strandgut - germany (2:??)

bon diem everybody...

the second game against germany was not to win :-(....the y were just to strong and we made lot of unforced errors, had a lot of drops and bad throws...

anyway, we are 3rd in the world championships and defended our place from the last time which is great and more than a lot of people expected ;-))))

finals are:
masters: usa - great britain
mixed: germany - usa
woman: usa - great britain
open: australia - philipines (yes, right, the philipines!!!!! AWESOME team)

strandgut - scotland (10:6)

this was relativly safe to win. we were 2 behind in the beginning but started to play more concentrate and were controlling the game after a timeout scotland took ;-)...

now its a lunch break, and at 4.30pm we are playing against germany for the finals tomorrow, wish us luck!

strandgut - great britain (9:8)

yeahhhh

the revenge for the defeit in portugal was successful!!! in an extreme passionate game the last point decided who would still have the chance for the title and a lot pass against the wind from johannes to lilo right after the pull ended this game and we won! :-)))) it was really tight the whole time and we kept the concentration and are now preparing for germany (which means sleeping ;-))

strandgut - peace team (10:6)

nice game...

we are still in the tournament to reach the finals!!!!

GO STRANDGUT!!!

strandgut - canada (13 - 6)

this one was really well played! very concentrate, smart defence with hard marks on the center players who where not able to throw one huck. really to cool to watch at (and to coach ;-))

we played it safe, where never in danger and kept the concentration and fun until the end of the game!...

next game in the afternoon against peace team, a pick up team which should be beatable to!

strandgut - germany (10 - 13)

hi everybody...

first game of the day at 8.00am at the center court against germany. but dont expect chilly weather at 8, it was incredible hot! to the game: it was really good. germany was never in danger to lose, but we played much better than the day before! we had to much respect in the beginning, but we kepts it safe and played our game. a lot less drops or bad throws!....

so i think, 10-13 against the world champion is quite alright ;-)

thumb news

ok, concerning my thumb:

its quite alright. i think i was able to play alright yesterday, had nice catches and layout, scored 2 or 3 times and it felt alright. today i could not really bring my self in. it felt alright yesterday, but when your are blocked by some things so you cannot play the way you want to, it really sucks. even more than standing on the sideline and doing just coaching. it was just not funny and i cannot really be helpfull to my team when i play (even thought, we won the 2 games i was involved into ;-))))))))

so i reckon, i will just be on the sideline the next games...

the way i prepare my thumb is quite interessting as well ;-) first of all a little bit of antiseptiv paste to keep the wound from inflaming. then a small tissue above the wound that is fixed with a lot of tape so that the thumb cannot be bended in any direction. the next thing is a condom to play it safe and keep the wound free from sand and other stuff ;-) then the whole thing is fixed to the pointing finger, again with a lot of tape. next step is a little bit of carton as a protection against hard impact for example from discs. the carton forms a little spring if you say ;-) again taped to the pointing finger and furthermore to the entire handy so that nothing can move ;-) and thats the way i was playing. feels alright, but also a little bit strange ;-)

in generell, the wound looks good and the joint heals fast as well! i dont feel any pain...but it sucks ;-)))

alright, this was it for the first two days!!!!!
next update tomorrow
sigi