BD Another bright and sunny day in Southampton, spoiled only momentarily by a brief rain shower. The GB teams march on, and with the 7 out of 7 still on the cards it's understandable that the newsletter received some criticism that it was quite GB orientated, yep, sorry about that. So I was under strict editorial instructions to get some non-GB pics this morning. Luckily for me the Latvia women vs Russia women game proved quite a spectacle, with Latvia pulling it out of the bag at the death. This end of the week does throw up some very close games.
Women The Women kicked off with a comprehensive 17-8 defeat of the Italians. And finished the day with another against the Danes, the second was closer than the first but they look in really good shape and its going to take a top performance or a huge choke to stop them retaining the title. They are through to the semis. Mixed The mixed team got off to a rough start, and were at the wrong end of 3-1 before they showed up and demolished the Italians. The Italians only managed 1 more point the whole game as GB ran out 17-4 winners. Later on they secured their place in the final with a comfortable win over Germany. Anna Wilkes taking down a big disc to change the momentum in GB's favour at the end of the game. GB are joined in the final by the Czech Republic, who have already beaten GB this week. The mixed squad members I spoke to said this was a positive thing as it made them focus and work hard from the off. Open Only played one game, and what a game. The complete annihilation of the French, not a bad team in their own right but they had nothing against the quick scoring O line and the impenetrable Zone D. Keith Hodgson ticked all the boxes with an outstanding individual performance. A greatest, caught on the edge of the zone by Britney for the 2 yard assist, A block-assist while playing in the cup, and finally a double handed layout Callaghan which sent the sideline wild, all in the space of 5 points. 17-5 the final score. Masters The old fellas done good with a solid win over the French. The game was brilliantly spirited all the way through apart from a very odd foul call on Harvey in the end, (see my photos in a couple of weeks). Big performance from Lars Patel, who flew at everything near him. They are through to the final. Didn't get chance to see what was happening in the other divisions but I hear good things. Cheers for now Tom Styles The Voice of UK Ultimate. PS as is stands GB have lost 3 games across all 7 divisions __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
