Calgary Sport and Social Club (CSSC)

I'm Baaaack!

2007-05-31T14:39:00.000-07:00

Alas, after a long hiatus, I'm back and better then ever. Like they say, you don't miss it till it's gone. You know you missed me...

There's so much going on right now, I don't know where to start. There are the Spring leagues, which are now almost over and the Summer leagues about to start. Not to mention the mant tournaments Stacey is organizing for the summer. Theres never a dull moment around this office, let me tell you!

So far the spring season has been runnign pretty smoothly, well except for our poor Thursday outdoor players who have been rained and/or snowed out TWO weeks this season. Now they are all scrambling to get their games in before playoffs!

A special thanks goes out to all those teams who braved the frigid temperatures the past few weeks and went out there and played their games!

An another note, my fiance was doing a little Internet searching while "working" (slacker) and he came across this article about a new "reality" show in the Netherlands. Now I'm all for reality TV shows, but this one goes to far... waaaay too far. In a nut shell, The Big Donorshow is about a terminally ill woman who is going to giver away her kidneys to one of three contestants who are currently waiting for kidney transplants. They say that this show is being used to bring awareness to organ donation, others think it is a really bad idea. I tend to lean towards the latter.

One more I jsut have to throw in here:

NEWS FLASH! Female Cheetahs Sleep Around!

"For female cheetahs in the Serengeti, the call of the wild is just too hard to resist as new research shows nearly half of their litters are made up of cubs with different fathers."

I'd love to be the guy who's sole job is to figure this stuff out. Beats working in an office all day!

Thats all for me today, I have to get back to work.

Kerri

All about the Jacksons

2007-05-30T16:05:00.000-07:00

Well this is the first blog in a long time, but the blog is back and we have regular updates scheduled. My name is Heather and I am working at the club for the summer!

The spring season is rolling along and we've had our hands full with some unique player concerns that don't deal with players:

- Parents walking their children across a field of slo-pitch players.
- A soccer player kicking a ball out of a field and the ball hitting the windshield of a car and breaking it.
- Players settling a tie game through a dance battle.

In the office, Andrew and Stacey are really excited about the upcoming Michael Jackson Auction. You can be the owner of Michael Jackson awards, pictures, family items, and even his old id card. Andrew has his eyes set on an award he recieved. Not really sure which, just the cheapest one.

Also, Andrew and I stumbled upon this article. Some people are claiming that they have evidence of a real life alien. I wasn't impressed but Andrew was freaking out.

Well, enjoy the warm weather!

Heather :)

Spring into Spring

2007-04-12T12:33:00.000-07:00

First and foremost Larry Birkhead is infact Anna Nicole's Baby's Daddy I can now sleep again. Anyways I (Stacey) have a little bit of time (not really) I wanted to do something fun for a minute.
Well we completed another season! Man how time flies. These past few weeks have been utterly crazy around the office . I can't remember what it sound like without the phone ringing. We are only 3 days away ( don't panic indoor this Sunday outdoor next Sunday!) from launching the CSSC's biggest season yet! We will have 800 teams playing in 11 sports (12 if you count theatre sports!)

We had an awesome Season Ending Party at Bugaboo Creek! That was already over a week ago (see how time fllies) I just got the photo's from Matt our photographer! As always they turned out awesome. I will have them posted to the web early next week. We are going to try something new where if you would like a copy of your team photo Matt will have them for sale. He takes an amazing picture!

Andrew and Matt ended up being MC's for the evening they rocked the house. There were lots of fun games like "blow up the fish", Drunken Limbo, and Trivia! All the favourites from my birthday parties as a kid. Take a look at some of the photo's below.

It was an awesome time!

Every so often at the CSSC we get some great "projects" teams have put together because they love their teams so much! If you ever have played Dodgeball this will make you bust a move, and a gut. http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-5622904088720249660 This is the reason I love the internet so much! Fantastic job to Grab Life by the Balls! very funny.

Lastly the plans are almost 100% in place for the June 2nd Clash of the Titans Dodgeball Tournament in Red Deer. A 1 day extravaganza for the title of ultimate Dodgeball City Calgary or Edmonton.................This is going to take a lot for me to admit but I think Calgary is going to take it! (I was born and raised it Edmonton so that hurt a bit.) Stay tuned to the web for details! There is only enough space for 16 teams.

I should get back to the grind..............

Stacey

Springing into Spring...

2007-04-05T14:54:00.000-07:00

Last night was our Winter season ending party. And it was pretty awesome, if I do say so myself (Kerri)

The theme for the night was Spring into Spring - Luau Style. There were lots of fun decorations and some really great costumes. Some teams, like Bend it Like Beckham, went all out. I am guessing that this is one of the reasons that they took home the Lady Bing shirts. Awesome job guys!

The highlight of the night for me was watching the limbo contest. Participants made their way under a floral hockey stick while trying to not spill their glass of beer. Needless to say a lot of players didn't make it, but those that were victorious were fun to watch. I was just talking to Andrew, and his fav game was the beer-drinking hoola hoop contest. Ryan F. kicked butt on this one. Later we tested for steroids, but found out it was years of training that allowed him to take home the gold.

I wish I had some pictures to post, but we had a professional photographer there last night, so we don't have any pictures yet. Sorry!!

Moving on, one of our GCs, Jana, stopped by the office this afternoon to return some equipment. Some how we got onto the topic of farm animals and eventually poultry. I brought up the topic of the chicken that had it's head chopped off and continued to live for a year and a bit. Nicole and Jana didn't believe me. So I hopped onto the internet and used trusty ol' Google. I could get into more detail, but it gets kinda gross... if you feel like you're up to it, check out the website: http://www.miketheheadlesschicken.org/

Thats all from me today

Peace out!

Kerri

Miami Vice?

2007-04-02T19:33:00.000-07:00

(Stacey will have an update from the weekends Volleyball Tournament tomorrow)

Well I (andrew) was going to post an end of the season re-cap but I have decided to hold off until the Season Ending Party is over.

The season ending party is on Wednesday at 7:00pm at Bugaboo Creek. Click here for more information. Matt (GC) and I will be hosting the event. We have some great stuff planned. We even met up tonight to work on the program. Towards the end we thought, "Hey, what are we going to wear?". We debated this for like 20 minutes. We then realized we had been talking about what to wear for 20 minutes.

One idea that stood out was dressing up like Don Johnson and the other guy from Miami Vice. Not the new version with guns and no plot line but rather the version with the alligator and awesome hair. We thought it would be a good choice but realized that neither of us has suits from the 80's. We decided to go in another direction which might tick off Stacey. What is it you ask, well you need to be there to see.

I was surfing youtube today and found this amazing video. Alanis Morisette hasn't released new music in many years. But, she has been around the media by dating Van Wilder. Well she is going to shoot herself back into the spotlight with this parody video. It pokes fun at the Black Eyed Peas and especially Fergie. Click here to watch. It might not be new music but it's pretty funny or powerful stuff.

Phung-out

Season Ending Party

2007-03-29T11:08:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone,

The season is coming to a close and the season ending party is on Wednesday April 4 at Bugaboo Creek. The theme is "spring fun" so make sure to put on your Bermuda shorts and t-shirts. I (Andrew) and our GC Matt will be hosting the event. I got Stacey to give us full creative control of the content so you should expect some pretty funny stuff.

Everyone knows by now that we are American Idol fans. Sanjaya is a contestant who is clearly not as good as the others but remains in the competition. There is even a girl who is starving herself until he is voted off. I posted a link a few days back. Well, she is now 11 days into her fast and will have to go another 6 days. Seriously here, do people not have better things to do than starve themselves over a TV show? Why not do something that benefits others such as shaving your head and raising money for cancer? Just my thoughts.

The top 3 nominees for the Lady Bing Award have been announced. The top 3 nominees are: I Like Sets, Team Discovery Channel, and Bent Like Beckham. Congratulations to all three teams for playing with respect for their opponents. All teams in the CSSC should play like them. The winning team will be announced at the Season Ending Party.

I will discuss some highlights to the season in tomorrows blog post.

