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Nanaimo Ultimate’s ‘Udderbowl’ is coming in April

Mar 31, 2019 | 1:38 AM

NANAIMO – The biggest event on the local Ultimate scene is coming up in mid April.

The 2019 Udderbowl is happening April 13 and 14 at the McGirr Sports Fields.

Nanaimo Ultimate Association League Co-ordinator Scott Northrup says the tournament has been going since before he moved to the Harbour City in the mid 90’s.

The seven on seven co-ed tournament has been at McGirr since the early 2000’s and this year there will be 11 teams.

Ultimate is played with a frisbee with teammates passing back and forth in an attempt to scored a goal in the opponents end zone.

It’s usually played seven on seven but can be modified to five on five.

The player with the frisbee can’t run but all the rest of the players can, and there is no contact.

A group of high school students in New Jersey are credited with inventing the sport, sometimes called Ultimate Frisbee, in 1968.

There are about 100 members in the Nanaimo Ultimate Association and there are other leagues around Vancouver Island in Victoria, Comox, and Duncan.

It’s an inexpensive sport to play with the only requirements being a pair of cleats and a regulation 185 gram frisbee.

For those looking to play there are many opportunities in Nanaimo.

A weekly indoor session at Oliver Woods Community Centre has been going on all winter but that will end once outdoor league play begins on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Caledonia Park in April.

 

 

There are other games at Merle Logan Field in the winter time, and a modified game called Goaltimate goes every Sunday in Bowen Park West.

Nanaimo has an open and co-ed league that includes one youth team from Aspengrove School.

In other places there are different age divisions from youth all the way up to masters.

Information on Ultimate can be found online or on facebook.

 

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