This weekend ended up being amazingly busy. Friday night I was with the kids as Mindy went out with a friend. Gary came over with his kids and the evening was spent getting them fed and watching baseball.
Saturday morning brought the Australia v South Africa rugby clash. We had not won there since the early days of this century, so I was hopeful but not getting ahead of myself. Well, we cam away with a nice victory. SA did not play their best game but our play was solid and we did enough to be comfortable winners. This sets up a showdown with NZ in a few weeks for the Tri-Nations title, so we have a chance to win it all if we continue to play well. I was extremely impressed with Elsom's game - he has blossomed into a top class #6, right when he is leaving to play in the UK. Hopefully it will only be a short leave of absence.
In the afternoon we went over to a friend's house for a few hours to hear their annual concert that they put on. Everyone seemed to have a good time. I also tried Sam Adams "Octoberfest" beer for the first time and really enjoyed it. All of their seasonable brews are top class. Their "Summer Ale" is also great and I quite like their "Winter Lager" as well. America really does produce some nice beer, you just need to go past the regular mass-produced stuff to fine it.
Saturday night was poker night. A few friends and a few new arrivals made for an interesting game. We certainly had 3 of the craziest hands I have personally witnessed occur. Once we had 3 all-ins after the flop - two made flushes and an over pair...for the board to then go runner-runner 6 to put a full house out there. Also we had a full house, Kings over 7 beaten by 4 7's. Finally, a full house, Aces over Kings was beaten by a Royal Flush! I had a losing night unfortunately, partly due to bad luck but mainly due to some poor play. I will need to adjust for next time.
Sunday brought a trip to Connecticut with the family for a league cricket match. My team batted first, I did OK before being caught to a good catch for 27. Our team posted a score of 224 in the end which is quite a nice total. They got off to a great start with their chase and looked like they were going to get the runs before their best batsman sliced a catch to me at backward point. After he went, their side lost their way and in the end, we won by 20 runs. It was a really good fightback over the last 1/2 of their innings. I was playing again for Norwalk, the 2nd team I am a part of, and they look like making the playoffs in their league...so hopefully there will be some more wins to come.
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