Ultimate Frisbee is now known in many countries simply as the less-catchy "Ultimate" due to the fact that Frisbee is ♠ a registered trademark.

It is a fast-paced sport with similarities to netball, football (soccer) and American Football.

Played by around five million ♠ people in the US and with leagues in the UK and other European countries, Ultimate is a far cry from ♠ the humble origins of the Frisbee.

As with many inventions there are multiple reported variations on how Frisbees came to be, ♠ but the commonly agreed version is that it comes from the Frisbie Baking Company, whose empty metal pie tins were ♠ thrown by college students in the 1920s.

Subsequently, in 1948, Walter Morrison invented a plastic version with improved aero-dynamics, and then ♠ followed the Pluto Platter.