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I was\/am supposed to be playing for the Soft Sticks field hockey team. Except I decided to dislocate my shoulder last week instead \ud83d\ude1b The opposition for the day were ‘Out 2 Score’. Unfortunately my batteries were running on empty so I couldn’t load up the LCD screen to change the ISO settings\/exposures so the pictures are all messed up and then it ran totally flat after only taking a few shots \ud83d\ude41 Hopefully I’ll get some better shots next time.<\/p>\n

\"Nastaha<\/a><\/p>\n

Our mighty team manager leading the charge to the front<\/p>\n

\"Kara<\/a><\/p>\n

Kara stomping her way down the boards, er, pipe … whatever that black tube thingy is called<\/p>\n

\"Deb<\/a><\/p>\n

Paula dribbles, Paula passes, Deb scores! Yay \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Deb is also my physiotherapist so fingers crossed she’s as skilled with treating dislocated shoulders as she is at scoring goals!<\/p>\n

\"Satisfaction:<\/a><\/p>\n

Paula and Deb looking very satisfied with their achievement!<\/p>\n

\"Scott<\/a><\/p>\n

Scott demonstrating the ‘lower is better’ approach<\/p>\n

\"Scott<\/a><\/p>\n

Scott taking it a step further and demonstrating the ‘lets stand on our stick and head butt the ground coz we’re staring into space’ approach.<\/p>\n

\"Deb<\/a><\/p>\n

Deb deking some big guy<\/p>\n

\"Paula<\/a><\/p>\n

Paula chasing down the ball followed by Deb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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