Canada 2, Sweden 2

On Monday morning I sadly said goodbye to Swansea and area.  I had been blessed with such wonderful weather as well as being able to meet up with wonderful friends again. The train ride was very peaceful and a few hours later I met up with one Ryan Taylor.

What’s a Ryan Taylor you say?  He’s my friend that beat me in Countdown three years ago!  We had a great time over a pint catching up and discussing all things quizzing.  Like me he is serial game show contestant – he’s been on five game shows as well!

After catching up with Emily on Monday night (and an exciting run to Tesco!) it was time to head up to Newcastle for the Canada/Sweden and France/Cameroon matches!

On the train up to Newcastle I ended up meeting up with Ernie and his other supporters.  It turned out that Ernie’s daughter was playing on the team! After chatting with him and the rest of the crowd I went and got my Canada spirit on!

Once in Newcastle I started walking to St. James’s park.  As soon as I got there I started having pictures taken with me!  People really liked my getup! I also got interviewed for Metro Radio Newcastle.

The security guards liked my get up too! “What’s in your pockets?” “I HAVE NO POCKETS!!!” In a get up like that it’s pretty impossible!

Inside I was thrilled to see that I was in a massive pocket of Canadian fans.  I was running around getting pictures with a lot of them!

I was up near the top of the stadium and then was asked, along with two other Canadians to be interviewed on the big screen.  Well OF COURSE I did it ha ha ha! After that I ended up sitting down to a nice couple from Winnipeg and their young daughter.  And a bunch of Swedish supporters were behind us.

It was a bit scary, the game itself, as we were down 2-0 to Sweden within about 20 minutes.  But our girls came back and tied it up!!!! Very pleased with a 2-2 tie.

After the game, I went and got a few pictures with some of the players as it was possible!

With #13, Sophie Schmidt

With goalkeeper Karina Leblanc.  She even retweeted this!!!

 

An awesome, awesome game! On the way back to the train station I met Urbe and crew from Montreal and Toronto.  I ended up sitting with them on the train on the way home and playing some excellent games of cards!  I hope that I’ll be able to catch up with them when I’m home.

Next Olympic event: Women’s Basketball on Friday!

Cheers,

Vick.