Ultimate Frisbee Slated To Be Added by Arlington Public Schools

Ultimate is slated to become a recognized team sport in Arlington (Virginia) Public Schools for middle schools and high schools. If approved, APS will fund ultimate uniforms and ultimate coaches, plus pay transportation to local games.

From the article: School Board members in mid-August are slated to approve its addition to the ranks of intramural sports in county middle schools, high schools and specialty programs, with competition starting in the fall.

Ultimate Frisbee already is a growing niche sport among Arlington youth, who play on club teams that, while representing individual schools or groups of schools, have no direct involvement with the school system. [See H-B Woodlawn]

That will change if the School Board OKs the program for intramural ("co-curricular" in school-speak) status.

Under the proposal, each secondary school or program will field teams for girls and boys, with practice taking place in September and competition running throughout October. The estimated $92,000 cost of managing the program and funding equipment and uniforms will be carved out of the existing school-system budget.

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HB Woodlawn Girls Varsity Ultimate Team wins Regional Crown

Congratulations to H-B Woodlawn for winning USA Ultimate's 2016 Southern High School Regional Championship in the Girls Division. The girls varsity ultimate team from the Secondary Program based in Arlington, Virginia, goes by the name of Pandamonium.

The HB-Woodlawn girls ultimate team entered the tournament in Atlanta as the 4th seed. HBW Pandas went (3-0) on the first day of the tourney including a 10-8 victory over the 2nd-seeded Carrboro (North Carolina) High School team.

In Sunday's bracket play, HBW faced off with a familiar opponent - Arlington's Yorktown/Washington-Lee YLee Coyotes, which HBW won by 10-9 (6-7 HT). HBW took down East Chapel Hill (N.C.) High School by 4 goals (10-6) in the semifinals, and then faced the #1 seeded team Paideia School from Atlanta, Georgia.

Both teams entered the finals of High School Southern Regional undefeated at (6-0). HB-Woodlawn won the championship against the defending champions by the score of 8-6. Read USA Ultimate's more detailed recap.

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HB-Woodlawn Girls ultimate team is coached by Leslie "Baywatch" Keller, and is captained by
its 2 seniors on the team - Maddy Boyle and Agnes Cheng. Congratulations to all Pandamonium players: Miranda Baltaxe, Katie Franz, Nicole Getter, Kaiya Gordon, Ellie Heil, Ava Jones, Ella Juengst, Bryn Kabiri, Caroline Kassir, Kirsten Knisely, Julianne Meany, Maya Nir, Maura Shapiro, Franci Swisher-Gomez, Caroline Tornquist, and Juliana Walker.


The boy's HB-Woodlawn ultimate team were also successful with 3rd place (tie) finish at Southern Regionals.

[Scores via USAU]

Capital Ultimate Camp in 2016

Washington, D.C's longest-running summer sports camp for ultimate returns for 2016. As you already know, the sport of ultimate is pretty popular.

There are 5 sessions to choose from for elementary, middle school and high school players. Most sesssions are located at HB Woodlawn Secondary Program (Arlington, VA) with the last session in Bethesda, Maryland, at Ashburton Elementary School.

July 18-22: Elementary School (ages 9-11) & High School (ages 14-16) Sessions

July 25-29: Middle School Session (ages 12-13)

August 1-5: Middle School Session

August 8-12: Montgomery County Camp (ages 12-18)


>Sign up for Capital Ultimate Camp.

Capital Ultimate Camp

The longest running Ultimate summer camp in the Washington, D.C. area continues for the 2014 summer.

2014 CUC sessions:

• July 7 - 11 (9am - 3pm) @ George Mason HS in Falls Church, ages 12-18
• July 14 - 18 (9am - 4pm) @ HB Woodlawn in Arlington, ages 10-15
• July 21 - 25 (9am - 4pm) @ HB Woodlawn in Arlington, ages 10-15
• August 4 - 8 (overnight) @ St. Margaret's School in Tappahannock, ages 14-18

CUC is led by Will Smolinski (DC Current coach) and Dave Soles (founder of WAFC Jr.), who are both experienced at coaching ultimate. For more info on Capital Ultimate Camp, visit http://www.capulticamp.com.

A friend of Sludge provided this positive feedback on CUC 2013:
"My 10 year old son found the Capital Ultimate Camp a really fun way to get better at the game and make new friends. It was a great group of coaches who were helpful, supportive for all levels of play and most of all made it fun for all. The setting at HB Woodlawn added to great atmosphere of creativity and fun the coaching staff encouraged. The last day of camp awards were emblematic of the supportive imaginative tone the camp set all the way through. We will be signing up for next year!"
- Diana W. (Arlington, VA)