WCBU Day 1 Results

I'll update this post as more details come in however for now....

GB Juniors/Open
Won all games beating the US and Canadian Masters by quite a bit. They struggled against the GB Masters however but luck was on their side as the snuck out a cheeky victory only winning 16-4. The boys will start facing tougher opponents in USA, Australia and Canada later in the week.

GB Women
This is the big news! GB defeated USA Women, turning the tide from being initially down 4-5 to score 5 points consecutively to win 9-5. They also played the Currier Island Women and won it easily 18-0. The women's game on Currier Island is only just taking off with this being the first ever representation.

GB Mixed
Defeated the Peace Team featuring the lovely Alia and a slew of mega players as they found their feet as a team. I think the peace team will improve as the tournament progresses and will start upsetting some of the heavier teams in Mixed. Just as an aside, the Mixed division is the most popular here. As coming to Brazil was a considerable expense for most people, some countries put their money players into the Mixed first before considering other divisions. This has made mixed games very entertaining and competitive to watch and I'm sure play. Other games featuring the Mixed squad was a match against the near robotic USA Mixed team. I filmed some of this and in the end decided it was a giant lowlight reel. GB just packed up and went home for this game. I was disappointing to watch, know they had so much more to offer and likely disappointing to play for them as well. I think the US won 16-3 or so. Lastly the final game of the day was GB Mixed v Scotland Mixed. This was a cracker to watch. The first half was anybodies games with Scotland pulling out the bling and take it down against a tight GB D. The final score was 15-8 for GB Mixed however we saw the Scotland were a team to be reckoned with. Message from Anna Shipman on GB Mixed while I was filming 'Hi Mom'. Video highlight from this match will come in a later blog.

GB Masters
The Masters division is non-stop lesson in how to play ultimate. With supple throws, little movement and a sublime grasp of space, the Masters are the shizzle. Unfortunately the GB Masters played only open teams today and shizzle can only take you so far. The Masters lost to the Aussie open team 15-1. I've never experienced a team that laid out so prolifically and with such unexpected success. As Masters we didn't give them the credit up front they deserved and they spanked it into us. The next game was Currier Island open. In the past CI has brought some really quality to the pitch in both Spirit and Competitive play and this was no change from that. With no repeat players back they were lucky to form a team at all and suffered from only having what looked like 7-8 players. Respect to CI for a valiant effort but the masters cool (and numbers) prevailed chalking up win number 1 10-7.
Lastly the game of games. GB Masters vs GB Open. Women around the event were moistening up at the thought of this colossus of a match. It started with skill from both teams attracting a crowd however the Masters, while moving it seamlessly up pitch could not seem to hit the mark in the endzone. The babes of GB Open capitalized on this temporary lapse using pure speed and youthful exuberance to hit the deep players and create opportunities. In the end although the GB Open team scored more points than the Masters, the real winner was of course GB Masters losing with a respectable score of 4-16. Wayne Davey was to blame for the loss completely because he's not really a 'Dave' while the Open team boasted 4 Daves. We didn't stand a chance.