Burying The Ghost of Mercy Past (Eating my words)

I'm going to be breaking up these posts into several sections, so you can read at your leisure. I will be doing it in reverse chronological order, so this post will always remain on top. So please scroll down to the bottom to start from the beginning of the day.

First off, the 'thank yous'
Big thank you to everyone who turned up for the tournament, especially that everyone put in the extra effort to show up on time. We started the day on a brilliant note with our team at full strength, and the day only got better and better.

Also, much thanks for the "volunteers" to helped buffer the other team's numbers. It's not that we wanted to let you go, but in this way, everyone got a chance to play instead of having 10 guys on the bench. Kudos to Fei, Michael, Weixiong, Jeremy, Toh Sen and Toh Ken (and Jason in the semis) for playing your heart out for the other team(even against us)

Thanks to "Captain" Rickey and "Coach" Guppy, for managing the team, keeping score, umpiring, collecting money and other general mundane, non-playing activities. Your efforts do not go unappreciated.

Finally, the biggest thank you goes to Mr. Lloyd "The Cheetah" Yeo for putting this all together, organising and running a smooth tournament. The guys at NUS IFG have a lot to learn from him.