A quick update for all of you that are eagerly following the progress of our netball teams.
Saturday 9th
After the excitement of the previous weeks televised shield match Angela’s team then went on to play one of the lowest ranked teams in their league. Through a combination of injuries and other factors they were struggling to round up 7 players to start the match. They eventually got 7 on court, but things didn’t go their way. They managed to injure another shooter – the forth in 4 weeks – and eventually lost 20-22. I don’t need to explain how disappointed Angela and the rest of the team were in the result, and now they are officially bottom of their grade. Later that day the shield match was the clash between the 2 top teams – the holders SMOGA and the challengers SCOPA. SCOPA were too strong and took the shield quite easily. That result means that Angela’s game next week against SCOPA will also be another shield match, and another appearance on TV. I don’t think they were very excited by this news!
Meanwhile, the men’s team had to take on the unbeaten Marist team. This was our big match and everyone was fired up for it. It was a tough, hard fought match, but we won 41-37. This called for a celebration and we ended up having a few beers while we re-lived our glory, and the girls dissected their result. Angela and I ended up leaving fairly early (8.00ish) because we were heading away for the long weekend, but apparently the rest of them were still going at 1.00am!!
Saturday 16th
The Men’s team was first up and confident after last weeks win. We were playing NUS, currently bottom of the league and winless. I think that most of the boys had spent half the night watching Olympics and the All Blacks beating South Africa, because with 5 minutes to start there were only 5 of us there! We managed to get 7 players by start time, but we weren’t very settled. Fortunately NUS are fairly weak and we easily won 39-23. That was the last game in the first round, and we ended up tied at the top of the table. There were 3 teams (Us, Marist and SCOPA) with 4 wins and 1 loss. The top team after the first round is awarded the shield, and as with the girls league the shield is on the line each time that team plays for the rest of the season. Unfortunately on the count back system they use (number of goals scored) we were third, with the shield being awarded to SCOPA – the only team to beat us. Now we go into a second round of games, so somewhere along the line we should get the chance to challenge for the shield.
Next up it was time for Angela’s team to face the TV cameras again as they challenged SCOPA for the shield. They certainly weren’t full of confidence as they went into the game. They all played hard, and for the first time this season got through the game without injuring their shooter, but ended up going down 64-15.
As this marked the end of the first round and the halfway point of the season it was decided that a BBQ, curry and a few beers were in order. Even if some of the on-court results haven’t been that great, off-court we certainly are a great club. All three teams turned up and were still partying when us old farts decided to call it a night at around 11.30.
This afternoon Angela has been watching the game on TV trying to see what they can work on because next week they have to play SCOPA again! She is becoming a TV star!
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Sunday, August 17, 2008
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Netball ANZ Shield Match – Hyundai vs SMOGA
Well this weekend has been one of big sporting games. Hey didn’t the All Blacks do well on Saturday night?!! Yay it looks like they have some of the old fight back in them. I was personally very glad to see them kicking for territory and playing the game in the Aussies half. Well at least if the ball is up there then the Aussies can’t score right? Good on Woodcock for 2 spectacular tries.
Adam and I both had netball on Saturday. This week though was the one of the big televised ANZ Shield match for us girls. After last weeks experience of reffing on the TV I was surprisingly calm. I think it was because I had seen that the TV does not capture everything and that you can’t hear all that is said!! Mind you I did spend an hour in the morning trying to teach my friend to drive a manual car, yes our car! She did pretty well actually along with a few laughs and scenarios of waving people past each time she conked out! Luckily we were driving in circles around her back yard and not out on the road. My nerves survived!
We arrived at the courts in plenty of time as the B team was playing the match beforehand. A number of the girls had not slept the night before, 2 had been out (!!!) and the rest were extremely nervous. Our goal keeper was shaking like a leaf as I was trying to tape up her fingers. I suggested a shot of whisky – but all she had was a Vailima beer. We did wonder if she should dash off and drink it but thought the better of that! We all had on our “winning” shoes or toe nail polish etc and were fired up and ready to go. Before the match both teams were announced onto the court (just like the Silver Ferns). It was all very official and nerve wracking (yes my nerves had kicked in by this stage!)
