Hi Folks, Congratulations go to Gertlush for winning the first West Coast Fours on Croyde Beach. The tournament was held as part of the Gold Coast Oceanfest music festival and hosted on behalf of the Academy of Beach Sports by Lion Forty Four.
Eight teams came out to enjoy to the sand in Cloyde and the sun even came to join the party. No cross-overs made for a tough schedule that had teams bringing their A-Game from the start. Cupbowl! went through to the Semi-finals as top seed after dominating their pool however, Organic found class after finishing second in their pool to squeeze through to the final with a 5-4 win. Meanwhile Gertlush lined up against Lemon Brizzle Cake in a Bristol Darby to play for the second spot in the final. Gertlush eased through with a 7-4 win to secure a place against Organic. The placing games had Disc-o Vs Badfish in the people's final. The family connections in Badfish pulled together after an epic 10 minute point to see the teams 2-2 with only 1 minute to go. 1 quick point set the teams up for an exciting finish where Disc-o could have forced a Sudden Death point but some superb defence from Badfish secured 7th place. Sandy Coloured Lions met the other half of Disc-o-Biscuits, appropriately named Biscuits in a rematch from the pool stage that had gone to Biscuits. Coming out strong Lions scored the first & second points and with a little luck lined up a strong lead at 3-0. Biscuits came back with grit and determination to put three on the board but Lions hung in there for a 5-3 win. The 3rd/4th Play Off was one of the best games of the day with a wealth of experience from GB Beach Masters rich teams. The game traded until time when it was 3 points a piece. Only the second Sudden Death point of the day to separate the them and both teams put on the show for the sidelines. But when all the disk were thrown 3rd place went to Lemon Brizzle Cake. The final had a show down from two underdogs who had both regrouped after finishing second in their pools. Organic brought an energetic Ultimate that had over thrown many before, but Gertlush brought out the big guns. The thrower lead offence, placing the disc near perfectly out in front of their players to go and get, showed the young pretenders that you 'take what you get given'. Gertlush pulled out a cushioned lead that Organic's never say die attitude couldn't come back from. In the end the honers went to Gertlush. Head over to the Lion Forty Four facebook pages for some great pictures of the play. Don't forget to Like us while you are there ... http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.210219652353221.54712.194928650548988&l=90c88a9557 Final standings 1. Gertlush 2. Organic 3. Lemon Brizzle Cake 4. Cupbowl! 5. Sandy Coloured Lions 6. Biscuits - SOTG Winners 7. Badfish 8. Disc-o Lookout for next year when it will be bigger and better. Scraggy Phil Richardson | *Disc Sports Coach & Tournament Director* | *Lion44 * Contact me - Mobile: *07809 631915* - email: *[email protected]* - Website: *www.Lion44.co.uk* <http://www.lion44.co.uk/> Social Media - *LinkedIn* - Blog: *The Opinions Zone<http://opinionsjunk.wordpress.com/> * - Twitter: *Scraggy44 <http://twitter.com/#%21/scraggy44>* * Next Events *Quicksand* *| August 6/7 2011 |* 16 team on Exmouth Beach, playing 5-on-5 *Lion Forty Four Youth Academy* *| Easter Holidays |* For the young athlete - University College Plymouth, MarJons * Iron Five | December 10/11 2011 | *64 teams all playing to be the Iron Five* __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
