Receptions, Ceremonies and Dress-Ups
Team reception with Ben Offeriens and Joel Milburn Last night we were exposed to our first whole team function, which was the team reception and revealing of the flag bearer. Obviously not everyone goes to this (especially with the opening ceremony on tonight), but the atmosphere was amazing! I had a predicted fun-rating of about 4-5 out of 10, but it delivered a solid 9! I think I had an image in my head it as going to be a sit down occasion with lots of speeches and formal stuff, but no! We were greeted by about 100 screaming fans (of which I still don’t know how to react to other than smiling and waving like an idiot) and cameras in out faces, before entering a massive room full of people, music, and an atmosphere pretty much like a nightclub! Past and present AIS boys! Joel, Patty Mills (bball), Joe Ingles (bball), and me It was a great chance to catch up with athletes you don’t get to see very often from different sports, not to mention the staff that we c
