UST NOW has an official frisbee team.
The Office for Student Affairs (OSA) has given the go-signal for España United (EU) to represent UST in frisbee tournaments. The squad got the accreditation last month following a “tedious process” that took a year to complete.
EU got the nod despite the presence of other unofficial frisbee clubs on campus. But Tin Garcia, the team captain and president, said part of her squad’s goal was to “unite everyone and help the sport grow.”
The 73-member squad plans to join inter-collegiate tournaments within the next five years and organize frisbee events in UST, said Garcia, who is also a member of the national team. EU is also in the process of forming its coaching staff and acquiring funding from the school.
Besides Garcia, UST alumnus John Regencia is also part of the Philippine team, which will compete in the World Ultimate and Guts Championships of the World Flying Disc Federation in Sakai, Japan from July 7 to 14.
Garcia will play in the mixed division (men’s and women’s), while Regencia will bolster the squad in the open team (all men) event.
The Philippine team, which is under the Philippine Ultimate Association, previously joined the same competition in Perth, Australia in 2006, but was booted out early in the elimination round.
“Regardless of the outcome, the mere fact that we have been regarded as one of the best in the country is already very fulfilling,” Garcia said.
