Earlier today the three-day tournament in the midst of the World Games in Kaohsiung, Taiwan wrapped up with the United States victorious over Japan, who they lost to earlier in the day in pool play, in the Gold Medal Game 13-6. Australia defeated Canada 13-8 for the Bronze Medal, and Great Britain beat out Chinese Tapei for fifth place.

FINAL STANDING
1. United States (5-1)
2. Japan (4-2)
3. Australia (4-2)
4. Canada (3-3)
5. Great Britain (2-4)
6. Chinese Tapei (0-6)

LINKS ABOUT TOWN
Official UPA Write-ups — UPA Board Member and podcaster extraordinaire Josh Seamon gave us great daily write-ups from the World Games.

UPA Twitter — A great moment-by-moment account of Team USA’s time in Taiwan, with point-by-point updates of every game.

UPA YouTube Channel — As of this writing they have full games of Team USA against Canada and Great Britain, with surely more to come. There’s also a mix of other miscellany.

UPA Flickr Feed — A fantastic collection of photos of Team USA’s trip to Taiwan.

As a sidenote, allow me to commend the UPA for their first-rate coverage of the World Games. Big ups to Josh, Meredith, and the rest of the team for keeping us up-to-date Stateside.

WFDF Tournament Statistics — WFDF provides full tournament stats for goals thrown and caught, broken down my gender as well.

Scobel Wiggins Photography — The incomparable Scobel Wiggins provides us shots of the actions. Some of our favorites below.

PHOTOS

AND, FINALLY…
Last week we received this note from Mike Mullen, Seattle youth Ultimate guru.

A big thank you to Team USA players and coach (Adam Simon, Beau Kittredge, Chelsea Putnam, Liz Duffy, Sam Chatterton-Kirchmeier, Alicia White, Dylan Tunnell, and Coach Greg Connelly) for stopping by for two hours to coach, play, and interact with the campers and counselors at the Central & South Seattle HS Ultimate Day Camp on July 2.

Seattle Youth Ultimate Camps , DiscNW, and Seattle Parks and Recreation teamed up to run the four day gratis day camp to help jumpstart high school single gender programs in south Seattle. The camp was staffed by two paid leads and equipment provided by Seattle Youth Ultimate Camps, the fields and use of the community center was donated by Seattle Parks, DiscNW donated organizational and liability support, and a number of college players and HS 11th and 12th graders volunteered as counselors. Thanks to everyone involved for helping use serve the 25 girls and 35 boys who attended the camp.

Congratulations to Team USA on their Gold Medal, and a big congrats to Huddle authors Gwen Ambler, Chelsea Putnam, and Seth Wiggins!