Today we announced that the 2013 European Championships of Beach Ultimate (ECBU2013) will be held on Calafell Beach, Tarragona (Spain) from Thursday 27th June - Sunday 30th June 2013.

This news was communicated through an ECBU2013-Open-Letter.pdf to the players and all European nations will be invited to send national teams to participate in the Open, Women, Mixed, Masters, Mixed Masters, and/or Grand Masters divisions.

The official website (www.ecbu2013.org) will be open in a few months. If you want to stay informed:

• Join the ECBU2013 (potential) players Facebook group
• Become a fan of the ECBU on Facebook
• Follow the this blog
• Sign up for Beach Ultimate News (top left of this page)

After the World Championships there have been many requests by players to have European Championship of Beach Ultimate (ECBU).

To look into the possibilities, Pedro Vargas from Portugal has been asked to lead BULA Europe for the next two years and assist, educate, and promote the Spirit and the Game of Beach Ultimate in Europe.

Pedro is a player for the Portuguese Mixed Beach Ultimate team that secured the 4th place at the World Championships in Lignano (Italy) this summer. Pedro is also the VP of Development of the recently established Portuguese Flying Disc Federation.

Pedro will talk to potential TD's about hosting the ECBU in 2013 and lead it from BULA's perspective. This is another big step for the future of Beach Ultimate and I am excited about it :-)