2008 Woodie Awards
Hendrix Hosts Ultimate Experience
Trent Burg
Issue date: 2/10/06 Section: Sports
On Feb 11, Hendrix will host the second annual Hendrix Ultimate Experience. From 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday and 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, 18 open college teams and ten women's college teams will play the game of Ultimate in the Burns Park Soccer Complex, located off Interstate 40 in North Little Rock. Hendrix will be represented by its open team, the Flying Squirrels, captained by senior Andrew Hardaway, and its women's team, the Sugar Gliders, captained by junior Abby Olena. Fans are invited to attend and Hendrix Ultimate merchandise will be for sale.
Ultimate is more commonly, but inaccurately, known as "Ultimate Frisbee." Although "Frisbee" is often used as a generic term for any flying disc, the name is trademarked by Wham-O, which does not promote the sport and whose discs are not the Ultimate standard.
Among the open teams attending the Hendrix Ultimate Experience are Southern Missouri State, Ole Miss, and Harding. Also competing will be the Iowa women's team, which has competed in the National Championship Tournament in Oregon.
On Saturday, the teams will be organized into "pools" of five teams, with each team playing each other in their pool. The rankings derived from the first day's competition will be used to seat teams in the tournament bracket on Sunday.
The tournament was set up through the Ultimate Players Association, the "governing body for the sport of Ultimate in the US" according to its Web site at http://www.upa.org. The site also contains information on the unique rules and codes of Ultimate, from its lack of referees (most games of Ultimate are officiated by the players themselves) to the "Spirit of the Game," an all-purpose guideline meant to preserve friendly competition, fairness, and fun. The lack of referees ensures that dedication to fairness by each player is absolutely vital to the running of the game. Senior and Flying Squirrels team member Sean Gunsten defined the Spirit of the Game as "making fair calls, being honest, essentially not being an asshole."
Ultimate is more commonly, but inaccurately, known as "Ultimate Frisbee." Although "Frisbee" is often used as a generic term for any flying disc, the name is trademarked by Wham-O, which does not promote the sport and whose discs are not the Ultimate standard.
Among the open teams attending the Hendrix Ultimate Experience are Southern Missouri State, Ole Miss, and Harding. Also competing will be the Iowa women's team, which has competed in the National Championship Tournament in Oregon.
On Saturday, the teams will be organized into "pools" of five teams, with each team playing each other in their pool. The rankings derived from the first day's competition will be used to seat teams in the tournament bracket on Sunday.
The tournament was set up through the Ultimate Players Association, the "governing body for the sport of Ultimate in the US" according to its Web site at http://www.upa.org. The site also contains information on the unique rules and codes of Ultimate, from its lack of referees (most games of Ultimate are officiated by the players themselves) to the "Spirit of the Game," an all-purpose guideline meant to preserve friendly competition, fairness, and fun. The lack of referees ensures that dedication to fairness by each player is absolutely vital to the running of the game. Senior and Flying Squirrels team member Sean Gunsten defined the Spirit of the Game as "making fair calls, being honest, essentially not being an asshole."