Well Folks, today is the OPS School Gala, My two girls will be swimming, only problem is they are Red House, I was Barnato.... Sharon Holland (nee' Wilson) does the coaching for Red House and has gone the extra mile by arranging that her swimmers spend their free time on Sunday afternoon's in training.... so I expect Red House to win...
The Gala is no longer held at the town pool, but in the Indoor School pool.... in our day, the entire school would be there on a saturday to swim........ the entire school does not attend, just the older classes.... My youngster , Cameron is only six, and is the only girl in her class that will be attending swimming, in fact she is only one of three kids in the entire grade, that will leave their classmates behind and go to the gala today......she will be swimming with the under nines....
I gotta sneak outta work today......!
giverose
Good luck to the Alexander girls swim and ... GO RHODES GO ... grab (yes, I was a Rhodes girl)
Thanks, Michele Just phoned me from the school pool, the gala has started, and I just missed Shannon winning her Freestyle race..... Man! sometimes it's lekker being a parent.....
Congrats to Shannon.
Congrats to the kids parents. Cute girls.
By the way Mike. Now we can see your results in "gardening". hihi The grass is very greeeeen...
swink
Thats from all the snow we had last night.... swink
Quote from: Michael Alexander on February 20, 2008, 06:36:39 AM
Thanks, Michele Just phoned me from the school pool, the gala has started, and I just missed Shannon winning her Freestyle race..... Man! sometimes it's lekker being a parent.....
Ag siestog, hulle is so oulik! Congrats to Shannon.
Good luck to both the girls....well done Shannon yougogirl
Cannot believe they don't make it a whole school eveny anymore, all the fun has gone out of it.
winning is everything, taking part is good and competition is healthy
well done
Just made it back again, Shannon just finished a close 2nd in the backstroke, although me being the father reckons it was a 1st... too close to call, where 's the tv replay..... it was still a very good effort considering she left the block last.. Anyhow , I left the rest of the screaming parents and have returned to work to deal with a PC problem... here are to pics taken just now,,,,, sorry for the poor image, I'm gonna purchase a new one soon...
Proud daddy, hey?
Where's the swimmingpool been built? On the old rugby field?
strange seeing the way the hall is built. In Germany swimming halls are built like normal houses and are used in winter. A time you need heating...
The bets are on for Rhodes House, followed by Barnato (thanks to the Alexander girls yougogirl) and Oppenheimer in 3rd
The school pool is on the corner of the school grounds where the old poofie slide used to end....Yes I am proud....wait for the final scores...
The old foofie slide? Wasn't that the school rugby field?
Yes, it was...the foofie slide ended on the north side of the field in the corner...
COME ON RHODES....................COME ON!!! Yip, I was in the red team as well, and if memory serves me correctly we were the best..............at EVERYTHING.................
Great to hear the gala is still going; just a pity only the select few are allowed attend............remember when they'd erect a pavillion style thingy and the scores would be marked on the big chalk board............I always came in second to Sonia Spackman, what a great swimmer..............
Well done to your girls Mike; milkshakes and 'chicken' burgers are on the proudest mom & dad tonight.........order one for me................
@Rhona, how did you know we were taking them out for grub?
Cause I'm a girl Mike and girls know everything..................
I remember Rhodes being the best at everything except the singing and the cheerleading, that was won by my team, Oppenheimer.
OH! I FORGOT >>>>>> BARNATO WON THE GALA!<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Congrates to Barnato ....That was my team
WELL DONE
It was my team also.... but now I am surrounded by Rhodes girls in my house..... the irony of it all!
Oh mike your the minority ,,,,, bighug
Yes! But I make up for it in size......
Yay Barnato - my team!
"Come what may we believe in Barnato...... lalalalla.. Oppenheimer and Rhodes have no chance at all" ... gee! I last sang that at least 30 odd years ago....
bighug
Seh ma ver jou grema, rooihuis will die bieker he! (was that okay)
Now you know where boy George belonged to.
:sorriso2: bravo well done and in "Die Taal" ook
Ja, George jnr. - jou ou rooie!
Nou waar was die "Emma, ko le ma"? Thought you would have remembered that part the best...... cheerup
Wanted to write that first Dalene, but the spelling... Haven't spoken "Die Taal" for 30 years. Sheesh!
Why do you thing I restrain from the German? Someone might mistake is for French of Italian. I barely scrape by with the English ........
I concur..... well done JNR!
Pretty impressive!
Quote from: Dalene Steenkamp (Coetzee) on February 23, 2008, 07:03:05 PM
Why do you thing I restrain from the German? Someone might mistake is for French of Italian. I barely scrape by with the English ........
Just love your humor Dalene.
:36_2_35: e154 e154
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:sorriso2: Vielen dank, herr Ruf.
swink :sorriso2:
Gern geschehen.