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Freespeedies an der Schweizer Meisterschaft

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Am vergangenen Wochenende wurde die Vorrunde der U20&U17 Indoor Schweizer Meisterschaft gespielt. Die Freespeedies waren mit zwei U20 und einem U14 Team vertreten.

Das kompetitive U20 Team konnte im ersten Pool alle Spiele gewinnen und qualifizierte sich für den Upper Pool. Im Upper Pool führten 2 Siege und eine Niederlage zum 2. Schlussrang. Damit wurde eine hervorragende Ausgangslage für den Finaltag geschaffen, an welchem das Team im Viertelfinal auf die Panthers 2 treffen werden.

Das weniger erfahrene U20 Team konnte viel Erfahrung sammeln und hatte ihr Highlight im Spiel gegen Flying Angels, in welchem das Team mit 5:7 hinten lag, 4 Sekunden vor Ablaufen der Zeit mit dem 6:7 einen weiteren Punkt erzwangen, das Break zum 7:7 holten und dann das Spiel doch noch knapp verloren. Kompliment an die Truppe, die sich super geschlagen hat!

Das U14 Team bekam in der U17 Division die körperlichen Unterschiede zu spüren. Trotzdem kämpften unsere Jüngsten wacker um jeden Punkt, holten sich mit spektakulären Flugeinlagen die Sympathien der Zuschauer und konnten sich ein knappes Resultat gegen Flying Angels Eichholz erspielen (4:6)!

Vielen Dank an alle Coaches, Captains, Betreuer und Eltern, die die Teams begleitet und unterstützt haben!

Am 15. Februar geht es weiter mit dem Finaltag in Sursee!

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Next Generation: Freespeedies

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Last weekend, the young talents from the „Freespeed academy“ competed at the so far biggest annual junior tournament in central europe: Pfingstturnier (Bad Rappenau, Germany)!
The U17 division consistet of 7 teams who played a round robin to determine the finalists. Day one started with a victory over one of the local teams. The second game was a tough game against strong playing austrians „Innfamous“ from Innsbruck. An almost unstoppable austrian Offense made them win the game. The last game of the day was against the organizing team and multiple german champion Bad Raps was probably the best game of the division for the entire weekend. The game was contested until the end, with a break on the german side. When the time was ofer, Freespeedies wasted the opportunity to egalize the score and proceed to double game point. Instead, the Bad Raps took the game with a deserved 11:9 victory. The two losses made it difficult to still qualify for the finaly. Hope restored when Innfamous lost to Innsiders in the morning of the second day. Knowing that the point difference would be the key in a possible threeway tie, Freespeedies started agressively into the game against Innsiders. After the last point was played, the team was one point short to qualify for finals. The two last round robin games endet up in uncontested victories. In the game for third place Freespeedies were facing Innfamous again. Eager for a revenge the team came out strong and dominated all game through. With a last break they closed the game to a clear 11:4 victory to take the 3rd place.
Those young talents showed some fantastic plays and hot action! A great weekend with good moments for good memories and valuable experiences on the field!

Freespeedies @ Pfingstturnier 2013

The Juniors on the rise!

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It’s allready been a few weeks since, but its definitely worth writing a few words about it: exactly one month ago, the Freespeedies played and organized the second Junior Indoor Swiss Championships. Knowing that the team is narrowing the gap between the top 3 seeds with every practise, the juniors were eager to perform well and deliver a good show for the friends, parents and clubmembers who came to watch some games.

After a good first day with only one loss to the title defender (Disc Club Panthers, Bern), the Freespeedies earned themselves the easier quarterfinal against number 3 from the other pool. The plan on offense was to practise for the semifinals and try to work the disc safely into the endzone. The defensive plan was also considered a preparation for the semis. The Coach demanded tight man defence and quick switching from D to O, trying to score with one or two passes. The execution of the plan was almost perfect. The Freespeedies won their Quarters with the highest score of the tournament! Semis were against Crazy Whelps of Stans. Despite a much lower age average the Freespeedies fought hard and kept the game tight to the end. At the score 5:7 and less than one minute to play, the team took all the risk and went for the quick score to create the chance to play for the 7 all point. Blocked in the first attempt the team got the disc back quickly and immediately took another shot, unfortunately with no more success than the first one. After a hard fought game the Freespeedies lost their semis, but showed the „old“ guys what they should be afraid of in the next years and probably played one of their best games in the history of the Basel junior team.

The Game for 3rd place was against the former all-time finalist, the HiJackers from Kerns. In an intense game both teams put their best players on O and occasinally tried to get a break with their strong players on D. The game started with both teams scoring their points easily. Mid game a few individual mistakes and a dropped pull allowed the HiJackers to get some breaks. Not able to take the momentum into the last phase of the game, the HiJackers gave away a 6:4 lead in the last two minutes. The momentum on their side, Freespeedies played a last strong man D to get the block on the second pass. A few passes and a smooth dump swing combination finished the game in favour of the home team. For the first time, the Freespeedies beat one of the former top 3.