Phung-Out

It's a Pucking Win!

2007-03-26T12:48:00.000-07:00

Kerri here again. I just had to do a short blog about my floor hockey game last night. Our team, the Pucking Allstars, have not won a game all season. All we wanted to win was one game this season, just one... I'm not asking much!

The game remained scoreless for about the first 10 minutes. I have to give kudos to the other team, The Thunder Bolts. They were a lot of fun to play against, and had amazing sportsmanship. After about 15 minutes of play, the scoring opened up. Tomas from our team scored 6 of our 8 goals! Must have been the new stick...Dude, where were you the other 8 games! Maybe things would have been a little different, and we wouldn't have been in LAST PLACE! A shout out also goes to Rob, the team goalie. He has held down the fort all season, but unfortunately a goalie can only do so much without defence!

Anyways, the game ended 8-1 in our favour. I got to thinking after the game, though, that maybe the The Thunder Bolts had heard about our struggle this season and just felt sorry for us and let us win.

After the game the team headed over to Limericks for some celebratory drinks. We ran into a couple of players from The Thunder Bolts and had a pint with them. It was all good fun, and the perfect way to end the season.

I'm done bragging for today...

Peace out

Kerri

Craved Globally, Enjoyed Locally

2007-03-23T15:34:00.000-07:00

Oh man, what a crazy week. I (Kerri) have to apologize to Ballz in yo Face. I GC'd their game against Sex Panther on Tuesday and I told them I would post their picture on here, and I just haven't had a chance... until today.

Tuesday's game was AWESOME! It was the first time I had GC'd soccer, and these two teams made it SO easy. I didn't have to blow my whistle once! These teams were so eager to play that I went to get a sip of water from the fountain at the half, and by the time I got back, the players were already on the field, ready to go. Other sports I've GC'd, I have to blow my whistle and nearly FORCE the players back on to the court!

The team captain of Ballz in yo Face, Jolene, was not able to play because of a foot injury, but she was still out there cheering on her team. She told me that the team had made it to the final round many times, but just we not able to capture the shirts. But tonight was their night. After a hard fought and scoreless first half, Ballz in yo Face managed to put one in the net. I don't know how, but they got it by Sex Panther's goal who was whippin out all kinds of fancy moves.

Anyways, the game wound down and Ballz in yo Face took home the win. Congrats goes out to both teams for such a well played game. Thanks guys for breaking me into soccer GCing easily!

Now, it's well known around the office that Stacey has a Taco Time addiction. Normally we humor her and go with her once, maybe twice a week. But something extraordinary is happening... it's starting to rub off. Before I started working at the CSSC I could count the number of times I'd eaten at Taco Time on one hand (and even then it was just the Mexi fries... the beef was a little sketchy...) But now all Stacey has to do is look at me at about 11:00am and I know what she's thinking. Taco Taco TACO!

We have to leave the office at about 11:00 in order to beat the lunch rush. The guy who owns the place is always there, just him, his wife and his mother in law. It's funny to watch them work because they bicker like typical couples.

Everyone in the office always has the same things:

Rob: Big Baha Chicken Barrito, 1/2 the sour cream and hot sauce in

Andrew: 3 hard shell tacos

Kerri: taco salad with hot sauce as the dressing

Stacey: Taco Salad, no shell, salsa as the dressing

Nicole: well, we're still working on her... we'll have to wait and see what her meal of choice will be.

Well, that's about enough of our eating habits. It's time for me to go anyways.

Peace out

Kerri

Am I Smarter than a 5th Grader?

2007-03-23T14:36:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures from Tuesday Soccer:

The Wildthings

Power Performance

May Contain Nuts

SW United

Kapowzers

Bombers

League Champs: The 3rd Line

The Kickers

The other day I (Andrew) was watching Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader and thought "am I?". So I played the online version and found out that "yes, I am smarter than a 5th grader".

If you don't have plans for Saturday night I encourage you to check out Gorilla Theatre at the Loose Moose Theatre. CSSC members with their VIP cards will receive a discount on admission and can purchase a ticket for $8.00. Click here for more info.

Phung Out

Hockey Night at North Glenmore Park

2007-03-22T14:24:00.000-07:00

(Please Note: Pictures from Tuesdays Soccer game will be posted tomorrow)

Well last night I (Andrew) was working a couple of games at North Glenmore Park. I really enjoy this facility because Dana, the manager takes really good care of it. Players do not enjoy the smaller nets or small gym but they do enjoy the level of service that this gym provides. I also found out that various teams hold practices on Saturdays. PRACTICES!!! That's crazy talk! I am really impressed to see that our players have such passion for the game.

The first game featured Dundadaas vs. The Olympic Hopefuls. This was a great game with the teams tied at 3-3 with 5 minutes to go. There is a female player on the Olympic Hopefuls who looks like she is going to eat baby when she attacks the ball. It's awesome!! There was one player Dundadaas who made a high stick and looked over at me like a 5 year old kid trying to get out of trouble. He jokingly walked off the court while his teammates laughed.

The second game featured the Grooveservers vs. The Hockey Club. This game was tough as there was some chippiness on both sides. At one point I had to blow the whistle. But the awesome part was that both captains apologized to one another, kicked out some of the rough players and wanted to play on. We continued to play and it turned out good.

Everyone at the office is a pretty big fan of American Idol. I put my support behind Chris Sligh but I have to change it to Sanjaya. This guy cannot sing, period. But he is so funny and enthusiastic. 2 nights ago he made a girl cry. Seriously, a girl cried over a mediocre singer. Can you imagine this girl 20 years from now. She will be forever known as the "girl who cried over that kid on idol who couldn't sing". Click here to watch the clip. Some people are not impressed that Sanjaya has made it this far. This girl has declared a hunger strike.

I am a big fan of 80's and 90's references. In a sense I consider myself old school. Check out this hilarious clip. This guy is definitely old school.

Phung Out

Relaxed Night

2007-03-16T15:24:00.000-07:00

Last night I (Andrew) was working the games at Forest Lawn. A GC had unexpectedly canceled so I went on over to work the games. The truth is that these games needed no GC as they were some of the cleanest games played this season. The teams were awesome and were there for a good time.

The first game featured Bent Like Beckham vs Cleet Seeking Missiles. BLB is an awesome team who have amazing uniforms and the best spirit. They cheer, laugh and even have a cheerleader with pom poms. They played hard but the Cleet Seeking Missiles took it down 5-3. Afterwards the team playing in the 2nd game asked "Hey did Bent Like Beckham win?". I replied "no" and he said "damn, I really wanted them to have that one, they are such an amazing time. I wouldn't mind losing so that we could play them again." That is a great comment and I would rather be the fun team before being the "takes this to too serious" team.

The second game featured The Gargoyles and Warm Milk. The Gargoyles had only 4 players and stayed in the entire game. They were down 3-2 when their sub showed up. Sadly they lost the game. The finny part was that they started to give their late player a hard time and claimed they only started losing when this player decided to show up late. Funny stuff!

Finally we had My Hammy Vice vs The Jedi Knights. The Knights were short players but made up for it with heart. They busted their butts but couldn't overcome being short handed. They lost by a score of 4-1.

I later learned that Bent Like Beckham has a website. Click here to check it out. They have recaps of their every game and this site details their many seasons with the CSSC. The best part is their game re-caps.

It's official, 12 year old's can now work in AB restaurants that do not serve alcohol. Due to staffing shortages we must now employ 12 year old's. The news report even quotes, "...and will not be allowed to work in strip clubs." Seriously, they had to make that clear. Can you imagine a 12 year old rolling into his grade 6 class and saying "man, last night was rough". Now I remember having a paper route when I was 12 but working at a restaurant? How is that different from child labor? It's just my opinion.

Finally, if you don't have plans this weekend make sure you check out the 10:32 show at the Loose Moose. It's a new style of improv and will feature some awesome improvisers. The format is raw and I would keep the kiddies away. Click here for more info.

