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1998 Ultimate Frisbee Weekend Challenge
Phuket, Thailand
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April 25-26

The 1998 Ultimate Frisbee Weekend Challenge took place on April 25th and 26th on the beautiful island of Phuket. this was Hong Kong's first ever entry into the tournament as a team, but we made a strong showing.

VENUE - The tournament took place on a fantastic shady, grass field belonging the Andaman Beach Suites and the Club Andaman Beach Resort, the official hotel of the 1998 Ultimate Frisbee Weekend Challenge, conveniently located in Patong less the one block from Patong Beach.

PARTICIPANTS - Teams from Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand attended this years tournament. Local Phuket teams and individual players of all levels also joined the fun.

PHOTOS- Just a few photos (heavily biased towards the HK squad). . .

group_flag.jpg (18946 bytes) The Hong Kong squad, sporting the official ultimate version of the SAR flag readies for action in this 5-on-5 tourney. Water was the order of the day as temperatures rose to the high 30s.
group_action.jpg (34003 bytes) Action gets under way with Dave finding the open man.
tom_snag.jpg (20533 bytes) Tom makes a grab in the endzone (just barely). Anu must have thrown this one.
participants.jpg (33526 bytes) Participants seize a photo opportunity. (Actually Shanon made us pose for the sponsors).
group_winners.jpg (19669 bytes) The Hong Kong team strikes a victorious pose in a truly memorable tournament.

From left: Tom, Linda, Anu, Robert, Dave

Contact event organizer for more info:

Shanon Drayton on fax: (66 76) 344217 or email: shanon@loxinfo.co.th

 


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