The big news of the past week would have to be my soccer sides successes toward the end of the season.
Having secured second spot in the league and the resulting season ending final, we entered into the knock out phase of the season. Four pools of four teams each meant three pool matches, with the top two teams moving to the knock out stages. Winning two, away from home, and one loss at home ensured we were going to do it the hard way, meeting the team that won the league at their home ground in the quarter finals. A two, two draw and penalties was the hard to do it, but through to the semis. That also meant meant we had beaten them in two of our three encounters this season.
Saturday we traveled to Levin and disposed of their first team 5-2 in one of the teams better performances of this season, building on last weeks hard fought win in terrible weather and slippery, muddy conditions.
Conditions were good, a bit of wind, though not the gales of last weekend and a good surface that enabled us to string passes together, carving them up for most of the match.
So, in a repeat of last season, our last two games are the knockout final (which we won last year) and the league final, which is a season ender and will not change the league result. Paekakeriki have won that, but we are looking forward to making it 3 wins out of 4 against them.
Two more Sunday's-into-Monday's of sore bones!
Spent some time on my motorcycle project on Sunday. Have not set time aside to progress the project in months and months and I enjoyed the fiddle yesterday. Have decided to complete everything I can apart from the motor. Should be a good motivator to put some aside and save toward buying a motor to build into the frame. The bike is taking shape pretty much as I had envisaged, the style being old style chafe racer and the colour scheme and silver highlights working well to define and compliment the lines.
A great weekend passed, a challenging week ahead and the prospect of trophy on Saturday.
Life are good . . . .