ULTIMATE: The First Four Decades
Longest Continuously Running Tournaments/Events
(starting by 1990)
|
Year
Started
|
Year
Ended
|
Tournament/Event
|
Location
|
|
1970
|
|
CHS Alumni Thanksgiving Game |
Maplewood, NJ |
|
1975
|
1997
|
Easterns
(originally Yale Bowl / Collegiate Nat’l. Championships in ‘75;
Nat’l Championship in ’76; Easterns starting in ‘78) |
NE
|
|
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
|
1992
|
Aquatennial |
Minneapolis, MN |
|
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 (original name different) |
Salt Lake City, UT |
|
1987
|
|
Dennis J. Drazba Memorial |
Carbondale, IL |
|
1987
|
|
Mother's Day |
Philladelphia, PA |
|
1987
|
1995
|
Autumn Equinox Women's Tournament |
Ann Arbor, MI |
|
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 1970-2004 except one - 34 years.
2. Sam Levenberg played in every New Year Fest thru 2008 - 27 years; Byron Lippincott thru 2006.
3. Charlie Cwiek played in every Smoky Mountain Ultimate Tournaments thru 2004 - 21 years.
4. Mike Miller played in every Poultry Days thru 2004 - 23 years.
5. Bill Penrose played in every Potlatch thru 2008 - 19 years.
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