Spin Ultimate

Some Atlanta guys started an ultimate gear/apparel company called Spin Ultimate. They emailed me asking to post some information about them on our site. First I told them I'd do it for a million dollars. Then I went to their site, and saw that they had a lot of good stuff. I liked it so much I even ordered some for the holidays. You should too.

http://www.spinultimate.com/collections/all

Week 4 Results

Hat Tourney December 20th

Sign up at http://tinyurl.com/2008-buda-hat-tourney
Pay at http://tinyurl.com/6eyuqu (Free for BUDA Winter League 2008 Players)

Rankings

Purple 7 - 1 37
Black Liquor-ish Featuring Furious-Lee 7 - 1 23
Yellow Snow 5 - 3 11
Greener Wiener 5 - 3 8
Blue Footed Boobies 3 - 5 2
Royal 3 - 5 -27
White 1 - 7 -15
Red 1 - 7 -39

We've moved back to BSC, and we are playing at the Soccer fields at West Homewood! AWESOME FIELDS, ROCK ON!

Winter League Week 3

NOTICE FOR WEEK 4: BSC Games will be at Eastlake. See schedule on right for details.

Standings through Week 3

Black 6 - 0 31
Purple 5 - 1 29
Gold 4 - 2 5
Green 3 - 3 - 1
Royal 3 - 3 - 8
White 1 - 5 -11
Navy 1 - 5 -19
Red 1 - 5 -26

Results from Week 2

It was a day colder than it felt. Not the kind of cold that hits you right off, but gnaws at you like your mother-in-law.

Black, 4 - 0, 22
Purple, 3 - 1, 14
Gold, 3 - 1, 8
Green, 2 - 2, 4
Royal, 2 - 2, -4
White, 1 - 3, -6
Navy, 1 - 3, -12
Red, 0 - 4, -26

Rankings After Week 1

Thank you for everyone that was flexible in moving from Walhoma to West Homewood Park. This week games will be at Birmingham Southern College and West Homewood Park. See schedule on right.

Rankings

1. Green, 2 - 0, +13
2. Black, 2 - 0, +12
3. Purple, 1 - 1, +6
4. Gold, 1 - 1, +5
5. White, 1 - 1, -2
6. Royal, 1 - 1, -5
7. Red, 0 - 2, -13
8. Navy, 0 - 2, -16

Overview

I would bet Mike Murphy hucked it a lot. Will Lewis made a hella-awesome run for a swilly hammer. David Driskill picked up Jay's trash, etc.

Congrats to Doug on making it to the National Finals

Teams, Schedules, etc.

• Teams -- 8 teams, colors: Royal, Gold, Dark Green, Red, Purple, White, Black, Navy
  
• Schedule -- Right now at Eastlake and Walhoma, Steve Millburg has lined up some awesomo soccer fields in Homewood. We will move there shortly.
  
• Waivers -- EVERYONE must sign one.
  
• Shirts -- http://www.teamsportswear.com/product/13208, gunning to get them by November 23rd.
  
• Discs -- ordering ASAP.
  

Winter League 2008/2009

Winter League is here! To get signed up, follow this link. Here are some important dates:

11/2 – week one
11/9
11/16
11/23
12/7
12/14
12/21
12/27 – hat tourney (or could be 12/20 whichever is open for fields)
01/04
01/11
01/18
01/24 – EOW

The cost is the same as summer. $60 for returning players, $50 for new players and $35 for students. Signup ends October 24th.

EOS and Summer League Final Thoughts

Congratulations to Mustachio for winning the End of Season tournament! Mustachio took the final game, 6-3 over Grite to win the championship.





















Though weather was apparently unfortunate, I think we can all agree that this year's tournaments were both successes.

Congratulations to Token for taking the Season Champions title!

Congrats to all teams for having an awesome, fun, successful summer league. Thank you all for your spirit and for making BUDA the great organization that it is.

