Fri.-Mon., February 18-21, 2022
As soon as we awakened on Friday, we had two more orders from teams in Italy requesting more of the used jerseys and pants that local high schools had donated to help new, struggling teams overseas get rolling.
First up was an order for
Italy's Siena Lupi
The Lupi will soon be receiving the 32 jerseys and 30 pants as they need.
The Caserta Steel Bucks located
near Napoli were in need as well
Their wish was our command!
Another box to fill and ship, this time with 43 jerseys and 21 pants.
Since last September, Laurie and I have now shipped 601 jerseys and 454 pants to 20 teams in ten countries. That's a mind boggling 1,055 pieces of clothing!
Throw in the 28 helmets and 37 shoulder pads that we've also shipped and we both feel really good about what we are doing to help the game grow internationally.
Speaking of EuroBall, we had visitors from France meet us at Cronies Sports Grill in Camarillo for lunch on Friday.
Dario Viallet with his wife Marit
and their daughters
I first met Dario and Marit back in 2013 when I was coaching the Buon-Villeurbanne Falcons in France.
I had taken a day trip via train to south of France to see the lovely city of Montpellier.
At that time, Dario was the President of the Montpellier Hurricanes. We met for lunch that long ago day and both enjoyed talking about the game of American football at length.
Dario and his family were in California for a working vacation, driving from San Francisco to Costa Mesa for next weekend's Glazier Football Clinic.
No longer involved with the Hurricanes, Dario now owns a sports clothing company and will be displaying his wares at the clinic this coming weekend.
As I expected, we all had a good time at lunch catching up and talking about our families. Marit is originally from Holland, thus their two daughters, ages six and four, can speak French, Dutch and English.
Highly educated young ladies, to be sure.
On Saturday we traipsed our way to San Marino to have lunch with my Mother, my two sisters, our niece and her two youngsters.
It was good to all be together again.
We stopped in Burbank on the way
home for an early dinner and
lots of memories from our youth
Some news from the European League of Football . . .
The ELF continues to do a GREAT
job promoting themselves
The ELF released new Power Rankings even though the first games of the 2022 season are still three and a half months away.
Though ranked Tenth in the
Power Rankings the Barcelona Dragons
are hard at work improving their roster
Sunday was soccer day for Grandson Jacob.
On the right, Jacob signaling
that he is ready for play
Jacob hustling to the ball
He had a good game today giving
great effort the entire contest
Back in Spain for Sunday
EuroBall action
This weekend was originally scheduled as a Bye Week for all Spanish Serie A teams but this game originally scheduled as a Week #3 contest had been postponed until this weekend.
The games this coming weekend will be the end of the first half of the eight game regular season.
After the Potros-Osos game, this is how Serie A stands after four complete rounds of games.
Spanish Serie A
Eastern Conference Standings
Barberá Rookies 3-0
Badalona Dracs 2-1
Mallorca Voltors 1-2
Zaragoza Hurricanes 1-2
L'Hospitalet Pioners 1-3
Eastern Conference Games
Week #5 on February 26-27, 2022
Dracs (2-1) at Voltors (1-2)
Rookies (3-0) at Hurricanes (1-2)
Pioners (1-3) - BYE
Spanish Serie A
Western Conference Standings
Osos Rivas 4-0
Murcia Cobras 2-1
Gijón Mariners 1-2
Las Rozas Black Demons 1-2
Fuengirola Potros 0-3
Week #5 on February 26-27, 2022
Mariners (1-2) at Cobras (2-1)
Potros (0-3) at Black Demons (1-2)
Osos (4-0) - BYE
And finally . . .
I can be a grumpy, vindictive
old man when I need to be
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