What a day. Things for Team GB didn’t go according to plan with both Ashley and Kelly picking up World number 2 and 1 respectively.
Both fought really well but their Olympic medal dream came to an end.

At back of house, we were allocated specific ‘jobs’. My rota started with guard duty of position 507 for an hour. This is where the competitors re-enter BOH after their contest.
Was due to start there at 8:30 which was fine …. contest didnt start until 9am 🙂

So, having got to the venue at 7:25, I had been given my first post.
Yay, the Olympics have begun…

…unfortunately, I didn’t see a single competitor through 507 as no sooner had contests begun, my team leader needed to move things around.
Apparently, they were having problems around judogi control and could I help there

Of course I’d help – teamwork an all that. Except we clearly made it look difficult as, one after another, others told our Team Leader that would rather not do that role either

So, having arrived at the Olympics being 50% unsure as to what I’d be doing, it’s now very clear.
My job is to ensure that the players get to the mat ontime…..hmmm, this sounds familiar. Oh wait, it should….I do almost exactly the same thing at other major tournaments in the UK

I left the arena earlier today – about 17:30 – and have managed to get “home” and freshen up

What to do now…..pub anyone?