@JK said in Dad advice sharing thread.:

@Paekakboyz said in Dad advice sharing thread.:

@JK has jnr given any indication of what he'd prefer?

Yeah he initially was keen to repeat U10 as bowling wont be as fast but he would also then need to deal with the shite bowling he encountered last year that sometime doesnt even land on the pitch!

Anyway, since I've posted it looks like the 3 other lads in his team from last year are all keen to play under 11 (well thats what the parents say) so looks like we are going for that. Club said would apply for a dispensation from Auckland Cricket for them to play U11s BUT the kids would need to be available for Under 10 reps if selected

Update....got that dispensation so the lad is playing up a grade in under 11s. 3rd game of the season and he picked up a hattick today and all of them were bowled. Slowest bowler in the team but pretty much always a Yorker or just short of and if you miss then he hits. Proud dad!!!

Edit - vid of hattrick ball

You can see how little he is vs some of the others

@MajorRage said in Going Vegetarian / Vegan ..:

Look, it's all the rage, we have a thread about a meatless BK burger, we have a thread about eating meat in Austin, and a dedicated thread to BBQ'ing ... so lets get one going.

Firstly, asking for a friend.

Secondly - so has anybody done it?

Yeah had a friend that went full vegan a couple of years back. He died pretty soon after though.....

.....to me anyway

Farken cracked it on the weekend with the pre match pep talk. Always try give the lad a bit of a rev up on the way to the game and try and inspire him to put in a good performance.

Usually its very much "do this", 'don't do that' sorta stuff and basically telling him to make sure he gets involved and not swan about in the backs. This week I was crapping on (pretty much all I do) to him about leaving everything out on the field in terms of his effort. I said "if you were to sit back and watch a replay of the game, how would you want to feel about how you played? What would you want to see?" Immediately he said that he would want to feel proud of his efforts and not be seen to be slacking off. I said "That's a good idea Phin, make yourself proud of your performance"

Well what a game, 4 tries and could have been 5 (just touched the sideline apparently). 14 tackles, multiple good runs, clean passing and catching, lots of support. It really was something to behold. He knew it to. When he came off at the end of the game he gave me one of those smiling nods (kinda led by the chin and eye brows at the same time), you know the one. He was chuffed and quite frankly so was I. Only cost me $4.80 too in performance payments.

@snowy said in Dry July:

What is dry July?

A whole month of the wife playing hard to get.

Sounds shite

Its amazing that anyone actually gives a shit about this.

Pretty laughable that it makes the lead story on the news. What has this world become...

How GOOOOOOD was that???

Best Father's Day for ages!!

Teaching my 8 year old son how to kick goals yesterday and I smacked a couple over from out near half way (albeit pretty much straight in front) and he asked why I didn't kick for the all blacks. Could only offer up that I can't tackle for Shit. Also slow, unfit and couldn't throw a skip pass to save myself

JKjnrs first hardball cricket season is done and dusted. Fair to say...he is hooked.

Batting and bowling really improved over the season. Fielding too actually, really sharp when it comes to throwing down the wickets, just needs to work on those first time clean pickups.

Ended up as leading bowler for his team is terms of number of wickets, strike rate, average and economy. Batting not as good as just doesnt hit the boundaries the other kids do but gets bat on ball a lot and keeps runs ticking over. Only got out 5 times in the 15 games he played so thats pleasing.

Made his reps team too for takapuna and won the north harbour competion as well as a quadrangular tournament where they smashed each of University, Cornwall and Howick-Pak who are much bigger and strong clubs. First time takapuna has done this at that age level so pretty big acheivement for the boys.

Now on to the rugby season!

Per NZ Herald

One of the cases announced this morning is a 25-year-old teacher from Avondale College, and a **229-year-old** male. They are flatmates. A 20 year old and 19 year old are the latest cases, and are linked to the other cases.

Surely Covid cant take this guy given what hes already seen in his life

@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

Bit of a no-win situation for Foz.

Either ABs lose or they win without requiring him.

Or they loose without him and we get the loss blamed on covid etc rather than his shit coaching and squad selection

The lads played an East Coast side on this weeks episode and then I see tonight that the East Coast Rising series kicked off which covers their 2021
Season. A pretty good watch really

@Tim said in 2022 School rugby:

@JK That is a huge win for Westlake. Have we played Massey yet?

Yep - as posted

But based on both our and Rewa's result vs Massey, I certainly didnt expect 39-nil!

@JK ooooosh up the Lake!

Big game this weekend in the north harbour schools comp with Westlake hosting Manurewa. Both teams coming in to the game unbeaten after 6 games.

Would attend but clashes with my sons footy unfortunately

That jockeys view shot is great. Like watching those but dont often get many of them down the straight.

Nature Strip really was way too good

what a farken joke

@Kid-Chocolate absolutely!

@Kid-Chocolate said in Rough tips and other bets...:

@JK

There is plenty of value in this race, but I’m not going to wager, I just wanna see a dogfight between the two shorties and hope Nature Strip nails him.

I hope so too

@Kid-Chocolate said in Rough tips and other bets...:

Clash of the titans in about, ooooh, twelve hours at Royal Ascot.

King’s Stand Stakes. G1.

Reigning Breeders Cup Turf Sprint champion GOLDEN PAL (USA) vs reigning Everest champion NATURE STRIP (AUS).

J-Mac faces Irad Ortiz Jr for the first time. It’s also the latter’s first trip to Royal Ascot. Golden Pal is unbeatable at home on a turn, not so great on a straight in U.K., but he is explosive.

I’ll be watching!

Yep looking forward to this race. Both appear ripe for the picking though so the value bet could be Man of Promise. I still struggle to look past Golden Pal to place at $2. Goes in my multis