To start Saturday we had one victory in and one tight loss in our pocket. We were anticipating a tight game against our good friends the Amsterdam Sabotage 2 so we changed our strategy so that we would push way harder from the midfield and M-side to compensate the lack of aggression seen in our games on Friday. The winner would secure a spot on Sunday so the stakes were high.
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I just got a report from Bitburg so here goes…
The third game of Malaga was played this morning against Empire Venice. As expected it was a tight one. Cyclone managed to score the first points taking the game to 2-0 but after regrouping the Empire boys tied the game to 2-2 plus took the next point to 2-3. Cyclone tied the game again to 3-3. Empire managed to get a great break to the last point and took the win 3-4.
It seems that our guys are going to have game packed weekend since although they lost their game they’re still going to go through to the “Sunday club”. The Malaga tournament had so few teams that actually got there that an extra 6 teams go through to the last 16. Cyclone is one of them and their next game is against FiveStar Lleida. After that they’ll start the Bitburg tournament and play against FiveStar Lleida again but this time on a different field.
Tomorrows opponents are going to be the Danish Copenhagen Synergy and Dogs D Amour Thessaloniki from Greece.
Millennium 2010 Bitburg is at hand and the anticipation is crushing…
First of all: After the Malaga event got canceled on Saturday, the last games on our group got moved to Bitburg and everything remained open. Now the situation is, that Empire Venice has a firm grip on the preliminary win with their two points. Both we and the Sugar Daddy’s have acquired one point before the last game, so if we both take wins, there will be three teams at two points and it’ll all be decided by the point differences. To go even further, if we should take the win with a landslide, we have a chance to win the preliminaries all together. Talk about pressure…
It might seem that this report is late on arrival but I assure you it is not. Because of Pinatubo2 in Iceland our players have been arriving home during the weekend almost a week later then scheduled. Here’s what happened:
A great trip but right here, right now I’m tired as ever!
Somewhat surprisingly, this time around the trip went like a breeze. No problems whatsoever with the law & order, we didn’t even miss the ships, no fatal car crashes, no one went to demand the consigliore to get supplies from McDonalds or for other entertainment…and overall, nothing which “didn’t occur” occurred. Weird? Continue reading ‘Riga Recap!’ »
So, 15 years of Finnish Paintball it is then. Now that these new pages are finally being released I was pressured to write something to them. After a while of thinking and a lot of beverages I thought it best start from the start… And yes… I know there are a lot of players that have played a lot longer than I have and they probably have some great stories too. Unfortunately I’ve never actually read any of these great stories, so dear reader, I’m afraid you’re stuck with me.
The other reason for my topic is ofcourse the constant nagging of the younger players about my age. These guys seem to think that a forest is something with mushrooms in it and speedball is remake of an old computer game. The basic player in my team these days has been playing from 2-5 years, an infant compared to my years. So here it begins then…the flow of thoughts from my head. And if you happen to find some sort of hints towards autobiographical writing, congratulations, you’ve passed the first IQ and collect you price at www.cyclone.fi
More soon to follow…
