Once a pirate, always a pirate?

Well, not too much exciting news this week, although there are a couple of things to update on:

The gollf last weekend was great. Played a round at Parkview on Friday afternoon with the guys from work, and again on Sunday with Grant and a couple of his mates. In fact, quite a few of his and Stuart's mates - 3 fourballs to be exact. Played at a course down on the Vaal river called Maccauvlei, which was in great condition. Stayed a bit late though - considering that we tee'd off at 9am, and at around 6:30pm (after a couple of juices) we were having putting competitions on the practice green, and longest drive competition off the 10th. A good day out though.

I've been playing in a squash tournament over the past week or so. I'm a member at Pirates sports club (which is literally 500m from where I work, so its convenient), and play league most Thursday evenings. Last year, we played against another club, Chamber Exiles, who also happens to be about 3 km from where I work. I got quite friendly with some of the guys at Chambers, and we've had a couple of "out of league" games since. Anyway, to cut a long story short, they invited me to play in their early season tournament. The thing is, its been a great tournament so far (i play in the quarter finals this week), they have 7 courts compared to Pirates' 2, and they have about five times as many squash players as Pirates - so why am I feeling guilty about abandoning my club? I think that in terms of squash, and quality of games, I'm definitely better off at Chambers. Its also cheaper, as all they do is squash (compared with all the other facilities at Pirates). My subs come up for renewal in about 2 months time, and it looks like Chambers is going to benefit from the renewal this year. Will keep you posted.

Today has been pretty quiet - went to the folks place for a braai yesterday afternoon, and today has been spent doing some work, whilst watching the cricket and A1 GP. Its been this way partly because of the work I had to do, and partly because my bike is still in the shop being repaired (I apparently broke something in the pedal axle). Next weekend however, we go away with my company to Dullstroom for a "teambuilding" weekend. Spouses have been invited, and I'm told that there is no "work" involved. So, I'm hoping that the bike is fixed this week, as I'd like to take it with. A bit of fly fishing and mountain biking is definitely going to go down well.

Till then...