ANZ/QE II stadium

IanRitchie · Post by **IanRitchie** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 8:06 am

A great way to keep the crowds down at Wet n Wild

cheyne_87 · Post by **cheyne_87** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 9:19 pm

IIRC did QE II stadium host a davis cup tie around 2000 with one end of the court up to the grandstand and temp seating the other 3 sides??

Jeffles · Post by **Jeffles** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 11:52 pm

cheyne_87 wrote:IIRC did QE II stadium host a davis cup tie around 2000 with one end of the court up to the grandstand and temp seating the other 3 sides??

It was the 1999 Semi against Russia. The court was in the NW corner using one of the open stands from memory. Yevgeny Kafelnikov described the court as a potato field. The mighty Wayne Arthurs made his debut in that tie and promptly saw off Kafelnikov on the Friday. A top bloody debut rubber from a mighty good Davis Cup player.

http://www.daviscup.com/ties/tie.asp?tie=10000694

Egan · Post by **Egan** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 8:39 pm

Not as good as the Hewitt match against Federer at Melbourne Park in the Semi Final, coming from two sets down a few years ago. Then the Scud wins the final for us...what memories. Pity we are so sh*t now.

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 11:40 am

Jeffles wrote:
cheyne_87 wrote:IIRC did QE II stadium host a davis cup tie around 2000 with one end of the court up to the grandstand and temp seating the other 3 sides??
It was the 1999 Semi against Russia. The court was in the NW corner using one of the open stands from memory. Yevgeny Kafelnikov described the court as a potato field. The mighty Wayne Arthurs made his debut in that tie and promptly saw off Kafelnikov on the Friday. A top bloody debut rubber from a mighty good Davis Cup player.

http://www.daviscup.com/ties/tie.asp?tie=10000694

dibo · Post by **dibo** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:27 pm

Egan wrote:Not as good as the Hewitt match against Federer at Melbourne Park in the Semi Final, coming from two sets down a few years ago. Then the Scud wins the final for us...what memories. Pity we are so sh*t now.

you're kidding, right?

journeyman doing the david and goliath against the world number 1, as opposed to a player at the top of his game and soon to be world number 1 coming back against a younger man still on the way up?

Jeffles · Post by **Jeffles** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:49 pm

If anyone was going to come through with the photo it was Dan.

Next challenge - the cricket game they played at QE2.

Simmo79 · Post by **Simmo79** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 7:59 am

or baseball pics from a Brisbane arseBandits game.

hot_dogma · Post by **hot_dogma** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 6:32 pm

Simmo79 wrote:
hot_dogma wrote:Matilda was scary.
*gives slow psychotic wink to HD*

Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Simmo79 wrote:Matilda is at Wet n Wild near the Gold Coast IIRC

I'll be up that way in January. I may have to find the creature responsible for making me afraid to watch the ABC many a time in the early-to-mid 80's.

sandyhill · Post by **sandyhill** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 7:12 pm

Does the 'ANZ' bit now need to be dropped from this thread title?

And is HD still young enough to go to Wet n Wild (without taking any kids along)?

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 10:07 pm

Jeffles wrote:If anyone was going to come through with the photo it was Dan.

Next challenge - the cricket game they played at QE2.

hmm.maybe Ill put that in the Old Concord Oval Grandstand basket!

hot_dogma · Post by **hot_dogma** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:04 pm

sandyhill wrote: And is HD still young enough to go to Wet n Wild (without taking any kids along)?

In my current physical shape I don't know if I want to go to Wet n Wild.