Oh Baby When You Talk Like That - Shakira Shakira

[fandango]

Shame that your team used all their " run good " up in the first three weeks.. Straight knockout now!!

BRING IT !!

[josharp01]

Shame that your team used all their " run good " up in the first three weeks.. Straight knockout now!!

BRING IT !!

+1,000,000

[MintTrav]

Basically BCPC stuck it up you this week and we"re coming to get you and your girly bunch.

I"ll thank you not to use such language on a thread dedicated to someone of such standing in the world.

BCPC did indeed finish 2 points ahead of us to pip us for the win on the night. Just like we beat them by 253 points when we won the first match. Well done. Actually, I"m glad you qualified. It wouldn"t be the same to win this if you weren"t in it.

[adilong1]

Shame that your team used all their " run good " up in the first three weeks.. Straight knockout now!!

BRING IT !!

You said it!!  

[cincicrappykid]

Just caught up with this thread, looks like some silly billys forgot who they are dealing with. I guess im going to have to actually try in the next round then  

[ajcairns]

Good luck for Sunday you lot.  Can"t be easy being regarded like the Man Utd of APAT...

[MintTrav]

Good luck for Sunday you lot.  Can"t be easy being regarded like the Man Utd of APAT...

You can win. Portsmouth beat Man Utd at Old Trafford in the Quarter-Final of the FA Cup not that long ago.
Good luck to you. I hope you have an enjoyable evening on Sunday and give a good account of yourselves.

Shakira herself has never shown any interest in winning things. The example she gives to the world is that taking part is enough. She doesn"t care about trophies, and neither do we. We are just hoping to perform at our best.

[MintTrav]

It"s another big night for the team. Everything that has gone before has been taken away and we must do it again. We have to finish ahead of the East of England Unmentionables. They have good players, but so have we. It"s just a case of which team makes the most points on the night. It"s all about the points.

We will be taking inspiration as usual from Shakira and the points she has made in her educational and development work.


Commissioner Shakira makes a good point during a meeting of the President"s Advisory Commission of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics.

[fandango]

Congratulations John and company, good luck in the last 8.. was a hard fought battle.

[ajcairns]

wp you guys, good luck in the next round

[MintTrav]

Thanks guys, it was a good battle, especially with a few of your team and ours being on the same tables.

[AceOnTheRiver]

Bring it on  

EDIT sorry I thought we were playing you next week. Seems I was misinformed!

[MintTrav]

Tonight we play Gold N Ben in the quarter-final. They are, essentially, the Scottish team for the upcoming APAT internationals, which tells you all you need to know about the state of poker in Scotland.

They have a good opportunity, though, because they have caught us at our weakest point. Everyone on our team is away at a holiday camp on a poker weekend. We are trying to borrow enough dongles, etc to field as many players as we can. Some of our team will be playing whilst in a live tournament, though the wifi is bad in the main arena. Some will be playing from the bar, where there is a better signal. One may be playing on the motorway while travelling home.

I think we can cope with these difficulties. Sometimes in life, you have to struggle on. Shakira has faced many struggles in her life but has shown her fortitude. Her struggle to improve her English as an adult is well-known. She has also had to deal with tendonitis and muscular pain caused by bellydancing. But she overcame these obstacles. If we follow her example, we too can overcome ours.


Shakira struggles to get out of a difficult car.

[MintTrav]

Shakira has defeated many injustices. Here she signs the Early Childhood Initiative with World Bank President Robert Zoellick:



However, her fight against other injustices continues, such as the unjust restrictions on children of illegal immigrants being allowed to attend public schools in Southern US states. Accepting an award from the Harvard Foundation, she said "Not everyone can study at Harvard University, but everyone, wherever they live, whatever their background, deserves a chance to make the most of his or her potential through education".

This week saw a terrible injustice that affected the Shakira team. However, people power won out in the end.

We came through another round of the cup last weekend, overcoming the powerful Gold N Ben team. We knew that this team had put in some strong performances previously, but we managed to win through and post a very high score in the end, going through to the semi-final and with team members occupying the top three places on the individual leaderboard.

[MintTrav]