Long weekend here in our little corner of Switzerland … the Bernese Oberland.
First on Saturday a big 50th birthday party for my friend Martin – held in the Emmental region of the canton of Bern. Just a beautiful area with homes and farmhouses with steeply peaked roofs sometimes almost extending to ground level.
The mountains aren’t as massive here, but I certainly wouldn’t call the rolling green area “hills” either. Many of the homes and farm areas are over two hundred years old. Yeah, and they are built on the tops of some of these “Hills” How did that do that anyway?
It is a big dairy area of Switzerland … my friend Bradley who drove us to the party for Martin told me to think of it as Switzerland’s Breadbasket. Well, if they have dairy farming – guess what they make cheese and chocolate! Both famous from this area.
Well, I survived the party for Martin – made it home at the stroke of midnight. Crashed – slept hard! Only to be woke (no, not that kind of “woke”) to the sound of thunder and the sight of lighting around six in the morning.
Hop in the shower and zip down the Gwatt hillside (very steep hillside I must say) Jump on the #1 bus at Moos. A few stops later I am at the Lachenstadiun getting ready for a full day of football.
Carrying an extra set of clothes and an umbrella in case it rains the entire day
By the way “Family Day” at the Thun Tigers!
Four games in one day … nope, not kidding!
First is a joint U-19 practice and scrimmage with our canton rivals the Bern Grizzlies (coached by my friend John Jordan). It was very well organized and conducted by our head coach Renato.
It was like an NFL joint practice (without the pushing, shoving and fighting). Both teams got a lot of things done. Very productive in my opinion.
Since neither of us has scheduled games for this Saturday morning – why not practice against an opponent – why just practice against your own guys when you have a chance to compete against a different club??
This was followed by a flag football exhibition which included some of our Senior (20 and above) and young players. It was a lot of fun to watch.
OK, then some real game time football as our Thun Tigers took on the Bern Grizzlies in a U-19 game. This was a game with playoff implications written all over it.
After a three-week layoff the Tigers shook off the cobwebs and turned a very competitive game into a big win. With just one game left the Tigers certainly worked their way into a good position in regards to playoff placing.
We were forced to play a few players on both sides of the ball at various times. Now, we have some very talented running backs. They have been backbreakers to our opponents.
At times veryu storng runners – Simone and Alex played in the offensive backfield and also as linebackers for the Tigers. They were excellent on both sides of the ball. (Oh yeah exhausted after the scrimmage as well!)
Couple that with the fact that our talented signal caller Silvano was on fire and throwing the ball all over the field the Grizzlies ran into a buzz-saw today.
Bern is a very good team, but – they have had injuries and just couldn’t keep up today as we won by a pretty big score.
NOW ONTO THE BIG GAME.
Our Erste Mannschaft (“First Team”) takes on the Bienna Jets in the night cap. A lot of excitement and tension will be let loose on the kickoff.
Our “First Team” for the Thun Tigers has been practicing twice a week since January ….but we haven’t had a game in that entire time. Yes eight months!
Think about it … eight months of practce and finally we are coming into a real game. (Well, honestly Bienna is in the same boat.)
To say our guys were jacked up for the game would be an understatement. It took a few plays to settle in and just let al of that pent up energy out!
Now, the Jets are a good team. Really big guys up front and a fearless quarterback. Plus a few imports from France to secure their front.
Early on it was nip and tuck with our well balanced offense allowing us a lead until right before half as the Jets pulled ahead.
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