Bellies full of turkey and all the fixins did not stop nearly 70 ultimate players from descending upon the Polo Fields the Saturday after Thanksgiving for the first inaugural Layouts and Leftovers hat tournament. Players from D.C., Virginia, Maryland, and even a few out-of-towners eagerly braved the elements on a chilly, breezy morning.
The Breeze and the U.S. State Department’s Sports Diplomacy program co-hosted another international Ultimate clinic August 13th. An ambitious and talented group of young women from Tunisia were the international visitors this time around, and we had a blast teaching them ultimate at HB Woodlawn in Arlington.
This past Sunday, the Georgetown University Women’s Ultimate Team hosted their annual Book Dive Tournament. The Foyas’ (frisbee Hoyas) 14th annual charity book drive and fundraiser tournament benefits DC Metropolitan area charities. With a temperature in the low 40s and winds exceeding 20 mph, the tournament was challenging for players and organizers alike, but there was no shortage of fun. Players from the DC, Maryland and Virginia club scene was…
Five players from the 2016 Breeze roster were named to the USA’s national beach teams for the upcoming WFDF World Championships of Beach Ultimate next June in Royan, France. Three members of DC’s elite women’s club team Scandal were also named to teams, including Breeze assistant coach Sarah Itoh.
Frederick Area Ultimate hosted their annual Halloween Hat Tourney and Youth Clinic last Saturday in Frederick, MD, and the Breeze were out in force.
DC Breeze players and staff, along with Kelly Ross of elite DC mixed team Ambiguous Grey, spent two days at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, VA teaching Ultimate skills and techniques in clinics for each of the six 9th grade P.E. classes.
The 5th and final round of the Breeze/WAFC Middle School Clinic Series took place this past Sunday at Montgomery Hills in Silver Spring, MD. Overall it was fantastic series with a lot of passionate and talented kids, upwards of 150 in all.
Breeze player and team Strength and Conditioning Coach Alex “AJ” Jacoski ordered up a bluebird, 70 degree weekend for the Ocean City Beach Classic (OCBC) October 15-16th. With 30 teams in attendance, the waterfront at Ocean City was buzzing with players from as far afield as Oneonta and Long Island, NY, and south to Virginia Beach. The DC, Maryland and Virginia club scene was well-represented and notably included delegates from…
Ben Feng will hang up his cleats for good this winter and retire from the DC Breeze as a player. He announced today that he will use his retirement to focus on youth, women’s and mixed development with an emphasis on gender equity, and has accepted a position with the team as its new Youth and Gender Equity Coordinator.
