FIRST of all, I'd like to apologize to my many ones of fans who have been checking this blog day in and day out; waiting, agonizing, praying for a new posting. I'm pretty sure there has been thousands of hits on this site in the mean time. Don't believe me? Check my web counter. Look at the bottom of the page - see where it says "ERR2"? That's my counter. I'm pretty sure that's what happens when like a million people click on a page, and the counter can't keep up.
Anyway, the reason that I haven't posted since my first is that I have been very busy travelling (more on this in my next posting - likely a few months from now) and playing volleyball. I love volleyball - it's pretty much my favorite sport. One of the goals that I set for myself when I began this year was to compete in a two on two beach tournament. The opportunity first presented itself at the end of April when my friend Derk and I played together in Siesta Key, FL. We placed 4th that weekend - not too bad for a first attempt, I thought.
Two weeks later, we found ourselves at Clearwater Beach, attempting to better our record. We were proud of our 4th, of course, but if we had only placed 3rd, we would have won Sand Socks. Just imagine! Sand Socks! With a bounty such as this at stake, we knew we had to try again.
There were 5 teams in our pool, and we finished with a 3-1 record. That qualified us for the final match which we eventually lost in a close game, 27-25 (the games are played to 25, win by 2). This left us in second place in our division, winners of the lovely prizes shown on our model below:
There they are: my first official earnings of my beach volleyball career. Not that we are satisfied to rest on our laurels - quite the contrary. With a small taste of success we are all the more motivated to play in another tournament to earn a first place finish, to gain more experience, and of course, to someday win those Sand Socks.
1 comment:
Man...we just miss you guys so much. There is seriously no one here who makes themself so mockable. Not of course that we don't try but they just don't put themselves out there quite like you do..sad, sad, Sad. But seriously...Glad that you aren't about to rest on your laurels but are ready to go out and conquer sand volleyball. You sound like you have some serious talent and maybe are underestimating yourself. Instead of your goal being 2 tournaments maybe you should aim for the olympics. I think that would be a very attainable goal..say hey to sarah and catie:)
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