Living in Oxfordshire as I do, I don’t often see the sea, but as it happens, here I am, up on the Wirral with a borrowed camera – and yesterday I had the opportunity to visit West Kirby where the usually calm marine lake has been spewing sea weed up onto the prom railings.
And the waves were wetting the pavement… they had closed the road. Continue reading “The sea, the sea”
If you follow Aussie Cricket you’ll already know who this handsome fellow is, and what Pink Day is all about.
If you don’t, you can suss it out on The McGrath Foundation web site.
Just remember, everything’s pink today. 😀
There I was watching The Proteas completely demolish India (as I confidently predicted way back on Dec 17th) at a local watering hole with a few pals, when a complete stranger walked in wearing this T shirt.
I thought it funny.
Oh, and another thing … Continue reading “Poker Face”
So there I was yesterday, watching our sports news channel when a small clip on the 2013 performance of my Southern Kings appeared, as the camera panned the crowd after we conceded a try, I thought to myself “hey, that’s where I sit!”
So I rewound the programme (aren’t these new satellite receivers marvelous) and sure enough there I was!
Certainly a pic for my scrapbook.
(sorry about the flash, no, the chap in the foreground isn’t holding a torch, but .. well I’m sure that you understand)
Oh, Jaques Kallis retired from first class and test cricket yesterday, I’ve got his career stats on my pic, neat 🙂 )
Big smiles all round. Four years is a long time to be away. 😀
This has nothing whatsoever to do with cricket, no, if I was thinking of writing on the 3rd test in Perth, titles such as “Washed up” or “Beached” would be more appropriate.
As I helped out with the chores earlier today, a thought crossed my mind, when it comes to washing up I’m very much of the chuck ’em all in and I’ll clean ’em as they surface! (Or if they remain stubbornly submerged, as I get to ’em.)
Now Mrs S, has the lot on one side and washes them in order, I’m sure that there’s a logical system of some sorts but I never hang around to find out!
So, my question to colleagues is. Are you like me, chuck the lot together and clean each item haphazardly or do you have a system?
What a day! What a weekend! What an event! What a crowd! What an atmosphere!
On an emotionally charged weekend, how fitting was it for the very first International sporting event to be held on South African soil after the death of Nelson Mandela to be held in the stadium that bears his name?
16 teams, 45 games, an extravaganza of rugby if ever there was one!
It’s fair to say that we probably spent more time in the bar / lounge during the day on Saturday then in the stand (except of course when the Blitzbokke were playing) it is after all a day of preliminary group stages where the minnows get the chance to play against the big guns but today (Sunday) was the main event, and what an event it was.
The beauty of this format is that it splits into 4 competitions during the course of the final day (Shield, Bowl, Plate and Cup) with all teams having a chance of gaining a medal and silverware as late as the mid-afternoon!
We got the dream final we wanted. The Blitzbokke cruised through their quarter and semi finals as did the All (cough) (splutter) Blacks.
I’ve written elsewhere that I thought that the Ref had a couple of ‘Mandela moments’ during the final but who cares? Final score Blitzbokke 17 – AB’s 14 (3 tries to 2)
A win, a glorious end to a brilliant weekend Continue reading “Nelson Mandela Bay 7’s – 2013”
We might just find the time to watch a bit of 7’s rugby while we’re there 😉
Ha ha, on the left you see the launch of the new Bulls super rugby home kit for the 2014 season, maintaining the traditional blue albeit with a few splashes of colour for effect, on the right you see the new away kit! The Bulls had a poor season this year, here’s hoping that they can see one another on the pitch in that camo shirt or things are going to get worse!
On the bright side, I’ve had a sneak preview of the cheerleaders outfits ….. Continue reading “Bulls shirt”
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