Busy day today, but trying to keep the kids as fresh as possible for this afternoon's games.
Breakfast at 8:15, followed by a regeneration session/workshop at 9:30-11am. Between breakfast and the session, here is what my floor looked like:
Group power nap? Not sure how much sleep they actually got in 20 minutes
Lunch for girls at 11:30 due to their earlier kickoff, boys at 12pm.
The girls would get an earlier start to their games than the boys today, with the 14's kicking off at 1pm, 15's at 2:30pm. Buses loaded and headed to Brighton & Hove Albion's training ground (2 miles away). Here is a great pic that shows how close the two locations are.
I'm waiting on approval from Brighton to post the action shots from the girls' games this afternoon, but here are the squad photos...
The 14's fell behind early but quickly responded to finish on top. One of the highlights was Emma Gallant scoring on a full volley from a cross. The 15's scored early in their match and never looked back. Caitlin Trott scored a hat trick for the older girls team.
Once the action photos are approved I'll be sure to post them!
The boys played host to Chelsea at Lancing College with both games kicking off at 2:30pm. Once again, both boys' teams put forth a great performance and defeated the Chelsea sides.
The scramble back to the dorms called for a quick change of clothing and then back to the cafeteria to grab a boxed sandwich/dinner before boarding the buses to the Southend/Brighton League Cup match away at Southend.
Estimated time for travel was quoted in the 1 hr 45 min to 2 hr range. Things looked to be ok, and then we hit traffic. Not just traffic, massive amounts of traffic. The GPS was estimating it would take over a 90 minutes for the final 38 miles of the journey to the stadium. That increased to as much as 2 hours because of a car accident on the highway.
We had to make the decision to turn back, as there was no way we were making it to the game even by halftime. We were also receiving text messages from one of the families (who left Lancing 1 hour before we did) saying they were moving maybe 1 mile in an hour's time. Other emails to us were warning of no movement on the highway at all for spells of 15-30 minutes.
By the time we stopped at the service area on the way back, Chris and I could barely get out of the car as we were jammed in the back of a teeny minivan for over 3 hours with minimal leg room. I'm not quite sure how we drew the short straw!
In the end, turning back was the sensible decision as we would not have gotten home until midnight, and we have to depart the college at 8am for our big London Excursion tomorrow, visiting Niketown and many of the tourist sites in the city!
View photos here.
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