So further on from my waffling about the four Nationals...
No one out there has won all four Nationals. Yet.
With the growth of Junior Nats, Australian ultimate should have it's first "Grand Slam" champion in the next few years - winning Youth Nats, AUG, Mixed Nats and Nationals.
Who is best placed to become the first Grand Slam champ?
Dan Rule pointed out to me that he has Youth Nats and Nationals under his belt. Mixed Nats is do-able, but AUG might be a bit of a challenge for Ballarat in the near future. From memory, none of the Sydney-based '04 and '06 juniors have won Nationals. However I think the race might be down to John McNaughton and Ellie Sparke.
Johnny Mac has Youth Nats (Heads Of State, 2006) and AUG (UQ, 2007), which are tough to get considering you only have limited time to win them. He could have had Mixed Nats as well this year had he have made the trip to Sydney. With Mixed Nats being in the North region (most likely Brisbane), Bootius would look very good to go back-to-back on home turf.
Ellie has a Nationals win (Wildcard, 2007) and presumably a Youth Nats win (Sydney-based team in 2006?). And that's before she's started at uni. With New South Wales being dominant in the ultimate scene she is looking well placed to pick up the AUG and Mixed Nats wins in the next few years.
Is there anyone else who might be a dark horse in this race?
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i tip buttons to win AUG, AYUC and AMUC and then come second at Nationals every year til he is 43, grey and sore.
to reiterate, buttons is a friggin chump.
ps buttons i love you.
Phil White? He's won AYUC already, could win Nationals with Fakulti this year, and he's still only like 17, so he has plenty of time left to win AUG's and Mixed.
Lyra Meehan is also in with a shot, purely because she's like 12 and already faster, fitter and taller than most boys my age. Well, not taller...
T.
what if Kenny, Matty or myself coached a team at Youth Nats? would that count as the Grand Slam? or does anyone have a working time machine?
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