Breeze head coach Alex “Dutchy” Ghesquiere has been named head coach of the USA Open national team that will compete in the 2016 WFDF World Ultimate & Guts Championships (WUGC) to be held in London next Summer. Congratulations, Dutchy!
Local women players from Scandal, Grit, and Swing Vote combined forces to teach Ultimate to a visiting Belarusian girls’ soccer team last Saturday in Arlington. The event was organized through SportsUnited, the sports diplomacy division of the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and coordinated by the DC Breeze.
Matt Kerrigan comes down with the disc in heavy traffic after a short pass from Francisco Hazera vs Montréal 5/3/2015.
Here it is, what you’ve always wanted: a 90+ minute infinite looping playlist of AUDL and Breeze highlights for your next party.
When the International Olympic Committee (IOC) granted full recognition to the World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) last month, they asked WFDF to develop Ultimate in Africa. WFDF had already delegated Michael Tignor to Rwanda as the coach and developer of the game, and he has been in the country since May of this year.
Alex “AJ” Jacoski timed his leap just right, boxed out his man and went high for the goal-scoring grab of a Brad Scott flick vs New York, 5/16/2015.
What a beautiful day it was Saturday, September 19th for the 10th Annual H Street Festival! This is an event that gets bigger and better every year, with over 125,000 estimated to have attended in 2014. The festival takes place every September on H Street from 4th to 14th Sts. NE, which puts it only about 4-5 blocks from our home at Gallaudet University.
The reliever crew of the MLB’s San Diego Padres regularly play ultimate for fun and to stay in shape, according to Shawn Kelly in this San Diego Tribune article.
AUDL Owner Rob Lloyd, recently President at Cisco Systems, was announced as CEO of new startup technology company Hyperloop this week. Hyperloop (Wikipedia article) is a conceptual high speed transportation system originally envisioned by Tesla Motors and SpaceX founder Elon Musk. Lloyd will be among 50 full time employees already employed by the new company, which is based in the downtown LA Arts District in Southern California. Lloyd: “The Hyperloop vision…
Here is a 1 minute highlight video from the DC Breeze season — lots of great plays, lots of action all packed into 60 seconds. Enjoy! The soundtrack is a new song by local indie rock band The Radiographers
