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 |
|