The first ever Happy One Day Event (HODE) is happening on the morning of 6th March 2010 in Jordanstown, University of Ulster. It's a hat tournament (teams are picked out of a hat) open to anyone to attend, whether just started or experienced.

The tournament will take place on the indoor 3G pitch at Jordanstown. It's a synthetic pitch, so astroturf boots, or something similar is recommended. Start time is 10:00am sharp and will finish around 12:00pm. The cost is £2 per player.

Do you want to improve your ultimate this winter? This could be the only way to do it in Belfast.

Training is planned for 10 Fridays from 8-10PM at Ballysillan Leisure Centre on a third generation floodlit pitch. The training is supported by a grant from Belfast City Council; the cost will be £20 for the 20 hours of training. It starts Friday 15 January 2010.

If you want to sign up, and agree to paying the fee, join the facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=268589966202

The votes are in and the results have been counted. The winners were announced and prizes given during a ceremony at the first ever Annual Dinner Dance for Belfast Ultimate. Each of the winners for the Belfast Ultimate Awards received a coveted limited edition ob decorated mug. There were also prizes for the winners (or losers depending on how you look at it) of the Gayray Shirley Hughes Awards.

And the winners are...

The nominations are in and voting has now started for the BU & GSH Awards 2009. The nominees are listed below. To vote, send an email to belfastultimate@googlemail.com, listing the category and the person you are voting for. You can only vote for one player per category. Voting by email closes on Friday 18th December. You can vote in person at the Christmas Cracker if you miss this deadline.

Unfortunately, the Draft League will not be taking place as originally planned. This is due to fluctuating player numbers on different weeks and the Queens team having inter-varsity matches.

Instead, there will be a one day event were the picked teams can play. This will be on 5th December 2009 at Stranmillis Embankment, beside the PEC, starting at 10am and finishing around 3pm. The three teams will play each other twice and then there'll be a final for the top two teams.

Nominations are now open for the BU & GSH Awards 2009. The BU Awards are run each year as a way to recognise personal and group achievements. The GSH Awards take a more light hearted approach, as a way to look back at all those memorable moments and contributions (intentional or otherwise) throughout the year.

To nominate a player for an award, send an email to belfastultimate@googlemail.com, stating the category, the player's name, and a short description of why you are nominating that person. The categories are listed below.

The 'Belfast Ultimate Awards 2009' categories

Hello guys and girls of Belfast Ultimate,

Dates and Venue for the draft league have been finalised.

Format of the League.
The league teams will be picked from a pool of BU players that have signed up to play in the draft league by Captains that have volunteered to fufill these posts. There will also be a Queens Uni team playing within this league to try and let them gain experience for their upcoming inter varsities. Depending on numbers the league will be a 3 or 4 team format. The main reason for this Draft League is to have fun and spirited games of ultimate.

DATES

The indoor season has started again, 'cause it's dark outside in the evenings. Currently, there are two indoor sessions a week in Belfast:

Tuesday Evenings, 8pm-9pm
Thursday Evenings, 9pm-10pm

Both sessions are in the Grove Wellbeing Centre on York Street. We have to pay for the hall hire, so we'll be charging £4 per person per session to cover this.

QUB student? Queens has a new Ultimate Frisbee club. If you're a Queens University student and want to play Ultimate, they'd love to have you along. Currently they train on Wednesday afternoons, 2pm-4pm, on the grass field beside the PEC on Stanmillis Embankment.

There's more information available on their website at http://www.queensultimate.co.uk/.

Another year of Summer League finishes; one that saw around 78 people playing on 7 different teams, in a total of 36 games.

Of no surprise to anyone, CHASE won again, making it 2 for 2 and still remain undefeated in summer league. But they didn't quiet make it a clean sweep this year when they only managed a draw with an 'on form' Swerve team.

The middle of the table was much more interesting, with only a win or a draw separating most teams. You can see final standings on the results page.