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The ShowGame Podcast
by The ShowGame
A podcast about UK and Irish ultimate presented by ShowGame editor Sean Colfer. We react to news in the sport, talk to people about their experiences and perspectives on the game and discuss everything else relating to ultimate in our region.
Episodes
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Nationals 2022: Mid-way update
Sean rounds up what's happened at UK Nationals so far. Not too many big surprises, but some great games set up for tomorrow! Catch them on Ulti.TV's YouTube channel.
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Nationals 2022: Women's preview
Sean discusses the women’s division at Nationals 2022 and speaks to four teams about what they are hoping for this weekend: Emily Potter from Spice, Lulu Boyd from SCRAM, Emma Healy and Lara Collier from Flame and Katie Allen from Horizon. Bristol (1:46) Iceni (3:40) SYC (5:57) LMU (8:17) Spice...
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Nationals 2022: Mixed preview
Sean talks about the mixed division at Nationals 2022, and speaks to Bex Palmer from Reading, Jimmy and Beth from Glasgow and Nate Sanders from Lemmings about their teams. SMOG (0:50) Reading (3:25) Deep Space (10:55) SMOG Rising (12:40) Glasgow (14:13) Lemmings (21:44) Oxford (31:37) Herd…
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Nationals 2022: Open preview
Sean discusses the open division at Nationals 2022 and speaks to two people: Cameron Mackie about Alba and Aidan Kelly about Ranelagh and the other Irish teams coming over to Nottingham. Ranelagh (1:44) Alba (3:51) Clapham (12:01) Chevron (14:47) Smash'D (16:29) Devon (18:05) XVI, Rebel and Tribe...
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Summarising GB and Irish teams in Europe this season
In this episode Sean speaks to three of the commentary team that will be covering tournaments this season about the European season we’ve seen so far. First, Ali Thomas discusses the Elite Invite in Bologna and the storylines coming out of there. Then Rachel Douglas talks about Tom’s Tourney and...
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London Invite chat with Conrad Wilson and Connor McHale
In this episode Sean chats to Conrad Wilson and Connor McHale from Clapham Ultimate about the upcoming London Invite and what people can expect from this brand-new tournament. He also chats with them about Clapham's season and goals, and what they're all looking forward to this year. Sean also...
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World Games chat with Sam Vile
In this episode Sean speaks to Sam Vile, one of the people running the Great Britain World Games team, about how the team has come together. They talk about the trial process, how difficult it was to make selections and some of the philosophies that have been guiding Sam and Lucy Barnes, his...
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University Indoors recap plus World Games chat
In this episode Sean talks about university women’s and men’s indoor nationals, as well as about the World Games trials that are going on this weekend. He also catches up with ShowGame uni writer Nick Byrne about his experience at Division 1 men’s nats with Strathclyde and what it was like…
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2022: An introduction
We are back! After a break following the awards Sean talks about the news that has gone on in the last month or so, previews some stuff we have coming up and discusses the new structure of the season very briefly. We'll be bringing you more views from a wide variety of people on this new…
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SMOG women at Yindoors, with Becky Thompson
In this episode Sean speaks to Iceni's Becky Thompson about the issue with women from SMOG and the Yindoors tournament. SMOG published an article on their website today about the discrimination they challenged at Yindoors and how it affected them, and Sean and Becky discuss the situation, what we...
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WUCC news, the return of uni and the first beach captain!
A very full episode this time around as Sean discusses the latest news on WUCC, the return of university frisbee and speaks to the first GB captain of the 2022 international cycle, Eyan Sham of GB beach women’s. He speaks to Magnus Oakes and Tanny Karimi about university regionals as well, so...
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More WUCC speculation and a look at World Games trials
In this episode Sean discusses WUCC bids and the possibility that Great Britain gets more bids. It's important to note again that this is speculation, it is not sourced! Rule 5.7 says that you start from fourth at WUCC down, hence discounting the nations who already have three bids. He also talks...
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WUCC bids, masters recap and EUCF chat
In this episode Sean covers the news about the bids for WUCC being released and what it might mean for UK and Irish ultimate, recaps what happened at the mixed masters qualifiers in Leicester and then speaks to Aine Gilheany from Gravity and Max Larkinson from Smash’D about their xEUCF...
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xEUCF and not-uni nationals
In this episode Sean discusses what’s going on in UK ultimate at the moment, taking a look back at xEUCF in Bruges and also looking forward to the masters qualification games this weekend. Then he talks to Helen Thompson from SMOG and from the University of Sheffield about playing Not Uni…
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Si Hill recapping the season and looking ahead to 2022
This week Sean spoke to Si Hill from UK Ultimate again for another check in, this time about the 2021 season and what we might be seeing in 2022. They talk about nationals, WUCC places seemingly reducing from the three per division the UK had in 2018, whether the system this season worked and…
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All-Irelands review
In this episode Sean speaks to Aine Gilheany from Gravity and Aidan Kelly from Ranelagh about All-Irelands last weekend, where both teams took home the title. Then Sean talks about what the three Irish teams that have qualified for xEUCF in Bruges in October can expect when they come up against...
