brief round-up

Hi Everyone,



Well apparently Worlds is over. For those of you who haven't been anxiously 'watching' our games 'live' on the WUGC website, ie the score updates, we came 4th. No medal :( However, we did have two strong games to finish on.



Just thought I'd give a quick round-up on some of the games. It does already all seem a bit of a blur but here goes...

So on day 3 we played Germany and there is a round up of that game. In the afternoon we played Columbia and while they had been a surpirse package in some of the divisions we managed to get a good start and pull away for a strong win.

Our win against Germany meant we were second in our pool and on day 4 the cross overs started. We were up against Japan first. Japan is known for a fast moving game with very accurate throws. They put a zone on us and we had a few issues getting the disc through that space. Again we seem to like to give teams a bit of a lead, but in teh end the score was 16-12, not too shabby but we didn;t play our best. Some of the highlights in tah game were th mtach up between Tex and and a particulalry tall Japanese player where Tex just kept skying him for scores. We did manage to shut down their up the line dump cuts pretty well. James Yorsten was cutting under brilliantly and had some excellent defensive blocks.

I have to sya the spirit was generally good. Sometimes with th language barrier it is a little difficult but there was a good vibe about this Japanese team. At the end of the game we shared some Vegemite with our opposition and were then rewarded with some Wasabi. As the guy standing next to be said 'aahh revenge' for the vegemite that is.

The afternoon saw us take on Canada and again we let our opposition get a jump on us. They were absolutely punishing us for any turnovers with a strong backhand huck game. Good post here http://www.wugc2008.com/node/691 about it.

So we had two losses that day and really needed to beat GB teh next day if we wanted to make it to the semis. While the first half with GB was pretty tight the seond half the Mundis really stpped up their game and dominated. THe offense was much cleaner and there were a few big Ds and good grabs to boost the energy. So we had qualified for the semis.

Our semi-final was against Japan. In our pool game we had had quite a few unforced errors anr we were planning not to do teh same again. We had played Man on man D and looked to try and follow taht through. However, things did not go to plan and we found ourselves 5-1 down, not a great start to a semi and head were down quite a bit. Then tehre was the inspired decision to try zone. Now Japan is known for being abot work well against the zone, but they struggled, and stuggled and Australia put some huge pressure on them and also managed to convert when we got teh turn over, always a bonus. So we made a brilliant run to take half 7-6. THere were many very hard fought points. James and Chris did a great job running on the mark. I was amped up at half time and incredibly proud of what we had done and really thought we had the game. We continued strongly but then Japan rallied, working it through teh zone and punsihing us for some turns. They took eth game by 2. All I can say is that it was horrible. However, we played well as a unit and really took it to the best in teh world.

We then had to back up the blow of losing teh semi and play teh US team who had lost to Canada. Again it was a pretty strong game and a close one. There was some not great calls from teh American team including a travel on JD who had just thrown a classic long forehadn to Tex for a score and earlier and foul on a great lay out from Warrick. Bec Carmen had some great d point including a layout. Yet, we had two strong game to finish and really managed to play well.

I'm hoping Adam will post some more details oh and someone shoudl definitely post about the parties!

I'm just going to go through our roster and say a coudple of things about each of my awesome team mates and their play because it was an absolute pleasure to be on the Barramundis 08. ok, here goes.


Lee Baker: Some great takes in the air and an awesome scramble layout catch in the endzone against Germany. Fabulous support and encouragement on the sideline.
Sebastian Barr: Cool, calm an collected. Had a brilliant game aginst the US in the pool round and was consistent the whole tournament.
Peter Blakeley: Surely the fastest player and worlds and bot did he let other teams know. While he was our highest point scorer Tex had some awesome throws too.
Rebecca Carman: Running long ad gettign free, but highlight for me was defintely her tenacious D in the 3/4 game against US.
John Damiani: Unfortunately the lovely JD didn't get to play the first few days but certainly made an impression on teh field when he did play. Skying people way taller than himself and a textbook layout to score against the US.
Al Don: our fabulous Captain who certainly played with 'mogrel' throughout the tournament. He had a big responsibility and carried it off with aplomb.
Christopher Freise: Running all day, taking some great long catches and putting up some sweet hucks.
Mel Gangemi: Cutting under, her two faboulous payouts in a row against Germany and then getting the pass of while being defended by someone twice her height. The absolute joy on her face when scoring!
Leanne King: Getting the disc moving all the time and quick reactions for D and her ever entertaining oneliners.
Cath Matthews: Fabulous running on zone d. and great pressure on eth mark especially against Canada and Japan. Being willing and more than able to step up and handle when we got the turn.
Gaby Melo: ahhh the wonder of having Gaby as axis it is such a great sight. Her leading flick that just gets us so much ground and her consistancy. Great marking of the under cuts too.
Brett Middleton: I am so proud of Brett and his involvement throughout the tournament. While he was unable to play cause of eth PCL he was very much there and part of each game. Of course his three scores from three points against Italy was brilliant and yes it made me cry!
Adam Mortimer: His speedy play, willinginess to throw himself at everything and ability to keep calling lines and come up with new ideas.
Kristen Nott: Fabulous grab against GB, I think, and D against Japan. Continual running to open up space for offense.
Vickie Saye: Classic Vickie Saye grabs in the endzone and some very calm assists.
Warwick Sheperd: Fabulous hucks and very strong under cutting that opened up a whole heap of space./ Layout d against US.
Lucy Stevenson: Lay out catch agisht Italy lay out Ds against so many people and basically marking #66 for Canada out of teh game.
Huy Vu: absolutley brilliant dump marking that got us numerous turns and some crisp and very efficient throws.
Andrea Wang: Great work on eth wing, some goals where she ws free by a mile and awesome pressure on the mark.
Stephen Wealands: Intensity whenever he was on the field, be that cutting hard under, taking some nice long grabs or working incredibly hard on d to get the disc back for the offense team.
Max Wheeler: As our number one goal thrower Max was involved in so much in every game. His ability to lift to a new level when necessary and leave everything on the field.
James Yorston: Fantatsic under cutting that got the disc moving for us on many occasions. His puppy mark (running in the wall was a pleasure) and his great Ds against Japan in the first game.

I could also do a whole other list of what I remember about people just from eth pre-tour an tournie not frisbee related but that would take way too long.

Thanks Mundis.