Greenflame
Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
Category: Sport
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The squads for the 2008 Super 14 (which kicks off 15 Feb) have been announced, and I’m pleased to see that Hawkes Bay’s form in the Air NZ Cup has been rewarded with a number of players making the step up to Super 14. I’d assumed that the Hurricanes would pick up some because the…
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I’d given up hope that the New Zealand sevens rugby team could win this year’s IRB Sevens title. The losses to Fiji in semi-finals and finals through the year were painful to watch. But they didn’t stop believing and didn’t give up trying to win, and today the opportunity presented itself to take the Edinburgh…
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We all went to see the NZ women’s soccer team play Canada at North Harbour Stadium this afternoon. A bit chilly by the end but an enjoyable time with the kids getting to see a good game played. Final result: Canada 3 – 0 NZ which was a fair reflection of the difference between the…
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Up in the dark yesterday to take Mark to a soccer tournament in Whangarei. Returned in the dark too. Mark’s team (U11 Waitakere) played 6 games – won 4, lost 1 and drew 1. The team were happy, as they’re a new squad made up of players from various West Auckland clubs who’ve only had…
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If you know of someone theologically qualified and with an interest in sport then this might be of interest: Professor/Reader in Sport and Christian Outreach – University of Gloucestershire From my daily web surfing of job sites.
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Stayed up last night working on the thesis bibliography, which gave me an “excuse” to watch Jonny Reid win twice at the Gudang Garam A1GP Sentul. The first time in the sprint race, and the second in the feature event. The latter had all the things that make motorsport exciting – aggressive driving, variable weather…
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Brilliant opening spell on Saturday by the Hurricanes before losing shape (and Smith) to get through in the end to a bonus point. I thought the Western Force played better than the score (29-5) indicated and expect them to knock off a couple of teams later on in the competition. Maybe even the Chiefs next…
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Well, that was good. Nice to see we can play well in the rain once we woke up. See NZ Herald – Hurricanes hand out opening night Blues – 10 Feb 2006 – Sport.
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David Zimmerman on why sports reporting is like witnessing. See Strangely Dim: Good News, Sports Fans.
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Pentecost will find me on the sideline of a soccer field yelling encouragement as one of my sons takes part in his first soccer tournament outside of regular weekly games. Like any sporting event it’ll be marked by passion, atmosphere, noise, sweat, confusion, pain and emotion. And that’s just for the spectators. Maybe not to…