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Playing in that wind???

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almost 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Playing in that wind???
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe. 
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almost 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

What was the point of playing in that wind on Saturday? Why go ahead?

As one coach said " I thought the idea was get to the kids playing football and not hoofball".
 
It was a poor decision to go ahead with Saturday's games at both the junior and senior level.
 
 
 
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe. 
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almost 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Harcourt Park seems to exist in a curious weather bubble. The wind was only a marginal factor in the game. And the pitch held up pretty well also despite the rain.
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almost 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Harcourt Park? Yeah, it does doesn't it?  
 
Meanwhile at the other end of the scale I visited Trafalagar Park. (bad), Hutt Park (NIGHTMARE!!!!) , Petone Rec (slightly less than NIGHTMARE), and Taita College (bad).
 
p.s. If anyone was at either of the Hutt Park 9am kickoffs on Pitch 1 and 2 were you as bemused as I was with the behaviour of the coaches?? Particularly the guy who was standing, I am not kidding, on the edge of the centre circle, while play was happening, YELLING AT* the kids.
 
* yes YELLING AT.
dairyflat2009-05-25 10:13:44
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe. 
20/5/20

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almost 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
dairyflat wrote:

What was the point of playing in that wind on Saturday? Why go ahead?

As one coach said " I thought the idea was get to the kids playing football and not hoofball".
 
It was a poor decision to go ahead with Saturday's games at both the junior and senior level.
 
 
 
 
It was good conditions for a short passing game not hoofball, maybe something that kids could learn from.

A dog with a bone :)

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almost 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
nightz wrote:
 
good conditions for a short passing game
 
Excellent!  There's a career as a poltical spin doctor waiting for you. 
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe. 
20/5/20

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almost 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
What club was the "yella" from and what age are the kids? His club should have a quiet word as the kids won't enjoy it and won't come back next season.
Interesting game at Taita college at 9 am. Wind was so strong the gear bag containing the balls blew away twice, as well as jackets, cones etc. Interesting "items" on the pitch as well. At least 1 condom, a big rock, squashed cans etc.
Both teams played the short ball game well despite the wind.
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almost 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I can report that Miramar Park was fully exposed to the worst southerly in living memory and the ball from #2 spent more time on #1 than on #2.
 
Having said that, I didn't NOT enjoy the game...playing beats not playing any day. 
 
I did wonder about the wisdom of the kids playing though.  Hypothermia City for both them and the parents on the line.
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almost 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I said it somewhere else, it was one of those days EVERYONE will remember playing in and be able to say 'do you remember that day in May 2009' ?

Quite stoked Capital Football managed to keep it all on.

How's my driving? - Whine here

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almost 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Was just a little wind, much warmer playing than watching though. Grounds were in good condition to play.
 
I hope the guy whos car got demolished by a tree at Trentham got home ok.

A dog with a bone :)

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almost 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Maybe the glorious Redwood Park wasn't exposed to the conditions as much, but it wasn't that cold when playing.  I've played in far worse as both a senior and junior.  Also due the wind running across the park as opposed to lengthways, it was more conducive to a half-decent game being played.
 
I thoroughly enjoyed playing and would not have been happy being cancelled due to the cold and wind.  As Nightz said, the wind actually forces you to play to feet when going into the wind and as a result teams often play much better into the wind than using the wind. 
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almost 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Oranje wrote:
Maybe the glorious Redwood Park wasn't exposed to the conditions as much, but it wasn't that cold when playing.� I've played in far worse as both a senior and junior.� Also due the wind running across the park as opposed to lengthways, it was more conducive to a half-decent game being played.
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I thoroughly enjoyed playing and would not have been happy being cancelled due to the cold and wind.� As Nightz said, the wind actually forces you to play to feet when going into the wind and as a result teams often play much better into the wind than using the wind.�


It was pretty cold being in goal out there (Cap 3 game), but as you said the cross field wind meant football could still be played and both sides did well keeping it to feet. Not the worst i have played in though, playing at Carterton in 05 we had a player rushed to hospital after he collapsed of Hypothermia, the nets were left up till well after the game cos no one could use their hands as they were frozen.
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almost 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Just being told that - Kids were playing at Fraser Park Extension in hats, gloves and jackets
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe. 
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almost 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I couldn't tie my laces on my boots during our game because my hands were so cold, ended up doing them up in some retarded knot which I haven't bothered trying to get out yet haha. No complaints here, rain or shine wind or not as long as I get to play footy who cares.  Good for the kids, need more kids hardening up rather than the fragile nation we are breeding right now, if we don't do something about it now the next generation are going to be a bunch of softc**ks.
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almost 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
monkeyboy wrote:
Good for the kids, need more kids hardening up rather than the fragile nation we are breeding right now, if we don't do something about it now the next generation are going to be a bunch of softc**ks.
 
Couldn't agree more with that sentiment
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almost 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
nightz wrote:

It was good conditions for a short passing game not hoofball,�maybe something that kids could learn from.


Don't know where you played, but the wind at Ngatitoa was shocking.

Couldn't make a simple short square pass without the ball either going 3 meters in front of you (if wind behind you) or not even making it to you (if wind against you).

Certainly wasn't a particularly enjoyable experience, but it was still better than not playing.
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almost 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
My kids won 5-0 in our match at Liardet, so I wouldn't call it pointless

As far as I'm concerned, beggars can't be choosers. There's no guarantee the weather will be good enough to play next week. I'll take any opportunity to let my kids plays so long as they want to and so long as it's safe. There's no point in teaching kids to avoid hoofball if they don't get to play in the first place.
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almost 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
It was pretty hopeless where I was.
 
No-one really got near the ball all day until it had lodged in a nearby hedge.
 
I dont think Capital Football should call games off due to wind or cold.
The wind was bad, but Ive played in worse in England.
And as for cold, well it wasnt really that cold at all - the ground was nowhere near frozen.
 
Some pitches had 2 games on Saturday, and I think one of those should have been called off because we had had some rain all week and a lot more was forecast for Saturday pm.
Im sure some pitches got damaged.
 
The bad news is there is more wind and rain forecast for this Saturday.
 
 
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almost 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Totaly disagree with you Newbie. We play in winter so need to be able to play in all conditions as long as pitches are being wrecked or are under water.

I watched 3 games and played in 1 over the weekend and the pitches were all ok after being played on.

A dog with a bone :)

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almost 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Hard News wrote:
There were senior players all over the place doing the same.
 
big girls blouses.
 
As a child, adult and old man I hated it when games got cancelled.

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight

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almost 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I'd put Cobham forward as windiest ground in Wellington. Still, my juniors were stoked to get a game and came out 3-1 winners
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almost 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
monkeyboy wrote:
Good for the kids, need more kids hardening up rather than the fragile nation we are breeding right now, if we don't do something about it now the next generation are going to be a bunch of softc**ks.
 
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe. 
20/5/20

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