A major thanks to Cory Casella for his work commissioning this year. Those will be hard shoes to fill next year! Thanks to all the BUDA officers and captains for their help and dedication. For everyone who volunteered, thanks for making this season run so smoothly. From finding fields to getting kegs, food, making schedules, drafting players, and setting up cones, every little bit helped.




Cheers to everyone, and stay tuned for information about Winter League. Look for sign-up notices in late October. And as always, open play will still carry on every Sunday at 2:00 PM.


Ultimate!

Updated standings: Thanks to Chad Blackmon for pointing out the mistake.

Week 8 (real):


Week 7 (real):


All MVP votes still stand and only a couple of teams were affected by the mistake. Sorry for any confusion!

Week 8 Standings

We have a new leader as of Week 8. Mustachio Pistachio comes from 3rd to bump off Brian's Fire in the Regular Season Standings. This is the first week that Brian's Fire has NOT been in first place.

Other notables:

Sweet Pink made a huge jump from last week putting themselves right outside of the top 8 teams.

Token has made it 8 straight games without a loss

Grite remains unbeaten since before the MidSummer Tournament.

Toxic Sushi finally claws its way out of last place.

Sparkle Motion snaps a multi-week losing streak

Orchid Orgasm wins both it's games in a week for the first time since Week 1.

The Red Rockets are by far the most stylish team in the league, sporting hats designed by yours truly. If you haven't seent them yet, I will make sure I turn mine backwards before we play your team. That way you can get a good look at it while you are chasing me to the disc.

Giang's own daughter betrayed he and Kirstin by cheering for the super stylish Sweet Pink team. And you guys were mad at me for picking that color out? Come on.

This week, the competition was stiff for MVP, but after hearing the story, this week's MVP has to go to Lauren Tong, slasher of familial ties and recoginizer of superior style. Originally brought to the field to cheer on her parents' team of Giang's Last Stand, little Lauren became enamored with the Sweet Pink Delicious jerseys and switched her alliance. Giang and Kirstin, unable to cope, ended up losing the game 11-4, and contributed to Sweet Pink's meteoric rise up the leaderboard from 12th to 9th place.

Congratulations Lauren. Something tells me you might not be invited to join your parents for EOS, so if you're reading this, follow your heart and never listen to what your parents tell you.

EDIT: due to a captain (DENNIS) submitting late MVP Votes, they were not included. Those not pictured: Austin Guthrie, Jimbo Tucker, and Kate Gaston.

EDIT 2: Due to my being an idiot, I forgot to submit my own teams MVP nominations: Sammy Raviv, Tyler Lewis and Jason Yearout

Week 7 Standings

Sorry for the delay. Week 7 standings...




Congrats to Chris Acree, Week 7's MVP!

Sorry for the delay:

Field Change REVISED***

Due to losing the Eastlake fields to peewee football, games at Eastlake and NOT Patriot Park will be moved to George Ward Park for the remainder of the season.

I apologize for any confusion, but please relay this information to your teams.

The teams that will be at GW park this week will be:

Mustachio Pistachio (Meredith and Scottie)
Toxic Sushi (Claire and Jay)
Hucky Charms (Gwen and Mike Murphy)
Margarita (Joanna and Darren)

Token (Lee Lavette and Josh Thigpen)
Sweet Pink Delicious (Mary Kearney and Marc Bell)
Giang’s Last Stand (Nicole Hill and Giang Tong)
It’s a Boy (Liz and Brian Terrell)

Again, EASTLAKE games and NOT PATRIOT PARK will be moved to George Ward Park.

Apologies for any confusion, but this is the way it has to be.

Discs have been shipped and should be in this week. If they are not, they will definitely be in by next week’s games and also for EOS.

-CC

Summer League Announcements

Summer League:

****Edited 7/21/08****** This information has been updated.

• For the remainder of the season, the locations of Ellard and Easklake are now changed to George Ward Park in Homewood. George Ward is located HERE
• This only applies to Ellard and Eastlake. Patriot and Comer games stay at Patriot and Comer.

