Fredericksburg, Virginia

The oldest ulti tourney in the world was a pretty big draw for me. A flurry of outgoing emails searching for road warriors had produced only poor excuses until Silent Bob answered the call. Once again I zipped down to Minny, caught up with Silent Bob, and we started our journey to stop the Hollywood types from making a lame-ass movie about us.

Right. We were underway, me exhausted and Silent Bob working on his inexperience with the stick shift.
"Is it in gear?" inquires Bob.
"Yeah."
"WHOA, it's in third!"
"I didn't say WHICH gear."
Nevertheless, a leisurely 19 hour sprint brought us to Mindy's place in DC, where we were kindly taken in at 3 AM.

This tourney has been going on for a long time; many of the squads are alumni and reunion teams. Everyone's got a little character and history to bring to it, and the silver anniversary edition seemed like a celebration. The skill level was excellent, and the three day format means you get reseeded into a bracket where all your games are close. I got to play with the Lower Canada Racquet and Lawn Bowling Club and had plenty of opportunities to wear myself out by the end of the weekend. I found it mildly amusing, driving half way across the US, and then picking up with one of the few canuck squads.

There were many notables: a cold persistent wind, shots of Jagermeister in a casual little pub completely swarmed after the party, Ben of Peggy Cronin leading 'spin the bottle' in the hotel lobby, the Toronto gals and Karaoke, candy necklaces, Gra-du in fine form Friday night, the Cheese Dick's 25 shots a game diet. Also, I don't like to be critical, but I must say it's poor planning to run out of beer by 11:30 at the party. Something to think about next year.
-GWAC

The womens final, Gra-du in white, Philly Peppers in red.
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Tip of the fingers in the mens final, WeSwill in red, Plonkers in dark.
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Someone catching against the Silver Beavers.
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Late with the foot, mens final.
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Buzz of West Hem Fems with a grab against Silver Beavers.
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Mens final.
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Brenda showing blade in the womens final.
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Top side down catch, mens final.
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Finger tip grab, womens final.
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Bundled up low out of the wind.
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Who's on O? Who got the d? Mens final.
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Buzz throwing against Silver Beavers.
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All alone for the catch, mens final.
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Steve Mooney laying it out, mens final.
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Lisa with a d, womens final.
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Mens final.
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Cyndy of Silver Beavers on the mark.
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A clean-up catch, womens final.
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Lesley gimped after a Saturday midfield collision.
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Holly with the d, womens final.
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Flicking upfield, mens fnal.
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Silver Beavers on the mark.
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Adequate ups, Peggy Cronin.
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Womens final.
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Mens final.
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Gra-du on the mark.
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The infamous Puffin Head.
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Almost looks like a strip, mens final.
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WeSwill.
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Just missing, womens final.
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D-block, mens final.
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Breaking the mark, womens final.
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Philly Peppers line dancing.
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Our sideline questioning on whether this disc was up has been answered.
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Jump ball, womens final.
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Cathy of Silver Beavers on the mark against the West Hem Fems.
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Nice ups, mens final.
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Gra-du grab.
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Mooney looking upfield, mens final.
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Cyn late on the bid as Anne-Marie of West Hem Fems catches.
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My disc, mens final.
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Just out of reach, Silver Beavers vs. West Hem Fems.
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Holly of Gra-du and someone.
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Double up, womens final.
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Mens final.
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Late lay out, womens final.
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Holly throwing, womens final.
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Jump ball in the mens final. WeSwill took the win in cap, 17-15.
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Philly peppers with a d; the Peppers triumphed over the reigning champs Gra-du.
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