By George Lizares
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:32:00 03/21/2009
Filed Under: Sport
BORACAY, Philippines — Ultimate frisbee, the fastest emerging sport in the country, showcases some of the best players around when the 7th international beach tournament fires off on the resort island of Boracay this Saturday.
Team Cream Silk, composed of television personality Rheema Chanco, Roselle Miranda, Frankie Patajo, Kat Velayo, Hershey David and Karen Golez, is among the favorites to rule this year’s event with the theme “Castaway.”
“We are very excited to participate and we feel that we have a great chance to win,” said Chanco. “We have the passion for the sport, and we’re not afraid to go out there and shine.”
Ultimate frisbee, introduced in the Philippines in 1999 by a group of expatriates, is now part of the Physical Education curriculum in some of the country’s schools.
Also called ultimate disc or frisbee football, the object of the sport is to score points by passing the disc to a player in the opposing end zone, similar to an end zone in American football or rugby.
Players can’t run while holding the disc.
The tournament will use Discraft, a more streamlined disc which has a softer curved edge for easier handling.
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