Tuesday, November 22, 2011

I won 2 matches today!!

Hello,

It was an early start to the day as half of us in the block play travelled to KatiKati to play.

My first match was against Ros Johnstone of Australia who had been my practice partner on the very first day.  I lost to her 7-4 and thought that I was completely eliminated from the "Plate" and was so bummed out, but then was told that I would play 5 more matches today.  Yahoo!

I ended up winning 2 of the next 5 matches and lost a close one 7-6 to the 17 year old player from NZ, Jasmine Rule.  She's got a great future ahead.  

Tomorrow, I will head to Tauranga to play again.

Interestingly, today we had to double up on a lawn which is known as "double banking."  Another test of concentration.  Also, for the first time, instead of using the blue/red/black/yellow balls, I had to play with the secondary colors of green, pink, brown, and white.  I had never done that before and was frantically trying to memorize the order of play.  A couple of the ladies gave me some tips to remember them - "Good (green) People (pink) Bring (brown) Wine (white) and also, green/brown (boys' colors and pink/white (girls' colors).  Believe it or not, that was one of the matches I won!

Tonight I've been invited for "Tea" which is also considered dinner in NZ at the tournament director's house.

In the Knock Out which is the main draw, two of the Egyptian players lost today and there are still matches going on now.  It's getting really exciting.

Stay tuned...

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