Sport Holidays

[MagicKiwi]

Bledisloe, Auckland, NZ
Bledisloe, Wellington, NZ
Bledisloe, Sydney
Bledisloe, Melbourne

NHRA Drag Racing, Englishtown, New Jersey
Indianapolis 500, Indiana
Monster Mile NASCAR, Dover Downs, Delaware

Formula 1 Adelaide X 9
Formula 1 Magny-Cours, France

RWC Adelaide X 2
RWC Sydney X 2

NBA Playoff Knicks, Madison Square Garden, New York

Stanley Cup Final Rangers, Madison Square Garden, New York

Baseball Yankees, Yankee Stadium, New York

Gridiron Jets, Giant Stadium New York

[RustyCage]

Formula 1 Magny-Cours, France

What was Magny-Cours like MK? I've heard its way out in the middle of nowhere, hard to get to and has terrible facilities. Where were you sitting? What year?

[MagicKiwi]

It was 2002 and we drove over from London. It's definitely in the middle of nowhere. We sat at the Adelaide Hairpin, named after our (once upon a time) circuit. Very difficult to get accommodation and we ended up being a two hour drive away (our fault). The Tour de France was also on so it was a busy time in the country. A lovely part of France however and we enjoyed ourselves.

[brod]

Im currently trying to convince Mrs Brod that going to watch the Cantebury Crusaders v Wakitao Chiefs on the last night of our trip to NZ (before we leave at 5.40am) is a great idea....its not going well

[MagicKiwi]

Shame on the woman.
Richie. Yes.

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[heater31]

Thinking of booking a Golfing trip to Thailand sometime this year, play some top Thai courses that host Pro Tour Events and pay peanuts compared to similar ranked Aussie layouts

[JAS]

My first sport holiday is now booked...

Redlegs v Eagles at Coopers
Redlegs v North at Adelaide Oval
+training nights and hopefully getting to watch our other grades playing as well.

Regards
JAS

[fish]

My first sport holiday is now booked...

Redlegs v Eagles at Coopers
Redlegs v North at Adelaide Oval
+training nights and hopefully getting to watch our other grades playing as well.

Regards
JAS

Nice one JAS - the bolded game above may be this years spoon game...

[Q.]

Easy there fish...

Glad you've chosen non-Saturday games, should be able to make one of them and meet the great JAS! And maybe you can help me find CP

[JAS]

Cheers guys

Easy there fish...

Glad you've chosen non-Saturday games, should be able to make one of them and meet the great JAS! And maybe you can help me find CP :lol:

Looking forward to meeting you too Q-man. I think between us we should be able to hunt him down

Regards
JAS

[brod]

Shame on the woman.
Richie. Yes.

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Shes more of a Dan Carter fan

[MagicKiwi]

Who also plays for Canterbury...

[brod]

Well doesnt matter as no games in Christchurch
Might get to Chiefs v Highlanders at Hamilton

[Sam_goUUUdogs]

Just got back from my trip and ended up seeing a fair bit sports wise.

I went to,
Real Madrid vs Barcelona @ The Bernabeu
Barcelona vs Osasuna @ Nou camp
West Ham vs Blackburn @ Upton park
West Ham vs Sunderland @ Upton Park
Millwall vs Swansea @ The Den
AFC Wimbledon vs Grimsby Town @ Kingsmeadow
Rangers vs Dundee @ Ibrox
Sunderland vs Wolverhampton @ Stadium of light
Wigan vs West Ham @ DW Stadium
Porto vs Braga Europa League Final @ Dublin Arena
Manchester City vs West Ham @ City of Manchester stadium
AFC Wimbledon vs Luton Town Play Off Final @ City of Manchester stadium
Surrey vs Leicestershire @ The Oval

I did a tour of,
Lords
Wembley
Twickenham

Didn't do a tour or anything but visited,
Stade de France
Stamford bridge
Britannia stadium
Reebok Stadium
Turf moor
Ewood park
Deepdale
St James park
Cardiff City Stadium
Millennium stadium
Edgar Street
Bukit Jalil National Stadium
Sepang International Circuit
Monaco F1 Track
Barcelona Olympic stadium

[Jim05]

Monaco F1 track is awesome, our contiki tour went through there 2 days before the GP, a few of us hired scooters and did a few hot laps.

[Sam_goUUUdogs]

Monaco F1 track is awesome, our contiki tour went through there 2 days before the GP, a few of us hired scooters and did a few hot laps.

Our contiki group just passed through on our way to the casino, where i proceeded to lose a few €'s

[RustyCage]

Monaco F1 track is awesome, our contiki tour went through there 2 days before the GP, a few of us hired scooters and did a few hot laps.

I'm more than a little jealous!

[Jim05]

Monaco F1 track is awesome, our contiki tour went through there 2 days before the GP, a few of us hired scooters and did a few hot laps.

Our contiki group just passed through on our way to the casino, where i proceeded to lose a few €'s

Yeah we went up to the casino and i lost a fair few euros early on but ended uo infront with a few good hands of blackjack.
Were there many high rollers there? As ive said before we were there just before GP and I reckon i stood out the front of the casino for hours watching the valets move the sportscars and seeing the hot women. Never seen so many lamborghinis or bugattis in one carpark

[brod]

Not quite as impresive as Sam , but I jumped the fence and ran out on to Carisbrook Park in Dunedin (no game on at the time), but you can visualise why it is known as the House of Pain..and not just for opposition teams. It couldnt be mistaken for a modern hi-tech facility, as it is complete with wooden seats and stands that look like they would let in plenty of breeze straight from Antractica. All said though, really wish there had been a game on while I was there to have experienced it

[GWW]

No sport viewing overseas for me (although did go to Europe in '03 on a Contiki).

My favourite sporting event of all time is probably the Davis Cup grand final between Australia and Sweden in 1986/87 (late Dec/early Jan), played at Kooyong, Melbourne. Australia won 3-2, the tie between Cash and Pernfors was awesome.

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