Little Miss Sunshine

New Players!

2011-03-10T13:40:00.000Z

Grainne

LMS are delighted to announce a Trinity (ha ha ha....cough cough) of new players to the team: Aideen Costello, Helen Hobson and Grainne McCarthy.

Aideen

All of them are ready to make the commitment needed by the team for training and fitness, and we think they're going to be excellent additions to the team.

Helen

The season is now really getting going, woop!

Little Miss Sunshine Wants You!!!

2011-01-08T17:03:00.000Z

Recruitment

If you are dedicated, want to train hard, improve your game and hope to play in Tour this summer or other foreign tournaments, we want you!

LMS start training again for 2011 this Monday and we're also using this opportunity to get new players involved with the club!

When: Monday, 10th January

Where: Clontarf astro pitches (I can't believe its not grass-runners or boots will do)

Time: 8.30pm sharp (so we are warmed up and ready to take pitch at 9 until 10)

What to bring: usuals- warm clothes, waterproofs, runners for the warm up, white and dark jersey, plenty of water and a disc!

Payment: 3 euro per person (depending on numbers)

The link to the pitches is here:

http://maps.google.com/maps/ ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&t=h& msid=100632637335896033296. 0004913d54a2812eb70ce&ll=53. 36364,-6.225536&spn=0.00895,0. 022209&z=16

Winning the Huck of the Irish and coming second in Bologna's women's division were just some of LMS's achievements in its first year. Travelling and competing in Bruges, Tour and not to mention winning international games at the World Club Championships in Prague, LMS has grown so much in the past year. And our kit is very pretty as well!

If you are interested, just come along and see what we are about! Even if you don't want to try out, or unsure, you are very welcome.

Hope to see some new faces there on Monday!

Rose Bowl Fundraiser

2010-12-14T18:25:00.000Z

A big thank you from LMS to all who bought baked goodies at the Rose Bowl last weekend. A grand total of €23.50 was made which is being donated to a worthy cause.

A massive thanks to our girl Cliodhna for organizing it with great enthusiasm and a smile on her face!!

LMS run Womens Skills Clinic, December 12th (11:00-13:00)

2010-12-03T10:11:00.000Z

Hello Ladies,

LMS are running a Skills Clinic and women's game for the Irish Women's Community on Sunday 12th December in St. Anne's Park, Raheny (same location as the beer bowl) it will run from 11:00-13:00.

All are welcome. So make a weekend of it and play Rose Bowl on the Saturday, party Saturday night and come to the Skills Clinic and game on the Sunday!! It'll be good to get out before trials for the Mixed and Women's National teams start!

Liz and Fiona (LMS)

End of Season Dinner, Awards and Dancing 2010

2010-12-01T16:59:00.000Z

(insert girlie sound here)

On friday night, LMS decended on Sweet Basil Thai in Rathmines for a bit of cheap and tasty grub, followed by a lovely awards ceremony put together by the amazing Liz. Is there no end to her talents?

In terms of the biggies, the awards were as follows:

A-Game : Claire Pugh
(nominations also to Liz, SJ, Sandy, Jen and Heather)

A-Game champ Claire

MVP: Laura McGrath
(nominations also to Lucy, Sparky, Fiona Mernagh and Liz)

MSP: Sparky Booker
(nominations also to SJ, Fiona Mc D, Sandy, Deirdre, Liz, Cliodhna, Heather and Sinead)

MSP Sparky with MVP Laura. So happy.

As you can see, each player received and amazing gold statuate for their efforts. But getting on to the far more important awards of the year....

Caoimhe - JTM 2010/Much needed youthful enthusiasm award

Claire - Least expected hucks 2010/Best hairband/ Joint deepest sleeper/ Joint 'Magical Magical' award

Cliodhna - Most ridiculous grab EVER! 2010

Deirdre - Best use of the word 'Stop' 2010/ Joint 'Magical Magical' award

Fiona Boxer (not present) - Best showing of underwear on a dancefloor 2010

Fiona Mernagh - Sadly missed award/Big fat judas award 2010

Heather - Sockeye sleaze award, Hot dad award 2010

Jen - Most grazes of the year 2010/ Nurse Eddie award for most supportive boyfriend

Laura - We wouldn't be here without you award/ Most forgetful 2010

Liz - Most unfortunate injury 2010/Sexiest player alive 2010

Louise/Mandy - 'Wandering off alone but returning unscathed despite playing the slapping/balancing on a pole game' award 2010

Lucy (not present) - 'Sun's out, guns out' award for Best Guns 2010

Olly - "I'll definitely be at the next tournament" award/ Actually has a life outside of frisbee award

Sandy - "I'll party no matter what!" award 2010

SJ - Best at injuring the opposition award 2010/ Joint recipient of Deepest sleeper award

Sinead - Best Teenage Scoring 2010

Sparky - "Drop the boot" award for short dress wearing 2010

Yifan - Best undercover secret agent 2010

Yvonne - "I guess we'll take you back' award 2010

Each person received a special edition, hand crafted, extremely expensive ring for their efforts during the year, which will remain with that player to hand down through the generations.

