2008-01-06

Beachcombers Come Oh So Close In Portsmouth

Ah, the first tournament of 2008, and also the only indoor tournament on our calendar.

8 slightly lethargic Beachcombers drove over to the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth to compete in the Tom Prince Indoor Softball Tournament, in aid of the Tom Prince Cancer Trust.

Sarah, Sam, Emma, Liz, John, Martin, Scott and Jacob.

The tournament organisers were kind enough to give us a late start at 10:00, but unkind enough to make our first game against the already-warm favourites, the Mariners.

We lost that game by a narrow margin and won all the others, but unfortunately that wasn't enough to get us through to the final.

We won our 2nd place playoff though, so we have our first piece of silverware of 2008:

Tom Prince Tournament 2008: 2nd Place!

(You may wonder how we can finish 2nd without playing in the final... but we're not going to argue.)

The highlights of the tournament were: having our newest recruit, Jacob, turn up and show us what some youth and reflexes can do; and the fact that everyone in the team scored at least one home run!

Unfortunately we have to mention the lowlight too, which was Sam's behaviour that earned her a 1 minute penalty in the naughty corner. I wish I could remember why!

Lastly, thanks to the player, whose name I didn't catch, who took our team photos, praised our website and tried his best to get me to fulfill my New Year's resolution of learning to do handstands. Cheers!