AMP’s roots as a Philadelphia mixed team go back over 10 years. Founded by Marc Stachowski as Donkey Bomb in 2000, the team has been competing as AMP since 2006. First guided to national success under captains Peter Knappenberger, Kathi Jenkins and Jeff Snader, AMP won Boston Invite and its first Regional Championship in 2006, en route to an appearance in quarterfinals at the club championships in Sarasota and a 5th place finish overall.
AMP returned a significant part of the roster in 2007, with a key few additions, winning Philly Invite, Chesapeake Open and a second straight Regional Championship following the team’s first cross-country trip to Labor Day in San Francisco. AMP’s 2007 club championship tournament included a trip to semi-finals and 3rd place overall finish.
New teammates and leadership meant continued success in 2008 with tournament championships at Boston and Philly Invites, including victories over the British National Team and reigning world club champions TFP. AMP’s 37-person roster made for our best team effort yet at nationals, including a terrific comeback win over eventual champions Flycoons. However a loss to Mischief in quarters led to a 7th place finish overall.
In 2009 AMP defended the Philly Invite title, traveled to ECC for the first time and reclaimed our Regional Championship in a hard fought universe point victory over Axis of C’Ville. At nationals the team achieved its first undefeated Thursday and powerpool victory on Friday, before falling in a rematch with eventual champions Axis and losing on universe point in quarters to Coyote. The team refocused to finish the season with two clutch wins, 5th place overall and a bid to the 2010 World Club Championships in Prague.
AMP’s 17-strong roster at Worlds represented the team tremendously. Immediately breaking seed to top our first pool with wins over teams from Britain, Austria, Brazil and Spain, AMP finished second in the powerpools and won a prequarters matchup against Chaos before falling in quarters to eventual champions CLX. Following the placement games, AMP finished 7th in our first world championships.
Going into the 2011 club series AMP faced significant roster turnover, but improved and kept focused through the summer to win a second straight Regional Championship and 5th straight bid to club nationals. Initiating 17 new players in Sarasota, AMP fought to the edge of another quarterfinal play-in, but came up just short. Still the team is now prepared for its next stage of success and many more fun and competitive seasons ahead.
AMP’s captains from 2008 include Jill Domanico, Patrick Sherlock, Eugene Yum, Kevin McCormick and Jeff Loperfido. Since our initiation as AMP in 2006, 85 players have represented the team.
AMP’s roots as a Philadelphia mixed team go back over 10 years. Founded by Marc Stachowski as Donkey Bomb in 2000, the team has been competing as AMP since 2006. First guided to national success under captains Peter Knappenberger, Kathi Jenkins and Jeff Snader, AMP won Boston Invite and its first Regional Championship in 2006, en route to an appearance in quarterfinals at the club championships in Sarasota and a 5th place finish overall.
AMP returned a significant part of the roster in 2007, with a key few additions, winning Philly Invite, Chesapeake Open and a second straight Regional Championship following the team’s first cross-country trip to Labor Day in San Francisco. AMP’s 2007 club championship tournament included a trip to semi-finals and 3rd place overall finish.
New teammates and leadership meant continued success in 2008 with tournament championships at Boston and Philly Invites, including victories over the British National Team and reigning world club champions TFP. AMP’s 37-person roster made for our best team effort yet at nationals, including a terrific comeback win over eventual champions Flycoons. However a loss to Mischief in quarters led to a 7th place finish overall.
AMP’s captains from 2008 include Jill Domanico, Patrick Sherlock, Eugene Yum, Kevin McCormick and Jeff Loperfido. Since our initiation as AMP in 2006, 85 players have represented the team.