In this bumper episode Sean is joined by commentators Tom Styles and Benjy Rees to discuss being back at a tournament for the first time in two years and what happened at Nationals 2021. They also discuss whether or not geo-teams are the best approach for sustained success, who might do well at WUCC in 2022 and thoughts on the recently-announced World Games selection process.

RUNDOWN

What was it like being back at a tournament? (1:04)

Was it easy to drop back into commentary? (3:07)

What did you think of Smash’D in their first season? (9:20)

How do we think Clapham are set up for xEUCF? (12:20)

Will Alba be able to get over the Chevron hurdle at some stage? (19:29)

What about Chevron, where do they go from here? Is it harder as a non-geo team?(23:15)

SMOG are clearly the best mixed team in the country, which goes against the geo-team structure we’ve discussed. Why is that? (28:53)

What does the strength of SMOG mean for other teams? How hard is it to sustain a team beyond one life cycle? (33:51)

A quick discussion about the World Games structure (37:17)

Deep Space and their season (42:25)

What do Bristol have that sets them up well for these big games? (44:24)

That’s three silvers in a row for Iceni - what steps do they need to take now? (50:28)

A great first season for LMU (57:18)

Will SYC be disappointed with Nationals, or was this a good showing? What comes next? (60:00)

Ulti.tv are running a Patreon programme to fund their great ultimate coverage - Tom and Benjy talk about the project and the team. Get involved! (67:16)

Is eight teams in all three divisions the way forward? (72:58)