Mohawks

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The Mohawks are a student Ultimate team based at the University Of Sussex in Falmer (just outside Brighton), East Sussex, United Kingdom.

[edit] Origins

The Mohawks were formed in 1985 and are one of the longer-running teams in the UK. They have close links with Brighton Ultimate as many ex-Mohawks now play for Brighton, and the two teams often practice together.

[edit] Achievements

UK University Open Outdoor National Champions 1997/1998
UK University Women's Outdoor National Champions 2006/2007
UK University Women's Outdoor National Champions 2008/2009
UK University Open Indoor National Champions 2010/2011
UK University Open Outdoor National Champions 2010/2011
UK University Mixed Outdoor National Champions 2010/2011
UK University Women's Outdoor National Champions 2010/2011

Burla Beach Division 3 winners 2006
Burla Beach Cup Party Prize joint-winners 2008
Burla Beach Cup Party Prize winners 2009
Burla Beach Cup Party Prize winners 2010

Copa Del Sol Winners 2010

The Mohawks regularly finish in the top three of regional competitions and have often won spirit at regional and national level.

In the 08/09 season, Mohawks open team finished 11th at Uni Open Nationals. The Women became National Champions again, and the mixed team finished 5th at Mixed Indoor Nationals.

In the 09/10 season, the success of the recent years has been built on. The open team finished 6th at indoor nationals and then 8th at outdoor nationals establishing themselves as a top 10 team and bringing the university 22 BUCS points which is a Mohawks best for the last 9 years.

The women's team had a tough start to the year losing a large amount of players from the nationals winning team. However with a fresher heavy team they qualified for nationals and finished a very respectable 17th, which is a great building block for the next few years.

[edit] External links:

Mohawks website
Mohawks community forum
Mohawks Youtube account
Mohawks on Twitter
Mohawks on FFindr

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