'Nationals'

As I've made reference to, Doug and I have been playing ultimate frisbee two nights a week. The team was started by a couple of PAC doctors back in the day and has been sustained by a constant stream of expats in Mbabane. We practice on a field at a local private high school called, Waterford. Last weekend, our team entered the Rocktober National Ultimate Frisbee Tournament in Johannesburg, South Africa. There were 8 teams from Mozambique, Lesotho, Durban, Cape Town, and Johannesburg – some cities had more than one team represent. Since this was the first time Swaziland has fielded a team of its own (in the past we’ve banded together with Mozambique because neither had numbers for a complete team) we were a bit nervous about our chances at the National Tournament. To be honest, there were a good number who thought we’d never win a single game. Since we weren't going to contend, we tried to win the 'spirit award.' Our team name was Mbabanas and 'yellow' was our theme. Alas, we went 2 and 3 and got 6th place. We lost the final game by one point and it was cut short because the field was needed for the championship game. I still maintain that had we played to regulation time, we would have won and gotten 5th place! All-in-all it was a great weekend and a lot of fun to be in an actual competition.

Jordan (in his Birthday crown) taking on the Giant

Jenny playing strong defense as Doug looks onDino making a diving effort

Matt making an awesome catch
And Doug taking out his own teammate while going for the score