V-I-C-T-O-R-Y

Well folks, this past weekend my team celebrated our first win of the season!! This week I played with the Thirds against Wannaroo and we absolutely smashed them. I think we won by a total of 22 goals and I played extremely well. I think I gathered something like 20 possessions and had about 10 kicks, which is really good. I even had my first goal of the year!! At the end we all got into a circle to sing the song, which I don't know, so I just stood around smiling. Very excited and great motivation to work even harder!

I think my favorite moment of the game was early in the 2nd quarter. By this point we were ahead by about 10 goals and the other team was getting extremely angry. We were attacking on offense and the ball was on the ground, and me and a team mate were both near it, so I let him get the ball and I shepparded (to shepperd is to use one's body to hit an opposing player so your team mate has a free run at or with the ball) his defender. Well, he didn't like it much and put me in a headlock from behind and threw me down. Extremely angry at the cheap shot I proceeded to get up, grab his jumper around the neck and give him around 5 close range punches to the jaw while talking some trash. But, the best part was that I got a free kick, delivered a beauty down-field, and we ended up kicking a goal. Justice was served...

On the downside I was playing in the Thirds. On Thursday, just before selections, my coach approached me and said I would be playing Thirds for a week or two, just so I can play my natural position of half-back flank. In the Twos I've been playing forward pocket, wing, and on the ball. I've never played any of those positions before so I was struggling a bit. But, once I moved back to my position I began to kick ass again. Now I just hope to get moved up and put in a position where I can help the team. I think with the confidence I gained from my performance last week it will only get better.

Like I've been saying all along: "I don't care where I start. It's where I finish that matters." And, if I keep on improving at the rate I am, I think I'll be finishing with a very strong showing. Just yesterday at training I got a number of compliments on my improved skills and natural awareness. I'm not huge on compliments, but it does feel good to get noticed every now and again.

Lastly, new pictures of the Mr. Scarborough competition have been put up. They are a bit scandalous so don't say I didn't warn you!