Castleknock Invitational tournament review

Well for the third successive year the Tribes made it to the recreational final and for the third successive year we finished runner-up, although this year we got a runners-up trophy for Kevin's shelf
We started off in usual Tribes fashion losing our first two games, the first against the Shutout 7 Marley's and the second against the Castleknock Wildcats. After two consecutive losses a beer run between games 2 and 3 was needed. As usual it proved to be a success to as we got it together and won the following 3 games, against Belfast Brawlers, The Usual Suspects and the Dublin Bay Packers

The recreational division was to be decided by the top two teams playing off on the final. The league round finished with the Castleknock Wildcats finishing top but there was a three way tie for the other place in the final with ourselves, the Shutout 7's and the Usual Suspects all finishing with 3 wins and 2 losses. To complicate matters further all three teams records against each other was 1 win and 1 loss.

The tournament organisers decided that the only fair way to determine which of the three teams got to play in the final was by a three way coin toss. After a complicated set of rules were played out, Kevin held his nerve and came away from the dreaded coin-toss shootout victorious. We played the Wildcats again, this time for the title. Unfortunately despite a valiant effort by the Tribes we were well beaten in the final, with the score finishing 20-5

Commiserations must also go to Csaba whose Blazzer's lost the final of the competitive competition

Despite the final defeat a great day was had by all and we learned a lot by playing some competitive games. Check out the pictures from the weekend here

Finally we'd like to thanks to the Bearcats for hosting a fantastic blitz