DUCE (Dubai Ultimate Charity Event)

To raise money for numerous worthy causes, our school hosted an Ultimate Frisbee tournament on our beautiful new ASD campus. It turned out to be a busy, sunny, fun day. And all the money raised went to charities. Many thanks to the organizers Erik and Mark who keep this annual event attracting people from all over the Gulf. Expats from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain flew in for the frisbee tourney and for a weekend in Dubai.

 CatmanDu scores a newly named "Frisdown" to end the first half. 

Scott from Bahrain helped guide our ASD Falcon team all the way to the finals with his play and zone defense we played in the windy later rounds.

Star player and co-organizer Erik I. slides the disc to a teammate.

The main field with classic Dubai backdrop: buildings and cranes.

Erik makes the grab...

Then turns and hucks the disc... 

..."Frisdown!" 

 The real ultimate players can "hammer" throw and float the disc...

 over defenders for scores. Some of us learned our catching techniques outside Phish shows.

 This full on scrum for a throw to the corner looks more mosh pit than Phish. The running, full speed coordination and physical play was a surprising part of the game for some of us novice players.

 Jackie goes up high for a throw with Ski Dubai in the background.

The attempted kick block cannot stop the disc.

For more information and photos, check out Brad Kerr's photo page chronicling the day.