This blog is pretty link heavy. Get ready to open them all in new tabs...
If you haven't already seen it, a group of us made a short advert for the Summer League to get everyone's attention, and help build some hype for the competition. It seemed to go down pretty well. See what you think: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvDBaR1oLlM
Stu Moore keeps a daily vlog on YouTube. He recorded the whole prize giving ceremony, which comes across nicely. You can view it here, and if you want to skip to the ceremony, it starts at 5:57: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uuoe-ACTfTk
If you like that, subscribe to his channel. I'm sure he will appreciate it.
Next up is photos. All photos that I'm aware of were uploaded to Facebook. If you're not on Facebook, why are you even on the internet!? But seriously, I have some public URLs so that non-Facebook users can have a look at the photos as well.
My fiancée Laura Squance was great support through the competition, and took some nice photos. Here's public links for three albums:
summer league night one June 28, 2011
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2242666550897.133195.1375093663...
summer league part II 5.7.11
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2261413819567.134242.1375093663...
July 26, 2011 summer league week 3 and 4
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2317393779031.136955.1375093663...
My good friend Paul Higginson came down on the final night and acted as dedicated photographer. I uploaded them to my own account, so if you look for me - David Hammond - and add me there, you'll be able to see them, otherwise check these links:
Summer League 2011 - Gameweek 4 - Album 1
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150716704875048.704536.551880...
Summer League 2011 - Gameweek 4 - Album 1b
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150717337105048.704729.551880...
Summer League 2011 - Gameweek 4 - Album 2
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150716872500048.704590.551880...
Summer League 2011 - Gameweek 4 - Album 2b
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150717309815048.704723.551880...
Summer League 2011 - Gameweek 4 - Album3
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150716891455048.704596.551880...
Long term BU member, contributor and website man Ob (Mark Patterson) took a few nifty pictures on his phone and uploaded them here:
Summer League 2011
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150244582016067.338903.595006...
FEEDBACK!!!
Hope you enjoyed all that. I would love to get some feedback on the league, what you thought worked well, what you thought didn't. What should be improved on, and any ideas you might have to make next year even better. Even a wishlist of what next year's competition should achieve would be good. Leave your comments via any means. If you're reading this via the Google Group, just reply to the thread. You can post a comment on the blog through Blogger, or else failing all that, just email your comments direct to me, or to belfastultimatesummerleague@gmail.com. All feedback welcome - good and bad, and from all levels of participants.
Also, if you take a look at the FFindr event page, you can give the Summer League feedback there as well: http://ffindr.com/en/event/belfast-ultimate-summer-league-2011
