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Came back this monday from again a full weekend in Canberra with the Australia Triple Crown
players, but most of all the Dutchies!! (Jenno, Jelle etc...)
It was a great weekend, except for my speeding ticket.. *cough* (lost points there..arrgh)
The Dutch Crew had chipped in for a place to stay and shouted me the the dinner with all the Triple Crown players! Thanks guys, that was superb!
Had a couple of great nights out with the guys, also with the local Aussie players and the Irish champs!
Monday morning I drove back to Sydney (300k), accompanied by the sisters Esther and Irene, throwing some music culture at me (AbbA & Queen:) whom I both dropped off at the Australian Youth Hostel in Sydney City!
Ive got a couple of days to recover again, and will catch up for one more time later this week.. have to give my body some rest somehow :)
Overall it was an fantastic tournament, and to me its the power of the community who makes it all happen. Going to keep my eye open to this way of playing.. its got superb potential IMO (In My Opinion)
Super credit to Jenno and Jelle for being so much of a Vision suporter, and played both many games with our vision balls! The Irish say they are going to test after the tournament season what they can do with the ball, and most of our shirts and caps were happily worn during the triple crown. The french were already playing the Xpert2 and giving them away printed with the logo of the french on it to their opponents.
Ps Jenno Wolters has updated his photos!
Got myself and VISION and the Vision UV Yellow, the first Australian Golf title:
We've played from Thursday to Saturday and an average of 3 matches a day, conform Matchplay rules. Matchplay is a very mentally though golf game, were you score a point per hole or square the hole (even) or loose the hole. This means out of 18 holes you need to win most holes.
I've met so many great people, and most of my time I spend with the dutch crew :) naming Jenno Wolters and his girlfriend Kirsten, Kirsten’s brother Niels, Jelle Wabnitz and dutch top woman player Esther Newsum. (ps all "A" Division players)
Boy did I had a good time with those guys.. pff, was great talking some plain ol dutch again.. spend most evenings after the tournament at the hotel and campsite of the guys having a few beers :P. The guys had smuggled some typical "Groningse gedroogde worst" into the country(dried sausage, bit like the south african drywors), gosh what a fantastic suprise.. half of the stack got conviscated by the customs, a shear sacrifice for the stash that made it through.. lol (Groningen 1 - Aussie customs 0 :P)
Interesting note was I played with the Vision UV Yellow in a precision golf game on an very high quality course at Terrey Hills. The ball performed really well although its more leaning towards a longer straighter game. I could stop the ball pretty much everywhere !!!!!
Other interesting note, my semi-final against a french guy was undecided after 18 holes and took 3 playoff holes and had only 5 points total, the rest was all square.. amazing great game that was, my hart was pumping at the end and shaking all over.. sunk a 6 ft put to birdie and take the win!
The final was a breeze compared to all other games.. didnt even gave the poor english (living in france) guy a chance.. after 10 holes it was 8 points for me and 2 squares.. lol he conceded obviously :)
The sunday we went with the whole crew plus Jim Judge (IRE) to explore Sydney.. again just having a few quiet beers with the crew.. lol
The crew is up to Canberra now to play the second and third leg of the Triple Crown tournament, maybe I can drive up this weekend to cheer the guys on.
Ps.. the dutch crew looooooove the vision balls YAYAY .. !!
PPs.. beating a Pro V1 player with a UV Yellow feels goooooood !!
PPPs.. sleeping with Jelle in one bed, crashed out on beer is safe.. :P
Links:
Jenno Wolters - Website - more photo's and stories !!
Jelle Wabnitz - His Pitch and Putt Course in Oostwold.
Esther Newsum - Website - more stories, photos later !!
Australian Pitch and Putt Accociation
Australia Triple Crown site
Because im such a good golfer *cough* 4x !, I am going to participate in a National Championship!
owkay, owkay, owkay.. it is for Short Course Golf, aka Pitch and Put aka Par3 Golf, but nevertheless it has very serious participants and it draws world wide crowd from Australia, Canada, Ireland, France and even Holland aka The Netherlands :P !
Anyway, we got a spot offered to play as being a sponsor, as we develop and test our new balls on our local Par3 course at Terrey Hills and got involved with Short Course Golf players for testing purposes on short game needs.
The Terrey Hills Par3 Course is very much like a normal golf course, with greatly challenged smaller mostly elevated greens, but you only need a wedge and a putter to play, as its longest hole is prolly 88 meters.
