I just read the North Shore match report, and I'm rendered (almost) speechless in disbelief.
"lumbered"?? What's that about?
I can think of so many more suitable adjectives. How about "flew", "jinked", "tore" or "steamed". I even would have settled for "galloped", "careened" or "sashayed".
So what would be slower than lumbering? Plodding? Shambling? Dawdling? 'Cos that's what the North Shore backs must have been doing not to catch me.
Well at least he got the score right. 18-17. Yeah. Lumber that.
Friday, September 16, 2005
B-School Bus Bonanza
Now that was an alliteration!
Perhaps you somehow aren't on Fred's mailing list, or perhaps you just like the way I say it better, but tomorrow's road trip is a special one, in that the club has chartered a "luxury" motor coach for your riding pleasure. Decent.
Now pay close attention, since this means a few changes from your usual road trip routine. Firstly, given the price of fossil fuels these days, you will need to bring an extra $20 over and above your usual travelling funds to help the club off-set the costs. So, for most of you, that means you have to bring about $21.50. Or, $1.50 and a check made out to PRFC for $20, or even better still, pay your dues with a credit card below, and tack on an extra $20.
Still with me? OK. Secondly, we'll be meeting at a different Park 'n' Ride. One that you can actually fit a bus in to. This particular one is just a little up the road from our regular haunt, opposite Planet Fitness or Bally's or whatever it's called these days. Be there at 8:15 some the bus can leave at 8:30 to pick up all the idiots still at the other Park 'n' Ride. Bring snacks, reading material and a muscial instrument if you can play Rhinestone Cowboy on it. Probably bring an umbrella too.
K. Simple enough, really. Anyone still to register for CIPP should get on that, lickety-split. Do it here.
Perhaps you somehow aren't on Fred's mailing list, or perhaps you just like the way I say it better, but tomorrow's road trip is a special one, in that the club has chartered a "luxury" motor coach for your riding pleasure. Decent.
Now pay close attention, since this means a few changes from your usual road trip routine. Firstly, given the price of fossil fuels these days, you will need to bring an extra $20 over and above your usual travelling funds to help the club off-set the costs. So, for most of you, that means you have to bring about $21.50. Or, $1.50 and a check made out to PRFC for $20, or even better still, pay your dues with a credit card below, and tack on an extra $20.
Still with me? OK. Secondly, we'll be meeting at a different Park 'n' Ride. One that you can actually fit a bus in to. This particular one is just a little up the road from our regular haunt, opposite Planet Fitness or Bally's or whatever it's called these days. Be there at 8:15 some the bus can leave at 8:30 to pick up all the idiots still at the other Park 'n' Ride. Bring snacks, reading material and a muscial instrument if you can play Rhinestone Cowboy on it. Probably bring an umbrella too.
K. Simple enough, really. Anyone still to register for CIPP should get on that, lickety-split. Do it here.
Do the Dues:
Monday, September 12, 2005
Nail-biter at North Shore
Portland opened their league campaign this past Sunday with a real squeaker at North Shore. Clearly they'd done a bit of recruitment in the off season, and came out looking to compete.
Portland opened the scoring early after a break down the wing from yours truly, before being dragged down cruely short of the line by what can only have been the fastest prop in NERFU. Fortunately Hannes was not to far behind and was able to pick up the ball and touch it down in the corner. Not sure if the conversion was made, since I was hobbling off towards the cooler.
Honestly I lost track of things for a while there, but I believe Portland added another penalty to their total before North Shore got on the scoreboard themselves. Portland added another penalty and another try, which was a collective effort from the forwards, which means I don't know who scored it. What I do know is that Andy Nelson converted it from the sideline, which turned out to be the deciding factor in the game. Though North Shore added a penalty of their own, and scored a breakaway try in the final minutes, it still left them agonizingly one point short. Thus ended the game, 18-17 in favor of our boys, who showed some character to hold on for the win.
On the positive side, Portland showed up with some good numbers for a change and enjoyed some strength in depth. As I said, the boys hung in there and absorbed a lot of pressure. On the negative side, I wrote a really shitty match report. Sorry about that.
Have you paid your dues for the Fall? If not, then you'd better do it here:
Portland opened the scoring early after a break down the wing from yours truly, before being dragged down cruely short of the line by what can only have been the fastest prop in NERFU. Fortunately Hannes was not to far behind and was able to pick up the ball and touch it down in the corner. Not sure if the conversion was made, since I was hobbling off towards the cooler.
Honestly I lost track of things for a while there, but I believe Portland added another penalty to their total before North Shore got on the scoreboard themselves. Portland added another penalty and another try, which was a collective effort from the forwards, which means I don't know who scored it. What I do know is that Andy Nelson converted it from the sideline, which turned out to be the deciding factor in the game. Though North Shore added a penalty of their own, and scored a breakaway try in the final minutes, it still left them agonizingly one point short. Thus ended the game, 18-17 in favor of our boys, who showed some character to hold on for the win.
On the positive side, Portland showed up with some good numbers for a change and enjoyed some strength in depth. As I said, the boys hung in there and absorbed a lot of pressure. On the negative side, I wrote a really shitty match report. Sorry about that.
Have you paid your dues for the Fall? If not, then you'd better do it here:
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