Priestly Cup

Yesterday was the annual Priestly Cup round-robin soccer tournament and barbie. Four teams took the field for another manifestation of allegedly old rivalries among the climate folks at CSIRO, Monash Uni, Melbourne Uni, and the Bureau of Met. My initial optimism was crushed after a sudden, last-minute epidemic of the "better things to do" left us hard pressed to field a team. My spirits dipped lower when I arrived on site and heard quite a few British and European accents among our competition. And I also wasn't quite used to playing amidst swarms of flies [seriously, Australia has a fly problem. It's kind of gross.] We gave it a good go, but fell 2-1 and 2-0 during the first two games, but we held the juggernaut of Monash Uni scoreless despite their triumph over the other two teams. We then ate hot sausages (and a few flies, no doubt) and drank cold beer.