This is the first full weekend of football inthe USA. Friday night lights brightenhigh school football stadiums from shore to shore. Saturday afternoons are filled with collegefootball. This weekend, the NFL takes aknee at the side of their stadiums as they began their regular season ofcompetition. For fans of AmericanFootball, this full return to competition is the start of what, for most of us,is a very short season. Enjoy it whileit lasts... Football is quickly coming to an end in Australia, Aussie Rules Football, thatis. This is a Winter sport in thesouthern hemisphere, and as their Winter turns to Spring, the Cricket pitchesmust be cleared for the return of Summer. The AFL then holds their competitions, leading up to the finals in a fewweeks. This weekend, in the firstelimination final, the Melbourne Demonshave already advanced, with a win overthe Geelong Cats, and the Richmond Tigers have advanced with a win over theHawthorn Hawks. Today's competitionsinclude the Sydney Swans vs. the GWS Giants, and the West Coast Eagles vs. theCollingwood Crows. European Soccer is taking a time out thisweekend. International friendlies arethe order of the weekend. The inaugural Surf Ranch Pro event is beingheld today, at Kelly Slater's man-made venue in Lemoore, California. Julian Wilson, Filipe Toledo and ItaloFerreira have, so far, two wins apiecethrough seven tour events. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
