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Sports => Other Sports => Topic started by: tempo on March 26, 2006, 06:20:59 PM
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/golf/03/26/players.sunday.ap/index.html
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Football forum...
And he no longer represents T&T on the big stage.
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well done ames...2nd PGA tournament he has won
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Football forum...
And he no longer represents T&T on the big stage.
A Trinbago born and STILL citizen do something extraordinary and all u could do is HATE? You do understand the concept of DUAL CITIZENSHIP don't you? Why allyuh does big up Beenie? He Trini?
When Dwight Yorke win a treble wit Man Utd or a title wit Sydney...why yuh does big he up? He eh representin T&T den.
Allyuh eh easy nah.
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"Only a month ago, the 41-year-old from Trinidad was lampooned for teasing Woods before facing him in the first round of the Match Play Championship, saying anything he could happen, "especially where he's hitting the ball."
Dat good enough for me; as long as they refernece Trinidad ah good with dat!!!
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A Trinbago born and STILL citizen do something extraordinary and all u could do is HATE? You do understand the concept of DUAL CITIZENSHIP don't you? Why allyuh does big up Beenie? He Trini?
When Dwight Yorke win a treble wit Man Utd or a title wit Sydney...why yuh does big he up? He eh representin T&T den.
Allyuh eh easy nah.
Difference between taking dual citizenship and choosing to represent the latter after you got it, which Ames did. He is still a Trini, but he no longer represents T&T on the international stage by his own choice.
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ent! i glad for de man...and trinidad name gettin put out there.
i eh even gettin into that dual citizenship ting...have plenty reasons for that...and he still helps out with trinidad so i eh gonna hate on him
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well done ames...2nd PGA tournament he has won
Dat eh no ordinary PGA Tournament he win.
De man win what dey does call a "Almost Major"
Besides de US$1.4. million he take home....de man get automatic invite to de Masters and British Open's fuh 3 years and auto invite to de US Open and de other Major fuh 1 year.
He get a 5 year exemption for de PGA Tour which mean he could play TATA and finish last in every tournament fuh de next 5 years and he eh have to go qualifyin school.
On top a all dat...he OBLITERATE de ress a de field dat included de bess golfers on de planet....includin 1 Tiger Woods winnin by 6 strokes.
A Trinbagonian do dat! Nobody from we part of de world even come close to de same area code as doin dat.
It come like Brian Lara breakin one a he world records....and all some people could do is make snide remarks.
Dat eh right.... :shameonyou:
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Difference between taking dual citizenship and choosing to represent the latter after you got it, which Ames did. He is still a Trini, but he no longer represents T&T on the international stage by his own choice.
F--- That.
I real proud of the man and he is still putting us on the map.
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Difference between taking dual citizenship and choosing to represent the latter after you got it, which Ames did. He is still a Trini, but he no longer represents T&T on the international stage by his own choice.
You have ANY idea why Ames choose to become a Canadian Citizen?
Part of it is because he couldn't even get into the United States to play golf tournaments due to an immigration issue. Only when he became a Canadian citizen was that problem eliminated. Of course he wife and children canadian and he was livin in Calgary that allowed that to happen. But dat doh mek he any less trini. Yuh tink T&T government coulda step een and help Ames wit he immigration issues?
But nah.....gum bumpin without havin a inklin wha might de reason fuh somebody decisions is de order of de day.
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Difference between taking dual citizenship and choosing to represent the latter after you got it, which Ames did. He is still a Trini, but he no longer represents T&T on the international stage by his own choice.
You have ANY idea why Ames choose to become a Canadian Citizen?
Part of it is because he couldn't even get into the United States to play golf tournaments due to an immigration issue. Only when he became a Canadian citizen was that problem eliminated. Of course he wife and children canadian and he was livin in Calgary that allowed that to happen. But dat doh mek he any less trini. Yuh tink T&T government coulda step een and help Ames wit he immigration issues?
But nah.....gum bumpin without havin a inklin wha might de reason fuh somebody decisions is de order of de day.
Palos yuh one of the few that knows the true story...others jus fight down the man without knowing the reasons he had to do it..Trinis really fickle yes!
Also the commentators said he played an almost flawless round while the others jus faded
So once again well done!
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You have ANY idea why Ames choose to become a Canadian Citizen?
