Casuarina Cup 2011.

The Casuarina Cup 2011 has been and gone and what a very eventful tournament it really was. It was hot, sultry and full of action. The event was marred somewhat with numerous injuries by some participating players whom had some very unfortunate misadventures onfield. The local Paramedics were busy carting away some immobolised injured players of which the most tragic was a compound fracture of a very very unlucky young lady who fell awkwardly and fractured were ulna and radius (forearm) and a very grotesque injury imaginenable causing some very traumatised fellow players teary and shaken. Other injuries included an achilles heal tendon tear, a torn knee ligament, a dislocated ac joint, and a fractured ankle, being amongst the more serious injuries which had marred an otherwise successful Casuarina Cup for 2011.

Overall, people had tried to put these accidents behind them and tried to savour the bitter victories and glorious defeats that was the Casuarina Cup 2011.

As for the officials, such as the administrators and referees, we had weathered the storm of countless stoppages, eg, aforementioned injuries, the usual and expected backchatting, the appreciated compliments, as well as, the occassional insult and reprimand. We had to endure it all. We made our fair share of misjudgements which were very few and far in between. Overall, no vendettas were issued against most referees? during and after the tournament, so, thankfully, we survived the ire of some very unsportsmanlike behaviour, as may have been noted with some rumours that had circulated after the 2010 event. Some people presumed that there was some underlying racism involved, which may have marred the 2010 event, especially with the after tournament presentations by some irate teams in 2010.

Needless to say, Casuarina Cup 2011, has been and gone and we are thankful that we have made back home safely if somewhat battered and bruised from the near tragic events which had left an insipid aftertaste from the 2011 tournament.

Ia fa'afetai lava mo le matamata. Ma ia manuia tatou ma le oufia.

Soifua

O Tim Tufuga
Casuarina NSW
Brisbane Qld.

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E mo'i lava!

Fa'afetai i le matamata

Tim Tufuga

Roadrun from Crestmead to Brisbane City 6th Feb 2011

Sunday 6th February, 2011. My long run training run. I run to Brisbane City.

I do this regularly, it is just the first time I have done a runcam of my roadrun into the City from home.

Tofa mo lenei taimi.

Tim Tufuga
Brisbane

Training at the ANZ stadium 4th Feb 2011

Running training:

The ANZ stadium to do speedwork training around the 400 metre track. The ANZ stadium was formerly known as the QEII stadium, the home of the 1982 Commonwealth games.

O lea ole a toeina ae o lea lava kolegi. O le olaga o le tagata tamo'e ma fai triathlon iinei i Kuinisilani.

Tim Tufuga
Brisbane

Runcam 12km roadrun Crestmead to Browns Plains 2nd Feb, 2011! (shortened...

A shortened version of my roadrun from my home.

This video is just to show off my runcam.

Apart from clarity and stabilising issues, it works well.

Tim Tufuga roadrun 2nd Feb 2011.

My runnercam doing one of my many midweek tempo roadruns. This is a run from my home, in Crestmead, Logan City, South of Brisbane, to the Browns Plains Grand Plaza.

A 12 km run. I did it in 1 hour 10 min. at easy tempo pace.

This is part of my 42km Canberra marathon 2011 training regime.

Tim Tufuga QSM refcam 02022011.

2nd February, 2011, Cyclone Vasi has arrived, meanwhile, back in Brisbane. I do a Refcam of a Premier Touch game, QSM, in Annerley, South of Brisbane. Yes, it is the summer season 2011, for Premier Touch. A time for fitness and recreation for health conscious energetic people!

Life goes on, for Queenslanders!

Tofa mo lenei fo'i taimi!

Tim Tufuga
(QSM referee)

Brisbane, Australia

Tropical Cyclone Yasi 1st FEB 2011

The largest cyclone in Queensland in decades is bearing down off the North Queensland coast. It is twice the size of Cyclone Larry (2006). Cyclone Yasi, will be a category 5 cyclonic event, similar to Hurricane Katrina (2005), in the USA.

Cyclone Yasi is 2/3 the size of Queensland. A larger system than Hurricane Katrrina in size. It is the largest cyclone system seen in Queensland, and, in Australia, in decades.

Subsequently, this will bring massive downpour, and devastating wind gusts, and flooding in Queensland once again!

Queensland has about five or six cyclones around this time of the year, however, it has never been as astounding and astronomical as Cyclone Yasi. This will be a once in a life time event. Queensland has just endured the flooding in recent weeks now it is bracing for Cyclone Yasi. Yes, somewhat a Murphy's law, insofar as, Queensland summer season is concerned.

Ia talosia e sao manuia o tagata o le a aafia i lenei fo'i afa, o le Afa o Yasi, o le a o'o mai, iinei o le pitunu'u o Kuinisilani i Matu, i le aso o taeao, i le afiafi, o lenei masina o Fepuali, 2011, i le aso lua, ma le taeo o le aso tolu.

Tofa mo lenei fo'i taimi.

Tim Tufuga

Brisbane, Australia