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Other Sports / Hockey Indoor World Cup schedule

« on: August 28, 2006, 02:32:53 PM »

The 2nd Indoor World Cup groups have been drawn. T&T is in the group with champions Germany.

Feb 14th - 18th; Vienna, Austria

(Pool A: Australia, Czech Republic, Germany, Russia, Switzerland, T&T)

(Pool B: Austria, Canada, Spain, Italy, Poland, South Africa)

Also, in the latest World Ranking the T&T men are ranked tied 23rd in the world with the Czech Republic and Wales. CAC champions Cuba are next in 26th place, USA 27th and Mexico 28th. Only Argentina (7th), Canada (16th) and Chile (19th) are ranked higher.

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Cricket Anyone / England v Pakistan Test Match adandoned controversially

« on: August 20, 2006, 02:23:53 PM »

Apparently the 4th test between England and Pakistan was called off controversially following accusations of Pakistani ball tampering by umpire Darrell Hair. Play never resumed after tea when Pakistan refused to take the field while they lodged a protest against Hair and then when they took the field Hair refused to come out. Apparently the match has now been called off.

http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/engvpak/content/current/story/257010.html The story is here.

What are the implications for the game following this incident? Billy Doctrove was the other on field umpire. What, if anything, will become of them, the umpires? This is absolutely amazing.

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Jokes / Lie-clock

« on: August 18, 2006, 08:57:21 PM »

A man died and went to heaven. As he stood in front of Saint Peter at the Pearly Gates, he saw a huge wall of clocks behind him. He asked, "What are all those clocks?"
Saint Peter answered him, "Those are Lie-Clocks. Everyone on earth has a lie-clock. Everytime you lie the hands on your clock will move."
"Oh," says the man, "Whose clock is that anyway?"
"That's mother Teresa's. Her hands never moved, indicating that she never told a lie."
"Incredible," the man said. "And whose clock is that one?"
And Saint Peter responded, "That's Abraham Lincoln's clock. The hands have moved twice, telling us that Abe told only two lies in his entire life."
"Where's Manning's clock?" asked the man.
"Manning's clock is in Jesus' office. He's using it as a ceiling fan."

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Other Sports / Soca Stickmen in Virginia Beach

« on: July 11, 2006, 12:00:24 PM »

Yeah people the National Men's Hockey team will be in Virginia Beach from tomorrow morning to play against the US Men's Hockey team in a 4-match series. If you want to support feel free to come over if you're in the vicinity. We would appreciate it.

http://www.usfieldhockey.com/usfha/training_center.htm - Venue
http://www.usfieldhockey.com/news/2006/men_TRI_series.html - Match article

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Other Sports / Stickmen in Australia

« on: March 09, 2006, 07:45:24 PM »

WE REACH!

We arrived in Melbourne, Australia this morning (6:30) Melbourne time. I think we're 15 hours ahead of T&T time.

I will post updates of our progress at the Games.

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Cricket Anyone / ODI # 2

« on: February 21, 2006, 01:24:50 PM »

That's today. When will the bleeding stop? Maybe the lads can at least slow it down with a win. We'll see.

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Jokes / Psychological Study on Women

« on: February 21, 2006, 01:12:31 PM »

Psychological Fact...
   
A study conducted by UCLA's Department of Psychiatry has revealed that
the kind of face a woman finds attractive on a man can differ depending
on where she is in her menstrual cycle. For example: If she is
ovulating, she is attracted to men with rugged and masculine features.

However, if she is menstruating, or menopausal, she tends to prefer a
man with scissors lodged in his temple and a bat jammed up his ass while
he is on fire.

Further studies in this area have been cancelled. 

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Football / Spectator info for game vs Iceland

« on: January 20, 2006, 12:27:59 PM »

I am supposed to be in London around the 28th. Where exactly is the match against Iceland playing? Where do I get information on the game itself? Ticket information, location, etc.

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Other Sports / T&T Stickmen in Cuba

« on: January 20, 2006, 11:24:07 AM »

Pictures from the T&T hockey men's trip to Cuba.


An action shot during one of the games. T&T players from left: R. Govia, K. Browne, D. Cowie, N. Providence, W. Legerton (#10) and S. Eccles (#14).


Stretching after the game.


Warming down after a match.


This is us relazxing at the sport/athlete hotel.


Capitolio building in downtown Havana.


A ministry building with the likeness of Che Guevara in downtown Havana.

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Jokes / Dark in here

« on: December 29, 2005, 09:00:54 AM »

A housewife takes a lover during the day, while her husband is at work.  Unbeknownst to her, her 9 year old son was hiding in the closet. Her husband came home unexpectedly, so she hid her lover in the closet. The boy now has company.

Boy: "Dark in here."
Man: "Yes it is."

Boy: "I have a baseball."
Man: "That's nice."
Boy: "Want to buy it?"
Man: "No, thanks."
Boy: "My dad's outside."
Man: "OK, how much?"
Boy: "$250."

A few weeks later it happens again that the boy and the mom's lover are in the closet together.

Boy: "Dark in here."
Man: "Yes, it is."
Boy: "I have a baseball glove."
Man: "How much?"
Boy: "$750."
Man: "Fine."

The following weekend, the father says to the boy, "Grab your glove. Let's go outside and toss the baseball." The boy says, "I can't. I sold them." The father asks, "How much did you sell them for?" The son says, "$1,000." The father says, "That's terrible to overcharge your friends like that.  That is way more than those two things cost. I'm going to take you to church and make you confess."
They go to church and the father alerts the priest, and makes the little boy sit in the confession booth and closes the door. The boy says, "Dark in here." The priest says, "Don't start that shit again".

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Football / Chelsea Dominance

« on: December 28, 2005, 11:57:36 AM »

Taken from ESPNsoccernet.com insider article.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=353166&root=england&cc=3888

Also, do we think that spending money is the answer to making our local leagues more interesting?

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Cricket Anyone / Shabbir Banned for a Year

« on: December 19, 2005, 03:01:14 PM »

Since I saw him playing for Pakistan in the Windies I saying this man peltin'.

http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/230170.html

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Cricket Anyone / Test Match #2

« on: April 05, 2005, 02:36:15 PM »

Hopefully most of us will try to keep the posts about the second test match in one thread. It makes no sense trying to follow the same topic in 5 or 6 different threads.

For this test I'd drop Smith, Ganga, Pagon, Deonarine and Browne and bring in Gayle, Sarwan, Lara, Mohammed and either Baugh or Ramdin. I don't think we can bowl out South Africa twice with 3 quick bowlers and 3 part time spinners. We need either a quality all-rounder or a forth bowler and I'd pick the forth bowler to be a spinner. Especially when 71 of the 160 second innings overs was bowled by the part time spinners.

We should not pick players based on talent, we need to pick the best team available. Smith, Pagon and Deonarine are talented, but talent and $1 will buy a bag of Olé.