Getting into a bit of a habit, our second Friday of work was also cut short, again hopping into Dave’s van, but this time heading down to Otaki, just an hour short of Wellington. Steve from work also was coming with us, and along the way we picked up Nic and Scott. Cam had filled his van with all the boats for the weekend so we just piled our bags into Dave’s van and the seven of us headed south. After a very very long drive we got to Otaki and picked up the keys for the scout hall we were staying in for the weekend, conveniently located right beside the pool the games were on in! After a bit of indoor cricket (played with a plank and tennis ball) we headed off to bed.
This weekend was the first for the Grade B teams. Auckland club had two teams entered and had structured them to have two even teams. I was playing on Hammerheads with Sean, Cam, Andy Candy and Alistair (so no subs!), while Dave, Nic, Steve, Scott, Martin and Stacey were playing on Mako. Our team started off well on Saturday, winning two games and drawing with the strongest team in our group. However, on Sunday we lost our last match in the group stages, leaving us in 3rd place and playing for 7th to 9th place. It was a close run thing though, as one more goal at the right time in the group stages would have resulted in us playing for 4th to 6th place, and two goals at the right times would have left us playing for 1st to 3rd!
However, that was not to be and we ended up coming 9th after another draw and a loss. It wasn’t so bad though, as Mako came 10th so we were still ahead of them!
Then it was off back to Auckland to be ready for work the next morning, feeling like a normal Monday morning, wrecked after a polo comp!
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