Holland 2017

Hotly competitive quiz hosted by quizmeister Fabio from @inspiresport with specialist rounds on Football, Hockey and other stuff. won by 'Game with Piglets' 

These awards were for the last two days ... Best Bowlers (Male and Female) Top Tourists (for asking interesting questions during tours) Most improved in Football Training 'The Rock' - Defender of the Match 'Tireless Terrier' 'Most Improved' Player of the Match

After the excitment of watching PSV romp to victory we went to the Oranje-Rood Hockey CVlub ( @ HCOranjeRood )  to get ready for our first 11-a-side matches. We managed to watch some of the 1st Mens team match before we went to warm up. This goal was disallowed because the ball came into the D at head height but the finish was amazing: O-R Men won 4-1 We played three teams their 5th team, 1st team and 3rd team ... as this was a friendly, we agreed to play 11-a-side and 'borrow' a couple of players. Kiki and Afka (apologies if these names are spelled wrong) played all three matches for us and they really worked their socks off on the left wing. We were evenly matched with our first opposition. They scored and early goal and we could not manage to get the ball into the net, despite numerous shots. So it finished 1-0. The 1st team were very good and, although we made them work for it, they came out very much on top as their finishing was excellent. It finished 7-0, de...

PSV should have put the game to bed in the first half. 

After a supper of pasta with meatballs we went out to throw some balls at some pins! Civilised Supper   Serious stuff Winners to be announced in tomorrow night's prize giving.

This is Design Week in Eindhoven and the Van Abbe Museum was opening a new exhibition... in other words it was quite busy, but it was great to see the gallery being used and have a real buzz around the building. This gallery houses some very important pieces ... and some more challenging ones!