The IFDA Good Friday Tournament

The first tournament Mixed Veg attended couldnt have gone any better. We arrived hoping to get to the final and to get some good game time under our belts before DUB 06, little did we know how much fun we'd have. Our group was the tougher of the two with BUG, G33 and Captain Drinking Binge all to be played. First up were BUG who ran their hearts out with Pete, Ob, Adam and Beth playing fantastically despite having no subs to help! The call saw us do a lot of wrestling and provided some fascinating match-ups not least between the women! Next were the G33 crew who played very well. We traded til 3s (I think) and then we scored a few on the trot before trading until the finish. As always it was a tough, physical but very spirited match with the Hag, Darkie, Mick and Tommy all standing out. The team call was highly amusing as Hag offered Fishbox and Nialler some lovely choices - 'If you had to choose between...' :) And that was followed by Softy beating Tommy in a dance-off. Priceless. The final game before 'lunch' (at 3pm!) was against the Bingers who as usual made us run, fought hard and played some lovely breakside Ultimate. We came through despite Seamus, Col, Tony & co.'s best efforts.

After a slightly short but very tasty lunch we played Sligo in the semi-final. Again, it was a tricky match that saw lots of good Ultimate played by both teams. After a tight start the Veg slowly but surely added on the pints to emerge winners. Fair play to Sligo (who want on to win 3rd place) for travelling so far and putting in the effort! That left us with one more match - the much fancied final against Throwing Shapes. They were short on personnel and tired after a long day playing Ironman but we didn't let that stop us ;) We ran out 10-3 winners in a game that was tougher than the score suggests and wouldve been tougher still (as they proved a week later!) if theyd had a full squad.


Well done to Binge who picked up Spirit, to G33 who won the plate, to Rob and Sparky who won the MVP of the Final awards and to DIT who went home with the wooden spoon! All in all a fun day out in the sun, thanks to everyone who took part and here's to the next co-ed one-dayer (party included next time!). Also, thanks for the photo Emer!

Results:

Pool Games:
9-3 vs BUG
9-5 vs G33
7-3 vs CDB
Semi-Final:
12-5 vs Sligo
Final:
10-3 vs Throwing Shapes

Female MVP of the Final - Sparky
Male MVP of the Final - Rob

Team:
Rob, Fi, Luan, Marko, Fraser, Shifty, Adam, Nialler, Mary, SJ, Sparky, Softy.