Phung-Out

Some Days You Gotta Dance

2007-03-15T12:51:00.000-07:00

Well guys, it's been a couple week since I got my Keith Urban tickets and this is the first chance I have had to talk about them. A while ago, some of you might remember my little blurb about being sad for missing the Rascal Flatts concert, and what HUGE country fans Nicole and I are. So Country 105 did a pre-buy for Keith Urban tickets and I missed out! I was very unhappy. But little did I know, fate had other plans for me. I was sitting here at my desk, working ever so hard, when I decided to listen to Country 105 on the Internet. Just as the streaming started, a song was finishing and the announcers came back on:

"Keith Urban has just announced that he is doing a second show in Calgary. Pre-buy tickets will go on sale at 10:20."

I looked at the clock.... 10:19. If that's not luck, I don't know what is. So I typed as fast as my fingers would let me and managed to get 4 tickets to the concert! Whoop Whoop! The only down side is that now the rest of the office has to listen to me talk about it for the next 6 months... the concert isn't until September!

In sporting related news, Andrew decided to "volunteer" me to GC last night. I was a little hesitant, as basketball is not my strong sport. The games actually went really well. The first game of the night was the Hooligans (5th) vs the Night Hawks (8th). The Night Hawks took an early lead and it was really close at the half, but they just weren't able to hang on. The Hooligans ended up winning 56-48. Kudos to both team captains in this match, you have awesome teams.

The second game of the night brought Revolution (6th) and Slammin Harry's (7th) together. This was an awesome game to watch. Both teams played with a lot of respect for each other. It was wire to wire the whole game. These teams were so well matched that they went basket for basket for about the first 10 minutes. The game ended in a tie. We were running out of permit time, so I decided we were going to do a 2 minute OT. Both teams scored one basket.

Now we were REALLY running out of time. I had never seen a game so close!! I decided that we were going to a shoot out. Each team chose 5 members to shoot. We alternated boys and girls. The first two players missed the shots for both teams. Slammin Harry's took the lead with their third player hitting the basket....but this was not the game. Revolution hit their 4th basket. Tied still. We went to the 6th shooter. Slammin Harry's shot first... a miss. A girl from Revolution stepped to the line. She bounced the ball a couple times, looked up to the net, shot it.....

...AND IT WAS IN! Revolution took the win. It was ll very dramatic. Both teams were awesome and played so hard. Congrats teams, and good luck in the final round of playoffs.

One more note on the subject of basketball...

Who would not LOVE to have one of these things in their back yard?! I know that if I had a backyard, I would have one!

Peace out--

--Ker

Hurry........Harder!

2007-03-13T10:01:00.000-07:00

Being as it is Tuesday now is when I (Stacey) give the play by play for my Dodge ball game from last night! Unfortunately, the team we were to play defaulted. Our team was really disappointed as for we have so few games left. I fear we will be a little rusty for the playoffs next week.

This past weekend was the Curling Funspeil. I didn't think it was possible to have that much fun getting exercise. The theme of the tournament was Vegas Baby Vegas! There were some awesome costumes, my favorites were Sigfried and Roy (with the tigers), The Las Vegas Showgirls with Blue Man Group, and CSI Teams. I played Blue Man Group in my last game and it was very Erie only being able to see someones teeth at the other end of the rink. A great effort was made by all the teams. The costumes are half the fun of the tournament.

The Spirit Award for this tournament went to The Montecore MaulersThis team was awesome! First of all some of their team members flew in from Vancouver to attend this tournament that's dedication. They were "on" all day. They danced, they sang, they had an extensive collection of stripper cards! It was a lot of fun to have them at the tournament it definitely made the day more fun. My collection of "dancer" cards is much fuller now because of them.

I have to say the highlight of the day for me was when my team Pardon me.......may I handle your rocks? took the shirts for most games won and point differential. It was the perfect end to all the smack talk that went on around the office! Andrew is still "alleging" that I had a professional curler on my team........I want to set the record straight. Lorena is NOT a professional curler. She knows the rules, she gets out about twice a year to curl (CSSC funspeil, and the Scott Tournament of Hearts!) that's all....................kidding! I am excited we are booked in already for next year so I have a full year to gloat around the office about the shirts.

Well I should get back to the grind I'm out.

Stacey

So Many Games, So Little Time

2007-03-12T17:42:00.000-07:00

I (Andrew) apologize for the lack of updates. We've had a crazy couple of weeks at the club. On any given night everyone at the office is watching games, playing in games or working on our awesome special events.

Last Thursday I (Andrew) was at Forest Lawn and checked out three awesome games. The first match up featured Robots in Disguise vs Level 7 Wizards. The Robots are a really fun team made up of mainly family members. This game went back and forth. There were some pretty nice goals scored. There is a player on Level 7 Wizards who is a suave looking guy. His players often make fun of the fact that he looks too smooth while playing soccer.

The second game featured Warm Milk vs Kicking and Screaming. Warm Milk was down 4 or 5 players. They played short handed the whole game but totally hung in there. During the game players from Warm Milk accidentally knocked in two goals into their own net. They lost by a score of 5-4 and were laughing at how they lost because they scored on themselves. Everyone was having a great time at this game. Great hustle!

The last game featured the ToeJammes vs FIGJAM. Both teams had a great time. FIGJAM has an awesome coach who doesn't play. Instead she baby sits the players kids and keeps the players calm during the game. Now that's an awesome coach.

On Saturday the CSSC Team partied and Curled at our annual curling tournament. Stacey will have an update with a full re-cap in tomorrows blog.

Sunday is known as Hockey Day In Calgary for CSSC members. Some players play up to 3 games per Sunday. I was checking some games at the HCA and the first game was a dozy. We had The Unit vs Monks on the Mount. These teams were ranks 1st and 2nd. Also, these teams were previous league champions.

Both teams came out hard on Sunday. The game was intense but clean. There were a couple of dicey plays but everyone was really sportsmanlike. Monks on the Mount had a strong offence while The Unit put forth a strong defence. When the dust cleared the Monks on the Mount took it down but the Unit stayed in the whole game. This is a possible playoff game so I will keep my eyes peeled for their next match up.

The next game featured Shake and Bake vs Gerbil Sox. Gerbil Sox has this female player who is like a hawk on defence. She is always on the ball and won't give anyone an easy shot. Gerbil Sox took an early lead but Shake and Bake took the game down.

During this game I thought a player on Shake and Bake was named "Theo". I started calling her that and her teammates told me her name was "TL". We all thought Theo was a better name so she has been nicknamed Theo...as in Theo Huxtable. Hopefully this team plays as the Huxtables for next season. I would love to see the game featuring the Huxtables vs the Winslows.

Finally we had RJ's Hedgehogs vs Bibiosteakasaurus. This was a really fun game overall. One player on Steak had to wear a hot pink shirt because it was the only dark shirt anyone had. He was a great sport about it.

Watch out for tomorrows Curling Tournament Update!

Phung-Out

Lines from a Rookie

2007-03-09T15:55:00.000-08:00

Kerri here. Sigh... our little Nicole is growing up... she had her first GCing experience this week. Andrew made her drive alllll the way down to Jennie Elliott school (ok, so it's not that far, but you get the point) Here's what she had to say:

"Dodgeball players are weird. But it was a lot of fun. The Ball Pirates had players that would play leap frog or something. I didn't get the point of it, but it was funny to watch.

