Mon.-Fri., May 27-31, 2023
It had been a good week and then I got a phone call on Friday that made it a GREAT one!
Brian Guzman, the Head Coach of the
Brazilian National Team, was on the line
The Onças would be playing in a South American tournament in December whose winner would earn an automatic bid into the 2025 International Federation on American Football (IFAF) World Championships.
Team Brazil would first be playing against Argentina's National Team. If the Onças win this game, then they would play the winner of the Panama vs. Chile game for the coveted IFAF ducat.
The losers of these first two games would also face off for third place in this South American tournament.
Brian said to me, "Would you be willing to be our Special Teams Coach? We would need you in São Paulo from December 9-16, what do you think?"
I said, "CLARO QUE SIM!"
This response loosely translates from Portuguese to "HELL YES!" in English.
LIFE IS GOOD!
A few weeks ago we brought home some furniture from my Mother's home that included an old fashioned, antique tea cart.
This tea cart has been locked for close to 40 years as the skeleton key needed to open it had been purloined oh so long ago.
After Laurie talked to several locksmiths in Camarillo we realized that none were proficient with making a skeleton key to fit the lock.
Desperate times lead to desperate measures.
Laurie's knowledge of all things hardware store related led to her using a tiny hack saw to shear off the locks two pins and voilà it was finally open!
It looked wonderful
It even came with four packs of
Cuban cigarettes
How old were these cigarettes?
The white packs were made by the Pedro Murias Cigar Company of Habana, Cuba. The lone red pack was also made in the Cuban capital by the English company Henry Clay and Bock Ltd.
Well then, so how old were they?
The Pedro Murias Cigar Company sold out to Henry Clay and Bock Ltd. in 1897.
In turn, Henry Clay and Bock Ltd. sold out to an American company in 1904.
If my math is correct, then the white Pedro Murias packs are at least 127 years old and the red Henry Clay pack is a much fresher minimum of 120 years old.
SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM!
Less than 100 days until the
Washington Huskies open the season
at home against Weber State
I helped this Spanish DI team a
lot this week in their quest to add an
import QB, LB and OL/DL to the roster
I did this on behalf of Mariners Team President Enrique Prado Alonso who I first met in 2015 in Gijón during our infamous "Circumnavigation of the Iberian Peninsula."
I later had the privilege of coaching Enrique in our first Europe Warriors game in Mexico City in 2017.
So far, I have contacted fifty colleges on their behalf and received some solid leads to fill these three spots.
Italian Football League playoffs
start on June 8th
Coach Michael Wood's Helsinki
Roosters played on Thursday night
JUGGERNAUTS!
The Roosters now sport a perfect 3-0 record and sit high atop the Maple League standings.
Still looking forward to this
tournament in Argentina
It will be played in Mendoza which is
in the heart of Argentina's wine country
This is a tournament featuring clubs, not National Teams, including Argentina's Sudaca, Chile's Truenos and Nativos, Costa Rica's Sharks, Paraguay's Black Dragons and Peru's Black Lions.
Mendoza is right on the Chile-
Argentina border near the eastern
slope of the Andes Mountains
We are in negotiations with Brian and Koreen FitzGerald for a road trip to visit Buenos Aires, Mendoza and Santiago de Chile at tournament time.
Should be lots of fun.
In the Colombian League on Sunday
Bogotá White Sharks vs. Pasto Alacranes
Central European Football League
Tournament Semifinal on Saturday
The Black Panthers hail from France while the Dragons represent Austria.
The other CEFL Semifinal is
also on Saturday
The Flash are a French powerhouse and the Broncos have been the best club in Switzerland for over a decade.
The key games at all levels of
the British League this weekend
The Thun Tigers sponsoring
a great camp in the beautiful
Swiss Alps in August
France's Lyon Gones have a . . .
. . . DIII playoff game this weekend
The Villeurbanne Falcons take on
the Chambrey Aigles in a French
regional playoff game
I'm not sure when or why the Falcons are no longer from Bron-Villeurbanne anymore.
European League of Football
revised Power Rankings after
Week #1 play
The ELF's Week #2 slate
Spanish ELF Derby
Barcelona Dragons at Madrid Bravos
Prague Lions have the best
ELF poster again this week
Our Annual Induction Dinner
is Sunday which meant lots of
work starting Friday
Thoughts from the net . . .
100% TRUE!
And we both LOVE it!
Me included
Laurie makes this mistake
ever so often
Reading Is FUNdamental!
A great mixture of historical fiction
and gripping intrigue again from
Jacqueline Winspear
2 comments:
George I have a good friend from Santiago area of Chile. If you have any questions I can connect you to her. I've been there. Beautiful country, great wine. Also wen to Pablo Neruda's home.
Linda, that is awesome, THANK YOU! I'll call you once our plans/dates have been finalized.
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