SUN BEAM - News

SUN BEAM 2023 has been postponed

Mon, 13 Mar 2023 13:00:00 +0000

Due to number of challenges we have to hit the brakes and postpone SUN BEAM 2023.

Hopefully we will meet you all at 2024.

SUN BEAM 2022 handbook

Wed, 13 Jul 2022 12:36:00 +0000

You guyyyys! We will tell you straight; it was a real challenge to develop a new system for 15 teams the last week before the tournament. We tried so many options, you can't even imagine 🤯 Finally, we have settled on an alternative. It is not perfect, but perfection is overrated anyways 😉 But seriously, we are thankful to you for your patience, and we hope you will continue to show grace during the tournament. Let's make this SUN BEAM birthday edition count! But first... read the fabulous handbook of our birthday SUN BEAM; you don't want to miss out on some vital information 😉

The SUN BEAM handbook 2022

Love,

SUN BEAM TOC

Last spots to registrer your team

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 10:19:00 +0000

Just a quick reminder - there are still vacant spots to compete among these teams:

1. Frequent Flyers (International)
2. Marių Meškos (Lithuania)
3. Messiah Complex (Sweden)
4. Sicocco (Latvia)
5. Gentle Mixed (Belgium)
6. Babel (International)
7. Ventspils Frisbee Klub (Latvia)
8. Curve (United Kingdom)
9. Vorai (Lithuania)
10. Tartu turbulence (Estonia)
11. Shooting Stars (Lithuania)
12. Ultimate Saku (Estonia)
13. AKS ZŁY 1 (Poland)
14. AKS ZŁY 2 (Poland)
15. Brown Cheese Bandits (Norway)
16. Hamburg Alsters (Germany)
17. Funatics (Germany)
18. Mint (Germany)
19. HS-Ultimate (Germany/Austria)

SUN BEAM is back!

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 10:06:00 +0000

That's right, we are BACK baby! We love you, we miss you and we cannot wait to see you in Smiltynė beach this summer July 15-17, save the dates!
Embrace yourself!
Get ready and... register your team!

BTW, it's our long-awaited 10'th birthday, and don't you dare to miss it.
Don't forget to check with your captain - are you IN?

God damn you, you COVID-19...

Sat, 25 Apr 2020 15:17:00 +0000

Looking back a few months, who would expect this could happen, right..?

Knowing how things are going in the whole world we have to take out the plug and saying it out loud - SUN BEAM 2020 is cancelled.

But for now, please, be patient and stay safe in isolated so that the world can become a healthy place again.

It is still early to talk about the next edition, but we hope that we will cope with pandemic and will have a safe, open and splendid season in 2021.

We have a lot of time to plan it :)

Situation due to covid-19

Fri, 03 Apr 2020 10:09:00 +0000

Currently, some of the great tournament has been cancelled already, we all know that. And it's sad. We are monitoring the situation as well and hoping that before the second part of the summer (that's when SUN BEAM is planned to be) situation will be under control and we will be able to enjoy ourselves.

Due to the facing issues we postponed payment* dates:

1. To secure your spot you should pay for at least 8 players (45€ per player) before the 1st of May.

2. If you will not secure your spot before the 1st of May, we will ask you to pay the late bid – 50€ per player before the 15th of May or you will lose the spot for your team.

3. After securing a spot by paying for only 8 players, we will ask you to pay the fees for all the remaining players before the 15th of June, but the late bid will apply (50€). If you will fail to pay the remaining fees on-time – players will have to pay the last call bid (55€) before the 1st of July.

4. If after 1st of July there are players on your team that haven't paid yet but would like to play with your team – please contact us by e-mail to discuss this possibility personally.

* - Worst case scenario: we will be refunding your paid player fees.
But, let's plan for the best outcome, right?

Stay positive,
take care of yourself
and others.

Register for SUN BEAM 2020! *birthday edition 🎉

Sun, 05 Jan 2020 12:48:00 +0000

Hey guys, we want to invite you the 10'th, the happy birthday edition of our favorite beach Ultimate tournament on the Baltic Sea coast – SUN BEAM 2020! ♥

This year we are keeping only MIXED division and the tournament again will last for 3 full days as it felt good to spend some more time on the beach the last year, didn't it? Three days of the softest sand, competitive Ultimate, parties and the best mood with your ultimate buddies from all over Europe and beyond.

What do You need to know?

