Dischead's Lovefest Details

Good morning all!

The Incredible HUC and I have been having some discussions of late and he has queried the sole blogpost regarding the Heroes' clubs efforts at Lovefest last weekend. I assured him that something would be done to rectify the situation and without further ado I will present an accurate and sober recount of the weekends proceedings.

Match 1 - Discheads vs UQ AMUC

This game saw DH against the UQ mixed nationals team. With the help of a few handy pick-ups namely Buzz, Matty Stubbs, and Ed "Danger" Dangerous we managed to gain a comfortable lead and maintain it until the final whistle. End score was 9 - 5. This game we played relatively well as we were fresh, enthusiastic, and keen to impress in what was for most of us our first or second frisbee tournament. UQ played really well, unveiling a new woman named Janique (spelling?) from South America who was exceptional and as always the massively tall Justin played really well. UQ were probably let down a bit by the fact that their fearless leader Nathan was the Tournament Director and wasn't able to play because of his duties.

Match 2 - Discheads vs Slamtown Flatball Club

In hindsight, this was probably our best game of the day. Although we lost, we put forward some very tough questions to the eventual tournament runner's up. We had them guessing at a 2-0 lead after relatively few minutes but then allowed them back into the game and to get a break up and take the half at 6-4. From there we kept the margin of two points to the very end and made some good defensive points but lacked the composure to turn these into a string of points. The final score was 9 -7? to Slamtown. I have to also mention that the spirit shown in this game by Slamtown was exceptional.

A funny incident in this game was when Kev called an injury sub because he thought he pulled his groin. While limping to the sideline he threw in a cartwheel to try and "shake it out". He claimed that the injury may have just been a tweak from a recent vasectomy operation and needless to say he was back on in a few points time. If you are in need of a laugh, check out a SFC game as they do indeed have many jokers in the team.

Match 3 - Discheads vs The Formidable Green Machine (Heroes)

Well well well, what can I say... On Saturday night I went home, baked a humble pie, cut a huge slice, and ate it. And to be honest, although it pains me to say it the humble pie was delicious and even better was the fact that Heroes played an amazing game of frisbee. The end result was 11-6 and to their credit Heroes had basically sealed the game by half time.

To begin with their fearless leader Dan "the Man" Strelan took the bull by the horns and put Discheads on Offense. Some sideline commentators were expecting this to result in a long huck by Buzz and a relatively easily converted 1-0 lead to DH but this wasn't to be. With a male starting line of 4, 7 foot tall monsters I can see why Dan wasn't concerned with the long throw. Adam Dowley played the puppy position like an absolute bulldog, not giving away any quarter and Pete Allen chased down everything long. Heroes raced away to a 6 - 0 lead to take the first half. Also interesting to note was that Heroes scored off almost every turn in the first half which made it very difficult for DH to even feel like they were in the game. Their fluid play through our zone was very impressive and they used every player on the team to great effect. The girls also had a stella game. Full credit to Heroes who continue to play their attractive brand of frisbee and are (finally?) seeing the rewards of their efforts.

Match 4 - Discheads vs GMSS (Give me some sugar)

This was our last game for the day and by this stage some of our members were starting to feel tired and a bit sore. Due to GMSS and Heroes having a draw in the game preceeding this one we knew that in order for Heroes to achieve 4th place we needed to score more points against GMSS than against Heroes. GMSS ran away to an early lead and the game was looking rather ominous. However, we were not the only ones tiring and with some renewed effort and the pressure from GMSS dropping a little we clawed our way back into the game. A highlight for me was playing the puppy in the last couple of (very very long) points and forcing one of the turnovers very close to their line. Although we probably didn't convert the turn (ah, missed opportunities) it was still good to put that sort of pressure on their handlers. You may be thinking surely this was not just the work of one man running tirelessly after the disc like a possessed puppy dog and you are correct. The ladies on our team, Vanessa, Chantelle, Jo, Bri(atch), and last but by no means least Sarah, did a fantastic job all day running in the fence and also often playing in the midfield on offensive points. Although at times these positions may seem to be unrewarding, the pressure of the fence was converted into a number of turnovers and the work in the midfield created space long.

Back to the game wrap-up I believe the end score was 7-5 to GMSS. Well done to them and they secured 5th place.

Conclusion/Credits/Wrap-up (Sometimes titles really aren't all they are cracked up to be)

We finished the tournament in 6th place. Before the tournament Nathan has us seeded in 6th place so I suppose we played right to his expectations. I feel as though we had a pretty good tournament, although we only came away with one win, we challenged teams and almost upset teams that must have been favourites to beat us before the game. Experience is a very valuable thing in frisbee and by playing in tournaments such as these we will undoubtedly improve as a club, a team, and as a group of friends enjoying sports together.

Thanks to Nathan and the many members of the UQ teams that helped out and put on a really great tournament.

Well done again to the Discheads team that was... Seb, Luke Stark, Buzz, Matt Boevink, Matt Stubbs, Chris Fox, Ed "Danger", Jo, Vanessa, Sarah, Chantelle, Bri.