This week I have been over in Canberra to support Jess’s WA Women’s Futsal team in the 2008 National Competition. The trip started on Sunday with Jess’s team and I flying from Perth to Sydney (Jess’s team were on a separate flight that flew a few hours after my flight). Once Jess’s plane landed in Sydney we had a long wait until our single flight to Canberra. So we walked around the airport, watched the end of the Australia versus India (controversial) Cricket game, and ate dinner.
Eventually we boarded the Qantas Boeing 737 to Canberra. The flight was short and before we knew it the plane was touching down in Canberra. Mind you the landing was a little scary with the 737 requiring the entire length of the runway before it could safely land…
Monday was the “Opening Ceremony” for the National Futsal Competition so until Monday evening when the ceremony commenced I had all day to check out Canberra. The first thing on my agenda was a drive to Parliament House. This was followed with a visit to the Canberra Museum and Gallery and finished with a look around Canberra City.
Then came Tuesday and finally time for the games. WA’s first game was against NSW Lightning which they unfortunately went down 1-3. The second game for the day was against Northern NSW Country seeing the girls with their first win of 2-1. The last game for the day was against NSW Storm which the girls were unfortunate to lose 2-3. The good news was Jess contributed to the score line in this loss.
Wednesday WA only had two games. The first game was against NSW Thunder, a hard game seeing the girls go down 0-5. With a long wait until the second game for the day I drove down to the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex to see a real moon rock! Back to the Futsal competition the girl’s last game was against Victoria. The girls were drawing the game right up to the last few minutes but a lapse in defence saw them lose 2-4.
Today the girls finished the competition with three hard games. The first game was against host state ACT. The girls did well to hold them up but were unfortunate to go down 1-2. The second game was against Northern NSW where the girls were back in form with a convincing 5-0 win. The final game against Queensland of the competition was a heart stopper with the girls scoring late in the end to draw the game 2-2.
With the competition over Jess has one more night with her team before being allowed to enjoy Canberra on her own until we fly to Melbourne for our actual holiday.
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