Update on B-Town

It's been a while since I've updated the world on B-Town happenings, so here goes.

The Big Wet
This Satur...tomorrow, actually. The best hat tournament this side of Deer Park. Here's Dan's story about the history...

Six years ago a group of teenagers out in the Victorian country side town of Creswick learned about Ultimate Frisbee and formed a team for themselves. This young group were smug until they realised they had no one to play against. And after scrimmaging themselves countless times they decided to build a team to beat up on over yonder in Maryborough. In time the Maryborough team began to breathe smack back down upon the Creswick team. The Creswick team would have none of this, and hence spoke forth: "let us not be smacked about by this Maryborough collection of hounds, let us instead play Hat format where we may once more reign supreme". And with those prophetic words the skies opened up and the discs rained down from above and the Creswick players and the Maryborough players and the players from out of town each laid a little piece of smack down on one another in the spirit of the game. And thus, a tournament was born.

Live from Hammon Park all day tomorrow.


Geelong League
The league is up and running in Sleepy Hollow with four solid teams competing for the inaugural title. BUUF looked early favourites, winning the first two games (against GFUC Vintage and Yogurt Slingers) relatively easy, but lost a close one (14-12) to the Lewis Broad-led Flying High on the Tuesday just gone. Should be a great season. Runs through until mid-July.


Southern Intervarsity
Despite the set back of not having anywhere to train, BUUF's squad is starting to take shape for the Uni Games season. With AUG being in Melbourne this year, the cost shouldn't be a barrier to getting a decent team together.


Australian Country Ultimate Championships
For the first time, a tournament for the small town folk where they don't have to endure the smackdown from Nationals-players-filled big city teams. Running in Bathurst over the weekend of August 23rd and 24th, Ballarat's team will be making the trek with one aim in mind - winning!


Goldigaz Revival at Halibut
Not really much of a Ballarat thing anymore, with only 6 of the 21-strong 2006 WUCC squad still living in B-Town, but Mark "Woodley" Isherwood has rounded up the some of the band for a reunion tour at Halibut 2008. With any kind of luck we might get a spirit score higher than 0 this time around.