A solid day but still no win...

Today we had just the one game and it was a game that would decide where we would finish in our pool. A 4 point win would send us up to the top power pools by virtue of the maths of a three way tie with Mephisto and KFUM Orebro. A smaller win would leave us in third place (I think!) and a loss would leave us bottom of the pool, as originally seeded.

Going into the game we knew very little about Mephisto. They're from Montreal and Quebec and they speak both French and English. On the pitch yesterday they'd had a close first half with Clapham before conceding most of the second half points (losing 15-9) and they'd beaten the Swedes KFUM 14-9 in a huck happy affair. We were confident, rested and spurred on by watching LMS chalk up their first win of the week vs Brilliance.

The longest fussball table ever?!

The game started tight and stayed tight with neither team able to go on any sort of run. Both offences were very solid and both teams looked pretty even. They took half 8-6 but we fought back to 10-10. With the pressure on and towards the end of such a tight battle we lost our precision and were punished, conceding 4 of the final 5 points to lose 15-11. On one hand it was great to run a Canadian team so close but on the other the bitter taste of a close defeat was ours once again.

Ranelagh & Mephisto (Canada)

After the morning games we got to relax a bit at Tournament Central. They've a load of couches, some games - table football, Spikeball, speed throwing etc - and some live music. It was great to sit down (in the shade!) and chill for a few hours before heading out to cheer on the girls again. Their second game was against Fury who showed why they're seeded 3rd. They're full of impressive athletes and looked confident on both sides of the disc. They won out 15-3 in a tough match. LMS enjoyed it and we probably good for a few more points than they got.

Sinead going up high vs Fury

With the day's play over (for Irish teams anyways) we hit the lake for a cool down. It was bliss. Lovely water temperature, a ridiculously pretty back drop and a gang of the Cambridge lads laying out into the water from a platform. Good banter until Richard (our watermelon) died. Poor Flynner was gutted, much like Richard...

Nomnomnom & RIP Richard the watermelon

Since losing a day the format of the competition has changed. We are now in a group of three teams and will play only 5 more games, 1 tomorrow and 2 on both Thursday and Friday. Tomorrow is against the Prague Devils, a team that Irish teams haven't played in a long, long time. Looking forward to it already, as are these young pups (and Dominick)...