Back on the Court

Well that time of year has come around again - the intramural Volleyball competition has started up again and, predictably, i'm on the team: I guess that's what happens when you're 6ft 7. However, this titme around, i'm Captain and we've managed to assemble a pretty decent team of players from the department. Of course, it helps when one of them used to play professionally about 20 years ago back in Italy. So, yesterday (5th November) was our first match and, although we lost the first game, it was by the bare minimum (28-30) and then we made up for it, coming to win 30-22 in the second and 30-17 in the last. If we can stay playing like this, we're in with a shot at the title I think. Of course, this is the non-competitive league - and it's a good job. After watching some of the competitive teams playing, i think we'd all be a lot worse for wear in terms of sore arms.

Anyway, after the first game yesterday, today was a chance for practice - and we got some good time on the court in again. Alas, we were playing a few better players, but i guess that it doesn't hurt too much (although my arms did after stopping a couple of particularly strong spikes). All in all, i think we're in good shape and am looking forward to our next game on Sunday. So watch this space, and i'll keep you all informed. Now i'm off to put some ice on my forearms!!