The main things you probably want to know are:

WHEN?

31 July - 2 August 2020.

WHERE?

Smiltynė beach (UNESCO site), Klaipėda city, Lithuania. Closest airport - Palanga (PLQ). Other possible landing options - Kaunas (KUN), Vilnius (VNO), Riga (RIX).

WHAT DIVISIONS?

miXed

ACCOMMODATION?

Try Booking, Airbnb, local site Prie Jūros or anything that works. We can help you, just contact us by writing an email to sunbeamklaipeda@gmail.com ;)

SUN??

BEAM is an amazing place, believe us, you want to be there even when there's no sun. But of course, we are negotiating for some warm sunshine as well and we promise to do everything we can :)

Team registration

When registering we will ask you to present:

Your team name;
Preferred division;
The approximate number of players;
Home city & Country;
Team rep. name, phone number & E-mail;
Team photo.

Please, send your applications & questions to – sunbeamklaipeda@gmail.com

Fees and Deadlines

Early & late bids have different prices. Register your team, gather funds & pay before the deadline - save money - book & pay early!
Player Fee: early bid 45€, late bid – 50€, last call – 55€.

NO TEAM FEE

On the 7th of March, we will invite 24 teams to participate in SUN BEAM 2020. The invited teams will be able to secure their spots by paying at least 8 player fees (45€) before the 1st of April.

If you will not secure your spot before the 1st of April, we will ask you to pay the late bid – 50€ per player before the 15th of April or you will lose the spot for your team.

After securing a spot by paying for only 8 players, we will ask you to pay the fees for all the remaining players before the 15th of May, but the late bid will apply (50€). If you will fail to pay the remaining fees on-time – players will have to pay the last call bid (55€) before the 1st of June.

If after the 1st of June there are players on your team that haven't paid yet but would like to play with your team – please contact us by e-mail to discuss this possibility personally.

Banking details here

Refunds

70% before 05.01

40% from 05.01-06.01

No refunds for drop out's after 1st of June, sorry guys, but all of your money has been spent already... :(

Vibes from 2019

Register your team today! ♥

Tough of the toughest

Mon, 22 Jul 2019 09:15:00 +0000

After series of games we were brought to these facts:

"Venstpils Frisbee Club" was undisputed throughout 2019 tournament!!! True Champions!!! They will get 10 pairs of Friction Gloves from our friends.

Very near of becoming champs ended up "Frequent Flyers", they finished at second placement step!!

"Witches & Muggles" won bronze medals over "Ultimate Saku" throughout universe point match!

Gold and Bronze final match MVPs were:
Tera Helen - from "Frequent Flyers", and Ihor Aspidov - from "Witches & Muggles".
We are not saying other were not tough (oh, hell no! There were extremely incredible athletes over here, but just mentioned above rocked in their final games!

Spirit Of The Game trophy with team watermelon price went to - "Frequent Flyers"!!! Yeeey!!! 12,50 avg. SOTG pts. - that's a wow!!! This team earned all our respect and next year 10 players will be playing FREE of charge.

Tournament Handbook

Mon, 15 Jul 2019 10:32:00 +0000

The_handbook_of_SUN_BEAM_2019.pdf

Tournament schedule is ready!

Fri, 12 Jul 2019 13:55:00 +0000

Folks, this is what most of us anticipated to see - the initial pools & schedule:

All teams play 8 games in total

Friday: all teams are divided into 4 groups (A, B, C and D) of five teams, accordingly to their seeding. Teams play robin-round games in the initial groups.

Saturday: after the pool play on Friday, new pools are being formed. TOP 3 teams from each group are advancing to the power pools, whereas #4 and #5 from the group games will form two lower pools.

Power pools: TOP 3 teams from each group will form 4 new power pools (E, F, G and H) of 3 teams each. Then robin-round games will be played. #1 team from each power pool will advance to the semi-finals. #2 from each power pool will advance to semis for 5-8 place, #3 - to semis for 9-12.

Lower pools: #4 and #5 teams from each initial group will form two lower pools (J and K) of four teams. Robin-roud is being played, games carry over (i.e. teams that have played in the initial groups don't meet again, group's game result stands). After the robin-round teams #1 and #2 from the lower pools advance to semis for 13-16 places. Teams #3 and #4 from the lower pools meet in the semis for 17th place.

Sunday: The finals. All teams play one final game to determine their final standing.

There you have it ;)