Bermuda Lacrosse

BDA Laxxxx, the chillest place to lax it up. At least that's what the website says:

http://bermudalacrosse.com/index.html

Battling a cold, last Sunday, I finally got to play lacrosse. One of the first things I did when I began my packing for Bermuda was seeing if lacrosse was played down here. So and behold, I found the website and checked it out. The roster wasn't too impressive with the sole D-1 guy being 6-0, 275 and the majority having Bermuda Lacrosse listed as experience. But they had just recently played in the world games and as well sponsored a few tournaments on the island. It looked well organized, so I contacted the guy and let him know I'd be moving down here.

Few emails later since I've been here, the past weekend was the first time I was able to play. Luckily enough, they were having a tournament within they're "club". Aparently, there's about 60-70 guys involved with BDA lax and about 20 or so show up regularly on Sunday mornings to play. However, this weekend, they divided up the club into Canadians, Bermudians, and Americans calling it the Tri-Nations tournament. It happens once a year. Perfect. I showed up around 11:30am to Bermuda college and watched the women's team finish they're scrimmage. Found my contact and he introduced me to a few guys and let the Americans know I'd be playing with them. They were happy to hear that I had some experience. All of the guys were real friendly.

The Canadians and Bermudians played first, it was alright lacrosse. Most of the guys are over 26 or so(some are way over) and a lot haven't played for too long, but the balls not on the ground too much which is the best thing to see. After waiting and waiting, team USA got to play team Bermuda. Team USA won; after, we played Canada and won again. It was a lot of fun. It was especially a lot of fun doing whatever I wanted out on the field.

After the game, I had a few beers with some of the guys from the team and chatted to see what the hell other people on the island do. I've got diving lessons and squash match set up for the future. I've also got an unofficial invite to play on the National team for the World Games in 2010. Pretty pumped about that if everything works out.