Black Betty: Back in 2010

Back to it...
Black Betty Squad resumed regular trainings on January 14, fresh and firing after a grand old month of holidays.

Benchmarking, anyone?
Not content to start the year by simply grinding into gear and shuffling through a regular training calendar, a host of Betties turned out for our first ever Benchmarking session at UQ's athletics track on Jan 19.

Coach Mat Ryan put us through our paces with 400m, 10m, 60m runs, vertical leap assessment and pushups, rounding off the evening with a 3km time trial. It's safe to say that no one left feeling like they didn't get their $3.40 worth of track hire fees.

Two standout performances must be mentioned:
Stella "Stellar" Foley: whose 3km run looked about as effortful as a tumble down a well-buttered slip-n-slide.
Maylin "Arms" Chuah: casually flapping her hands over the top vertical leap assessment.


What's next?
We return to Oakman Park, Moggil Rd, Toowong, on Thursday nights from 7-9pm, and training sessions remain open to all women who are interested in honing their fitness and skills. Betty squad members are of course welcome and encouraged to sign up for Women's Ultimate Frisbee League (WUFL) on Tuesday nights, starting Feb 2nd.
(Contact Colette Grgic for the down-low on WUFL colettevh@gmail.com)

Betty's little black book is full of dates: selection tournaments, training blocks and a weekend training camp are in the works, as well as Australia Day pickup with our Open-team "brothers-lovers-and-others": Firestorm.
http://firestorm.quda.org/

Wanna play nationals?
Team selections for Australian Ultimate Championships (nationals) are scheduled for early-mid March. Remember that Nationals this year will be in Adelaide, (next year it's Brissie's turn to be hosts with the most.)

Who to ask...
Please get in touch with Laura or Molly via email if you have any questions about Nationals, calendar events, squad membership etc.
piggysweetheart@yahoo.com.au
ljkeating@gmail.com

WUFL Draw for 16 June

Women's League Final

Thanks Eireann for this roundup of the recent WUFL final at Oakman Park

Hello Brisbane Ultimate!

The first women's league of 2009 finished up with a bang. Thanks to everyone who came along and offered support on the sideline and on the bbq.

The game was a bit of a nail-biter with Mellow Black taking an early lead only to have it snatched back by the Titanium Nachos a few points later. Mellow Black managed to take out the half, but only just. Points were traded back and forth for the majority of the game with Mellow Black as the eventual winners.

The game saw some impressive stuff from some of the league's newer players. Titanium Nachos had Mel and Adrienne cutting up the field receiving passes left and right from Jen "Red Death" Campbell and Dominque. Delyse had a standout game making some amazing grabs in the endzone. Stalwarts Maylin and Carol were always there for the dump or ready to give or receive a pass.

Mellow Black just proved a force to be reckoned with! Steph, Phoebe, and Katrina were out for blood in the cup; Jenny was determined not to let anything get past her deep. Emily had positive baby vibes from the sideline and Laura was an O-machine!

Mellow Black took out the chocolate cup this time, but I'm sure Titanium Nachos will be back next season, ready to rumble!

Thanks again to everyone for a great season and your support of the Brisbane Women's League. The more we put into our women's league here in Brisbane, the more we'll be able to get out of it.

The next season will start up in mid-May(running until the end of June), following that, there will be a bit of a break before the next season and women's month in November!

We really do appreciate all of the folks that came out to support the final (and the Firestorm boys for cutting their training session a bit short to cheer us on)! I hope you all enjoyed the bbq and beer (and of course the game as well! See you next season ladies!

- Eireann