I managed to find some internet time in the six hours I have to kill on my layover in Edmonton (don't ask, it's what happens when you book on points) so I'll give you a quick update on the events from earlier today. Unfortunately we lost the finals of the Canadian Ultimate Championships to Nomads from Victoria. I think the final score was 17-11. I think the game was closer then the score may indicate.
We were hoping to be able to run and gun with the Furious George players masquerading as Nomads (Duncan, Enns, Roberts, Oscar, Menzies, etc., etc.) but our worst case scenario came true; the wind picked up in a big way. There was a very strong wind that picked up just before our game started that blew consistently for the rest of the day. It neutralized our athleticism and allowed the experience and superior throwing ability of the veterans on Nomads to carry them to the win. We were with them for a goos chunk of the game but they got some upwinders that we couldn't match and they just ran away with it. We were still in the game when they were leading 11-9 but I think that our inexperience and some key injuries caught up with us and that was when broke it open. Final score 17-11.
We weren't helped by the fact that we didn't deal with their physical play very well. They were constantly pushing us around and we didn't call it, whereas they used some questionable foul calls to maintain possession and get the disc upwind. The "observers" didn't help our cause either as they were completely useless. None of them saw Roberts intentionally charge through me, with his arms up in my chest, in retaliation for something that he thought I did (but didn't actually do). Even though the entire crowd gasped in exasperation the observers didn't see anything and I was right in front of one of them. Since I'm digressing here there is nothing wrong with observers but there is nothing worse then bad observers.
All in all it was a well deserved silver medal for us. At the end of the day the only team that was really missing was Goat (Furious had enough of a presence on Nomads that if you were to take those players away Victoria would be a shell of a team). We had a convincing win over Phoenix and a well fought win over Invictus so no one can say that we fluked our way into a silver medal. I think this was the most difficult of my National silver medals to win (I'm still waiting to win a gold one day) and I will throw it in my drawer with all my other silver medals with pride.
Now I need to get some sleep. I think I'm supposed to be at the office in a few hours.
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Sunday, August 17, 2008
Saturday, August 16, 2008
On to the Next Challenge
I haven't even recovered from Worlds in Vancouver and I now find myself in Calgary getting ready to play in the final of Canadian Nationals against Nomads.
I flew back to Montreal for a few days of work and then came back out west to Calgary for Nationals. I missed Thursdays games but Mephisto did what they had to do; going 2-1. Apparently it was a sloppy day but the goal is always just to get through day 1.
I was here for day two and while we got the job done again, a lot of results were going strange ways so we were doing a lot of scoreboard watching. During our last game we realized the best we could do was finish 3rd in our pool; the worst was 4th. Nomads lost a game they should have won so we had to figure out if we were better off finishing 3rd or 4th; we just didn't want to play Nomads in the Quarterfinals. We had all the math figured out so we kept Grand Trunk close to us but just behind in case we had to lose the game. Nomads did the improbable and won by enough points to finish first so we decided to win our last game and take 3rd so we would play Phoenix in the quarters.
Today we played Phoenix and got out to a good start. They had no answer to our offense and we beat them easily 15-10. Their D didn't score any points which just put a lot of pressure on their O. We did a good job of taking Swardo out of the game and forcing Derek to try to do it all and he had an off game. Well played, Mephisto.
Our Semi was against Invictus from Calgary. We came out on fire and scored the first 5 points. We had a 6-1 lead when they put a zone on us and we had a bit of trouble with it, strangely enough. Next thing we know it's 7-7 and we are fighting for half. We managed to take half but right after half Calgary came out hard and took the lead 9-8. We came back and ended up winning 12-10 in a hard fought game. It was a real nail biter but we pulled it off. Truly another epic Calgary-Montreal matchup.
Tomorrow... the finals against Nomads. Woohoo!!
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I flew back to Montreal for a few days of work and then came back out west to Calgary for Nationals. I missed Thursdays games but Mephisto did what they had to do; going 2-1. Apparently it was a sloppy day but the goal is always just to get through day 1.
