The World Ultimate (and Guts) Championships officially started today with a fantastic opening ceremony held in the Thunderbird Stadium at the University of British Columbia!
All the countries involved (21) did a parade through the stadium to much cheering and fanfare! It was quite something. Darren "Pinky" Rennie was chosen to be our flag bearer. For those of you who know Pinky, you know he definitely embodies the indominable South African spirit!
The main stadium was packed with close to 1500 of the world's best ultimate who were in an extremely festive mood - this is the world championship after all and we have been waiting for four years for this!
After a few speeches, the opening game was played between Great Britain mixed and Canada Mixed. Bridget Gilbride, who played with the Cape Town team Chilli recently, was playing for Canada so there was much cheering for Canada! Ultimate is an incredible game to watch when it is played by top athletes! The skill and athletisism on show was simply breathtaking!
The Venezualian team is playing in Worlds for the first time and they brought some drums and instruments and had the crowd on their feet dancing to some distinctly latin beats!
Everyone is excited to start playing tomorrow. Our first game is against Switzerland at 08h30.
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