• The End of Summer Tournament will take place August 2nd, as scheduled, at Talladega.

See you on the field!

Midsummer Champs Team Picture

Congratulations Grite, Midsummer Champions!





The End of Summer Tournament will commence August 2nd. Which team will take the glory spot away from Grite and win the season? .....

Field Change

For this week's play, games at Ellard will be MOVED to George Ward Park's softball fields. For NEXT week's play (not THIS week) both Patriot Park and Ellard will be moved to George Ward for the remainder of the season.

Teams playing at Ellard this Week:
Team 3: Red Rockets (Megan and Matt)
Team 16: Mustachio Pistachio (Meredith and Scottie)
Team 6: It's a Boy (Liz and Brian Terrell)
Team 9: Token (Lee and Josh)


George Ward Park Entrance


Thanks to Paul Dorsey for making this happen.

In short:
THIS week, Ellard plays at George Ward Park Entrance
NEXT week and from then on, Patriot Park and Ellard both play at George Ward Park.
Paul Dorsey is awesome.

-Commish

Summer League Week 6 Standings AND a Correction

Due to a slight flub on my part, the Season Point Differentials were a little off for the Week 5 Standings. They have been corrected.

Also, in Week 6, I have gone into a little more depth with the analysis of teams, highlighting (read spoonfeeding) for you the teams with the best weekly offense, defense, and point differential, AS WELL AS the teams with the best seson offense, defense and point differentials.

As you can see, Brian's Fire took a slight hit, losing both games this week. they are still number 1, but Mustachio Pistachio is nipping at their heels.

At the bottom, Toxic Sushi commands the dredges of Summer League, capturing all three titles for WORST season point diff, points scored AND points scored against. Ouch.

At the bottom for the week, Sparkle Motion continues to slip down the leaderboard, with two more losses this week. I can just hear Paul Dorsey screaming "I just don't think you are dedicated to Sparkle Motion!" (Donnie Darko reference, for those of you who dont know)

In other news, The Red Rockets jumped 4 spots on the leaderboard with two wins this past week. Red Rockeeeeeeeetttsss!

MVP of the week: Brian Terrell

Honorable Mention: Nate Schmidt

Best Couple to both be voted for MVP in the same week: Cory and Megan

Now the best couple must be going on their date. Gotta shower!

Leave your comments!

Week 5 Standings

Sorry for the delay SL'ers! Here are the results from Week 5.

Charity Mudbowl Alert!

BUDA Summer League:

This message is to announce Charity Mudbowl, this Saturday July 12th at George Ward Park. Information is below. Even if you aren't playing, it would be great to have a big BUDA showing to cheer, participate, and make this event a success as it has been in years past.

If you are interested in playing with a team, please contact Paul Dorsey as soon as possible to sign up. You will be informed of what team you're playing with after Thursday night's Summer League. Playing is free, with the only obligation being that you show up at 9 a.m. on July 12th and play with spirit.

If you want to be drafted on a team, please contact Paul asap at paul.dorsey@gmail.com or 482-5239


Below is the flier for Charity Mudbowl:


























(click to enlarge)

MIDSUMMER MADNESS

Bienvenu BUDA,

The MidSummer Tournament went out with a bang this year! Congrats to Grite for taking the cake, beating Mustachio Pistachio 13-9.

Grite fought through the ranks, beating Toxic Sushi in the quarters and Brian's Fire in the semis. Mustachio dominated the Red Rockets and Giang's Last Stand to land in the final game.

In the final matchup, Jimbo Tucker made a monumental layout D, landing in bounds by the very skin of his toenails. A huge layout-D response was brought by Ben Pendergrass of Mustachio to steal some momentum from Grite. In the end, Grite took the game and reserved a spot as Mid-Summer Champions. Mustachio Pistachio reserves a spot for BEST TEAM NAME EVER.

