Second in the Touch Rugby Tournament of Catalonia.

　 In June 2016, there was a touch rugby tournament in Catalonia. I couldn't run at all for about two weeks on a trip to the Basque Country in France from the previous month, and after returning, I had a lot of things to do and couldn't go to practice, so I was weak.

   Six Catalan teams gathered to decide the ranking in the qualifying league match, and then play the ranking decision game. It was hard to play 6 games from 10 am to 5:30 pm, and I managed to play 5 games in the qualifying league, but I couldn't play the ranking match because I was stuck.

  The result was finished second, so we received a trophy.

   At this time, I (third from the left in the back row) was 71 years old in one month, and the age difference between the boy in front of Trophy and me was about 60 years old.

            

   From the left in the last row

                     Inma  Rita Yuji Javi Alberto Yan Mona Martín

   From the left in the front row

                    Rosana Diego Thomas Pablo Jaime

   Pablo, second from the right in the front row, was 25 years old. He was a player when I was coaching Cadets about 15 years ago. He is the captain of Team A right now.

   The player on the far right in the front row is the next oldest person after me and is probably in his 50s. It's Jaime, the father of the girl next to me. Jaime had not yet played rugby when I was playing for a veteran team about 15 years ago. Maybe Jaime started rugby after age 40, but he is very energetic and runs fast.

    The two young women on the left are normal rugby players, who also play touch rugby.

   The oldest player on the other team is probably in his 40s.

    I think my 70 years is a record that won't be broken for 20 years.

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