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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.

DF