2007 Australian Sikh Games

It has been a while innit????

So what has been happening with you?

For me there been a few things goings and comings, here and there.

A few weeks Melbourne played host to the Sikh Games. Bascially it is a weekend of sports, drinking, rousing, womanising and all sorts of stuff. But basically the games are that, games played by the Sikhs from all over Australia and internationally like Singapore, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Malaysia.



Personally, I was involved with coaching the Victoria Sikh Association football teams - the senior mens and under 17's. In a nut shell, the seniors, won 1 and lost 2 matches, although the match against Singapore was tinged with controversy for me as they scored an offisde goal and should have had a player sent off for hitting another player.

Melbourne's most wanted!! (by the authorities)

The under 17's ran around and did ok but sadly could not win either of their two matches, but they played well and were unlucky.

Anyway here are some more "action" shots from the games. (Can you see that Melbourne has a drought and was a bit dusty)

I also had my cousin and good friends down from Perth partaking in the hockey tournament. They did well but got knocked out in the semi final against Sydney. Unfortunately the organisers teally kocked up things here. the draw for the finals was amazingly confusing and pretty poorly thought too.

I could see they had thoughts of giving teams a few matches so they found the tournament worth partaking in, but it was ridiculous.

Basically, if a team was eliminated they would get not one but sometimes 3 chances to play again to make the seni finals. RIDICULOUS!!! It was so bad that Perth beat a team 3-0 then played them later that day and beat them 4-0 to make the semi finals.

So when they came to the semi finals, they had played 3 matches that day (and had an hours rest before this match) against a teamthat played once that day and had nearly 7 hours between matches.

CRAZY!!!

But enough of that. It was great fun to see the guys and share quite a few beers and chats. Also caught up with a lot of people from Perth I had not seen in a few years and the most crazy thing was seeing some of the people I knew as little kids then all grown up - man i feel old now!!

Metria was also kind enough to let me run amuck with the friends and that is why I love this girl!!

Next up: Our trip to the Sunshine Coast.