Polo The Consequences: January 2013

Sunday 13 January 2013

Welsh League Div 1 - Second day

Today was the second Welsh League Division 1 day competition in Newport pool, and Cardiff had 2 teams involved. This year, as the B team was promoted, Cardiff has split its players across the two teams, so they are evenly matched. However, due to a few members other commitments, there was only 10 people in attendance. This meant each team had no substitutes. Cardiff A vs. Cardiff B was the second game of the day, and therefore we would see who the better team was. The team I (Rob Haley) was playing for consisted of Matt Creed, Matt Jenkins, Phil Stephens, Adam Voyle and myself.

This game was hard fought, and particularly close, however Cardiff A won (the team I was playing for, but I assume you already guessed that).

Our next game was Tawe, who are aggressive but we showed them who's boss. The first half we came out strong to take the lead, and by the end of the half you could tell who the superior side was. Although we reigned it in in the second half, we still won convincingly.

Our final game against Rhondda was tougher, but we still managed to get the win.

Cardiff Bs, consisting of Phil Darlington, Dave Morgan, Rif Malki, Dylan Dixon and a chap I haven’t met before; Harry Something-or-Other. This team had their second game against Bridgend. Unfortunately they lost this one also, but with the first half a draw, it looked as though it could have been a Cardiff win. Unfortunately they just fell apart in the second half.

You can see Dylan here defending the ball. (Well done Dylan, but it didn't help. You still lost)

Dave smiling here (not sure what about. if you remember, they lost this one)

They won their last game, which was the mighty Tawe.

Dylan again

This is that Harry fella. Looks like he just took a shot at goal

Phil D - lol

Now, I was having a look through some of the photo's that I was taking, and noticed I had a lot of Elan Winter (played for Aberfan, but also trains with Cardiff). I'm sure Freud would have something to say about this, but I think nothing of it. Here are some of the gems;

50 shades of Elan

Once again, an uninspiring Polo blog. Hopefully when Andy F mans up the blog will be rejuvenated.

Sunday 6 January 2013

Welsh League - Div2- 06/01/2013

So it's the first day tournament of 2013 for Welsh League Division 2. Cardiff C's were set up to play, and got to the pool in Newport in plenty of time for the first game. However they realised one of the team members was not present. A quick phone call found him in bed with a hang over, leaving just four of them in Newport. With 20 minutes until their first game, albeit Cardiff Uni, this was not looking good for them.

This is when Rob Haley of Stuff The Consequences fame gets the call! It's basically the same as when Jim Gordan, from the recent Batman trilogy, lights up the Batman floodlight; Jim needed a hero to save the day, and so did the Cardiff team. Luckily for them I have nothing to do on my weekends (and I told Adam Voyle that I would play), so I was free as a bird. However I don't have roofracks for my car (Joanna), the reason for which is discussed here, so it was to fit a 3m polo boat in a 1.1 Citroen Saxo; Luckily I am an Engineer, making this child's play.

I turned up to the pool after Cardiff C's beat the Uni 7-3, so was a good start for them. The next Game was the better of the two Bridgend teams we were to meet. This game unfortunately didn't go as well as their first game. It seems that I was not much of a hero, but more of a drag leading to a loss. However the following game against Breacon was a convincing 9-0 victory for Cardiff. With the final game against the second Bridgend team, it was on. We came out victorious, with a scoreless first half, and an exciting second to see the score in the realm of 4-2 to Cardiff.

So overall 3 wins and 1 loss is a solid day. Now here are some photos taken using my new NIKKOR 55-300mm Lens, which are much more exciting that a match report!