Wrapping Up

So to say that too much happened on the last few days would be an understatement. I'm sorry I haven't been able to post the details of our last few games, of the last few nights, and all the great fun we had at the end. But the last few days flew by and I'm only now getting over my exhaustion. So I'll try to very quickly summarize the end of the tournament...

As mentioned, we were able to soundly defeat Mexico (although sometime ask Mike or Johnny about the game), which left us with games against Ireland, Germany, and the Netherlands. Ireland was really pissed off about getting spanked by Venezuela and and Columbia and Germany for that matter, and decided to take it out on us. I think I already commented on that game, so I won't return to it. Thursday morning, we faced off against Germany. We were overwhelmed by their efficiency and plagued by our usually problems of poor fundamentals. After our defeat, we were able to watch Dominican Republic beat the Netherlands, and if we were able to beat the Netherlands would leave us with a Friday match against Domino. The DR guys had great spirit and were somewhat of a kindred spirit to us, so we really wanted to beat the Dutch.

Unfortunately, we matched up really poorly against the Dutch. Some injuries started to plague us and we also lost some of our players. James had an incredible game including totally d'ing a guy twice his height, but in the end, they just took too much advantage of the deep game and our mistakes proved too costly. We lost, but we had another chance against the Netherlands on the next day in the 15th/16th game.

By that time, we had lost a bunch of players to injuries, tiredness, and weddings, and we were down to a roster of 11. On Friday, we played a tough game against the Netherlands, but we just didn't have much left. Actually, we had nothing left, but we battled as best as we could.

After the game, we were done for the tournament. It was time to remember good (and bad) times and we held the team fines meeting on Friday night. That's the last I'll mention it, but we all had a great time, lots of laughing, and good times. The Friday night party was pretty fun and we definitely had a great time. It was held in a stadium/ice rink and I must admit, the band/dj/whatever sucked, but we still partied pretty hard. We found ourselves wandering back to the Pacific Spirit hostel late into the night.

On Saturday, we caught the finals. I'll just say that Mike, Chris, and Tavish have to work on their fantasy ultimate and they all still owe me a few beers. It was great seeing the Canadian mixed team win (Go Bridget! and our new friend Val), and the open finals was pretty amazing. Definitely a great game to watch. We finished up the day with the Saturday night party (plenty of flourescents, another somewhat crappy band, and all over way too quickly, but a good thing because I had an early bus to catch), and then it was over.

I think in the end, that was the worse part. It was definitely over way too quickly. One moment, we were meeting our new teammates, we were learning our zone, and we were figuring out where to get breakfast. Then next; it was the last points, the finals, and saying goodbye. I'll close up on the next few posts, but in the end, we definitely had a great time, played some great Ultimate, and starting to think about next time!