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Orsten goes Fistball

• What's fistball?

This is a Germany-based team game long played but now a little on decline due to the new, more modern-fashioned games. It can be played indoors and outdoors. The field is 20 X 50 meters large, divided by a rope at 2 m. A line at 3 meters away from the line indicates a border that the hitter must not step over during his start hit after a fault (point to the opponent). There are five players with fixed positions: mostly one or two hitters left and right front, a server in the center and two defenders in the back left and right corners. The rules are slightly those of volleyball, but the ball may touch the ground. Actually, more countries play fistball, at least 7 in Europe, outside Europe fistball is played for example in Brazil and in Namibia, Brazil even (naturally) playing very successful in World Championships.

• This year it will become a little difficult with the "Orstenies": a) the organizers of the winter meeting could book a hall so far, and b) Dieter will have his heart operation

4) "Orstenies" at the 2nd Fistball Hobby Competition (Schwörturnier) in Ulm, July 18, 2009

The team has trained hard and was ready to win........ For this they hired Lena Waloszek again, who was currently on term holidays, and her friend Andreas – but it did not help: Joachim got knee problems and could not play (as last summer), and, even more serious: several teams were better. In the end we made it to the fifth, but we had very good games and fun.

The team before the start: Lena, Andreas, Joachim, Yu, Christopher and Dieter.

3) "Orstenies" at the 10th Indoors Fistball Hobby Tournament in Burlafingen, March 8, 2009

This spring the Orstenies team became even 3rd at the indoors hobby fistball tournament in Burlafingen. After two matches won and one lost they made it into the second round but lost very unluckily agaist the "Hausmeister" with a single point difference. Therefore they could play only for the third rank, which they won clearly.


The Orstenies team with Andreas, Dieter, Christopher, Bobby (our guest player), Joachim and Yu	somewhat exhausted after a lost game	the certificate

2) "Orstenies" at the 1st Outdoors Fistball Tournament in Ulm (Schwörturnier), July 19, 2008

In summer 2008, the Orstenies team, without Joachim, who was ill, became 2nd at the first outdoor hobby fistball tournament in Ulm. They made it nicely into the final but after two matches without clear winner, the third and last match should make it – and the Orstenies were regrettably less successful..... .

All participating teams from left to right: The Noses, The Jägerettes, the Orstenies, the Böfinger Fäustlinge, and the members of the skiing school Aschkipf. T the right: the finalists: rstenies and the ASCHKIPF	Certificate no. 2
The Orstenies team with Andreas, Yu, Christopher, Dieter and his fistball colleague Bobby (Joachim was regrettably ill). Right: Christpher trying hard.

1) The "Orstenies" at the 9th fistball hobby tournament im Burlafingen, March 2, 2008

On March 2, 2008 our workgroup team, with Joachim, Yu, Dieter and three guest collaborators, Lena and Christian, Dieters children, and Bobby, one of Dieter's colleagues of the SSV Ulm fistball-teams, joined the 8th 'Jedermannturnier' in Burlafingen. Only "non-professionals" were allowed, and attending professionals were allowed to play as defenders only. Joachim had merely the Friday before to train a little, and Yu had three training units, so it was exciting to see how they would make it. The 13 teams played in two groups, and, although our team called "Orstenies" had a nice phrase "Orstenar ska vinna" (the orstens shall win), we became only fifth in our group – winning two games, but loosing 4. The game about the 9th rank was however won fairly easily

It was big fun and finally, we made nice pictures of the team in our CORE t-shirts finally.


The Orstenies team shouts its call "Orstenar ska vinna", which sound like Swedish and should means "The orstenies shall win".	Joachim and Yu testing ball and ground.	Note the huge dimensions of the play field of 25 X 20 m.

All five players in action: Christian Waloszek on left, Yu behind him, Bobby, Lena Waloszek and Joachim (Dieter coaching in this match).	Yu jumping to hit the ball (serving).	Congratulations after the final match, which was won. After all we made to rank 9 out of 13
Left: The starting team; middle: certificate; right: the complete team after Chris joined in.	Certificate no. 1

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