The girls went off for wander and I got to starting the bacon and eggs as a hearty inclusion to the normal breakfast menu. It had rained over night, but wasn't as cold as we had experienced other days. With an earlier game today we had a much shorter time to kill in between breakfast and our game. I've had so many visitors asking if they can help, its been such an awesome thing. So todays helpers were given the job of making Vegemite sandwiches so they had something to eat on the way back after the game.
We have a fruit morning tea, and the girl watch some film on the opposition just before we load up the bus and head off to the game.
Today's game is important as it helps contribute to the overall ranking in our pool and determines who we will play from the other pool in what they call a 'crossover game'.
We head out to the stadium and catch the tail end of another win for our NSW Country Men.
Our game finally starts and we show early signs of strength. The game literally see'd and saw'd the whole time, We went from down as low as 10 points under to stage a massive comeback to score 24 points putting us 14 in front. Sadly we didn't come away with the win, but we learnt a number of lessons and there was lots to be proud of. In particular how they showed what they are capable of.
It was a sad loss for the girls, made worse by the lead they had I think.
We needed to regroup and assess what happened. The girls returned home for a recovery session, then off to Subway as a treat for lunch.
Once we arrived home the team regrouped and had a team chat which was hugely successful and putting them in the right frame of mind to tackle the rest of the tournament,
Little preparation from me today as we had already planned to have a family dinner where we could bring together all the families and supporters and enjoy a meal together. There is a bistro attached to the basketball stadium here and it was Parma Night. Perfect! Particularly as this is one of our coaches favourite meals.
It was nice to have all the families together, And it was a perfect setting for basketball lovers, as we overlooked the main court at the stadium too. I did the rounds of the families to have a chat with everyone. I am asked by all of them how things are going back here at 'home'. I was so pleased to be able to say that I feel so fortunate to have a great group of girls that are awesome at lending a hand. I get thanks after every meal, offers of help all the time and even thanks when the bus stops as they are hopping out. I am finding that I feel like an air hostess having to have a sequence of ways to respond to thanks.
"You're welcome, no worries, that's ok, cheers, you're very welcome, too easy........then repeat. A last minute dash out for some bread for brekky then I think I might attempt an early night.
I feel like today simply disappeared so quickly. I really can't believe that we have only 4 days of competition left now.
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