Durring the Gators vs the Juggling Ass Clowns, a ball burst open. A player walked up to me and asked me if I wanted it. Duh, no. What am I going to do with a broken ball? So he ripped it open and put it on his head and continued to play with it on... it was hot!
The last game (Sound n' Sane and the C-Cups) ended up being a mercy, but it was probably the best game of the night. What a difference just "playing for fun" makes!" ~Nicole

And now an update from Stacey's game from Monday (yeah, she's a little behind...)
"Well, it pays to have some smart guys on my team. Walking into this past weeks game, our team was fully aware that if we didn't win this game, we wouldn't have a chance to slide into 4th place. The game was very intense. We played like it was the last dodgeball game ever. A special shout-out goes to Dan, who when the chips were down, single-handedly brought our team back from near annihalation. Unfortunately with his beautiful catch he brough Ziggy back from the bench only for Ziggy to last a mere 20 seconds in the game. (He's not a bad player, it was just a case of bad luck... right...) Unfortunately as goopd as Dan is, he can hold up the team for so long, and with his out, it brought upon a slippery slope of losing. And, long story short, we lost our match and the hope of dodgeball glory.
For the last few weeks we have had an Aussie playing with us. The very dirst time she came to dodgeball, she thought there was something wrong with us. Why were we doing this? But near the end, she was sad to see us go. I think we converted an Aussie to dodgeball" ~Stacey

Speaking of Aussies and dodgeball, funny story:
We received an email from a guy in Australia who somehow got on our mailing list and recieved an email regarding a dodgeball tournament. He was quite pleasant in the email he sent ack, and was quite qurious about this game we call dodgeball. Aparently it's not quite the sport ofver there like it is here. After asking to be removed from the mailing list. Who knows, maybe we can start up an International Dodgeball League (IDL).. Yes, I do dream big...

Well, thats about it for me. Three minutes until I get to go home for the weekend.. well, not home, to bowling. Then all day tomorrow I'm playing in the curling funspiel. Look out guys, I'm there for the sirts!

Ker-out!

Games Galore

2007-03-07T12:09:00.000-08:00

My (Andrew) apologies for taking a couple of days to update the blog. The past couple of days have been crazy busy at the office. I've checked out a total of 8 games in 2 days. The games have been awesome as usual.

On Tuesday I checked out Indoor Soccer at Forest Lawn. The First game featured Canadian Bacon and Comic Relief. Both of these teams were pretty fun teams. There is a girl on Comic Relief who plays some tight D. The second game featured The Silver Spring Strikers vs. The Green Machine. The Silver Spring Strikers are a family and friends team. It's pretty cool to hear a player say "Hey Dad, good play!". Green Machine had a player who kicked a ball and made a three point shot. Sadly, it didn't count toward the final score.

Towards the end of the game they Green Machine got a penalty shot on the net. The gym was filled with excitement and the players didn't know what to do. In the end the Silver Spring Strikers took this one down.

The Third game featured The Grasshoppers vs. Just 4 Kicks. The team captains of the Grasshoppers, Jonathan has the greatest ninja stance while playing the net. He sprawls down like he is about to take down Mr Myagi. The rest of the players are awesome as well. They are constantly cheering and helping out players who fall. Just 4 Kicks pushed for a late comeback but fell short. A player on Just 4 Kicks warned the other team that a comeback was in order as soon as his dinner was digested. It didn't digest.

On Tuesday Night I checked out some Floor Hockey games at South Fish Creek. I really enjoy this gym because the facility as a whole is really nice. There is tons of parking and it is always clean. The downside is that it is so far south which isn't the best for a downtown dweller like myself. But, there are tons of players who love its location.

The first game featured Going for the Shirts vs. There is no crying in hockey. Going for the Shirts has been playing with us for years and they always play a clean game. There is no crying in hockey had a couple of really fast and strong players. In the end There is no crying in hockey took this one down. They are ranked 3rd and 4th in their division. This could be a potential playoff game.

The final game was amazing! The Struggling Slapshots took on Jet Blast. Both teams were really fun and played a clean game. I have probably seen 40-50 different hockey teams play and I truly believe that The Struggling Slapshots have one of the best female lines I have ever seen. The girls on this team score more than the guys do. Usually girls play defence but on this team the girls play everything. It is awesome to see teams that have female players play all positions. Great job ladies!
Also on the Struggling Slapshots in Wayne. He is a long time player in this league and he is a pretty solid guy. He's about 6'2 so watching him play net is pretty fun to watch. The best visual was when he dropped the splits and had to get himself back up. He was a trooper and saved his team with some pretty great saves.

Well our Curling Funspeil is on Saturday. Everyone from the office has a team and there is alot of trash talking going on. Stacey believes her team will take it down but my team of 8, yes count it 8 players will come together to win it. I've been working with Stacey on her costume and it should be pretty funny...and even a little dirty.

Every now and than I will check out Ebay for their auctions. Today I came across this awesome auction. It is of a guy who will do anything on camera for $2.99. Yes, for $2.99 you can get this guy to take a picture of himself in whacky posses, holding signs, or even dancing to Popozao by Kevin Federline. He will not do anything obscene, Stacey already checked.

That's all for today. Check back tomorrow for Stacey's dodgeball update.

Phung-Out

Hungry Like The Wolf

2007-03-02T13:05:00.000-08:00

Well the weekend has arrived and I (Andrew) hope you have some fun plans for the weekend. The other night I was Jennie Elliot working some Dodgeball games. The first game featured the Sleeman Cream Team taking on The Short Bus Squad. Both teams were awesome! The Sleeman Cream Team was down some players but they hung in there. The Short Bus Squad dug out the win. As they celebrated one of the male players proceeded to grab a male teammate and hump him from behind. The odd part was that the rest of the team acted like it was normal from this player. That's true team spirit.

The second game featured the Flying Buttresses vs The Happy Clampers. I've seen the Flying Buttresses play in the past and they have gotten really good as a team. This was a fun game and the Happy Clampers took it down. When I GC I like to switch it up at the end. I usually have a couple games of all in dodgeball but the girls switch sides. It's fun for all of the teams.

During the game a player on the Flying Buttresses yelled "hey this GC is on the ball". A teammate then shushed the player and said "it's GC dude". I'm glad to hear that some players use the term GC instead of Ref.

So I (Andrew) was reading some news articles today and came across some funny ones. The first one involves a man trying to cash a $50,000 check from god. The second one involves a man who was arrested by the cops for robbing a bank. When he attempted to show money he had stolen he found out he had been robbed. Hmm, the world works in funny ways.

Also, the guy from the Sopranos has quit Dancing with the Stars but he has been replaced with Cliff from Cheers. This so is kind of fun to watch but bringing Cliff from Cheers is digging the bottom of the barrel. Next thing you know they are going to bring in the guy that played Eddie Winslow on Family Matters. Or better yet the kid who played Stephanie's Tanners friend Harry on Full House. Ca mon, you remember Harry, right?

If you don't have plans for the weekend you should check out Friday Night Late. This is a show at the Loose Moose Theatre and is put on by Rob Mitchelson and AJ Demers. It is a variety talk show which is really funny and insightful. Here is a description of tonight's show:

"It's like Steve Allen meets the Daily show in your Pants"
Another Friday Night Late!!! March 2nd at 10:30 p.m @ the Loose Moose Theatre at the Crossroads Market. This Months guests - Local celebrity and Food guru John Gilchrist, from his show This Is Cancer! at the Enbridge Playrites Festival, creator and performer, Bruce Horak and singer / songwriter, the gorgeous, Amy Thiessen. Plus The Ricky Ambrose Orchestra, What's in the Window, Dasani Psychic and More
Come on out because every Friday is a good Friday when it is Friday Night Late.

Finally, yesterday I picked up the new American Idol Karaoke Revolution game. This game is like Dance Dance Revolution but with singing. My roommate hates this game because I am a horrible singer. But the game is so much fun. When in this version the judges get to rip into you. I had just finished an awesome rendition of Hungry Like the Wolf when Simon proceeded to break my self esteem. I was sad but it fueled me to try again and stick it him. Sadly, I could not stick it you him. But I'll keep trying this weekend.

Phung-Out

The Police

2007-02-28T12:43:00.000-08:00

Well, I (Stacey) had mentioned in yesterdays blog that I was so pumped because I was going to the Van Morrision Concert. I was right on 1 thing for sure.......... I was clearly the youngest person in my section at the tender age of 28! I was having a hard time deciding on going to this show, being that tickets were over $130.00 each. Unexpectedly I was disappointed when the lights came on at the Dome. The weirdest thing was how quiet the actual performance was, I wasn't expecting Mega Death volume but when I can whisper and the person next to me could hear everything I said that was odd. Van just recently came out with a new CD of all his hits that were on movie soundtracks! I thought we would be treated to those favorites of mine, no!!!!! The show only lasted a total of 75 minutes, at the very least give me value for my dollar.
The reporter from the Calgary Herald wrote: "thankfully, the 61-year-old Irishman put on a show that would only disappoint those fans who had never listened beyond the singer's radio hits." The thing I most disappointed with is, the person that went with me (Dan, my "man friend") HATES Van Morrison. I was hoping he would really enjoy the show and share my appreciation (aka- let me play the CD's anytime) he now dislikes him more.