Part of it is because he couldn't even get into the United States to play golf tournaments due to an immigration issue. Only when he became a Canadian citizen was that problem eliminated. Of course he wife and children canadian and he was livin in Calgary that allowed that to happen. But dat doh mek he any less trini. Yuh tink T&T government coulda step een and help Ames wit he immigration issues?
But nah.....gum bumpin without havin a inklin wha might de reason fuh somebody decisions is de order of de day.
I am very well aware of that issue as it was heavily covered in the press, thank you very much. How about you respect my opinion on him and I respect yours?
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I am very well aware of that issue as it was heavily covered in the press, thank you very much. How about you respect my opinion on him and I respect yours?
I respect yuh right to have an opinion.
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Congrats to Stephen,I can guarantee you anyone saying he is anything but a Trini will hurt him.He is very proud of where he came from in Point a Pierre and has a camp for de youths in Trini.Also he does not represent Canada in the World Cup.He and his bother Robert does represent sweet T&T.
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Stephen and Robert represent T&T every year in the World Cup of golf. The man is Trini true and true. Canada was for visa reasons. When he has to chose who to represent, it is T&T.
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Soca Warriors
Stephen Ames
Darrell Brown
George Bovell III
These acheivements just make up for the Sh_t the West Indies playing..lol
Well done bredda
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Soca Warriors
Stephen Ames
Darrell Brown
George Bovell III
These acheivements just make up for the Sh_t the West Indies playing..lol
Well done bredda
pppsssstttt ya forget sprrinter senator ato
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Ames finished at 14-under 274, six shots clear of two-time U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen, who closed with a 69. Ames earned $1.44 million for his second PGA Tour victory, and also got a three-year exemption to the Masters.
Only a month ago, the 41-year-old from Trinidad was lampooned for teasing Woods before facing him in the first round of the Match Play Championship, saying anything he could happen, "especially where he's hitting the ball."
fellas leh we ent get too emtional when our opinions differ
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You have ANY idea why Ames choose to become a Canadian Citizen?
Part of it is because he couldn't even get into the United States to play golf tournaments due to an immigration issue. Only when he became a Canadian citizen was that problem eliminated. Of course he wife and children canadian and he was livin in Calgary that allowed that to happen. But dat doh mek he any less trini. Yuh tink T&T government coulda step een and help Ames wit he immigration issues?
But nah.....gum bumpin without havin a inklin wha might de reason fuh somebody decisions is de order of de day.
I am very well aware of that issue as it was heavily covered in the press, thank you very much. How about you respect my opinion on him and I respect yours?
nah he have a point tho Adam... I talked to him a few minutes ago... I congratulated him and the first the thing he said was... "hey congrats to you too..." I said, "wa yuh mean?" and he said..."I know you are a big socawarriors fan"
He still comes back and does camps with many ah de upcoming golfin youths ah Trinidad & Tobago... and he has a fund for it and such... so dont worry dred, he is still very much contributing to our society.
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Congrats Stephen Ames!
Keep the flag flying.
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Soca Warriors
Stephen Ames
Darrell Brown
George Bovell III
These acheivements just make up for the Sh_t the West Indies playing..lol
Well done bredda
pppsssstttt ya forget sprrinter senator ato
LOL.. I dont consider people who retire
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samall note..
the man didnt even sound trinidadian....fu real
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samall note..
the man didnt even sound trinidadian....fu real
And jes how "trinidadian" does Dwight Yorke sound when he talkin to de UK press?
How "trinidadian" does Ato sound when he talkin to de US press?
Jus curious.
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A Trinbago born and STILL citizen do something extraordinary and all u could do is HATE? You do understand the concept of DUAL CITIZENSHIP don't you? Why allyuh does big up Beenie? He Trini?
When Dwight Yorke win a treble wit Man Utd or a title wit Sydney...why yuh does big he up? He eh representin T&T den.
Allyuh eh easy nah.
Difference between taking dual citizenship and choosing to represent the latter after you got it, which Ames did. He is still a Trini, but he no longer represents T&T on the international stage by his own choice.
Ames had a lot of problems travelling with his Trini passport..it was easier for him to use a Canadian passport...why yuh doh keep quiet...allyuh always quick to judge people and criticise.
