24 January 2023
"More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,And he whistled, and shouted, and call'd them by name:"Now! Dasher, now! Dancer, now! Prancer, and Vixen,"On! Comet, on! Cupid, on! Dunder and Blixem;"Santa brought his reindeer to the sands of Castelldefels for Bravas' annual Christmas hat tournamnet, El Sombrero de Don Manual. Players from all over Barcelona and beyond formed a record six teams, all competing for the right to guide Sant'as sleigh next year.It was fun with a purpose as 452.45€ was raised... [read more]26 October 2022
It's next stop Nationals as success in Northeast Regionals allowed three Bravas teams to punch their tickets to the mixed beach Campeonato de España to be held in December. The top two Bravas teams are headed for the 1st division in Castelldefels while the third team is eligible for 2nd division Nationals on the sands of Valencia. The icing on the cake was the finish atop the spirit table and medals all around for team Bravas "Raval". [read more]7 October 2022
Bravas ultimate is making waves as the 2022 beach season gets fully underway. From the club's top competitors to the newest players, everyone is getting involved as Bravas prepare a full three teams to test themselves at Regionals with an eye toward passing on to one of the two divisions of the National Championships to be held in December. On the women front the pride of Club Bravas, the Cremas women's team, will carry the flag to Portimao, Portgual to compete in the European Beach Ultimate Club... [read more]5 June 2022
Arriving with a 12th seed and needing a top 10 finish, the Bravas mixed team met the moment this weekend at the Campeonato de España in Burgos. It was a harsh welcome to the medieval city with Bravas facing a pair of formidable foes in the group stage. Falling short but steadily improving throghout the initial two matches, Bravas Mixed fought their way out of the dungeon with two solid wins in the last three games, crucially cementing a First Division seed for next year's festivities.Congrats to national... [read more]7 March 2022
The Cremas Beach Challenge returned to the shores of Castelldefels with a raft of elite and aspiring women's teams looking to get a jump on the beach ultimate season. With no less than five national teams competing for top honors, all 12 teams found an opportunity to test themselves and their playbooks at the highest level.A surprise to some who haven't been following the explosion of quality ultimate in Valencia, Cassalletes arrived to the final in dominant fashion, tallying a startling 50-point... [read more]17 October 2021
Bravas showed their class and depth at regionals this weekend (coed, beach) with a strategic selection that landed two teams in the top division for the upcoming Spanish Nationals. This year's regionals took place in our home base of Castelldefels and featured a strong lineup of teams from both Catalonia and neighboring Aragon. The two Bravas Teams, Spunta and Universa, secured the coveted spots with 3rd and 5th place finishes, respectively. Bravas Spunta guaranteed themselves a place in the top four by... [read more]11 October 2021
After too long away from tournaments, Bravas and Creams make up for lost time with a full plate of competitions including Callafell, Copa Tanga, XeQueBo, and not least the regional champtionships, which will determine the seedings for the Mixed Division Campeonato de España. [read more]12 April 2020
Despite the confiment Bravas continue training, just in a bit different way.We also congratulate Nico for his birthday:Happy Birthday Nico!!! [read more]24 February 2020
Bravas sent two teams to the soft, white beaches of Valencia to compete in the 3rd edition of Sabe a Mixta. Team "Bravas Revolution" represented the green and yellow in the Fun division, while Team Bravas went to test its mettle in the Elite division. After a perfect Saturday with nothing but victories for both teams, the evening party was enjoyed in a costumed carnival spirit. The semifinal games on Sunday morning turned out tough for both teams, but 3rd place finishes were still in play. Sealed with a... [read more]20 September 2019
The Bravas ultimate 2019/2020 season is underway with highly motivated coed, men's, and women's teams looking at a full calendar of trainings and tournaments. Apart from the usual slate of preparatory and national events, thanks to last season's national coed beach championship, the highlight of season will be the European Beach Ultiamte Club Champsionships to be held in Portimao, Portugal in May of 2020. [read more]31 March 2019
