Boracay Dragons frisbee team on US Tour

BY BOY RYAN B. ZABAL

The Boracay Dragons Frisbee team of the Philippines will be seeing action in a series of US Tour beach ultimate frisbee events. 

Boracay Dragons in Maryland for the US tour

The US Tour is as part of their preparations for the 2015 World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) World Championships of Beach Ultimate in JBR Beach, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Travelling around the world is nothing new to the players. 

Boracay Dragons, which finished with a silver medal twice, first in Brazil in 2007 against Australia and the last one against USA in Italy in 2011 in the WFDF Beach Worlds, will hit three states in their US tune-up events.  

The US Tour will bring the team to the 22nd annual W2BU (Wildwoods Beach Ultimate) in Wildwoods, New Jersey on July 26 to 27. The tournament takes place on Schellenger Avenue with over 400 teams competing in the action-packed frisbee tournament.

From New Jersey, the team will travel to Illinois to play for the 14th annual Ultimate Chicago Sandblast, a two-division beach ultimate frisbee tournament, held at Montrose Beach, Chicago, Illinois on August 1 to 3. The Boracay Dragons will compete in Game Division against 800 world-class players from 32 teams.

Drazba XXI from Chicago, Illinois is the defending Game Division champion.

Then, the Boracay Dragons will be heading to Maryland, Washington DC for the Ocean City Beach Classic in Downtown Ocean City on August 9 to 10.  The tournament is expecting 30-50 teams for the Open and Recreational Divisions.

 

Boracay Dragons brought a team of world-class frisbee players for the US tournaments. They were James Parcon Yap, Dominick Famorcan, Karen Cabrera, Michelle Delos Santos, Paul Richie Mariano, Kristian Guerrero, David Libo-on III, Wendell Jefferson Go, Wendell Simbulan, Benjamin Parcon Yap, Christopher Jude Lee, Tara Parvus and Dalidig Sumndad.