We then happily braved the cold to walk to Claire's house 5 minutes away without any moaning or whining, had a few pre-drinks, scanned the internet for free entry nightclubs after midnight, and ended up in the Odeon. Cheap drinks and cheesy dancing, what more could a girl want? Maybe a load of hideous photos on Facebook to comemeorate the night? Done!

LMS head out tonight for dinner, drinks and dancing!!

2010-11-26T08:01:00.000Z

Hi All,

LMS are celebrating the end of their very first season by going out on the town tonight (Friday 26th). We will be doing dinner and our own awards earlier in the evening, but then will congregate in a screeching, drunken mass at one of Dublin's finest drinking establishments which play cheesy pop music. Which one, we are as yet unsure of, as we don't like paying in and Howl At The Moon is only free till 11.30.

We would love for you all to join us for much merriment as our season would not have been as great as it was without the support of the Irish Ultimate community in all our fundraising and training events. If you're interested get in touch with me (0863854202) or any of the other gals, but probably not before 11, and I'll let you know where we are.

If that's not vague, I don't know what is, but the sentiment is there.

Liz

New Hoodies

2010-11-16T10:55:00.000Z

LMS bring a bit of colour to the dreary winter days with new purple and yellow hoodies :)

A few photos from Bologna

2010-10-27T13:15:00.000+01:00

Linda Barry brings shame to her family, being jumped over by a random hooligan

Mud, water, puddles

Womens training, 22nd Oct, All Welcome!!!

2010-10-21T09:16:00.001+01:00

There will be womens training in UCD from 8-10pm THIS Friday at the UCD All-Weather floodlit pitch.

Bring a light, dark, boots and water. Look forward to seeing you there!

Bologna Finalists!

2010-10-18T11:42:00.001+01:00

LMS went 5-2 this weekend in a mud fest in Bologna, making the finals and losing only to Tequila Boom Boom, the eventual winners of the tournament.

Full report to follow...

Huck of the Irish!

2010-10-12T18:06:00.000+01:00

Tournament report courtesy of Rebecca Wall:

The first annual Huck o’ the Irish women’s ultimate tournament was held on the 25th and 26th of September at the TCD sports grounds in Santry. Thanks to sunshine, burritos and a good stereo system, a great time was had by all! Four teams participated in this year’s tournament: Jabba the Huckers, Little Miss Sunshine, Rebel Ultimate, and a fantastically spirited pickup team.

Little Miss Sunshine faced stiff competition right from the very start, squaring off against Jabba in the first game on Saturday. Although hard fought on both sides, LMS overcame some first half ‘dropsies’ to win the match 12-4. The second game against the pickup team was some solid, fun ultimate and although LMS won the Frisbee side of the match, the pickup team won a resounding victory in the subsequent dance-off. LMS slunk off to practice their moves.

On Sunday, LMS played the Rebel ladies first, in a fast-paced and well spirited running game. The Rebel side played well, but LMS took the match. Going into the final against Jabba, LMS knew they would have to step up their concentration and intensity. The match was intense on both sides, with great plays from both teams, but once again, LMS kept on the pressure to hold Jabba to a final score of 17-3.

Congratulations to tournament MVP Liz Schaffalitzky, `A' gamer Olly Murphy, and MVP of the Final, Laura McGrath!

Overall, the tournament was a great success. LMS took the trophy, Rebel won spirit, and all the teams are hoping that next year’s Huck O’ the Irish will be even bigger! Many thanks to Fiona and her helpers for their hard work organizing the event.

LMS open training, TONIGHT 8:30pm @ Clontarf

2010-10-04T11:22:00.000+01:00

LMS will be training tonight (Monday 4 Oct), 8:30 - 10p at Clontarf Astro pitches.

We'll be working on resetting the disc, playing some small sided games to work on handler movement, and putting it all together in a scrimmage if we have the numbers.

Bring disc, water, light, dark, GAME FACE, footwear for 3G astro.

Less than 2 weeks till Bologna!
Bring it.

LMS win Huck of the Irish!!

2010-09-28T07:36:00.000+01:00

For more photos see http://picasaweb.google.com/uccultimate/HuckOfTheIrishLadiesClubTournamentSep25262010CourtesyOfDonalMurray#

Report to follow soon...

LMS nominated for Club of the Year!!!

2010-09-18T22:04:00.000+01:00

Check it out at http://ifdaawardsball.blogspot.com/p/award-nominees.html

LMS have a nomiantion for Club of the Year! Needless to say the team is delighted and it is a massive honour to recieve the nomination.

Also a big shout out to team members nominated in other catagories and the best of luck to all!

Deirdre Corbett for Female Player of the Year and Most Spirited Female

Caoimhe Quigley for Most Spirited Female

Former LMS player, Fiona Mernagh for Player of the Year

Heather Barry for Player of the Year and Most Spirited Female

Laura Mc Grath for Player of the Year, Most Spirited Female and Growth of Disc Sports

SJ Monaghan for Player of the Year

Training

2010-07-20T21:14:00.000+01:00

LMS training resumes on monday, August 9th, after a a months rest from worlds

Look forward to seeing you then :)

