When I graduated from Davis, I came back home to San Francisco and played with the co-ed community of players out at Big Rec on Sundays. We played in a couple of co-ed tournaments before the group at Big Rec split off into men's and women's club teams. The women's club team formed in 1986, with the foundation of women players from Big Rec. Oz went through many name and personnel changes throughout the years. In 1987, we hosted an all-women's invitational called the March Phenomena, and hosted 10 teams from all over California.
Club play is the most demanding level of play that exists.
It was a great experience to play against, observe, and learn from many of the early women's and men's teams that pushed the game's athletic potential to amazing heights. In 1989, I went travelling to Europe with Paul, and we checked out the international Ultimate scene. We played with and stayed with several Ultimate teams throughout our journey. We played against teams from Italy, Germany, England, Sweden and Norway at the Oktoberfest. During our trip, we also lived in London for 5 months, where I practiced and attended several tournaments with the London women's team.