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1st weekend of the Open/Women Swiss Championships 2013 in Basel!

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after a few years break, Freespeed is back in the business of organizing a swiss championship tournament! this weekend the first of two open and women championship weekends is taking place at the „Sportanlage Pfaffenholz“! come and enjoy some good games, a home made cake or a cold beer!

 

GAMES OF THE WEEKEND:
saturday, 15:45: MICZ vs. ZUF (women)
sunday, 11:15: Freespeed vs. Crazy Dogs (open)
sunday, 11:15: Flying Angels vs. Solebang (open)

 

COMPLETE SCHEDULE:

Spielplan SM 1 2013 Basel

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Tom’s Tourney 2013

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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!

Freespeed One, Second Half Season Summary

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Swiss Championships, Final Round, Ebikon (CH)

Sad story short: Freespeed one gave away an early lead in the Finals and again lost a game to Flying Angles wich never should have been lost! After all disappointment of our performance, congrats to the swiss champions, Flying Angels from Bern.

 

Dogs Outdoor, Stans (CH)

With a squad of 8 people (9 on sunday), Freespeed took this tournament to have some fun and find the way into the second half of the season. With the Olympics going on in London the team decided to dedicate the outfit to this Event. With beautifully self made shirts and some equipment from olympic disciplines a fun weekend was programmed. The beer race developed to a spontanuous special highlight, as „Michael Phelps“ lost the race just by some inches due to his deficient butterfly technique on grass… Party: good, Sunday: good. 3rd place and a lot of fun!

 

EUC Regionals South, Imola (IT)

Freespeed played at EUC Regionals last weekend. undefeated in their Pool the small squad (8 players missing) lost the game for the top seed of the region to a strong Flying Angels. In a game with many discussions against CUSB La Fotta, the second spot in the elite pools at EUCF was safely defended (14:8 victory as far as I remember, correct me if I’m wrong…).

Open Ranking:
Elite Pools:
1. Flying Angels Bern
2. Freespeed Basel
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Challenger Pools:
3. CUSB La Fotta Bologna
4. Friselis Versailles
5. Cota Rica Rimini
The swiss women team Lotus also succesfully defended their spot for EUCF, winning all their games. Crazy Dogs unfortunately came 6th and just didn’t make it into the challenger pools.
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EUC Finals, Frankfurt (GE)
The 2012 EUCF are over. Freespeed had a disappointing start into the tournament with 3 losses in the elite pool. then pre-quarters brought the next loss and the drop into the 9-16 bracket. Freespeed won all remaining games, finishing with a
15:14 victory over Viksjöfors IF. 9th place. Not exactly where the team expected to end up, but happy to have fought for 9th place successfully!Congratulations to:
– Clapham Ultimate, to take back the title after 5 years!
– Crazy Dogs, for winning the Spirit of the Game award!
– Lotus, for winning bronze medal again (after 2011)!
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Bologna’s Back 2012 (20th anniversary edition), Bologna (IT)
The Freespeed Open Team finished the season with a last international tournament: Bologna’s Back 2012 (20th Anniversary)! The squad consisted of 12 players, of wich 3 were upcoming talents to be integrated for the future and 1 was a guest player. The young team made it all the way to semis, wich ended with the victory in double game point against Cota Rica from Rimini.
The finals against the hometeam CUSB La Fotta brought some hot action with many spectacular points on both sides. None of the teams could pull away early in the game and after one break each, the score was still one point difference at halftime. Bologna, playing for the first ever win of their own tournament, managed to punish one of our few mistakes to a two point lead. Time was over at 11:10 for Bologna, game to 12 (cap 1) with them starting on offence. For some passes they didn’t manage to move the disc any inch upfield and found themselves stalled out, what they contested. Not even 10 seconds later the swing after the dump pass was caught for the callahan! But there was an uncontested foul on the throw. The disc went back, to be thrown for another swing pass into another defenders hand! The second callahan score in 20 seconds tighten the score to 11 all, double game point. In a long point with Bologna having a lot of trouble to find options and having to choose risky options at high stall counts many times, they finally pulled down a last very lucky hammer in the endzone to win their own tournament! Over all it wasn’t luck though, that made Bologna win the game. We had some very lucky scores ourselves. It was hard fighting and well playing that brought the first ever victory in their home tournament. Congratulations CUSB La Fotta!

Many thanks to Bologna for an awesome final game and for a perfectly organized event! And thanks to the crowd for an amanzing athmosphere during the finals!
Thanks for reading, have a smooth break after a long season and a nice start into the indoor season!