Our First Independent Weeked

The Monday-Thursday class schedule of the program is designed to allow for independent travel over the long weekend and many took advantage of this opportunity right away.  Some went back to London to catch a few Wimbledon matches, others went to Edinburgh, Scotland among other places.  Hopefully those who went will send me something to share about their experiences this weekend.  

        I personally spent the weekend with the Cambridge ultimate frisbee team at the UK Mixed Tour 2 event in Burton-upon-Trent.  Our team, the Strange Blue, were seeded 8th in the tournament, which meant saturday would consist of peer-pool play against other top eight teams.  We started off with a hard fought 10-13 loss to the Thundering Herd, then lost to Emu on universe point after taking a 3-0 lead to start the game, and finally were defeated by top seed Chevron by a significant margin in the third game of the day.  Many of the teams, including ours, camped at the tournament site. Sunday we began bracket play for 5th place.  We lost our first game to Leeds, but then rallied in our second game to beat the Bristol Plastic Factory, only to lose in the 9th place rematch against Emu.  It was fun, and definitely different to experience the UK mixed club ultimate scene.

        Tonight was the final match of the Euro Cup between Spain and Germany.  The Carleton contingency was divided between the Homerton pub and the Earl of Derby, but all were treated to a great match as  Liverpool man Fernando Torres scored the lone goal and the Spaniards hung on to win the title.