Opening ceremony, crazy to say the least. In the midday heat we processed through the streets of Hannover singing every chant we had under the sun, special mention to vocalist of the day, Gibby! Making friends with our backing singers, the USA, along the way. Out on pitch one, our first viewing of the pitches, we lined up with flag bearer Annie B proudly waving our magnificant welsh flag. We waited our time as one of the last teams to be called at which point we broke out into a loud rendition of our national anthem. The atmosphere of the cheering and clapping was overwhelming and furthered our excitement. After a few short speeches the World Championships were declared open and each member of the 14 teams including FIL and the Officials released a balloon into the air which made the crowd go wild. Everyone dispersed at which point everyone went for a lunch by the lake. This evenings hour long team meeting consisted of a moving powerpoint displaying our journey to the world cup and some rather embarrassing baby photos, team quotes and a short speech from Storm has fired us up for tommorrows big game...the first of many. BRING IT ON SCOTLAND!!!!!
Lottie Van-Praag #8 Hellie K-C #11
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