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April 9, 1982
Ultimate team
places second
in tournament
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Ultimate thrill
staff photo by John Ryan
Tim Hackney, a sophomore during the practice of the Texas
recreation and parks major from A&M Ultimate team on the polo
Flower Bluff, catches a throw field.
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s, an ugh pi(iuS\ll Aggies have a new set of
T he more ini parents, but they’ll have to wait
people thev IBtil Parents’Weekend April If)
1( () f uor k ||| through April 18 to find out
s to pick lip I the | olk ‘: ai ' e - The name of
I 1 I -, the couple selected as Aggie f’a-
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lentsol the t ear will be revealed
isHnunm on that Sunday at the Parents'
Dav awards program at 9 a.m. in
spokesmen 11 Rudder Auditoi ium.
t while 10 rail® The Parents' Dav Committee
on have jobs.I will say only that the new Aggie
e drowningiii “had,” class of '47, and his wife
, j| c)l a i ( ,| 10 l are actively involved in Texas
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snl let ing, ; committee chose the winners af-
t is the realsiw tei reviewing 19 nominees. Any
us a whole n^Aggie could nominate his or her
urate picture, parents for the honor.
The winners will receive a
UK unn pl l q ue at ,[ le ce remony, and
rry for friend*
)f work or cL
i are less Im
t lily is food a
ict economic
Ictivities, and their children’s
careers at Texas A&M. The
they will be honored during a
football game in the fall. The
new Parents will also receive
complimentary football tickets
to all home games for the 1982
football season.
“The winners are invited to all
University events on behalf of all
Aggies,"’ said Joe Meyer, chair
man of the Parents’ Day Com
mittee. “They are parents to all
of us now.”
Parents’ Weekend originated
in the early 1900s when mothers
came up to visit their sons. In
1925, the Aggie Mother of the
Year was recognized, and in
1974 the award was changed to
Aggie Parents of the Year.
Former Aggie Mothers and
Parents of the Year since 1960
have been invited to the cere
mony Sunday so that they may
be presented with a special re
membrance.
The schedule of events for
the weekend includes a Who’s
Who reception, a variety show,
and the Residence Hall Associa
tion’s Casino on April 16. On
April 17, family pictures will be
taken in the lounge of the
Memorial Student Center, and
the Rudder Complex, the Stu
dent Programs Office and the
MSC will hold open house. The
Off-Campus Aggies also will
sponsor a barbeque in the MSC
at 4 p.m.
The Colleges of Architecture,
Business, Engineering and Li
beral Arts are also holding open
houses Saturday from 11 a.m. to
3 p.m.
Maps and schedules of events
for the weekend will be available
in a Lambda Sigma information
booth bv the Rudder fountain.
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by Kellie Kurtin
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The Texas A&M Ultimate
team placed second last
weekend in the first state-wide
Ultimate tournament held on
campus this year.
Ultimate, played with Frisbee
discs, is a fast-paced game with
two teams of seven players on a
120-yard field, which has two
30-yard-deep end zones. The
objective is to move the disc to
the opposite end zone by throw
ing it to teammates, Tim House-
al, co-captain of the tourna
ment, said.
A Houston team — the Hous
ton Aerodynamics — won the
tournament when they defeated
the Aggies 15 to 10 in the finals
on Sunday.
Other teams attending in
cluded the Austin Ultimate
team, the Ether Bunnies from
Austin, the Sam Houston State
University team, the North
Texas State University men’s
team and the North Texas State
University women’s team.
The Texas A&M team con
sists of approximately 25 people
and usually competes in eight or
10 tournaments an academic
year, Houseal said. On April !7
and April 18 the team will attend
another tournament in Dallas.
The team, previously associ
ated with the Disc Association of
A&M, is awaiting a decision on
their bid for extramural status,
which may occur next fall.
“We’re getting more competi
tive, so we want extramural sta
tus,” Houseal said, “if we get it,
we may receive some funding
from the university to help us
host our own tournaments and
cover various expenses.”
The Aggies practice three
times a week either at the polo
field or the jogging track, and
Houseal said anyone can join in
the game.
In the game, a player cannot
run with the disc and if the disc
touches the ground, it consti
tutes an automatic turnover.
“If I were on team A and
threw a bad pass which hit the
ground, team B could pick up
the disc and move it immediate
ly,” Houseal said.
The game involves almost
continuous running, good disc
skills such as throwing and
catching, and good disc sense.
“It’s similar to soccer in the
amount of running,” Houseal
said, “There is continuous run
ning until a point is scored.”
Each time a team moves the
disc into the end zone one point
is added to its score.
No officials watch Ultimate
games on any level, including
the nationals and regionals.
“The game is played on the
honor system and the people
with disputes settle them them
selves,” Houseal said.
A few women are interested
in the start of a women’s Ulti
mate team at Texas A&M,
Houseal said, but more women
are needed.
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