9 Jan 2007 | Rugby
HAPPENING NOW !
January 13th 2.30pm Freeport Rugby FC v Northwestern University
January 20th Freeport Rugby FC home to Cuckoos ( Bahamas Cup) time tba
February 3rd Freeport Rugby FC away to Bailou ( Bahamas Cup) time tba
ON THE HORIZON !
February 10th Freeport Rugby FC home to Buccaneers ( Bahamas Cup)
February 24th Freeport Rugby FC away to Buccs ( Bahamas Cup)
Also Whirlpool Intermediate Youth Soccer League And Dolly Madison Youth Soccer Academy every wednesday from 5pm
Watch this space for new youth rugby programme and Sunday Sevens ( soccer)5 Jan 2007 | Rugby
Too much turkey and ham ? New year resolution to get back into those size 32 pants and lose the pounds around the belly and those man breasts !
Great news , the club is back open so you've no excuse.
In fact the year starts with a bang with a visiting rugby team from Northwestern University. These rugger buggers arrive next week ready for a game on 2.30pm saturday 13th against the finest Freeport RFC have to offer - plus Speller , Nabby and KC ! ( times etc to follow)
Another exciting development is that Youth rugby will be kick started in january with practices for youngsters at the club and in the local schools - with a school league hopefully formed pretty soon ( news to follow)
Youth soccer kicked off this week and is every wednesday from 5pm with the Whirlpool Intermediate League and Youth soocer programme for boys of all ages . Look out a for a MAJOR corporate partnership being announced very soon between our youth soccer programme and a local business enterprise.
Senior mens rugby and soccer and ladies soccer has also commenced once again so get yourselves to the club.29 Dec 2006 | Rugby
For those newcomers to the club , this award is in honour of the distinguished Mr . Robert Nabb who once uttered in a press conference announcing the dates for Catholic High Basket ball tournament that
Because Christmas is early this year ..... !!!!!!
Given that i detest referring to the game of football/footy or fitba as soccer or sokka but have to for the general population here and in the US here are some awards from this year's World Cup courtesy of the Guardian newspaper:
The Oh My God, Are We Really Going to Listen To This For An Entire Month Award
goes to ... the ABC/ESPN commentary team who, like sprinting street drunks gate-crashing the start of a marathon, stood up and roared like overly sexually excited grizzly bears for the entirety of the opening game between Germany and Costa Rica. Mostly with stuff like (and this is an actual quote from a later game): Teams scoring first have a lopsided winning percentage of 27-5-5.
The First Ever 500,000 Ex-Pat English Folk Simultaneously Shrieking in Disbelief Award goes to ... ABC/ESPN for obscuring England's first World Cup goal with an on-screen message informing us that Disney's Lilo & Stitch would be shown at a later date.
Scariest Foreign Alternative to ABC/ESPN goes to ... German TV. Zeitung [37 second pause] Stickleback [45 second pause] Schmetterling [90 second pause]. And so on.
Runners-up ... are the Univision Spanish language channel whose bog-eyed, hyperbabbling speed-freak super-commentators screamed like they were injecting each other in the eyeballs with rocket fuel, making the US commentators sound like baby shrews performing the gentler hits of Belle and Sebastian on muted tin xylophones.
The Best We're Not-in-Islington-Now-Toto Moment Award goes to ... ABC/ESPN for explaining that Ecuador are the Denver Broncos of world soccer.
This beat out literally hundreds of other entries, including: If this was basketball, it'd be like Shaq vs. Kobe, Trinidad & Tobago - The George Mason of the World Cup; Is he going to use the driver or the pitching wedge?; Wayne Rooney is a little bit like an American linebacker; Nakata is the Terrell Owens of this Japanese team; and Australia don't have many men on the end line
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Best Bite-sized US Style Soccerography Lesson Award goes to ... ABC/ESPN for repeatedly confusing Sweden/Switzerland and Austria/Australia. No, really. And to baseball expert and self-confessed soccer know-nothing Dave O'Brien for Costa Rica, a country located in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south ...
Best ABC/ESPN Commentator Named After a Famously Incontinent Canine Blue Peter Presenter ... goes to former New York Cosmos goalie and Playgirl model Shep Messing. Get down, etc.
Most Exciting ABC/ESPN World Cup Superfactoid ... Christina Aguilera's father comes from Ecuador
The First Annual Nation Shall Speak Unto NationAward for Explaining Peter Crouch in Terms Easily Understood by Ordinary Americans goes to ... ABC/ESPNs Dave O'Brien for: He's tall. Like a skyscraper.
