Pace on Earth

Still the Same

In what has (happily) become an almost yearly ritual, we are heading to Kentville, Nova Scotia tomorrow to defend the Caledonia Cup. 9 years ago next week my generation of rugby Loyalists won our first Cup after a 20 year drought at the club. It was an incredible day in 1999 but after tasting alot of success since then, and winning the Cup 5 more times since then, what gets me the most is how much all of the boys still care about this game, this trophy. It means as much now as it did 10 or 15 years ago when we hadn't won it yet.

Every year we bring in a host of new players and we preach to them about how hard we worked to become the best team around here. And then if we do the work to get to this game all of the old boys come out of the wood work and send out inspirational messages that really hammer the message of how much this means into all of us. It gives me chills reading them and it's great for all those young guys to know what we are playing for. Besides, it's a pretty simple formula to this game; win and you get a happy off-season, lose and your pissed off all winter.
It's really in everyone's best interest if we win.

Pace out.

Labels: Caledonia Cup, Flashback Friday

posted by Vitamin S @ 5:49 p.m.