I’m a big fan of Ultimate Frisbee and with the Canadian championships taking place in Winnipeg this weekend, I was pumped to be involved in the photography coverage.  With all the rain we’ve gotten the past while, it made for really humid and mucky conditions – this clearly showed up on the players as they made all-out plays over and over again.  The level of frisbee was impressive, humbling, and inspiring all at the same time.

I was lucky enough that the games I covered on Friday were rain-free.  I was at a wedding and wasn’t able to cover/watch any of the games today, but I’m guessing the spectators and players weren’t quite so lucky today.  Hopefully things worked out in spite of the downpour we got this afternoon.  There were a lot of inquiring eyes as people watched the photographers wander around with big honking lenses, but the most common comments I received were on my wise choice of footwear: rainboots.  Not the most agile of footwear, but at least I got to slog around with dry feet all day.    The finals take place Sunday at CanadInn Stadium – details can be found at the CUC site: http://www.canadianultimate.com/cuc/2009/.   It’s a beautiful game to watch at this level, and I highly recommend anyone with a free Sunday to go check out some amazing frisbee for $5.  Among some of my favorite pics:

Assiniboine Park was packed this weekend as it was the Ultimate Frisbee championship tournament for Winnipeg’s middle and high schools.  Sunday afternoon was warm, sunny, and calm – perfect conditions for Kelvin High to face off against St-John’s Ravenscourt in the finals.  It was a hard fought and exciting game with some thrilling plays and crazy swings of momentum.  Though SJR emerged as the winner, I think both teams can be pretty proud of the way they played.  More info can be found on the tournament and Ultimate in general on the  Manitoba Organization for Disc Sports website (www.mods.mb.ca).

Below are some pics from the final.  The full gallery of images can be viewed here.