The Breeze and the U.S. State Department’s Sports Diplomacy program co-hosted another international Ultimate clinic last weekend, and this time around it was a terrific group of elite girls’ basketball players from Peru visiting the DC Metro area.
Team USA will have a strong Washington, D.C. presence in London this June at the WFDF World Championships thanks to 6 current and 2 former Breeze representatives all heading to London with USA teams.
The Breeze and the U.S. State Department’s Sports Diplomacy program co-hosted another international Ultimate clinic last weekend. This time the visitors were a fantastic and dedicated group of athletes and sports coaches from the African Republic of Guinea.
Local elite players hosted a group of sports administrators from Israel this morning, including Breeze assistant coach Sarah Itoh and players Ben Feng and Alan Kolick. The event was organized by SportsUnited, the sports diplomacy division of the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and coordinated by the DC Breeze. Molly Roy of Scandal led the clinic.
For at least one day, Spirit of the Game was at the forefront of the global ultimate community. Spirit is a defining feature of the game; it helps to create the kind of environment that players, coaches, and fans find so unique about ultimate.
December 3rd, 2015 marks the International Spirit of the Game Day — celebrate with us and the entire world ultimate community! Here’s an explanation of what the Spirit of the Game (SOTG) means form the world governing body of flying disc sports, wfdf.org…
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.
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.
