I’m trying to put a positive spin on my coaching debut. The Porepunkah Primary School football team today impressed against much bigger opponents.
Our boys may have lost all three games, but winning isn’t important at this age.
The kids actually had a great time and some of them are very skilful. They were competitive against the other schools. Considering Porepunkah only has about 125 students we did well to field a football team from grades three to six.
After being overwhelmed by Whorouly in the first game I stacked the backline with our best players and stemmed the tide.
Dude played well, especially in the first game where he took a mark, had a couple of kicks and a handpass. He was one of the tiniest boys out there.
It was freezing today. I rode the bike to Myrtleford through drizzle and it was only a new waterproof wind jacket that saved me.
I picked up another puncture on the way back, about 6km from Porepunkah, and Juliet had to come and collect me. I took the bike into Bright for repairs and should have it back on Sunday.
I enjoyed watching the football, although I’ll pay for it by having to work on Sunday.
I’m supposed to be walking up Mount Buffalo tomorrow, but the weather is lousy. It was 10 degrees today and the forecast for tomorrow is rain, falling as snow above 1000 metres.
