A little surprise in English and Dutch

Families of Sparrows are the main population of our
garden.
The make a lot of noise...but never fight and seem to be in a
good mood always.

When he saw me hejust turned his head to
say:

'Good Morning mister Janosj'

Deze Salamandrische makker
of makster verscheen op de muur
van ons zwembad. Er zitten vele
Samanders in de tuin en ze zijn
verbazend, ja, gewoon verbazend

Indoor Hockey in Torroella de Montgrí

Dear reader,

We played this sport for some years until we could not find opponents...

They were too far away in cities like Barcelona on a 140 kms. from here, not to mention Madrid where field-hockey -and life itself by the way- is a different kettle of fish altogether.



This Stand on the 700 years old 'Fira de Sant Andreu' gave some information. The Townhall did what it could looking
for continuity and help. But that was not how the cookie crumbled in the year 1986 in Spain and / or Catalonia...



But we, the players, the trainer, the referees, the parents, the teacher of gymnastics had a great time !




Janosj



P.S.

A bit further on you find some more pictures of this local experiment in Indoor Hockey.

Hoe warm 't was en hoe ver...(Nicolaas Beets)


Op de grote stille heide

liep ons hondje eenzaam rond...

Janosj

P.S.
Blacky is intussen benoemd tot Erelid van

The Anti-ICT Movement !


P.S.

The Anti - Information & Communication Technology Movement

The Start


Hockey in Torroella de Montgrí­ / Costa Brava

Five beginners and some
very talented ones !!!





Only a year later

Participants of

The Christmas Tournament

with the most brilliant shows of
quality hockey

This is how clouds develop over the beach of 'La Gola'
on the afternoon of a hot Summer's day in Catalonia. 

Wisecracks can be funny...

but

Wise Cracks are quite exceptional...

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Class of English

Pupil: 'Yesterday I saw some English body'

Teacher: 'No, somebody English'

Pupil: 'Don't know, saw only his body'

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P.S.

Already active member of

The Anti-ICT Movement ?

Not yet ?

What a pity !

Kindest regards

Janosj

There we go with a bit
of Nature in Catalonia

Dear reader,

Good moring & afternoon
& evening, depends where you are,

People can be fabulous on the
Costa Brava

Look at this picture !

Carmen and the neighbour's daughter smiling during a meal...

21 september 2005

Indoor hockey in Spain/Catalonia


Experiment in Torroella de Montgrí

Dear Reader,

After soccer, hockey is the most popular team-sport in Holland.

So as a native Dutchman I decided one day to introduce this family sport in our small village on the Costa Brava

We received a lot of sticks and balls and complicated things like legguards for the goal keeper.

The Townhall gave its support, a teacher of gymnastics helped as parents did and we tried to get a hockey-project from the ground. Youngsters with a lot of talent joined this new thing in one of the oldest villages of Catalonia.

But I made one big mistake. In those days, field-hockey was concentrated in Barcelona.
The Catalan Hockey Federation did not see any possibility to bring this fine sport into
the Province of Girona.

It was indeed starting from scratch.

But we had a good time and played every Saturday. We even organized an indoor hockey tournament for Christmas.

We gave up the project because it was too new.

But a lot of youngsters from the village, male and female and my own daughters
- both good hockey-players - have had a good time in this experiment that failed.

The pictures tell you something abour it.

Janosj

P.S.

More than fifteen years later the Spanish National Hockey Team
has become one of the best in the world.