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By Tara Valencia

In an era of marathons wherein almost every person you are related or associated with at school, work or any other organization, engage themselves in a rally of runs week by week, a disc sport popularly nicknamed as Ultimate Frisbee emerges in a solid yet elite fashion.

Aptly called as, Ultimate, this non-contact, team sport is reminiscent of the American football and is widely popular among the working class professionals and college students born and bred to spend weekends pumped up with adrenalin-rich activities. Held within the local confines of sprawling country clubs, village parks, football fields and even on the beach, one need not travel far nor invest on equipment and sporting gears of skyrocketing price tags to be able to enjoy Ultimate as a sport. All you need is a flying disc, a team of seven in each opposing team and a spacious field to play. Ideally the field should be within the length and expanse of 70×40 yards with end zones that are 25 yards deep. Quite a requirement, isn’t it? City dwellers might find it challenging to accomplish at first but once such major requirement is crossed out, playing Ultimate would be as engaging, as addicting and enjoyable as any well-loved team sport.

The disc may be passed in any direction but players may not run with the disc.

Since the sport is relatively foreign to most Filipinos, the Philippine Ultimate Association or PUA acts as the main promoter and organizer of almost every Ultimate activity in the country. With 20,000 strong active players and with recognizable presence in the international Ultimate scene, PUA is actively promoting the sport via locally organized competitions, clinics and introductory courses through solid ties and support from satellite organizations and affiliates from Cebu, Boracay and as far as Davao and Iligan. Just recently, another club by the name of Ultimate Sunday Club organized the first-ever night league in the country. Dubbed as the Ultimate Sundown Clash, the league was composed of mixed men’s and women’s team from different villages in the metro.
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