I play Ultimate Frisbee, and last June 20-21, I joined the Hammertron Ultimate Frisbee Club to play Brass Monkey in Rotorua. Brass Monkey is two days of pure ultimate Frisbee fun: an indoor social tournament and a hat (team members are randomly chosen out of a hat) outdoor tournament. This year, sixteen New Zealand Ultimate Frisbee teams met on the court to exchange and pick up discs. It was loads of fun! It was my first Ultimate tournament, and I mostly played defense (not an easy job if you have a height challenge!) But it was loads and loads of fun! The thrill of sticking to my marker (opposite team) and cutting to and from the endzone while trying to catch the disc was the best part of the weekend. Of course, our costume of flannel shirts and ripped denims helped too: we were “fashion” on the court.

We played well in that tournament (we brought home cool limited Brass Monkey mugs with WINNER splayed on the sides) and even got recognized for our spirit (shot glasses as trophies, woohoo!) so I would say it was a very wonderful Ultimate Frisbee weekend.

Interested to play Ultimate yet? Come and join us at the Rec Centre every Wednesday 8pm onwards and learn more about the sport I’m really crazy about. We also play outdoors (yes, especially in the rain!) on Sundays 3pm onwards at the Uni sports field. I’ll be seeing you, then we’ll both yell “Hammertron HO!” together.