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For those who are interested: Yesterday we played Holland in our first game. Despite a few blunders from our O line (giving them the disc on our own goal line twice!), we started to pull away in the second half as our D line went on a roll, with us running out 17-12 winners. They had several strong receivers who were able to pull the disc down over multiple GB defenders and kept the game close, but the pressure was always there and our D line's offence was very smooth, scoring 7 from 9 possessions. Our second game of the day was against Ireland. We scored on O and D to go 2-0 up, Ireland responded with 3 in a row. Teams basically traded out the half with one more break each, leaving Ireland up 8-7 at half with the all important break in hand. Ireland then converted their O point to take a 9-7 lead. GB responded with a 3 pass score on offence before the floodgates opened and the GB D line went on a huge roll, scoring 7 breaks in the second half including a layout Callahan from Captain Matthew Beavan on the way to a 17-11 victory. Ireland scored mostly off their strong deep game and patient swinging at the back, and this was a very tough game for GB. If Ireland can work on gritting their teeth in the second half to cope with an increased level of pressure then we expect them to go far this tournament, and they have a good chance of making power pools today if they can beat Italy. We wish them the best of luck. Today we face Belgium at 1pm, tomorrow we play Italy then (hopefully) the power pools beckon. I'll try to post updates on Twitter @GBOpen where I can, or I'll send an email when that seems to break down! Brummie GB Open __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
