Sherif Ibrahim (#21 NZ Open)

Vol.1

July 8, 2012

Sherif Ibrahim first picked up a discand started playing Ultimate in March of2003. Hailing from Auckland, Sherif, or Shoeas he is known by friends, plays for NZ
national champions, Magon (Monkey Dragon). He represented New Zealand with Magon in
Prague in 2010 and is also an active member of the NZ ultimate board. A key handler on
the offensive line, Shoe specialises in low breaks and devastating backhand hucks. A vegan
and animal lover, Shoe enjoys beach ultimate, drinking cask wine in hot tubs and obscurereferences to Anime. This week he will be helping drive the NZ Open's offensive line andraising spirits on the sideline for as long as his voice persists. Typically however, Shoe runsout of voice after the first game, if not before.

Today’s newsletter is a test version, so it is just a test!! 10point. Today’s newsletter is a test version,. NZ vs JAPAN .

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Saturday dawned with thunderstorms threatened, but we ended up with just a brief torrential downpour
before the skies cleared in time for the opening ceremony and feature games. After being warned at thecaptains meeting not to steal golf carts, or play to more than 17 points under any circumstances,everyone except the Japan and New Zealand open teams made their way to the main field stands towatch the brief opening ceremony. The Sakai Sparrow Dance Federation and the Japanese Takio
Drummers "Miyako" entertained us, and a few words from organisers and dignitaries led us to the firstfeature game between the Open teams from Japan and New Zealand. Japan was a clear favourite to win,
but the vocal crowd was very happy to see the Kiwis score early on. There were glimpses of some
excellent play on both teams but the Japanese really played very precisely and pulled away from the New
Zealanders, leading 9-4 at half. Although the Kiwis tightened up a bit in the second half end eliminatedsome errors, there was no stopping the Japanese team and they comfortably took the game 17-9.
The second game on the beautifully prepared main field was a womans division game between
Japan and Australia. Again Japan were expected to win and they pulled out a 9-4 lead totake half with a game full of control and precision. While Australia came out strong
after the break and scored a couple of unanswered points to get to 9-6, that
was as close as they got and Japan just pulled away again to takethe game 17-10. ( continued )The final game on day 1 was played under lights on the main fields, and by thistime the wind had dropped as well as the temperature -this might have helped
the Finns a little in their mixed game against the Canadian team, but Canada had
this one in the bag from the first point. A huck from Artturi Koronen to a diving
Jussi Kituso in the zone brought the Finns their only first half point. Althoughboth sides turned over more often than expected, the Canadians seemed totake more quick advantage of turns near the zone and scored manyof their points with a single pass from a turnover. They couldn't close out thesecond half scoreless though, and the Finns grabbed a second goal before going
down 17-2 in just 60 minutes. Mirroring the mixed result, the other result fromday one was the Finnish and Canadian Open game. The Canadians easily took
this 17-6, with a commanding second half performance letting the Finns scorejust once. Tomorrow sees the main tournament kick off with full use of the fields
and even the weather seems to be co-operating with the thunderstorms not due
to appear again until mid-week.

ULTIMATE
OpenTime
8:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
10:30
10:30
10:30
12:30
12:30
14:30
16:30
16:30
16:30

Women’sField
S1
S24
S25
S26
S24
S25S26
S24
S26
S26
S23
S24
S26

AUS
RSA
COL
USA
JPN
CAN
SWE
USA
GBR
GER
SWE
MEX
AUT

Time
8:30
8:30
8:30
10:30
10:30
12:30
14:30
14:30
14:30
16:30

Field
S21
S22
S23
S21
S22
S22
S1
S21
S22
S1

Mixed
CAN
NZL
GER
AUS
JPN
USA
GBR
GER
NZL
USA

10:30
10:30
12:30
12:30
12:30
14:30
16:30
16:30
16:30

S1
S23
S1
S21
S23
S23
S21
S22
S25

CAN
USA
JPN
AUS
NED
GBR
CAN
AUS
FRA

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S25

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FRA－

FRA－

SIN－

FIN

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12:30

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14:30
14:30
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CAN

Open Masters

International Friendship Event 10:00-15:00 @Athletes Village
Satoru Sameshima (#17, JPN) lays out in front of Karl Moore (#12, NZ) and forces a turnover during the opening game.

Join us! Lets play DODGBEE!!
We will hold a mini Disc Dodge tournament in which elementaryschool kids from Sakai city are welcome to participate and play with
WUGC participating players!! No registration necessary.
Let’s have fun together!
Supported by DodgBee of Japan Association

ULTIMATE
Open
JPN 17－9 NZLCAN 17－6 FIN

Women’s
JPN 17－10AUS

Mixed
CAN 17－2 FIN