Melbourne & Adelaide

We recently returned from our 4 day road trip to Melbourne and Adelaide. We left Thursday morning and arrived in Melbourne at around 1pm. We had enough time to check into the hotel, grab the best kabab of my life, and then make our way to the Melbourne Aquatic Center. The M.A.C. is home to the sweetest competition pool I have ever played in.

The Victorian Tigers(Melbourne) are a top notch team in the competition here and they proved it over the weekend. Thursday night was closer than Friday's game but both wins belonged to the Tigers the whole time. We had some great runs where we looked like a better squad but our consistency at that level is what is hurting us finishing out the game with a 'W.' It was good to chat with Brian Alexander(ucsb), he gets a lot of surf at Bell's Beach only an hour away.

After 2 tough losses in Melbourne we were off to Adelaide for 2 more games to complete our 4 game road trip. From the brief times we were able to roam the streets, I decided I really enjoy Adelaide. We were roomed in these sweet little beach side bungalows and the lucky guy I am I got to share a room with Mitch Baird. He is a 6-8 polar bear of a man.

We posted a loss the first day in Adelaide but came back with a strong win on Sunday dominating the game. Every team I have been on has had one pivotal moment in a season. That moment makes or break the success of a team in the short and long term. After our loss in Adelaide, a game we should have never given up, we decided we all want to be top competitors in the National League. The next day we came back and played some of our best polo. It was a good way to end the road trip, so it was off to the local pub for some schooners of stella with the Adelaide Jets.