| Wednesday, June 14, 2006 |
| Touch Rugby in Hiroshima |
Touch rugby returns! We rallied the Grapes of Wrath for another tourney, this time on Miyajima, an island south of Hiroshima. Okayama and Hiroshima had enough players to split teams, but with the 5th team flaking out, it turned into more of an interprefectural showdown match. The Momotchi team took 1st and the Grapes took 4th, for what it's worth (not much). Momotchi is our prefectural mascot-- he is a hip, starry-haired manga version of legendary Peach Boy of yore. (Frisbee Neilu went at Momotchi for Halloween this year, so I guess that made the other 5 of us the Sunshine Band.) The Hiroshima group is a mix of foreigners and Japanese and they were tons of fun. Two of them were from Seattle, and actually know Teresa and Jon from Northwest College!  L to R-- Momotchi and the Sunshine Band (Frisbee Neilu, Lizzie from Nara, Rob M, Rene, Jo, Otherrach); Hookers 'n' Dummies Black (tourney organizer Nathan 3rd from left); Grapes of Wrath (AndyJack, NY Sarah, DJ Herbal, Rach2, M@tt, Kiwiana); Hookers 'n' Dummies White; Maraea (our superstar ringer from Nara-ken). (Gimpy Ilana and Clairette missing from photo....)
Miyajima has the famous red torii gate out in the bay, which you may recognize from every single postcard collection of Japan in existence, and is full of mangy deer (one of which scampered away chewing on a tournament program) and scary ebola-jaws monkeys. There were deer lounging in a harmless herd just beyond the try line, but deer pellets everywhere made the field a bit slippery. The tournament was held to raise money for a Chinese orphanage in the Half the Sky network, and generated about $400. Nathan, the superstar organizer and all-around lovely person, is planning a 9-month bike ride all the way across China, and will be trying to raise enough money to support the operating costs of one orphanage for 2 years!
www.chinabybicycle.co.uk
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