RED SOX MANAWATU SPORTS CLUB      NEWSLETTER - 18 JULY 2007

R E D   S O X   M A N A W A T U    N E W S
Red Sox PlayOffs: Congratulations to the top teams from our Club in both soccer and netball as they have both got themselves into great positions to potentially contest playoffs for promotion to higher grades next season.  The A1 Netball team, coached by Diane Gemmell, had a great 1 goal win last weekend to stay on top of the table and need a win this weekend to probably cement their playoff position. Check out the media article which recently appeared in the Manawatu Standard . . . . more The Mens Soccer team, coached by Dave Harris & Mike Coulter, look assured of a Top2 placing after their 7-2 demolition of Wanganui Athletic last weekend. Their pathway to promotion is a wee bit complex whereby: the top team from Western (Manawatu & Wanganui) plays the #2 team from Eastern (Hawkes Bay & Poverty Bay) and the #2 team from Western plays the top Eastern team. The 2 winners then play each other, for the right to then play the top Capital Federation team (home & away). The winner of those games then gets to play the bottom Central League team (home & away), with the winner of those games gaining entry into the 2008 Central League.
	BLEDISLOE CUP & TRI-NATIONS FINAL LIVE ON BIG SCREEN AT CLUBROOMS Saturday 21 July 7:30pm 6 seats to be won for the TUI LEANER Free Beer during the game
SITUATIONS VACANT	CLUB KITCHEN Unfortunately Cheryl & Dave Fulton are no longer able to run the Kitchen after next Saturday 21 July. A great BIG THANKS for their efforts ! If you would like to inquire about running the Kitchen or know of someone that may be interested please contact Nigel on 027 535 5067
	SPORTS MASSAGE - SOCCER AND NETBALL Karen Barker provides a Sports Massage service for all Club Members with session times on Saturday mornings Click here for more details
	MATCH DAY SPONSOR  Saturday 21July Soccer  MATCH BALL SPONSOR   STEWARTS POWERBASE vs PNBHS @ Skoglund 2 3:00pm   STEWARTS POWERBASE Rovers vs Massey International @ Colquhoun 2 - 12:45pm ROSE and CROWN A's vs PNBHS 2nd XI @ Colquhoun 2 - 3:00pm
	Other Club Soccer games this weekend Club goalscorers Club Netball games this weekend
	COMING EVENTS AT YOUR CLUBROOMS Saturday 28 July - DANCING with the THRASHERS !! Saturday 4 August - DARTS - Export Gold Singles & Pairs Champs Saturday 18 August - RED SOX IDOL & KARAOKE NITE !!
	RED SOX MANAWATU ON VIEW TO THE WORLD From the site stats, we know that your Club website gets regularly viewed from all over the world - Australia, Singapore, Brazil, USA, UK, Spain etc etc In addition to the growing library of Action Photos on this site, videos of goals scored in recent soccer matches involving the Mens 1sts, Rovers, A's and Youth Team are now on show. Check your club website for the links
	MYSTERY PERSON TRIVIA PRIZE From time to time in your Club newsletter we will publish a picture of Club Players and Supporters. If that person is in attendance at the Clubrooms the following Saturday for the weekly Club Prizegiving with their team AND they can answer a 'recent event' sports trivia question they will qualify for a prize using the "Irish Raffle System". So who are these 2 pictured ??
	CLUBROOMS LOYALTY SCHEME Don't forget to fill out a Loyalty Slip when you visit the Bar at your Clubrooms - one slip per night ! All the Slips will go into an end-of-season draw for a bloody neat prize - the details of which are still being sorted ! But don't let that stop you getting your entries in NOW !!
	NIKE TRIALS Dream of playing with the best ? Nike are arranging trials for 100 16-24 year olds from each of Auckland, Sydney, Brisbane & Melbourne - thats 400 in total !  . . . click here for more details
TODAYS SMILER	A man decided to take a vacation. He booked himself on a Caribbean cruise and proceeded to have the time of his life, that is, until the ship sank. He found himself on an island with no other people, no supplies, nothing, only bananas and coconuts. After about four months, he is lying on the beach one day when the most gorgeous woman he has ever seen rows up to the shore. In disbelief, he asks, "Where did you come from? How did you get here?" She replies, "I rowed from the other side of the island. I landed here when my cruise ship sank." "Amazing," he notes. "You were really lucky to have a row boat wash up with you." "Oh, this thing?" explains the woman. "I made the boat out of raw material I found on the island. The oars were whittled from gum tree branches. I wove the bottom from palm branches, and the sides and stern came from a Eucalyptus tree." "But, where did you get the tools?" "Oh, that was no problem," replied the woman. "On the south side of the island, a very unusual stratum of alluvial rock is exposed. I found if I fired it to a certain temperature in my kiln, it melted into ductile iron.  I used that for tools and used the tools to make the hardware." The guy is stunned. "Let's row over to my place," she says. After a few minutes of rowing, she docks the boat at a small wharf. As the man looks to shore, he nearly falls off the boat. Before him is a stone walk leading to an exquisite bungalow painted in blue and white. While the woman ties up the rowboat with an expertly woven hemp rope, the man can only stare ahead, dumb struck. As they walk into the house, she says casually, "It's not much but I call it home. Sit down, please. Would you like a drink?"  "No! No thank you," he blurts out, still dazed. "I can't take another drop of coconut juice." "It's not coconut juice," winks the woman. "I have a still. How would you like a Pina Colada?" Trying to hide his continued amazement, the man accepts, and they sit down on her couch to talk. After they have exchanged their stories, the woman announces, "I'm going to slip into something more comfortable. Would you like to take a shower and shave? There is a razor upstairs in the bathroom cabinet."  No longer questioning anything, the man goes into the bathroom. There, in the cabinet, a razor made from a piece of tortoise bone. Two shells honed to a hollow ground edge are fastened on to its end inside a swivel mechanism.  "This woman is amazing," he muses. "What next?" When he returns, she greets him wearing nothing but vines, strategically positioned, and smelling faintly of gardenias. She beckons for him to sit down next to her. "Tell me," she begins suggestively, slithering closer to him, "We've been out here for many months. You've been lonely. There's something I'm sure you really feel like doing right now, something you've been really longing for ?" She stares into his eyes . He can't believe what he's hearing. "You mean . . " he swallows excitedly and tears start to form in his eyes. "Don't tell me you've got Sky Sports as well"
Sean Lynch - Wrinklies Stu James - A's Pete & Clive Sattherthwaite Chris Chamberlain - Wrinklies Craig Laird - A's Duncan Scott - Wrinklies John van Lienen - A's Minty - A's Glenn Read Evan Kroll Aaron Clegg - Mens 1sts James Watt Chucky - Wrinklies Jackie Knight John Griggs Steve Fieldhouse - Wrinklies Rex Blumenthal - Thirsties Neil Graham - Wrinklies Virge - A's Bruce Hosking - Wrinklies Neville Weir Wayne Vercoe - Wrinklies Nigel Barker - Rovers Mike Coulter - Mens 1sts
THE SUPPORT FROM OUR SPONSORS IS MUCH VALUED AND IS CRUCIAL TO OUR OPERATIONS PLEASE SUPPORT & ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR CLUB SPONSORS WHEREVER POSSIBLE If you or your business would like to sponsor the Club please contact Nigel or Marty or email sponsor@redsox.co.nz
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