I had trouble sleeping overnight and after waking about 4 am finally got up about 4-30 and booked my hotel for Sunday night and sent an email to Mensa NZ. It was about an hour before I was back in bed and then slept for an hour or so.
We went for another walk and stretch along the river and this time I took my camera to capture some pictures of the autumn colours. The sun was streaming through the trees at that time (9-30).
Eventually it was time to got to the stadium where we saw part of the 35s game before starting our warm up. Australia needed to win 4 games today to win the trophy. We had already won 2 by the time we arrived, with the 35s looking good for the 3rd.
Finally we started our game and I was in the starting line up. WE came out much harder and more determined than Thursday and had the majority of play. About halfway through the first half I got a ball about the 25 line, pushed it right and belted it towards to spot. Stokesey was there and deflected in to put us on the board. It felt almost as good as scoring a goal myself. There was no further scoring that half although we continue to have the bulk of the play.
We finally scored the sealer in the second half again through Stokesey after a short corner shot was deflected by the goalie and the rebound pushed back at the goals. That was it and eventually the clock ran down and we were winners. Much celebration and hugging ensued. We headed back to the hotel for champagne and to get ready for the dinner. All teams met in the breakfast room for presentations before heading to the racecourse for the wind up dinner. Again the food was good and plentiful.
We were up second to get our gold medals (descending order of age, after the men’s 55s). After dinner, there was dancing, before heading home about midnight. Australia also won the overall competition winning 6 of the 8 games on the last day.
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