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The Austin Scoober
Worlds 2010
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The World Ultimate Club Championships run by the World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) only occurs every 4 years. This past July, two teams from Austin attended the games in Prague, Czech Republic: Doublewide (open) and Showdown (women). There were also a few Austinites that played on the masters team Surly and the Chad Larson Experience, named after Austin's very own Chad Larson, also attended. These articles summarize the teams experiences and give a quick take of the differences between WFDF rules and 11th edition rules.
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Doublewide WUCC 2010 Recap
by Michael Natenberg
Doublewide entered the World Club Ultimate Championships (WUCC) in Prague, Czech Republic ranked 6th out of 48 open teams. In our initial pool play games we beat Cotarica (Italy), CUUP (China), and Euforia (Columbia). Although we won these games by large margins, the team struggled to find a consistent flow on offense when receiving and after turnovers. We were all glad to have a few games to gel with the new players and work out the kinks. The most exciting of these games was our showcase against Euforia, which was broadcast live via the Internet and played in front of a packed stadium.
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An out of this WORLD experience
by Tina Woodings
Showdown's trek to the World games actually started one year ago, the season of 2009, where we had this crazy idea that if we placed 5th (4 US teams qualify but typically a Canadian team places in the top 4), we would go to this thing called Worlds which was in Prague. As a co-captain, we subtly dropped hints like including the date of worlds as an upcoming event in our weekly digests. We talked about it like a sort of intangible thing that we wanted but had no idea what it incurred.
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Worlds vs. USA 11th Edition Rules: How it actually played out
by Tina Woodings
Tina Woodings is the captain of elite Austin women's team Showdown and played in the World games run by the World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF wfdf.org). Most local tournaments and the fall series (sectionals and regionals up through nationals) are played under USA Ultimate's (usaultimate.org) 11th Edition Ultimate rules. The differences can be subtle or important, and Tina enlightens us here with what they are and how they actually affected game play.
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You, Too, Can Have a Chad Larson Experience
by Chad Larson
You may not have known we've been harboring a celebrity amidst us! World champion Iowa team "Chad Larson Experience" is christened for our very own, unassuming Austinite Chad Larson. (If you spent hour upon hour gazing at the back of his neck in high school chemistry class, you would, inexorably, seek to honor him as well.) Here is an inside scoop on the team's M.O. and the results from Worlds written by the Legend himself.
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