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Awards
We take spirit seriously at Gender Blender. It's an irongut triathalon of partying,
playing hard ultimate and enjoying the comraderie
of spirited play. As an additional element of fun,
and as part of the spirit of mixed ultimate
that the Blender continues, every team cheers each
other after every game.
We ask every team to vote for the team that epitomize the
Blender for them, at the merchandise tent as soon
as games are over on Saturday. If you've had a
problem with a team, let the organizers know
or put it on paper and drop it in the same box.
Gender Blender has in the past handed out the following awards:
The Big Two
- Tournament
Champion (since 1997)
- Spirit Champion
(since 1997 - renamed for Kit Farager since
1992)
The Friday Night
- Best Friday
Night Campsite (since 2008)
- Best Drink
(since 2003)
- Worst Drink
(since 2001)
The Saturday Showcase
- Fastest
Man (since 2004)
- Fastest
Woman (since 2004)
- Talent Showcase
Champion (since 2001)
The Kit Faragher
Spirit Award
 This is the inscription on the Kit Faragher Spirit Award:
"This trophy is to recognize the recipients for their dedication to the Spirit
of the Game, and to celebrate the joy they bring
to every player who steps onto a field or into a blender with them."
Kit Faragher was a woman full of life, love and enthusiasm.
Playing Ultimate with her team was one of her greatest joys. She traveled
from Colorado
in 2000 and 2001 with her team Lickety Split
to participate in Gender Blender, one of her favorite tournaments.
Everyone who encountered
Kit - be it on the field, in the dance contest,
or swirling around a blender learned that Kit’s smile and laughter
were contagious, and
as a result the world was a better place.
On September 11, 2001, Kit was killed at the World
Trade Center. In January 2002, Kit’s sister Beth, another Gender Blender
regular,
was chosen to run with the Olympic torch in Boulder,
Colorado, and did so in Kit’s honor.
Lickety Split rooted her along the way.
Kit’s family and team are deeply honored that Gender
Blender named their spirit award after Kit. This torch reads, "Light the Fire Within," to an Ultimate player, this means ignite the Spirit of the Game within you and
use it to play this game and live your life by those principles. Kit embodied
the true Spirit of the Game throughout her life by living every moment to the
fullest, respecting those she encountered along the way, and spreading her
smile and love.
To all of those who receive thie award, CONGRATULATIONS!
Both on and off the field, you’ve displayed you have the best spirit
at Gender Blender! "
Past Award Winners
The below list is as complete as we could get it. If you are aware of an error,
or can help fill in a blank, please contact us.
The Big Two
Year | Champion | Kit
Faragher Spirit |
2008 | | |
2007 |
BCP |
The Bad Larrys |
2006 |
Bombing Madd Fatties |
GangGreen |
2005 |
Dish |
Freakbees |
2004 |
Dish |
Booyaka |
2003 |
Bodhi |
Mary Juanda |
2002 |
Dish |
Coming Soon |
2001 |
Herb & Mary Jane |
Grin |
2000 |
Get Blent |
Death Machine |
1999 |
Herb & Mary Jane |
DiscomBOBulation |
1998 |
Herb & Mary Jane |
LMNO |
1997 |
Glenflickit |
LMNO |
The Friday Night
Year | Campsite | Best Drink | Worst Drink |
2008 | | | |
2007 | | Bad
Medicine | PUL |
2006 | |
Dump |
|
2005 | |
Bad Medicine |
Monster |
2004 | |
Freakbees |
Dump |
2003 | |
Bodhi |
|
2002 | | |
Freezbee LU |
2001 | | Herb
& Mary Jane |
Grin |
The Saturday Showcase
Year | Fastest Woman | Fastest Man | Talent Showcase |
2008 | | | |
2007 | | | |
2006 | N/A
(Rain) | N/A (Rain) | Mango |
2005 |
Martha Hall |
Ray Nemours |
Dish |
2004 |
Connie Lee |
Danny Jose |
N/A (Hockey) |
2003 | | | Smootch |
2002 | | | |
2001 | | |
Grin / FOG |
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