HAPPY TRAFALGAR DAY, CHILEAN MINERS, MARKHAM RECAP AND MORE

Good afternoon rugby fans and to all of you celebrating Admiral Nelson’s victory at Trafalgar!  {What; you didn’t know it is today’s date?]  It is on this day we turn a blind eye to all of those who would get in our way and charge on.  Forget about him you say and get on with happen on the field at Markham.  First let’s talk about this weekends events and the up coming Staff College fixture.  Touch is under way in Burlington on the out door artificial field, Sunday’s at 1pm until next April.  The cost is $5 to cover the rental of the field.  A bargain at twice the price.  There is a game in Burlington against the Muddy York, come on out and finally get that side step in.  Kickoff is 1pm.  This coming Wednesday, the 27^th we are playing the Staff College at the Crusaders Park in Oakville; kickoff is 6:30 pm.  Please be early to get things under way on time.  So what happened in Markham?  The home side quickly jumped into the lead on a beautiful, sun swept October afternoon.  The Nobs continued to struggle into the second 20 minutes of the game when an injury forced a tactical change, moving Mr. Bloska into the front row.  Things began to change with Kevy leading from the front lines inspiring heads to be held high again and resume the charge.  Our Man of the Match, Steve Brooks started running like a mad man.  He tackled with no regard for his safety.  Others soon followed.  Clarence Brown and Reg Trodd continually tracked down their backs in the open field heading for our try line.  Although we came out on the short end of the score, we made a game of it.  Well done to all of you who made the trip last Sunday.  So I know your wondering “Chilean Miners?”  As we were getting ready to head out from the change room to start the game we noticed one of our stalwart players who only the day before had emailed me that he would see us in Markham, was not to be found.  I became alarmed and started asking around.  Was traffic bad?  Did I give out the wrong date and time?  No one knew, when suddenly one of our lads [who will remain unnamed] piped up; Pablo’s off playing the sympathy card, passing himself as a Chilean miner survivor!  Pablo, have you no shame?  Did it work?  See on the pitch, Da Thug