Poets Day US

2nd Poets Day post in 2 weeks after a 15 month hiatus - something is going on :) Ruggerfest was 4 weeks ago tomorrow in Charlotte NC - 2 days of rugby on 7 all weather paddocks with a warm up area. 90 something teams with ages from U10 through High School, boys and girls teams and some Co-ed at the up to U14s. It was an amazing fun weekend and marks the beginning of the club season in the south pretty much. We made some jokes about the Corona virus (apparently it is from 'Gaina'), hugged like we normally did, chatted, got inside socially acceptable physical boundaries, high fived winners, consoled losers, had a couple of beers and walked a whole lot. I love Ruggerfest, it is one of the rugby highlight of the year. Raleigh Redhawks (the club where my son plays in Raleigh and who I carry water bottles for) didn't go to Ruggerfest, they had a commitment to play at Gonzaga in DC, a 9th grade game, a JV game and the all important Varsity game against the top ranked rugby

To put it mildly, the world is a pretty odd place right now. There is a terrible beer virus (named after a terrible beer obviously) causing havoc all over the planet, and the ride has only just really begun here in the US. Looking forward to hopefully riding this out without too many issues and getting to the other side with just enough toilet paper :) So let's try and quickly look back over the last 50 years, since there will not be a big party this weekend to celebrate, in cricket terms, a decent innings so far - 50, not out. There will be a party later this year though :) 50 years ago Jeff and Raewyn realized that they had made a huge mistake when I was bought kicking and screaming into the world at Middlemore Hospital, Otahuhu. At the time we lived on Great South Rd in Papatoetoe I think (what do I know) and then we moved to Tui Rd to the Papatoetoe Motel that they owned for a bit then to Redoubt Rd in Manukau. School was Papatoetoe Central for me and all of the time it wa