First of all, Happy Birthday to our very own Tammy Turner. She chose to spend her birthday playing volleyball and earned a hat and 10 bucks as a result. Hope it was a memorable day, Tam.
I would like to thank all of the teams for supporting our tournament in Great Falls. Personally, I'm extremely thankful to all of the women's teams who came out to play. I must admit, you surprised me. Eight teams after last year's cancellation was definitely a pleasant shock. All of the women but three were newbies this year. Also, the 2009 women's MVP was a repeat vote winner from the 2007 tourney; although, she was able to lead her team to a first place finish this time.
On the men's side, we had the same situation as last year: the previous year's overall winner defending his title with a new partner. Six loyal guys have played in the GSO all three years, which means that the remaining 10 guys were all newbies this year. We had a new MVP'er this year; however, heat exhaustion prevented him from finishing the championship match and landed him in the ER that evening. To be nostalgic, we had two former GFVA male members who used to play in the Grass Stain Open when it was a coed 4's tournament in the 90's.
Injury Update Regarding Kyle:
I would like to thank all of the teams for supporting our tournament in Great Falls. Personally, I'm extremely thankful to all of the women's teams who came out to play. I must admit, you surprised me. Eight teams after last year's cancellation was definitely a pleasant shock. All of the women but three were newbies this year. Also, the 2009 women's MVP was a repeat vote winner from the 2007 tourney; although, she was able to lead her team to a first place finish this time.
On the men's side, we had the same situation as last year: the previous year's overall winner defending his title with a new partner. Six loyal guys have played in the GSO all three years, which means that the remaining 10 guys were all newbies this year. We had a new MVP'er this year; however, heat exhaustion prevented him from finishing the championship match and landed him in the ER that evening. To be nostalgic, we had two former GFVA male members who used to play in the Grass Stain Open when it was a coed 4's tournament in the 90's.
Injury Update Regarding Kyle:
Even though Kyle drank water and ate 8 bananas throughout the day, it wasn't enough to replace his output. His initial cramping turned into extremely painful cramping and nausea. Keely ended up taking him to the emergency room from Machinery Row, which turned out to be a very good thing. Otherwise, his heat exhaustion could have turned into heat stroke (body organs shutting down). After 3 L of IV fluid and 3+ hours in the ER, Kyle felt so much better, was able to walk on his own, and was released.
This is a good reminder for all of us to drink plenty of fluid, which may be more than we think necessary, during these hot summer tourneys. Ask Kyle. This incident was scary.
Thanks, Kee, for driving like a mad woman to get him to the hospital and taking care of business at the ER.
Sincerely,
Krista
(a.k.a. Pizza Stealer. Sorry about that, Phil. Like I told you at Machinery Row, I didn't know that was your pizza. I was feeling sorry for that particular pizza pie, since nobody had taken a slice yet. Oops. I may nickname you Joey, since Joey doesn't share food.)
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