Sam Conroy with a black and bruised eye.
Hanoi President, Dan Hopkins, tells us all about last weekend’s scratch match between Hanoi and Saigon in Hanoi.
Thanks to all the took part in last Saturday’s Hanoi Vs Saigon scratch match.
After a few beers on the Friday night, Saturday morning was a bit slow though it was time to get out
to My Dinh and put on the boots. After a meet and greet between some of the new members of the
Club and also some of the Hanoi Celts (Gaelic Footy) who turned up for the day.
The game got under way and it was Hanoi who drew first blood but Saigon answered quickly through its midfield. This was going to be the way it was going to go for the day as the runners of Saigon had to much pace for Hanoi.
Come the third quarter, we mixed it up and threw the round (GAA) ball in. This was to bring about a
kick from Dave Diviniy who was trying to put the ball up into the Hanoi forward line. The Saigon Pres, big Sam Conroy put his head down and stuck his arms out for a smother. Thwack!!! Straight to the eye. To Sam’s credit, after shaking it off, he continued with the game.
The fourth quarter came about and Saigon continued to run hard although Hanoi kept
on keeping on and had some good passages of play at the death.
A special mention must be given to Nick Shiells who kicked 12 goals throughout the day beating Shagga’s record of 8 last year. Wasn’t afraid to let all the boys know about it ether.
On the Saturday night a dinner was had at Club Sponsor, Jaspas. Then, we kicked on to a few fine establishments throughout town.
A good weekend had by all and a good lead up to the ANZAC Friendship Match in Vung Tau on 21 June 2012.
Ed and Kate have since returned to Tassie. The Swans Blog is proud to announce that they have successfully downsized from heaps to one. On Mother’s Day, 11 May 2008, Kate gave birth to Ms Meg – “(E)M” for short. Ed describes it all as the perfect Mother’s Day present. Ms Em “weighs in at a hefty 8.8lbs and is stacking on the kgs”.
But how are Ed and Kate coping with life after the Swans? Ed explains, “We still love getting all of the mighty Swans emails. Sounds like the Swans are having a pretty busy year – makes me nostalgic. We had such a great time with you guys.”