, a cross between American Football and netball, will climax at the European Ultimate Club Finals, being held for the first time in the UK this weekend. Around 80 clubs from 14 countries will convene in London for the sport's version of football's Champions League final. The growth is remarkable at a time when the Government is struggling to get more people into new sports by 2012. At least 10,000 men and women regularly play Ultimate, although mostly on an ad hoc basis. Membership of UKU, the sport's governing body, which was recognised by Sport England last year, has doubled in the past two years to 2,000. The biggest increase in new players is from schools in counties that include Wiltshire, Norfolk and Warwickshire, which have put Ultimate on the curriculum. Si Hill, the head of UKU, said: "Schools like it because it is different." Rebecca Forth, who plays for the UK number two women's team Iceni, said: "It's the most spectacular sport to watch and really interesting to play." __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
