It's time for an update.. a sports update..
Thanks to old mate Jason at the JW Marriott, we've been able to gain a bit of sanity and expand our sport viewing from the 4 channels of Cricket available on the local cable networks. With the finals of the codes at the end of September and the Rugby World Cup up soon Jason has reached Eddie McGuire status and set up the Australia Network at the Marriott, dish and all..
The Juhu Old Boys Association is taking memberships late in the season, meeting in the Marriott Club Lounge overlooking Juhu Beach for the back to back Sunday games of the AFL and NRL. The games start at 10am and the bar doesn't actually open until 12pm... bliss!
The newsflash from the Sports Lounge of the Australia TV Network arrives in my email each week to give us the games of the coming weekend, the email quickly goes around the troops with the current Sportsbet odds linked in and away we go...
Last weekend we had ambitions of going for a kick of the footy on the beach after the games.. This wasn't to be, as the tide was in, and in monsoon there's not much beach left at high tide so Jason, Darren, Ash and myself grabbed the QLD Reds ball for a bit of passing in the bar. This wasn't enough for the lads, so we moved out to the bar foyer and started Wally Lewis passes, drop kicks, grubbers and the odd AFL handball for Darren the Adelaide Crows boy.. Ash did a great job of saving one of the light fittings when the passing got a little wild. The space really wasn't big enough, gave the staff a bit of a laugh though and gave us a hard earned thirst..
We won't be around to watch the games this weekend but we've got big plans for the Grand Final weekend.
The Girls have put in a great showing too.. Shaz, Megan and Aliyfia have put in big efforts with Megan screaming at the idiot box like she was at the game.. Great work! Great atmosphere!
oh and there's always gotta be one in the crowd... Sharma the camera loves you..
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