LATEST NEWS AND STUFF... - Strike Force have taken out the Grand Final of the Autumn League competition, defeating the ubiquitous Planeteers (nee Hobbitohs). Check out the photos of the action as well as the socialisation on the sidelines by clicking on the Photo Gallery page. - Central Coast Ultimate Frisbee is trying to get off the ground again. If you know anyone from the Central Coast who'd be interested in playing, get them to log on to www.centralcoastultimatefrisbee.com.au - Video from Recent Ultimate Frisbee Nationals, Coffs Harbour 2008
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Newcastle Ultimate Frisbee consists of two associations of Novocastrians who enjoy the sport of Ultimate, and who get together for the fast-paced and exhilarating games that this activity offers. The NUdisc club plays at Newcastle University near The Forum on Monday nights and is primarily made up of uni students. Newcastle Ultimate Frisbee Club (NUFC) plays at the football fields on Union Street on Wednesday night from 7pm - 9pm, and welcomes both experienced players and rookies alike regardless of university affiliation. (click here for Google Map location)
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NUFC is affiliated with Ultimate Frisbee NSW (UFNSW), which looks after frisbee across New South Wales. A portion of each player's league fees goes to UFNSW in order to help run development and coaching programs, provide financial assistance to worthy projects, pay coaches, set up new leagues, sponsor junior and elite ultimate and support many other projects. UFNSW provided financial and equipment assistance when NUFC was starting up of over a $1,000 , and will be providing up to $6000 towards improving the lighting at the fields where league is played. |
What Is Ultimate Frisbee?
The easiest way of explaining Ultimate to those unaware of the sport is that it's a free-flowing non-contact game that combines netball, AFL, touch football and gridiron and is played across the width of a football field. Once the frisbee is in play, the person holding it cannot run with it but must look for open players to throw it to in order to advance the disc up the field.
There are no offsides, and if the frisbee is intercepted, knocked down by the defence or simply fails to be caught by a member of the offensive team then the frisbee is turned over and the teams switch from offence to defence and vice-versa. To score, a player from the offensive team must be caught in the end-zone.
Ultimate is a very fast game, with lots of running, sprinting and marking as well as throwing the frisbee. One of the most unique features of the game is the fact that there are no referees, and the Spirit Of The Game ensures that games are played fairly yet competitively.
Copyright Note: "Frisbee" is the trademark for the line of discs made by the Wham-O toy company. In fact, discs made by Wham-O competitor Discraft are the ones we use. Strictly speaking, the sport is simply known as Ultimate, and we use discs to play it, but in the minds of most people it will always be called Ultimate Frisbee - which is why we are Newcastle Ultimate Frisbee.
For more information on Ultimate Frisbee and the history of Ultimate in Newcastle, click here.
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If you're already a keen player of Newcastle Ultimate Frisbee then we hope you like the new-look website which will keep you up-to-date with local leagues, representative competitions, training and other events.
If you're a newcomer to the sport then perhaps we'll see you soon. Even during the middle of a league we welcome new players, so don't think that you have to wait until a competition is over before getting out there and having a go.