Speaking of expensive concert tickets.......Andrew and I (Stacey) were talking about going to The Police concert. This morning Best Buy had sent Andrew a presell link for the tickets. Long story short Andrew got 17th row center on the floor for the show. The tickets came to the low low price of $482.00 (for 2) . I remember the good ol' days when that price would get you some sweet front row floor seats from a scalper. I wonder what kind of price we will see in 20 years. Only time will tell.

Still on the subject of Police (not the Sting kind!) Andrew came across this news story on the net today at lunch............"BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A middle school principal was charged with dealing crystal methamphetamine after police found the drug in his school office.
John Acerra, 50, of Allentown, was arrested Tuesday in his office at Nitschmann Middle School in Bethlehem, where police said they found meth on his desk.
Police said they began investigating Acerra in early February after an informant told them that the principal was using and distributing the drug, The Morning Call newspaper reported Wednesday. Acerra was arrested in his office after allegedly selling drugs to the informant, authorities said.
There was no indication that Acerra sold the drug to students, but Acerra did allegedly sell the drug from his school office after hours and on weekends, said Dennis Mihalopoulos, an agent with the Drug Enforcement Agency.".........Remember the simpler times when only the kid dealing drugs at school was that 30 year old dude still in grade 12, with 4 kids! It's sad when his competition is the principal.

I've got to get back to the grind!

Stacey Out

We Survived............barely......

2007-02-27T14:07:00.000-08:00

Forget the Oscar's......and the WINNER IS, Matt from the Original Shockers, he was able to channel Zoolander the best!

Well Kerri and I (Stacey) barely survived "Hell Week" but all is well Andrew is back and Nicole is learning the ropes. Things are finally getting back to normal.......What ever normal is around the CSSC!

Here is our run down on the busy weekend: Friday we were the 1/2 time entertainment at the Calgary Roughnecks game. Special Thanks to: The Elves, The Thirsty Beavers, Elves 2.0, and team World Health Club. This night wouldn't have been possible without all the GC's, Referee's and Special Events Staff so Thank You! It was a very cool evening, we had 2 Dodge Ball games going on simultaneously on the field during the 1/2 time show. The crowd (which exceeded 13, 500 People) got really into it cheering and hooting. It was a definite rush! I hope it is something the CSSC will be able to do again.

And now we dodge, dip, duck, dive and dodge our way to Saturday. This past Saturday was the last Dodge ball tournament in Calgary until the Fall! A great time was had by all. Some teams tried to whip out some stealth ninja maneuvers! Our GC's were on the case to "crack down" on repeat offenders. Good job to Scott, Gary, Jana, Kristen, Murray, Kerri and Jeff......Special Thanks to them for all their hard work.

We rocked it out old school style at The Cat n' Fiddle, it was a great party ton's of players showed up. A few pint of Sleeman were drank and we gave away great prizes. Congratulations to: The Elves, Uniballer, and Ballstein who took the gold (in the form of t-shirts....brown t-shirts) We tried out some new MC's at this Tourney and they did a great job....thumbs up for Gavin and Emma Claire. We tried out some new (very funny) games at this after party photos should be posted by Friday be sure to check them out.

I know it has been mentioned in our blog many times that we all have very different music tastes around the office. Today has been Van Morrison power hour(s). I (Stacey) love Van Morrision! I was under the impression that he was dead (a common notion) ..............to my surprise he is in Calgary Tonight. For the low low price of $135.00 (plus fees) I'm going and I am so excited. I am also suspecting that I will be the youngest person in the crowd (by a bit)! All and all I think it will be a great show........I'll let you know.

My Question what would you shell out for a good concert?

Stacey and Kerri out!

Back from Vacation

2007-02-26T15:51:00.000-08:00

Well I (Andrew) have arrived back home from vacation. My trip to the Big Apple was pretty fun. I checked out a couple of shows, did some shopping and even scored from court side seats to a New Jersey Nets game from an old friend working for the team. It is my favorite place in the whole world and when I arrived back home I was welcomed with a desk full of messages and emails. I even recieved an email from a GC who will remain anonymous regarding her(or his) dream of arriving to a gym only to find it occupied with fish tanks.

Yesterday I checked out a couple games at the HCA. The first game featured the Hockey Hooligans and Monks on the Mount. Both teams played a great game and everyone showed great sportsmanship. The Hockey Hooligans hung in the game but the Monks on the Mount pulled away towards the end of the game. The goalie for the Hockey Hooligans showed true hockey spirit and was really involved in the game.

The second game featured The Unit vs Floorplay. Floorplay deserves an award for the amount of players on their team with awesome beards. These guys take beards to a whole new level. The Unit was showing off their Camo jerseys. I almost wanted to make the "Hey, where is your shirt joke" but realized this joke was lame.

It was a really tight game but the Unit took this one down. Sean "Balla" Herman scored a pretty sweet goal towards the middle of the game. Sean is also a GC and we've nicknamed him "balla" because of his outfit when he plays basketball.

Later on in the evening I checked out some games at the NSD. When I arrived I recognized a girl from the earlier games. It amazes me to know that Sunday Floor Hockey players often play on more than one team.

The NSD league is really fun as the rink is awesome. It is a top notch facility that has a bar on the second level. The other rink we play on at the NSD is the Turf Soccer rink. Everyone on the turf is loving it. We've even decided to offer NSD Hockey during the week.

Spring Registration is up and running. Check out our offerings for this Spring. Some leagues are filling up quickly. I was also surprised to have so many emails regarding out Improv Classes. The Improv Classes is a pet project of mine and I thought it would be something our members would be into. I've been acting at the Loose Moose since I was 16 and it's helped me as much as my degree. We were unable to get the registration up in time and I left it until I returned from vacation. I didn't think to many players would register for the classes that early. Well to my surprise we received 8 emails and 6 phone calls regarding the classes last week.

The information for the classes will be posted this week. I hope we can accommodate everyone interested. For those who don't know we are offering improv classes this spring. It is for adults who want to try something new. Participants will be introduced to improv in a fun environment. At the end of 9 weeks we will have a show for family, friends and club members.

A funny article I came across today was titled "Bend it like Jesus". It is actually an article about the Clericus Cup a tournament with teams made up of Priests. It is good to see everyone getting involved in sport.

The Oscars were yesterday and there was a huge upset. I have been fuming about this all day and I think many of you agree. Rocky Balboa walked away with 0 Oscars. This movie was the best film of the year and a comeback for Stallone. I think film lovers are sad that this movie was not recognized:)

The pics in this blog are from this weekends festivities from the Roughnecks Lacrosse Game and our Dodgeball Tournament. Kerri and Stacey will have a complete lowdown from this weekends fun in tomorrow's blog.

Phung-out

Dodge, Duck, Dip Dive and... Dodge?

2007-02-22T07:58:00.000-08:00

GOOD MORNING! And happy Thursday to all CSSC players! Today is a good day in the CSSC office. We made it through the frist day of registrations and everyone survived to talk about it. But maybe I shouldn't be too quick to speak about that as I am currently the only one in the office....

So has any one ever wondered if there is indeed a 5th "D"? (Dodge, duck, dip, dive and...) Or do we always have to repeat dodge? I think someone should get their thesaurus out and find us a REAL 5th "d". The best submission in the "Comments" secion of the blog today will win 3 tickets to this Friday's Roughneck's game featuring World Health Club and the CSSC during half time! Check out their website! http://www.calgaryroughnecks.com/

Last night I (Kerri) had an awesome time GCing dodgeball at Westgate school. I must apologize to the 6:30 teams, however, as I was a tad late. But the teams were really cool about it, and we had to wait a little anyways, as some other players were stuck in traffic. The first game featured No Name, No Game, No Shame vs. Hit and Run from the Really Rec division. Although wins and losses don't count in Really Rec, Hit and Run took the most games, but both teams walked away with full spirit points. Good job teams!

