And we are on the board!

Our second two day game of the tournament started with our first 9am game of the tournament. To be honest, the sweet schedule we'd been dealt couldn't last forever. We faced our hotel buddies and current NZ Open Division champions the Wellington Wildcats, knowing that a win would guarantee us beating our seeding. We got into the game after a strong warm up but simply didn't perform. We couldn't shut down their O and our O turned on shots we were hoping to avoid. It was a scrappy, disappointing and ugly performance from us - our worst of the week - and it hurt. 15-9 to the Kiwis, a result that sent us down to the 41-48 bracket.

Our second game of the day was against Flying Angels Bern from Switzerland who were having a strange tournament. They'd won 2 pool games but lost out on a 3 way tie and had then plummeted downwards. We were fired up and keen to improve on the morning display. It showed. A tigh first half saw them shading it 9-8 but we came out and got the breaks back up until 13s when we realised we needed to hold serve to win. Instead the D line closed the game out - a big scalp for our young squad and a welcome win too.

Elsewhere we watched LMS beat Bristol, a huge result for the girls, and further proof of this teams ability. Later int he day they lost a nail biter against a gutsy Bologna team, 14-15. It was one of the best fightbacks I've ever seen and the LMS team can hold their heads up high and proud.

We also saw the now famous quarter-final between Clapham, the 8th seeds and Revolver, the 1st seeds. It was a superb display by the London team who went toe-to-toe with the US boys until it came down to 16-16, winner takes all. Revolver have been here before and a 3 pass goal wrapped up an absorbing contest. We were gutted not to see Clapham advance but delighted for them for how well they played.

I'm shattered so signing off. A swim, pizza, some free beers and postcards (thanks Five & Get Horizontal!) and bed. Fun end to a good day. Tomorrow we play Ukranian team Gigolo. Only 2 games left so lots to give!