Day 6 at Worlds

2010-07-14T20:24:00.000+01:00

Day 6 and our final 2 games at the world club championships

LMS Vrs Brilliance
Brilliance were a Russian ladies team who were in a similar boat to ourselves having found it difiicult to beat the tough opposition. LMS went into this game fighting from the very beginning, it was a game we deserved to win and I think everyone felt that as we played. Not for one second did the team seem to doubt that we would win the game. The game began well for LMS with 2 points straight away, a trend we were getting good at! We tried a few things on defense knowing that the team had not trained together much before the tournament. This however seemed to work in their favour as they were disorganised so a front force meant they could get free wherever they were cutting. We traded points before Brilliance took the half at 9-8. This time it was different though. Previously we had been less successfull in the second half of games, but this time we were not. It was this attitude and defiance that won the game for us. We converted 9 points in the second half to Brilliances 6 points winning the game 17-15. This was a huge victory for LMS, an Irish womens teams first win at a world club level!!! We got a taste for winning and liked it :)

MVP went to Heather for playing a huge part against a tough zone defence

LMS Vrs QUB
QUB were a canadian team with a sideline full of coaches and managment. They were a loud team and communicated well with eachother. Starting the game like usual we took the first 2 points with Mernagh and Sinead taking the scores. This was followed by a canadian retaliation who also took 2 points. The 1st half conitnued in this manner with QUB taking the half 9-8.
We reminded ourselves that the same had happened the previous game and it did not reflect the final result. With this in mind we stepped it up a gear and played some clever defence using our passive zone against the canadians. This did a huge amount of damage and forced the turnovers we were looking for. LMS dominated the second half scoring 9 points to QUBs 4, final score 17-13 to LMS!!!!!!!

MVP went to Sinead who scored 4 of our 17 goals while also assisting with a pass to Cliodhna who got an amazing layout grab for a score!!

After a hugely successfull day LMS retrested to the comfy couches at the five tent to reflect on their amazingness as a newly formed club and at having beaten their seed to finish 29th!!!!

The following were voted for the week:

MVP: Laura
MSP: Liz, our 8th person, couldnt have done it without her
A-Game: Claire, first year playing, huge potential, already showing great throws and clever defense, runs alot :)

This was quickly followed by Mojitos....

Day 5 at Worlds

2010-07-14T19:57:00.000+01:00

Our first game on Thursday was a team we were delighted and excited to play against - Icemi, a UK womens team who had put in impressive performances winning Tour 1&2.

LMS Vrs Iceni
After a team meeting the night before we came out to the game with no regrets and full of enthusiasm for the game. This game was a battle for 17th place which LMS wanted and believed we could take. This game was intense from the start and both teams traded up to 5-5 before Iceni took the lead scoring 2 in a row with former Irish player Catherine Gainey throwing the assist to make it 7-5 to Iceni. These 2 points made the difference in the first half and we traded until Iceni tookm the half at 9-7.
Icenis experience and numbers proved to be vital in the second half and LMS began to struggle to convert points. Iceni kept their cool on offense and intensity on defensive and won the game 17-10. However LMS put in a massive performance and it was a far cry from the game the previous evening. It was the fresh start we needed.

MVP went to SJ who never stopped working to get free for the disc. She runs on Duracell bateries.

LMS Vrs Copenhagen
Following a long rest in the shade, some body comparisons (monkey arm Sparky, funny elbowed Sandy...) and lots of water LMS warmed up for their game against Copenhagen, a team they had played at Brugge and lost to by 1 point! An enjoyable hard fought for game was what we expected. With temperatures soaring we decided to try and conserve energy by staying in the shade as much as possible while making the drills short and sweet.
LMS started the game well and took the first 2 points confidently. This was followed by a counter attack by Copenhagen to bring the score back to evens. After trading for another 2 Copenhagen continued to get a steady increase of points, we scored 1, they scored 2, we scored 2, they scored 3. They played a game similar to our own with lots of running and very little poaching on defense. They took the half 9-6.
This was the first game LMS struggled with their numbers coupled with the increasing temperatures against a team that liked to cut hard and fast as well as throw breaks and hucks. They continued to score the big points and dominated the second half to win the game 17-8.
This was a tough game for LMS as we felt we gave it our best, we physically couldnt give it any more then we did.

2 players that worked tirelessy were Fiona (boxer) and Claire who got joint MVPS

LMS retreated to the dorms tired and confused but even more determined to win our final 2 games on Friday in order to beat our seeding and take home some well desevred wins, food and sleep became the priority of the remainder of the day.

Deirdre playing Ninja :)

Day 4 at Worlds

2010-07-14T19:16:00.000+01:00

Apologies for the delay in blogging!

Okay, so after cancelling all games on Day 3 due to the weather the organisers rescheduled games for the following day. Games however were shortened to 80mins or games to 15 with 5min half times

The schedule for the day was as follows:
8.30am LMS Vrs Vima (Finland)
1pm LMS Vrs Honey (Australia)
3.45pm LMS Vrs Tequilla Boom Boom (Italy)

Game 1:
LMS started the game slowely and conceded the first 3 points of the game. A time out was called and LMS put their heads together, it was time to wake up and screw the noodle on! The motivation and concentration increased and we fought hard to trade points with Vima right up until the half meaning they still had a 3 point lead at half (score 5-8).
Unfortunately we peaked too early and couldnt maintain our intensity on defense while converting our Offense points in the second half. Vima started strong taking the first 2 points, while LMS made another attenpt to get back on track by scoring the third point it just wasnt to be, Vima took the final 5 points with relative ease.
It was a disappointing start to the day and a trend we were not keen to continue. As we were playing on the same pitch again we had time to think, reflect on our game and get motivated before playing the Australians...

