Netball Miracle
After the shock of finding it out we made it to the Semi Finals - and getting up off the floor we started to get nervous about the thought of playing in the finals.
Our first game was at 6pm and if we won this game we would go straight to the Grand Final - if we lost we got to play a second game which was at 7.20pm and if we won we get into the Grand Finals.
Tuesday night came and we were all pretty nervous - a few people from work came, plus spouses and kids to support us and cheer us on.
The first game we played at 6pm (I was on the wing) - we got absolutely flogged. They were fast and furious and there was no way our little legs could keep up with them (we are quite a short team)....after an extremely hard and fast game we did not cherish the thought of having to play again - most of us felt like going home and sleeping for the next 10 years.
The second game we had a chance to catch our breath and mentally prepare ouselves - we all changed positions again and I was back in my normal position of Goal Shooter and we gave as good as we got - we were hot and by half time it was 10 all...the pressure was on.
We stepped up the defence and got a few turnovers and before we knew it we were up 7 points - the tide had turned and for the first time all season we felt in control of the game...We won by 4 points - we couldn't believe it we were all jumping up and down and hugging each other.
The good news....we are in the Grandfinals....The bad news....we play the team again that just flogged us....oh well it doesn't matter if you win or lose - as long as you have fun and thats what we do - we have fun, laugh at ourselves and laugh at everyone else (hee hee)
Stay tuned for the GrandFinal results on Tuesday night...
Our first game was at 6pm and if we won this game we would go straight to the Grand Final - if we lost we got to play a second game which was at 7.20pm and if we won we get into the Grand Finals.
Tuesday night came and we were all pretty nervous - a few people from work came, plus spouses and kids to support us and cheer us on.
The first game we played at 6pm (I was on the wing) - we got absolutely flogged. They were fast and furious and there was no way our little legs could keep up with them (we are quite a short team)....after an extremely hard and fast game we did not cherish the thought of having to play again - most of us felt like going home and sleeping for the next 10 years.
The second game we had a chance to catch our breath and mentally prepare ouselves - we all changed positions again and I was back in my normal position of Goal Shooter and we gave as good as we got - we were hot and by half time it was 10 all...the pressure was on.
We stepped up the defence and got a few turnovers and before we knew it we were up 7 points - the tide had turned and for the first time all season we felt in control of the game...We won by 4 points - we couldn't believe it we were all jumping up and down and hugging each other.
The good news....we are in the Grandfinals....The bad news....we play the team again that just flogged us....oh well it doesn't matter if you win or lose - as long as you have fun and thats what we do - we have fun, laugh at ourselves and laugh at everyone else (hee hee)
Stay tuned for the GrandFinal results on Tuesday night...
posted by Jeannie @ 12:01 AM
7 Comments:
At 6:57 AM,
John said…
Oh! No! Are you sure you do this for fun?
GBYAY
At 10:14 AM,
Jeannie said…
Absolutely - well after it took 2 days for my body to stop aching anyways...
At 11:26 AM,
Jeannie said…
Hey - we didn't need your observations as it was clear as the blue sky that we needed to change this - but thank you for your input...go girls...
At 5:08 PM,
John said…
Duh! it takes a 'girlie man' to observe a girlie's game! Get a life Mal! Go eat some porridge! :)
GBYAY
At 6:32 PM,
Jeannie said…
Oh not the porridge thing again....
At 4:43 AM,
Callmeteem said…
Congratulations--now, what exactly is netball?
At 11:19 PM,
Jeannie said…
Tim, Its set up like a basketball court - sort of but the court is split into 3 sections with goals at either end and a centre in the middle - you have to throw the ball without running or having contact of any kind with your opponent...its a great game and the ball is like a volleyball (a bit harder though)
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