Hey,
So these last few weeks have been really good my team has 2 exhibition games and one France cup game.
The 1st exhibition game was on monday vs Nice (D2) , and we tied them and i played the whole game. The cool thing about playing this team was that there starting goalie is Valerie Nicolas, she was one of the best goalies in the world and played for the France team and won the title of MVP at the 2003 World Championships when her team won.
Our second game on tuesday was vs Grass (N2) and i was told to warm up but that i would probably not play. Ten min into the game our goalie pulled herself because she was not playing well and i went into net. After about 5 min i was hit in the face by a winger and was told to come sit on the bench, and thats where i spent the rest of the game :( haha. We won that game by 15 goals.
Our first official game was on saturday and it was for the France Cup and we played against my old team (2009-2010 season), Ajaccio (N3). Due to it still being high tourist season we couldn't find cheap enough flights for our whole team soo we took the boat (ferry) to Ajaccio from Toulon. To get to Toulon we had to be up at 5 am sat morning to drive the 1.5 hrs to the ferry then take the 6.5 hr ferry to Ajaccio.
We arrived in Ajaccio and walked around for an hr or so then it was game time. It was nice to see some of the players again but i was a little sad because the mens handball and volleyball team were both playing "in France" and so i didn't get the chance to see any of my friends from those teams. The game went okay, with me splitting the playing time 30/30 with the other goalie. We won the game 39-14 and took a nice refreshing swim in the ocean after the game. It was then off to get onto the ferry again, which would now take and extra 2 hrs making the trip home 8.5 hrs to Toulon then another 1.5 hr drive to Cannes. My team decided to sleep in the "kids area" of the ferry so we slept in the coloured balls play pen, which is not as fun as it sounds. We arrived in Cannes at 8:30 sunday morning and it was off to bed for me.
This week we have normal practices in preparation for our first (very important) league game this weekend. My teams goal and ambition this season is to move up to D2 and all of the players are really feeling the pressure of this first game, hoping that winning the first game will set the pace for the whole season.
Bisous
Kimberley
