Every year my team travels together on Spring Break. This year we went to Jekyll Island, GA. (Very nice little island, btw). What a week!
First, we met up in back of the college Ave gym in New Brunswick, NJ at 5:30pm sat. Yes, PM! Not my idea, trust me. I packed the van (we had a 15 passenger van, the big red San-van, and two cars) full of 19peoples gear. I a lot to fit into the back of one van, but it worked out alright. We departed on our long journey to Georgia. Google maps estimated roughly 14hours travel time for a arrival time of around 8am. I estimated 6:30am. Hmm...
The ride down was very long, fun and a pain in my freaking ass. Normally, there is a lot of great bonding that happens on these trips, but because we drove overnight many of my passengers passed out much of the way. I, on the other hand, along with my buddy Thorpe (first name [Ryan] is unimportant) stayed up together and took turns driving through crappy, raining conditions. Thanks Mother Nature! We made it to the house around 6:45am. Bill wins, Google loses. Even though we made great time despite the conditions we had no way to get into the house. We were over 2 hours early for when the realtor was supposed to let us in. So, being the upstanding citizens we are we found an unlocked window and broke in. Oh well.
Our house was about average size (smaller than last year on Hilton Head Island), but very nicely decorated (= more things to break). It was about a 2mins walk from "the beach" which consisted on giant human-placed rocks with no sand visible during high tide. The next nearest decent beach was a 5min car ride away. I only went to the beach twice the entire week. I was getting enough sun playing Ultimate during the week. At our house we threw parties basically every night (last year we went to other parties every night) with different women's ultimate team (very nice) but lots of dudes found there way over anyway(boo). Nothing, thank God, broke, but the house was a disaster area. We needed to buy a mop and rent a carpet doctor to fix the damage. We cleaned it so well, I swear it looked better after we left.
During the week we particiapted in a tournament very appropriately named High Tide. We had 3 games a day for 3 days (Tuesday-Thursday). Day one - we played so well. We went 3-0 beating Louisville, UWisconsin-Milwaukee, and Colgate. None of there teams were great, but not pushovers. Day two - The wind was absolutely wicked blowing upwards of 35mph at times. If you have ever thrown a disc in the wind, than you know this is a huge challenge. Despite the elements, we played very well. We went 1-2, but our point differential was only -1. We won and lost a game on universe point (tied score, next point wins) and lost to a really good team by 2. Those wins would have been awesome, but I'm not disappointed by my team. On Thursday we won our first two games before losing to St Marys. This is the team we lost to the day before... by ONE point. I was not happy that we lost to them twice in the same tournament. Overall, the tournament went very well with a 5-3 record. Beyond the record, I am pleased with how my team played. (Shamless ego boost - I was the #1 fantasy player on the team)
Georgia Southerns (aka Southerns) is the weekend tournament we attended during the last weekend on Spring Break. This tournament did not go so well. First off, we had a bunch of guys leave early to go home, so our numbers were low. Plus, we had just played a 3-4 day tournament, so the guys how were playing were beat up and tired. Still, we definitely underpreformed. We start the tournament 0-4 against beatable teams, including NYU a HUGE sectional rival. Very disappointing. We also started the next day with a loss before beating Paideia, HS. Yes, a high school team. Now, I know what you guys are thinking. Bill, your team played and beat up on little high schoolers?? Um... yes? But this team consistently vies for the best high school team in the nation, so I'm very glad we beat them.
To end the trip, we left GA Sunday afternoon around 3:30pm. We did not make it back to Rutgers until 4am. I had a mid-term at 1pm that Monday. Great fun.
Summary: Spring break equaled 8 very long days of Ultimate, partying and sunshine. What a week!
First, we met up in back of the college Ave gym in New Brunswick, NJ at 5:30pm sat. Yes, PM! Not my idea, trust me. I packed the van (we had a 15 passenger van, the big red San-van, and two cars) full of 19peoples gear. I a lot to fit into the back of one van, but it worked out alright. We departed on our long journey to Georgia. Google maps estimated roughly 14hours travel time for a arrival time of around 8am. I estimated 6:30am. Hmm...
The ride down was very long, fun and a pain in my freaking ass. Normally, there is a lot of great bonding that happens on these trips, but because we drove overnight many of my passengers passed out much of the way. I, on the other hand, along with my buddy Thorpe (first name [Ryan] is unimportant) stayed up together and took turns driving through crappy, raining conditions. Thanks Mother Nature! We made it to the house around 6:45am. Bill wins, Google loses. Even though we made great time despite the conditions we had no way to get into the house. We were over 2 hours early for when the realtor was supposed to let us in. So, being the upstanding citizens we are we found an unlocked window and broke in. Oh well.
Our house was about average size (smaller than last year on Hilton Head Island), but very nicely decorated (= more things to break). It was about a 2mins walk from "the beach" which consisted on giant human-placed rocks with no sand visible during high tide. The next nearest decent beach was a 5min car ride away. I only went to the beach twice the entire week. I was getting enough sun playing Ultimate during the week. At our house we threw parties basically every night (last year we went to other parties every night) with different women's ultimate team (very nice) but lots of dudes found there way over anyway(boo). Nothing, thank God, broke, but the house was a disaster area. We needed to buy a mop and rent a carpet doctor to fix the damage. We cleaned it so well, I swear it looked better after we left.
During the week we particiapted in a tournament very appropriately named High Tide. We had 3 games a day for 3 days (Tuesday-Thursday). Day one - we played so well. We went 3-0 beating Louisville, UWisconsin-Milwaukee, and Colgate. None of there teams were great, but not pushovers. Day two - The wind was absolutely wicked blowing upwards of 35mph at times. If you have ever thrown a disc in the wind, than you know this is a huge challenge. Despite the elements, we played very well. We went 1-2, but our point differential was only -1. We won and lost a game on universe point (tied score, next point wins) and lost to a really good team by 2. Those wins would have been awesome, but I'm not disappointed by my team. On Thursday we won our first two games before losing to St Marys. This is the team we lost to the day before... by ONE point. I was not happy that we lost to them twice in the same tournament. Overall, the tournament went very well with a 5-3 record. Beyond the record, I am pleased with how my team played. (Shamless ego boost - I was the #1 fantasy player on the team)
Georgia Southerns (aka Southerns) is the weekend tournament we attended during the last weekend on Spring Break. This tournament did not go so well. First off, we had a bunch of guys leave early to go home, so our numbers were low. Plus, we had just played a 3-4 day tournament, so the guys how were playing were beat up and tired. Still, we definitely underpreformed. We start the tournament 0-4 against beatable teams, including NYU a HUGE sectional rival. Very disappointing. We also started the next day with a loss before beating Paideia, HS. Yes, a high school team. Now, I know what you guys are thinking. Bill, your team played and beat up on little high schoolers?? Um... yes? But this team consistently vies for the best high school team in the nation, so I'm very glad we beat them.
To end the trip, we left GA Sunday afternoon around 3:30pm. We did not make it back to Rutgers until 4am. I had a mid-term at 1pm that Monday. Great fun.
Summary: Spring break equaled 8 very long days of Ultimate, partying and sunshine. What a week!
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