Thanks to all who volunteered to help out with the weekend. Shout outs to:

• Hoa for delivering the kegs to the fields!
• Steve Millburg for supplying cones and helping with setup/take-down
• Annie Mayhew for post-finals cleanup and lost-and-found management
• Jay Pigford for organizing and fronting the money for your Saturday eats
• Cory, Chris, Elizabeth, and Megan for waking up super early and helping set-up.
• Paul, Brad, and everyone else at the camper for getting super drunk and supplying entertainment to the worker-bees.
• Anonymous Pranksters for putting duct-tape on Cory's tires. I have a wonderful scrape on my knuckles which was well worth it for the opportunity to peel tar-covered tape from the tires on the side of the highway.
• Gwen for taking excellent pictures! View them HERE (You'll need a Snapfish account)
  

• EVERYONE in this organization for showing up, playing with spirit, and helping make this tournament a blast all around.
  

Note:

There are no games this Thursday due to July 4th weekend. Games commence next Thursday, July 10th.

Discs will be ready in 3 to 4 weeks.

Go to Sauce on the Side and look at my bombtastic t-shirts.


If you have other finals highlights you'd like mentioned in this post, you can email me at meroth3@gmail.com.

ULTIMATE!

Week 4 Standings and MVP's

After week 4, Team 1 is still rolling, even with the absence of their superstar, Gray Lloyd. On the other end of the spectrum, every team in the league has recorded at least one win. The Red Rockeeeeeeeeeeets made a jump from dead last by winning both games last week.

Mustachio Pistachio is making a run towards the top with two very convincing wins in Week 4. They are the first team this season to record 22 "Points For" in one week.

Write ups to come later.



Week 4 was apparently an off-week for several of the captains in the league. We had very few submissions for MVP of the week. The most convincing write-up was for the MVP selection for Week 4, Jennifer Bryson. She had to be marked by a man on the Black team to keep her out of the endzone. She was apparently displeased by this, but it did earn her MVP for Week 4.

Mid-Summer Tournament!!!!

Summer Leaguers:

Saturday, June 28th is the Mid-Summer Tournament.

• Games will be played in Talladega across the street from the Talladega Superspeedway.

• Games begin at 9:00 A.M. sharp!

• Captains meeting occurs at 8:30 A.M.

• There will be three pool-play games, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals.

• Beer and food will be provided in the afternoon, but bring plenty of water and snacks for the morning.

Let's all make a big effort not to leave trash on the sidelines as we move from field to field.

And may the best red team win!!! ;)

Jewelry at Summer League

Due to an unfortunate incident last night at open play, I am going to make it mandatory to remove all jewelry before playing Summer League games.

Last night, Chris Yearout suffered a nasty cut that lacerated some of his forearm muscle, required a trip to the hospital and eight stitches. The cut was thought to be caused by the ring of another player.

Please, to avoid future incidents, remove all your jewelry before games. Thank you for your understanding.

-CC

Summer League Week 4

Summer Leaguers,

Tomorrow night week four games commence! Your captains will have your shirts ready tomorrow night before games begin. Discs will arrive soon.


Teams: Don't forget to pick an MVP from your own team as well as one from each team you play tomorrow night. Captains should send your teams' votes to Cory at ccasella3@gmail.com. Don't tell him at Zydeco - he's not going to remember.


Play hard and have fun!!

Week 3 results and MVP Nominations

Below are the results from Week 3 play. Dennis and Jessica Vincent are still rolling towards that undefeated season... Will any team be able to stop the Spike to Gray combination?

On the low end, there are still two teams that are 0-6, including my own. Will they be able to break out of the funk?




As some of you may know, this week I asked each captains to submit 3 MVP nominations for the week: one from each team they played and one from their own team. Below is the list of names submitted for Week 3. Congratulations to David Hilgemann, this week's MVP. He had a ridiculous layout Callahan on universe point to win the game for his team against Jeff Elliot and Lilla's "David HasselHUCK."

