This past Saturday, UEA hosted its annual Korfball tournament... There were sixteen teams in 
all—some local and some from other universities. It went from 9-4:30 with two games being played at once in two different courts, so there was always some game to watch or to play in. Since they were only 14 minute games, things stayed interesting and everyone had a lot of playing time. It was fun, but the results were not so pretty. UEA made four teams out of all of its players, the first being the best players. Sadly, team 4 came in absolute last, team 3 came in surprisingly before team 2 in 8th place, team two came in 10th, and the first team came in 6th. After a close final game between Cambridge University and a local team—the Norwich Knights, the Knights came away from the tournament with a trophy. The rest of us were perfectly content with our consolation prize of candies. I played about 5 games total for both team 3 and 4, as well as the Kent University team as they were lacking players. We held our own on some of the games, but others were absolute slaughter. It didn’t help any that the beginning of the tournament was rigged to make sure the best teams made it to the final rounds and so our discombobulated team of beginners had the joy of facing some of the top teams in the league. Oh, well, it was fun though. I feel like I learned the game much better from playing and watching so much and it was great getting to hang out with the rest of the team and get to know them better. 
That night, after the tournament, we had a Disney-themed social for the Korfball team. There were so many creative characters and costumes there! There were definitely some notable ones there like Cogsworth from Beauty and the Beast and the Genie from Aladdin, all painted in blue. You also could have filmed Peter Pan all over again as its entire cast graced us with their presence. On top of these characters, I saw Cruella DeVille, the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts, quite a few Alice in Wonderlands, several Woody and Jessies from Toy Story II, Robin Hood, Ursula, Lilo, the hunter who shot Bambi’s mom : ( , Cinderella in rags, Dory from Finding Nemo, Twe
edle Dee and Tweedle Dum, and so many more. Then of course there were several Minnie’s and Mickey’s, who I, out of lack of ideas and materials, was also part of. It was fun to see everyone all dressed up and even funnier to see the rest of campus’ reaction when we all flooded, fully costumed, into the LCR for the weekly Saturday night party!
all—some local and some from other universities. It went from 9-4:30 with two games being played at once in two different courts, so there was always some game to watch or to play in. Since they were only 14 minute games, things stayed interesting and everyone had a lot of playing time. It was fun, but the results were not so pretty. UEA made four teams out of all of its players, the first being the best players. Sadly, team 4 came in absolute last, team 3 came in surprisingly before team 2 in 8th place, team two came in 10th, and the first team came in 6th. After a close final game between Cambridge University and a local team—the Norwich Knights, the Knights came away from the tournament with a trophy. The rest of us were perfectly content with our consolation prize of candies. I played about 5 games total for both team 3 and 4, as well as the Kent University team as they were lacking players. We held our own on some of the games, but others were absolute slaughter. It didn’t help any that the beginning of the tournament was rigged to make sure the best teams made it to the final rounds and so our discombobulated team of beginners had the joy of facing some of the top teams in the league. Oh, well, it was fun though. I feel like I learned the game much better from playing and watching so much and it was great getting to hang out with the rest of the team and get to know them better. 
That night, after the tournament, we had a Disney-themed social for the Korfball team. There were so many creative characters and costumes there! There were definitely some notable ones there like Cogsworth from Beauty and the Beast and the Genie from Aladdin, all painted in blue. You also could have filmed Peter Pan all over again as its entire cast graced us with their presence. On top of these characters, I saw Cruella DeVille, the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts, quite a few Alice in Wonderlands, several Woody and Jessies from Toy Story II, Robin Hood, Ursula, Lilo, the hunter who shot Bambi’s mom : ( , Cinderella in rags, Dory from Finding Nemo, Twe
edle Dee and Tweedle Dum, and so many more. Then of course there were several Minnie’s and Mickey’s, who I, out of lack of ideas and materials, was also part of. It was fun to see everyone all dressed up and even funnier to see the rest of campus’ reaction when we all flooded, fully costumed, into the LCR for the weekly Saturday night party! 
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Hahaha, your blog posts make me laugh. Glad to hear all is well in England :) Hope to have a Skype date soon...
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