Monday 17/11/2008 – A night to be remembered.

As the game commenced it was evident that the Slappers were very
apprehensive after having already faced the MSC side in a 2-0 defeat just 2
weeks prior to this match. (The metaphoric lacerations still fresh in the
Slappers minds). And the absenteeism of fellow Slapper Leigh “boot camp”
Rhodes made the team in Pink feel the added pressure.

But as per usual coach Romburgh had wise words for the Pink beauts “Just go
out there and have fun!” And with those 7 words a glimmer of hope shone in
the eyes of all the Slappers, with brave faces they made there way to the
pitch.

Slappers captain Tamrin Koorzen won the toss and chose to play with the
wind. As the game wore on, the Slappers got into the groove of things. A
solid wall of defence by Livvy “veggie chips” Shaw and Natalie “Please let
the bags break my fall” Barrett kept play in the Slappers half giving
Natalie “I might have fallen down the stairs at Tiger” Willemse a chance to
catch up on some light reading in her goal box.

The right side of the pitch was in an awful shape, as it hasn’t seen the
likes of a lawn mower for the better part of a decade. This wasn’t going to
stop Tamrin “never give up” Koorzen from chasing down numerous balls into
the thick rough, disappearing all together at times. Coach Romburgh comment
to this was “I have every bit of confidence in Tamrin, she has years of
experience in these situations, as she also disappears when looking for my
balls in my long grass.” But despite the appalling terrain Tamrin always
emerged victorious with deft crosses to and eager Taryn “Rubbish” Castle
and Ashley “the Foot” Foot….Ummmm…Ashley “The” Foot with these two
strikingly beautiful strikers nailing numerous balls at goals the opposing
teams keeper was heard saying “Shoo! Now I know what a tjommie feels like
with balls hitting it the whole time!”

The first half ended with a 0-0 score. In the half time huddle coach
Romburghs words added to the slappers excitement of not having concede a
goal “Keep it up” were his words, putting more excitement into the team
than a sing star movie night with wine ever could!

After re-hydrating the second half took off. It was clear that MSC were
feeling vulnerable as they lost all composure and where trying to boot each
ball at the goals, which gave Natalie “who is probably missing a toe nail
now” Barrett the opportunity to send the ball far up field to an awaiting
Rubbish whom with a deft touch passed back to Lauren “The Boot” Krige who
toe punted the ball into the bottom right corner of the goal box. The
cheers of the Slappers and there loyal fans were heard for miles, even the
crane operators at the stadium said they were fearful that the sound waves
would knock them off their cranes.

The Slappers were 1-0 up and eager to hold on to the lead. MSC were trying
their utmost to come up with a goal. But wasted their oppurtunities because
of hasty plays which lead to their fumbling round goal keeper Natalie, whom
even after injuring herself during our warm up run managed to keep the ball
out of the box, disheartening the MSC side which had by now lost all
composure, relying solely on tiny number 5 player “the jack russel”, who’s
eyebrows after close examination hadn’t seen a tweezer just as long as the
pitch hadn’t seen a mower… but hard tackles and deft play kept the number
5 at bay. The final whistle blew and it was all over the Slappers were
victorious; it was a well deserved win which proved that the Slappers have
what it takes to take to win the plate.

A celebratory meal of pies, chicken wraps, salads and veggie chips were
enjoyed by all.