MVP for the game goes to the 2 red heads Mernagh and Boxer who fought hard throughout the game

Game 2:
After warming up with some singing and dancing as well as the usual drills LMS were ready to give it socks against Honey. Within the first 3 points LMS had taken the lead following 2 beautiful assists from Heather to both Sinead and Jen. We traded with Honey for another 2 points and then let them catch up by scoring 2 in a row. As both teams stepped it up a gear the score remained even 5-5....7-7...Honey took the half 8-7 after a long tough point.
After a tough first half LMS spent their 5 mins in the shade rehydrating, the temperature was increasing and we were beginning to feel the heat. We entered into the second half on defense and couldnt prevent a score from Honey to take a 2 point lead. We came back with 1 on offense after a sweet pass from Mernagh to Laura to bring the score back to 9-8 but honey continued to put pressure on the Irish and continued to maintain a lead, they finished the game 15-12. This was a hugely enjoyable, spirited and competitive game and is one we will all remember fondly.

MVP went to Heather who was consistent with her passes and hucks on offense and a demon on defense :)

Game 3:
Unfortunately this story does not have a happy ending and this was a game many of us would like to forget. However on the plus side we definitely took alot from this game and it showed us where our weaknesses are which gives us something to focus on in the future.
Tequilla boom boom won the toss and chose to start on defense which proved to be their best tactic. The started with and aggressive Zone defense with a chase and close wall of 3. This immediatley intimidated us and forced turnovers which had not happened to us previously. They took the 4 first points easily before we called a timeout. Having used our time out successfully we scored the first point to make the score 4-1. However our defense was not enough to prevent the Italian ladies from breaking and hucking the disc cleverly. This was clearly a team that had played alot together as they were able to read eachother extremely well. They took the half 8-1.
The second half proved to be better for LMS and we took 4 points on offense. This was not enough to stop the Italian ladies who were on a role after having previously difficult games. They came together well and took a well deserved win 15-5. We vow to improve on that score line the next time we meet them...

Photos of LMS vrs Storm on Day 2

2010-07-12T15:30:00.000+01:00

Available to view at http://www.flickr.com/photos/wucc2010/sets/72157624430008454/

Day 3 at Worlds- washout!

2010-07-06T16:29:00.000+01:00

Today at 1pm we were scheduled to play Vimma, a Finnish ladies team. Unfortunately as we started warming up a giant thunder storm rolled in. All games that were being played had to be stopped and everyone retreated to the local club house to get in from the lashing rain and lightening. This was totally unexpected so needless to say staff werent too sure about what was going to happen next. While we were waiting for the storm to move on we were told we would be playing straight away, this then changed to a later time to not actually being allowed to play on the pitch at all as there was too much water logging on it!

This was not what we wanted to hear but there wasnt much we could do about so we made the most of our time together as a team and had a big sing song with hits such as Living on a Prayer, Total eclipse of the Heart, Bohemian Rhapsody, I got chills, Faith and Too good to be True. It was the lift we all needed after what had been a pretty miserable start to the day.

LMS gathered for an hour of throwing and some drills instead and we now expect there to be 3 games tomorrow...heres hoping!!

Day 2 at Worlds

2010-07-06T16:21:00.000+01:00

Day 2

Game 1: Storm vrs LMS

Unfortunately this day didnt start out as planned as there was a freak accident during our warm up which resulted in Liz having to go to the hospital to get stitches in her hand after slipping on a badly placed piece of wood :(

Trying to put this aside we got into the game and started trading points with Storm, a canadian womens team. It was the start we were looking for. We had seen the team using their hucks alot and decided to front them which worked really well for a few points. As soon as they realised we liked the same they also adjusted their defence which led to errors on our part. We started making mistakes under pressure and they gained a lead and took the half. This trend continued into the second half and much to the frustration of LMS the game finished 17-7 to Storm. It was a game that we didnt play our best in due to our own mistakes under pressure. This was not a trend we wanted to continue so we took our break, drank lots of water and ate maple syrup biscuits to recouperate.

MVP of the game went to Sparky who always managed to get free and used her flick huck to our advantage throughout this game!

Game 2: LMS vrs Hot Beaches, the home team

Having played and seen hot beaches play before we had an idea of their best throwers and cutters and knew what they liked to do. Before the game we pumped ourselves up with a song "Im walking on sunshine" with an aggressive L..M...S HUGH at the end! From the very beginning we fronted them. This team had some serious huckers who loved to throw it deep, we decided we weren't going to let them in this game. Our defence was working really well with lots of pressure on the handlers and cutters. On offence we played 3-4 or 4 back when they put on their zone defence which they have used to their advantage on other teams. I am happy to say that we destroyed their zone with chilly offence and lots of passes meaning they we forced to change their defence. As we are a fast athletic team they decided to use poaches and switches on defence instead on challenging us for speed. This threw us for a bit as they cut off our open throws by poaching in the lanes while putting a strong mark on the handler. Offensively they put a few score aways throwing break throws, mainly IO's. This game felt tight the whole way through and I think their experience beat us in the end. The score at 17-9 doesnt reflect how the game felt and it was definitely our best performance to date. The next time we play them I imagine the score will be alot closer!

