Ultimate

Ultimate is a non-contact, self-refereed team sport played with a flying disc frisbee.

The aim of the game-Two teams of seven players compete on a playing field about the same length as a football field, but narrower.  At each end of the playing field there is an end zone.  Each team defends one end zone. They score a goal if one of their players catches the disc in the opposite end zone.

The player with the disc is called the thrower. The thrower may not run with the disc.  Instead they move the disc by passing to team-mates in any direction.

The defensive team gets possession of the disc if an offensive team’s throw is not caught by a player of the same team. Then the defensive team becomes the offensive team and can try to score in the opposite end zone.

 

Spirit of the Game- Ultimate relies upon a Spirit of the Game that places the responsibility for fair play on every player. There are no referees; the players are solely responsible for following and enforcing the rules, even at World Championship. Competitive play is encouraged, but never at the expense of respect between players, adherence to the rules, and the basic joy of play.


 

 

Spirit of the Game is the mindful behaviour practiced by players worldwide prior to, during and after a game. It encompasses attitudes and skills such as good knowledge and application of the rules, fair-mindedness, safe play, and spatial awareness, clear and calm communication, and positive and respectful attitude towards teammates, fans, and opponents, in a mutual effort to protect the basic joy of play.

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Will Deaver (USA)

Vice Chair

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Rueben Berg (AUS)

Chair, Ultimate Rules Sub Committee

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Shiellah Quintos (CAN)

Chair, Championships Sub Committee

Brian Gisel (CAN)

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Board member: 2002-2007, 2009-present Current term ends: 2019 Brian has been a WFDF board member since 2009 and previously from 2002-2007, serving as the Ultimate Committee Chair from 2004-2007. He was tournament director of the 2008 World Ultimate and Guts Championships and the 1997 World Ultimate Club Championships and has run several Canadian National Championships. He was the Vancouver Ultimate League Board President from 2009-2012 and has also served on the Ultimate Canada board. Brian is currently the General Manager of BC Ultimate. He graduated from Simon Fraser University with a degree in Economics and Political Science.

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Will Deaver (USA)

Vice Chair

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Rueben Berg (AUS)

Chair, Ultimate Rules Sub Committee

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Shiellah Quintos (CAN)

Chair, Championships Sub Committee

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Nicole Bulos (DOM)

Board member: 2020-present Current term ends: 2021 Nicole was one of the founding members of the Project Ultimate Femenino (UF!) in the Dominican Republic in 2010, which resulted in the formation of the first female ultimate teams in the country, and she became the co-founder and captain the following year of one of the first women’s Dominican teams, Fusion. After playing for various teams, she is currently on her local team Shotgun and became the President of the Dominican national association (AUDN) in 2018. She has served as a WFDF Ultimate Committee member, was a volunteer at the WFDF 2018 WUCC in Cincinnati, and was the WFDF Tournament Technical Director for the PanAmerican Ultimate Championship in Sarasota, FL in 2019. Nicole received her Clinical Psychology degree from the Univeridad Iberoamericana in Santo Domingo and her postgraduate degree in social cognitive therapy form Univeridad de Barcelona in Spain, and she is a teacher at the Carol Morgan School in Santo Domingo.

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Simon (Si) Hill (GBR)

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