Well done to the Taunton and Bridgwater members who were part of HASSRA South West Rounders team (pictured) - we managed to get to the semi - finals!!!See below feedback from Hayley (T & B Hassra Chair)
(Many thanks to HASSRA SW for organising our travel & accommodation).
The bus we had was fab, posh leather seats and tables, which allowed us to sit in groups playing cards and get to know one another on the journey, which was good for the team. On behalf of the team we would also like to pass on our thanks to 'psycho' Terry, the SW 'tour-bus' driver, he was great & think he has bought all a stick of rock in Blackpool!
The team got to know each other and talk tactics over dinner at the hotel on the first night and then after breakfast all the teams set off to the pitches to begin the tournament.
SW faced a tough group and we were 1 player down every match,(as there was a rule that only a max of 4 men could play at any one time), each game finished with a close score, but our excellent team spirit & determination saw us through to the semi final, as the runners up in our group.
There was excellent conduct and play by all team members, in particular; Tom Burge for his superb bowling, which stopped a lot of rounders and got all the teams talking about us; Vicky for her great backstop action(suffering bruised knees) getting ball safely back to bowler, stopping many rounders and taking people out at 2nd; Gary, Andy, Chris, Steve & Conrad (when he was off the phone!); Mac & Amanda for some excellent quick & accurate fielding and catches. Everybody played well & with great team spirit in every game.
The organisers of the competition put on a really great event and even got us some VIP tickets so that all the teams had their own VIP 'free' entrance to a SANUK nightclub in Blackpool.
The team really did well and will be looking to get our names on that trophy next year! (and win some vouchers so Steve can go wild at B&Q!)