MVP of the game was Laura

Day 1 at Worlds!!

2010-07-06T15:58:00.000+01:00

Hey all,

Apologies for the delay in posting, just got internet access!

Heres a quick update on whats been happening so far!

Day 1:
LMS played the mighty UNO, a japanese womens team seeded 2nd at the tournament. This was a great first game to the tournament and the japanese came out fighting with a high intensity game, quick passes and lots of speed. They took the first few points comfortably but after a beautiful cross field huck from Mernagh to Sinead who hucked a perfect backhand to Laura we got our first score in the endzone!! Woop woop!! With the heat soaring at 30degrees LMS struggled to put any more points on the board before half time. We failed to stop the japanese offence and were not as confident with our own offence with layout blocks from the UNO defense.
We came out after half time with a new game plan, to look for our deep option and huck it alot! This was the one weakness we felt we could exploit with UNO. Using this tactic we managed another 3 points in the second half against the current world champions, this game finished 17-4 to UNO. They were inspiring to play against and the game was well spirited, we took all their tactics with us so watch out for LMS next year UNO :)

MVP of the Day Fiona Mernagh who had a savage game!!!

Celebrate with LMS :)

2010-06-26T21:54:00.000+01:00

To celebrate our last session before Worlds LMS would like to invite those who have helped us by playing against us or with us over the last few months. We hope you will challenge us with a final game from 8-9pm in St. Annes park and you will be rewarded with cake, goodies and fizzy drinks. We really do appreciate everyone who helped out, it will make a huge difference for us at worlds!!

LMS finish 5th at Tour

2010-06-26T21:47:00.000+01:00

8 LMS players Sparky, Sinead, Jen, Claire, Deirdre, Laura, Liz and Sj, plus 3 lovely pickups Claire, Bex and Sarah took on the teams at Tour 2 on June 19th, 20th. LMS started with 6th seed putting us in a power pool of seeds 5-8th. We kicked off on Saturday morning at 9.30am against Iso. After suffering a bad start with 2 points down LMS called a time out and decided it was time to "screw the noodle on". We played alot better and began converting our points and made less mistakes on offense. This resulted in our first win of the day! This gave us the start we needed and we continued in the same fashion to beat Brighton in sudden death, Swift and Crown Jewles. The day was gusty and it gave us a chance to practice our man and zone D's, both of which needed attention. After a long day with 4 tough games we finished top of our pool and gained the 5th place position.

We had a crazy evening of eating glorious mega sudaes with icecream, brownie, profiterole, flakes, chocolate sauce and cream while watching Denmark beat Camaroon. This was followed by a bedtime movie - Cruel intentions which finished at the late hour of 11.30pm!! After a great sleep had by some and a not so great sleep had by others we awoke at 7am to eat as much free breakfast as possible before heading to the pitches for our toughest and most important game so far.

To get into the top 4 we had to beat Nice Bristols which consisted of a team similar in standard to our own. A mix of experienced solid handlers and throwers with inexperienced but fast athletic recievors. Unfortunately it wasnt to be for LMS. Early in the game they got a lead due to break throws and some luck which they managed to retain for the rest of the game. It was the game we had be looking for, tough but good for LMS. We took alot from it and look forward to playing them again with our full squad.

This left us fighting to retain our 5th place position which meant playing Swift and Brighton again. LMS won these games fairly well to retain 5th which it seems is our lucky number this season, 5th at Worlds perhaps??

MVP: Laura
MSP: Our pickup Sarah who was great all weekend
A-game: Sparky (represented by apple core :) )

Schedule Up!!

2010-06-24T18:50:00.000+01:00

First 2 days of worlds are scheduled:

Sunday: LMS Vrs UNO 2.30pm (2nd seeds, japanese ladies!)

Monday: LMS Vrs Storm 10.30am (15th Seeds, Canadian)
LMS Vrs Hot Beaches 2.30pm (18th Seeds, CZ)

Looks like a tough but hugely exciting start to this tournament, cannot wait for us to play the japanese ladies!!

Training Weekend Success!!

2010-06-06T16:57:00.000+01:00

14 happy little miss sunshine ladies kicked off our first training weeked May 29th/30th. We arrived at St. Annes to be greeted by gusty winds and light rain, perfect weather for practising our Zone defence which we dissected and spent the day going over. By the time mid day had come around the wind and rain had died, the day turned into a beautiful sunny blissful day. No so good for practising our zone D against the Juniors! In spite of the weather we persevered and played our, at this stage, well rehersed zone. Suprisingly it worked! It achieved what we wanted it to achieve and encouraged lots of throws which led to a few mistakes. Because of this we gained possession of the disc. However having spent most of the day on defence we were not as clued in to offence as we should have been and made lots of individual errors. This resulted in a score line heavily in favour of the very fast, athletic and tall juniors!! To recover from this some of us gathered together for the evening to eat home made pizza, icecream and watch, sing and dance along to the eurovision which we all agreed (including Sinead) was a great visual experience this year...belgian "puppy dog eyes" boy...greece....skaat man...Woppa!!
On Sunday we focused on our 3 offensive plays in 3-4 and again took them apart before piecing them back together. We finished with a game using all of the plays practised and finished on a high after what was a very productive weekend!

