So here we are on night three of WUCC 2010 and it’s the first real chance I’ve had to post anything for the Huddle. Our week has been a frustrating one so far with 4 losses from 4 games. On day one we ran with Phoenix until 11s and then faded away to lose by 6. Later that day we were soundly beaten by the Australian lads, Colony, who I think will be a surprise in the  quarters. We’ll see how they go in the next few days when they play the big teams. On day two we had an epic encounter with Belgium’s Mooncatchers and despite forcing two turns in the final point we lost 15-14. Today’s game was bizarre. We faced Mor Ho! and started slowly, fought back and then fell way again. Cue lightening and a full blown storm. 20mins later we got back on the field (luckily – most teams didn’t get to finish their games) and rallied once more, but the gap was too big and we lost 17-14.  I’ve updated the DU Blog with all the details!

Elsewhere, the Open division is going to seed with US teams proving their worth. There’s been little or no time to watch many games unfortunately so it’s hard to tell exactly who’s on form or not.  Japan’s Buzz Bullets looked impressive in their win over Invictus this morning, Clapham (UK) also seem to be coming good with their 10 point thrashing of Nomadic Tribe but  it’s hard to look past Chain or Revolver.

As a whole the tournament has had it’s highs and lows in terms of organisation. The wait for buses to get from field to field/field to accommodation is frustrating but relatively understandable. There were huge queues at the start of the week for food but it seems to have been settled now. The dorm accommodation is old school Communist block in style with two people in a small room and 6 showers a floor (with 60+ people on each floor!) but works out fine. I’d imagine today was particularly tough for organisers with huge amounts of games getting cancelled, but the new schedule was out fairly fast and I’m sure everyone is ready to get back to the most important part of the week – playing. Well, that, and having fun…