Getting ready to play

This past weekend was the opening tournament in Worms, Germany. There are ten teams in the first league and eight of those teams were at this tournament. The teams were split into brackets and you play three games within your bracket. Then your record will decide what place you are playing for. In our bracket we won two games and tied one. This was enough to put us in the finals. We ended up losing in the finals 3-1 to a team from Hamburg. It was an ok game but the tournament overall was good for our team.

Depending on how well you did in the tournament you were able to earn money for your team. So we finished second out of the eight teams and earned $1,000 Euros. We finished with a record of 2-1-1. In Germany the season is divided into two halves. They start the season in August and play until October. Then they go inside until February and start back with the second half of the season in April. Currently the team is in last place with three points because of the first half of the season. They were short on players and lost games in the last five minutes due to no subs. But for the second part of the season we are a whole new team and we are ready to move up in the league! Taking second place in this tournament showed that Eintracht Braunschweig is a completely new team and mean business. Haha. We beat the German Champions from last season. So, it should be a good season taking it one game at a time.

The club, Eintracht, is sponsored by TK. Therefore, while we were in Worms, we were able to visit the actual TK Company. We took a tour and saw how the sticks come in, where they go, all the clothes, the equipment, accessories and even a USA Field Hockey shirt! We roamed around the store looking at apparel and tried out all the new sticks. All the different sticks were crazy. It is amazing the difference of sticks that are available over here than there is in the United States.

During Easter Weekend there was not a whole lot to do. Everything closes in the city. There happen to be a basketball game that we attended. It was the New Yorker Phantoms against Alba Berlin. This league is a level above college but below the NBA. So, all the American players who are unable to go to the NBA come overseas and play. The New Yorker Phantoms have nine players from the USA. So it's pretty cool to see them play. Check out the pictures!

Tschüβ (bye)

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