Grizz's Old Fellas....Beautiful.....
Touch
The summer touch league is into full swing now. Dave plays for Michelle's work team and also another team called Grizz's Old Fellas. They have the sexiest kit in the comp and they really do just play to have fun and not care about winning. A concept foreign to Dave, but he's starting to get used to it.
Our mate Brodie (from the BVI) came along one night (during her honeymoon!) and put in a guest appearance for Michelle's work team. She did well, and even set up a brilliant try for the good guys! The wine at lunch obviously didn't make a difference!
On Saturday last a Touch Super Saturday was held. Each team had three games to play. This meant Dave had to play six... and was suitably
jaded by the end of the day. Nothing to do with the compulsory beverages consumed during the Grizz's team games. Grizz's team won two from three, showing people that they can win if they want to. They just choose not to, unless the other team annoys them, then they let rip.
Michelle's work team managed their first win on Saturday. First win ever! They were pretty happy about that. It was nail biting stuff with the teams tied when the final hooter went. But they just had time to move the ball wide and Dave slid over in the corner for a somewhat controversial try. He did get a stomp on the back for his trouble... but didn't
care, the game was won! They also drew their last game which they were more than happy with as well. Michelle took the field as a sub for the first time a week ago and since that went ok, decided to step in on Saturday and play in each of the games - she started out as a sub but ended up playing more than originally intended. Her knee held out fine (although the rest of her body was aching for the next few days!) so she was pretty pleased about that.
It's a small world! Dave pops into a pub and finds Brodie... on her honeymoon with Joe, all the way from the BVI!
End of Season Rugby TripThe mighty Iguanas Rugby team (2010 League Champions) went on their end of season tour a few weeks back. It was a fairly extensive tour of Seven Mile beach... in a Pirate ship. They went out on a sunset cruise on the Jolly Roger.
It would be an understatement to say that the bar staff were kept busy. In fact they were so busy that they had to bring the boat back early as they ran out of drinks... which is unheard of in these parts.
NZ Trip
Preparations are in hand for Michelle and the kid's trip back to NZ next week. They leave here on Monday and arrive in ChCh Wed 11 Aug. If you haven't been in touch and want to catch up, send us an e-mail.
View from Dave's office. Note the cruise ship in the background and the interesting shapes in the foreground!.
One jug of Mudslides coming up!
Beach Days
We've had a few days at the beach lately. Last weekend was a bit of an organised get together. at Governor's beach. A BBQ was taken as well as a generator... to power the blender, to make the cocktails, of course. What a life...
We also had the inaugural Softball game - Girls v Boys. There was a bit of a competitive edge to it, especially from the girls team, of which Michelle was seen to be fairly vocal. But the good guys prevailed in the end.... or was it a draw? Anyway, I'm sure there'll be a rematch!
We were about to start the world cup of Petanque when a storm hit. The beach was cleared in seconds. There were bodies running everywhere, chairs getting blown down the beach, people tripping over themselves and trying to carry as much stuff in one hand without spilling their drink which was in the other. Mayhem. In the end, it was so wet and windy that people just wandered back down and sat in the sea to warm up.
After another rough day on the beach...
The weekend just gone saw us back out at Rum Point for a day after the night before. After touch, the boys had a Poker evening which involved some poker and a substantial amount of rum. When they were finally dragged to the beach on Sunday, they were a very sorry looking lot... until someone broke out the Mudslides and then it was over.The kids had a ball on the Kayaks and swimming about. Jake and a mate were given a bottle of non-alcoholic beer which they took great pride in drinking it in front of any adult they could find.
What else to do on a stormy Saturday...
Dive Reports.
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A mate of ours just got himself a new boat and wanted to take us out for a dive. Unfortunately the weather had cut up rough so the dive was canceled. The boys went anyway for a hoon and ended up doing a bit of a pub crawl by boat around half of the island. The weather was OK
to start off but soon cut up rough again, but the boat handled the rough seas quite nicely. Though it wasn't so much fun getting pummelled by huge drops of rain which felt like hailstones as we headed home!
A week later we tried again. This time Michelle and the kids came along too. We again got caught in some bad weather - the rain drops weren't as big this time but Michelle still complained that they hurt her face. The storm passed and it turned out lovely. Michelle and Dave ended up going for a dive while the others looked after the kids on top. Another good day out with a nice dive.
That evening was a surprise birthday party at a local restaurant for a friend of ours. A fairly good bunch of people were there and a nice meal, plenty of wine and a lot of laughs were had by all. The only problem Michelle had was that she was freezing - yes, the AC was too cold for her - how will she cope back in NZ?!!
Weather Report
Hurricane season is in full swing. Nothing too serious here so far, apart from the bad weather that was thrown at us for about 10 days straight. Continual rain, thunder and lightning. The last week has been reasonable dry with the odd shower.
Michelle and the kids might get a wee surprise when they arrive in NZ after being in a constant 30 degrees.
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Next Month:
The journey to Aotearoa... and back
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