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BNL Tour -
Hong Kong Tournament -
March 12th 2004 |
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A
report on our latest tournament - held in Bangkok, By Rachael
Stephenson |
With temperatures soaring to 40 degrees outside and the
footballers coming inside to watch the games - we thought for
our netball skills, but really for the air conditioned relief -
the BNL invitational tournament began.
There were 3 guest teams from Hong Kong, HK Valley, HKFC 1 and
HKFC 2. From Bangkok there were 4 teams, BKK Asian Motifs, BKK
Dubliners, BKK dwp and BKK Crown Southerners.
In tight games that certainly didn't reflect the resulting
scoresheets, three Hong Kong teams and four Bangkok teams
battled for five hours in a round robin tournament. At the end
of the round robin, the four top teams went into 'sudden death'
knock-out finals.
The results were:
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Total goals for |
Total goals against |
Total game points |
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BKK – Crown
Southerners |
98 |
24 |
18 |
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HK – Babes |
57 |
32 |
17 |
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HK – Valley |
60 |
34 |
15 |
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BKK – Dubliners |
32 |
45 |
12 |
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HK – Babes on
Tour |
31 |
49 |
10 |
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BKK - Asian
Motifs |
23 |
66 |
6 |
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BKK – DWP |
21 |
72 |
8 |
1st Semi
BKK Crown Southerners vs BKK Dubliners (1 vs 4 – k/out)
BKK Crown Southerners d BKK Dubliners 16 to 2
2nd Semi
HK Babes v HK Valley (2 vs 3 – k/out)
HK Babes d HK Valley 9 to 8
G/Final
BKK Crown Southerners vs HK Babes (winners of semis)
BKK Crown Southerners d HK Babes 12 to 5
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As with all tournaments, there are a number of people to
thank:
The 15 volunteer umpires who not only played, but immediately
played and then had to umpire. Thank you. These tournaments are
not possible without YOU.
Thank you to the BNL for hosting the event and organising the
excellent facilities at Harrow. I would also like to acknowledge
all captain's and players on the quick one minute game change
overs with two teams coming off, two teams coming on and the
changeover of umpires. This could have been a co-ordinators
nightmare but we finished the round robin comp ahead of schedule
(by three minutes)!
To Jillian Adams - the HK liaison, who I'm sure has spent
significant time co-ordinating flights, accommodation,
transfers, mini-van hire and a lot of other things.
To Anne-Marie at Epicure - whose team put on a great
spread of food, chocolate and drinks to keep us all going.
To Caroline at the Irish Xchange - for coming on Saturday night
(on her night off) to ensure the night ran smoothly for us.
To all seven teams who participated, who gave everything
in the games and for playing with fairness and camaraderie.
For anyone else I've forgotten to mention - thank you. I hope
you all enjoyed it as much as we did hosting it. We hope to see
you again soon.
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