I'm really proud of these girls for confirming their qualities and showing what the Gentle way is all about.
As I've been told the overall level wasn't really sky-high, due to a lot of less-experienced players but it was a real pleasant day with some nice games as read in Olli's report below :
"We saw nice games, and it was great to have around 70 belgian girls (except 4 Eul'chtimate) playing ultimate for this really "belgian" 2011 edition. It was not officially a Belgian Ultimate Women Indoor Cup (BUWIC) but it looked like. Except Jet Set/Proppellers, almost all the possible teams in Belgium were there. The Mooncatgirls combined women from ULB, Mooncatchers and Xelles, and some Xelles and ULB also played with Eul'chtimate (Lille - France). In the other teams we saw a lot of new players, that's nice for the future of women ultimate in Belgium.
-Freespect - Mooncatgirls 6 - 5
It was 4 - 0 for Mooncatgirls, and then a great come-back ! What a beginning of the day.
-Slijpwijven - Schijnwerpers 4 - 7
-Xelles - Eul’chtimate 10 - 5
-Bobeezzz - Gentle 1 - 12
-Freespect - Schijnwerpers 6 - 10
-Slijpwijven - Mooncatgirls 7 - 3
-Eul’chtimate - Bobeezzz 8 - 6
1st surprise of the day, with Pauline "à la baguette" Eul'chtimate won their 1st game in their women's team history.
-Xelles - Gentle 4 - 11
It was 3 - 3, after a really nice start of Xelles, but then a better defense and pressure from Gentle blokked the Xelles offense.
-Freespect - Slijpwijven 5 - 4
Great close game from both teams, and Freespect finally took the place for the semi against the strong Gentle team.
-Schijnwerpers - Mooncatgirls 8 - 8
Nice offensive game with a lot of long passes and a lot of points and fun for both teams.
-Bobeezzz - Xelles 3 - 8
-Gentle - Eul’chtimate 12 - 0
-Slijpwijven - Bobeezzz (1/2 5th to 8th) 7 - 4
-Eul'chtimate - Mooncatgirls (1/2 5th to 8th) 4 - 8
-Schijnwerpers - Xelles (1/2 final) 6 - 8
-Freespect - Gentle (1/2 final) 5 - 7
What a nice game from Freespect, they fight on defense and Ine and Nele have to make their best to finally see a win by Gentle. If my remember is good, Freespect was leading 4 - 1 and then came back at 5 - 5 !
-Eul'chtimate - Bobeezzz (7th – 8th place) 10 - 6
-Slijpwijven - Mooncatgirls (5th – 6th place) 9 - 3
-Schijnwerpers - Freespect (3rd - 4th place) 8 - 6
-Gentle - Xelles FINAL 9 - 5
The Spirit of the Game goes to Schijnwerpers Ladies who didn't vote because they said it was to hard to seperate the teams... the SoG was too nice all day long for them.
Nothing more to say, except that the girls liked the Mooncatchers toasties !
Oh yes, thanks to Arnaud, our Prez, for working hard all day long and the mooncatchers who helped (Fab, Laulau, Lulu, Solenn, Tof), and Patricia too to organise it.
I hope that someone will organise an Outdoor Women's Day this year !
Olivier "
Thanks for the write-up, Ol. It's true that not all the teams present played at an advanced level, but this was already a huge step forward from last year. And no foreign teams necessary to complete the pools. Not that we don't enjoy having them, but come on - an all-Belgian women's tournament! Awesome. Thanks to all the clubs who have been working hard to develop teams in the women's division, it's really paying off.
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