I am writing to you from the
Olympic Village after the start of our Olympic campaign, and a very good start
it was. Our first game on 30th
July was against the European Champions, Italy. The last time we played Italy they knocked us out of the
medal rounds at the World Championships in 2011, so we definitely had something
to prove. And they knew about
it…the whole way through the match.
The final score was 10-8, a comfortable victory, and a very hard fought
one.
The next game in our campaign
was our second round game against the home team and fast improving – Great
Britain. We were prepared for a
tough game as the Brits played very well in their previous game against the
Russians, being defeated by a punishing one goal in a 7-6 score-line. It was also
a very highly anticipated game, as the last time we played (in the London
Prepares series in May 2012) the Brits labelled the Aussies in the press “the
dirtiest team ever”. We haven’t
responded to this, as we just want to let the score-line tell the story. We played extremely well against the
Brits with their very boisterous home crowd. After a 6-2 first half, we knew we just had to keep chipping
away at it, and chip we did, to make the final score 16-3. Once again there has been some
“whinging poms” in the press, check it out here http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18906196
We are now preparing for our
last ‘round’ match verse the Russians.
The result of this match will determine who will cross-over to the
weakest team in the other pool, so it is a very important game. As such, on our days “off” we have been
doing three training sessions, to make sure we are prepared for almost everything.
On a more festive note, since
I blogged last, we got to march in the London 2012 Olympic Games OPENING
CEREMONY. It was an absolutely
amazing experience, and something I will remember forever. I met a lot of athletes from around the
world, and got to dance the night away with the best from Australia. My teammate Victoria Brown (pictured
below) and I apparently got quite a lot of air time during the ceremony, and
this picture featured in some of the press in the UK.
Also on a lighter note, the
Australian Olympic Committee arranged a photo shoot for the Aussie Stingers at
the War Memorials in Westminster.
It was quite strange wandering around in our togs and robes, but we
certainly made for some unplanned tourist attraction.
Until next time, and from the
quarters, semis or grand-final
Jane
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