June 5/6th provided us with our second training weekend and we had a smaller but still very happy 10 little miss sunshiners. We used our Saturday to go over our plays and practise our stack mark before playing the u23 ladies from 2.30-4.30pm. The game worked in our favour as our week of ultimate was providing us with the calmer offense and better decision making which we had been lacking in previous weeks. We had finally gotten to a stage where we weren't forcing the play to happen, we waited and were patient which resulted in better ultimate from us. The u23 ladies as always worked hard on defence making our job more difficult. As well as that they have started figuring out our defensive strutures which will make future games more difficult for us. I am really looking forward to more games between the 2 teams as I know that both teams will improve with each game. This game was followed by a layout session with a "slip and slide". It was fantastic to see everyone from both teams bite the bullet and give it a go. There were some specatular layouts from Mernagh, Megan and Jen as well as alot of learning the technique from everybody which resulted in less knees knocking the ground first!
Day 2 for LMS was a little less enjoyable with torrential rain from our early 9am start to our early 12pm finish. We did however get a chance to practice our dump and swing and endzone play, both of which are works in progress and will be tested at our next game!
Looking forward to Wednesday already with the possibility of training and a game!! Counting the days to Tour 2....

LMS looking for Zone Defence

2010-05-16T12:38:00.000+01:00

LMS are currently looking for a team/group of players to play Zone Defence against them on Thursday evenings from 7.30-8.30 in St.Annes Park.

If your interested come out and play against us!

Little Miss Sunshine at Toms Tourney 2010

2010-05-05T00:15:00.000+01:00

Sparky also part of the TT team!

Last weekend saw 11 LMS players travel and compete at Toms Tourney in Brugge. This was one of 2 warm up tourneys in prep for Prague. Being a completely new team, LMS were seeded a very respectable 8th out of 16 womens teams. After a glorious day on Thursday with Belgiun beer, waffles and chocolate LMS woke up to rain and cold weather on Friday. We still rejoiced about the fact that we were not staying in tents (ahem, broc..) and agreed that the ground suited us better after rain :)

We started the Friday by talking about team goals and personal goals. Captain and vice captain for the tournament were Laura and Sparky respectively.

Our first game was against Tramuntana, a team from Girona. LMS started with determination and competitiveness which continued throughout the weekend. Our first competitive game as a club was won 14-2 much to our delight. Our second game was against Copenhagen, a team we had seen reach the final the previous year. Needless to say we were more anxious about playing this team. However we took the attitude from the 1st game right into the second game and played our best. This was a really tough but enjoyable game and as the buzzer went for time they took possession and scored the last point 8-7. We were so close to beating them!! But you learn more from a loss than a win and we are taking this with us to Prague!! Our last game of the day was against BXL-R. After a slow start and an adjustment to playing zone offense for the first time we took the win 8-4 meaning to finish second in our group, qualifying us to one of 2 upper groups on Saturday. Friday night consisted of lots of kebabs, a juggling act in the big tent and some belgiun beer. Think we all crashed pretty early that night!

Saturday was to be a tougher day. Our pool had Tequila boom boom (finalists in Paga), Hot beaches and Creme Catalana. Our first game did not go so well against a strong squad of czech ladies. We tried every type of defense but our offense could just not compete with their zone defence and when they got the turns they moved the disc quickly hucking and breaking us along the way. This game has given us a huge amount to focus on in the coming months, it was definitely an experience! We were beaten 15-4. Second game was Tequila boom boom. The weather decided to throw a spanner in the works and it lashed rain. With a squad of similar size to ours we believed we had a good shot at beating the italian ladies. They however had different ideas, they shut down our offense by fronting the handlers, poaching the open lanes and marking the cutters under, their throws were very good and sailed through our zone and man D. It was disapointing not to do better in this game and they beat us 9-6. Our thrid game became a bit of a joke after we were moved to a "pitch" which was full of ankle trapping rabbit holes. Because of this the pitch width had to be reduced in size by half! Playing 7-a-side of a 20m wide pitch was very difficult and made finding the space very hard. Creme Catalan challenged us with a zone while we forced them middle. Points were swapped by we managed to take the lead while they were always catching up. With one spectacular grab from Sj by a crazy disc from someone in a cap we won the game 9-7. This meant we didnt have to play a challenge match, woohoo!! It was probably the best thing about winning that game! Our quarter final was on at 16.45 against Copengahen. After 3 games and a couple of injuries we were starting to feel tired as a team. For the second time in 2 days we battled with Copenhagen. Both teams wanted it and it showed on the pitch. We ran them around on offense and played hard man defense but in the end their legs won out over ours. The kept the intensity up throughout the game, ours waned towards the end. Copenhagen won 9-6. After copious amounts of chocolate during the day our bellys were not satisfied and it was off to the kebabery for some and foody type bar for others. Showered , fed and beautified we headed for the party which was 20mins away. 40mins later we arrived! The broc lads were hammered by the time we arrived having started drinking at 4ish which led to some having to be brought home! The party was good with good dancy music and even a male striper which most would rather have not seen!

