Where are they now?

So where are they now?

Brett is in Memphis
www.memphisfieldhockey.com

Maarten is in Holland
Til is in Germany
Olaf is in Germany
Louise and Phil are back in Ireland

SF Hockey Still Going Strong

Ok, so there haven't been many posts here in the past year. Don't be alarmed; the sf team is still playing and still having fun. I think folks are just suffering from blog fatigue....to contact the team and to see the teams latest results check out bafha.org

SFX Pre-End of Season Party!

This Friday October 21st at 8pm

Pre-end of season party for the SFX Hockey Team (Don't worry Lisa, we
will make sure you are around for the real one)

8pm at the Rickshaw Stop

www.rickshawstop.com
155 Fell Street, between Van Ness and Franklin

Bring yourself and bring a friend. Bonus points for fun friends.

Be prepared for an evening of excess...$6 Vodka and Rockstars...live
band after 10pm...

See you there!

SFX

So here is a brief recap of the past week or so:

Last Match: Our last regular season match started well. We were playing against PA Blue and we were playing even with them, until the last 10 minutes of the first half when Corin attacking into the PA circle took a hard fall. Something was definitely wrong as Corin did not get up for several minutes and had to be helped off the field. Julian from SF1 filled in, but the team never was the same after losing one of its key players and leaders.

A few days later we learned the bad news that Corin had torn his ACL. Corin is a persistent and steadfast player so we are confident that he will approach his rehab in the same manner and will rejoin the active squad sometime next season.

BAFHA End of Season Cup Competition: No word yet from the league when that will occur

Olaf has departed happy SF to return to the grey cold of hockey in Germany. We will miss him as a player and a teammate. Hopefully his travels take him back to SF and he can rejoin the team some day.

New Players: Hey, the news is not all bad. We have two new players joining our team.

Jan is from Germany and was sent to play for us because the German hockey association heard that we were falling below the stipulated 25% level of German players.

Pierre is from France and joins us from the "Racing club de France" where he played on the team that won the second division French Championship.

End of Season Party
Yes, it is getting close to that time again. In addition, if we time it right, we will also be able to celebrate the fact that Maize is a new father (Ute is due in around 4 weeks!)

So, lets plan on having the party around mid October....

SFX Loss to Santa Clara

The game started out looking like it was going to be lopsided. A couple of early short corner goals by SC within the first 10 minutes of the game had the spectators wondering if they should look away. But the team found its feet and started coming together. The remainder of the first half had the SFX team holding steady and even launching some attacks into the SC circle. A great goal by the forwards (Jason with the final tip in) put the game within reach. At halftime the score was 1 to 2.

The second half started well; the defense was holding firm and the ball was making its way into the SC circle. The momentum started to shift SC's way and they were mounting a series of attacks into SFX's circle. Again and again, the defense held firm until disaster struck. Andreas in an effort for death or glory decided to block a shot with his head. The good news is that he managed to save the shot on goal, the bad news is that he had to leave the game and head to the hospital for stitches.

Andreas' mid half departure put the defense off balance, and SC capitalized on it. SC scored three goals in five minutes while the SFX team struggled to adjust their formation. Score 1-5.

A few minutes later, the team was able to rearrange the formation and started to recontrol the game. SFX started some attacks into the circle that yielded a Maze goal (score 2-5) and several near misses from the others. The team held steady for the remainder of the game and managed to control the majority of the play. SC managed to score a final goal on a breakaway.

Team spirits were high after the match. We realized that except for 15 minutes of play, we actually out played them. Which is quite good considering they are at the top of the league and are currenlty undefeated. We are defintiely looking forward to playing them again and also looking forward to our next match on Sunday.

Corin is Sooo Busted!

The rumor went round on Saturday afternoon that Corin was thinking of leaving early from the tourney. When "confronted" with this shocking rumor, he replied "uh, well I haven't really changed my plans, I was just looking into it. My ankle hurts a bit and I am not sure if I can play"

As the team was happily enjoying some team building and socializing opportunities Saturday night, the general thought was that Corin had realized what a bad idea it would be to leave the tour early.

Much to our surprise, at Sunday morning roll-call Corin was AWOL (for the Germans and other random nationalities on our team, this stands for absent without leave (absent with out permission))

So teammates, any ideas for an appropriate punishment?

Corin, can you walk us through your thought process here?

US Club Championships - 5th Place!

IMPORTANT Rules Regarding Tour Posts:
What goes on tour stays on tour, except for vague intriguing references.

15 teams* from all over the country came to Virginia Beach to compete to see who would be the top club.

The weekend was an educational experience for us

Half the team arrived Thursday at midnight. Despite the late arrival, we managed to learn several important facts:
1. Last call is 2am, but stores stop selling at midnight.
2. Some peope like sugar and cinnamon, others just like cinnamon

The remainder of the team arrived Friday
What did we learn?
1. Jemma is not the ideal person to have meet you at the airport
2. Some teams have good short corners

Saturday lessons
1. There are fines for almost everything
2. Maize likes to swim
3. Cola + Burgundy = Good

Saturday Night
1. 25%, I stand by my estimate
2. flourescent glasses
3. Nigel and his mug

Sunday
1. Corin is sooo busted!
2. Nigel is good at telling time
3. Craig and Phil can be quiet

We finished in 5th place, with no major injuries except the self-inflicted ones

Team donation to Special Olympics $200.

*5 mens teams and 10 womens teams

Game / Schedule Info

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Match Recaps

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US Club Championships Info

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