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MESH showcase game and Irish nationals
This week Sean speaks to Rupal Ghelani, Eyan Sham and Amir Sudra about the MESH project and their upcoming showcase game, as well as to Áine Harte, the IFDA competitions director, about Irish nationals! As a reminder, tickets are available for MESH showcase now on their website, and the IFDA will...
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NATIONALS 2021: A full recap
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...
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NATIONALS 2021: Day 1 review
A tired Sean reviews what happened on day one of UK nationals, with a quick update on a couple of games of note. Semi-finals tomorrow, with all finals streamed live on YouTube! Keep tuned to our social media channels and we'll try to keep you updated on what's going on with the non-streamed games.
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NATIONALS 2021: Women's preview
In this episode Sean speaks to SMOG and GB women's player Rachel Naden about the women’s division at UK nationals! They talk about the standard of the women’s division overall this year, the teams that have qualified for nationals and the battle for the semi-final places in both pools. Sean also...
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NATIONALS 2021: Mixed preview
In this episode Sean speaks to Becky Thompson about the mixed division at UK nationals! They discuss the teams making up the draw, talk about how they are all looking heading into the tournament and discuss what might happen over the course of the weekend. Sean also speaks to the captains of SMOG…
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NATIONALS 2021: Open preview
In this episode Sean speaks to Harry Mason to preview the open division of UK nationals! They talk about each of the eight teams and how they got here, potential storylines to watch and Sean speaks to James Selley from Lemmings and Seb Allen from Chevron about their seasons and aims for nats....
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REVIEW: Did the structure of this season work?
This week Sean speaks to three people about the way the season worked, what worked and what didn’t and what we might be able to learn from it. First up is Conor ‘Hogi’ Hogan about the system as a whole, as well as two ideas on how things might work in future. Next is Hannah Pendlebury with her...
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Week 9: the end of the regular season and Irish qualifiers
Sean rounds up the end of the UK regular season, with the cup finals and the final qualification games now all but done, and speaks to Liam Grant from PELT and Kate Boylan from Flame about the EUCF qualifiers in Ireland last weekend as well! We’ll be looking back at the season so far next week…
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Week 8, PART TWO: Previewing the final games and the return of Irish ultimate!
In this episode Sean previews the final qualifiers for nationals between league and cup teams, as well as the cup finals in each division. As part of that preview he speaks to Spice player Amy van Zyl about their first season and about playing the cup final against London Masters. Then he speaks…
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Week 8, PART ONE: Reviewing the leagues with the winners
In this episode Sean reviews the action from the last weekend of the leagues and talks to the winners of each division about their season so far, how the leagues have been and what they’re looking towards in the future. Preview of the games coming up in the final regular season weekend coming up...
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Week 7: nearing the finish line of the leagues and cups
In this episode Sean speaks to Becky Thompson about the open and women’s games last weekend and they preview the mixed and open games coming up this weekend. They also discuss the league and cup so far, the build up to nationals and Becky’s view on each division given she’s played in all three…
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Week 6, PART TWO: the women's and open divisions this weekend
In the second part of this week’s pod, Sean and Harry discuss the women’s division and the open division. There’s some brief chat about the women’s cup, discussion about where the league sits and then with the open division the games of interest in the league this weekend and previewing the...
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Week 6, PART ONE: the mixed weekend that was
In this episode Sean speaks to Harry Mason about the happenings in the mixed division last weekend. That includes a look at the league as we approach the end of the fixture list, a discussion about the cup and where we stand now that we know the finalists, and what the crossover qualification…
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Week 5: mixed division reaches crucial point, recap of a busy open and women's weekend
In this episode Sean talks about the games we saw last week in the open and women’s Leagues and then previews the mixed competition this weekend. Rhona Gordon comes on the show to talk about SCRAM, while Conor ‘Hogi’ Hogan comes on to discuss Deep Space and the general structure of this season....
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Week 4: League discussion and women's Cup preview
In this episode Sean talks about the mixed League games last weekend, the women’s and open games that are coming up this weekend and then discusses the women’s Cup and the women’s division more broadly with Hannah Pendlebury! RUNDOWN The mixed League (1:02) Bex Palmer and Ryan Coones from Reading...
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Week 3: Open Cup and Women's & Open Leagues review
This week Sean and Harry caught up on another hectic weekend of National League and Cup play, and discussed what might happen next in the mixed division. Sean also spoke to Rupal Ghelani (SYC), Magnus Wilson (Clapham Legends) and Paddy Ward (Bristol) about their games and seasons so far. RUNDOWN...
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Week 2: Mixed League and Cup review, and previewing the biggest weekend so far!
