Round 1 Weekend

Well, hello again to everyone. This past weekend was a buzz of excitement as the 2008 season has finally begun!!! For the week leading up to Round 1 I was more excited than a kid in a candy store. Every day I would wake up just ready to get on that field and kick butt. Our practices were sharp and we looked like a team poised for victory.

Our opponent for the game was a team named Trinity Aquinas, a University team located in South Perth. Over the past several years TA has been one of the best teams in the comp, so this was a great assessment of our team. The game took place at their home field (the smallest and worst field in the comp), and after a short detour due to Jared's faulty directions, we arrived ready to go. The locker room was filled with anticipation as our tough pre-season training would undoubtedly push us to victory, but we were mistaken.

From the opening bounce we were dominated all over the field as the game degraded to a game of "Everyone Run Where Ever You Feel" across the middle. With such loss of structure, the increased speed of the game, and lack of game experience, I felt lost all over the field. I still managed to make some decent plays, but when the final siren rang we lost by about 70 points. Overall, everyone had a very disappointing game. I was extremely disappointed in myself and I guarantee it won't happen again. I've only got once chance at this season and I am going to take full advantage of it.

Sunday morning, after licking my wounds of defeat and searching for my lost ego, some friends from work and myself got together to surprise a coworker for his birthday. We got together to play laser-tag out in the Swan Valley behind where I have played Super Golf in the past. The area was complete bush land with forts and tents set up all over the place. it was a great time and the perfect way to recover from a terrible Saturday.

I do have some pictures from this weekend, but not many. And, as you can probably tell, I'm in a rather tired mood so I didn't try to be cleaver or explain anything in much detail. Sorry, but my hands hurt from typing all day at work. I'll make up for it next week after we kick butt this weekend and come home with a victory.