Well, that was a pretty lively weekend wasn't it?! Oxford City showed the other clubs how it's done, hosting a very successful tournament and social. Everyone chipped in to make it run smoothly and I thought it was a great day, helped by the generally good weather. Lots of the other teams fed back that they have a really fun day, and particularly enjoyed the relaxed vibe. I think that pretty much sums up our club! Thanks to everyone helped out, especially Becca and Alice.
Things I’ve learnt this weekend?
1. If you leave a smoke machine on until the room is virtually opaque, it will set off the fire alarm. Who'd have thought??
2. Becca & Lucy should not be allowed near a megaphone, especially not at 7.30am.
3. Theft will be punished, don't think I'll forget (see note 2)
4. Rum is a very potent liquid.
5. Trees are for growing fruit, not climbing (see note 4)
6. OCKC really know how to party!
In terms of the korfball we played, there were some definite highlights. Oxford City I had a strong morning, and were top of their division (ignoring Scratch) after wins against both Scratch and Supernova. There was the unfortunate moment of a loss against a pumped up Isis team, but we had already well qualified for the Cup competition then, so we obviously had half an eye on lunch! Oxford City II had a slightly tougher time of it in the group of death, but we did well to only lose 2-0 against Old Badgers, who went on to come fourth overall.
The afternoon continued in the same vein for Oxford City II, but there were some nice goals from Dave W (textbook running shot!) and overall I think it was a great experience for some of our newer players against high quality opposition. I think it says quite a lot when the opposition captain is surprised to hear that not all of our players had played in a tournament before (has it only been 2 training sessions Oli?!). Top efforts. Oxford City I had a mixed afternoon – we played well in rainy conditions against eventual champions Leicester Tornadoes, and only lost by one goal while we probably could have won. Bristol Thunder played very well against us in the second afternoon game and were deserved winners. We then went into our final match against the in form Abingdon (18 goals in their first three games!) and unfortunately couldn’t turn our efforts into enough goals. Let’s not mention any of my missed penalties please!
My personal highlight was the great performances from Oli, Frances & Anthony. I was really impressed. You all slotted in well in your first tourmanents, and Anthony must be pleased with two long distance goals! I discovered today that it was Taissa's first tournament as well, and I would never had been able to tell!
Best goal? There were some good contenders from Ruth and Dave W, but my money is on Arge – he shot from so far out even he was surprised when it dropped straight in!!
After a few moments while I mopped and dried out my flooded groundsheet with paper towel, we went on to the social! If the quality of a night out can be measured by the opposite the next day, the Big Mac meal I had for breakfast shows how much fun the evening was! Supernova did their bit by bringing along an awful lot of rum and sharing it with everyone, and Isis’s 99 red balloons were also extremely fun to pop – BUNDLE!!. Visually impressive but probably least themed fancy dress was Dave W as Banana Man from the hit song, er, Banana Song (as made famous by Despicable Me 2!)
Most cryptic costume was Luke’s very impressive Careless Whisper, and special mention goes to Taissa’s Paint it Black efforts, but the prize for getting most into the spirit of fancy dress goes to our very own Genie in a Bottle, Lucy. Probably the only person in the room who could actually physically fit into a bottle, she’d spent weeks at the gym getting into the shape needed to pull off the costume! That’s dedication.
Good effort everyone, here’s to next year! We’ll get chance to do it all again in two weeks at Nottingham as well… The fancy dress theme is Looney Tunes – let me know Dave if you need guidance on what actually constitutes a Looney Tunes costume!!
Cheers,
Dan
OCKC Chairman
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