Flynnys and the girls Olympic travels

GAME DAY - NZ v Australia 1-0

Well, getting to the game today was a tad stressful- started out well, we got up early to leave Christines by 5.30am allowing plenty of time to get to the game at 8.30. However, we did not anticipate that the English decide on Sunday that everyone should sleep in and not go anywhere on a train until 7am!
Even with the Olympics on and lots of people who work at the Olympic village wanting to get to work, the tube is not open.
So we had to wait till 7, then when we got back to the station, the underground guy says ' UM we are a little understaffed and not sure if this station will open at 7 after all'. By this time my blood pressure was rising and I was starting to panic a bit and thought 'half way round the world to watch my daughter in the olympics only to miss the game because the tube station is shut!'
Anyway we ended up running to the next station and making it to the Olympic village at 8am then had to sprint about 3kms to the hockey venue! Got into the stadium at 8.20 with 10 mins to spare!

The nerves, the excitement was immense but we all had a feeling that the Blacksticks were ready to rumble and rumble they did! They made Aussie look very average and were definitely the better team on the day. Only wish they would get a couple more goals up to make watching the game a little less stressful. Was great to see they have come a long way in their belief that they can WIN!
I have a good feeling about this tournament and hopefully they can keep up the great start.
After the game, met up with all the girls for a talk and hug and then let them go back to their preparation for the next game.
There is a great bunch of parents of the Blacksticks and we have a fun group who all get together during and after games. We went to Kiwi house to celebrate our win which was great fun.