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This was the first tournament ever that this new young team has ever went to. There were 12 teams alltogether from Slovenia (Frizmi 1, Frizmi 2, Frizmi 3, Cosmo – disk, Vertigo , Ko – met), Austria (BBears, Twisted friends, Augartner, Stack overflow), Hungary (Hallod) and our new team from Croatia.
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DAY ONE
First we played the C group with Vertigo, Frizmi 2 and Bbears.
FDKK – FRIZMI 2 - 8 : 3
First game ever started with a boom. Frizmi 2 is a team that was made up from a couple of experienced players that have been doing this for a long time and from „begginers“ that have been playing for a while, most of them from faculty for kineziology. They made beginner mistakes like rushing it, running wildly and throwing crazy. We on the other hand, although we are also begginer team, did not and this game I think set a tone for the whole tournament and that tone was that we will play smart and secure even if we are total beginners, something that good teams do.
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VERTIGO – FDKK - 10 : 2
First beating. This was expected in a way because Vertigo doesnt make mistakes and punishes the ones that you make. This is exactly what we did in the first game and now it was done to us. This wasnt a surprise especially when we take into consideration that Vertigo played in the finals this tourney. The most important thing that we took from this game is that sometimes you lose but that is no reason to break as a team, it is just a way to see what you are doing wrong and try to make it right.
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FDKK – BBEARS - 4 : 7
Last game of the group. Bears are a team that is playing a couple of zone defences and they do it very well. Our team, like before every game ,had a meeting in which we discussed what and how to do in the upcoming game. We agreed what we did good and how to continue doing it and what we did wrong in the past games and how to improve it. We lost this game but it has really profiled our team as an unusually calm and serious begginer team . We had a couple of leads and Beras were forced to change their tactics and zone defence because we were going through the middle like through butter. We lack knowledge and tactics and we felt that after Bears changed their tactics but yet again this team did not stop trying until the end.
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MIDDLE POOLS
So with one win and two loses we ended third in our group and would play the middle pools with Twisted friends and KO-MET.
FDKK – TWISTED FRIENDS 7 : 6
After pretty good groups plays and a our first win on a tournamet we tried to rest and go on as though nothing so far has happened. We discussed our good sides and mistakes and what tactics we would use rof the game. We expected to play another team because we actually didnt read the results well so we were quite surprised when Twisted friends showed up to play against us. This was a team that should have come to the tourney but nobody made it except a guy and a girl, both very experienced and athletic players that were helped by best slovenian girls. Although girls, this team was a real test for our team, first serious test on the tournament because we wanted to win, we knew we could win but we didnt know how. These girls are among the best female players in the region and they didnt take any prisoners especially against our younger players. A very hard and nervous game that went on to game point. And this I think was the turning stone that made this team great. Game point is somethnig that decides the game and somethnig that is decided by pure experience, cold head and good decisions. I could not believe that this young team stood tall through out the whole game even when we made huge mistakes and then went on to win the game point. Heart and will that is needed to do something like this is rarely found in far more experienced and older teams and players and is something you need musch time to accomplish and get, but this team had it and on that account we took our second ever win. Magnificent.
KO-MET – FDKK 6 : 7
Our peak and pride. KO-MET is a new team from Slovenia but with not new players. They have 4 very experienced players and a couple of players that have been playing for years but as this team. Our far best game in which all our good sides have come together and in which we showed what this team is made of. I couldnt believe that so young players with no experience at all make so little mistakes. It is not that our team did spectaculatr throws, layouts and so on but we did all the little things right, just like a very experienced team. Our cutters did not rush when they got the disc, if they had a clear throw up filed they did it, if not they would fake out their defender and throw a safe pass and so on. New guys on the handles did the same, it was one safe swing after another until there was a clear pass to te cutter. A beautiful thing to see, like you are watching people that are doing this for years and know exactly what they can do, how they can do it and when to do it. Its a skill that you learn that longest time and one which you forget once you get into your first tourney because of the tension. This did not happen to this team and again we made it to game point and again we prevailed, truly incredible. The best team that we won against for sure and a real ultimate game and experience for the whole team – a new hope is on the horizon. That concludes a day made in heaven for FDKK. Three wins and two loses AND A CHANCE TO PLAY FOR THE 5TH PLACE, something we didnt even dare to dream of. We were really happy and it showed on every step of our way. We had a great party with dancing and celebrating the great success.
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DAY TWO
STACK OVERFLOW – FDKK 8 : 4
This was a truly Sunday game one ;) As Ive said so far this team has proved itself as a fully rounded ultimate frisbee team from begginig to the end and this game was no different. We were a bit „tired“ from the night before but that didnt stop us from trying like hell to beat this very experinced team from Austria. It was a really Sunday game fom the book. We were playing excellent but just could not catch the disk in the goal zone, we dropped I think like 5 or 6 goals. But hey this is frisbee and those things happen. Writing this down now I see that from now on I can no longer write about this team as a begginer team so no excuses were made for our mistakes. Just constructive criticism and keeping our head high for the game for 7th place.
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FDKK – AUGARTNER 7 : 8
Last game of the tournament and the day was just another thrilling acomplishment and a dot to a unforgetable tourney. Augartner is a new team with old players, no begginers there only very very experienced players. They started blazing but we didint give up. The whole game they were up by 2 or 3 points but that didnt stop us from playing our game and focusing how to do the things we agreed throughout the whole tourney. And then the proof that FDKK has everything needed to become a great team. It was 6:3 for Augartner and only 8 minutes till the end. We took a time out and told ourselves ok, forget about the result its a new 8 minute game ,one in which we have a chance of winning as much as them. And then it started, we went on a 4- 1 run with our last point scored after the time went out and it was 7-7 – game point. After a couple of turnovers they managed to score but what we achieved was like winning the first place. To come back with a totally new team against old foxes like augartners was cream on top of the cake the whole tourney was. It was a statement that these only appear to be new and unexperienced players but truly this is a team that will NEVER give up, that has HEART to keep going always, that has the HEAD not to break when it is hard or when it is easy nd that sticks together. I personally think never seen before.
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I could write so many things more about the team and the players and reading what I wrote I see that I could only cover a tiny bit of the good things that went on on this tournament. I could write a whole page about each and every player and their contribution but there is no need. You were all great and such a thrill and enjoyment to play with. Please keep it on just like this and you will succed.
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