Winter League 1

Yesterday saw Broccoli take to the windswept and wet fields of Shankill for the first time in 2007. 6 players managed to make it there on time with the Rathmines crew of the Kielys, BB and Langer arriving just before the blatantly still drunk McKenna and my good self. Doctor Coakley was called in by the hospital to perform an emergency heart transplant but arrived midway through the first game without boots but eager to play.

Game 1 saw us play against Gonzaga who were playing their first outdoor game ever. Naturally enough they turned over the disc a fair bit in tough conditions but it was clear they'd been very well coached at the basics. Good catching and some fine throws were further evidence of excellent instruction. Despite this, our experience won through with Fiona particularily impressive, cutting long and short and repeatedly taking to her knees to catch discs coming to her at chest height! Everyone played well with the funniest mistake perhaps being Langers dump behind Brian on our goal line. It led to Gonzaga duly converting their sole score of the game. The were a fun, spirited bunch with good athletes on board and the experience they are gaining will stand to them in the future. 13-1 to the Greens. BB even managed to get a score!

Game 2 was always going to be a tougher affair against the DCU team with players like Blonde Rob, Petie and the 3 MaC girls - Yiv, Sandy and Shoulders all out to play hard. The conditions did them no favours though as the wind picked up and we were able to set up our first zone of the New Year. A good, fun first half saw us score 7 points unanswered on an increasingly cold and wet day. Our handlers were holding onto the disc well with the upfield players breaking at pace each time they got the disc. The second half followed the same pattern with DCU becoming increasingly unlucky at the front of our endzone. The final score of 13-0 didnt reflect how repeatedly close they were to scoring and I'd expect much more from them as a team as the League progresses. For us though, a great start!

Winter League 2 will be on Sunday the 21st, in 2 weeks time with a start time of 1.30pm. At the moment the schedule (as outlined below) sees us play DIT then Trinity but with UCD now also in the League (and how! - they beat Trin 9-5 yesterday!!) we may have to play 3 games. I'll keep you all posted. Well done and here's to the next one!

MVP - Fishbox McDonald
MSP - Luan McKenna

Team:
Marko, Rob, BB, Fishbox, Luan, Langer, JD.