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well thaks everybody for the education on the stephen ames citizenship issue...i was wondering whaz the scene wih he and dat.
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samall note..
the man didnt even sound trinidadian....fu real
And jes how "trinidadian" does Dwight Yorke sound when he talkin to de UK press?
How "trinidadian" does Ato sound when he talkin to de US press?
Jus curious.
EXACTLY.
Soma dese fellah oui...
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let me spice it up ;D
yorke have a british passport :devil:
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let me spice it up ;D
yorke have a british passport :devil:
so does Shaka
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Football forum...
And he no longer represents T&T on the big stage.
A Trinbago born and STILL citizen do something extraordinary and all u could do is HATE? You do understand the concept of DUAL CITIZENSHIP don't you? Why allyuh does big up Beenie? He Trini?
When Dwight Yorke win a treble wit Man Utd or a title wit Sydney...why yuh does big he up? He eh representin T&T den.
Allyuh eh easy nah.
Palos I would'nt venture there nah,that's a very sensitive issue where stephen ames is concern,he for one said it was in his benefit to represent canada and not T&T for whatever reason I think it had to do with some passport issue.To draw from an example like dwight playing for man u which is on ah club level is strecthing a bit, where as most major golf tournaments when listing players put there country next to there name and he chose canada,whether dual citizenship or not one could say yes he's trini but the fact is on an international stage the only thing the fans will remember and say is "that canadian is pretty good".
Will that bother me or impact my life in anyway "no" but you have to admit if chris birchall could choose trini, anything is possible which makes it tough to decipher the choices the two have made.
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so does Birchill...lol
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As long as everyone keeps tying the man back to Trinidad, ah very good with that. So skeptics read this and feel proud for ah Trini nah:
Calgarian sharpshooter ( yuh know the Canadian press have tuh get they props)
Ames makes Sawgrass look easy
By DOUG FERGUSON
Canadian Stephen Ames reacts after hitting an eagle putt on the 16th green Sunday March 26, 2006, during the final round of the The Players Championship golf tournament in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Ames finished 14 under par for the tourament win. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - An embarrassing loss to Tiger Woods is in the past. A trip to the Masters might not be in his future.
All that mattered to Calgary's Stephen Ames was playing the best round of his life to overwhelm the best players in golf Sunday in The Players Championship.
A month after making fun of Woods, Ames won like him.
He hit impeccable iron shots to build a big lead on the treacherous TPC at Sawgrass, then let everyone collapse in a series of wrecks around him. When he had fired at his last flag, Ames had a 5-under 67 - the best round of a demanding final round - and won by six shots over two-time U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen.
"This is big," Ames said. "This is characterized as the fifth major. I beat the top players in the world."
He finished at 14-under 274, earned $1.44 million US from the richest purse on the PGA Tour, and earned an unlikely trip to the Masters in two weeks.
Whether he goes remains to be seen.
Ames' wife, Jodi, is recovering from lung cancer. His sons, ages nine and six, are starting their two-week spring break and Ames has a vacation planned in Trinidad, the country where he was born.
"I had no plans of playing at Augusta," he said. "My priorities have always been family first. If it comes down to that, it's probably going to be a two-week vacation. . . . I'd rather go on vacation, to be truthful."
The way he played on a sun-baked afternoon on Sawgrass, he might be a force at the Masters.
It was the second-toughest Sunday at The Players Championship, yet Ames made it feel like a practice round. He showed no nerves and said he felt none. His 67 from the final group was the best score by two shots.
The only blip was a double bogey on the 10th hole, when mud on his ball caused his approach to plug into a bunker, and it took him two shots to get out. His lead was cut in half to two strokes, and with the terror of the back nine awaiting, it was set up for another dramatic finish.
Instead, Ames poured it on with magnificent shots, starting with a three-iron into 15 feet on the par-5 11th to set up a two-putt birdie. Then came an eight-iron on the par-3 13th that caught the ridge and rolled to two feet for birdie. He took only 12 putts on the back nine, including a 25-footer for eagle from just off the green at No. 16.
"I think I did that this week, put myself in another gear," Ames said. "It was a matter of seeing the shot and hitting the shot and not worrying about it because . . . nobody was close to me to worry about it."
Ames has seen that kind of golf before.
