Worlds Round-up

Bleh. I've been fully sick for the last week and a bit, which goes a short way to explain the lack of action here at Ballarat Ultimate since August 6th. It would be nice to have a big article summarising the highs and lows from Worlds, with particular focus on the Australian teams while also finding an Olympics-esque Cinderella story.

But I wasn't there.

Instead, I thought I'd trawl the internets for stuff written from the perspective of people who actually were there, and present my findings in convenient "list of links" form.

Seppo's game reports
Barramundis vs USA (Mixed bronze medal match)
Dingos vs Great Britain (Open quarter final)
Barramundis vs Canada (Mixed pool play)
Barramundis vs Japan (Mixed pool play)

Photo galleries...
Neil Gardner (nzsnaps.com)
Scobel Wiggins
David Jez (including a fantastic slideshow from the Terra vs Colombia semi-final)

Match Diesel was on the sidelines all week. Seen from a fan's perspective rather than a player's.

Of course there's the official team blogs - Barramundis, Dingos and Firetails. The 'Mundis blog especially is a good read.

Pete Jamieson's is heavily biased towards the Canadian junior teams, but has good summaries of big games and some great photos as well.

Can you read Spanish? Good - the Dominican Republic team turned some thoughts into written word during the week. So did Sweden. I can't read either of them.

Alex "The Count" de Frondeville gave a fair bit of coverage to the Master's division. Same with Marshall Goff. Not surprising, really, given they played in it.

And if following stats is your thing, or you had Cat Phillips in fantasy that week, you can check out goals and assists here.


So congratulations to all the Aussies (but moreso to Dan, Tarrant, Lyra, Sophie, Chloe and Mel) for their efforts in the green and gold jerseys in Vancouver. In case you don't know yet...
Dingos - 5th
Firetails - 4th
Barramundis - 4th
Taipans -4th
Thunder - 6th
Terra - 2nd (and spirit winners)


I'm off to get excited about AUG.