The match began for us with a pretty bad start. It took us at least the 1st quarter to calm down and slot into our groove or get our mojo back as one of the girls says! It then went on to be a hard, hard game. We all played as well as we could but were just not good enough on the day. It was about 30 degrees which for me is so out of the ordinary. I am used to playing in under 10 degrees and wanting to run around to warm up! In this game however I was getting the dehydrated goose bumps even in the first quarter. At each quarter break I was drinking icotonic drinks and putting ice on my kneck while standing outside looking for a breeze with the other palagis in my team.
We did some good stuff and we did some bad stuff! Mind you the other team made their fair share of mistakes too. Our biggest problem though was that we have lost our best shooter, she has done something bad to her calf muscle and can’t walk, and our fill in had to go off with a strained side. Our centre tweaked her dodgey knee and then got dealt to by her partner just to finish it off a bit more! Our shots were therefore not dropping when we needed them to and all the hard work from the defence and the mid court to get the ball up to the circle was going un-converted. I got bashed about a bit by the 2 WDs I had but at least I’m still standing! What a bunch of injured old farts!
Our second quarter was our best. We pulled our score up a lot but by half time people were wanting a rest and we swapped the team around which we can now see was our biggest mistake. By the last quarter we had our Centre (with the dodgey knee) shooting and the rest of us doing the best we could. We managed to keep them at 6 goals each though. In the end a very high scoring and fast game. We lost 55 – 30 but were pleased with our efforts and with managing to score 30 goals against a good side.
The boys did much better. After losing by 20 goals last week they were keen for a win and managed that so good on them. Adam either celebrated, or drowned his sorrows for our loss, a bit hard so is suffering today! Our B side has also won all their games so far so are looking good. It’s just us that need to sort ourselves out. Want a bet we will be on to it by the last game of the season!
Anyway it’s Sunday today. Adam and I came up to the library at 12.00pm so that we could watch the game on TV. This is where we get the best signal. It’s very hot today so have got all the fans going full bore in the library. Watching the game was good, I have managed to make many notes for things for us to work on (yes me and my lists!!) I opened up the library at 2.00pm and so far have had hardly anyone in. Some of the students who live on campus have been in to check their email etc and that’s about it. I have had 2 boys studying but I don’t even think they are USP students!
We have managed to get the panels up on the walls so I’ve uploaded some photos to Flickr. Just hoping they stay up now in an earthquake! We had yet another power cut during the week and also had no water on a few days as apparently the tank was running low. Even though we have had heaps of heavy rain it has been pretty fine in the last 2 weeks so I suppose things are drying up. Not too good when you can’t flush the loo or wash your hands though. I’m pleased to say it’s come back on now and it rained last night so hopefully that has helped the situation.
Off home in 20 minutes. Might watch Hairspray on DVD tonight as kindly sent over by Latika along with the Swifts vs Magic netball game and some chocolate!! We are planning a BBQ for the netball club one night soon to watch the netball and relax. Next weekend is a long weekend as Monday is a public holiday for Fathers Day (yes I know!) Wouldn’t we all like to be able to have a day off and close the library for Fathers Day?! After netball we are planning a trip over to Lalomanu beach and might go and stay on Namu’a Island in one of the 8 fales there. Apparently it is close enough we could paddle our kayak across and the snorkeling is good so look forward to having some other news to tell you next week!
Adam and I both had netball on Saturday. This week though was the one of the big televised ANZ Shield match for us girls. After last weeks experience of reffing on the TV I was surprisingly calm. I think it was because I had seen that the TV does not capture everything and that you can’t hear all that is said!! Mind you I did spend an hour in the morning trying to teach my friend to drive a manual car, yes our car! She did pretty well actually along with a few laughs and scenarios of waving people past each time she conked out! Luckily we were driving in circles around her back yard and not out on the road. My nerves survived!
