Saturday recap:
As predicted, even though Ka-pow only had 9 players they muscled through the group, beating Burro and Leeds, but ultimately fell short against a strong DED squad of over double the number of players. DED went on to finish 9th overall proving the strength of their squad.
Sunday recap:
Turned up Sunday morning and was one of the first to the pitches. We had limited warm ups all day to conserve energy. First game was against Wessex. Nick (Wessex) unfortunately went down to a very bloody nose early on in the game which was a shame as the game could have been even closer with him in it. Was very close until near the end when we managed to pull it out. Final score was a W for Kapow 15-12 (I think).
Next up was Tooting Tigers. They had another big squad and we knew they were all fit and athletic and well drilled. The first half was a little one-sided and we lost it 8-4, the second half we managed to stifle their cuts and play well, and we won the second half 8-7 but ultimately couldn't make it close enough and keep up with their less tired legs and they took the win 12-15.
Lastly we played Devon. We played them last weekend at Fog Lane under similar circumstances, they again had a big team and we didn't and again we managed to pull out another hard fought win. Pure grit and our zone working well meant that we could get a few turns and put in our O most of the time. Can't remember the final score but this win meant we finished 19th overall.
Good start for a very small team playing in blazing heat in cotton shirts (eugh). I've said this before but I have a really good feeling about this squad, this season. Bring on tour 2.
I thought I played ok, got one run through D and made some good break throws. Also, got some nice scores, assists and high grabs and played deep defense pretty well but it was hard to play really great due to tiredness. No layouts so didn't aggravate my knee and should be fine from now on, but will continue to wear my knee pad for a while, just in case.
Interesting talking points from this tour:
Fire 1 and Fire 2 switched their squads completely after Fire 2 finished higher at Fog Lane than Fire 1. In an interesting turnout, Fire 1 (which was Fire 2 originally) again finished higher.
Fusion suffered a severe tumble this tour, narrowly avoiding relegation to B-Tour, finishing 21st after starting the weekend as 13th seed.
Clapham beat GB Open in the Quarter Final, to put GB Open out of the top 4 and behind three other National teams: Germany (1st), Sweden (2nd) and Austria (4th). GB and some other national teams have stuck around the grounds to play some friendlies today again.
GB Masters won their last game against France Open to take 7th overall.
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