So as of tomorrow, ive got a National Championship - Match Play game under my belt too.. lol well, atleast I play 4 times before I will get knocked out :). I better give myself the NickName Per "Bye" van Duijn..lol as some of them play around -10 on a round.. hmpfff.. thats atleast 10 birdies grrr..
See my draw - one dutch guy in there too :)
Website: Australian Pitch and Put Association
BTW, again..this form of golf to me has massive potential to be big every where.. it doesnt need that much space, it gives a fantastic challenge, it covers the biggest part of the normal golf, and you can facilitate it better also for night golf with lights plus you can play it in just two hours, ideal for after work or work catch up, or just with friends instead of a movie or with the partner you name it.
Yeah, ive done it.. within 2 years of proper golf, I reached handicap 18! Was aiming to get my handicap down before Xmas 2007 to 18, and my last trip to Canberra already done it.. my handicap is 17.9 at the moment, so no more shots help on any hole.. its me and the course now!
To be honest, if I get my wasted shots down a bit, I must reach 12 asap..
so lets focus on that first, concistancy is the keyword now, and 14 the goal... prolly go up first again lol,.. thats golf!
Monday morning, just after a wedding party.. slightly hangover, opening up my e-mail, and found this comment under my old For Those Who Like To Groove post!
ola,zult vast ook wel geinteresseerd zijn in enige aanvulling denk ik??
For Those Who Like To Groove setscollection -1991/1992
heb feitelijk groot deel v/d lijst weer/nog 'ns online gegooid, oa die niet (meer on-line) bij ons op oldskool.weblog stonden in de lijst dat moment.
( dat is ook alweer wat maandjes terug hoor,zie de date van mijn org.blogpost, maar staat zeker nog 'n tijd online voorlopig!) hoop dat er wat voor je tussen zit dat weer 'n herinnering en/of onstane glimlach veroorzaken kan :) das het bij mij ook elke keer weer als ik nóg een (g)oud pareltje mag toevoegen aan m'n collectie!Groetsch, 079's..
Sometimes the internet is a very warm and fuzzy place! YAY!
Thanks 079, you made my week!
Tonight im celebrating my friend Brendan's Bday @ The Belgian Beer Cafe in Cammeray. We go by cab, and going to try as much Belgium beers as we can with nice cooked mussels Belgium style!! :)
The morning after though I get picked up at 6 am, for a boys golf 
weekend away at the famous Tallwoods Estate. We've got 16 blokes and 4 Villa's plus 2 BBQ's with many many many Beers, and 3 days of Golf booked on the estate...YAY
The golf course is ranked in top 25 finest of Australia, and its as famous as it is feared.
The ride towards Tallwoods, should be around 3.5 hours.. so hopefully that will clear my head enough to pump a great score!
Back Monday.. bye!
People generally like to say in Australia "Goodday how are you going", sounding like "Gidday howz it goiiiing?", Or male to male would be "G'day mate, howz it going?".
This doesn't mean "Hey what type of transport are you using?", this obviously means "Hello how are you?".
The default reply would be a form of; "Good thanks, how are you?", or in the mates way; "Good mate, and yourself?".
This dialog is used and almost all encounters, with known or unknown people to you. And the "mate" version really comes in handy when you forgot the person’s name.
It is a far more friendly way of greeting and really fits very well with Aussie culture and attitude.
Being used to the "Hey", or the "Hey how are you?", and giving mostly a quick reply with "good", or "good and you?", the aussie way takes some practice, but feels better at the end when completed successful.
Downsides though, besides the more open question, looking for a longer answer, it takes a bit of time all together, and many situations end up with half of the greeting or people not even listening to the answer.
Anyway, funnely enough.. there is also "G'day Wiki" :)
Little site problems still in play:
- Comment Preview: Doesn't seem to work with "bingo" comment challenge. Normal view works fine.
Work around: Use back button to go to original view and hit post after seeing preview.
- Email commnent on reply: Doesn't send email :(
Work around: None.. just check the site once in a while :)
One of my Full page Ad was released in Australian Golf Magazine this month. They’ve put the ad in the Golf Ball Promotion section for the year, and wrapped it with a black border, just after the Wilson Staff and the Titleist NXT + Extreme on a full last page of the section!
Being completely different than all other ads and IMO killing the other ads with the gfx :P, this ad worked out really well, and with the border it works also.. YAY, very happy!
