A fairly lively day for New Blood ensued with 3 events in total. We were scheduled to war Vanguard, but they didn't have callers and asked to move the war forward 6 hours. Alas, New Blood had already started massing and was poised for an excellent turnout, yet disappointment was looming. Fortunately, Divine Forces agreed to step in with a smaller group of warriors and were happy to accept the handicap of not being able to use protection prayers. This plus the difference in numbers went some way towards making up for the gap in numbers and experience. NB had three first time warrers in tower, as well as a couple of 2nd/3rd warrers that came along recently. It was a beneficial session which NB members took a lot away from. Mechanics were honed and some lessons learned. Thank you very much to DF.
New Blood v Divine Forces
Round 1 - 10 minutes run-in - No protection prayers for DF
NB: 28 people (1 TR guest)
DF: 15 people
DF won 27-19
Round 2 - First to 25KC - No protection prayers for DF
NB: 28 people (1 TR guest)
DF: 18 people
DF won 25-22
Round 3 - 10 minutes run-in - No protection prayers for DF
NB: 28 people (1 TR guest)
DF: 18 people
DF won 25-23
Inners
People were still eager for action after the DF sparring, so NB did 13v13 inners with an emphasis on pile transitions ad pile switches. A few minutes people on both sides were caught unaware, but it surely speaks volumes about the project when so many are eager to go to an inner session on such a scale immediately after an event. Funsies ensued, banter was had and experience was obtained.
New Blood v Vanguard
Fortunately, NB v Vanguard was able to be rearranged with a new time and action ensued. VnG brought several inexperienced people on the day, so the scores would almost certainly have been closer if not for that. NB's overall performance was good, although the turnout was slightly disappointing, even if it was quite late. Thank you to Vanguard for the action. It should be noted that NB had a P2P match with VnG after the war and got completely splattered.
Round 1 - 10 minutes run-in
NB: 20 people
VG: 15 people
NB won 27-10
Round 2 - 10 minutes run-in
NB: 20 people
VG: 15 people
NB won 23-6
Round 3 - 10 minutes run-in
NB: 20 people
VG: 15 people
NB won 22-7