The Rock

Hey guys

This weekend we travelled to Newfoundland to play two games against MUN. It was a very long weekend and we were all exhausted when we got back but it was a great experience and for some girls on our team, was the first time going to Newfoundland. We unfortunately lost both of our games this weekend but we had some great rallies throughout the game and some girls played awesome. Olivia Babcock was solid all weekend for us passing and digging balls in the back row, and Amber Gamblin did some serious work off the bench for us. Being there all weekend, we had quite a trip.

To start off, the trips to NFLD never go smoothly... ever. We got to halifax around 2:00 pm and our flight was supposed to take off at 3:30. Well, we ended up not flying out until 6:45 due to weather so we had some down time to kill. Luckily our team consists of creative genius' and we made up our own catch phrase game to kill some of the hours. once we got through security (and with a little help from our coach creeping on twitter) we got our photo taken with a couple of Toronto Blue Jays who were also travelling to Newfoundland! The Jays that were there included Brett Cecil, Eric Thames, broadcaster Jamie Campbell, and their mascot (out of costume). Now, our coach took the photo, and yes he's heard his share of lack of photo skills from the girls on our team. A couple of us also got the chance to get a picture with Hall of Famer Robbie Alomar, which was awesomeee! (Not to mention he has the nicest wife!)

It was pretty rainy all weekend and we did also get the chance to stroll down George Street and hit up the mall a couple of times to kill some time. We learnt alot this weekend during our games as we do each time and our second game was better than our first.

Our next game is Sunday @ Acadia and we went to 5 against them last time so it'll be another good match and hopefully we come out with a W.

Have a good week at school everybody!

MJ