Anyone looking for great exercise, excellent company, and a good outdoor sport should drop by the Great Salt Bay Elementary School after 3 p.m. on Sunday afternoons and/or Wednesday evenings at 5 p.m. 52 Pick-up, Damariscotta’s own Ultimate Frisbee collective, has been there every Sunday for the last several years to play a low-key, high-energy game. Now, with the additions of our new summer folks, we’re playing on Wednesday evenings as well.

Everyone is welcome: 52 Pick-up players, men and women, range in age from 10 to 60, and come from a variety of professions: educators, the self-employed, scientists, lawyers, slackers, engineers, parents, artists, Web designers and more. We all show up for good exercise, excellent end-zone socializing, and a love of the game.

Ultimate Frisbee is known for its unique combination of athleticism, fairness, and an idiosyncratic joy of playing. Where else would you find players throwing themselves at full speed into deep snow for a diving end zone catch? And in what other sport do players call their own fouls? Ultimate Frisbee is unique particularly for something called “spirit of the game,” defined as a dedication to fairness and self-governance in the midst of intense competition. There are no referees.

Anyone interested in coming out to play with 52 Pick-up in Damariscotta can contact Jason Anthony at 207-677-2354. We play every Sunday at 3 p.m. during the heat of summer, 2 p.m. in winter. Games are held behind Great Salt Bay Elementary School on Route 1B in Damariscotta. Everyone is welcome, regardless of experience or age. Children are welcome, whether they want to throw a Frisbee or play on the excellent new GSB playground.