In it's third annual instalment, the Lindsay-McCambridge Hat is a textbook showcase of informal Ultimate. With a lot of the core BU players away in Bundoran for Irish Beach Training and others at EUC, attendance was low this year. This did not deter the enthusiastic TDs or the 14 or so players that came out for the day. With a relaxed start, nice and late after the billed starting time (90 minutes), Rob and Darragh drew names out of the hat for our two teams that would play six a side for the afternoon.

[QUEENS 1 REPORT – Chris Linter] I was quietly confident we were going to surprise a few teams at Indoors this year. However, being seeded 5th having finished the tournament in 13th place the previous year, we were up against it from the start.

6 QUB – 10 DCU – we came out all guns blazing and finished with a respectable scoreline against the eventual runner’s up of the tournament.

On the weekend of the 21^st - 22^nd August 2010 the All Ireland Open Championship travelled north to Belfast. A first for Belfast and a first for the TD’s. Eight teams in all entered to battle it out for Irelands Top prize in Ultimate.

As per last year, game lengths were kept at 90 minutes, which was a shock for some teams that hadn't played in last years event, but every team managed rightly with it.

This year was the first outing for three teams, REBEL and the 2 BUG teams, and all were ready to make their mark on All Irelands.

Last Saturday saw a crowd of frisbee folk descend on Stranmillis Embankment for the second annual Lindsay-McCambridge Hat tournament. On a day with a mixture of warm sunshine and cold rain, four teams battled it out to see who would win.

Players were split evenly (supposedly) between four teams; Orange, Purple, Blue and Red, designated by coloured ribbons.

After some games, some lunch, and some more games saw Red vs Blue in the 3v4 play-off, and Orange vs Purple in the final. The Orange team, which just happened to include both TDs, won the final.

On Saturday, the third Love Easter tournament was held in Belfast. Ten teams from the north of ireland (well north of Dublin!) competed in what is now a staple of the Ultimate calendar. It's a 5-a-side targetting new teams with new players.

A huge thank you to all those who turned out. And a special thanks to Keith Maxwell + Jonny Workman for turning out a very wet Friday evening to clear pitches and also to the Hammond Brothers and Ob for helping to clear the pitches afterwards.

Here are the results:

1. Kebab Hammer
2. Deep Heat
3. The LDW
4. Swerve

Queen’s (we’re not from New York – word) headed down to Limerick at the weekend to participate in one of the fastest growing tournaments in Ireland – the Siege of Limerick. We were to be the first team from Northern Ireland to enter the competition, be we very nearly didn’t make it down after a number of last minute drop-outs. Thankfully the 8 strong squad from the north made the 5 hour journey down south to represent!

Last Saturday, the Queens University Ultimate team competed in the first tournament of their sophomore year. The team commuted to a very wet Dublin City University to play Indoor Intervarsity’s against 13 other teams from universities and colleges all across Ireland.

The team was quietly confident going into the weekend, having narrowly beaten Belfast team Deep Heat by a single point in a friendly at the Grove Wellbeing Centre on the previous Wednesday.

well this is what i remember...

1st game - brown 2: worst loss of the weekend. offence struggled against a basic zone defence. our man defense wasn't switched on at all. standard slow start.

2nd game - sheffield steel: oh this one hurts. up 10-5 to go on to lose 10-12. man defense worked a lot better. strugglled again against a zone defense for the final 7 points. lots of turnovers deep in our own half.

3rd game - baf2: used our zone defense to great effect. able to close out an easy win despite coming in after a marathon against steel.

Congratulations to all for what was, for many people, a very successful Easter Special 2009. 10 teams (8 from the North, 1 from Tallaght and 1 from Maynooth) competed in one of the largest Ultimate competitions to be ever held in the North of Ireland.

From personal experience, many of the matches were won in Universal Point, testifying to how evenly matched teams were. Spirit, too, was well represented. Most teams (7) achieved three or more spirit votes from other teams.

BUG returned to Belfast having had a very successful weekend away at the Cork Open on and off the pitch. We returned with both the plate (finished 9th overall) and won the fancy dress prize for our 'Cool Runnings' (and Mexicans) costumes.