I was here for day two and while we got the job done again, a lot of results were going strange ways so we were doing a lot of scoreboard watching. During our last game we realized the best we could do was finish 3rd in our pool; the worst was 4th. Nomads lost a game they should have won so we had to figure out if we were better off finishing 3rd or 4th; we just didn't want to play Nomads in the Quarterfinals. We had all the math figured out so we kept Grand Trunk close to us but just behind in case we had to lose the game. Nomads did the improbable and won by enough points to finish first so we decided to win our last game and take 3rd so we would play Phoenix in the quarters.
Today we played Phoenix and got out to a good start. They had no answer to our offense and we beat them easily 15-10. Their D didn't score any points which just put a lot of pressure on their O. We did a good job of taking Swardo out of the game and forcing Derek to try to do it all and he had an off game. Well played, Mephisto.
Our Semi was against Invictus from Calgary. We came out on fire and scored the first 5 points. We had a 6-1 lead when they put a zone on us and we had a bit of trouble with it, strangely enough. Next thing we know it's 7-7 and we are fighting for half. We managed to take half but right after half Calgary came out hard and took the lead 9-8. We came back and ended up winning 12-10 in a hard fought game. It was a real nail biter but we pulled it off. Truly another epic Calgary-Montreal matchup.
Tomorrow... the finals against Nomads. Woohoo!!
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Pictures of Taserboy
I thought I wouldn't do this but I'm not sure why. Suck it up Joey, your pictures are about to hit the internet.
I apologize for the quality of some of these. It was dark, I had using my 300mm zoom lens and I was taking some of these pictures without looking through the viewfinder because I was being threatened with bodily harm by his drunk friend Ryan if I didn't stop taking pictures. Fun times. And so without further ado lets all share a laugh at Joey's expense.
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I apologize for the quality of some of these. It was dark, I had using my 300mm zoom lens and I was taking some of these pictures without looking through the viewfinder because I was being threatened with bodily harm by his drunk friend Ryan if I didn't stop taking pictures. Fun times. And so without further ado lets all share a laugh at Joey's expense.
Good Times....
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Sunday, August 10, 2008
DoGs and Tasers
Unfortunately things did not go as planned and my team was left walking up to the second highest podium spot yesterday to get our silver medals. We put up a good fight but our offense just wasn't as good as we needed it to be in order to win. All credit to the US representatives (DoG) who capitalized on our mistakes and won the gold medal.
We were just a bit tentative to start the game and I think the first point was the key point of the game. We started on offense and worked the disc up the field only to throw it away in the endzone. The thrower and receiver were both unmarked and we threw it away anyway. That just made us even more tentative and that was all she wrote. I think that had we scored that first point it would have gone a long way to relaxing our team and we would have won the game. We put up a good fight to get back into the game but it was just too little too late. We even had the disc three times to tie the game at the end but we kept giving it back and you can't keep giving those guys the disc; they're just too good.
I'm sad about not winning but if we had to lose, at least we lost to those guys. Even though I could have been playing for them I don't have any regrets about my choice of team/country. They were very humble in victory (it's always easy to be humble in victory) which eases the pain a tiny little bit but not much.
The US team are a great bunch of guys as were my Team Canada team mates which made for a fun post game mope-fest/celebration....
...which leads into the fun that happened at the Beer Garden after the game was done. It was pretty much just the players from our two teams sitting around having a few drinks to wind down when an American "Guts" players came by in a severe state of intoxication. I have never seen anyone as drunk as this guy. I don't know how he was even able to stand. Long story short, he got very belligerent towards one of my team mates, JR. I tried to talk him down but he was just too far gone. A few other players from both teams were standing around and the next thing I know he is trying to lunge at JR and I end up tackling him and pinning him to the ground with Greg Husak holding his left arm and DC holding his right arm. After lying on him for a couple of minutes some of his team mates came by to try to take him home. I asked them if they were sure that they wanted to deal with him because UBC security and the RCMP were on the way. They tell us it's okay and we all let go of this guy. He started to fight his friends and they end up tackling him about a minute later. Finally campus security shows up and they pin the guy again. Almost right after the RCMP show up and take over. Drunkasaurous Rex keeps fighting the cops and he just won't give in so they Taser him. THEY FREAKIN' TASERED HIM!!!! Right there, in front of us!!! The guy is so drunk it has no effect on him. They finally manage to cuff him and carry him off. I'm going to save this guy the humiliation and not post the pictures I took of all of this on Facebook... or maybe I will. I haven't decided yet.
