On Friday the 13th of November at 12 p.m we set sail to Arklow to play our first league hockey match. We were all very nervous as it was the unluckiest day of the year FRIDAY THE 13TH!! But a silly date wasn't gonna stop us from trying our best, and so we did. It was an hour bus journey down to Arklow and everyone was tired so most people were quiet and sleepy but towards the end people got nervous and restless.
We arrived in the school after a VERY long bus journey and off we went to warm up. I was on the sideline and the usual people were playing. Our coach told us that the team was missing a few good players and there goalie wasn't very experienced so we had to take it easy on them. Half way through the first half we were up 5-0 and so Catherine knew we had to do something so we gave the other team our wonderful goalie Rowen and one of our best players, Kate.
I was put on instead of Kate, at this stage it was raining and freezing and I was just glad to be up and running. after half time we switched 3 or 4 more players between the two teams so that the teams were mixed. This was possibly the worst thing we could have done because not only did everyone treat the match as a joke now it was basically a match against ourselves. I felt very bad for the other team who barely even got to touch the ball as it was all our players playing for them, I would have gladly sat on the sideline for the whole match if it meant that everyone on the other team would get a fair game.
After the match we packed up our stuff and got back on our bus, we were all very excited because we were going into McDonalds so we went to McDonalds and sat there for a good while. One everyone was finished we got up for an even longer bus journey than before. We set off at around 3:20 and we didn't reach home until at least 6 since we were stuck in a lot of traffic during rush hour on a Friday. IT was a fun game after all and I really enjoyed my day.
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