If you haven't worked out already, my life atm is about kids, their sports and my work! And exciting stuff it is!
Last weekend, Miss Nine's netball team was invited to play a junior demonstration game at the half time break of the latest Firebirds game. For those of you who don't know, the Firebirds are the Queensland netball team so to be one of two teams show-casing junior talents is a bit of a privilege.
Miss Nine was a bit blase about it all, until the actual moment of impact, apparently, when she put her feet on that swish timber-floored court and had to show her stuff. To her credit, she did well and was involved in a fair bit of the action. Ok she played Centre, so was in the thick of it all, but at one stage, she batted the ball out of play, effectively interrupting the other team's momentum and was clapped by the approx 5000 audience members for her efforts! Woo hoo!
The game only lasted about 10 minutes and sadly, our team was well behind in the goal-shooting. (Thank goodness it wasn't a game for points!). The girl's however had a blast and even got to gather autographs from the players at the end of the game.
Now, don't even get me started on the unfairness of money and women's sport. As an audience member, it was apparent what skills the Firebirds members have. All I can recommend is that you have a look at a game sometime on the HD sport channel and see what you think!
