Friday, March 13, 2009

The weekend to come.................

I'm so sorry everyone searching for quilty content - this posting will be unashamedly non-quilting!

On Saturday and Sunday the great and the good of girls' rugby will congregate in a small Staffordshire town of Lichfield for the National Championships

Sarah, as a member of the U18s squad for the South West South region will play her matches on Sunday, the U15s on the day before.

The weekend is a culmination of the year leading up to it.........................
The disgusting freezing horizontal hail


The glorious sunshine

The faithful supporters

And on this Sunday......


Balls will be presented

Tackles made


Conversions will be kicked


Scrummages will be pushed with all their might


There may be boredom for some of the camp followers


There may even be a little eye candy for the more discerning ladies on the sidelines - although sadly this particular yellow shorted coach will be with the U15s on the other day - sob!

And ultimately, win or lose, that glorious cry of "Where's the beach? will ring around the club


and the girls will have had a ball!

14 comments:

Nancy Near Philadelphia said...

Well, THERE you are! I was afraid the parental move had done you in!

Clare said...

Have a great time. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that The Thumb survives the weekend.

Isn't Lichfield Cathedral the one with the crooked spire?

Fiona said...

Glad to see you posting again - hopefully weather will be clement this weekend.

Libby said...

Hope it's a weekend of great fun . . . and a win would just be the cherry on top *s*

Julie said...

Yeah girls!!

Lily Mulholland said...

LOL. Perhaps you make Mr Eye Candy some new shorts and he might come back to the U18s? LOL

loulee said...

Way to go!! Good luck to the team.

Jeanne said...

Hooray for the girls! Have a glorious weekend!
Jeanne :)

Quilts And Pieces said...

Oh I hope they do well! And I hope there was no hail like that one picture - yuck!

julieQ said...

Yahoo! The whole thing looks like such fun.

McIrish Annie said...

Glad you are on the rugby field and not hanging out in a pub somewhere! LOL. hope the girls win it all! fingers crossed for them

Nancy said...

Hope Sarah's team does well, and most importantly, that they have fun. Keep your eyes open for that eye candy!

alice c said...

Just catching up - I hope that it was a wonderful weekend with lots of happy smiles for spectators and players.

Jeanne said...

Happy Mothers Day! How are things going there with your parents?
Jeanne