Ultimate Frisbee

On Wednesday January 11^th,all transition year students were introduced to a new sport “Ultimate Frisbee” as part of their P.E. program.It was facilitated by Mr. Dominick Smyth the Ultimate Frisbee Development Officer who also plays on the Irish  team and assisted by Carlow native  Ms. Helen Hobson from Hacketstown who is also a member of the national team.

Ultimate is a non contact sport played with a disc and challenges you to throw,catch,run,jump and dive.

How to play?

Take a rectangular pitch with endzones at each end.One team goes from left to right,passing the disc between teammates and catches in the endzone to score a point.All the while a second team is trying to stop them by making it difficult to throw or catch.