Last Saturday, I headed out to Banna to watch the finals of the Sony Ericsson beach tag rugby competition.
Could the organisers have asked for a better location or a better day, do these people have a direct line to the weather god, because if so I want to be friends!! No less than 35 teams took to the beach on Saturday in glorious sunshine and the atmosphere was fun and good-spirited, not even the surfers and the lone kitesurfer were put out by the invasion of be-tagged rugby players onto their domain. The locals walking and running the beach also took time out to watch and cheer. There was always a sense of rivalry about and this spilled over into a very competitive tug of war – it looked like great craic.
Indeed, standing on the beach with the heat of the sun on my face and a light breeze off the sea, watching people playing rugby, surfing, kitesurfing, walking, running, sitting, knocking sliotars back and forth and flying stunt kites, it just reminded me how great this country is when the sun is shining – ah if only we could roof it!
Could the organisers have asked for a better location or a better day, do these people have a direct line to the weather god, because if so I want to be friends!! No less than 35 teams took to the beach on Saturday in glorious sunshine and the atmosphere was fun and good-spirited, not even the surfers and the lone kitesurfer were put out by the invasion of be-tagged rugby players onto their domain. The locals walking and running the beach also took time out to watch and cheer. There was always a sense of rivalry about and this spilled over into a very competitive tug of war – it looked like great craic.
Indeed, standing on the beach with the heat of the sun on my face and a light breeze off the sea, watching people playing rugby, surfing, kitesurfing, walking, running, sitting, knocking sliotars back and forth and flying stunt kites, it just reminded me how great this country is when the sun is shining – ah if only we could roof it!
