Bathurst pulled out all the stops for Mixed Nationals last weekend. There was sunshine, rain, lightning, partying, two rival bikie clubs in town at once and bogans driving around the Mt Panorama circuit on the wrong side of the road.
The last games of the tournament were cancelled for many teams because lightening disrupted play on Saturday afternoon. That made the placings a bit confusing since most teams didn't play off for their final bracket.
I'm expecting an update from the SOMA crew on their weekend so I'll leave it to them to tell their own stories. The rest of the ACT took something of a shotgun-style approach to the weekend, scattering themselves across a number of teams and finishing up the tournament anywhere from 1st to 25th. Keah Molomby won the tournament with a largely Sydney based team, Jericho Turnpike Bandits. Jonno Holmes brought home silver with MCMLXXX (a team whose members were all born in 1980). Adam Mortimer came in 7th/8th with SMURF from Adelaide. Next up were the kids from Team Happy (worst team name ever) who came in 9th/10th. Long-time-Canberran-but-now-living-on-the-South Coast Jane Andrew finished up with the Mix Masters in 11th/12th and SOMA rounded out the ACT contingent in 25th.
Despite some crazy weather and a small earthquake on Friday it was a great weekend for all concerned. Thanks go to Hills Ultimate for hosting the tournament. These guys are a well oiled administrative machine who consistently run great tournaments in a range of locations. Congratulations and thanks for another fine national event.
As for that meeting about the national mixed team, it sounds like the AFDA is moving towards a better planned version of their current system. They're going to try to set up a head coach and leadership group for the team much earlier than they've done in the past and give themselves more time to make selections and build a team. With luck they'll be able to build on the strong performances by mixed club teams in Prague and put together a medal winning outfit for 2012.
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