Category: Ultimate Canada
BC Ultimate players find Silver Lining at 2015 WCBU in Dubai
The WFDF World Championships of Beach Ultimate were held in Dubai from March 8-13, 2015. BC featured several players to the event as part of the Team Canada contingent. Those players came away with the following medals:
MIXED DIVISION – SILVER MEDAL
Erik Max Hunter (Vancouver, BC)
Hannah Epperson (Vancouver, BC)
Julie Moens (Vancouver, BC)
Megan O’Brien (Vancouver, BC)
Tyler Hislop (Vancouver, BC)
MIXED MASTERS – SILVER MEDAL
Troe Weston (Vancouver, BC)
OPEN MASTERS – SILVER MEDAL
Dennis Hummerston (Vancouver, BC)
Dev Sharma (Vancouver, BC)
Jimmy Roney (Victoria, BC)
Matt Lynch (Vancouver, BC)
Pete McCann (Vancouver, BC)
Myles Lu (Vancouver, BC)
WOMEN MASTERS – SILVER MEDAL
Anja Haman (Vancouver, BC)
Betsy Chan (Victoria, BC)
Emily Noton (Vancouver, BC)
Jen Nicholls (Vancouver, BC)
Congratulations to these and all Team Canada players for a successful Beach Worlds event.
Article: “Could ultimate become an Olympic ‘disc’ipline?”
Last year, ultimate took a big step towards realizing its Olympic ambitions when the IOC formally recognized the World Flying Disc Organization (WFDF) as a member sports federation.
While it’s generally accepted that the Olympics are still years away, the Canadian Olympic Committee published this article on how far the sport has come, and what still needs to be done for ultimate to break into the Games:
http://olympic.ca/2015/03/07/could-ultimate-become-an-olympic-discipline/
P.S. There are plently of BC ultimate athletes featured in the article!