Heroes - Seb
Heroes had one of our best games against Slamtown last week.
We were very stingy with our offense in the first half, getting out to an 8-4
lead without letting Slamtown convert any break opportunities. They rallied in
the second half and slowly but surely wore away at our lead. We drew the game
at 13's and again at 14's. We started the last point on offense, after the
handlers worked the disc to halfway Myall through a 50/50 huck to the endzone.
Musty and the 2 Slamtown defenders misread the disc and Gav was able to make
the big play, coming in with a sliding grab to seal the universe point win.
UQ Lovers - Moto
After coming a three weeks of inconsistent games, the Lover
were looking to put two back to back halves of good Ultimate and we managed it
against the Bugs. We came out with zone defence against a very different
looking Buggers with a lot of new faces. However, with Tony Ross anchoring
their handling line and some excellent popping from some of the Buggers
rookies, they were able to work it through our zone without too much trouble.
Switching to man D and maintaining a strong force, something that we have
improved markedly on, we started to generate turns and once we had the disc we
played very simple yet smart offence. Throughout the game the Lovers flow
improved with our basic stacking and cutting generating some fantastic
continuation play.
It was great to finally put to good, consistent halves of
Frisbee together as a team. With the return of Baynes next week, the Lovers are
looking to continue our improvement and make an impact on the competition this
season.
Blitz - Cunliffe
It's the game that every Blitz player looks
forward to the most - B1 v B2 - the Blitz Derby!
It's the highest intensity and most fun game of the
season for the Blitz guys played with a sense of good ole fashion sibling
rivalry (with a bit to prove for both side)...
There's always a lot of pre game smack talk yet this does
nothing but bring out the best in Blitz players because for some unknown reason
Blitz 2 always seems to play out of its skin when it comes to playing Blitz 1
and last night was no exception.
The game started with B1 getting a break on B2 straight
away... this was a small blow to the B2 confidence - but B2 quickly got one on
the board and then managed to break back not long after.
It was level pegging in the early stages until B1 snagged
another couple of breaks and took half 8 v 6. B1 jumped to a 9 v 6 lead
straight after half, but then something funny happen...
B2 decided they really wanted this win and before long it
was 9 all and the pressure was firmly back on B1. B1 countered, and took it to
11 v 9, then B2 rallied and took it to 11 all.
It looked like it was going to go down to the wire, and
there was a real sense in the B2 camp that the longer we stayed in contention
the more the pressure built on them, and a win might have been on the cards,
but for a couple of cheap turns near our endzone giving B1 the opportunity to jam
in a couple of quick goals.
The game ended 15 v 12, B1 breathed easy, but B2 had
definitely won the respect of their club mates.
As for me, Frisbee is a little bit underrated sport
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