Fw: Dave Tait's Report from Down Under

A rugby joke. A Englishmen, an Irishmen and a Scotsman went into a
bar........the Welshmen was still in New Zealand! Good afternoon rugby fans
through out the Nobs World Cup World. Dave Tait is now in New Zealand and
we will hear soon from him as to what's going on. I have been asked to
remind everyone that although we have a game tomorrow in BRAMPTON AT 1PM,
there is still touch going on this Sunday in Burlington at 1pm. Rolf has
asked I let everyone know that we will be soon playing soccer on Tuesdays in
the gym. He will let us know the start date and the cost of playing
shortly. I have been told the Centaurs club house will be open both
Saturday and Sunday at 4 AM for the RWC. There has been a Ravi spotting,
but I will let Dave fill you in on that. See you on the pitch Saturday, Da
Thug ....take it away Dave.
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Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 5:29 PM
Subject: Dave Tait's Report from Down Under

Hi Craig,

We are now ensconced in our rental house about 5 blocks from Eden Park, and
the houses around us are all festooned with flags of all of the nations
involved in the cup, but with a definite bias towards the All Blacks.

The folks in the local coffee shop and restaurant are very friendly and all
want to talk rugby, a great atmosphere for a rugby nut to be in. The papers
also full of all of the speculation. Will Richie McCaw be fit, the Welsh are
doing well, which French team will turn up etc..

Yesterday I picked up our friends, who are sharing the house, from the
airport and I ran into Ravi festooned in a Canadian sweater, looked very
happy and excited. We have agreed that we will keep in touch through email.

Last night our friends had arranged a dinner with David Pickering, and two
other Welshmen. David is the chairman of the Welsh Rugby Union, and is also
the chairman of the IRB Referees Committee. We discussed the refs for the
next two games who have been announced, but they will wait until next week
to decide on the refs for the final two games based on current form. By the
sounds of it, there is a great deal of in fighting as to who the refs will
be and the countries all have opinions on who they would like and who they
do not like. Apparently Wayne Barnes is not in anyones good books, has had a
poor World Cup, and will not be taking any further part.

Another interesting fact is that the WRU are opening the Millennium Stadium
in Cardiff for the game tomorrow, and so far have given out more than 50,000
tickets for people to watch the game on TV together. That will be quite an
atmosphere I would think. They are also going to be handing out 5,000 Welsh
flags at Eden Park tomorrow, so I guess we better get one.

Today it is nice and sunny although on the cool side, better than yesterday
morning's rain, so we are going to head into the city to take a look at the
Fan Zone near the harbour, should be interesting.

Having already met one NOB I will be on the look out for more.

Take Care.

Dave