This weekend's tournament in Montréal marked the start of Gaelic football season & we had the perfect weather for it: cold, wet and muddy. I pity anyone that tried camping this long weekend. The men's team tied a game we should have won, lost a game we could have won, and then won a game; but it wasn't enough points to advance and play on the Sunday. The Lady Casements played excellently and advanced to the semifinal, but Sunday had lots of straight-up rain, and the men's team were lucky to be huddled on the sidelines under umbrellas and trees.
As for the craic: it was great, though the service consistently sucked most everywhere that we went; from things as small as charging $8.25 for a pint of Smithwicks (Jan was even charged $5 for a pint of Coke) to serving staff who complained about not being tipped enough (which provoked a mass exodus of maybe two dozen Casements; hopefully that was enough of a statement to get the point across).
Matt Collins's wallet got stolen, which was a shitty thing to have happen, and it provoked a surprising display of racism from some team members; but it also prompted teammates' support: everyone pitched in $5 so that the guy could feed himself and still have a good night out.
More photos in the photobucket, here.
As for the craic: it was great, though the service consistently sucked most everywhere that we went; from things as small as charging $8.25 for a pint of Smithwicks (Jan was even charged $5 for a pint of Coke) to serving staff who complained about not being tipped enough (which provoked a mass exodus of maybe two dozen Casements; hopefully that was enough of a statement to get the point across).
Matt Collins's wallet got stolen, which was a shitty thing to have happen, and it provoked a surprising display of racism from some team members; but it also prompted teammates' support: everyone pitched in $5 so that the guy could feed himself and still have a good night out.
More photos in the photobucket, here.
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