Stay tuned for next week and come back to the blog for more write-ups from week 3!

Summer Tournaments

BUDA:

Dates have been set for our two tournaments.

Mid Summer : Saturday, June 28

End of Summer: August 2nd

Both tournaments will be held at the Talladega Superspeedway, across the street from the track.

Your captains will keep you apprised of the details as the dates near. Cheers!



***Edit***

IN OTHER BUDA NEWS:

Summer Leaguer and many-year BUDA Ultimate veteran Lee Green and his wife invite everyone to the art opening at Naked Art taking place this weekend, Friday night and Saturday afternoon. Lee's wife, Delaine, will be presenting her personal show, "Retropolis," a collection of functional and funky modern artwork for which she has become well known in the Birmingham Community. Come out this weekend to enjoy Delaine's artwork, complimentary wine and food, and a thriving community of artists.

Friday night, June 13th, 5-9 pm
Saturday June 14, 1-6 pm

Naked Art Gallery
3612 Clairmont Ave.
(right next to Silvertron)

Week 2 Standings, (With colors)

Teams were sorted by number of wins, then by overall point differential for the season. If you would like to see my statistical model of the rest of the season, MIT will be publishing it in their July issue of "Stat Rat."

-CC

Week 2

All teams have picked colors and shirts should be in in two weeks, discs by mid-summer tournament.

Captains, don't forget to have your new players sign wavers!

Zydeco, after games tonight. $5.00 pitchers on all draft beer, food can be brought over from Roly Poly next door.


See you all on the field! :-D

Summer League 08 Schedule!

SL Week 1 Results!

The results for Week 1 are above. Let the heckling commence!

The schedule for the rest of the season will be posted on Monday. Have a great weekend!

-the Commish

FIELDS!

Yo Summer Leaguers....


Here's the Field Schedule for tomorrow night. Find your captains underneath their respective location. Drive there. Play ball.

Eastlake Park
Jessica/Dennis
Meredith/Scottie
Mary/Marc
Lee/Josh

Comer Elementary
Annie/Chris
Nicole/Giang
Lilla/Jeff
Gwen/Mike

Patriot Park
Megan/Matt
Joanna/Darren
Liz/Brian
Mieke/Paul

Ellard Park (Irondale)
Deb/Elliot
Mischa/Brad
Cheri/Steve
Claire/Jay


Eastlake: 116 84th ST. N, Birmingham, AL 35206
Patriot Park: 816 Grove Road, Homewood, Alabama 35209
Ellard Park: http://www.brainygeography.com/features/AL.park/ellardpark.html
Comer: take 8th Avenue(University) until it turns into Clairmont Road. From the golf course follow another 1.7 miles, take a left onto 50th place. Take an immediate left onto 50th Street. Follow around to Redmont School (less than a mile), field is behind the school.

Summer Leage Draft

BUDA PLAYERS:

Summer League Signups are officially over! Please do not sign up on the late signup link past this point - it will simply be a difficult process of trying to get you your money back, since the draft lists have already been sent to captains. :-D

TONIGHT is the Summer League Draft.

Players my show up at Zydeco AFTER 9:00 PM. Please do not show up before 9:00 PM. You will most likely be sent away.

Come to Zydeco After 9:00 PM tonight to find out which team you're on and meet your captains and teammates!


If you need directions to Zydeco, go to their website: http://www.zydecobirmingham.com/


See you all after 9:00!

All You Late Folks.

Folks,

If you forgot to sign up for summer league, this is your last chance.

Email Cory Casella at Ccasella3@gmail.com if you need to sign up late, and he will respond with a link where you can sign up late. You will need to sign up BY FRIDAY if you want to play. That means contacting Cory by Friday morning at the latest. If you miss this one...there's always church softball or bingo or kickball or shuffleboard or something. But not BUDA ultimate.

Ccasella3@gmail.com by Friday morning. Thank him for his patience. He has a broken hand, and is one-handedly emailing back all you stragglers with the password.


