Staff Attorney Bryn Martyna's women's Ultimate Frisbee team “Fury” won the World Championships in Vancouver, Canada on August 9, 2008.  Bryn and her teammates, who are mostly from the Bay Area, won the U.S. National Championships last year to qualify them to represent the U.S. at Worlds, which are held every four years.  They defeated Germany in the quarterfinals and Canada in the semifinals. On the final day of the seven-day tournament, Fury went head-to-head against Japan in the championship match.  Bryn scored two goals and helped her team defeat Japan 13-10.

Fifteen countries were represented at the tournament, and Fury defeated 10 of them to earn the championship title, including Australia, Mexico, Italy, and Finland.  The final game between the U.S. and Japan was their second tournament match.  Earlier in the week, the Japanese defeated the Americans 15-14 – Fury’s only loss of the entire tournament.  It was the first World Championship for Fury, which has won five National Championships (1999, 2003, 2006, 2007 and 2008) and represented the U.S. at three World Championships (2000, 2004 and 2008).  Bryn’s team won its fourth consecutive National Championship in Sarasota, Fla. last month.

Bryn started playing Ultimate Frisbee back in College in 1997.  She joined Fury in 2002 and was captain for two of the team’s National Championship wins, in 2006 and 2007.