We won Spirit!!

Wow! What an incredible feeling and justification for positive attitude and hard work. Given they publish the Spirit scores each evening we got wind of this on Friday night, although one of the team's many mathematicians had worked out that a score of 20 from Revolver to Sockeye would send it to the Seattle boys... It wasn't to be though and during the last half hour of the Open final we were told the good news.

We'd played a few physical games during the week but throughout each one we'd spoken with other teams and players and we'd all agreed on what needed to change. It's rare that such discussions happen and the game changes as a result - we saw it firsthand in games that we lost and won, something that I reckon other teams appreciated too. To come home with a medal from this week means a lot to me, it being my last run out in Open (even if it ended in injury!) at this level. Collecting the medal in front of hundreds of friends and even more strangers, all clapping and cheering is a moment I will never forget... A great team of friends.