Hey BD, I was at the tournament on Sunday and things were looking good.
The venue is fantastic, very good pitches, a little damp in places but that's to be expected given the amount of rain, however they are holding together well and the weather forecast looks promising for the rest of the week. First off the mark for GB were the Women, they had a very shaky start with some nervous drops and many throw-aways. The O line got turned and scored on in the very first point of the tournament, not the best way to kick off. However they soon found their feet and playing some nice fast flowing O and hard D and walked away with the second half. 17- 7 to GB Mixed had a tough game against the mis seed Belgium team, they traded to 10 -10 and then stepped up a gear. Winning 17-12. Masters kicked Italy all over the park 17- 5 Juniors made a horrific start and were 10-1 down to Austria before they even showed up. They eventually lost 17-12 ish The Open team were a complete machine against Ireland. The Paddy Murphy boys told me afterwards that they thought that they had a 1 in 20 chance of catching GB on an off day and everything firing for them, but yesterday was not that day. GB started on D, got the turn and the score without turning over, they repeated this process 9 times before they made any sort of mistake. Awesome. 17- 2 ish GB women were the only GB team to play twice with a great performance against Germany in the show game. They came out of the trap very hot and dominated the first half. The second half was a more balanced affair and GB made a few uncharacteristic errors, but their lead was big enough and Germany didn't have any answer to their hard running. 17 - 14 ish. There is more information on the EUC website, which is now running nicely. www.euc2007.org Cheers Tom Styles Voice of UK Ultimate Back with more reports on tomorrow. __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