Bravas mixed took home the gold in the Campeonato de España held on the beaches of Castelldefels. Winning all of their matches in both the group and elimination phases amidst a strong field of 16 teams, the home team faced Fendisk in the finals, coming away with a 9-6 victory. [read more]25 February 2019
Two Bravas teams stormed the beaches of Valencia for the 2nd edition of Sabe a Mixta, fighting their way to impressive results highlighted by Bravas Green's 1st place finish after a 5-win/0-loss undefeated weekend campaign. After being edged out in a close quarter final, Bravas Yellow rallied to sweep their Sunday games for a solid 5th place finish. [read more]28 November 2018
While the men of Bravas Ultimate are no strangers to the podium, the top step has remained stubbornly elusive... until now. A strong Bravas B squad fought their way to top honors at Spain's National Championship of Beach Ultimate, 2nd Division. Starting with a win against a young and always improving Squirrels team, Bravas had to settle for second place in the initial group phase after a tough 11 - 10 loss against Disterics of Girona. Thanks to an 11 - 7 win against Tarragona's Mamaiadors in the... [read more]16 November 2018
Bravas showed their depth as a club, maintaining two teams in the top tier of Catalan beach ultimate. The teams finished 3rd and 5th in the final phase of the 2018 Lliga Catalana held recently on the picturesque gironés beaches of Empuriabrava. On a sunny November day that got progressively cooler and windier, the exciting battle for top honors ended in a triple tie with three Barcelona teams having three wins each. With point differentials deciding the final classification, it was Sharks and Peixets... [read more]30 October 2018
Team Cremas, the women of Bravas ultimate, showed themselves to be among the elite of European ultimate with a series of impressive wins at the recent BULA 2018 European Beach Ultimate Club Championships, held in Castelldefels, Spain. After a dominating start winning all three games and finishing first in their group, Cremas advanced to the quarter finals missing a trip to the semis by a single point against Denmark's Ultimate Spinners in one of the highlight games of the tournament, played under chilly... [read more]27 October 2018
Team Cremas, the women of Bravas ultimate, are currently playing the BULA 2018 European Beach Ultimate Club Championships being held in Castelldefels, Spain.Follow the action at http://live.ebucc.eu/team/wmn/cremas [read more]27 February 2018
Bravos y Cremas brought three teams to the Campeonato de España to compete in the men's first, men's second and women's divisions. Both men's teams came home with a third-place trophy while the women did best of all, losing only a hard-fought final to finish second. Congratulations also to our fellow and sister teams of Barcelona ---Krakens, Piranyas, and Sharks --- who had 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place finishes, with Krakens earning a well-deserved promotion to first division. Finally we wish to thank FEDV and... [read more]22 December 2017
On Sunday, December 3rd, 18 teams braved the cold beaches of Castelldefels to play the final phase of 2017's Lliga Catalana d'Ultimate.The five teams in the top pool were well matched such that none managed to coast to a clear victory by winning all of their four games. Nothing could be decided until Bravas were finally able to proclaim themselves champions by beating the formidable Sharks in the final game of the season. The Sharks took second place followed by Disterics, Salty, and Peixets to round out... [read more]27 November 2017
Bravas Ultimate showed their depth as a club by bringing solid A and B teams to the recent Campeonato de España. The coed beach tournament was held in Castelldefels, giving Bravas the advantage of playing in the familiar surroundings of their training grounds. The A and B teams, playing in the 1st and 2nd divisions, respectively, both moved past their group stages without a loss. The A team's knockout phase was highlighted by a one-point derby win over the increasingly dangerous Sharks. The B team managed... [read more]1 July 2017
Many from Bravas Ultimate played for various national teams in the world championships that took place in Royan, France, from the 18th to the 24th of June. Spain was represented in seven categories. Six of these included Bravas players, achieving good results. All finished 7th place and better. The Spanish team with the most success was the Masters Men, finishing 4th after an intense fight against Canada for the bronze. This team included five Bravas. Also standing out were three players from the club that... [read more]6 January 2017
