Sunday 3 August 2008

Day one round up


What a great first day. Highlights include:-
  • Bangra lessons with 4000 people all doing the moves at the same time
  • 20 Mexican waves
  • 4 hour live web cast literally watched around the world
  • Philipino dancers
  • Parade of Athletes
Giving out an email address to the people watching the webcast wasn't something we had planned, it just seemed like a good idea. It turned out to be one of the best things about the opening day, for me personally.

Being able to get the instant feedback from people enjoying your work from Columbia, Dominican Republic, Malaysia, Netherlands, Great Britain, Australia, as well as right across Canada and the USA, was amazing. It really made the experience.

The opening game between GB and Canada was good fun to watch. I think GB surprised a few people. They certainly took points from Canada with some ease when things clicked.
Both teams made quite a few errors, GB just made a few more. Canada won 17-15.

Canadian handler Kira Frew and utility player Brandon Wong were the stand out players. GB had great performances from Mark Davin and Anna Wilkes, but there were no weak links. If GB eliminate the mistakes they can do amazing things.

Send us your comments if you saw the webcast.

2 comments:

Safa Jirafa said...

Is COLOMBIA not Columbia

Safa Jirafa said...

I see the Webcast, barely is already know way if not the only to see some live broadcasting of WUGC right here in my country, anyway was amazing to see my fellow team mates, wearing the pasion yellow t-shirt, its made me proud, and i certain sure that they will make a good job representing us like a high skill Ultimate Country.

Beaside, thanks for your coverage like i said is for now the only way to stay tuned with the WUGC, maybe if you know about some channel or any other media that realize some coverage of the event i will be grateful XD I want to see my country playing online. =(

Hucks