That was my exciting Friday.
More about the rest of the tournament later.
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We were just a bit tentative to start the game and I think the first point was the key point of the game. We started on offense and worked the disc up the field only to throw it away in the endzone. The thrower and receiver were both unmarked and we threw it away anyway. That just made us even more tentative and that was all she wrote. I think that had we scored that first point it would have gone a long way to relaxing our team and we would have won the game. We put up a good fight to get back into the game but it was just too little too late. We even had the disc three times to tie the game at the end but we kept giving it back and you can't keep giving those guys the disc; they're just too good.
I'm sad about not winning but if we had to lose, at least we lost to those guys. Even though I could have been playing for them I don't have any regrets about my choice of team/country. They were very humble in victory (it's always easy to be humble in victory) which eases the pain a tiny little bit but not much.
The US team are a great bunch of guys as were my Team Canada team mates which made for a fun post game mope-fest/celebration....
...which leads into the fun that happened at the Beer Garden after the game was done. It was pretty much just the players from our two teams sitting around having a few drinks to wind down when an American "Guts" players came by in a severe state of intoxication. I have never seen anyone as drunk as this guy. I don't know how he was even able to stand. Long story short, he got very belligerent towards one of my team mates, JR. I tried to talk him down but he was just too far gone. A few other players from both teams were standing around and the next thing I know he is trying to lunge at JR and I end up tackling him and pinning him to the ground with Greg Husak holding his left arm and DC holding his right arm. After lying on him for a couple of minutes some of his team mates came by to try to take him home. I asked them if they were sure that they wanted to deal with him because UBC security and the RCMP were on the way. They tell us it's okay and we all let go of this guy. He started to fight his friends and they end up tackling him about a minute later. Finally campus security shows up and they pin the guy again. Almost right after the RCMP show up and take over. Drunkasaurous Rex keeps fighting the cops and he just won't give in so they Taser him. THEY FREAKIN' TASERED HIM!!!! Right there, in front of us!!! The guy is so drunk it has no effect on him. They finally manage to cuff him and carry him off. I'm going to save this guy the humiliation and not post the pictures I took of all of this on Facebook... or maybe I will. I haven't decided yet.
That was my exciting Friday.
More about the rest of the tournament later.
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Friday, August 08, 2008
5:00pm Appointment...
...in the finals.
We rolled the Aussies. We came out and played really great and before they knew what happened we rolled them out of the game. They didn't get any momentum against us and we beat them 17-5 before they knew what was going on. We broke their spirit very early by taking a 5-0 lead and then it was over.
Big game coming up in a few hours. Time for a nap. Go Canada, go!
Speaking of Canada do we have any medals in Beijing yet?
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We rolled the Aussies. We came out and played really great and before they knew what happened we rolled them out of the game. They didn't get any momentum against us and we beat them 17-5 before they knew what was going on. We broke their spirit very early by taking a 5-0 lead and then it was over.
Big game coming up in a few hours. Time for a nap. Go Canada, go!
Speaking of Canada do we have any medals in Beijing yet?
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The Olympics Begin
...and I just don't care right now. I have other things on my mind. I'm getting ready for our big day today. I'll be packing my bags in a few minutes to go to the fields but right now I'm just trying to find my focus. I am optimistic but also realistic. I will be happy with whatever the outcome is today but will be a bit disappointed at the same time if we don't get the gold.
Last night was trading night and I think I made some pretty good steals. Of course the Colombian guy who gave up his national team jersey for my four year old Goat jersey is probably thinking I'm a gringo sucka.
The big news yesterday (apart from us) was that the Aussie men lost to the GB team. I think the Aussies expected to at least make it to the semis. While I'm sure they wanted to spend the night drinking, their national pride will probably carry them to 5th place today. None the less, they were crushed at being eliminated. I would be too if I invested as much time and money as they did into the team.
