Last week was the Brisbane Premier League 2009 season 1 final.
After a close couple of semi finals the Dojo and the Messy Buggers ended up in the grand final.
For the ninth season in a row a Buggers team was in a final, and we managed to win our seventh BPL championship.
It was quite a game. We smashed them with man at the start. They played a zone on us and we couldn't deal with it. In particular our more experienced players couldn't handle it. The Dojo took half 8 to 7 after we were up 6 to 2.
In the second half we played a bit better against their zone, they played better against our man on man and we managed to make less mistakes to turn in the win with a score of 14 to 11.
One of the most enjoyable aspects of this season for us was the great work of the new players. The Messy Buggers had 9 blokes playing in their first season of BPL. Nine. Some of these guys had played a season or two of BUML, and others were brand new to the sport. We had 3 players who were in high school last year, and we all had a lot of learning to do as we got to know each other.
In our first game of the season Chris Burwell, Chris Cunliffe and the UQ lovers smashed us to 2. By the end of the season we had a team of blokes who knew how to work together, employ a team plan and fight hard for a victory.
Season 1 in 2009 was a great season for the Messy Buggers. Success can come in many forms in sport and I feel like we had a lot of different types of success this season.
Well done boys.
