European Regulators Victorious

With the Australian contingent of the regulators disbanding, the Northern hemisphere sister team have decided to enter the arena of competitive basketball, and have come up triumphant.

6 teams entered the inaugural All-Souls basketball tournament, and the format of the event was going to be a round robin running from 10am to 1pm.

The regulators had a tough opening match, and the team mates had to get accustomed to playing with each other for the first time. On the team were Hamish, Greg, Chico, Miffy and me. The rules stipulated that there had to be a girl on at all times, so Miffy had to play all games, with the rest of us rotating.

5 games later, we finished up on top of the table with 5-0 record. 2 close games, so the competition did have a bit of heat, with a few injuries by the end of the day.

We then moved into the semi finals with a bit of a curve ball with the line up - the guy organising the event decided that the team with the most points scored would be 1st. We scored 85 points, compared to their 86, so we ended up finishing 2nd, even though undefeated.

It also meant we had a tough game for our semi's - but the rules were slightly changed, with a 10 minute game, along with the restriction of the female player having to stay on at all times being removed. This was a very close game, with us winning by 2, but being down during the first few minutes definitely made us a bit nervous.

The final turned out to be a blow out - it was the team that we played last in the round robin rounds, and we beat them with not too much effort; they managed to beat the team that finished 1st, and so deservedly made the final. Unfortunately they lost one of their (better) players to cramps so the final came and went very quickly.

and that's that.