Adding to the regular toast, cereal, Up & Go's, yoghurt, and fruit breakfast was a few pancakes. The girls have been eyeing off the shakers for days now. So I put them out of their misery and hoped that it would give them the boost they needed for today's very important game. A win today will put us in the top 4 teams in the country. I have been doing my best to give the girls some variety in their meals which is hard as breakfasts and lunches for 14 people can be hard to change much.
Fortunately the girls are creatures of habit and game day breakfast (well everyday) is quite fine to keep it the same, with a variation every few days.
The girls seem ready to go and keep to go out and get the win. They have already walked before breakfast and get into their uniforms early so the coach can run through a few plays on a small basketball court here at the accommodation. I really wanted to jump back into bed, as the tail end of the trip means that we are all getting more tired. The girls are anxious to get going as they start to meander outside with their back packs on, so I get ready quickly and head out.
About a KM down the road I realise that I have left the lollies behind. This is a staple that are often needed to pep up the sugar levels, and the spirits, at half time and the end of the game. For the superstitious amougnst us it was important to have these and not just pick up some others at the stadium's canteen. So I drop the girls off and head back home to get them. Fortunately its about 10 mins away and we were ahead of schedule. Phew.
We had our team chat in the changeroom, then hit the courts for warm ups. I am not sure exactly what happened today on the court, but we were not able to reign in a very neat and accurate team, and lost the game that took us out of medal contention. The girls were understandably disappointed and would agree it wasn't their best game. However there were, as always, some great things that happened throughout the game, both from the bench and on the court, so it never is all bad.
Our Country boys were playing straight after us, so we hung about to lend our support, and I enjoyed a nice coffee.
We enjoyed Subway for lunch, then headed home for showers and to regroup. Its actually pretty cool to have so many of them want to support our other NSW teams, because they ask if they can go and watch the NSW Metro boys play. How can I say no to that?
I had some other things to do, so the coaches and the girls were dropped off while I grabbed some food for dinner and did the washing.
Manager tip - cooking cheat - So tonight's dinner was ridiculously easy. I made some pasta, added some of those simple stir through sauces and to give it some protein I bought a few BBQ chickens and stripped all the chicken off it, diced it up and threw it in too (with some help from a couple of the girls). Was a great hearty and healthy dinner, and so easy.
The girls watch some Home and Away, and one of the ACs hang about for some company. We just chill out till it's bed time.
Tomorrow we play a team we have played very first, and got close, so we will be looking for something to prove. A good night sleep and a new day tomorrow!
For not a lot happening today, it was a realllllly looooooong day.
I would like to wish all the other NSW teams the very best of luck tomorrow as they all play in Semi Finals. If it can't be us, I hope it's one of them.
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