The second game of the night pitted The Elves 2.0 against Freshly Squeezed. Things didn't go too well for Freshly Squeezed, and we ended up playing for fun after they got mercied. Better luck next time guys!

The third game was the funnest of the night. It featured Money Shot against Heads Up. Each team showed up with a boat load of players, and everyone was very vocal. Added to that, these teams were so evenly matched that I had to call most games on the 5 minute rule. However I did also experience the quickest game in dodgeball history. I literally went to take a drink off the stage, and when I turned around, the game was over. These teams were a tonne of fun, and showed what CSSC Spirit is all about. Christian and Yun from Money Shot showed up in short shorts and knee high socks. Christian topped it off with a flashy white headband. This brought on a unique version of "Who wears Short-shorts?" by Heads Up. Judy from Money shot was catchin balls like there was no tomorrow, no matter who threw them; and the guys from Heads Up were throwing pretty hard! Good job Judy! And finally, I have to give the award of Best Dodger to Matt from Heads Up. I have never seen someone move and bend like that. It was like watching the Matrix. Thanks for making the game interesting teams! Keep up the good work. Oh, and Heads Up did eventually take home the win....

And last but not least, we finished the night with the Juice Boxes and the 5th D. It was like polar opposites with the previous game. Each team only had 6 players. But it was a different kind of fun. The 5th D took the win decisively. Then both teams played for fun.

On a side note, Nicole and I are the country music buffs in the office. We get made fun of for it constantly, however, I will still say that I am super bummed out that I was not able to get tickets to tonights Rascal Flatts concert. Should be a good one for all those lucky people out there who get to go!

~Ker-bear- OUT!

A day in the life of Kerri

2007-02-20T15:47:00.000-08:00

I (Kerri) am going to start out with an email sent to Andrew by one of our GC's about a dream she had about the CSSC:

"Hi Andrew,

I know you're away, but I wanted to share my funny dream. I guess I had a little anxiety about covering a shift for basketball...when I showed up at the school, there was a huge open aquarium and petting zoo in the middle of the gym. I was trying to set up widthwise just before I woke up." I only have one thing to say: "STOP STRESSING OUR GCs!" We're watching you...

In other news, Stacey was running around the office today trying to organize 3, count them, 3 special events in one week. It was kind of funny to watch from my little desk in the corner. Scheduled for this week is the 1/2 time information session for participants in this Friday's Roughneck's show, the 1/2 time show itsself, and last but not least a dodgeball tournament. But ever the optomist, Stacey always has a smile on her face...

This is going to be a busy week for me. Not only do I have my regular tasks to do, but I am also covering for Andrew who's livin it up in NYC (Stacey says "yo baby, represent!") but I have also been covering for Courtney who moved to Australia. I am also covering the shift for the GC's who have also decided to take this week off. If anyone else needs anything, email me and I will see what else I can squeeze in this week.

Some of these tasks will be relieved when Nicole, our new Leagues Coordinator starts tomorrow. Sweet relief, and in more ways than one, she keeps bringing us chocolate from her engagement parties (yes boys, she's taken...)

Just a reminder for all you eager beavers out there, Spring registration starts in exactly 8 hours! Don't miss out, some sports fill up fast!

Well, I have to run....

...and for the love of Pete, WILL THE PHONE EVER STOP RINGING???

~Ker-bear and Stacks out

It's sunny outside but it's raining in here!

2007-02-16T08:41:00.000-08:00

Normally Friday's are fun and jovial around the office! However, today our hearts are heavy... Today is our first day without Andrew "Phung Out" Phung. We're lost! Meanwhile he is living the good life in New York. I hope he enjoys the cold weather and lots of snow. Were going to miss him but it is only one short week.

Neither Kerri or I (Stacey) visited any gyms last night (Survior Fiji was on-and we wouldn't miss that for the world!). We do have a couple of Soccer game reports submitted by Derek who was at HCA. Congrats going out to Warm Milk and The Toe Jammers who squeeked out wins last night.

So is anyone else watching Survivor? No one admits to it, but we know there are loyal fans out there... What is the deal with that BOO guy? (And what kind of name is "Boo"?! Ahh, we're soo scared!) First he pokes himself in the eye with a stick or his finger or something, we're not quite sure. Then as he is chopping wood, the axe gets away from him and cut through his finger and grazes his knee; (nothing too serious, but he milked it for all it was worth) The icing on the cake was when he was "recovering" from the accidents and the hammock falls from the tree. Too funny... If I was his team mate I would be "cutting him from the team asap." Despite being in bad shape, Boo's tribe pulled out the win at the immunity challange and Erica was sent packing for her freak-out episode at the challenge. I feel bad for her, because she was the one to find the first food the tribe had eaten in 5 days. It's a dirty, dirty game.

There are no games this weekend due to the Family Day long weekend, so it would make the perfect opportunity to check out the Chinese New Year celebrations:

Chinese New Year Carnival-
Chinese Cultural Centre - 197 1 St SW Calgary, AB

Featured Events:
-A Chinese New Year Fair with more than 60 booths which sell all sorts of goods and festival items
- Performance of the Dragon & Lion Dance
- Demonstration of Martial Arts
- Variety Show on Chinese Traditional Folk Dances, Singings, Chinese Musical Instruments Playing and others
- Traditional festival activities such as Fortune Telling, Face & Palm Reading, Face Painting, God of Wealth handing out red pockets, etc.
- Chinese Folk Arts such as Demonstration on Chinese Calligraphy, Traditional Paper Cutting, Dough Figurine Sculpture Making, Seal Engraving etc.
- Photo Booth to let the public to dress in Cantonese Opera and traditional Costumes and take photos.

Well, that's it for Kerri and I (Stacey). Hope you all have a fun and safe long weekend.

~Stacks and Ker-Bear Out

Finally Some Sun

2007-02-15T14:41:00.000-08:00

So we have finally been blessed with some sunlight to melt the layer of ice on the roads. Now we only have to worry about the wet roads and flood potential. I would choose wet roads over ice any day of the week.

Last night I (Andrew) checked out a couple of Floor Hockey games at the HCA. The first game had Go Nad Go vs. The Blueliners. This was a really great game as both teams displayed great sportsmanship. Larissa on the Blueliners tried to stand out from her team with a Red shirt while her team wore White. They soon put her in her place and she had a white shirt on. The funny thing is that as soon as she put on the white shirt she scored an amazing goal.

Matt who is the goalie for the Blueliners was definitely the first star of the game. He was a rock in the crease and never buckled under the pressure. I later learned that his last name is Fox. I think the team needs to come up with a nickname for him.

The second game of the night featured The Free Radicals vs. The Slashers. The Free Radicals are a team of friends who went to University together and took Physics. They all looked young so I asked about their goalie who looked a little bit older. The team captain replied "He was a our prof". That is awesome! Their professor is the goalie. When I was in University I would have loved to have a professor like that. I had professors who threw a chairs or had some sort of B.O.

The Free Radicals took an early lead. The Slashers were down a couple of goals by the half but they were determined. They took the lead late into the game and never looked back. The Free Radicals made it a game with about a minute left but the goalie on the Slashers (Kent) tightened up and kept their teams lead.

Valentines Day is a special day for those in loving relationships. Don Reiter is one of our hockey GC's and a real stand up guy. He called me 2 weeks ago and asked if I could cover a couple hours of his hockey shift. He wanted it covered so he could take his lady friend out to Chuck E Cheese. She had made a comment about going there a while back so he planned a night out for them. Alex loved the evening and was smiles when they got back. What a stand up guy.....he makes guys like me look bad but he's a good guy.

Here is a note from Kristen our Dodgeball GC at Jennie Elliot:

Neverland Ranch Carnies and Nice Snatch played tonight and they were both 3-0....dun dun dun....someone has to lose.

In the end the Carnies dug out the win. Nice Snatch is a really good team and I don't think it is the last times these teams will meet. Nice Snatch also has some awesome t-shirts.

