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CUSB Sponsorship Update: Teams Results 2019

Hello friends of Balsamiq!

It's Laura here, the Balsamiq ultimate frisbee player 😊.

The 2019 ultimate frisbee season is over, and I have a ton of news for you about what happened on the fields.

The most exciting one is the CUSB men team won the European club title.

The magic happened under the sun of Venice (IT), in front of their home crowd: families, friends, and young kids that play ultimate in Bologna drove to Venice to cheer for their favorite team.

All of the hard work pays off!

Expectations were high for the men's team CUSB La Fotta: they knew that they had to play at their best to improve upon last year's result (in 2018, the CUSB women won the Championship, and the guys placed 2nd).

The tension was palpable when they faced Clapham from London in the final. Clapham were reigning champions since 2012, and had defeated CUSB in 2018. But this time, things went amazingly differently! CUSB just played a perfect game, closing it with a score of 15-7.

CUSB La Fotta received also a good vote for their Spirit of the Game.

After the game, the guys' spirits were sky-high and they celebrated while watching the women’s final. And then, we all celebrated together because the CUSB women won the European title for the second year in a row!

CUSB Shout stay on top

Making it to the top is hard but staying there is even harder... You enter the field as "the team to beat", it's very hard to perform under such pressure.

This year, our road to the top has been really challenging, all the games we played ended with a maximum of 2 points of difference. We also lost our first game. We won the semi by 1. During the final, we were even at 11. But then, something clicked in our minds: we scored 4 points in a row and just nailed it!

The award ceremonies

Both teams received awards with two ceremonies in Bologna. The University of Bologna organized an official ceremony for us and the other CUSB European champions of the volleyball and basketball teams. The same did the President of our local Region a couple of weeks after.

It's nice to see the ultimate teams we sponsor under the spotlight. Public attention is very important for the Ultimate community, not only for morale but also for the growth of what is considered a secondary sport. As media plays a key role in sports development, it is crucial for emerging disciplines to appear and be recognized.

CUSB La Fotta captains with Julio Velasco and the Dean
CUSB Teams during the award ceremony
Players holding the medal after the ceremony
The University ceremony: our athletes and coaches with the Dean and Julio Velasco, the most iconic volleyball coach of our era. On the right, some of the players with the medal received by the Region authorities.

Looking back at the Italian Championship in June

That was just the tip of the iceberg of a thrilling year. There are three more achievements we are really proud of:

  1. CUSB Red Bulls, a men team, won the Spirit of the Game award of the Italian Championship.
  2. CUSB Shout won gold AND the Spirit of the Game award of the Italian Championship.
  3. CUSB History One won the Italian Under17 title.
CUSB teams after the Italian Championship 2019
CUSB HistoryOne with the Italian Under17 award

The future looks bright. 😊

See you in a few months, with more news from our friends at CUSB. Stay tuned!

Laura for the Balsamiq Team

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