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Fulton Ultimate Frisbee is a co-ed group of all ages that plays ultimate frisbee based out of Fulton, New York. It is open to the public, and meets primarily between May and September at Fulton Jr. High School. Games are played twice a week at 5:30. Members of the community of all experience levels are free to stop in and play at their leisure. In addition to bi-weekly games, the group partakes in one special event per month. This is often an away game against another nearby team, but may also be a leisurely trip to a local disc golf course, Ultimate Olympics, or hosting a tournament.

History:

2006 – 2010: Early years at Wimler Farm In 2006 the group that would come to be known as Fulton Ultimate Frisbee began playing ultimate on the privately owned Wimler Farm. Originally built around the Wimler family, news of the regularly scheduled games spread to significant others and neighbors.

2011 – 2014: Developed years at Wimler Farm After five years, the core group began to give way to a diverse player base. While the group continued to grow organically via word of mouth, Fulton Ultimate began experimenting with advertisements via flyers and internet postings. In this era, Fulton Ultimate also increased its weekly game of ultimate frisbee up to two games a week, as well as inclusion of special events, such as scrimmages against other local teams, planned group runs & clean-ups, and field trips to other local ultimate groups.

2015 – 2016: FU goes public. After nine seasons at the privately owned field, the group’s original core group had largely moved on such that this was no longer a central location. Coupled with the fact that it wasn’t a great field to begin with, FU went public. During this era Fulton Ultimate met at the intersection of Cedar St. and West 2nd Street in Fulton. The group continued to meet twice a week between May and September and the special events became more extravagant, including trips to disc golf courses, more local scrimmages, tournaments, and reserved indoor space for a portion of the winter.

2017 – Current: Fulton Jr. High After just two years at the Cedar St. field, Fulton Ultimate moved to the nicely-kept Fulton Jr. High School fields. This had the benefit of multiple fields in addition to the regularly-mowed, non-muddy grass. Fulton ultimate continues to strengthen its regional ties and experiment with special events, newly including Ultimate Olympics, Drumday Sunday, Frisbee 101, and St. Baldrick’s Foundation.

In The Media:

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