What is Ultimate?

Ultimate is a fast, exciting team sport. Players may not run while holding the disc, but instead must use a range of throws - quick short passes, long bombs or scything overheads - to pass to their team-mates. You can expect to see diving catches, high interceptions in crowds of players and flat-out sprints for the scoring endzones.

A unique feature of ultimate is that even at the highest level there are no referees. Players call their own fouls and infringements, and everyone is expected to play fairly - this does away with the rule-bending and even cheating that other sports can suffer from.

Links	EUC History
One of the best ways to learn about ultimate is on-line - here are some of the best links to get started. http://www.ukultimate.com - UK governing body, and the place to go to find your nearest club http://www.ultimatehandbook.com/uh - the best site around for learning how to play http://www.ltdrelease.co.uk - Southampton team's website http://www.wfdf.org - World Flying Disc Federation - official site for the rules of ultimate http://www.roadiefilms.co.uk - online ultimate video from the UK http://pope.smugmug.com - Paul Hurt's ultimate photography Southampton in 2007 will be the 12th edition of the European Ultimate Championships. Here is a short history of the event: 2003 - Fontenay-le-Comte, France GB teams win Open, Mixed & Masters titles, and are runners up in the Women's and Juniors divisions to Finland and Sweden respectively. Mixed is featured for the first time, while Sweden beat Finland in the final of the first Junior Women's competition in Talinn, Estonia, a fortnight earlier. 1997 - Millfield, UK Finland are Open and Women's champions. 1995 - Fontenay-le-Comte, France Sweden crown a decade of dominance - the men win their 8th consecutive title and the women their 4th in a row. 1993 - Arnhem, Netherlands A Masters division is included for the first time - Germany take gold. 1985 - Obertraun, Austria For the first time the host country wins a title, when Austria take gold in the Juniors division. 1981 - Milan, Italy Sweden's men win their first title. 1980 - Paris, France The first European ultimate tournament is won by Finland, with England second and Sweden third.