The voice's report Wednesday. Open. The open machine rolls on. First off was Finland. The finns made a good fist of the game and scored plenty, but they never took the lead and never looked like threatening to either. Huge plays from Sam Lord and hot handling from Dan Furnell capped a great team performance. The Finns are not a light weight team by any stretch of the imagination, but they were made to look quite ordinary by GB's squad. They could win the game with sideline energy alone such is the enthusiasm and support that exists in the team. The second match of the day saw the hard running Swiss side give GB a good game in the first half, but once the GB D machine got up to speed there was very little our muesli munching friends could do. They only scored twice in the second half as GB eventually won 17-8.
Women. The women kicked off this morning with a strong performance against Sweden. And won their second game of the day to 5. I can't see many teams really challenging them Mixed Started the day with a slip up. Losing 14-16 to the Czech Republic wasn't in the game plan but the team seemed positive about it and comfortably won their other game of the day. Masters Started the day with a stunning game against Finland. Both teams brought out some fantastic ultimate and traded point for point all the way to 15-15. With a last ditch effort they managed to secure a block or too in the final minutes of the game and took the game 17-15. A joy to watch. Juniors Easy wins over both the Swiss and the ?. Mean that the Juniors will probably finish top of the round robin stage, and may well face Austria in the semis, having played so awfully against them in the opening game I'm sure that every member of the squad will be eager to settle the matter. On Tuesday afternoon the juniors had one of their greatest games, coming from 10-14 behind to defeat Germany in a time capped game to 16. Their coach, Nick "Statto" Sampson, said they wanted the result badly and ground out the win, despite it not being too pretty at times. "It was a mental battle and we wanted it more." Junior Women I was lucky enough to see the Junior women kick the Swedish team, in a well spirited game. Both teams lacked the solid and consistent passing and catching of the senior women's squad who were all present on the sideline along with their Swedish counterparts, but they did at times show some really great flow and skills. Every point involved a number of turn overs but that added to the excitement. GB's strength in depth has improved a great deal as they now have a number of players who can handle well and put up a big disc when it's required. 17-8 Under 17s Bageled Sweden in a none game. Coach Andy Vaughan said that the Sweds didn't bother to show up, the game was meaningless and they treated it as such, however the history books won't show that they'll just show the score 17-0. The under 17s beat Finland today and look like being favourites to win the division. Ireland Both the Irish open and women's teams are playing very well, the women are in the bottom six, but a 9th place finish would still be a brilliant result. Ireland open have already beaten the Danes, which is a hefty scalp to take at this level, today they added the French to the list of wins and also pushed Sweden to 16-13, in an angry game where the Swedes repeatedly spiked the disc and were very aggressive in their celebrations. Well done Ireland. Weather has been hot and sunny and the ultimate is looking good. Cheers Tom Styles Voice of UK Ultimate __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
