World Games 2022 Recap

The World Games are now over. Great Britain played very well across five games, with many incredibly close score lines (all but one was within two points), yet sadly each time ended on the unfortunate side of the result. As a result, GB finish 8th/8. 

They do, however, appear to have won spirit! No "4"s or "0"s received, but very good overall results. 
(Rules: 2.0, Fouls: 2.0, Fair: 2.4, Positive: 2.4, Comms: 2.6, Total: 11.4) 

To the athletes and coaches: we're all very proud of you. Well done for being selected and representing us at the highest stage. Winning spirit at this level is no mean feat - maintaining composure and fairness even in the tensest situation is certainly something to applaud. You also gave your all on field, despite the heat and occasional reduced roster. We're hoping you saw some sense that we were all watching and cheering you on from afar. Best of luck to you all in your upcoming WUCC adventures (and beyond)! 

Games Archive 
(A sideline stream of the final GB seeding games can also be found here, as none of the 5-8 seeding games were streamed officially - https://www.twitch.tv/lljkb

GB stat list 

GB Pool Games 
7-13 vs USA 
11-13 vs Canada 
8-10 vs Germany (lightning stopped play) 

GB Seeding Games 
11-13 vs Japan (5 vs 8) 
12-13 vs Canada (7 vs 8) 

Final Standings 
1. USA 
2. Australia 
3. Colombia 
4. Germany 
5. Japan 
6. France 
7. Canada 
8. Great Britain

World Games 2022 Preview Information

Writer/Editor: Hazard


When: Tuesday 12th July to Saturday 16 July, 2022
NB: the event runs from 7th-17th July, Ultimate is just shown from 12th-16th.

Where: Birmingham, Alabama, USA

What: The most elite Ultimate in the World, and the showcase of the sport in front of the Olympic committee. The World Games is where sports recognised by the IOC, but not yet part of the Olympics, get to ply their trade.

Known as "Flying Disc" for the duration of the competition, there will be eight countries competing - United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, Colombia, Great Britain, France, and Germany.

The only division at the event is Mixed

Streaming: All games look like they will be streamed. GB games will probably be posted here by someone (please) before they occur so we can get a bit of hype going.

Type "Flying Disc" into the search bar to find the relevant games. https://www.theworldgames.org/pages/twg2022streaming

Website: https://twg2022.com/sports/flying-disc/

Rosters: Full list - https://ultiworld.com/2022/07/05/here-are-the-2022-world-games-rosters/

Great Britain Roster
#5 Molly Wedge F
#7 Ben Burak M
#9 Karen Kwok F
#12 Bex Palmer F
#14 Ollie Gordon M
#16 Alex Lakes M
#17 Carla Link F
#20 Ashley Yeo M
#28 Justin Foord M
#32 Tom Abrams M
#35 Rachel Naden F
#37 Ellie Taylor F
#46 Nick Williams M
#54 Fiona Kwan F
Coach Lucy Clare Barnes F
Coach Samuel Vile M
* M/F here refers to whether they are a female- or male-matching player.

WMUCC GB Club Recap

Editor/Writer: Hazard (he/him)

I've tried to include spirit scores and top playmaker stats for each team (assists+goals). For mixed playmaker stats, I tried to include both the male-matching playmaker and the female-matching playmaker. Where there was a tie, I've used the play who did it in the fewest games. Apologies if I've messed up anywhere - let me know and I'll correct things! For spirit, I've included any "4"s received. No "0"s were received by any British team. The Masters Open/Women/Mixed finals may alter finishing spirit positions slightly.

This was originally posted on the UK Sofa Sideline group, but I felt like I'd put enough effort into the post to preserve it here too.


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Results: https://results.wfdf.sport/wmucc/
Schedule:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1khO-GAOeT27uYEEI-_cyalFc0ONMf7oagDiPPCFvHbM/
Streaming: https://www.youtube.com/c/WorldFlyingDiscFederation/videos

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Masters Women (18 teams)
LMU finish 8th, losing 12-15 to Masterclass of Ireland in their final game. They finish as second-highest European team. Catherine Gainey finished as highest playmaker, with 20 assists + 13 goals. They finish 4th in spirit overall with a score of 11.0, and recieved one "4" for fairmindness in their final game.

Masters Open (28 teams)
Magic Toast finish 7th, beating Royal Stag of USA 15-7 in their final game. They finish as second-highest European team. Michael Noblett finished as top playmaker (3rd overall in the division), with 12 assists + 34 goals. They finish 24th in spirit overall with an average score of 10.6.

Devon finish 21st/22nd overall with a win/loss against Gentle-OLD of Belgium (I'll update once the score is on the website). Richard Coward finished as top playmaker, with 17 assists + 13 goals. They finish 5th in spirit overall with a score of 12.38. I'm including their spirit comment from Masterclass because it made me chuckle in a good way - "very sexy very sound.in a very rare turn of events the spirit in the first half was excellent and then improved even more in the second"

Masters Mixed (33 teams)
Reading Ultimate finished 13th with a 15-9 win over Heidees of Germany. They were the 3rd highest European team. Their top male/female playmakers were Sam Gunbie with 30 assists and 2 goals/Helen Roberts with 6 assists and 13 goals. They finished 12th in spirit with a score of 11.56.

Thundering Herd finished 13th with a 15-9 win over Heidees of Germany. Their top male/female playmakers were Sion Regan with 17 assists and 6 goals/Xueya (Julie) Zhao with 6 assists and 13 goals. They finished 9th in spirit with a score of 11.75.

MCP finished 29th by topping the 29-33 pool. Their top male/female playmakers were Carl Bullingham with 5 assists and 13 goals/Eleanor Nicholson with 4 assists and 7 goals. They finished 7th in spirit with a score of 11.90. They received two "4"s - in attitude against RJP, and in fairmindedness gainst Old Main Line Frankfurt. Accoridng to RJP, "best game we've had spirit wise with another team".

Grand Masters Open (15 teams)
Zimmer finished 5th after beating Shadows of USA 15-14. They finish as highest European team, and highest British team in any division. Their top playmaker was David Sealy (who finished 4th overall) with 16 assists and 18 goals. They finished 4th in spirit with a score of 12.30

Grand Masters Mixed (11 teams)
Big Fish, Little Fish finish 9th overall, beating Cur$!ve of Canada 15-8. They finish as the highest European team in the division. Their top male/female playmakers were Matt Anderson with 29 assists and 3 goals/Claerwen Snell with 1 assist and 14 goals. While it's hard to know precisely (WFDF don't show gender tables so I'm guessing the best I can), I believe Claewen was 6th amongst female-matching players in the division. They also WON SPIRIT in their divison, with a score of 13.67. They received two "4"s, both in communication (from HiJinx and Woodies).

Great Grand Masters Open (10 teams)
FLASH finished 8th overall, losing 8-15 to JETS of France in their final game. Their top playmaker was Rouven Schreck with 32 assists and 3 goals (which saw him 2nd overall in the division). Simon Church also made the overall top 10 leaderboards, finishing 6th with 1 assist and 27 goals. Rouven apparently assisted 14 of Simon's goals. They finish 3rd overall in spirit, with a score of 12.90. This includes two "4"s from Relics in Rules and Attitude, but also a perfect 20 score from Recycled (with no comment). Recycled gave twenty nine(!) "4"s across 12 games, with one comment of "Very nice team" for the other 20 they awarded. This isn't related to FLASH, I just felt it worth noting.

World Games 2022 Recap

The World Games are now over. Great Britain played very well across five games, with many incredibly close score lines (all but one was with...