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Cayman: Frisbee Throwers aim for Ultimate 2022 start

Photo: credit to Cayman Islands Ultimate 

(Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands) – Ultimate frisbee in the Cayman Islands will be back in action this year after its brief holiday break. 

Cayman Islands Ultimate (CIU), the sport’s local organizing association, will host its first game of the New Year tonight (Wednesday, 5 January 2022) from 6:30pm to 7:30pm at the Annex (formally known as the T.E. McField Sports Centre) in George Town. All fitness and ability levels are welcome. 

Going forward, CIU will stage its casual, coed pick-up games on Wednesdays at the Annex from 6:30pm.  

Prior to its winter break, CIU held its AGM and elected a new 2021-2022 executive board. The following names and positions were ratified on 15 December 2021: 

  • Michael Kader – President 
  • Adam McSharry-Downie – Vice-President 
  • Flip Du Plessis – Secretary  
  • Joshua Browne – Treasurer  
  • Matthew Yates – Public Relations 
  • Alexandra Ebanks – Executive member 

Ms Ebanks is a newcomer to the CIU board, with the others having served in leadership positions since 2018.  

For more information, visit the CIU Facebook page

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© 2022 Cayman Islands Ultimate. All rights reserved. 

Note 

Ultimate frisbee is a team sport played with a large plastic disc. The object of the game is to score points by passing the disc to a player in the opposing end zone, similar to an end zone in American football. The beginning of organized games in the Cayman Islands dates back to 2009, thanks to the four original organizers – Badir Awe, Josh Lavelle, Scott Murray and Steve Weitzman.  

CIU is a registered non-profit association with the Cayman Islands Government, having received its official Non-Profit Organisation status in July 2018. CIU has been a member of the World Flying Disc Federation, the sport’s international governing body, since 2020. 

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