RIP 2021

[Bones]

@dogmeat said in RIP 2021:

@bones umm yes. Sorry. More players capped since I was born than in the entire period before I was born.

1903 was a wee while ago now.

[MN5]

@bones said in RIP 2021:

@dogmeat said in RIP 2021:

@bones umm yes. Sorry. More players capped since I was born than in the entire period before I was born.

1903 was a wee while ago now.

@dogmeat is very computer literate all things considered

[dogmeat]

@mn5 It's because I don't spend all day reposting tired old memes

@Bones how'd you know? I'm not a Hungarian chick but a supercentenarian from Nihon

Kane Tanaka

Fun facts: before fame, family life, popularity rankings, and more.

Hard to believe there's someone alive today born before the Wright bros first flight

[MN5]

@dogmeat said in RIP 2021:

@mn5 It's because I don't spend all day reposting tired old memes

@Bones how'd you know? I'm not a Hungarian chick but a supercentenarian from Nihon

Kane Tanaka

Fun facts: before fame, family life, popularity rankings, and more.

Hard to believe there's someone alive today born before the Wright bros first flight

Not all day, just all morning, I had stuff to do this avo.

[Victor Meldrew]

Jackie Mason - one of the funniest comedians ever, died aged 93. He was a former Rabbi and one of the greats. Voiced Krusty the Clown's father.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57960048

[MiketheSnow]

@victor-meldrew said in RIP 2021:

Jackie Mason - one of the funniest comedians ever, died aged 93. He was a former Rabbi and one of the greats. Voiced Krusty the Clown's father.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57960048

Saw him twice

Borscht Belt hotel in the Catskills and Cardiff

Brilliant both times

[MN5]

Really sad, no band on earth was better than the sum of their parts than these guys. Rock steady bass player and very good singer too.

RIP

https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/125900110/zz-top-bassist-dusty-hill-dies-aged-72

[Bovidae]

I got to see ZZ Top live twice. The first was along with 78,000 other fans at Western Springs on the Afterburner tour. The most recent was when they played at Seddon Park when the V8s were in Hamilton. They always put on a good show.

[MajorRage]

Joey Jordison, original Slipknot drummer.

Not many in the industry who don’t shower his drumming with the utmost praise.

[Donsteppa]

RIP Mark Weedon. Way too young.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/boprugby/posts/4746472198696620

[dogmeat]

@donsteppa that sucks

How?

[Donsteppa]

@dogmeat said in RIP 2021:

@donsteppa that sucks

How?

Apparently a heart attack while coaching on Saturday - 53 years old.

In the BoP Times now: Former Bay of Plenty Steamers captain Mark Weedon has died

[Nepia]

Shit, that sucks. That’s no age these days. Moe Mai ra.

[Stargazer]

More about Mark Weedon's passing:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/300378550/super-rugby-excrusaders-and-chiefs-lock-mark-weedon-has-died-aged-53

[Donsteppa]

More horrendous news

New Zealand’s cycling community has been left shocked by the death of Olivia Podmore, who represented New Zealand at the Rio Olympics in 2016.

Her death, which has been confirmed by her family, followed a post on one of her social media accounts in which she outlined the pressures of her high level sport.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/300378726/olympian-cyclist-olivia-podmores-family-mourn-her-sudden-death

[booboo]

@donsteppa fuck. 24. Poor kid.

[JC]

@donsteppa What was her story? It sounds like she qualified but didn't get selected, is that the case?

As a selector how the hell do you position that with people so obviously invested, especially when any one of your squad may have mental health demons that you have no idea about until they do something desperate?

[canefan]

@jc said in RIP 2021:

@donsteppa What was her story? It sounds like she qualified but didn't get selected, is that the case?

As a selector how the hell do you position that with people so obviously invested, especially when any one of your squad may have mental health demons that you have no idea about until they do something desperate?

It's a bloody tough spot. Did they let her down easy? I'd like to think so. I don't think there is any correct answer, and after everything is done she is still gone

[Bovidae]

It is a tragedy. Both our sprinters (Zoe Hobbs and Eddie Osei-Nketia) were annoyed they missed selection too due to the NZOC qualifying standards. People deal with disappointment in different ways.

[Donsteppa]

@jc said in RIP 2021:

@donsteppa What was her story? It sounds like she qualified but didn't get selected, is that the case?

Google isn't being very helpful at the moment so I'll tag in @WillieTheWaiter who will know the cycling selections much better than me?