FRISBEE IS BACK! The long awaited return of flying discs arrived, with the disappearance of the white stuff (the snow..).
The snow may have been gone but when the Homertonians arrived at Parker's Piece, the weather wasn't looking great. The pre-match warm-ups were then met with torrential rain and blustery winds that sent the discs everywhere but to their target. By the start of the match however, the rain and wind had seemed to ease up to witness what turned out to be a great match.
Despite lacking their usual captain, Homerton started strongly against the opposition, using tight cupping and quick cuts. This results in Homerton pulling ahead to 4-0. From this point, Jesus fought back breaking our cup much more often and scoring twice to bring themselves very much back in the game. These were accomplished by some terrific catches, dives and effective long throws.
The unsettled weather meant that there were several wayward throws and dropped catches from both teams, which meant both teams adopted a short-ranged game with quick passes and a lot of crowding in the end zones. Many point-scoring throws were blocked by each team but eventually Homerton found their stride once more and scored some great points.
Half-time was reached, 1 minute before cap, at 7-2 with the agreement that the match would end at 8 points. The final point was a great struggle between both teams with the disc entering both end-zones in the point. However Homerton managed to seize victory from a great Jesus defence.
Everyone would have to agree that this was a great match, despite the awful conditions and I'm sure that the match will be even better later in the year when the weather improves!!
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