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July 29, 2006 - 360 players from 27 teams battled for the disc, to reign as champions in the Novice Men & Women, and Open category (Mix gender). Supreme!

We broke the record by organising the biggest gathering of 360 ultimate players in Malaysia after the previous record of 192 players in the Inti Ultimate Tournament in Nilai last March.

It was also the first time the teams were awarded for Spirit of the Game in Malaysia. Ultimate stresses sportsmanship and fair play. Competitive play is encouraged, but never at the expense of respect between players, adherence to the rules, and the basic joy of play. [View Photos]

SPIRIT OF THE GAME The Spirit Award went to HELP University College in the Open category, Catholic High School in the Women's and to ADTEC in the Men's category. It's interesting to point out that both winners did not win any of their games, yet were awarded high spirit points by their opponents in the Group Stage.

NOVICE WOMEN'S FINALS

Dressed in bright yellow, home team UM Women played a game in good spirit against team Intec1 to clinch a 4-2 win. Intec1 fought back with a point in the dying minutes, but the home team kept their focus and their lead.

These girls showed sheer determination, which made up for the lack of experience and skill.

Women Novice Finals: INTEC1 (Blue) scores, but UM (Yellow) kept their focus for the win

NOVICE MEN'S FINALS Home team UM2 scored a 6-3 win over team UITM1 but the game was played in bad spirit. Fouls were not resolved amicably, perhaps due to lack of knowledge and experience. Ultimate is unique because it's a Self-Refereeing sport. Players are responsible for their own foul and line calls. Players also resolve their own disputes. Ultimate is also a Non-Contact sport. Team UITM1 was clearly upset, and lost their yearn to play. Even with the backing of their senior players, they could not get back in the game and looked like they had given up. Men Novice Finals: UM (Blue) en route to cliching the top spot against UITM (Red)

OPEN FINALS

It was a close battle, right down to sudden death in 'extra time' in the Open finals between UITM and INTEC. INTEC put up a brave fight, but UITM clinched the final point to finish at 7-6 and claim the championship once again. Last March, UITM made a clean sweep of the Men's and Women's category at the Inti Ultimate Tournament in Nilai.

The timer had run out after 40 minutes and end of normal game time was announced. Game was held at 6-6 after a light shower. They had to play out the current point, and whomever won the point, won the game. Due to time constraints, caps were not called for this tournament.

This tournament was represented by:

• ADTEC, Shah Alam (1 men Novice team)
• Catholic High School, PJ (1 Open, 1 men Novice, 1 women Novice teams)
• Help University College (1 Open, 1 women Novice teams)
• KUIM (1 men Novice team)
• KUTKM (1 men Novice, 1 women Novice teams)
• INTEC (1 Open, 1 men Novice, 2 women Novice teams)
• Inti College (1 Open team)
• Multimedia University (1 men Novice team)
• NUTS - Nutty Ultimate Team Spirit (1 Open team)
• SMK USJ4, Subang Jaya (1 women Novice team)
• Taylor's College, PJ (1 Open team)
• UiTM Puncak Perdana, Shah Alam (1 men Novice team)
• UiTM Shah Alam (1 Open, 2 men Novice, 1 women Novice teams)
• UM Orthopedics (1 men Novice)
• University Malaya (UM) (2 men Novice, 1 women Novice teams)

A bounty of RM500 for the Open champions, RM250 for runner-up was graciously sponsored by The Astro Scholarship Programme - Helping Promising Young Malaysians Achieve Their Potential.

The Men's and Women's Novice champions received RM300 each and runner-up received RM150 each.

All champions also received a hamper donated by Global Sport Partners.

All participants received a MyDisc sponsored by Digi and bottled drinking water was sponsored by AirKu.

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