The team played hard all day and ended up finishing 8th out of 16 teams, a huge improvement over their first two tournaments. The day was shortened due to heavy rain but nothing could dampen the team's spirits as the trademark handshakes and joking with competitors went on all day. Even after the tournament was stopped the Tippinators were still playing for fun against any team that would come onto the rain soaked field.
The points were tallied, the winners announced and much to the surprise of the team a special award was presented to the Tippinators for sportsmanship. The entire team was stunned and honoured by the award as the team had never even heard of a "Sportsmanship Award" let alone expect to receive one with so many other great players and teams in attendance.
Tippinators Break Out |
The complete list of standings OKSportz - 3man Rookie/Novice Tourny - Oct 15th, 2005:
Supremacy - 1st place
Phoenix Gold - 2nd place
Unforgiven Red - 3rd place
Primal - 4th place
Spikes 5150 - 5th place
G-prime - 6th place
Phoenix Silver - 7th place
Tippinators - 8th place
Untouchables - 9th place
Triple Image Blue - 10th place
Magnitude - 11th place
Unforgiven Yellow - 12th place
Triple Image Black - 13th place
Mersey Road - 14th place
Triple Image Red - 15th place
Fire Storm - 16th place
Tippinators - Most Sportsmanship
And a special award was given out today, "most sportsmanship" we asked for input from all the refs and The Tippinators came out on top, these guys just ooze class, both on and off the field, I think their team motto pretty much sums it up: "Shake hands, play hard, have fun, make new friends, remember that it is just a game."
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