Now I am a huge American Idol fan and I know I am not the only one indulging on this guilty pleasure. Stacey and I have a bet going on regarding who will win Idol this year. I have my money in Chris Sligh who's like a mix of Jack Osbourne, Justin Guiarini, and Meatloaf. Stacey believes it will be this guy named Rudy who is like Justin Timerlake meets JC Chasez with a pinch of Joey Macyntyre mixed in with Joey Fatone and Jordan Knight. I think my guy will win but who do you think? Post some comments for a chance to win Roughnecks tickets.

Well I (Andrew) am leaving for vacation so Kerri and Stacey will be taking over for the week.

Phung-Out

Square in the Face

2007-02-13T15:56:00.000-08:00

Stacey's Recap from her Dodgeball game last night:

With the tumultuous storm brewing last night, this is the story of one little team’s quest for the shirts. It was a dark, cold and dreary night in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Despite the raging blizzard, our team made it out to the facility for our game against Hell Satan’s. Once we got into the gym, the other team only had 3 players. We were worried because we wanted to play.

When the GC arrived we saw that the balls had been left in the cold making them extra hard. We got a call from the other team saying that they would be there shortly. It was on…like Donkey Kong. There was one guy on the opposing team that was a little trooper. I am sure he got hit in the face 5 times because he dived for the balls. He should consider getting Lil Jon to be his sponsor as he is always getting low.

It was a fairly good game, great sportsmanship and awesome plays. But in the end we kicked it old school and took it down. It was our second victory but it didn't matter as we had so much fun. Afterwards we headed down to the Seanachie for great deals. We had a sponsor bar cards and got hooked up.

Andrew's Update:

Good job to all the teams who made it out for last nights games. There were some teams who had a tough time but everyone was able to get their games in.

Jana, our GC at Louis Riel had this to say in regards to one of her games:

Rec A Dodgeball: The Elves vs. Dodge My Balls….Game 2 came down to Chad of DMB vs. Chris “Ben Stiller” of The Elves. Chris throws really hard, and always has this crazy look on his face. He winds up, throw, Chad gets it square in the face, catches it, does a full backwards somersault and wins the game. It was awesome!

It seems like everyone is getting involved in this blog and I encourage players, GC's and EC's to send in stories, updates and even photos. We'll do our best to put them up on the blog. Featured today are pictures from this weekends tournament party.

Well the Police are going on tour and I think lots of people are pretty pumped up. Stacey and I were trying to pre-buy some tickets today. We hit a wall and our pre-sale code was rejected. We were trying to buy tickets for the Vancouver show so hopefully our luck changes when buying tickets for the Edmonton show.

It was announced today that Tom Cruise and Ben Stiller have agreed to star in "Hardy Men". It is about the Hardy Boys who are now men and must solve one last mystery. For some reason this news is creepy, funny and than creepy again. I just don't know why. Click here to read.

On a final note, I have been obsessed with my Nintendo Wii as of late. I've been able to download some old games from my youth which include Street Fighter 2 and Super Mario Brothers 1. I've been trying to finish Mario Bros but have been failing. I remember this bugged me as a kid but as an adult it eats away at my sanity. I am trying one more time tonight and hopefully I can seal the deal. If not, I am locking this game away.

Phung-out

The Monday After

2007-02-12T19:30:00.000-08:00

Well the weekend has come to an end and Monday/Tuesday is here. The CSSC had itself a great weekend. On Saturday we had our first indoor Volleyball Tournament of the season. Over 30 teams played it out on the hard court with 3 schools and 5 divisions. Everyone had an awesome time and met up at the new Ceili's after their games.

Players came down just in time to watch the Flames game. As most of you know the Flames fought their way into the Shootout where new NHL regulations state that the Flames must lose due to weak shoot-out plays. Stacey from the office was pumped as she will take any chance to lay into the Flames (The Oilers are her team). Stacey even found the comfort of some Edmontonians at the tournament. Stacey was reunited with Huan whom she went to Jr High with.

The new Ceili's was a great venue as the basement was sectioned off for our players. Over 50 players made it down and were ready for a good time. There is a private party room in the basement of Ceili's and this room was celebrating a bachlorette party. Obviously this party included some male entertainment. Some of the female Volleyball players wanted to see who was going to be the entertainment. Suddenly the kitchen door opens up and a chef dressed in a tight white shirt struts his way through the bar area into the private room. I (Andrew) can't comment but one of the ladies was heard saying "Hey, who invited Balki from Perfect Strangers"?

Matt our resident MC was holding down the program with Sonya and Dave helping out. As always we had games and gave out tons of prizes. Volleyball players have a reputation as people who leave parties early. Well this group went against that and stayed pretty late. There were still players hanging around at 11:30pm.

I think that the Dodgeball players have some work to do to out party the Volleyball players. Speaking of which, the Dodgeball tournament is filling up quickly so get your teams registered ASAP.

On Sunday, I (Andrew) headed over to HCA to watch some Floor Hockey. When I arrived I was greeted with the Underdogs and The Underdogs were sporting some bright yellow shirts. This game was classic Floor Hockey. Both teams gave it their all but the girls on Trainwreck were killing it. These girls looked harmless but they had deadly shots that hurt the Underdogs. When it was all said and done, Trainwrecks ladies took it down for the team. Even with a chippy first half both teams shook hands.

The second game on the schedule featured the CHRuisers taking on Hat Tricks. CHRuisetes into the game the team captain, Glen, came off of his shift and grabbedrs only had 5 players but the two girls on their team came ready to play. After about 5 minute into the game, the team captain grabbed a towel to wipe his face. He than told me that the Superbowl Sunday bye did not treat him well.

The CHRuisers lost their legs early into the game. Hat Tricks took advantage of this and scored some quick goals. With about 2 minutes left in the first a female on CHRuisers took a shot to the face. She took a break and went to the washroom. Down the player CHRuisers finished off the half. As the second half started the female player came back on the court and had a huge smile and look of determination. She was there to play.

CHRuisers pushed hard and lots of fun. Hat Tricks were a great team and both teams showed great sportsmanship. There were 2 or 3 incidences where players stopped the play because they thought someone got hurt. Hat Tricks were up by 5 goals but the CHRuisers went on a 6-0 run to take the lead. They eventually won the game but both teams had fun and that is what matters.

It's going to be another slippery and cold night. Make sure you drive safe when making it out to your games.

Phung-Out

Wet Wet Roads

2007-02-08T15:34:00.000-08:00

A big thanks to all of the players who made it out to their games yesterday. Some of us were worried in the office as the roads were getting pretty bad. But, all of the teams made it and played their games.

Yesterday I (Andrew) checked out a Dodgeball game at Jennie Elliot. This is a great school for dodgeball as the gym is small and the lighting in the school is great. Kristen is out GC at this school and she has been doing a great job. She brings personality to the games and is really laid back. My example of this is her footwear. She rolls into the gyms wearing crocs and no socks. I think once the weather warms up we might see flops and Bermuda shorts.

When entering the gym, the Happy Clampers and Short Bus Squad were playing a game of Docter Dodgeball. This game was straight up insane. Apparently the game had ended in a mercy and they had been playing Dr Dodgeball for a while.

Following this game was team Heads Up taking on the Bluenosers. I really enjoy both teams. Heads Up is a singles team and everyone is there to have fun. The Bluenosers are also fun and they have some stand out players.

The match started and both teams came out strong. One player on Heads Up named Lennox has to have one of the coolest hair-dos. But he also has a very good throw. A player named Dawne on the Bluenosers also has a really nice throw. Her windup makes you think it is going to be a rocket. Well these two players went at it and at one point Dawne jumped in the air and Lennox threw the ball high enough to catch her in the air. Most players weren't looking but they all heard the ball hit Dawne. It made a loud "thump" noise.

Great play by both players and in the end they shook hands and Lennox apologized. The Bluenosers also have a player who wears very bright clothing. He rolls into the gym with an outfit looking like something Kobe Bryant would wear. Whenever he catches a ball he stares at it like a child staring at a Nintendo on a 1986 Christmas morning.