It looks like another sunny, hot and humid day. Perfect weather to score a medal.
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Last night was trading night and I think I made some pretty good steals. Of course the Colombian guy who gave up his national team jersey for my four year old Goat jersey is probably thinking I'm a gringo sucka.
The big news yesterday (apart from us) was that the Aussie men lost to the GB team. I think the Aussies expected to at least make it to the semis. While I'm sure they wanted to spend the night drinking, their national pride will probably carry them to 5th place today. None the less, they were crushed at being eliminated. I would be too if I invested as much time and money as they did into the team.
It looks like another sunny, hot and humid day. Perfect weather to score a medal.
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Thursday, August 07, 2008
On to the Semis
We had a big day today. First we beat the Aussies in what I hope was convincing fashion 17-8 or 9. They were very skilled but we just brought too much pressure. Then we rested all of our main guys against GB and played only 12 players and we beat them 17-15. It was a bit closer than it should have been but strangely enough after the 25th point our 12 guys playing started to tire.
I'm ready for our 10:30 am matchup against the Aussies. I think our whole team is ready to win this thing. I really do like our chances but you never know; the Aussies could have some tricks up their sleeves and the US are just really good.
On a personal level I feel like I'm playing pretty well. I was one of the leaders in playing time (until the GB game) and I still feel pretty fresh. I have two turnovers in the tournament so far. I was hoping to have a clean slate at the end of it but I guess that would be asking for a lot. If I can keep it at two and have an impact tomorrow I'll be happy.
It's time to head off to trading night and see if I can secure another jersey. So far I have a New Zealand and Italian jersey lined up. I'll see what else I can score tonight. Don't worry; I won't spend too long working on that. I would like to be in bed nice and early to be well rested for tomorrow.
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I'm ready for our 10:30 am matchup against the Aussies. I think our whole team is ready to win this thing. I really do like our chances but you never know; the Aussies could have some tricks up their sleeves and the US are just really good.
On a personal level I feel like I'm playing pretty well. I was one of the leaders in playing time (until the GB game) and I still feel pretty fresh. I have two turnovers in the tournament so far. I was hoping to have a clean slate at the end of it but I guess that would be asking for a lot. If I can keep it at two and have an impact tomorrow I'll be happy.
It's time to head off to trading night and see if I can secure another jersey. So far I have a New Zealand and Italian jersey lined up. I'll see what else I can score tonight. Don't worry; I won't spend too long working on that. I would like to be in bed nice and early to be well rested for tomorrow.
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Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Chugging Along
Beat Germany... check.
Beat the French... check.
Beat the Venezuelans... check.
Beat the Japanese... check.
The top three results were pretty much guaranteed. The German game was a bit closer then it needed to be but I think some players drank a bit too much the night before in anticipation of an easy game. In fact all three games were closer than they needed to be but we rested a lot of starters. It's nice to know that we can get to where we need to be with help from everyone on the roster. And where is it that we need to be you may ask? Well at this point we are pretty much in the semis and that is where we need to be.
Our game against the Japanese was interesting. None of us knew what to expect. The scores in this tournament so far haven't really given us an indication of who is strong or not. We also knew that the Japanese team's last hope of getting into the semis was to beat us. We were fired up and came out like I've never seen us play. The Japanese are the fastest team at the tournament and we matched them like no one else did all week. They came out really hard and fast and we just took it to them. We took half 9-2 and then rested up some players and closed out the game 17-10.
It was definitely the most tiring game of the week so far. I'm pretty beat right now but I'll be ready to go against the Aussies tomorrow. Those guys just wouldn't stop running and running hard. I really need to go to sleep and rest up for tomorrow's early day.
On another note I actually got to do the post game speech to the French team because I speak the best French on the team. It was kinda fun. I'm not sure the French understood my Quebecois but they all laughed when I thought I was being funny so they must have understood a bit.
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Beat the French... check.
Beat the Venezuelans... check.
Beat the Japanese... check.
