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Freespeed in Bologna – with 3 teams!

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for the first time ever, Freespeed attended an international tournament with three teams at once! a young squad from the ‚one‘, the competitive open team, the second open team Free2speed and the Freespeed Ladies all drove those 8 hours to Bologna to enjoy a last tournament on grass as well as two last warm and sunny days this year.

All teams had a great time and were able to work with many new players on the field. but bologna is typically a tournament where the off-field action makes an important part: barbecue next to the field, ‚Giro‘ (a funny game that requires a ball, which seems for many players to be a very surprising – not to say disturbing – object at a frisbee tournament), Warmup in the gym, Sambuca shots after the last game, a blast at a rather minimalisticly set up party and much more…

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Freespeed open wins silver at EUCF 2014!

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Winning the silver medal at the XEUCF 2013 in Bordeaux was the biggest success in the Freespeed history. Winning it again in 2014 was probably even better!

Here’s a summary of the first day (all summaries taken from our fb-page)

„First day at EUCF 2014 was a success!
Freespeed won against Chevron Action Flash 15:14, against Flying Angels Bern 15:11 and against Prague devils 15:9. So we come out on top of one of the elite pools. But in the ‚League of Champions‘ that just means, that we will face other strong opponents tomorrow. The winner of Iznogood – Club Ultimate Noiséen and Heidees awaits us in the quarterfinal at 13.45.“

Here’s day two:

„Another successful day! Freespeed beat Heidees in the quarters after a hard fought game 15-14 to advance to semis. (nice writeup of the quarterfinals on Get Horizontal)
There, another classic against our appreciated rivals and neighbours Bad Skid was decided thanks to a strong second half and spectacular points of the fired up Speeders. (Again, a nice writeup)
Consequently, tomorrow Freespeed will play Clapham Ultimate in the final of the European Ultimate Club Finals for the second time in a row!“

And day three, the final game:

„In a hard fought final, Clapham Ultimate managed to beat us 15:12, to win their 3rd consecutive European Gold. Congratulations for the 5th title in this competition and thanks for an intense and very enjoyable game!
Despite the defeat and the feeling that the opponent maybe was vincible this day, only smililing Freespeed faces were seen after the game. With their second EUCF (after 2013) silver medal around the neck!
Great weekend – Great season finish!“

 

All Results!

Video recaps!

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Swiss Junior Championships 2014

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For the first time ever, the swiss national junior championship was held in three divisions: U20, U17 and U14. Freespeed had a team in the U20 and in the U14 division.

 

U20:

The under 20 team consisted of some players who already train with the elite team and some rather unexperienced players. All players did a really great job and reached the finals in a convincing way. The finals were played in windy and wet conditions, forcing both teams to numerous turnovers. In a contested double game point the Panthers from Bern ended the game with a hammer to win another title. Despite the possibility to win this game, ending second was a great success for the rather young Freespeedies U20 squad!

 

U14:

Some of the U14 players had played a tournament before, for others it was the first tournament ever. The kids did a great job supporting each other and not complaining about errors and losses. There weren’t many losses to complain about anyway. The very young team (most players were 10 or 11 years old) lost one pool game to Headless Zürich, but qualified for the finals anyway. In a dramatic end, the team managed to come back from 3:5 to win the game 6:5 and win the first ever U14 title in Switzerland!