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Portugal First 3 days

Hi everyone

Well, I´m writing this halfway through the tournament. so far, we´ve played for 2 and a half days, and I´ve been loving it. There have been lots of really good games, and the 5 a side format encourages lots of hucks, hammers and layouts which has been awesome. So far, the Australian pickup team has been doing quite well, beating Great Britain, USA, Spain, Columbia, Scotland and Brazil, but we´ve been worked by Germany, Austria and a suprisingly good Belgium team. Having said that, we´d dearly love to finish ahead of GB, which has a lot of their players from Finland and because their British, and because they have a kiwi on their team.

The food here is excellent, and the food portions are ginormous, almost to the point of American servings. The parties have also been awesome, although getting back at 4:30 this morning with a 10am game was interesting. No repeat of Brisvegas at half time though, but I can tell you the whole team was struggling this morning.

Anyway, the team´s gelling quite well for a pickup team, and it´s helped with some cool heads at the back with Leon, Helen and Tim giving the rest of us quality throws to catch.

right, gotta go get ready for our next game.

I hope to post some photos soon.

-D