We will be running 2 taster sessions at the start of michaelmas term, which will be completely open to all, no matter your ability:
2-4pm Saturday 8th October @ Uni Parks (at the gate near Keble)
2-4pm Sunday 9th October @ Uni Parks (at the gate near Keble)
Please come along if you’re interested in giving frisbee a go, we’re looking forward to seeing you there!
It’s been a while since we’ve updated the website but that doesn’t mean our seasons been quiet, in fact it’s been anything but that. Here’s one big post summarising all of our results and best moments from the 2021-2022 season!
Regionals: Our indoor season this year began as one of the best ever! We managed to qualify all three teams to nationals; womens, mixed and men’s with the men’s team going to division 1!
Nationals: We continued the streak of brilliant results with the women’s team finishing 12th at div 2, beating seed and the men’s team coming an amazing 6th place starting all the way at the bottom as the 20th seed in div 1! Finally we played mixed div 2 were we finished a respectable 10th, just missing out on the top bracket.
BUCS league: Both the men’s and women’s team this year competed in the BUCS league. The men’s team won 4 and lost 3 games and the women qualified for div 2 nationals!
Women’s Nationals: The women continued their form into nationals, braving some very difficult cold weather but persevering and playing some really nice ultimate!
Varsity 2021-2022 was one to remember! We took over 30 players to Cambridge to compete over the weekend in both indoors and outdoors fixtures!
Indoor Varsity: We had multiple teams compete this year at indoor varsity, two men’s teams, two women’s teams and one mixed team. We had some great match ups with the Cambridge, with the women’s second winning their match, the women’s first playing a tightly contested game and the men’s first losing on universe.
Outdoor varsity: We had four teams compete at outdoor varsity, two men’s teams, one women’s and one mixed team. The women’s team opened up the fixtures with a close game against the Cambridge women. The men then player after, with the seconds winning their match and the men’s first sadly again losing an epic game on universe. Finally we finished with the mixed were team put up a good fight but unfortunately lost.
Congratulations to Cambridge, they were incredible and got the better of us in some close fought games. Next year the fixtures will be in Oxford and we will be ready to reclaim our trophies!
Logo: We updated our logo this year, it’s a just a slightly modern take on the current logo! We had multiple designs which went to a club vote and this is the final design!
Stash: We also managed to get new kit this year thanks to the hard work of our stash officer Kate. They had to deal with some fairly troublesome shipping issues due to Covid but the kit made it’s way to Oxford and we are excited to rep it next year!
In UK Ultimate there is large club scene and fortunately in Oxford, along side OW! there is a a local club team; Oxford Ultimate. Many of our players simultaneously play for both, representing Oxford in indoor and outdoor tournaments, both at regional and national level!
If you want to get involved in ultimate this upcoming year, make sure to join our Facebook group and give our Instagram a follow! Trainings will be restarting typically around late September as people return to Oxford for term.
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/oxuniultimate
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oxuniultimate/
If you are around in Oxford over summer and want to play ultimate, then feel free to join the Oxford Ultimate page and come to the club trainings which happen year round (the coaching is very good). The club is very happy to have new players/beginners come to training so by all means please join the group.
Oxford Ultimate: https://www.facebook.com/groups/116166985198745
Wow, what a month October has been for OW!. Let’s see some of the highlights! Firstly thank you to everyone who attended the taster session. We had over 150 people come try ultimate which is fantastic! Thank you to everyone who came and especially to new players who’ve joined OW! Our club is the biggest it’s been for a long time and we love it 
We also recently had the Oxford Hat which went amazingly! Again the turnout was huge, everyone got to play lots of ultimate and meet new people. Thank you to everyone who attended, we hope you had a great time. A special thank you to everyone who helped organise it!
As we’ve mentioned our club has never been bigger but it’s also never been busier. We have our weekly club outdoor trainings where we’ve played some high quality ultimate despite the rough weather in Oxford 
. We have our first and second mixed indoor team training regularly, preparing for mixed indoor regionals on the 6th of November and our women’s trainings every Friday morning with our amazing coach Mags, similarly preparing for women’s outdoor regionals.
