Category Archives: Freespeed
Tom’s Tourney 2013
after a difficult start into the tournament – ending up 3rd in the first pool after losing to strong playing Iznogood – the freespeed open team tried to forget thursday and focus on the games to come in the upper pool on friday. winning against Friselis (6:4) and Mooncatchers (11:5) in the upper pool, the loss against Cobra Kai (9:11) made some of the team feel sorry for the Mooncatchers, who so far only lost to us and could have gone to quarters if we had beaten Cobra Kai… quarters (11:6 vs. Gentle Open) and semis (9:6 vs. CUSB La Fotta) were both hard fought and well spirited games that ended up in our favour. finals agains so far unbeaten Ragnarok from Copenhagen promised a tough game in difficult conditions. a lot of wind and a little rain made it difficult to play nice and safely. both teams started with some big plays and some lucky scores. a bit more will to come down with the disc (or some may say a few more lucky passes) on Freespeed’s side pushed the score to a 3 point lead at halftime. after a last funny and lucky catch, two promising talents (and brothers) closed the game with a last upwind break: 12:7. the title was defended!
many thanks to Glenn and the whole crew for another great TT edition (winning TT twice in a row is nothing, compared to organizing a high quality tournament like TT x times in a row!)
thanks to all our opponents for awesome games in difficult conditions!
sorry to Friselis for some no-so-good reactions on our side in the uper pool game… (it made us think a lot about our spirit of the game and we were really happy that those thoughts were reflected in our 3rd rank of the spirit of the game evaluation).
thanks for a spectacular final and all the best of luck on the way to the US Open to Ragnarok!
The Juniors on the rise!
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.