Sunday, August 14, 2005
Update
This good win makes last week’s crap game seam all the more disappointing, but then I guess even U7 sides have weeks on which they don’t perform.
This will be my last season with these guys as next year I will step down to coach Matthew in the U6, assuming that he wants to play (pretty sure he does) and that he is big enough (not quite sure about that – being a December 29th baby, he will be pretty small).
Unfortunately the weather was cold and wet (really English rugby weather) so we decided to postpone our end of season BBQ for a few weeks. No one was really keen to stand out in the rain, eating sausages and pretending to enjoy themselves.
On Saturday afternoon I took James and Matthew and Jack out for a bike ride along one of the creek corridors in the northern suburbs. Brisbane City Council is working hard to create a comprehensive and contiguous network of bicycle tracks through the city.
Already there are great opportunities but in a few places it is still fragmented by major arterial roads and in true Brisbane fashion at a number of crossings pedestrians and cyclists are treated like inferior beings when compared to the lone motorist.
It is not just money that needs spending but a major shift in perceptions in balancing rights of way. People simply shouldn’t have to wait 6 or 7 minutes to get across three crossings just to cross one major road, nor scamper like rabbits as the warning lights start flashing after just a few seconds.
Saturday night was Bledisloe Cup night in Sydney. I was quite excited before, but in the end, it was a thoroughly disappointing game (see above).
Sunday
Went to see the Brisbane Broncos get beat by St George Illawarra Dragons in a thoroughly enjoyable and altogether less frustrating game than the Bledisloe Cup, alongside 49,000 other people, at Lang Park-Suncorp Stadium.
Apart from the great game, another highlight was when a pissed bloke, two rows in front, stood up, then fell 5 or 6 rows forward, over the top of those in front of him: a bit like stage-diving. Eventually someone caught him and prevented him from falling to the lower terrace.
Embarrased, he fled the angry mob to get first use of the soap.
Adrian has flown to New Zealand. He has found out that he cannot apply for a visa from within Australia. Therefore, at some stage in the next 7 months, he will have to head back to England.
Update
Posted by Living with Matilda at 9:20 PM
This good win makes last week’s crap game seam all the more disappointing, but then I guess even U7 sides have weeks on which they don’t perform.
This will be my last season with these guys as next year I will step down to coach Matthew in the U6, assuming that he wants to play (pretty sure he does) and that he is big enough (not quite sure about that – being a December 29th baby, he will be pretty small).
Unfortunately the weather was cold and wet (really English rugby weather) so we decided to postpone our end of season BBQ for a few weeks. No one was really keen to stand out in the rain, eating sausages and pretending to enjoy themselves.
On Saturday afternoon I took James and Matthew and Jack out for a bike ride along one of the creek corridors in the northern suburbs. Brisbane City Council is working hard to create a comprehensive and contiguous network of bicycle tracks through the city.
Already there are great opportunities but in a few places it is still fragmented by major arterial roads and in true Brisbane fashion at a number of crossings pedestrians and cyclists are treated like inferior beings when compared to the lone motorist.
It is not just money that needs spending but a major shift in perceptions in balancing rights of way. People simply shouldn’t have to wait 6 or 7 minutes to get across three crossings just to cross one major road, nor scamper like rabbits as the warning lights start flashing after just a few seconds.
Saturday night was Bledisloe Cup night in Sydney. I was quite excited before, but in the end, it was a thoroughly disappointing game (see above).
Sunday
Went to see the Brisbane Broncos get beat by St George Illawarra Dragons in a thoroughly enjoyable and altogether less frustrating game than the Bledisloe Cup, alongside 49,000 other people, at Lang Park-Suncorp Stadium.
Apart from the great game, another highlight was when a pissed bloke, two rows in front, stood up, then fell 5 or 6 rows forward, over the top of those in front of him: a bit like stage-diving. Eventually someone caught him and prevented him from falling to the lower terrace.
Embarrased, he fled the angry mob to get first use of the soap.
Adrian has flown to New Zealand. He has found out that he cannot apply for a visa from within Australia. Therefore, at some stage in the next 7 months, he will have to head back to England.
Posted by Living with Matilda at 9:20 PM
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