Takeover day

I wasn't even in the base for 5mins after the CAT train when Ulwin came pretty much running up to me informing me that Takeover games will be starting tonight and team Springbokkies, which later changed to team Melktertjies (no, I had no part in the naming of our Pool doubles team!!) is also playing.

So throw down duffel bag in room, raid the kitchen/fridge for dinner leftovers to eat, shower (think that one was the most necessary since it was like 5 days since my previous shower, and even if you are cold, you still sweat when you work!), and then off to the games room to see what shinaniganz they had going on. I have to say the Takeover games was pretty strictly refereed, he even had a button shirt on (which is a big deal here..). So me and Ulwin were up against Will and Ben, and thank goodness Will sank the black ball in the middle of the game, so yay, we survived round one. The first table tennis match was postponed till the morning, and I was really glad, cause my sukkel-to-get-the-sled-hooked-and-get-my-finger-caught-between-the-pin-and-the-safety-clip finger was still purple, twice the original size, and seriously killing me.

After the first round of games my bed welcomed me with open arms...not for long though, day two of takeover games started early on and soccer was up first. First game was against team 50 - the old vs the new, and obviously we totally beat their asses!! So after a couple of other rounds we were in the finals against the Titan team. A bizillion bruises later we lost, 0-1 :(. Was quite an awesome game though and we did enjoy it thoroughly, even if we didnt win.

Next was tug-of-war, and we had a major weight disadvantage in this one, so we didn't get very far. Then boot throw, where you have to throw a 'Pampoenskoen' backwards over your head. My first throw was kinda in the opposite direction than intended, woops, but atleast the other two throws were good enough to get me first place for the girls.

After some fire alarm drama and cleaning up we could finally start getting ready for the official Takeover function where we would be signing away our lives for the next year. Kinda scary if you think about it like that! So the girls got their dresses, and all the boys got their suits (or whatever kinda clean outfit they had lying around), and we were ready for our 4 course meal. Somewhere inbetween there were speeches and contract signing and pic taking, but in the end it was really awesome.

And after dinner the games continued..more pool, foosball, table tennis, darts, and vodca jelly babies. It was a total blast!!