The Musings of Adam Woods: Crazy Pool Team Night

Thursday (2/12) started off in the usual way with my 3 hours of class from 1-4pm. After class I grabbed some food and got cleaned up before going to Trev at 6 for pool team practice before our match at 7. The match this week was against Cartmel, who is like our buddy college. Since they are our buddies we decided that drinking during the match was required. Also, it was the birthday of one our team members, Matt, so that added to the festivities.

Shortly before 7pm their team arrived carrying two cases of Reef and a big box of straws. Before the first match started, we all headed outside to do a "boat race". After our boat race we headed in to kick things off.

I ended up being chosen to play the first game of the match. I started off poorly, going down by 7 balls to 2, but I ended up coming back and winning by 2 balls. I didn't realize at the time, but the guy I beat had a perfect record coming into our game, so that was a nice little plus to the win. The win brought my personal record to 3-1.

After my game was over it was back outside for another boat race. With 2 boat races out of the way and all of the Reef gone, it was on to Sambuca shots. The trend of game then drink continued pretty much for the rest of the match. By the time we headed into town after the match I had already had 3 pints, 2 Reefs, and 3 shots. A pretty strong pregame I'd say. We ended up winning the match 5-4 btw. Some pics from the match:

Amanda, Urmie, Jessica, and Rosie

Gemma, Jenny, and Ann

The first stop in town was Revolutions to claim our free bottle of vodka and get a few rounds. The next stop was WalkAbout. At WalkAbout we did a few more boat races and had a few rounds before it was off to Elements. I was done drinking for the evening when we got to Elements, so it was all about the dancing, which was a good time with the group I was with. After Elements it was off to the taxis and back to the flat. Here are some pics from the evening: