Gender Blender is heading into it's twelveth glorious year of top notch ultimate, amazing outdoor fun, crazy activity, awesome food and of course... blenderific partying amongst the genders.

This year marks a change as Giles, Karen and Dilhan take a step back after four years of fantastic stewardship of the event and (hopefully) return to the fields to just live and enjoy the weekend. Blue, with the aid of many others and The Ultimate Experience, will be assuming the daunting task of running the event and looking to uphold the legacy of the best ultimate tournament on earth!

This year's tourney will be taking place, once again, in Fergus Ontario. The dates are June 6th, 7th and 8th, so mark them on your calendar!

We will be getting more details online quickly over the coming weeks about Gender Blender XII, and will post the key dates for bids, information about the event, photos and history from the past events, and a sneak peak at what we have in store for you this year.

We look forward to seeing you in Fergus!

-- Blue

BRIEF HISTORY
Gender Blender is the creation of Mark Evans and Dan Berman, who together thought up and nurtured the tournament from inception to a 40 team carnival throughout the opening seven years.

Starting in 1997 as an early development in competitive mixed ultimate, Gender Blender quickly developed a reputation as the essential start to a summer of ultimate in the Great Lakes area. Teams are attracted from as far afield as Denver, New York and Cincinnati.

Mark and Dan put in a great effort over their tenure and decided to hand over the reins to Karen, Dilhan and Giles in 2004. Due to the recent addition of Henry Hood Deshon, on the day before the tournament in 2006, Dilhan essentially ran the tournament on his own with the able assistance of our awesome band of volunteers. He reprised that role unexpectedly in 2007 when Giles suffered a major leg fracture on day 1 of the event and Karen and Giles had to return to Toronto.

The tourney now is under the direction of The Ultimate Experience and we are very excited for the future of this event.