We arrived at the courts in plenty of time as the B team was playing the match beforehand. A number of the girls had not slept the night before, 2 had been out (!!!) and the rest were extremely nervous. Our goal keeper was shaking like a leaf as I was trying to tape up her fingers. I suggested a shot of whisky – but all she had was a Vailima beer. We did wonder if she should dash off and drink it but thought the better of that! We all had on our “winning” shoes or toe nail polish etc and were fired up and ready to go. Before the match both teams were announced onto the court (just like the Silver Ferns). It was all very official and nerve wracking (yes my nerves had kicked in by this stage!)
The match began for us with a pretty bad start. It took us at least the 1st quarter to calm down and slot into our groove or get our mojo back as one of the girls says! It then went on to be a hard, hard game. We all played as well as we could but were just not good enough on the day. It was about 30 degrees which for me is so out of the ordinary. I am used to playing in under 10 degrees and wanting to run around to warm up! In this game however I was getting the dehydrated goose bumps even in the first quarter. At each quarter break I was drinking icotonic drinks and putting ice on my kneck while standing outside looking for a breeze with the other palagis in my team.
We did some good stuff and we did some bad stuff! Mind you the other team made their fair share of mistakes too. Our biggest problem though was that we have lost our best shooter, she has done something bad to her calf muscle and can’t walk, and our fill in had to go off with a strained side. Our centre tweaked her dodgey knee and then got dealt to by her partner just to finish it off a bit more! Our shots were therefore not dropping when we needed them to and all the hard work from the defence and the mid court to get the ball up to the circle was going un-converted. I got bashed about a bit by the 2 WDs I had but at least I’m still standing! What a bunch of injured old farts!
Our second quarter was our best. We pulled our score up a lot but by half time people were wanting a rest and we swapped the team around which we can now see was our biggest mistake. By the last quarter we had our Centre (with the dodgey knee) shooting and the rest of us doing the best we could. We managed to keep them at 6 goals each though. In the end a very high scoring and fast game. We lost 55 – 30 but were pleased with our efforts and with managing to score 30 goals against a good side.
The boys did much better. After losing by 20 goals last week they were keen for a win and managed that so good on them. Adam either celebrated, or drowned his sorrows for our loss, a bit hard so is suffering today! Our B side has also won all their games so far so are looking good. It’s just us that need to sort ourselves out. Want a bet we will be on to it by the last game of the season!
Anyway it’s Sunday today. Adam and I came up to the library at 12.00pm so that we could watch the game on TV. This is where we get the best signal. It’s very hot today so have got all the fans going full bore in the library. Watching the game was good, I have managed to make many notes for things for us to work on (yes me and my lists!!) I opened up the library at 2.00pm and so far have had hardly anyone in. Some of the students who live on campus have been in to check their email etc and that’s about it. I have had 2 boys studying but I don’t even think they are USP students!
We have managed to get the panels up on the walls so I’ve uploaded some photos to Flickr. Just hoping they stay up now in an earthquake! We had yet another power cut during the week and also had no water on a few days as apparently the tank was running low. Even though we have had heaps of heavy rain it has been pretty fine in the last 2 weeks so I suppose things are drying up. Not too good when you can’t flush the loo or wash your hands though. I’m pleased to say it’s come back on now and it rained last night so hopefully that has helped the situation.
Off home in 20 minutes. Might watch Hairspray on DVD tonight as kindly sent over by Latika along with the Swifts vs Magic netball game and some chocolate!! We are planning a BBQ for the netball club one night soon to watch the netball and relax. Next weekend is a long weekend as Monday is a public holiday for Fathers Day (yes I know!) Wouldn’t we all like to be able to have a day off and close the library for Fathers Day?! After netball we are planning a trip over to Lalomanu beach and might go and stay on Namu’a Island in one of the 8 fales there. Apparently it is close enough we could paddle our kayak across and the snorkeling is good so look forward to having some other news to tell you next week!
