Paganello - Day 1
Day 1 of actual play. So this is my first time playing 'high-level' beach ultimate. Oh, btw we ended up with a starting 5 on the regurgitation team and they started the last game against the Italians. While they were game, we won like 17-1.
So, first round at 12:15 (thank god). We have 10 out of 11 for the first game. It was against Tailspin, a team from Sweden. Beach ultimate is a very different game from ultimate. It is really hard to make up space on someone, so the offense runs very differently. It's more of a German offense throwing to space. We were turnover free in the first half but fell apart in the second. JZ had a bunch of firsts in that game. First turnover, later first point block. After his 3rd turnover, someone else finally joined him on the turnover list. Jimmy P 'had some bad pancakes' and joined us for game 2 against UFO from Holland. However, Woody didn't wake up from his nap until maybe 5 minutes left in the game, so we had only 10 again. They went up 4-3 on us before we got our act in gear and went up 10-5. Served out for the win as the second 'half' got ugly again (there are no halves, you just keep playing until time, then +2 cap). Even longer break now, 3 rounds between this game and the next one. Watched the freestyle competition for awhile. Then Hollywood, Jim and I went to a cafe for an hour+ to get out of the wind and drink some coffee. Finally, game 3 against an Italian team that scored one point on us. Shockingly I ended up with no turnovers on the day. Mike Z said he didn't either but I don't believe him...
And now another Calva and seven...
So, first round at 12:15 (thank god). We have 10 out of 11 for the first game. It was against Tailspin, a team from Sweden. Beach ultimate is a very different game from ultimate. It is really hard to make up space on someone, so the offense runs very differently. It's more of a German offense throwing to space. We were turnover free in the first half but fell apart in the second. JZ had a bunch of firsts in that game. First turnover, later first point block. After his 3rd turnover, someone else finally joined him on the turnover list. Jimmy P 'had some bad pancakes' and joined us for game 2 against UFO from Holland. However, Woody didn't wake up from his nap until maybe 5 minutes left in the game, so we had only 10 again. They went up 4-3 on us before we got our act in gear and went up 10-5. Served out for the win as the second 'half' got ugly again (there are no halves, you just keep playing until time, then +2 cap). Even longer break now, 3 rounds between this game and the next one. Watched the freestyle competition for awhile. Then Hollywood, Jim and I went to a cafe for an hour+ to get out of the wind and drink some coffee. Finally, game 3 against an Italian team that scored one point on us. Shockingly I ended up with no turnovers on the day. Mike Z said he didn't either but I don't believe him...
And now another Calva and seven...
posted by Alex de Frondeville at 2:32 PM
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This is getting me pumped about this tourney next year. What is it? 362 days away?
Alex, I am disappointed you haven't followed up with Day 3 and so forth. In any case, good to see you out there, hope the Calvos continued. Next thing I know I'll see you at Gender Blender or Poultry Days or some other non-likely tournament...
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