Sunday morning brought with it the fight for 5th place. Our first game was against Miss B and we played against former Irish captain Linda!! This was a great game and a definite battle. The pitches were mucky, the wind picked up and we were challenged with man D and then Zone. As our man offense was the better of the 2 over the weekend we took the lead early on and kept 1 point ahead for most of the game. Luckily for us they challenged us with zone towards the end of the game. Time went and we won the game 10-9. Absolutely thrilled as we had now beaten our seeding, the lowest we could finish was 6th, and with injuries looming that looked quite likely. That was until we got on the pitch for our final game against Primevara. The weather decided it hadnt been bad enough to us over the weekend, it lashed rain along with there being thunder and lightening. The ground was like a mucky soup. Throws and catches became really difficult and hucking was near impossible. We took an early lead while the weather was still okay. This was followed by some horrible ultimate with long points and lots of turnovers. But this was still a fight for 5th and we didn't forget that, in fact we notched up 13 points to 3 in the end for an impresive victory and 5th place!

Not only that but Little Miss Sunshine were awarded with the Spirit Prize!!!! This is such a huge achievement and I am thrilled to bits. The team played so well and fought hard for everything, winning spirit is definitely the cheery on the icing on the cake :)

From my perspective I want to congratulate everyone on the team for pushing themselves

Liz was the experienced handler and kept a level head while providing safe options time and time again

Sandra took down discs in the air like I've never seen before!!

Mandy kept her cool under pressure, especially with technically difficult role of a handler, showing far more experience and knowledge than expected

Sj got D's, caught crazy discs and never stopped cutting, she fought for everything this weekend

Sinead caught everything that came withing sight of the endzone and was always an option deep

Fi handled, initiated, recieved as well as getting down and dirty in the final 2 games, a great experienced all rounder all weekend

Fiona was a fantastic initiator and provided clever options under while hucking it long and breaking her mark

Sparky threw her flick huck like the professional she is while also remaining a calm voice on the line

Lisa fit into the team perfectly with great throws and a knowledge of the game, we Irish love her and look forward to the connections she will build in the coming months with each of us

Cliodhna, like Sandra, caught any high disc, even with a defender on her shoulder and was cutting continuosly

I, Laura, feel I have finally figured out this laying out thing, now I need to start catching the disc!

Team MVP: Laura

Team MSP: Fi (Boxer)

LMS March game, best one yet!!

2010-03-20T22:18:00.000Z

Today saw 22 women take to the pitch in Albert College Park for LMS's monthly womens game! The sun shone, the pitch was in good condition (apart from being on a hill...) and 2 teams of 11 were picked. The focus of this game was defense. Each player was asked to have a goal in mind whether it be to take away the under or deep or to stop the break throw etc. The teams focus as a group was to communicate on Defense, up calls, left/right, help, take under, switch etc.
Offensively teams were asked to take risks and mix up the structures and plays being used to make defense work harder.

The teams were as follows:
Light                         Dark
Liz                             Heather
Yiv                            Sandy
Meagan                     Claire P
Fiona                         Lucy
Deirdre                      Finola
Louise                       Sinead
Jen                            Mandy
Grace                        Helen
Emily                         Shiv
Claire M                    Sj
Fi                              Sparky

Darks scored the first point quickly with a huck from Mandy to Sinead and began what was to be a tough and hardfought game. They continued this streak and worked hard for the next 3 points making it 4-0. Lights increased their intensity on defense forcing turns and getting possession. They got their first score which was followed by a further 2 well earned points bringing the score to 4-3. As both teams upped the intensity on defence points got longer and harder to convert. A score to darks, followed by a score to lights and then to darks making it 6-4 to darks. With the half coming at 8 darks set about scoring the next 2 points which wasn't easy with lights on defense. Dark took the half at 5-8 and both teams took a well deserved 5min breather.
The second half began with lights on offence. Darks started the second half how they began the first and after some impressive D they got possession. Sinead got the disc in front of the endzone and looked for Sandy when she threw the pass, the disc was too far in front for Sandy but was seen by the quick moving Iceni player Finola Shannon who layed out in the endzone to catch the first point of the second half. The catch set the standard high for the second half and lights picked up the pace with Fiona throwing to Jen for a score followed by Liz throwing to Fi bringing the score back to 9-7 to darks. It seemed that everytime one team was getting a few points the other team up their intensity to stop that flow of scores. After 2 scores from lights darks increased the pressure on D. Sinead marked last in the stack and preventing a number of hucks from being completed while Sj threw herself around the pitch in order to stop, intercept and D throws. The result of this was 3 scores in a row to darks giving them a good lead of 5 points. Lights scored the next point and points conitunued to be swapped until last point was called after an hour and and half of playing. Lights started on D, pressured darks on offence and forced a turn. Finola scored the finally point recieveing a lovely pass from Fiona to finish the game 13-10 to darks.

It was the best game and the best attendance we have had this season. A big thanks to all who came out and made a game of this standard possible. Also thanks to Buggy for filming it :) Hope to see as many at our next game in Cork, April 11th!!

Laura
LMS Ultimate

Flag on your face!!!

