Dezza, last week at the Swannies Vs Bintangs match in Saigon

Saigon Prez, Derrin Limbrick gives us the week’s update.

Gents, well another week flys by, but I must say that the knocks, aches and pains somehow felt a lot easier to deal with this week. I guess that is what happens when we all get to bask in the glory of a fantastic win last weekend. The Kainey Cup has come back to Vietnam and I for one am pretty happy about that. Days like this do not happen every week in Vietnam so it is worth savouring the moment. It also does not happen without the contributions from everyone who helped to make the weekend such a success. I want to thank our fantastic sponsors, the players, volunteers and everyone who came out to watch. The Cup belongs to all of us not just the 20 players who were out there on the field on Saturday.

And how good are the Bintangs? Not just as a footy team but also as a bunch of blokes! I know that I for one would be happy to have them back any day of the week, plus we should all be looking forward to touring their next year because I know that they are going to look after us well.

Ok, moving on to this weekend we have cancelled training to give everyone a chance to get over last week. In my e-mail last week I suggested that it might be a good idea to go and enjoy an afternoon of golf at the par 3 in Phu My Hung.

Or alternatively, there is a blockbuster game on Saturday at 11. 30 between the Pies and the Saints. For those of you who missed the game earlier this year, there was no love lost between the two sides, which culminated in the infamous handbags at 10 paces incident between Mick Malthouse and Stevey Milne. So I think that this match is going to be a cracker.

Friday nights with Josh on the couch – Cafe Latin Tonight 7 pm

Josh is planning on entertaining us all again tonight during the breaks of the match tonight between the Crows and the Cats. The match kicks of at 7 pm and Jim Beam are sponsoring the evening, with Happy Hour prices from Cafe Latin while the match is on.

For those who were not there last week it was extremely funny, and the guests were very entertaining (Angry Dave Hadley a standout). So if you’re looking for somewhere to watch the footy make sure you get on down to Latin tonight.

Cambodian Tour – Weekend 31st July

The Cambodian Tor is locked in. The Club will be hiring a coach to take us from HCMC to Phnom Penh on Friday night, and back again on Sunday. There has been plenty of talk about how good it was the last time we did this and that is no exaggeration, so make sure you keep the weekend free and come along.

We will be finalizing the arrangements over the next week and so we can let you know the costs for the bus and accommodation, however we are hoping to make it as cost effective as possible.

If you’re planning on coming, can you please get back to me so we can get an idea on the size of the bus we are going to need.