“You’re late”

That was the first thing I heard as soon as I stepped into the MPH (Multi Purpose Hall) of Taylor’s Subang.

Yeah, by a whole 3 hours. Better late than never eh? It was the  International Dodgeball Friendly Match held last Saturday and I was too late to watch the All-Star Girls match.

Oh well. I had planned to arrive earlier, but got thwarted by chores so had to delay quite some time. But I never would’ve guessed it’d be a while 3 hours. Great.

Anyway, the match was between the Malaysian Team and the Hong Kong Team. The HK rules were applied, modifying some current rules which means some rules which would’ve been lenient were scraped or not allowed. The timing of the games are also different. There’s no 8-minute games in a match. Instead it is a 20-minute game where each team are supposed to win as many points as possible(eliminating the entire opposing team that is).

There were tense moments, where both teams were holding up for a long time and it seems to take forever to get someone out. Overall the Hyenas did the best by winning 7-4 to the HK Team.

Overall was glad I went to see the event. Seeing different strategies applied by another team(whats more HK) really opens possibilities. There was a strategy where one of the HK players will stand close to the middle line but at the corner as if waiting to be targeted, but oddly enough nobody notices him because he doesn’t seem to be carrying a ball…the secret is he was either hiding a ball up the back of his shirt or holding a ball behind his back. Then when an opposing player comes forward to shoot or has shot, he takes the opportunity to attack the said player. This is one of the best sneak attacks hehe. But to actually risk being near the centre line plus with opposing players attacking near the centre line, he has to be one daring guy. Kudos to him!

Okay off to sleep now