A Big Success!

A big thanks to the committee for getting this trip off the ground and sending a team to the Milano 7′s.
A special mention to Stefan D, Pavel and Ivo for doing a lot of work behind the scenes

Some Facts:
Played 8-Won 2 by default ( they were scared), Drew-1, Lost-5
Played in the shield division after pool play
We did play the Cup and Plate winners in our pool games
Some slept in tents and some in hotels
The hotel was a 30 minute walk away
A beer was 3.50 euros
Milan is a beautiful city so are the women and they dress real nice
We entered one team of 15 players
Injuries-Andy, Peter O, Ivo-knees, Lubo K-hamstring, Big Lincoln-badly grazed knees, Little Lincoln-badly grazed nose, Jumbita-blisters on feet, Stefan D-heat exhaustion, Stefan K-ankle
Andy and Peter went to the hospital in an ambulance and waited for 6 hours
Did Murray score a try 40 metres out-Lincoln definitely score over 40 metres out
We did have 3 women travel with the team
We did have a women play for us in the last game
Stefan H and Ani slipped away early Sunday morning for romantic Venice
We did party 3 nights in a row
Olivier organised oranges
Pavel played even with sore ribs.
We did have a court session
There was a river next to the grounds and players swam in the river
The grounds were hard, dry, dusty and the weather was so hot-hence heat exhaustion
We ate pizza and sanwiches at the grounds
There were so many people Saturday night-you had to cue for 45 minutes to get a beer

Well this is just a few things that happened and as I said it was a good tournament and fun was had by all.
Hopefully this is the start on travelling to tournaments. Maybe to London Irish next????
You definitely need to take a big squad to tournaments

Cheers
Rugby is the Source
Murray