A day after welcoming the three Kings and their camels Bravas ultimate wastes no time turning the holiday spirit into the spirit of the game. The club starts the year bringing two teams to the indoor tournament in Sabadell. The tourney not only provides great competition but is held in support of Doctors Without Borders. Thanks to Ultimate Club Espirit for hosting! [read more]22 December 2015
2015 saw Bravas Ultimate make the podium their second home with top three finishes in all six national champsionships (mixed, open and women on both beach and grass). Settling for silver and bronze for much of the year it all came together on the island of Gran Canaria as the coed team took home the big prize on the beaches of San Bartolomé de Tirajana. [read more]26 January 2015
Under the snowy hills of Huesca, single-digit temperatures did nothing to cool down the Bravas women and open teams. Winning both the tournament and the spirit award the Cremas start 2015 continuing the success they found in 2014, which culminated in their crowning as national champs in the women's beach division. In fact this makes three consecutive tournaments where the women have brought home 1st-place hardware without losing a game. Equally proud of showing their passion and respect for the game... [read more]3 May 2014
La historia de este torneo comienza con la invitación de Maria Vergara, unos meses atras. Parecía difícil montar un equipo, ya que Bravas tenía planificada la temporada y este torneo se consideraba "diversión". Pero a medida que pasaban las semanas, y gracias a los mensajes motivadores de María la gente se fué animando hasta conseguir que 12 brav@s formaran el equipo que conquistaría Alicante. Es más, algunas personas intentaron apuntarse a última hora pero ya era demasiado tarde. Todo un... [read more]2 February 2014
Friday evening the Cremas met at Plaza Espanya to set out, with backpacks full of excitement, for the Pajarita Ice tournament. Forecast: cold, cold, cold and really looking forward to practicing all that we've learned these last few months.It was already clear that it was going to be a great weekend. We arrived late to Huesca but found the apartments without much problem. And we still had enough energy to hit the Welcome Party and to see many familiar faces as, in the end, Frisbee is like a big family. We... [read more]19 September 2013
CEd (Sed) de victoriaEl campeonato de España empezaba con el sol naciente. Las Bravas Picantes estaban listas para salir a la arena. El día empezó con buen pie, buen clima y poco viento. Y además, nos tocaba el primer juego contra un equipo vasco que venía de Bilbao para jugar su primera competencia en el Ultimate español. Este primer juego nos resulto perfecto para darnos confianza, y consolidar nuestras líneas. Era un equipo con muchos jugadores novatos con bastantes piernas, y algunos más... [read more]17 September 2013
...deCEpción...Bravas A se va triste del Campeonato de España mixto celebrado en castelldefels. Integrado en el grupo de la muerte junto a Fendisc, Mubidisk y Atis Tirma, el equipo no pudo pasar al bombo de los seis mejores tras sendas derrotas en el punto universal contra los equipos de Santander y Lanzarote. Ambos partidos fueron muy similares: inicio dubitativo de los locales (3-0 y 4-0) y lucha a corazón abierto hasta el final que resultó insuficiente para mantenerse con vida. conociendo el gris... [read more]11 June 2013
Un sábado para olvidar: frío, viento, y lluvia, mucha lluvia. Tanta que los más frioleros nos fuimos al hotel entre partidos para secarnos y calentarnos. Tres partidos muy sencillos, y uno algo más apretado contra Les Baraques de París que nos dio el pase a semifinales, donde nos esperaban dos buenos equipoS locales.El domingo disputamos las semis contra el subcampeón francés, BDM. Hacía mucho viento, así que les plantamos una copa, pero no funcionó. Eran muy técnicos. Se pusieron arriba 2-0,... [read more]22 March 2013
Corocotta from Santander wins Cremas Beach Challenge 2013 after a tight final against Briavel's Grove Fun Factory from Bristol. The French Women's Team takes home the Spirit. Below the full results from two days of hard-fought games on March 16-17 in Castelldefels, Spain. Ten women's ultimate teams from the UK, France, Germany and Spain competed in one of Europe's few established women's beach ultimate tournaments. Crema Catalana looks forward to welcoming at least another ten teams in 2014, and expects... [read more]26 November 2012
[read more]14 August 2012
