The agony and the esctasy
Grand final day had all the highs and lows you could imagine. Firstly Jacks game started to the roar of the Ferntree Gully Eagles team running through the banner before lining up for the national anthem. 3 minutes into the game with the pace not yet settled Jack smothers a ball off an opposition boot only to cop the full force of the boot on his RIGHT arm and yes resulted in another broken arm. End of game for Jack and a very distraught family and coach. The Eagles evetually went down by 3 goals in a great game, which Jack was sorely missed by the rest of his team.
How could it get worse? Grand final 2 saw Rorys Upper Ferntree Gully team take on a tough oppostion determined to rattle them. Upper only had eyes for the ball and ran out comfortable winners 17.11.113 to 6.12.48, with the whole team contributing to the effort. As you could imagine there were many happy people. the only dampner being the opposition coach and runner not bothering to show up for the presentations afterwards.
Wild scenes followed and we spent last night (and the early hours of this morning) between Rory's club celebrations, Jack's teams dinner and finally Helen and Jack off to hospital for the inevitable x rays and plaster.
For Jack this is a real dissapointment given that it is the 2nd time inside 6 months that he has broken that arm, not to mention the broken thumb in between, and to top it all off he got his braces fitted today as well.
Special thanks to the many friends who came along to support the boys yesterday, as well as the emails and phone calls.
Talk about highs and lows and the emotional roller coaster, still not sure if I've come down to earth yet.
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