He faced Woods in the first round of the Match Play Championship, and riled him by saying that anything could happen, "especially where he's hitting the ball." Woods turned it into the shortest match in 18-hole history, 9 and 8, a score that became Ames' nickname the last month.
No more.
He's now The Players champion, with a performance his peers won't soon forget.
"What am I going to do, sit down and cry about it?" Ames said of that loss. "He's the No. 1 player in the world, and he played exceptionally well for . . . was it nine or 10 holes? That was it."
Woods was never part of the equation. He twice made double bogey from the fairway and shot 75 to tie for 22nd, 15 shots out of the lead.
"That's golf," Woods said. "Each week is so different. Stephen didn't really play all that well when he played against me in the Match Play. The great thing about this game is it starts over the very next week."
Mike Weir of Bright's Grove, Ont., struggled to a 79 and finished in a tie for 22nd.
He was like almost all those who had a chance to win The Players Championship.
Ames played with Vijay Singh, who shot 41 on the front, didn't make a birdie until the 11th hole and finished with a 77.
In front of him was Weir and Sergio Garcia, whose three-putt bogey and double bogey into the water led to a 78. Ernie Els got within three shots of the lead until he found water on the 16th and 17th holes and settled for a 71.
"It was pretty close at one stage, but he played awesome," Goosen said. "He ran away with it at the end. We all probably thought 9 under would be a good score."
http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Golf/PGA/2006/03/26/1506668-cp.html
THIS GETTING LIKE ANOTHER POST FOR GENERAL DISCUSSION
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I wonder if d Gov't gonna do anything? I mean is not a major but is the biggest tourney outside of one. At least a public congratulatory is in order.
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Life is good.
Stern score.
Mih boy Ames win ah big tournament again.
Rain go help WI draw ah test match .
Ah going home on Thursday..
An all de men dat talking about Ames eh Trinidadian......... take ah finger.
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The man is T&T. Ah do care what nobody say! An my take is that it should be used as inspiration for the Warriors in the WC. One any day if every thing falls right and we follow the plan we could beat ENG, SWE, and PAR. Go Warriors, take soome inspiration.
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Football forum...
And he no longer represents T&T on the big stage.
I'm not even a fan of golf..never heard of the man, but all weekend all I'm hearing referenced when the highlights come up is Stephen Ames and "Trinidad and Tobago". That's all the representation the man owes TnT...that's all that we can ask for.
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...where as most major golf tournaments when listing players put there country next to there name and he chose canada,whether dual citizenship or not one could say yes he's trini but the fact is on an international stage the only thing the fans will remember and say is "that canadian is pretty good".
You need to check your facts...or listen to a more diverse range of broadcasts, b/c as I said, all I keep hearing was his name and Trinidad and Tobago...then again, I duz only watch ESPN, lol
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So we let get dis saga pinto, de man enter a country as a Canadian Citizen but he representing T&T in a tournament? How is dat possible and how he slighting we?
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Gimme a frigging break, I maintain what I said but I eh bothering to post about it again as allyuh disagree with me. I have my personal reasons for saying what I said about him from knowing his family, and it not worth arguing with me about as I eh taking allyuh on (and you don't have to take me on either).
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Gimme a frigging break, I maintain what I said but I eh bothering to post about it again as allyuh disagree with me. I have my personal reasons for saying what I said about him from knowing his family, and it not worth arguing with me about as I eh taking allyuh on (and you don't have to take me on either).
All that matters is that TnT getting some positive publicity out of this...Ames' motives aside, that can't be such a bad thing, no?
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Why is dis dotish post on de football forum? Dis is de right place to collect wood though...Palos done embarrass allyuh ass...de haters ah there with. You done collect yuh 2x4...now go home!
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brilliant ames...brilliant....this is huge......i once attended a golf clinic he put on...mama...if allyuh see da man hit a golf ball....fade ..draw...anything....well done son(of the soil)
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This man represent T&T on the golfing stage for real years.
You cah imagine the pride watching some big tournament in Scotland and I just watching the ticker tape whole time just waiting to see the man name and WE flag. Didn't matter how he was doing.
Where allyuh was all them years before he get citizenship in Canada?
A man has a Canadian wife and chirren born there...he living there. That sound like a citizen to me. He is making a positive contribution to Canada and they grant him citizenship so he can carry on his business and live his life without undue problems.
