We lost. Even though we always turn up on the court to win, today was just not our day. It is always disappointing to lose a game, yet each loss provides us with the opportunity to learn something new about our own game. This week we discovered that we need to throw the ball to someone close to us rather than lob the ball over the heads of our opposition. We found out that we need to work on our fitness to make sure we can defensively compete against the other team as they run towards their goal. All of these lessons are useful but the MOST important message we took away from this game was the value of perseverance. In life we may face opposition that is clearly better than us…what do we do? We keep going. We support each other. We do the best we can on the day. We hold our heads up high. We play with pride and we lose with dignity. Comets this week you did that! I was proud of each of you. I watched some of you play with injuries – even though you didn’t want to. I saw a team of friends work hard on court to support each other. Most importantly I saw you high five the other team and say “Good Game”. To me, your attitude makes you WINNERS. Our Player of the Day demonstrated all of the qualities of a winner. Rory Brabant played hard, but fair. He ran up and down the court trying to stop every ball that came near him. Rory NEVER gave up! Well done Rory. See you all on Sunday when we work on some of the lessons the great team Whanga Thunder taught us this week.
Mrs McLeish