The OP Republic 2015 2015

c r i c k e t Mor i t zHuber Onder s t epoor tc r i c k ethasc omea l ong way i nr ec enty ear s .Fr om s t r uggl i ngt oﬁndpl ay er sﬁv ey ear s ago,t ohav i ngas ur pl usofpl ay er s t opi c kf r om.Fr om per f or mi ngdi s mal l yt o wi nni ngand mak i ngt he s emi ﬁnal si nc ons ec ut i v ey ear s . Thes eas onOnder s t epoor tex per i enc edl as ty earwasal way sgoi ngt o beat oughonet ot op.Thet eam wont hel eaguebeat i ngTuk sac ademyi nt heﬁnal i n2014. Thebegi nni ng oft he 2015 s eas on l ook ed gr eat .Wehadav er yl ar genumber ofpl ay er satpr ac t i c eswi t hs ome t al entemer gi ngi nt hef or m ofNew Vs .Butt heﬁr s tt wogamespr ov ed t o be s t umbl i ngbl oc k son whi c h t het eam woul dbui l d.Af t erhav i ng l os tt he ﬁr s tt wo games oft he s eas on,OP wentunbeat en unt i l t hes emi ﬁnal s .Thewayt het eam pul l edt oget heraf t ert heear l ydi s appoi nt ment smademeex t r emel y pr oudt obepar tofi t . Unf or t unat el yt hes emi ﬁnalwasones t ept oo f ar .Nonet hel es s ,mak i ngi tt hatf ar was a maj orac hi ev ementand I c ommendev er y onef ort hei rr ol es i nget t i ngt het eam t hatf ar .Ihope t hati n2016wewi l lbeabl et or ec apt ur et hec up( whi c hdoes n’ tac t ual l yex i s t )andbr i ngi tbac kt oOP. As pec i al ment i onmus tgooutt oa pl ay er ,who unf or t unat el yf orus , di v i ngc l ub Nel l maLeRoux Af r ol i c s omet i meofmar i nel i f eenj oy mentt ot he r hy t hm ofwav es , mus i c ,f r i ends ,f ood and t ot al t r opi c t ak e ov er . The dr eamy oc ean s oundsl ead usi nt o ear l y mor ni ngdi v eswi t hTr us i opst r unc at esmeet i ngusons nor k el i ngex pedi t i ons . Mi s s i ng br eak f as tt o r eac ht hedi v es i t eont i memade t he egg and bac on f r y up at br unc hex c ept i onal .Mus c l esi ner t f r om ni t r ogen bui l d up had us pas s edoutundergaz ebost i l lt he l at ec al l ofr ef r es hment sands ome beac hgamesmadet hei rwayi nt o our s ubc ons c i ous mi nds . The nondi v er smadet hemos tofﬁs hi ng,s nor k el i ng,s wi mmi ng,s l eepi ng,andk eepi nghy dr at i ons t at us es hi gh.Br aai ng was made r eal SO LONGANDTHANKS FORTHEFI SH 21 l eav esOnder s t epoor tatt heendof t hi sy ear ,Andr ewRi s s i k .As t al war t ofOP c r i c k et ,Andr ew c apt ai ned t hes i det ov i c t or yi n2014andhas beeni ns t r ument ali nmanyoft he v i c t or i esOPenj oy ed. At r uemas t er wi t ht hebatt hati sal way sapl eas ur et o wat c h,he wi l lbe s or el y mi s s ed.Her e’ sa r umbl ert o OP c r i c k et ,al lt hebes tf or2016and bey ond. by t he Nei lPar s ons and J as on Mey erwhenol dc r at eswer eus ed f ors eat sand bot t l esf ora br aai s t and. An i ni t i at i v e pat ent ed f or f ut ur ei mpr ov i s at i onalneeds .Thi s aquat i cr oad t r i pl ef tt he bes tof memor i eswi t hmor es t or i est ot el l andj uv eni l eangelﬁs ht ot i c koﬀ. Thes al ts eaai r , s andyc l earbeac hesand open bl ue wat er swasa s oot hi ng,s ubl i mebr eakf r om OP i nt ens i t i es .Longdr i v esbac kt oOP, Dur banandt heKar oower ehappy wi t hs at i s f ac t i on,Vi tD andagood s ens eofv or f r eude–t hej oy f ul ,i nt ens eant i c i pat i ont hatc omesf r om i magi ni ngf ut ur eev ent s .

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