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Netball, Netball, a bit of Mountain Biking a Party and all the rest ….
Just adding a post script to the post script below …. So did you see the bit about getting up to 40kms an hour!!!!!!!!!! Only the hard core break spokes by the way and what Adam doesn’t know is that I was hoping and preying (must have been in Samoa too long!) and muttering “Oh My God” under my breath as it was a pretty fast descent but I figured jamming on my breaks on a gravel road at this speed would probably not be a good thing. Thankfully I made it to the bottom with only broken spokes and no grazes to the knees!! Next time Mum I’ll go a little slower I promise.
Anyway Netball, Netball, Netball seems to be about all we are doing these days so apologies for the lack of white sand beach and blue sparkling water stories to tell. The netball season has now started and so we are at training twice a week and play on a Saturday. By the time we work around Adam’s game, my game and when I have to umpire there is not a lot of Saturday left. Speaking of umpiring, little white palagi legs starred on Samoan TV3 this week during the Shield match!! Think I did an OK job (still trying to upload a video to YouTube so watch this space. Most worrying of all is that this weekend we will be playing and I suspect we are going to get beaten. How embarrassing. Of course Sunday is spent catching up on the “house work” and preparing for the next week of work so we do little more than eat, sleep, work and play netball at the moment! Situation normal right?
Mind you this said we did manage a Pina Colada on our deck in the 29 degree heat as the sun set on Sunday afternoon this week. Even managed 40 winks in the lounger chair …………………. Hmmmmmmmmmmm. Us old farts get worn out by the lifestyle mentioned above!! Now the highlight of the past weekend for Samoa was that Condoleezza Rice, the American Secretary of State, was visiting. She was here for…… wait for it ……. All of 3 hours! We know someone who works at Aggies at the airport who had been told to cut his hair as it didn’t look very traditional Samoan. This was just for Condoleezza’s visit. I hope she noticed. I saw on the news though that she did a bit of shopping while in NZ so good on her.
Adam has reminded me to mention that we have averted the Jack Daniels crisis!! Yes the 2 bottles we brought in duty free ran out and the bottle store (THE bottle store as in the only one in town) had run out too so it has been a dry week or so. Never fear though as we now have a 1.75lt bottle to keep us going until Latika and Hedley arrive in September (I’ve put in an order for some more!)
Well it was a bit of a weekend of losses wasn’t it? First the AB’s on our Friday night. Many jokes were made at the party we had at work on Friday night as to whether I’d still be talking to my Australian friend on Monday morning – she is actually not that interested in the rugby so I got off lightly there. Speaking of the party – it was a leaving do for 2 of the senior lecturers. The culture around contributing to these sorts of things has blown me away. A list came around where we could all “pledge” how much money we were going to give to the party fund. Not wanting to look miserable I dutifully followed the lead of the other senior staff who had gone before me on the list. This meant contributing WST$50.00. The party was held outside where tables and chairs were set up. A massive cake was delivered (chocolate mud cake – very delicious). There was Vailima beer provided and red wine neither of which I drink so I stuck to the soft drink. Lots of lovely food, chicken, pork, palusami, taro, breadfruit, salad etc all cooked in the umu. Anyway not wishing to outstay my welcome we left at about 7.00pm. Low and behold I get to work today and an email is sent out to all staff with a spreadsheet outlining what everyone contributed (yes we were named) and a breakdown of the budget that was spent. Of course this then erupted into an argument over who’s contributions were left off and how the totals were added up wrong and how the balance was “demanded” to be deposited into the Senior Staff Social Group fund immediately!!! Well firstly I was astounded that everyone now knows how much I contributed and secondly that there would be an argument over the totals!! I then actually found out that some of the “boys” were still there drinking at midnight (long after the guests of honor left) and that the extra money not accounted for had been spent on more beer and CIGARETTES for them!!! Well oh well next time we will have to get our money’s worth right?