I wanted to post some GC comments today but I want to save them for a rainy day. I do want to thank Don Reiter one of our Floor Hockey GC's for sending in one of the longest game reports ever in CSSC history.

Saturday is our 1st Volleyball Tournament of the season and Stacey has been working hard to get all the equipment, gyms, and schedules prepared. A task such as a Tournament can be pretty tough but she takes time out of her day to relax. Her activity today was a round of office mini putt golf. She received the putter for Christmas and has been using it to relieve stress. She also uses to threaten me (Andrew) when she doesn't get her way. Errrr

Well tomorrow is Friday (cue "Working for the Weekend") and I suggest taking in a show at the Loose Moose Theatre. The Loose Moose is an Improv Comedy Theatre and has shows every Friday at 8:00pm and 10:30pm and on Saturdays at 8:00pm.

I've been acting there since I was 16 and it's always a good time. I remember visiting a gym last week and hearing "hey it's the Asian loose moose guy...". Check out their website here.

Another suggestion involves some drink recipe's I came across while surfing Canoe. You can mix the drink that best suits your current dating situation. The first one is called the Love Birds. The recipe is as follows:

1 Part Starbucks Cream Liquor
1 Part Absolut Raspberry
1 part Hazelnut Liqueur
Shake with ice and strain into a glass. Garnish with fresh raspberries.

On the flip side you can try the Breakup:

1.5 parts Starbucks Liquor
1 part Sauza Blanco Tequila
Shake with ice and strain into a martini glass.

The final one is the Make-Up:

1 part Starbucks Liquor
.5 parts chocolate liquor
1 part Absolut Vanilla
Shake with ice and train into a martini glass rimmed with white chocolate and sugar.

Remember to always drink responsibly.

I've noticed that players are not posting comments. I encourage you to do so and the first player to post a comment (relevant or funny) will win two tickets to the Calgary Roughnecks game on Feb 23 vs the Toronto Rock.

Phung-Out

GC Game Reports

2007-02-07T10:53:00.000-08:00

Each morning I (Andrew) come into the office and I usually spend about 20 minutes looking over game reports from the previous evenings games. Most of them are pretty straight forward and the teams had a good game. Some reports are more detailed due to sportsmanship concerns. But, here are some that are funny, unique or I don't truly know what they mean:

...he looks like Ben Stiller with side burns. (GC talking about the Elves)
If there were +2's to give out, this would be the game and the teams to give it to. (GC talking about The Wrench Dodgers and Dodge My Balls)
Mostly asian team, very spirited and hyper full of energy at 10pm. (GC talking about Target Practice)
This team was really cute. They have some small players who are quick and agile. (GC talking about FFK's)

I will make it a daily habit to post some comments from the previous nights games. I hope this doesn't encourage GC's to write comments to mess with me.

So remember when the key to your Toyota or Honda would open the door and even start the engine of another persons Toyota or Honda. I remember in High School when two of my buddies had a Honda Civic with interchangeable keys. Well have a read at this news story.

The other day I watched this clip on YouTube which was discussing the many possible uses of the new iPhone. Check out this clip. I could hardly wait to get an iPhone after watching this clip. Speaking of getting an iPhone, industry analyst predict the iPhone won't even hit Canada until the end of 2007. (Hmmm, I don't think it's comments like those that will help me get the ladies)

Remember how Yoko Ono's music was like Mcdonalds Pizza, not really good. Well I was expecting to read a brutal review of her new album but was surprised then it recieved a 7.4/10 rating. Click here to read. I'm still in shock at the fact that I read a review on a Yoko Ono album and that it was a good review. I'm not going to get the album but Stacey in the office might.

Well Wednesday nights are the busiest nights at the CSSC. We play almost every sport on Wednesday. Tonight, I will be checking out Jennie Elliot for some Dodgeball and St Gregory for some Basketball.

Phung-Out

We Felt Like Kings

2007-02-06T10:48:00.000-08:00

Stacey's re-cap of her dodgeball game from last night:

In a modern day clash of the titans, Moisten Needle Before Insertion were the underdogs in what feels like an expert sport. Last night our team celebrated a small victory. Firstly, we played an awesome team named Snoop Dodgey Dodge. They exemplified the CSSC spirit and were tons of fun to play with.

Secondly, I (Stacey) caught my first ball to which I danced and yelled around the gym. The best part of game last night was when the game entered the final 5 minutes. It was tied and our GC Sean (who was awesome) declared that this would be the last game. One by one our troops rallied. It came down to one player on our team and one on theirs. The final 2 gladiators were Victor from Snoop Dodgey Dodge and Dr Ziggy Funk from Moisten Before Insertion. This is where the penultimate of the game occurred. There is a vicious stare down and a cheering from the sides. We were only 2 minutes away from victory. Both players threw in unison but Ziggy caught the other players throw.

A frenzy erupted from the bench. One would have thought that we just won the Superbowl but in reality it was a dodgeball game in the NE at OS Gieger. But, we felt like kings!

When I (Andrew) arrived into the office today Stacey couldn't stop talking about her game. She usually complains about her games and the GC. But then I ask "so, did you win last night". She replied yes. Isn't it funny how players are less critical of their games when their team wins?

Phung-Out

Back to normal...

2007-02-05T13:13:00.000-08:00

Well the Superbowl has finally been played and The Colts took it down. Now we can all return to our regular lives. This also means that Football junkies will have to wait a good 6 months until they get their Football fix. The upside is that Football fans can get out of the house and enjoy some outdoor sports. Spring registration for CSSC Leagues starts in late February. More details will be announced shortly.

On the schedule for tonight's games is a full slate of Dodgeball, Volleyball and Indoor Soccer. I (Andrew) will be checking out a couple of Dodgeball games tonight. Whenever I check out Dodgeball games I am able to sneak in one game or two. Slowly but surely I am developing my Dodgeball skills (I am currently at a Grade 2 equivalent).

Like most offices, the CSSC office enjoys music to keep the energy going. Monday's are usually "80's Mondays" while Wednesdays is usually "James Blunt makes me cry Wednesdays". Tuesday however is "new music Tuesday" and this Tuesday is a special one as Bloc Party is releasing their new album. Bloc party is an awesome band whose music is a good alternative to more mainstream music. Check out this review.

Good luck at your games tonight and watch for pictures and updates from tonight's games on tomorrow's blog update.

Phung-Out

Say What? A Blog?

2007-02-01T14:01:00.000-08:00

Well it's finally here, the Calgary Sport and Social Club blog. Each day (or something close to that) the blog will be updated with pictures, videos, quotes and stories from the previous nights games. Also, we will be giving you the inside scoop to whats happening around the club. You will be the first to know about parties, tournaments and special deals!

Who's behind all of this hoopla? Well, its none other than Andrew Phung and Stacey Keller. Who are they you ask? Well they are the Managers of the Club. Andrew deals will the sports leagues while Stacey is in charge of special events and marketing.

Last night I (Andrew) visited Jennie Elliot school to watch some Dodgeball action! The first game on the schedule had The Bluenosers taking on the Sleeman Cream Team. Now Sleemans is known for their fine beer but last night they unveiled some fine uniforms. Each player was dressed in Sleemans gear from head to toe. The game itself was a tight one with the Bluenosers taking it down.

Next up was Moneyshot vs The Flying Buttresses. Moneyshot isn't new to the league and before the game they told me that the key to their season would be their new uniforms. Each player had a matching shirt with their nickname on the back of it. But the best part was the male players were wearing extra short shorts! This isn't the best visual but it definitely helped their play. The Flying Buttresses held in their but the veteran players on Moneyshot showed why they wear short shorts. It was a fun game with all the players having a great time.

The final two games featured the Sanjel-Jans, Heads Up, The Masterbaiters (We're Fisherman) and the 5th D. All of them were awesome games. When meeting the Masterbaiters I didn't believe that they were fisherman. The 5th D however brought their "A" game and pulled out the win in a close game.

Keep up the great play and we'll see you on the courts!

Phung-Out