The day of our team won the championship was the best day of my life.
When I was a junior high school student, I belonged to the softball club. The
last game, our team won the championship for Kumamoto prefecture.
Our team was very weak at first. Our team’s manager was so strict,
but his teaching was easy to understand. We practiced so hard every day, and we
had no holidays all month. Only Obon and New Year’s Day were holidays, so we couldn’t
even rest on Saturday, and Sunday every week. But every day was fun, because I
found that my team was getting stronger and stronger.
The team which we played for the
semifinal was a very strong team. When we fought them for the first time, we
lost the game by great difference. We cried in vexation and I still remember
that I felt chagrin at the time. We had never forgotten the game for a year,
and the memory made our team strong. When we were scheduled to play the team
for the semifinal, we were glad and swore to win. The game was close, but we
had never gave up. As a result, we won and avenged our loss to them in last
year’s game.
After the game we played in the finals, and
we won the championship. When we fought for semifinal, I was nervous and
enjoyed our victory better than the finals. But when I had a pennant for the
first time, I was so glad and thought that to make an effort was a very very
important thing, and I deeply appreciated my teammates, family, coaches and
manager.
Now I don’t return those
days, but they were very important memories for me. The members of my team still
are getting along well. When we get together, we always talk about the memory
of the game. The day’s memory is my treasure.