In this episode Sean talks to Harry Mason about the cup and league games last weekend, and previews the games coming up. They talk about the mixed results and what each team looks like with the quarter finals coming next weekend, and move on to what might happen with the women’s and open teams…
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National Cup preview and review of the first League games
In this episode Sean talks about the National League results from last weekend, preview this weekend’s mixed fixtures briefly and then moves on to discuss the National Cup, which starts this weekend. He also chats briefly to George Hudson, one of the Fire captains this year, about what his team…
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National League preview
In this episode Sean previews actual games! The National League kicks off this weekend with games happening all over the UK. Sean talks to captains from RED and Alba about their preparations and aims for the season, and discusses who are the teams to look out for as the competitive 2021 season…
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TAKEOVER: Team culture in ultimate
In the first-ever hostile takeover of the ShowGame Podcast, guest host Fi Rae talks to women in ultimate about the importance of team culture and how you can introduce and maintain it in your own teams. She talks to representatives from the three women’s teams at WUCC 2018 - Grainne McCarthy from...
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Benjy Rees on the new competition structure
In this episode Sean spoke to commentator Benjy Rees about the new UKU competition structure. They discussed the merits of the new system, whether it will work and what parts might be here to stay. They also talked about the less obvious impacts that the system could have and whether players will...
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Si Hill, UKU CEO, on the return to play and 2022
Sean spoke with Si Hill about how the sport is going to come out of the pandemic in the UK, and what the 2021 season might look like. There’s discussion about making ultimate more accessible to a wider range of people by potentially moving away from weekend tournaments, a potential structure for...
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The Great ShowGame Indoor Draft
Sean asked six indoors experts to take part in a draft to pick the best possible mixed indoors team. The only rule was that players had to be from (or largely based in) the UK, and all questions about pitch size and surface were sidestepped and ignored. The drafters: Marius Hutcheson, Andy…
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Katie Flight, ultimate player and vaccine scientist
In this episode Sean spoke to Katie Flight, who's been playing for GB since she was 12 and works in a team at Imperial College that's working on a new coronavirus vaccine. They talked about vaccines, working under intense spotlight and pressure and also about the pandemic as a professional…
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Aidan Kelly and Emily O'Brien react to WUGC cancellation
Sean finishes the series of reaction to WFDF’s decision to cancel WUGC by speaking to Aidan Kelly, ShowGame contributor and Ireland mixed player, and Emily O’Brien from the Irish women’s team. They talked about their views on the tournament not happening and about how things might be going in...
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Great Britain players react to the cancellation of WUGC
In this episode, Sean spoke to players and captains from the three Great Britain teams about the decision to cancel Worlds, and how they felt about both the event being off and the process that led to the decision. There was also some great discussion about potential positives to come from this...
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REACTION: Hannah Pendlebury and David Pryce on WFDF's WUGC cancellation
Sean was joined by DP and Hani to talk about the news that WUGC 2021 has been cancelled by WFDF, and that Great Britain have qualified for the World Games through the backup qualification process. It morphs into a discussion about where we might go from here and what ultimate might look like when...
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DECADE REVIEW: Hannah Pendlebury on the players of the 2010s
In this final decade review episode, Sean is joined by Hannah Pendlebury to talk about the players who defined the decade. While the open and women's division discussions are pretty straightforward, there's some disagreement about who to pick in mixed and plenty of chat about which played shaped...
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DECADE REVIEW: university ultimate with Harry Mason
Sean is joined by eternal student and longtime ShowGame uni editor Harry Mason to discuss the decade in uni ultimate, and work out who the best teams of the decade were using a highly scientific process. They also discuss the impact of BUCS, whether the quality is better now than it was in 2010…
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DECADE REVIEW: Irish ultimate in the 2010s with Fiona Mernagh and Dominick Smyth
The decade review series continues, with Sean speaking to Fiona Mernagh, a player in the silver and gold medal winning Ireland teams in the 2010s, and Dominick Smyth, a longtime player and coach in Dublin, about what the last 10 years looked like in Ireland, how things changed over the course of...
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DECADE REVIEW: Jon Pugh on fashion changes in the 2010s
In this episode, Sean speaks to Lookfly manager Jon Pugh about the fashion changes of the 2010s and what factors have changed what we all play in, including technological advances, more divergence in how people want to look while playing and the effects of more gym work! There's also some chat...
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DECADE REVIEW: Tom Styles on the best performances of the decade
To kick off the decade review series, Sean is joined by the voice of ultimate Tom Styles to talk about the best performances of the decade, as well as reminisce about some of the less glamorous experiences they've had working together. RUNDOWN 2:00: What Tom has been doing during the pandemic....
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Liam Grant, commentator and TD of upcoming WU24s in Limerick
Sean is joined by commentator, WFDF athlete commission chair and TD of next year's planned World U24 Championships in sunny (?) Limerick, Liam Grant. They talked about all those things, what it's been like organising a tournament under the shadow of Covid, and how much they both loved Japan. Liam...
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Sion 'Brummie' Scone, Flik founder & former GB player and coach
Sean spoke to Brummie, the founder of ultimate coaching resource Flik, longtime player and coach of several GB teams. Brummie talked about his experiences at the World Games, World Championships and what people can do during the lockdown to improve as players. - How lockdown has been (1:00) -...
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A podcast about UK and Irish ultimate presented by ShowGame editor Sean Colfer. We react to news in the sport, talk to people about their experiences and perspectives on the game and discuss everything else relating to ultimate in our region.
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