The top three results were pretty much guaranteed. The German game was a bit closer then it needed to be but I think some players drank a bit too much the night before in anticipation of an easy game. In fact all three games were closer than they needed to be but we rested a lot of starters. It's nice to know that we can get to where we need to be with help from everyone on the roster. And where is it that we need to be you may ask? Well at this point we are pretty much in the semis and that is where we need to be.
Our game against the Japanese was interesting. None of us knew what to expect. The scores in this tournament so far haven't really given us an indication of who is strong or not. We also knew that the Japanese team's last hope of getting into the semis was to beat us. We were fired up and came out like I've never seen us play. The Japanese are the fastest team at the tournament and we matched them like no one else did all week. They came out really hard and fast and we just took it to them. We took half 9-2 and then rested up some players and closed out the game 17-10.
It was definitely the most tiring game of the week so far. I'm pretty beat right now but I'll be ready to go against the Aussies tomorrow. Those guys just wouldn't stop running and running hard. I really need to go to sleep and rest up for tomorrow's early day.
On another note I actually got to do the post game speech to the French team because I speak the best French on the team. It was kinda fun. I'm not sure the French understood my Quebecois but they all laughed when I thought I was being funny so they must have understood a bit.
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Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Two Steps Forward, One step Back
We lost our "battle" against the US, 16-14. We were up at half time 9-5 but we blew the lead and ended up losing. It was a very tight game and I think we should still feel very good about our chances. If we play against everyone else the same way we did against the US it will definitely be a Canada US final. We just need to keep the intensity up, especially against the Aussies who are turning out to be the wildcard in this tournament.
It was fun to play against the Americans but a bit weird at the same time. They were giving me a hard time for choosing to play with Canada but they certainly weren't bitter about my choice (choosing Canada was the right thing to do). The game was very tightly contested but I think it was especially clean. There were the usual fouls and even some discussions but there wasn't a single argument. Everything was resolved quickly and amicably. The fact that it was such a hard fought and clean game really stands out for me. I really like those guys and I hope we get one more chance at them.
I have to make one comment about the announcer though; if you are going to insult masters players on the loudspeaker maybe you should do it when we aren't around as opposed to during our showcase game. If you pull the same crap during the final, Jon Bar (from team USA) and I have agreed that we are going to pour a beer each over your head. You are now warned.
In other results New Zealand upset the Japanese. That puts the Brits and the Japanese on the outside looking in. Their only hope is if the Brits beat the Kiwis and then it will be all down to point dif.
Today is our rest day against the Germans and the French. Unfortunately the Germans are "Scheise" this year; they were destroyed by the Italians. I don't think the French are much better; I'm hoping that their surrendering arms aren't too tired from all the games they've played.
We are still waiting for our red jerseys to arrive. I have already promised the red jerseys I "have" to some people in trades so I will be extremely annoyed if Gaia doesn't come through with those. Thankfully my trade for the Italian jersey is for one of my whites. Gaia better come through or else I want my money back. Even so, Gaia... you suck!
Since I seem to be ranting I'm going to go off on Team Canada as a whole. Every single other team supports each other. When we were watching the Japanese-GB masters game, the open teams from both countries were watching and supporting them. Every single team in the tournament is very supportive of their other national teams; they go and watch games, they hang out together... except for Team Canada. Maybe it's because all the other teams are Vancouver based and we aren't; maybe it's because the tournament is in Vancouver but it really sucks that we don't have a true Team Canada feel. It's a real shame. I'm still going to go out and support the other teams when I can.
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It was fun to play against the Americans but a bit weird at the same time. They were giving me a hard time for choosing to play with Canada but they certainly weren't bitter about my choice (choosing Canada was the right thing to do). The game was very tightly contested but I think it was especially clean. There were the usual fouls and even some discussions but there wasn't a single argument. Everything was resolved quickly and amicably. The fact that it was such a hard fought and clean game really stands out for me. I really like those guys and I hope we get one more chance at them.
I have to make one comment about the announcer though; if you are going to insult masters players on the loudspeaker maybe you should do it when we aren't around as opposed to during our showcase game. If you pull the same crap during the final, Jon Bar (from team USA) and I have agreed that we are going to pour a beer each over your head. You are now warned.