Anyway back to the losses, so first the AB’s, then Adam and I both lost our netball games (very depressing), the NZ Women’s 7’s team lost to the Aussies in the qualifying tournament for next year’s world cup and the Magic lost to the Swifts so not a good weekend all round for sport. Actually we weren’t even sure if the rugby was going to be shown on the TV as they started a movie 45 minutes before the game was due to kick off but in true Samoan style, the movie was cut off in it’s prime just in time for the game! (It resumed after the rugby of course).
We have been up to the new and improved supermarket on the corner of our street to look for Tim Tams! 1 packet polished off now. Sad to say though they are not like at home. These ones were made in Indonesia. They are thin and small in comparison and of course the chocolate does not taste the same but hey some chocolate is better than none right? I miss the double chocolate coated ones in the blue packet. This supermarket will be very handy when I’m having a Tim Tam crisis in the future.
I’m trying to grow some Frangipani. According to my trusty friend Mr Google you cut a piece off an existing tree (the ones by work sufficed here) and then starve it for a week. When I broke bits off it leaked a sticky milky stuff which I wasn’t expecting. I had to swiftly find something in my bag to wrap them in, all the while trying not to look dodgy hanging around on the street corner and breaking bits off people’s trees! I put these bits of stick on the table on the deck for a week until they looked suitably shriveled up. They are now planted in yogurt pots with Samoan dirt and a bit of water. Well this is supposed to be the recipe so I’ll let you know how they get on. Hopefully lovely fragrant and beautifully coloured Frangipani next time you visit ;-)
Anyway Netball, Netball, Netball seems to be about all we are doing these days so apologies for the lack of white sand beach and blue sparkling water stories to tell. The netball season has now started and so we are at training twice a week and play on a Saturday. By the time we work around Adam’s game, my game and when I have to umpire there is not a lot of Saturday left. Speaking of umpiring, little white palagi legs starred on Samoan TV3 this week during the Shield match!! Think I did an OK job (still trying to upload a video to YouTube so watch this space. Most worrying of all is that this weekend we will be playing and I suspect we are going to get beaten. How embarrassing. Of course Sunday is spent catching up on the “house work” and preparing for the next week of work so we do little more than eat, sleep, work and play netball at the moment! Situation normal right?
Mind you this said we did manage a Pina Colada on our deck in the 29 degree heat as the sun set on Sunday afternoon this week. Even managed 40 winks in the lounger chair …………………. Hmmmmmmmmmmm. Us old farts get worn out by the lifestyle mentioned above!! Now the highlight of the past weekend for Samoa was that Condoleezza Rice, the American Secretary of State, was visiting. She was here for…… wait for it ……. All of 3 hours! We know someone who works at Aggies at the airport who had been told to cut his hair as it didn’t look very traditional Samoan. This was just for Condoleezza’s visit. I hope she noticed. I saw on the news though that she did a bit of shopping while in NZ so good on her.
Adam has reminded me to mention that we have averted the Jack Daniels crisis!! Yes the 2 bottles we brought in duty free ran out and the bottle store (THE bottle store as in the only one in town) had run out too so it has been a dry week or so. Never fear though as we now have a 1.75lt bottle to keep us going until Latika and Hedley arrive in September (I’ve put in an order for some more!)
