Thursday, April 10, 2008

Panathlitikos vs Asteria Pylaias

The last game for E.P.E.S.T.H.s A' Regional championship took place close to a month ago.
We lost 3-0 to our opponents in a not so satisfying game.

Our team ended up finishing 6th out of 12. We continue our training and aim for a better placement at next year's championship.

Goose signing off!

Panathlitikos vs Navarhos Botsis

This post is way overdue, since the game actually took place more than a month ago.
I don't remember too much of the game's details, only that it ended 3-0 for us and that in the last set we were losing close to 6 points and with several consecutive blocks and a few attacks we won.

Monday, March 3, 2008

Panathlitikos vs MENT (again)

Our second match against MENT was for the championship, but unfortunately the outcome was worse that our cup match. We lost 3-0 and our performance was not that good due to lack of enthusiasm.

Two more games remain till the end of the championship and by the looks of it we will be ranked 6th out of 12 at the end of the championship.

Saturday, March 1, 2008

Panathlitikos vs MENT

Our team put forward a rather good performance against MENT but ended up losing 3-2.
We lost the first two sets but then played very well and won the remaining two. We lost the final set relatively easily (10-15).
The loss felt rather bitter, even though we played well, since we were bumped out of the cup.

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Panathlitikos vs AS Pera

We won Thursday's game against AS Pera 3-1.
The win though came at a loss: Our middle spider stepped on the outside spiker's foot and twisted its ankle. The outside spiker took its place in the next two sets.

Tarantula I hope you will have recuperated by tomorrow's game and become an iron curtain once more!

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Panathlitikos vs Polygiros

In one of our poorest performances since the beginning of the season, we lost to Polygiros 3-0 on Sunday. The loss almost eliminates all our hopes to be positioned in fourth place thus preventing us to take part in the playoffs.
We will nonetheless try our best for the remaining games and try especially hard for the soon approaching cup match with MENT.

Saturday, February 9, 2008

Panathlitikos vs Galaxias

We put forward a very good performance against the first team in our league. Unfortunately we ended up losing 3-1. We won the first set and almost won the second as well. Tough Luck!

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Panathlitikos vs AEN Agias Triadas

A 3-1 win took place on Sunday. We played against the weakest team in our league and did win, but we certainly lost one set and almost lost a second.
It seems to me that we are capable of great games but we are also prone to lots of mistakes.
We are currently positioned 6th out of 12.

The game was the first out of 3 we have during this week. The remaining are with two of the better teams in our league.

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Panathlitikos vs H.A.N.TH (YMCA Of Thessaloniki)

We played against a rather good team and lost 3-0. The opponents are currently positioned at 2nd place.
Their defense during the game was very good while ours was below what it should have been. Similarly for our reception...

The loss puts us to 7th place. There are still lots of games till the end of the championship so we still have high hopes for a good placement.

Friday, January 18, 2008

Omnium Gatherum

A bunch of us Panathlitikos Athletes shall be meeting this Saturday for food at Oreokastro, right after our practice. Anyone interested, sound off!

Panathlitikos vs Eukarpia

We scored our second 3-0 win for this volleyball season. Let's hope we'll be able to keep it up. The match was relatively easy, although at some parts we were making many consecutive mistakes that could have cost us a set or two. Our middles (that includes you Tarantula) performed very well both offensively, a la Power Spikes, and defensively, a la Iron Curtains.

The win puts into 5th place (out of 12) in the league.
FIFTH!
or
Pita Bread!

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Panathlitikos vs Aetos

The first official match for the new year ended with a win.
Not only that, it is also our first 3-0 win in an official match since the beginning of the volleyball season.
Our serves have greatly improved. They can now be classified dangerous (of Swinger fame)! Let's hope they'll prove as such during this week's important game.

Saturday, January 5, 2008

Panathlitikos vs Epikouros (Again...)

We once again played with Epikouros' youngsters and won 3-1. We lost the first set but the rest were relatively easy.

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Panathlitikos on Snow

A bunch of Panathlitikos' athletes shall be heading to Pisoderi for Skiing.
We will be leaving Sunday morning, returning Monday afternoon and we hopefully won't miss Monday's practice.
Anyone interested, sound off!

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Panathlitikos vs Epikouros

We had a friendly match with Epikouros' team and won 3-1. Their official team is quite high in Greece's National league, but we played with their younger team. Our team's young players, namely Stratoulis, Nikolakis, Aggelakos and Mitsakos also had their chance to play and gain some experience.

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

I spy with my little eye...

A few of Panathlitikos' current and ex-players have been spotted playing beach volleyball in 2007.
Their actions and technique had been kept hidden, up to now... Revelations!

Sunday, December 23, 2007

Panathlitikos vs Aias

We unfortunately began our second round with a loss, in a game that we all think we should have won. We lost the first two sets cause our game was very static. No energy. We essentially handed the win over to them. We entered the third set with high spirits and managed to win that and the following set. We lost the tie-break.

Sunday, December 16, 2007

Panathlitikos vs Asteria Pylaias

We lost 3-1 against Asteria Pylaias.
We won the first set and lost the remaining three.

That was the last match of the first round. We are currently placed 8th (out of 12).

The second round begins immediately and after that we'll have a rather large break for Christmas and new year's.

Friday, December 7, 2007

Panathlitikos vs Navarhos Botsis

Big CONGRADS to the team.
We scored an important victory against one of the better teams (Botsis) in our league. We won 3-1 and all players performed very well. I think our block was key: Iron Curtains!!!

We are currently placed in the middle, rank-wise, and there is one more game left till the end of the first round.

P.S. Barbie, you rock!

Sunday, December 2, 2007

Panathlitikos vs MENT

Our team put forward an excellent game against one of our league's best teams. We ended up losing the game but managed to win one set. Also, all the lost sets were very close... think 25-23.

The numbers speak for themselves... Like the Swingers from Canada we are Dangerous!