Nation,
This weekend some of the best teams in the continent square off in Santa Cruz California for some early fall bragging rights.
The 23rd annual Labour Day Ultimate Championships feature 12 womens and men's teams. Clearly, the focus of this tournament is quality over quantity. It appears that the depth of the open pool from top to bottom is improved compared to 2007 but not compared to 2008.
The women's side looks equally to 2007 but is a little weaker than 2008.
Why the drop from 2008? It simply looks like a case of Chesapeake and Labour Day running back to back and taking away teams from the other. This happened to me as a TD last year when we ran counter to a tournament I didn't know about (Wildwood) and one whose date seems to change often (Motown). Hopefully next year tournament directors can start working together to better time and space out tournaments).
Format/schedule is not listed on the UPA site, but here is my predictions:
Womens Finals: Fury over Riot
Mens Finals: Bravo over Revolver
