Return To The Court

Well, it's been 18 years since I've played a game of netball and when the call went out for a team for Corporate Games I decided it was high time to bring back the "Fiona-ator"! So with the fetching shirt donned, "Sport 'n' Rec'd" (as in wrecked) took to the court.

From left to right we have Angela, Alex, Jordan, Moi, Kelsey, Caitlin and Danielle

Our first game was a little tough as we settled in. They were some hard core nasty girls and poor Danielle coped an elbow in the head. I played WA and nearly died. We went down 12-9 but were gallant in defeat. This bought about some new tactics and some position changes.

I was moved to GK and in the second game was up against a guy I had a few dates with and who never bothered to call back. I instigated my best psych out face and managed to keep him scoreless for the game. This proved so successful I continued this tactic through the rest of the competition.

YEAH DON'T MESS WITH THE "FIONA-ATOR"

We triumphed beautifully in the second game winning 12-3. And needless to say there's no chance of him calling again after seeing this face, but hey,he'll always remember it for not being able to score!

The third and final game became pretty tense as we weren't sure if we needed to win by extra points to make the final. There was no choice but to give it all I had and after not playing for 18 years that wasn't much! But defense was what was needed and it was certainly what they got!

So in the end, we were stunning victors in Game 3 15-7. But alas, another team in our pool went through undefeated so we didn't make it through. But a mighty fine effort for the rag tag group we were. Alex, Caitlin and Jordan were the absolute stars as evidenced by the little fat GS I had in the 3rd game who said "Oh my god, they are machines", and indeed they were. And whilst I am now sitting at home feeling exhausted, I didn't have an asthma attack, fall over or get 1 single stitch! A good day and I'll sleep well tonight!

Crikey, who would have thought I would say playing sport was fun!

PS - we went out to celebrate our second place, well just an excuse to have some drinks. I asked the waitress to take some photos but sadly they were all blurry but I really did try! Oh well, you miss out on seeing us all glammed up. Now I am home with a pizza baby but you can't complain about a pizza baby when there was blue cheese involved!