2010-03-18T17:37:00.000Z

LMS combined forces with Dub ultimate to paint the faces of Dublin on Wednesday. The day was a great success with craic go lór, random harrasing of people, especially those standing on their own and lots and lots of painting (paintings included shamrocks, flag on your face, pints of guinness, celtic crosses, snakes and sheep!). Having worked hard from 10.30 to 4pmish we made a tidy profit and finished the day with fish and chips and a well deserved pint.

A big big thanks to Liz for organising another successful fundraising event and also to all from LMS and Dub who came to paint faces and charm the crowd for the day. It was well worth it!!

Paddys Day Facepainting!

2010-03-16T08:15:00.000Z

LMS will be out in force on the streets of Temple Bar painting the faces of drunken Irish/Australians/Americans/etc as well as Mammays and Daddys and their offspring!

Happy Paddys Day to all and if your around come down and get your faces painted by cladly dressed Irish cailíní*

LMS Ultimate :)

*Pending the weather being over 25degrees

LMS Bake Sale fundraiser

2010-03-09T20:32:00.000Z

Last weekend saw LMS brave the elements and supply sweet and savory goods at womens and mixed intervarsities. With an amazing €5 "meal deal" consisting of a variety of pasta, tuna and cous cous salads, bread roll and meat or veggie sausages and a sweet treat (mars bar cake, biscuit cake, brownies, cupcakes, Lizs biscuits, cookies, Lamingtons etc) the food went down a storm!

The weekend proved to be a complete success making LMS a tidy profit of €400!!! This will greatly help the team with kit/transport/accommodation/player fees for the WUCC in Prague this summer. As a team of poor students/unemployed graduates WUCC would not be possible without financial inputs from fundraising so this is a great start to our fundraising campaign.

Firstly a big thanks to everyone who bought food from us over the weekend! It was greatly appreciated and we hope that you enjoyed the food and the weekend in Santry :)
Thanks to Ger for letting us sell food at the tournament and giving us the opportunity to fundraise.
Finally a big thanks to everyone on LMS who helped out, especially Liz and Cliodhna, it wouldn't have been possible without the efforts of both of ye!

Night out #2

2010-03-08T10:08:00.000Z

After spending a day in the freezing cold selling cakes and buns a night out was definitely in order. I, Laura, took one for the team and made a good dint in our team whiskey...

The night moved swiftly on to "LMS cocktails" called Purple Flirts consisting of black sambuca and vodka, really not very nice, these then had to be washed down with whiskey sours and tequilla. Needless to say lots of alcohol was consumed which lead to lots and lots of dancing

All the single ladies, all the single ladies.....(Podge knew the dance!!)

Pre-season training, finally!

2010-03-02T13:41:00.000Z

Having spent 6 grueling weeks completing our Foundation training (long runs, long intervals, core work) and another 6 weeks completing our Functional training in some of the coldest weather to hit Ireland in centuries, we have finally reached our Pre-season!! Woop woop!!

This will involve a lot more conditioning work using ladders, plyometrics, box drills and short but quick interval sessions. The intervals will focus on turning properly, moving your feet quickly from side-to-side and forward and backwards, the drills will include disc skills both throwing and catching while moving towards and away from the disc. Basically we are over the worst of the fitness and on to the more interesting stuff that can only be tackled with the horrible stuff done and dusted!

Plus the sun is shining, the days are getting longer, in now time we will be training again in the light of day!! Lots to look forward to :)

Attendance Hall Of Fame

2010-02-28T21:15:00.001Z

Congrats to Sparky and Sinead (middle and left :) ) for making all 6 of our Functional training sessions after Christmas!! I managed all 6 too but didn't make the final photo, for now I'll be the third bearded lady, Dayne :)

1st Social: Howl at the Moon

2010-02-28T21:13:00.001Z

First of many!!

Attendance Hall Of Fame

2010-02-28T20:55:00.000Z

Congratulations to Mandy/Louise who made all 6 of our Foundation training sessions before Christmas!! Woop woop :)

LMS at Belfast Christmas Cracker

2010-02-28T20:39:00.000Z

Fiona, Jen, Heather, Lucy, Mandy and Laura traveled up north to compete at the Belfast Christmas Cracker , an open indoor tournament, in December 2009.

It was LMS's first tournament and we showed everyone what we were made of. We played 9 20minute games with 1 sub. We won 5 and lost 4, but no bagels!!, and finished a respectable 7th out of 12 :)

Not only that but LMS took home the coveted Spirit prize!!!! We couldn't have asked for a better start as a new club on the scene. Congrats to all who took part and made it possible! One person less and we may have been in trouble ;)

Finally and Welcome!!!

2010-02-28T19:23:00.000Z

4 months down the line and I've finally sorted out the blog for our amazing new womens Club, Little Miss Sunshine :)

Alot has happened in the last 4 months. Our club began and we got members, we have a beautiful 20 girls now! We began our rigorous fitness program devised by fitness guru Alan Doyle, we started training in Jobstown Tallaght floodlit pitches on Monday evenings, we attended our first tournament (more on this..) in Belfast, we have played 2 monthly grass games 7-a-side, have had our first social/drunken night out in Howl at the Moon and we have registered for our first season of tournaments starting with Toms Tourney and peaking with the World Club Championships in Prague!!

It has been a great start to our new club and the season looks to be getting better and better! Now to fill ye in on the last few months...