The 2006 Australian Uni Games held in Adelaide between the 24th and 29th of September. AUTC was represented in the mixed competition.
The team finished the week, placed 6th, both a very good result, and a little dissapointing at the same time. Uni Games is a lot of fun, 2006 was no exception.
Emails were sent to the anounce list during the course of the week detailing the games, and the socialising. Read on, they are contained below:
The team cosisted of:
Jeffrey Dutschke
Rob Leedham
Ben O'Donnell
Nigel Rogasch
Felix Barbalet
Steven Dutschke
Brad Newmann
Brittny Roberts
Tahlia Christie
Sophie White
Caroline Gunn
Shelly Laslett
Rachel Ericksen
Jacqui Smith
Rachel and Jacqui both played their first ever game on the monday morning.
These are the emails that were sent to the AUTC announce list over the course of the week, I hope you enjoy them...
Tuesday morning
Hey AUTC,
Here is a quick snapshot of day 1 and nights 1 and 2.
We smashed Flinders uni: 11-2
We beat Victoria uni: 6-3
And suffered a fate worse than death against Charles sturt uni: many tries-2
We have had one team member, let us call her girl, quietly remove herself from the field, walk to the nearest tree and stay curled over for a period of time. I expect it will happen many times today.
Our Mascot has been stolen. If any of you know the whereabouts of a "Touch me Elmo" please get in contact. Last seeen at the Woolshed picking up some University of Western Australia girls at 3 am this morning.
Enjoy working, the sun is very good....
Dutchy
Wednesday morning
Hey AUTC,
Yesterday we won one, lost one and drew the other. We are still on target for a top half, perhaps even 4th placing.
Dutchy fractured his jaw...Jackie has a large bump on his head. Newtons 3rd law has dramatic consequences in the game of touch football. Jeff is not playing any more. bugger.
Today we are playing at 10am and 1pm. The first game we need to win, the second game we need to try and lose by less than 20 touch downs.
Last night races were held around hindmarsh square, one of the girls hooked up with a NSW bloke, Ben o'Donnel was found dancing, and generally all were still going strong well into the 3rd hour of the morning...
Thrusday we play at 11 and 2. Support at city touch is welcomed and appreciated.
Enjoy work suckers
Dutchy.
Wednesday afternoon
Good Afternoon,
After a hard days playing, the results of today are this.
10am we showed the Uni of Ballarat how to play touch football. 6-2. The girl who picked up last night had the entire Uni of NSW mens hockey team come out and watch her and us play. After the game the entire UNSW team then got on one knee and serenaded her with a small song of endearment. Much Joy and Love. Girl was only slightly embarrassed...
2pm, ACPE demonstrated how 12 brilliant individuals can take the fun out of touch football by beating us 9 - 2. ACPE is a classy touch team that would beat most stateleague sides, so I was really impressed with the way we defended our scoreline and continually gave ourselves the opportunity to score. It is worth noting however, that in the cartwheeling championships that followed the game, AUTC gave ACPE a bath, yay for a little bit of dignity :).
Tomorrow we have a huge game against Melbourne Uni at 11am. If we win, we will finish in the top 4 at the championships. If we draw or lose, we will finish between 5th and 7th. Regardless of the result our "semifinal" is at 2pm
The team is playing really well as a team, we are a serious contender for the top 4 spot.
Go AU.
Come and see us at the Casino tonight.
Dutch-man
Thursday evening
Hey hey,
Wednesday night saw most of the team spend the evening at the Casino listening to the regular house band "Lucky Seven" that included team member Nigel Rogasch.
The girl pushed on past the casino to the woolshed and happened to meet up with the same Uni of NSW guy. Yay for her, it seems that the chicks are showing the guys how "socialising" needs to be done. Good on em.
Day 4 has come and gone. It was a little disappointing.
We started off against Uni of Melbourne. The winner guaranteed a top 4 finish, the loser having to battle it out in order to finish 5th. After Uni Melbourne scored 4 touch downs in the first 10 minutes, Dutchy decided that a fractured cheekbone was no reason to not cross the white line and scored with his first touch of the ball. Unfortunately a 4-0 lead to Melbourne was enough and they ended up winning 9-7. So it was off to the minor placing finals for us.
A game against Deakin Uni saw the following touch down celebrations...
1. the entire team cartwheeling toward the centre of the field
2. A team photo was taken with the ball as the camera
3. Caroline sat on the team toilet and whiped her arse with the ball
4. A touch "bowling ball" was bowled. Ten pins were bowled down.
5. A touch ball grenade was thrown, killing all team members
6. A congo line was establised and danced back to the centre line. Ball in tow
7. We all claped one of their touch downs, in grandstand formation
8. The Ball replaced the head of ben o'donnell. Steven D then proceeded to cut it off in a Samurai style. Ben died for the first time since the grendade incident
9. We walked back to the centre after a non-celebration of a nothing kind of try scored by someone 10. Ben o'donnel got "snaped." we are now drinking the carton of beer he got as a reward for being "snapped." Ben has now been aproached by Shane warne to get his tips on how to get involved in match fixing without being caught.
11. Rachel Erikson, celebrated the removal of her touch virginity with much dancing on the spot.
As you can probably tell, it was a fun game to play.
Tonight, the girl goes and finds the Uni NSW team AGAIN!!!!! The rest of us have camera phones...
Tomorrow, we play for 5th spot against some uni. Get out at 10am to watch us if you are keen.
Stay cool AUTC
For AUTC Uni Games news, this is Jeffery Dutschke in Adelaide, signing off.
Saturaday Evening
So the Uni Games story ends like this…
Thursday night saw the team celebrate with tea and drinks in norwood. Then to the bus stop, alas the bus had already departed so a taxi to the city. Much fun and games and drinks were had at the Woolshed and then the Rocket bar. Yes, girl did depart the Rocket bar to see UNSW boy again at the Woolshed. For nearly all of the team, the preparation for the 10am game was a 3am or later bedtime.
The decider for 5th and 6th started out well. The last time we met this team we scored to force a draw in the dying seconds of the game. At half time we were 2 -2 and looking good and awake (just). A couple of touch-downs later we were 4-2 down and were never quite able to get over the scoring line again. And we finished the tournament in 6th position.
After the game the team was very happy with the way the week went. The coach was super happy with the way the team played, particularly the way the new girls took to the game and did not let a try get scored on their outside. The social coordinator was well pleased with the efforts of the team after dark, particularly the style of girl.
After a team vote the awards went like this:
Best Player on field: Rob
Tourist in her own Town: Tahlia
Best first year male: Steven
Best first year female: Brittny
Surprisingly, after his injury, Dutchy was awarded Green and Gold selection.
Friday afternoon and night saw the team act like logs that are carved to take the form of sleeping babies…
Now we are all back at the sandstone institution on North Terrace we call uni, franticly trying to finish of the assignments that are due on the first day back.
Bring on the Gold Coast next year.
Dutchy