ultimate frisbee @ singapore polo club


had lunch at singapore polo club today. the other day when diana gave me a treat at the same restaurant, i had half a german pork knuckle. she had ox tail stew. today, i had fish and chips while lay bee had hainanese pork chops.

while having lunch, we were entertained by some of the youthful members playing a game of ultimate frisbee. there was also a side-show: a bull terrier on the field showing off its uncanny canine ability at catching the frisbee in its mouth.

for those of you who like to play this game, here are the basic rules:

each point begins with both teams lining up on the front of their respective endzone line. the defence throws the disc to the offence. a regulation game has seven players per team.

a point is scored when the offence completes a pass in the defence's endzone.

the disc may be advanced in any direction by completing a pass to a teammate. players may not run with the disc. the person with the disc has ten seconds to throw the disc. the defender guarding the thrower (marker) counts out the stall count.

when a pass is not completed (e.g. out of bounds, drop, block, interception), the defence immediately takes possession of the disc and becomes the offence.

when a player initiates contact on another player, a foul occurs. when a foul disrupts possession, the play resumes as if possession was retained. if the player committing the foul disagrees with the foul call, the play is redone.

players are responsible for their own foul and line calls. players resolve their own disputes. in other words, there is no referee or umpire on the field.