Some BIG Thank Yous

Sorry this post is coming so late. I realize that it's been a little over a week since we left Vancouver, but I hope you understand that life left little time for blogging toward the end of the tournament. However, I wanted to write a few special posts, and this is the first one. This one is to thank all the people who helped us out.

First, thanks to the South African Ultimate community. For me, it has been an awesome experience to be part of a great group of people and make so many friends. We definitely felt like we were representing South Africa and all of the great players and great friends that were back in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Peitermarzburg, Mozambique, and elsewhere around South Africa. I think we did well in representing the great spirit that the South African community has and I'm looking forward to playing in Rocktober, Nationals, and (I swear I'll make it if you do it again next year) Mozambique.

Second, a big thank you to our families and friends. The words of encouragement and good wishes were greatly appreciated. I know we played our hearts out and we definitely left everything we had on the fields. It really is an awesome feeling to know you have people supporting you and we really appreciate all of the love passed our way. Thank you to everyone who has read this blog and thanks for the great support.

James and Ryan L. will continue to get a big thanks for the great job they did on our kits. Our jersey's were definitely some of the hottest property at the tournament. And a big reason was the great design of James and high quality shirts from Ryan. Thanks guys!

A huge thank you to Chisa and Andrea. Some of you from South Africa might remember Chisa from Mozambique, and she and her friend Andrea went out of their way to make the South African team feel at home in Vancouver. Andrea was the best tour guide ever and Chisa even threw us a Braai! Thanks to the Chief and Chisa's friends, we had a fantastic, incredible team dinner that included barbeque meat and sushi! It was an awesome experience that no one on the team will forget. Chisa and Andrea are definitely the heads of the Vancouver chapter of the South African fan club, and they will always be welcome by anyone on the team where ever we might be. Thank you so much helping us have a great experience.

Finally, thank you to my incredible teammates. It was an awesome tournement. There were so many great moments, memorable nights, and great plays. I don't think any of us will forget this for a long time. I've still got one more post, but I think Mike called for Hill sprints for 2012 this friday...