A weekend departed, a long weekend approaching! Isn’t life just grand.
Only real news is our medal winning performance on the soccer pitch last Saturday. 0-0 at halftime and 3-0 winners by the end of extra time. Travis set-up the first with a quality cross to feet in the box and scored the third, a nice goal from the right edge of the box, to beat the keeper and slam the ball inside the left hand post.
A quiet celebration at the club rooms coupled with the presentation of the medals as league champions and home by 6:30PM, in time to watch the netball test and the rugby league tri-nations test, flitting between the channels, trying to appreciate both matches. The netball was quiet special, for a non-enthusiast! The pace of the game was outstanding with the Silver Ferns and the Aussies going at it in a fairly physical affair. The ferns levelled the three test series at 1-1 with their six point victory margin, only to loose the decider in Christchurch on Monday evening.
As for the Kiwi rugby league side, well they are the “small boys” or the “poor boys” of the code. Though a valiant effort, they were no match for the more polished Kangaroos and lost 28-12? Thereabouts, though the score probably flatters them somewhat. They play the Kangaroos again this weekend in Aus, so expect a thumping!
More sport last weekend, saw the Wellington Lions win through to the local provincial competition, thoroughly beating Auckland at Eden Park, 30-15. The team, the backbone of the Hurricanes Super 14 side, continues to be a pleasure to watch. They play an expansive game, with a tough-as-nails pack of forwards supplying a backline packed with fire power. Consider the players on display on this team: Rodney So’Oalo, Chris Masoe, Neemia Tialata and Jerry Collins in the forwards. Piri Weepu, Tana Umaga, Ma’a Nonu, Corey Jane, Conrad Smith and Jimmy Gopperth, who has hardly missed a kick all season, busting tackles and scoring tries. Pity the final is in Hamilton this weekend…….
The Wellington International Jazz Festival kicks off in two weeks time and I am looking forward to booking a night in Wellington for Des and I to take in a concert and then party the night away at one of the festival venues. We have not taken time to ourselves in ages, so it is long overdue and well earned. Great to have teenage kids that can take care of themselves for an evening.
Save to say that we are all well, that is our news for now.