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| RMIT Ultimate Club players jump to compete for the disk - Photo: The organizers |
“It promises to be a great day of competition,” the head of the tournament organizing committee, Lam Minh Tuan said.
Registrations exceeded expectations this year, said Tuan, who is a Professional Communications student at RMIT.
The organizers only expected about 45 to register for the ultimate frisbee competition, but they had over 60 so far, he said adding that Saturday’s hat tournament aimed at pitting RMIT Ultimate Club (RUC) players against more experienced players so they could improve their Ultimate skills.
The One Day Hat is also an important training ground for the Vietnam Hat, which is organized by RUC’s sister club Saigon Ultimate Club. Players come from all over the region and the world to play Ultimate Frisbee at the Vietnam Hat. This year’s Vietnam Hat will be on December 18-19 also at RMIT.
Tuan said most of the entrants of this Saturday’s hat tournament were from the two local clubs or RMIT alumni.
He said there are currently about 40 active members of RUC, which started in 2006 with only 10 members with the support of the Saigon Ultimate Club.
The student team has competed internationally at the Singapore Open, Bangkok HAT and Phom Penh HAT.
Tuan, whose Ultimate nickname is Zero, said the team was improving every year… It came 19th at its first Singapore Open in 2007 and worked its way to 14th in 2009.
He said RMIT Ultimate Club provided a friendly and competitive environment at training and competitions.
RMIT has helped out by sponsoring the One Day Hat with the use of the fields, planning, marketing and equipment.
The venue for the RMIT One Day Hat Tournament is RMIT, 702 Nguyen Van Linh Boulevard, District 7, HCMC. For more information email frisbeeruc@gmail.com or Tuan at tuanlm2607@gmail.com.
