ULTIMATE: The First Four Decades

Longest Continuously Running Tournaments/Events
(starting by 1990 and still being held)

Year
Started
Tournament/Event
Location
1970
CHS Alumni Thanksgiving Game Maplewood, NJ
1977
Cal States Santa Cruz, CA
1978
Solstice (originally Great Awakening until '80) Eugene, OR
1978
Humboldt Harvest Arcata, CA
1978
April Fools Fest Fredericksburg, VA (originally in Washington, DC)
1978
Mars (hiatus '92-'94) Pittsburgh, PA
1978
Flower Bowl Vancouver, BC
1979
Ultimeet Albuquerque, NM
1979
Purple Valley Williamstown, MA
1980
Centex Austin, TX
1980
UPA Championships Series (multiple sites)
1981
Santa Barbara Classic Santa Barbara, CA
1982
Arctic Vogue Cincinnati, OH
1982
Ultimate Fools Festival Lawrence, KS
1982
Poultry Days Versailles, OH
1982
Indiana States Ball State Univ. - Muncie, IN
1982
Mud Bowl Birmingham, AL
1982
Sink Hole Orlando, FL (on hiatus)
1982
April Fools West Santa Cruz, CA (originally in Palo Alto)
1982
Centrals Michigan
1982
New Year Fest Tempe, AZ
1983
Frostbreaker Gainesville, FL
1983
Turkey Bowl Bridgeport, CT (originally in Katonah, NY)
1984
Smoky Mountain Ultimate (SMUT) Knoxville, TN
1984
Stanford Invite Stanford Univ.
1984
Joint Summit Classic Clemson
1984
Texas A&M Savage 7 College Station, TX
1985
No Borders Ottawa, Ontario
1985
Ow-My-Knee Albany, NY
1985
Bozofest Bozeman, MT
1986
Ho Down Calgary, Alberta
1986
Davis Ultimate Invitational (DUI) Davis, CA
1986
Ultimax Greenville, NC
1987
Daweena Salt Lake City, UT
1987
Dennis J. Drazba Memorial Carbondale, IL
1987
Mother's Day Philladelphia, PA
1988
Kaimana Klassik Hawaii
1988
Presidents' Day UCSD - San Diego, CA
1988
Mardi Gras Baton Rouge, LA
1989
Toss in the Moss Savannah, GA
1989
Monkey Bowl Nashville, TN
1989
Cooler Classic Milwaukee, WI
1989
Red Tide Ultimate Clambake Brunswick, ME
1989
Midwesterns (formerly Big Tens) Madison, WI
1990
Potlatch Seattle/Redmond, WA
1990
Mason-Dixon Lexington, KY
1990
College Easterns Wilmington, NC
????
Blacksburg Mountain High Blacksburg, VA

Notes:
1. Joe Barbarnel has played in every CHS Thanksgiving Alumni game since 1970 except one.
2. Byron Lippincott and Sam Levenberg played in every New Year Fest thru 2004.
3. Charlie Cwiek played in all Smoky Mountain Ultimate Tournaments thru 2004.
4. Mike Miller played in every Poultry Days thru 2004.
5. Bill Penrose played in every Potlach thru 2004.


Important Tournaments/Events No Longer Being Held

Year
Started
Year
Ended
Tournament/Event
Location
1975
1997
Easterns
(originally Yale Bowl / Collegiate Nat’l. Championships in ‘75; Nat’l Championship in ’76; Easterns starting in ‘78)
NE
1983
1992
Aquatennial (may return) Minneapolis, MN
1987
1995
Autumn Equinox Women's Tournament Ann Arbor, MI