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8/18/08 PoNY returns from its July break this weekend with a stellar lineup of competition at the Chesapeake Invite. It’s the meat of the season, and as the above picture shows, the pride is thirsty for blood.

PoNY has entered the digital age. On this site, you will be able to meet the pride ; read how we’ve done and where we’re headed ; see photos and, eventually, give us money. This news page will serve as a clearing house for updates and tidbits throughout the season. Big thanks go to our good friends at I Am Still Alive (who are also the folks behind Artlog) for designing this site.

7/22/08 After a weekend spent in the Hamptons swimming, eating grilled meats and playing high-level Takra Ball, PoNY enters its mid-season break to lick its wounds and recharge for the second half of the season, when the real fun begins. In a few weeks, the team will return hungrier than ever, just in time for double-practices and a grueling competition schedule, including another trip out west and fierce competition at the Chesapeake Invite. Then it’s on to the UPA series!

6/25/08 PoNY will have four players participating in the World Ultimate and Guts Championships in Vancouver this August. Seth Crockford has been asked to play with his former team Sockeye one last time as they gun for the gold medal, while Joe Smash Anderson will be reppin’ the Dominican Republic. Meanwhile, Ben Van Heuvelen and Jody Avirgan will be coaching the US Juniors team in their bid to win the gold for the third consecutive time.

5/15/08: After a long offseason and a grueling tryout process, the roster for PoNY 2008 is set. Founder and captain DQ is no longer on the team, but a new crop of players with top-flight experience at the club and college level is ready to fill in and help take PoNY to the next level. Aaron Bell, David Needleman and Seth Crockford come to the club from the Northwest, bringing valuable experience from the highest levels; the tandem of Ben Saper and Reid Hopkins are Brown teammates moving into club Open together; their former college rival Nate Raines (Dartmouth) also moves to the next level with New York; Nick Reich makes it one more Carleton alum on the squad; Webster McBride plays his first full season with PoNY after joining late in the season last year; and Mio Panasci crosses the river, joining PoNY after several years on New Jersey’s Pike.