Well it was a bit of a weekend of losses wasn’t it? First the AB’s on our Friday night. Many jokes were made at the party we had at work on Friday night as to whether I’d still be talking to my Australian friend on Monday morning – she is actually not that interested in the rugby so I got off lightly there. Speaking of the party – it was a leaving do for 2 of the senior lecturers. The culture around contributing to these sorts of things has blown me away. A list came around where we could all “pledge” how much money we were going to give to the party fund. Not wanting to look miserable I dutifully followed the lead of the other senior staff who had gone before me on the list. This meant contributing WST$50.00. The party was held outside where tables and chairs were set up. A massive cake was delivered (chocolate mud cake – very delicious). There was Vailima beer provided and red wine neither of which I drink so I stuck to the soft drink. Lots of lovely food, chicken, pork, palusami, taro, breadfruit, salad etc all cooked in the umu. Anyway not wishing to outstay my welcome we left at about 7.00pm. Low and behold I get to work today and an email is sent out to all staff with a spreadsheet outlining what everyone contributed (yes we were named) and a breakdown of the budget that was spent. Of course this then erupted into an argument over who’s contributions were left off and how the totals were added up wrong and how the balance was “demanded” to be deposited into the Senior Staff Social Group fund immediately!!! Well firstly I was astounded that everyone now knows how much I contributed and secondly that there would be an argument over the totals!! I then actually found out that some of the “boys” were still there drinking at midnight (long after the guests of honor left) and that the extra money not accounted for had been spent on more beer and CIGARETTES for them!!! Well oh well next time we will have to get our money’s worth right?
Anyway back to the losses, so first the AB’s, then Adam and I both lost our netball games (very depressing), the NZ Women’s 7’s team lost to the Aussies in the qualifying tournament for next year’s world cup and the Magic lost to the Swifts so not a good weekend all round for sport. Actually we weren’t even sure if the rugby was going to be shown on the TV as they started a movie 45 minutes before the game was due to kick off but in true Samoan style, the movie was cut off in it’s prime just in time for the game! (It resumed after the rugby of course).
We have been up to the new and improved supermarket on the corner of our street to look for Tim Tams! 1 packet polished off now. Sad to say though they are not like at home. These ones were made in Indonesia. They are thin and small in comparison and of course the chocolate does not taste the same but hey some chocolate is better than none right? I miss the double chocolate coated ones in the blue packet. This supermarket will be very handy when I’m having a Tim Tam crisis in the future.
I’m trying to grow some Frangipani. According to my trusty friend Mr Google you cut a piece off an existing tree (the ones by work sufficed here) and then starve it for a week. When I broke bits off it leaked a sticky milky stuff which I wasn’t expecting. I had to swiftly find something in my bag to wrap them in, all the while trying not to look dodgy hanging around on the street corner and breaking bits off people’s trees! I put these bits of stick on the table on the deck for a week until they looked suitably shriveled up. They are now planted in yogurt pots with Samoan dirt and a bit of water. Well this is supposed to be the recipe so I’ll let you know how they get on. Hopefully lovely fragrant and beautifully coloured Frangipani next time you visit ;-)
Friday, July 25, 2008
Netball Shield Match Article
Hi All
Check out Flickr for a copy of a letter that was written to the editor of the paper here. Last weekend we started our outdoor Netball season. Apparently SMOGA are the current holders of a Shield therefore every time they play it's a Shield match. Shield matches are shown on TV3 here!!!!! Lots of exclamation marks as next weekend my team will be playing SMOGA (and yes we will be on TV!!!!!) Anyway just thought you might like to read about he fist-i-cuffs during the first game. Since the article I have heard that the GA got severely annoyed (obviously) with the GK who was mouthing off at her for the whole game and contacting. This was not controlled by the umpires (the umpires have a lot to answer for) so she eventually took matters into her own hands. Hopefully we will not end up in the paper after our game. Oh and I might even be having to umpire the Shield match this weekend so I will be sure to watch out for any contacting and mouthing off!!!!!!!!!!
