Turkey Bowl

i write this entry as my body continues to endure the pains of the Turkey Bowl this past Saturday.... yep, the American football tournament was this past weekend, and it was quite possibly one THE funnest times i've had in my life!!

my team consisted of many guys who were over 30 years old... and there was a minimum of 2 girls per team...but there were 3 in total. our first game was at 7:30am on the Alliance field... and our last game finished at 5pm...with the rain just starting to pound down on us seconds after the game ended. in total, we played 6 games... SIX FREAKIN GAMES! but the question is...did we win?

no... no we didn't...but we made it to the championships. it was our team, against Youthworld...not surprisingly consisting of many guys 25 and under, who also played ball in university/college. but get this, the game was still 0-0 at half time, yeah, we made them EARN their win. here's what happened:

there was another 30 seconds left in the game and Youthworld was up by one touchdown with the score at 15-20...we were seriously 2 meters on the 3rd down from the end zone, soooo ready to get the next touch down and win the game with a score of 21-20. the play started, our quarterback threw to what at the time was an open player....AND THE BALL GOT INTERCEPTED. i think i almost cried. i woke up at stinkin' 6am!! played 6 games!! and LOST!!! but really...it was an incredibly fun day... i love the guys on my team. while they were older, they play basketball like 3 times a week and are used to the altitude.... Youthworld didn't win without a fight....

a highlights of the day... i "tackled" (this was flag football) the quarterback on a team called "The Rugby Players." they're the only rugby team in ecuador, so they enrolled in the Turkey bowl...unfortunately for them, rugby is NOT football... and it was worked to our advantage. it was quite amazing to see them do rugby plays during a football game tho...their lateral passes were phenomenal! but with our man-to-man strategy, we had 'em. it was great tho, cos the quarterback and i talked later...he was this big englishman who teaches at the British School in Quito...and said he couldn't believe he got tackled by a girl!

i think when i head back to vancouver i might actually watch a BC Lions' game now that i understand football... and it's not just a bunch of guys running into each other. takes strategy, and strength. yes, i've discovered a new sport, and im lovin it!

cept i can't bend over cos my back kills :)

more tomorrow.

dL