The first South African Ultimate Frisbee Inter-Regional Tournament (IRT) for U24 players was held on Sunday, 9 February, at the St Michael’s School for Girls in Bloemfontein.
It brought players from across South Africa together to ultimately decide who should represent the country in the U24 World Ultimate Championships in Logroño, Spain, in June.
The four teams that competed in the tournament are based on the four South African Flying Disc Association’s (Safda) demarcated regions.
The Northern Region constitutes the Free State, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, North West and Limpopo. The Western Region has the Western and Northern Cape. KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape make up the Eastern and Southern Region, respectively.
The U24 IRT is not only the first tournament of its kind in the country, but is also the first national tournament hosted in the Free State since the mixed nationals in 2015.
Shilabeko Makhubele and Moses Bome, students at the University of the Free State (UFS), and Bryce Deutschmann, a learner at the St Andrew’s School, represented the Sungazers from Bloemfontein, playing for Northern Region.
The team consists of 20 players and finished third in the tournament.
The team for the national squad will be announced soon.
