The first thing you’ve got to know about Worlds is that it is extremely HUGE!
We came to Prague on Friday and saw billboards! advertising WUCC with a photo of layout by Iceni player. There were a lot of volunteers in those sweet yellow jerseys which were able to show us the way to check-in, and at the old town you could see teams enjoying the beautiful city.

On Saturday the big thing (beside the 4:0 score of Germany vs Argentina football game) was Sockeye’s throwing training. Ben, Idaho and many other Sockeye players were running quite unusual drills. It was a great opportunity to get some useful tips.

Sunday .. “Any given Sunday”. This is it. We woke up at 5:30 to get at the fields at 7:30. First game against Chaos from Canada..the team seeded #4. We are seeded #29. The game was intense and 30 degree weather too. There was no wind or even small breeze at all. We felt every point in our legs. The ‘first game’ mistakes gave our opponents the 3:0 lead. We got on the board with Wojtek’s #2 two handed layout catch from a huck of our D line. We traded some points but Canadians took off with a few more, and took half with 9:4 (i guess). In the second half Chaos got some smooth offences isolating the middle of the field with the split stack. We answered with a preety backhand huck from Lucjan #00 to Smok #11…but it was not enough. We lost 6:17. The game was very Spirited and we enjoyed it very much. We received some MVP gifts and had some nice chats – thanks guys. It was our first appearance at this kind of event and scoring 6 points against team seeded #4 is quite ok.

Second game against Frizzly Bears seeded #13. They used their wide pivots to break our marks and that was the reason we lost many points. The wind appeared which made our longer passes floaty. They took half 5:9. In this game we had to play small ball, and this was working much better. With some nice give and go movements we scored twice. In the last minutes we had three injuries in both teams, and I hope everything is fine. We lost 8:17. Our opponents gave us a badge as a gift-they got a nice logo.

That’s it for today. I’m going to watch The Game of the Day – Czech Hot Beaches vs Storm from Canada.

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Ultimate is growing worldwide. One of the places where the pure passion has it’s roots is Poland. The love to sport kicks it forward. Our commitment pushed us to create the first real National team in April 2010. Take a look at the tryout process to get familiar with us:

And now take a step back to 2009 and look at the club scene.
In 2009 we had our first Nationals. The best Polish team on this tournament was Grandmaster Flash from Warsaw. This was a big step – earning a spot at Worlds as a first Polish team in history.

The team was created in 2006 by the students of Bednarska High School, and soon they became the fastest developing team on Polish Ultimate scene. From day one as total youngsters, they struggled thru the tournaments step by step, to win the first one in June 2009. Wise man says – the hardest thing is not to get on top, but to stay on top. And Grandmaster Flash stay undefeated till now, by any Polish team, on any Polish outdoor tournament. Thanks to that through the series of tournaments in 2009 they won Polish Cup.
GMF is known for their great Spirit and wicked beach tournament called Sandslash. Third edition of this event will be held in August 2010. They are also coordinating Warsaw League Ultimate and working on a junior program in their High School.

I’m preety objective cause I’m sort of a pickup for Grandmasters. Originally I’m one of the captains of Astro Disco team. I always remember we had some great intense games against GMF, while off the field we are very close. Check the full game video from the last matchup from May 2010:

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