Udo and I were talking about the current soccer competition, featuring Sydney FC vs. Melbourne Victory on Sunday, which he is going to.
The competition is the Hyundai A-League, and it features only 8 teams - 1 from NZ, 1 each from the capitals of Vic, SA, WA, QLD, and 3 from NSW.
There certainly is a finals round, including 'play-offs': This weekend is round 21, the last round before the finals series. The top four teams play two legs of semi-finals (one "major" and one "minor" semi, depending on relative rankings in the points table). There is a Preliminary Final, then the Grand Final is played on Feb 24, between the winner of the prelim final and the winner of the major semi-final.
After some discussion of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (HAMC) yesterday, Len and I independently discovered that hellsangels.com.au apparently leads to a squatter advertising site, while hellsangels.com leads to a site in French, that could be associated with the 'real' HAMC, but at first site might not be. A closer study indicates that this is indeed the official and sanctioned site of the HAMC Paris Charter.
The global HQ has a rather unassuming site at http://www.hells-angels.com (note the hyphen).
There is some interesting history to be discovered here, dispelling myths about putative connections with the 303rd airforce squadron since WWII. I like the FAQ answer on why they are "Hells Angels" and not "Hell's Angels" (note apostrophe; although some, if they dared, could be asking why aren't they called "Hells' Angels"...).
I also like the FAQ answers concerning joining/starting your own local charter of HAMC - no doubt they get a lot of enquiries from wannabes. The answers are put quite diplomatically but boil down to, 'if you have to ask, then we're not for you'! (Or, could be read even more diplomatically as 'if you have to ask, then you're not ready for us yet'.)
Friday, January 18, 2008
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