In other results New Zealand upset the Japanese. That puts the Brits and the Japanese on the outside looking in. Their only hope is if the Brits beat the Kiwis and then it will be all down to point dif.
Today is our rest day against the Germans and the French. Unfortunately the Germans are "Scheise" this year; they were destroyed by the Italians. I don't think the French are much better; I'm hoping that their surrendering arms aren't too tired from all the games they've played.
We are still waiting for our red jerseys to arrive. I have already promised the red jerseys I "have" to some people in trades so I will be extremely annoyed if Gaia doesn't come through with those. Thankfully my trade for the Italian jersey is for one of my whites. Gaia better come through or else I want my money back. Even so, Gaia... you suck!
Since I seem to be ranting I'm going to go off on Team Canada as a whole. Every single other team supports each other. When we were watching the Japanese-GB masters game, the open teams from both countries were watching and supporting them. Every single team in the tournament is very supportive of their other national teams; they go and watch games, they hang out together... except for Team Canada. Maybe it's because all the other teams are Vancouver based and we aren't; maybe it's because the tournament is in Vancouver but it really sucks that we don't have a true Team Canada feel. It's a real shame. I'm still going to go out and support the other teams when I can.
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Sunday, August 03, 2008
Breaking News...
This just in... Shaggy survives Day 1!
You heard it here first; he did not get hurt and he actually looked quite solid out there. He's officially back from the disabled list.
That's some pretty big news I would say but the real breaking news revolves around the Colombian teams. This just in... they are good. The open team, which is made up almost entirely of the kids who finished third in the junior division two years ago almost upset GB. They ended up losing 11-7 but it was a tight game. I would say it was already the game of the tournament. Those Colombian kids are really good and they have no organization. With the slightest bit of structure they would have killed GB. They are so quick and athletic it isn't funny. This just in... for the first time ever in a division at a Worlds, a team beat both Canada and the US. Who was it? The Colombian girls. It cant't be the cocaine because I can't imagine they would have gotten through customs but the Colombians are making a statement at these Worlds.
As for our day we beat New Zealand in what seemed like a tight affair at first by a score of 17-9 and then we crushed the inexperienced Italians 17-3. Interestingly the American team beat NZ and the Italians by the exact same scores. I'm not sure what that means. It was an easy start to the tournament and tomorrow we have our first big test against the US in a showcase game. In other action in our division the Aussies surprisingly beat the Japanese. Tomorrow morning we will go out and scout the Brits, Japanese and Aussies so that we can be as ready as possible when we face those three teams in a row to end pool play.
In other action today the Japanese women dominated the Canadian women in the showcase game. The Japanese play a very clean game and the Canadian women could not keep up with the quick, nimble little Japanese women. I wouldn't be surprised if the women's final will be US vs Japan. The Aussie men looked very strong in dismantling Ireland. They are tall, fast and they move the disc very quickly and aggressively. The Irish made a few too many mistakes and before they knew what was going on the Aussies were soiking the disc in the endzone.
I can't wait to see the Aussies-US-Japanese open teams take on each other and I am interested in watching these Colombian junior women to see what all their hype is about.
Till tomorrow after our showcase game.
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You heard it here first; he did not get hurt and he actually looked quite solid out there. He's officially back from the disabled list.
That's some pretty big news I would say but the real breaking news revolves around the Colombian teams. This just in... they are good. The open team, which is made up almost entirely of the kids who finished third in the junior division two years ago almost upset GB. They ended up losing 11-7 but it was a tight game. I would say it was already the game of the tournament. Those Colombian kids are really good and they have no organization. With the slightest bit of structure they would have killed GB. They are so quick and athletic it isn't funny. This just in... for the first time ever in a division at a Worlds, a team beat both Canada and the US. Who was it? The Colombian girls. It cant't be the cocaine because I can't imagine they would have gotten through customs but the Colombians are making a statement at these Worlds.