The Patatas Bravas were featured in this promotional video by Ali Carson, an American study abroad student, for her college filmmaking class. Great work, Ali! [read more]20 March 2012
Last weekend the women played the 3rd edition of the Cremas' Beach Challenge. Corocotta won the tournament, like the first edition, against the Chupa French team, who won the SOTG. Corocotta easily controlled the game at first but Chupa starred anepic comeback bringing the team to the cap 7-7 game to 8... The seven women teams had beautiful weather to enjoy the ultimate games, hopefully next year we will be 8 teams again or maybe more.Ranking:8. BTR (France) [read more]1 December 2011
Sorry: only in spanish... [read more]5 November 2011
Luckily we skiped the rain and we actually enjoyed a warm weekend and even a beatiful sunny Sunday. The new location a Casanova Beach Club contributed to build a new atmosphere during the tournament and the Bollywood theme brought an exotic touch that we all enjoyed, specially with the Banghra dancers.After recovering of playing and partying we already started to think on how to beat a new edition of our tournament, and we promise we'll do our best again! [read more]24 October 2011
Sorry, only Spanish version [read more]21 July 2011
Sorry, only Spanish version [read more]20 July 2011
Sorry, only Spanish version [read more]16 May 2011
Only Spanish version [read more]25 April 2011
Only Spanish version [read more]20 April 2011
check Spanish section [read more]11 April 2011
[read more]10 April 2011
Check Spanish section [read more]3 April 2011
Read the story in the Spanish Section. [read more]27 September 2010
We came back from Viareggio a week ago and we had a ball: intense games, great food and crazy parties! We were Nico, Jos, Ewelina, Anna, Roger, Austin, Oscar, David, Eric, Gabi and Alicia (from Peixets). We would like to have one more girl on the team but finally it was ok.The level was high. 4 strong teams on our pool. After some close games we were even with the Spanish team, but since they beat us they got the 4th position so 5th was for us. After that we could only fight for the 17th position!! This... [read more]14 September 2010
The Barcelona Hat League is an open-to-all coed Ultimate Frisbee league being played on Wednesday and Friday evenings from October 6 to November 12. This is an ideal opportunity to learn to play this fantastic sport or to teach it, and to have fun through competition and social activities. Invite your friends! Registration is necessary for anyone wishing to play, and there is a fee of 15€ per player to cover the cost of renting the fields. This fee can be paid during the opening party, or it can be... [read more]1 July 2010
Sign up now - July 31 is the last day to register. The 13th edition of our legendary hat tournament will be played to the rythm of MAMA AFRICA. Bring out your creativity to join us in our tematic party. Get inspired by the lights and the sounds of Africa where we all come from... Another Porró Open adventure to remember. [read more]26 April 2010
The Bravas took a team to the Fogassa beach tournament last weekend in Grande Motte, France. It really felt like the first weekend of summer, especially day two, a very sunny sunday in the sand! Although it was an open tournament, we played almost all our points 3 men and 2 women, and for most of those at least one of our women matched up against an opposing man. If you want to know how to say, "Sorry, boy, that's my disc" in French, just ask one of Anna, Elli, Jos, or Julie.There were 15 teams organized... [read more]19 April 2010
(this is more or less what happened. I am omitting my Callahan-Greatest from the summary because words can’t do it justice.)Short Version: 5/12 1.Corocota 2.Quijotes 3.Mubi 4.Guayotas 5.Bravas 6.Dizcu Bravas Players:NicoJosefinJensJulieEvaMartiMiguelDillonParkerSuviRogerMontse (injured but very spirited, helped us a great deal with motivation and stats on the second day)Helena (from Disterics)Long Version:1st DayBravas 10 - Quimeras 3Good way to start the tournament. Quimeras were a young team with a... [read more]6 April 2010
“Breve” resumen de la participación de Bravas en Paganello:Empezamos el viernes contra iPlay (19 de la tabla) con un partido que presagiaba una gran tragedia ya que jugamos bastante mal entre otras cosas porque no dedicamos suficiente tiempo a calentar, aunque finalmente lo pudimos resolver a nuestro favor. En el segundo partido contra UFO (14) la cosa cambió radicalmente y sacamos lo mejor de dentro para acabar con un contundente 14-5 bajo la lluvia. Para el tercer partido volvió a salir el sol y... [read more]
