Day 13

After a tough fought game against a strong South Korean team, we woke up to yet another challenge, a rematch against the Kazzies. Breakfast started the fire with the Kazzies trying intimidation techniques, long stares and pushing in the toast line. However we won that war… after waking up to Erin’s holiday hair, nothing could [...]

Match 4 – vs IB Korea

Set 1. starting line-up. Bertolacci, Orchard(C), Osadchuk, Jensen, Rourke, Praski, Ross(L) With a more experience team starting on, it wasn’t long before we had the crowds jumping. With the crowds favourite player for the tournament thundered some massive spikes, we were in control. The girls were switched on to play tonight, control defense and good [...]

Day 12

Today we got up early for breakfast before our morning training sessions where we focused on defending the attack of South Korea. Everyone had a bit of free time allowing Rachel and Louise to get in another Harry Potter movie, getting them up to the 6th  one of their movie marathon. Over the last week [...]

Match 3 – vs Kazakhstan

The team arrived at the stadium for our third and final pool play. The winner move into third position and loser into fourth place. Both team needing a win. Game versus  Kazakhstan started at 1pm local time. Set 1  Line-ups. Bertolacci, Orchard(C), Osadchuk, Martin, Rourke, Praski, Ross(L) After a great warm-up, our girls seem more [...]

Day 11

Today started with possibly the world’s longest sleep in. We had brekky at 9.15. Gorgeous! At 11am we headed off to our mid-week midday party where there were plenty of beers and karaoke…well not for us… just for the organisers. We decided that as Aussies it was time for us to man up and do [...]

Day 10

Following on from yesterday the day began with a 7 am training. It was the usual morning session focusing on scrimmage and mobility. Regardless of the early hour, the atmosphere of the training was energetic and positive, which was a good start to game day number 3. Once the training was complete, the girls were [...]

Match 2 – vs North Korea

The team arrived to the stadium with a positive approach. The training sessions over the last  couple of days had us in good stead. Serve and service receptions were our main focus. Our defense improved steadily over the course of the week. We were prepared for the challenge at hand. The North Korean haven’t lost a [...]

Day 9

Our morning started bright and early with a training session at 7am due to our match being the earliest scheduled game for the day, and therefore the first training timeslot of the day.  After a fairly light load yesterday, we were all feeling eager (although a little sleepy) to have a good final session prior [...]

Day 8

We woke up fresh from a good nights sleep, hit the breakfast buffet early to fuel up for training. Yet another great focussed and motivated session followed, where we took another step towards our meeting with North Korea tomorrow. To ensure we were ready for the big clash, the physios took us through pool recovery [...]

Day 7

Following a late game the previous night, the Aussie girls thankfully had the luxury of a late 9am breakfast which allowed for a little bit of a sleep in. After breakfast the team took advantage of the sunny weather and went for a short walk to try the much talked about ‘fox poo coffee’. Unfortunately [...]