Thanks!

-Mad Megan Roth

Summer League 2008

Are you so excited about Summer League that your pants are on fire? Well prepare to be quenched. Summer League 2008 is here!!

To sign up for summer league, just go to:

www.budastore.com/signup.php

The dates are as follows:

Signups – May 6-17
Wk one – May 29
Wk ten – July 31
EOS – Aug 2

It costs $60 to play, $50 if you a student or if this is your first time to BUDA, and $35 if you are in High School. If you want to play, you have to pay, so be sure to complete the entire signup process before finishing out.

We'll post more information about the league in the coming week.

Brian Yamane

Brian Yamane was a regular open-player, winter-leaguer, and summer-leaguer. His fun-loving attitude and sense of humor added so much to the BUDA community. Brian passed away last week, and he will be missed dearly by all who shared the field with him.

A link to his obituary can be found here: http://obits.al.com/birmingham/DeathNotices.asp?Page=Notice&PersonID=108380990










































From the BUDA listserv:

Jay Pigford: Brian was the guy who, on the pull, would run down the field yelling
"FIRE!!" much like William Wallace would have if he had played ultimate. It
definitely brought a smile to my face everytime, no matter how bad we were
getting beaten.....great guy who'll be missed.

Steve Millburg: Brian played summer and winter league the past year or
two. Most recently, he was on Karen Balliet and Will
Marble's purple team this past winter league. He was
a fun, energetic guy. I remember him yelling all the
way down the field on each pull.



If you have pictures or memories of Brian that you would like to have posted here, please comment below or email your photos to meroth3@gmail.com

Open Play/Pick-Up UPDATE

Hello BUDA!

The BUDA Blog is resurfacing to keep you informed about all things disc-worthy. Please bookmark this page and refer back to it to find info about pick-up, Summer League, and other BUDA beef.


UPDATE:

Open Play can be found every Sunday afternoon at Shades Cahaba Elementary School at approximately 2:00 P.M.
Any and all players are welcome - please come out and meet some of the BUDA community if you are interested in playing Summer League this year! All skill levels are welcome!

****OPEN PLAY is NO LONGER being held at Comer Elementary on Tuesday nights!

OPEN PLAY / PICKUP

TUESDAYS 7:30 pm

Comer Soccer Field

Directions to Comer Field

From 65 North, take the University Blvd Exit. Right at end of ramp. You will be heading east on University Blvd (8th Ave. South); go past UAB, then St. Vincent's Hospital. It will become Clairmont Road (2-3 niles). You will pass Highlands Golf Course on your right. Continue on Clairmont for 1.7 miles past the golf course; take a left on 50th Place, then an immediate left on 50th Street. Comer School is a half mile ahead on your left. Field is behind the school.

From 65 South, take 20/59 North, take Hwy 31/Carraway Blvd Exit (just after I-65). Stay on 31 to 8th Ave. South Exit. Left at end of ramp onto 8th Ave/Univ Blvd. Follow approximately one mile until you see Highlands Golf Course on your right. 8th Avenue turns into Clairmont Road. From the golf course follow another 1.7 miles, take a left onto 50th place. Take an immediate left onto 50th Street. Follow around to Redmont School (less than a mile), field is behind the school.

From 20/59 North, take Hwy 31/Carraway Blvd Exit (just after I-65). Stay on 31 to 8th Ave. South Exit. Left at end of ramp onto 8th Ave/Univ Blvd. Follow approximately one mile until you see Highlands Golf Course on your right. 8th Avenue turns into Clairmont Road. From the golf course follow another 1.7 miles, take a left onto 50th place. Take an immediate left onto 50th Street. Follow around to Redmont School (less than a mile), field is behind the school.

Hat Tournament

Signup by emailing..... dahamma at gmail dot com

with ‘budawlhat’ in the subject line

include skill level (1-4) and age - nothing else.



Tournament Details at

http://dahamma.googlepages.com/home


JayP