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Ultimate Frisbee is undergoing a mini-resurgence in the area as new players flock to the regular Monday night get together with Byron Ultimate Disc (BUD).

Ultimate is a non-contact team sport where points are scored by passing the flying disc between members, who can’t run while holding it, to get it to the opposition’s end to score.

The local Frisbee team includes men and women who have been getting together for 14 years, but over the last months numbers and interest have increased, according to BUD regular Paul Glennie.

‘We have been getting anywhere from 20 to 30 people at our regular Monday night game that we play at the Byron Recreation Grounds.

‘It is all about having a good time. We just want to grow the confidence of the new players,’ he said.

The growth has come from world of mouth and taken the club by suprise as there have been no overt moves to grow participation. But the  interest is more than welcome and could lead to the development of an informal local comp if steady numbers for four teams eventuate.

Ultimate Frisbee provides plenty of opportunities to play outside the Shire and BUD gets involved in the Australian Beach Tournament and the Halibut competition run by Queensland Ultimate.

The Halibut comp had its 20th anniversary in August and BUD ran 16th out of the 20 teams competing.

BUD members Holly Fisher and Aleksie Villis picked up Most Valuable Player of the tournament awards.


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