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.

With the return of SCRUFF into the Summer League the schedule has been completely rewritten.

SCRUFF did exceptionally well in last years Summer League, despite most of them having never played before (much). Their return this year is sure to provide a few interesting results.

Summer League resumes again on Tuesday after it's holiday break. At the nearly half-way stage, CHASE have already taken a comfortable lead on the league table, winning all their games and putting them 5 points clear of second place Deep Heat. Will anyone be able to stop them?