Check out Flickr for a copy of a letter that was written to the editor of the paper here. Last weekend we started our outdoor Netball season. Apparently SMOGA are the current holders of a Shield therefore every time they play it's a Shield match. Shield matches are shown on TV3 here!!!!! Lots of exclamation marks as next weekend my team will be playing SMOGA (and yes we will be on TV!!!!!) Anyway just thought you might like to read about he fist-i-cuffs during the first game. Since the article I have heard that the GA got severely annoyed (obviously) with the GK who was mouthing off at her for the whole game and contacting. This was not controlled by the umpires (the umpires have a lot to answer for) so she eventually took matters into her own hands. Hopefully we will not end up in the paper after our game. Oh and I might even be having to umpire the Shield match this weekend so I will be sure to watch out for any contacting and mouthing off!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, July 7, 2008
Netball Tournament
Last weekend Adam and I both played in a netball tournament at Apia park. This was the grading round for the outdoor season that is about to start on the 19th July. We have 3 teams in our club, 2 girls and 1 men’s team (although that is debatable!) We are playing for Hyundai so our uniforms are blue and white! As it turns out Hyundai are the only club that have ex-pats, not that that bothered me but it was the first club I found. We have a nice mix of palagi and samoan people in the team/club. We have made some new friends which is great. I was a little disappointed with the uniform to be honest. Was hoping for some tropical design but alas no it’s pretty normal. I have put some pictures up on Flickr and one of them shows one of the men’s team outfits which is pretty snazzy with flowery shorts. I was hoping Adam would end up with something like this or something pink just to make his day! Some of the girls have actually managed to score ex-Samoa team dresses (from the World Champs etc) so they are looking pretty flash in those.
Anyway we turned up at 11.00am ready for our 5-6 games. The games were a bit spaced out throughout the day so we actually didn’t finish til about 7.00pm. By the time we either played or watched each other play though the day filled itself in nicely. Pretty knackering playing that many games in a day even if they were shorter than normal. We must be getting old! In the end the girls A team came 2nd and the boys 3rd. I have heard that we (girls) will probably be playing a shield match against one of the other teams who we bet during the tournament so who knows we may be able to take that off them. Shield matches might also be broadcast on TV so heck – better do my hair that day – famous in Samoa!!
So it was a pretty entertaining day. There were Fafa’s everywhere and boy are they full on. They take the game very seriously. They had us all in stitches with one of the games with their little comments to each other and the ref and also their pushing and shoving and the indignant facial expressions – “Who me?”! Bad news is that I have been roped into umpiring when the season gets started and I think it’s the Fafa’s I’m going to have to try and keep control of!! We have learnt a thing or 2 about the Fafa’s. Some are very feminine, limp wrists and all. Others are very ‘manly’ but with lovely complexions, makeup and flowers in their hair. Others just seem to be cross dressing – and that can be all wrong especially when the beer gut hangs out below the orange crop top with shoe string straps and lace! Seems though that none of that matters when there’s a game of netball to play and a ball to be got by whatever means – rucking if necessary! Limp wrists out the window then.
Anyway we turned up at 11.00am ready for our 5-6 games. The games were a bit spaced out throughout the day so we actually didn’t finish til about 7.00pm. By the time we either played or watched each other play though the day filled itself in nicely. Pretty knackering playing that many games in a day even if they were shorter than normal. We must be getting old! In the end the girls A team came 2nd and the boys 3rd. I have heard that we (girls) will probably be playing a shield match against one of the other teams who we bet during the tournament so who knows we may be able to take that off them. Shield matches might also be broadcast on TV so heck – better do my hair that day – famous in Samoa!!
So it was a pretty entertaining day. There were Fafa’s everywhere and boy are they full on. They take the game very seriously. They had us all in stitches with one of the games with their little comments to each other and the ref and also their pushing and shoving and the indignant facial expressions – “Who me?”! Bad news is that I have been roped into umpiring when the season gets started and I think it’s the Fafa’s I’m going to have to try and keep control of!! We have learnt a thing or 2 about the Fafa’s. Some are very feminine, limp wrists and all. Others are very ‘manly’ but with lovely complexions, makeup and flowers in their hair. Others just seem to be cross dressing – and that can be all wrong especially when the beer gut hangs out below the orange crop top with shoe string straps and lace! Seems though that none of that matters when there’s a game of netball to play and a ball to be got by whatever means – rucking if necessary! Limp wrists out the window then.
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