Aalliya Adania
24 April 1988
Height: 5’4
Weight: 68.5kg
Aalliya says ... On Friday I was so nervous that I could not sleep. My roommate (fortunate) slept early so I went to winnie’s room and we stayed up quite late chatting to calm our nerves. Unfortunately for me, winnie fell asleep in the middle of our conversation and her roommate (kayonjo) was already dreaming. I went back to my room but after several minutes of tossing and turning I got out of bed and walked up and down in the corridor outside our rooms. I eventually tired out and went back to winnie’s room and crawled underneath her blankets and went to sleep. I woke up again at about 4.00am and returned to my room. i switched on the tv and danced to keep my mind off rugby. strangely enough I had a really huge appetite at breakfast and my teammates could not believe the amount of food I had stacked on my plate.
By the time we got to the pitch on Saturday, I was ready for anything and was sure that God would guide us to victory. When prossy got injured against Botswana, I went on to substitute her and almost scored a try. That white line was right in front of me but someone held onto my shorts and I could not move forward however hard I pumped my legs. Christine was right behind me supporting so I popped the ball to her and she scored. It was a great moment for me.
We lost to Tunisia in our pool game and that pissed me off cause we no longer had a 100% chance of qualifying for the world cup. i thought we might meet south Africa in the semi final and in that case it was a 50 – 50 chance. Either one of us could win that game. When the organisers said that we would meet Tunisia again in the semi final, I started smelling the world cup because I knew there was no way that we would lose to Tunisia again. I slept at peace and woke up on Sunday feeling victorious.
The semi final was a tense encounter and it was even worse watching it from the bench. I (visible in picture) cried when the final whistle went and it was all too much for me. My teammates – helena, harriet, charlotte, brenda, yogi, christine, prossy, rose, mary and winnie – and of course myself are all heroines while mutaks and soggy are heroes.
Cheers lady cranes and the big one to God the Almighty.
24 April 1988
Height: 5’4
Weight: 68.5kg
Aalliya says ... On Friday I was so nervous that I could not sleep. My roommate (fortunate) slept early so I went to winnie’s room and we stayed up quite late chatting to calm our nerves. Unfortunately for me, winnie fell asleep in the middle of our conversation and her roommate (kayonjo) was already dreaming. I went back to my room but after several minutes of tossing and turning I got out of bed and walked up and down in the corridor outside our rooms. I eventually tired out and went back to winnie’s room and crawled underneath her blankets and went to sleep. I woke up again at about 4.00am and returned to my room. i switched on the tv and danced to keep my mind off rugby. strangely enough I had a really huge appetite at breakfast and my teammates could not believe the amount of food I had stacked on my plate.
By the time we got to the pitch on Saturday, I was ready for anything and was sure that God would guide us to victory. When prossy got injured against Botswana, I went on to substitute her and almost scored a try. That white line was right in front of me but someone held onto my shorts and I could not move forward however hard I pumped my legs. Christine was right behind me supporting so I popped the ball to her and she scored. It was a great moment for me.
We lost to Tunisia in our pool game and that pissed me off cause we no longer had a 100% chance of qualifying for the world cup. i thought we might meet south Africa in the semi final and in that case it was a 50 – 50 chance. Either one of us could win that game. When the organisers said that we would meet Tunisia again in the semi final, I started smelling the world cup because I knew there was no way that we would lose to Tunisia again. I slept at peace and woke up on Sunday feeling victorious.
The semi final was a tense encounter and it was even worse watching it from the bench. I (visible in picture) cried when the final whistle went and it was all too much for me. My teammates – helena, harriet, charlotte, brenda, yogi, christine, prossy, rose, mary and winnie – and of course myself are all heroines while mutaks and soggy are heroes.
Cheers lady cranes and the big one to God the Almighty.
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