Samurai at Pure Rush's Euro 5 Man 2005 Championships
Our first ever 5-man appearance at the Euro 5 Man Championships - we fielded two squads: Samurai UK & Samurai UK2. Samurai UK: Rob Bartlett, Dan Cash, Joel Duguid, Darren Lewis & Paul Kent. Samurai UK2: Chris Blackman, Bop To, Doug Tabor, Marc (G), Barry (G), Alan (G) Thanks to Marc & Barry from Halo & Alan who guested for our 2nd squad! Our first squad won every game through the morning dropping only a single game after lunch to Tsunami YG's and drawing another - to finish ranked 3rd in our division at end of play on Saturday!! Some stand out plays to win against UKM Mong Stars (the only Sat game they lost!) on top of consistant quality performances! Special mention for Dan's top notch play to take a draw in a two-on-one!
Our second squad faced some tough opposition and didn't come into their own till the second days play, despite some excellent performances - notably Bop's mugging run to take out 3 Menace players!! The second day proved a real test for both teams - up against some of the best opposition at the event including Shockwave (Pro) and Backlash (Div 1)!! With all the morning opponents for both teams coming from the division above, neither team picked up any wins! However on the solid base of Saturdays performance our first squad, Samurai UK qualified for the quarter finals!! Drawing against Low Profile (Holland), UK Marshalls 2 & Xplicit the first team was facing a very hard task, especially after the moral drain of the mornings events! Nevertheless the squad turned things around by defeating Low Profile, and UK Marshalls 2 in rapid succession, only to drop our last game to Xplicit - this left three teams of the four in our quarter final group on two wins, one loss - going to points we were edged into 3rd by Low Profile & Xplicit with only Low Profile qualifying for the semi's! Still, nice to know that we were able to take games against both the 3rd & 4th ranked teams!!Many thanks to all the guys who played & well done! Thanks to warren for such a top event! and especially to Chris & Jon at LiPs who sorted us out nicely (again) with quality paint (no breaks all wknd!) Results: Division 21. Backlash 2 2. Harrogate Hustlers 3. Low Profile (NL) |
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