For those who have not discovered the dynamic game of ‘Ultimate‘, I believe the game can best be described as an unholy union of football, soccer and frisbee. According to www.whatisultimate.com, the game originated on US college campuses in the ’60s, so you know it’s gotta be good!

We’re three weeks into the season with no wins as yet, but plenty of interesting injuries. Adrian has suffered multiple broken nails and Aki has complained of sore arms, both of which are believed to be the result of Jack’s freakishly strong wrist flick passes. (Don’t ask me how it is that Adrian’s fingernails are long enough to fall victim to breakages!) Only Alex seems to have escaped unscathed thus far.

While these injuries are clearly keeping us from ultimate glory, there have been whispers that our “rigorous” training schedule may need to be revamped, as it currently consists of going to the park and tossing around a regulation “disc” until somebody gets hungry; at this point practice is immediately adjourned in favour of dinner.

For those interested in following our exploits through the season, here’s a bit of background. Our team name is: “It Was the Wind” (referring to if ever one member misses a catch or tosses a crappy pass they can blame it on the gale force winds Vancouver is so prone to). Believe it or not, this name is actually an improvement over Jack’s (our lone Ultimate veteran) old team name, which was ‘Throes of Passion‘ (get it, get it?).

Our first win is bound to be soon, but there are rumours that Jack (ever the capitalist) isn’t taking chances, and plans to institute a system of rewards and punishments for catch/throw completion percentages.

Tags: Company Life, sports, team, ultimate

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