Broccoli Ultimate

26 September 2008

New season is here!

So with all the talking, the meetings, the Roster discussions and so on, it's finally time to get out on the pitch and play. We had Savage 7s as a little warm up day in the sun but that doesn't really compare with the first Chimpo friendly of the year. This Sunday sees Broccoli vs. Chimpo for the first time of the 2008/2009 season. It will also see a few new recruits make their first starts. If all goes to plan the next few weeks look like this:

September 28th - Broccoli vs Chimpo

October 5th - Broccoli Training (Venue TBC)
October 7th - UCD vs Broccoli
October 11th/12th - Broccoli to 'Bologna's No.10'
October 19th - Broccoli vs Chimpo (Venue TBC)

November 1st/2nd - Broccoli to 'Cork Open 2008'

See you all on the pitch,
Marko

23 September 2008

September Savage 7s

The second Saturday of September saw 7 teams and over 50 players converge on the lovely pitches of Santry for a day of Ultimate with a twist. 'September Savage 7s' was the brainchild of Dominick Smyth, who's tireless promotion of the sport aound the country has been a noticeable feature of the last year or two. He was looking to get a simple, no frills day of play organised to get people out running and having a laugh, and that's exactly what happened. 50min games, 15mins breaks and the odd bye. Easy!


Despite an early morning start of 9.30am, ridiculously hot weather and the lack of subs, all players (young and old) made it through the day in one piece, even Shimbo. On top of that, all teams had a lot of fun with close results, tight battles, the odd landslide and a competitive final. Big congratulations to Johnny Chimpo who took home yet another domestic title, to 'Mostly Trinity' who won Spirit with one of the most friendly and competitive attitudes I've ever seen on a pitch and to Dave 'Pooper' McAlester whose jokes kept many of us amused (once Perfect translated them into English, naturally). A lesson in GUTS was dealt out by Perfect and Begsy and a few spectators showed up to, with Si and kids making it a real family day out!


From our point of view, the day was a success. We got to get out and play together for the first time in a long while (Limerick??). We got to blood 3 new players, each of whom played solidly and with confidence. We got to try a few new things on O and concentrate on working together as a unit on D. We learnt a lot in the Final and enjoyed every game.


Our results were:


vs Jabba 1: 13-3

vs Mostly Trinity: 13-1

vs UCD&Binge: 12-3

vs Chimpo: 7-12


The full results are as follows:


1. Johnny Chimpo

2. Broccoli

3. UCDoubleBinge

4. The Bears

5. The Huck

6. Jabba

7. Mostly Trinity


Spirit of the Game: Mostly Trinity.


The Broccoli team was: Marko, Oisin, Dangerous Dave, Tall Paul, Darron, Langball & Petie.


MVP - Oisin

MSP - Darron


Finally, without the work of Sam Mehigan, who provided us with pitches, and Dominick Smyth, who organised the schedule and got teams out on the day, we wouldnt have had the fun day we did. Thanks a lot lads, much appreciated, especially given neither of them could take part!


For more photos from the day go to: http://picasaweb.google.com/earley.mark/September7s

The New Season

Well, this post has been a long time coming. While all has been quiet on the Web front, we've been busy hatching plans off it. Soon we will begin training for the new season, running a fitness plan and going to some tournaments. The calendar until Christmas is as follows:

September 13th: September Savage 7s
October 11th/12th: Bologna
November 1st/2nd: Cork Open 2008
December: Winter League

There's lots to look forward, lots of new players to get involved and lots of exciting news ahead, including a new website, a Broccoli Tournament of some variety, a brand spanking new Roster and lots of travelling. Keep an eye on the site for more details as soon as they're available.

Marko