This weekend I competed in the Canoe Polo at the State Masters Games in Port Pirie where my team, Youthless, won the gold! Not exactly sailing but "boating" all the same.
All players were ranked by the organisers at the start of the weekend and then five teams of four players each formed from the ranked list to provide as even a competition as possible. The result was an extremely even and hard-fought competition with a large number of draws in the matches played.
Each team played all the other teams twice with 6 matches on Saturday and 2 on Sunday followed by the finals.
At the end of the "round-robin" matches, my team Youthless, was in the first position (just) and so were up against the fourth team in the first semi-final. At full time the score was 2 all so the match went into extra time. The opposition scored a goal early and I thought we were done for but we managed to equalise then with literally 5 seconds to go managed to score again ... so we were in the Grand Final!
We were up against some excellent players in the Grand Final but they had worked hard to make the final in the previous match and we were able to keep the pressure up and gain an early lead which we managed to hold onto and extend resulting in victory!
One spectator's comment to me immediately following the final: "That boat seems to spend more time upside down than the right way up" sums it up nicely!
Everyone camped out at Bill's farm on Saturday night. Bill and Kay put on a magnificent BBQ and a great time was had by all.
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