Winterfest!

      Last weekend I went to Hartford, Connecticut, for a volleyball tournament called winterfest.  I play for Maine Juniors, a volleyball club, and I am on 14 gold, the best team for my age division.  My team got first for our bracket and we did not get to play the winner of the bracket because there was another tournament after us and we were running late, so we did not have time to play.  Winterfest lasts 2 days for the bracket of 14 year olds and 3 days for the 16 and 18 year olds.  I had never been so I was really excited to experience my first winterfest and I am so happy that we won our bracket.                                                     

      On Saturday Afternoon my team got to hang out at the hotel, so we played a lot of games in the pool and we had a potluck.  We played elevator tag which is basically tag but you can not take the stairs so you have to ride in the elevators.  My team quit after about ten minutes and we sat on the end of one the halls and talked.  At about 6:00 we went to one of my teammates rooms and had dinner which was pulled pork and salad and a bunch of desserts that people brought.  After dinner we played hide and seek in teams of four and that did not last long.  My team went to one of our rooms and then once their parents came in we went to another persons room.  We played a lot of games like truth or dare or never have I ever.  Below is a picture of my team after the first day of winterfest.

We played five games between the two days.  My team lost the first game, but we won the second game.  We lost the third game which was also the last game of the first day.  We won both games on the second day and we won our bracket!  I had so much fun and it was good for us to be able to bond because in volleyball you have to be able to work together and not get flustered.