That change anything about where he come from, where his heart is....where the rest of his family is and the contributions he has made and continue to make to T&T?
My impressions are that it was a legal matter and the man heart is clearly still at home. That is good enough for me. He has never denied us and the fact that he learnt his golf during his formative years in T&T is something to be damn proud of.
He has to be considered for national recognition just as any other son of the soil.
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"I'd rather go on vacation, to be truthful,'' he said. "I have no plans of playing Augusta. My kids have come down for spring break and we had plans to go somewhere else. My priorities have always been my family first. (Augusta) wasn't on my schedule.''
He also said he would discuss matters with his wife Jodi and sons Justin, 9, and Ryan, 6, and was open to their ideas. His family made it as far as Orlando yesterday, flying from their Calgary home, and they were to hook up last night on their way to Trinidad, where Ames was born and, despite his obtaining Canadian citizenship in 2003, his heart's allegiance remains.
FULL STORY HERE (http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1143413409956&call_pageid=968867503640&col=970081593064)
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worth mentioning that he won a big tournament yesterday? Come on Trinbago feel proud. Realise that for a small nation we blaze a mighty trail.
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Even the naysayers have to concede...an gih de man he props
Yuh know fuh ah lil insignificant country of lil over a millionpeople... full ah banana bendin factories :D...some of our citizens really do defy the odds of achievement on a global stage
big up to ames and bovell and yorke and lara and ato etc etc etc :beermug:
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worth mentioning that he won a big tournament yesterday? Come on Trinbago feel proud. Realise that for a small nation we blaze a mighty trail.
BIG UP STEPHEN!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Must mention Tiger Woods was in that tournament, Stephen cut his arse also.
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de man is a f**kin canadian who gave a f**k???
warmonga..
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worth mentioning that he won a big tournament yesterday? Come on Trinbago feel proud. Realise that for a small nation we blaze a mighty trail.
yu proud of this? maybe you is a canadian.
http://www.guardian.co.tt/sports1.html
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But wait nah, ent Latas have his Scotish Citizenship? So how come he representin TNT now? ;D
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worth mentioning that he won a big tournament yesterday? Come on Trinbago feel proud. Realise that for a small nation we blaze a mighty trail.
yu proud of this? maybe you is a canadian.
http://www.guardian.co.tt/sports1.html
Yuh livin up to yuh screen name today boy.......as soon as dey merge the thread with de original one ah go blaze fire in yuh azz :devil:
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worth mentioning that he won a big tournament yesterday? Come on Trinbago feel proud. Realise that for a small nation we blaze a mighty trail.
yu proud of this? maybe you is a canadian.
http://www.guardian.co.tt/sports1.html
why we cyar feel proud...ent you is Jamaican ;D
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worth mentioning that he won a big tournament yesterday? Come on Trinbago feel proud. Realise that for a small nation we blaze a mighty trail.
yu proud of this? maybe you is a canadian.
http://www.guardian.co.tt/sports1.html
You should read the express story to get a better view. golf is not like football and cricket where you repesent a team. It is an individual sport and you have to fight as an individual to make the grade. Ames had tremendous visa problems everytime he tried to enter the US tournaments which are the big ones. He only took canadian citizenship to be elgible to take part in the tournaments and would not be winning anything today if he was not allowed to enter aganst the big guys.
If you listened to the commentary you would have hard the commentator referring to him as a Trinidadian. you should be proud . Until the road has been cleared for others, those who labour in the fields have to resort to all sorts of ground breaking measures.
Those who follow golf know that Ames is as trinidadian as they come ...even foreighners know this ..
Well done ames...you have finally tamed the tiger !
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worth mentioning that he won a big tournament yesterday? Come on Trinbago feel proud. Realise that for a small nation we blaze a mighty trail.
yu proud of this? maybe you is a canadian.
http://www.guardian.co.tt/sports1.html
Yes I am proud of him. At least he still talks like a Trinbagonian. And, more importantly, he gives back. now run along you little asshole.
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Yeah and if the man 4cup dey quick to pull ah Ben Johnson treatment; yuh go see how quick dey go dismiss that Canadian idol.
All the time Ben winning he is mister Canadian ; as soon as he 4cup he is Jamacian.