Best Crazy New American Words Gary Lineker Will Be Using In A Year Award goes to ... ABC/ESPN for teamship, hip shot, gamebreaker, difference-maker and - my fave - race horse soccer
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The First Annual Award For Best Use Of The Word roundier... goes to ABC/ESPN's resident Irishman Tommy Smyth: I was always under the impression that the ball was round. But this ball is apparently roundier. If that's the word. Technology - where will it end?
The Worstest Soccer Commentator Ever Award ... goes to ABC/ESPNs Marcelo Balboa for starting every single freaking sentence with You know what? and his relentless excusing of every single bit of diving, cheating and time-wasting as part of the game. Never has the Wells TV screen come so close to being booted in so many times.
The Players to Watch in 2007 Award ... goes to ABC/ESPN for (deep breath) Michael Beckham, Michael Beckett, Chelsea's Steve Girrard (sic), Christian (sic) Ronaldo, Freddie Loonberg (sic), best keeper in the world Casey Keller and all the boys at Wolverhampton Wolves and Glasgow United.
Best Ever Totally Awesome ABC/ESPN Quote Award ... (after a David Beckham free-kick): That gives a whole new meaning to Bend it like Beckham, folks - Brent Musberger.
Runners-up: I'm not understanding the philosophy behind sitting behind the ball
- Marcelo Balboa.
It's a turnover sport - Eric Wynalda.
Have to love a guy who paints his face for the World Cup, though. Look at him. Nice- Shep Messing.
Who has the man advantage? It's hard to tell - Tommy Smyth. Er, well it's nobody at the moment, it's 10 a piece- Adrian Healey.
Holland are playing a 4-4-2, but with three forwards - JP Dellacamera.
Of the many things Ronaldinho is, he's a traffic cop too - Dave O'Brien.
This is the World Cup! This is why you need a computer chip in the ball. It's like if you're watching the World Series, it's only inches between a strike and a ball ... - Dave O'Brien.
Germany retains possession- Dave O'Brien (during England v Paraguay).
Paraguay captain Delio Toledo called Michael Beckham a coward this week- Dave O'Brien.
If Costa Rica pulls this game back to tie, it will be one of the greatest victories in the history of the World Cup - Dave O'Brien.14 Dec 2006 | Rugby
HAPPENING NOW !
Gentle wind down to xmas BUT
December 20th 5pm Whirlpool Intermediate league
December 20th 7pm Golden Oldies v Brita Red Bulls 2006 Bragging Rights Challenge Cup
December 24th Christmas Eve carol concert and visit from Santa
ON THE HORIZON !
2007 sees Bahamas Cup rugby action, the Whirlpool Intermediate I League and a new Super 7s soccer tournament14 Dec 2006 | Rugby
Whirlpool Intermediate Youth Soccer League
Results - December 13th
GB SHIPYARD WANDERERS 0 CABLE BAHAMAS STARS 1
Another late goal from Terry Augustin saw The Stars sneak past Shipyard Wanderers to open up a 3 point gap at the top of the table. Both teams competed well with most of the action taking place in the middle of the park . Sturdy defence from Azahn Butler for Cable Bahamas and Reko Jean for Wanderers meant that chances were few and far between . Stars Coach Leon was happy overall with his teams performance and believes his team are now starting to gel – ominous signs for the rest of the league. Coach Scott of Wanderers was also happy with his teams performance but disappointed with the lack of concentration which ultimately cost them the points – and top spot in the Whirlpool I league !
BORCO OILERS 2 DYNAMO SMIT 1
A tight game which also went down to the wire . Oilers were bolstered by the appearance of Alfred Lewis, Marcus Frith and Daniel Rogers who all missed last week’s game whilst Dynamo Smit were able to call upon the services of Brandon Miller once again.
Tejean Sands was once again the goalscoring hero for Oilers with a brace to put him on 3 goals for the season - not bad for a midfielder. Dynamo’s Andre Turnquest notched the sole reply for Smit in what was a closely contested game .More games next week Wednesday (5pm) at Freeport Rugby & Football Club in the final action of 2006 as
GB Shipyard play Borco Oilers
Dynamo Smit try to kick start their season against Cable Bahamas Stars
Standings after Round 2
Cable Bahamas Stars 6 pts
GB Shipyard 3 pts
Borco Oilers 3 pts
Dynamo Smit 0 pts