The great news is November is only going to get busier with lots of ultimate, tournaments and socials. We look forward to seeing you all 
OW!
We are currently midway through freshers week with lot’s of frisbee upcoming. In the following month we have,
We also have club socials planned weekly throughout Michaelmas term, see the term card provided by our amazing social secs Matt and Seren.
Social media
Follow our Facebook page for regular OW updates: https://www.facebook.com/oxuniultimate
Join our Facebook group for training information: https://www.facebook.com/groups/oxuniultimate
Follow our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/oxuniultimate/
OW!
Congratulations OW for a great performance at “not” uni mixed nationals. We finished 11th having started the day seeded 20th which is amazing jump up the ranks. 
We’d like to give special mention to our alumni who played this weekend. You’ve been a massive part of our club (some longer than others 
) and are leaving us now with some great memories, not least this weekend. So from OW, a big thank you to
Can’t wait to see you all beat Cambridge again at alumni varsity! 
We’d also like to give a special mention to Alistair White-Horne, Jia Jhing, Mahati Garimella, for absolutely smashing it this weekend! Well played 
We’ve all missed playing competitive ultimate and the team spirit from spending a weekend together. We can all agree that finally getting back to playing a tournament felt amazing. Thank you to everyone involved and we look forward to seeing you again at preseason.
OW.
As we prepare for the upcoming season, we’d like to begin by introducing the committee for the 2021-2022 season.
Committee:
We have a huge season of ultimate planned and upcoming. See you soon for pre-season 😉
OW!
OW will be returning to play in Michaelmas 2020. We are in the process of finalising our return to play plans with the Oxford sports federation to unsure that it is a safe return to ultimate.
All the details about taster sessions and training times will be posted as soon as they are ready. Please join our mailing list or facebook group to be kept up to date.
If you have any questions feel free to contact the President or for COVID-19 specific questions you can contact the our COIVD officer also.
We have two ultimate frisbee taster sessions at the start of Michaelmas term. These are open to anyone who wants to try ultimate frisbee for the first time! Anyone is welcome, please come along!
Saturday 12th October 14.00-15.30 @ Angel & Greyhound Meadows (next to Magdalen bridge)
Sunday 13th October 14.00-15.30 @ Angel & Greyhound Meadows
For more information on our training schedule over the year, see the training page.
We held our annual general meeting and dinner on the 10th May. It was a super fun night, where we also discussed some motions and elected a new club committee, as well as awarded half-blues, colours and awards.
We’re pleased to announce the OW! committee for 2019-20:
En May Lim, President
Josephine Carnegie, Secretary
Grace Manley, Treasurer
Edelweiss Ng, Female Squad Captain
Ben Moseley, Male Squad Captain
Laura Ann Bull, Women’s Vice Captain
Hayato Kaneda, Men’s Vice Captain
James Famelton, Welfare Officer
Phili Kent, Stash Master & Social Secretary
Matt Buckland, Social Secretary
TBC, College Coordinator
Matt Butler, Outreach Officer
In addition, the following non-committee roles that were elected:
James Famelton, Spirit Officer
Andrew Bunting, Alumni Rep
Congratulations to the following players for receiving Half Blues:
Joyce Kwok
Phili Kent
Sofia Contino
Grace Manley
En May Lim
Kiyomi Ran
Enzia Schnyder
Andrew Bunting
Bill Kroeger
Matt Butler
Rob Freeman
Tim Teoh
Harry Mason
Jeff Sload
And the recipients of First Team Colours:
Sydney Vennin
Edelweiss Ng
Dani Munro
Gladys Lee
Hayato Kaneda
Ryan Friets
James Mason
James Famelton
Wing Chung
As always, following the AGM we presented the end of year awards. Congratulations to the winners:
Phili Kent, Female MVP & Joyce Kwok Excelsior Award
Matt Butler, Male Most Valuable Player
Catherine Evans, Female Most Improved Player
Ryan Friets, Male MIP
Josephine Carnegie, Female Fresher of the Year
Hayati Kanada, Male FOTY
Jeff Sload & Harry Mason, Best On-Pitch Connection
Jeff Sload, Funniest On-Pitch Moment
Steph Jordan, Funniest Off-Pitch Moment & Jake Marrus Visiting Student Award for Best Chat, Best Bant, Best Frisbee and Biggest Lad
Kiyomi Ran, Russell Petry SPIRIT Award
Enzia Schnyder, Sarah-Jane Rodgers Absolute Babe Award
Harry Mason, Spirit Beacon
James Famelton, Most Dedicated Driver
A big thanks to everyone for a great year of ultimate! Thank you for coming to trainings regardless of the weather or time of day, bringing your all and making it so much fun. It’s been fantastic to see the growth in everyone’s skills and confidence over the year. We wish the best of luck to anyone who’s leaving Oxford this summer (you’re always welcome back), and for the rest of you: see you on the pitch next year!
