Alumni Cup

So, we started the weekend slow, gained a bit of momentum, but were never going to challenge too many teams. We avoided finishing last and had a couple of good games but only got 1 win all weekend.

We had a real mix of a team with only a few subs. Many teams were in a similar situation with subs to us, but most had put together a team with a higher number of talented players to take advantage of the weaker players on our team. We had one win against Sheffield "Phat 'eds" alumni which was well earned and we took a pleasing amount of points from Manchester "Halcyon" and Loughborough "Haze" in our group games considering they went on to be in the 3 v 4 final.

We lost a big part of our team to injury in the game against "Haze", and then went on to lose our quarter final in sudden death in a game we could have really used him for, which would have put us in the 9-12 bracket instead of the 13-16 bracket. Still, we avoided a last place finish and I had a good time and the current students definitely had a strong weekend coming off the back of their Uni Mixed Outdoor National Championship title, the Open team took 6th and the Women's team lost a hard fought final to come home with second place.

No injuries to myself, supported the uni teams when I had the chance and had fun, so it was a successful weekend. Now to start the buildup to Bruges with Ka-Pow in what should be an even more fun weekend.

It will be my first international club tournament (Paganello excluded) and so I may get nerves before the first game, but if history is anything to go by, they shouldn't stick around once I remember that I'm just doing what I do.

Highlights of the weekend: Double helixing hammer to Nick for a score in our last game, and breaking zones all weekend!