As for our day we beat New Zealand in what seemed like a tight affair at first by a score of 17-9 and then we crushed the inexperienced Italians 17-3. Interestingly the American team beat NZ and the Italians by the exact same scores. I'm not sure what that means. It was an easy start to the tournament and tomorrow we have our first big test against the US in a showcase game. In other action in our division the Aussies surprisingly beat the Japanese. Tomorrow morning we will go out and scout the Brits, Japanese and Aussies so that we can be as ready as possible when we face those three teams in a row to end pool play.
In other action today the Japanese women dominated the Canadian women in the showcase game. The Japanese play a very clean game and the Canadian women could not keep up with the quick, nimble little Japanese women. I wouldn't be surprised if the women's final will be US vs Japan. The Aussie men looked very strong in dismantling Ireland. They are tall, fast and they move the disc very quickly and aggressively. The Irish made a few too many mistakes and before they knew what was going on the Aussies were soiking the disc in the endzone.
I can't wait to see the Aussies-US-Japanese open teams take on each other and I am interested in watching these Colombian junior women to see what all their hype is about.
Till tomorrow after our showcase game.
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And so it begins
One year they are going to get it right. One year... just not this year. We got half of our team uniform yesterday. Why only half? Because the other half is still somewhere in India. Gaia is doing our uniforms. We have our white jerseys and our shorts but the reds aren't quite done yet. We better not lose the flip for colours. Gaia did sort of make it up to us by giving us free burgundy shirts with our logo and numbers on it in case we have to go dark. At least the burgundy is closer to red then the blue that the Furious guys have as a backup colour. All should be okay on Wednesday when our reds are supposed to arrive.
Yesterday were the opening ceremonies and I can't get over how many players are here. The stands at Thunderbird Stadium were filled with players. I don't know how big the stadium is but it was a lot of people. I haven't really bumped into to many people that I know from other countries yet but I haven't really spent any time looking to say hello yet. The actual opening ceremonies were a bit weird but whatever, I'm sure the budget wasn't enormous. I have a pretty good picture of Shaggy and the rest of the stadium doing Indian (from India, not American-Indian) dancing. When I have some more time I'll upload the pictures from my camera and post them on here.
I left halfway through the showcase game (mixed: Canada vs. GB). It was some of the sloppiest ultimate I've seen in a long time but I'm sure both teams were very nervous. I hear that Canada won but they made it closer than it should have been.
So we start the tournament this morning against New Zealand and then Italy. Come to think of it I guess I could have played for Italy as well since somewhere I think I still hold Italian citizenship. Hopefully it will be an easy start to the tournament; a loss against one of these teams will be unexpected and possibly devastating to our chances of doing well. Strangely enough it isn't raining here so it might be a decent day of frizzer.
Time to go crush some kiwis. I hope to be able to update you on our day but for live scores you can go to www.wugc2008.com. Somewhere on that site they have scores.
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Yesterday were the opening ceremonies and I can't get over how many players are here. The stands at Thunderbird Stadium were filled with players. I don't know how big the stadium is but it was a lot of people. I haven't really bumped into to many people that I know from other countries yet but I haven't really spent any time looking to say hello yet. The actual opening ceremonies were a bit weird but whatever, I'm sure the budget wasn't enormous. I have a pretty good picture of Shaggy and the rest of the stadium doing Indian (from India, not American-Indian) dancing. When I have some more time I'll upload the pictures from my camera and post them on here.
I left halfway through the showcase game (mixed: Canada vs. GB). It was some of the sloppiest ultimate I've seen in a long time but I'm sure both teams were very nervous. I hear that Canada won but they made it closer than it should have been.
So we start the tournament this morning against New Zealand and then Italy. Come to think of it I guess I could have played for Italy as well since somewhere I think I still hold Italian citizenship. Hopefully it will be an easy start to the tournament; a loss against one of these teams will be unexpected and possibly devastating to our chances of doing well. Strangely enough it isn't raining here so it might be a decent day of frizzer.
Time to go crush some kiwis. I hope to be able to update you on our day but for live scores you can go to www.wugc2008.com. Somewhere on that site they have scores.
DF Read more!
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