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Pink Fury

The field hockey team I usually play for (The Soft Sticks) had no opposition at our last game. So they played a game amongst themselves while I took some piccies from the shade on the sideline - I’m still recovering from a dislocated shoulder. The temperatures were searing (26 deg. C I think) so there were some very hot looking pink hockey players by the end of their game.

Mallory Handcock and Natasha Munro

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Pink Warriors

I was/am supposed to be playing for the Soft Sticks field hockey team. Except I decided to dislocate my shoulder last week instead :P The opposition for the day were ‘Out 2 Score’. Unfortunately my batteries were running on empty so I couldn’t load up the LCD screen to change the ISO settings/exposures so the pictures are all messed up and then it ran totally flat after only taking a few shots :( Hopefully I’ll get some better shots next time.

Nastaha Munro

Our mighty team manager leading the charge to the front

Kara Ross in action

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Video clips from the Manorburn dam

I did a bunch of videos of our trip to the Manorburn dam recently. They aren’t very long and I don’t have any of myself unfortunately :(

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More Manorburn dam photos

Kara Ross, me and Jane Soper

Kara Ross, me and Jane Soper

Me with the dam itself in the background

Me with the dam itself in the background

Kara Ross and Jane Soper

Kara Ross and Jane Soper

Sarah MacDonald

Sarah MacDonald

Sarah MacDonald

Sarah MacDonald

Me and Jane Soper

Me and Jane Soper

Sarah MacDonald

Sarah MacDonald

Kara Ross

Kara Ross

Jane Soper

Jane Soper

Jane Soper

Jane Soper

Jane Soper

Jane Soper

Some more photos from the Manorburn dam

Me on the Manorburn dam

Sarah MacDonald on the Manorburn dam

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Action photography on the Manorburn Dam

There was lots of pond hockey on the Manorburn dam. But of course, I and anyone else with a camera was playing in it! So I don’t have any photos of me playing :( But here’s some action photos of the others.

Jane’s not so successful attempt to shoot the duck

Sarah strutting her stuff in her figure skates

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Team photos on the Manorburn Dam

There was a whole fleet of Dunedinites on the Manorburn dam. Here’s some pics of a few of us.

Kara, Jane and Ryan on the Manorburn Dam

Ryan, Sarah and Jane on the Manorburn Dam

Sandra, Jane and Keith posing on the Manorburn dam

Trip to the Manorburn Dam

After some wickedly cold temperatures in Alexandra, I took Sarah, Jane and Kara through to Alexandra to go skating on the Manorburn dam. This was the first time I’d skated on it since I was about 12! Stu McLennan has kindly lent me the former Matt Mobile while he’s away in Australia which we used to make our way to the dam. Thanks very much Stu :)

Jane, Kara and Sarah in front of the former Matt Mobile

Ice coverage was pretty decent, up to about 15cm in some parts.

The Manorburn dam

Some people were even skating right up to the edge of the dam. But I didn’t have the guts to try that!

Kara, Sarah and Jane in front of the Manorburn Dam