And for once, its actually not because I didn't have something to tell, I actually have things going on, I was just too lazy to get off my ass (figuratively) and type up a few short paragraphs on this. But, enough of that. Lets get back to where we left off last time.
I was actually smart on this day, I forgot to bring my real camera!! :( So here are just a few pictures that I was able to take with my cell phone camera (no zoom, and battery dying so i couldn't take all that many pictures).
Enough of that, lets talk about the actual day.
The day started with us meeting at the 北口 (north gate) Lawson's at 7:30 in the morning (on a Sunday!). Needless to say, many people weren't on time. Luckily, the first games weren't until about 9:30 so we had plenty of time to spare (odd...sounds like something we would do in Hawai`i...). We had to drive out to Okinawa (thats right, just like theres the state 'Hawai`i' and the island 'Hawai`i', there is an island 'Okinawa' and a city 'Okinawa') which is about a 30 minute drive.
Once arriving, we got to check the schedule and we (りゅあるA) were in the first game. Our first match was a fairly simple affair with us winning 18-5. I must say, however, that our team had to work really hard! There were only 9 of us on the team total compared to about 12/13 for the other three teams. You do the math, 7 people on the field at a time, game takes 50 minutes with no official 'breaks' except for after scoring. It was quite a workout.
After lunch, we had our second game of the day. In my opinion it was probably the 'premier' match because we played against (arguably) the strongest team in the tournament. We really poured everything into the match. Unfortunately, we lost in the end 8-7. (Just one point! So close!) Needless to say, pretty much everyone was devastated by the loss.
Now, why do I say it was the 'premier' match? Basically its because we were the two top teams of the competition and it was the ONLY game that didn't have a large (more than 10 point) differential. That being said, our final match of the day was against りゅあるB, the first years at Ryudai. It was kind of funny that EVERYONE was cheering for the first years. Every score against us was greeted with loud cheers. (It was all in good fun because everyone kind of knew who was going to win in the end.) We won that game 20-2.
After it all, we were a close second to the 社会人 (people that have jobs) team.
On the way back home, some of us stopped off at a used store that had an amazing amount of goods. I most likely will head there again if I can convince people with a car to take me. :p
The Ryudai club 'celebrated' the night by going out to dinner (which is actually a normal occurrence for us) and we headed home for the day by about 9 (which is very unusual for us since we normally return at around 11:30/12:00). This was due to the fact that we were ALL EXHAUSTED from the day, especially my team (having to play up to 80/90 % of the time).
That's that, and now we're looking ahead to the next competition so that we can, as the club members put it, have our 'revenge match' against the 社会人. We're hoping to beat them since we were so close this time around.
Well, that took much longer than I thought. LOL.
Just so you guys know, I'm finally getting around to uploading the videos that I've been taking to youtube. Check it out if you like: My Channel
Until later, live aloha!~
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