Monday 19th January: most girls trained on empty stomachs: I’d spoiled their lunch time with news of the draws. It’s finally hit everyone. World cup is just around the corner. We were tense but there was a strange determination as we went about our training. Big hits, big tackles and our moves were working out well. Guess New Zealand loomed large in everyone’s minds. Winnie (in picture) told the team that she’d been told by one of the guys that if she were to play for New Zealand she would be a scrum half as she would be too small to play anywhere else. Scary thought because Winnie is our second biggest player: not just in 7’s but in 15’s as well.
After the session, Soggy said we are getting there. From him, that counts as praise.
Exactly 6 weeks to go before we set foot in Dubai.
Wednesday 21st January: Soggy announced he was now contented.Ball handling was looking good and fitness is almost where it should be. We just need to tidy up a few loose ends and then he’ll be happy.
There is a Ugandan public holiday on Monday so we go into camp in Mukono on Friday night up until Monday. The Lady Springboks (South Africans) fitness coach, Hene Ncebe and 7’s selector, Norman Mbiko, were meant to link up with Soggy and Mutaks to take us through this camp. However, SARU cancelled the plans after we were drawn in the same pool. That’s fair enough: it wouldn’t make sense for them to coach us to beat them.
Friday 22nd January: another good session. Lots of ball handling first then we played against a select side of men. Being a lot faster and bigger/heavier than us we had to think on our feet, be more creative and very aggressive. The guys were being really physical when they had possession and in defence they were stopping us hard rather than giving full out tackles so that we wouldn’t get hurt. We did pretty well and enjoyed ourselves. Mutaks almost had a coronary when Justine got the ball on the wing and had rounded the opposite winger then he chased and gave her a flying tackle. We were so worried that Justine would not be able to get up. However, she got up unhurt and got back into the game but Mutaks was beside himself. “Those guys should not kill my girls. Let them (the girls) kill each other but the guys should handle them with care.”
We wound up the session with 7 sets of shuttle sprints. As we were not going into camp on Friday night Soggy wanted to compensate for the fitness session we would miss on Saturday morning. Shuttle sprints done we paired up and did 3 sets of baby carrys, piggy backs and fireman’s lifts.
After the session, Soggy said we are getting there. From him, that counts as praise.
Exactly 6 weeks to go before we set foot in Dubai.
Wednesday 21st January: Soggy announced he was now contented.Ball handling was looking good and fitness is almost where it should be. We just need to tidy up a few loose ends and then he’ll be happy.
There is a Ugandan public holiday on Monday so we go into camp in Mukono on Friday night up until Monday. The Lady Springboks (South Africans) fitness coach, Hene Ncebe and 7’s selector, Norman Mbiko, were meant to link up with Soggy and Mutaks to take us through this camp. However, SARU cancelled the plans after we were drawn in the same pool. That’s fair enough: it wouldn’t make sense for them to coach us to beat them.
Friday 22nd January: another good session. Lots of ball handling first then we played against a select side of men. Being a lot faster and bigger/heavier than us we had to think on our feet, be more creative and very aggressive. The guys were being really physical when they had possession and in defence they were stopping us hard rather than giving full out tackles so that we wouldn’t get hurt. We did pretty well and enjoyed ourselves. Mutaks almost had a coronary when Justine got the ball on the wing and had rounded the opposite winger then he chased and gave her a flying tackle. We were so worried that Justine would not be able to get up. However, she got up unhurt and got back into the game but Mutaks was beside himself. “Those guys should not kill my girls. Let them (the girls) kill each other but the guys should handle them with care.”
We wound up the session with 7 sets of shuttle sprints. As we were not going into camp on Friday night Soggy wanted to compensate for the fitness session we would miss on Saturday morning. Shuttle sprints done we paired up and did 3 sets of baby carrys, piggy backs and fireman’s lifts.
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