“Just playing ultimate is not enough. To really improve your game, you need to build your strength, core and flexibility off of the pitch.”
OW! will soon start training for another epic year of ultimate. We have some big goals ahead of us: Indoors, Mixed Outdoors, BUCS and more.
We all know it. Fitness is important for playing ultimate.
Whether it means hitting the gym or training in the park, this pre-season fitness guide should give you some prompts and top tips on how to raise your game before and during the 2018/19 OW! season, by doing some ultimate-specific fitness training.
First up, strength and flexibility. Both are important for ultimate. The static exercises below are great for ultimate. Type them into YouTube if you’re not sure what they are.
Second, endurance and agility. Better ultimate players work on both of these. The majority of the exercises below don’t need any equipment: the park is the best place to try them!
READ WHAT BEAU KITTERAGE DOES EVERY DAY HERE
READ THIS GUIDE FOR TRAINING FOR ULTIMATE
HOW OFTEN SHOULD I WORKOUT?
Pick a few of the exercises above (not all of them!) and try a workout!
If you’re just beginning and are not sure what to do, here’s two example weeks to try:
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
| Squat jumps 4 sets x 8 reps
Assisted push-ups 4 sets x 8 reps Leg raises 3 sets x 8 reps Front plank 3 sets x 30 secs Bicycle crunches 3 sets x 30 secs Stretching |
REST | 400 m jog warmup
A,B skips x 200 m each Shuttle runs 6 x 180 degree turns in 20 s of sprinting, then 90 secs of rest. Repeat 8 times. Warm down Stretching |
REST | Box-step ups 4 sets x 8 reps
Calf raises 4 sets x 8 reps Single leg deadlifts 4 sets x 8 reps Burpees 3 sets x 8 Supermans 3 sets x 30 s Stretching
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REST | REST |
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
| 400 m jog warmup
Agility: Skater skips 3 sets x 10, Practice turns x 10 each side, Practice jumps from two/ single legs 10 x 50 m straight sprints, focusing on good running form Warm down Stretching
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REST | Longer stretching session | REST | Split squats 4 sets x 10
Assisted pull-ups 3 sets x 5 Russian twists 3 sets x 30 secs Leg raises 3 sets x 8 reps Stretching
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REST | REST |
“Prevention of injuries is key. By working out, you reduce your chance of injury.”
Being able to manage injury well is critical for your long-term ultimate career. We want minimal injuries over the 2018/19 OW! season. Below are some top tips on how to prevent and cope with injury.
BETTER STRENGTH, CORE, FLEXIBILITY = LOWER INJURY RISK
Working out for ultimate lowers your risk of injury.
HEAR BRODIE SMITH’S INJURY STORY
A good diet is vital when playing any sport.
Many ultimate players don’t realise how much fuel their bodies need to keep up with the sport.
YOU CAN RUN ON AVERAGE 4KM PER GAME OF ULTIMATE..
..AND BURN OVER 600 CALORIES
Are you eating enough for ultimate?
A three hour OW! training session or a 40 min workout could easily burn 600+ calories. Make sure your body is able to cope!
Have a read of this article on nutrition for ultimate.
Other help: contact the OW! Welfare Officers.