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Subject: [Leica] IMGS: Day out
From: imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 21:52:16 +0100
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Thanks Jayanand.
Douglas

On 23/04/2018 03:35, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote:
> Nice and atmospheric!
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 4:16 AM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
>
>> A friend of mine Brendan and I went in to Dublin to see the European
>> Champions Cup Semi Final yesterday which featured Irish side Leinster
>> versus Welsh side Scarlets at the Aviva Stadium on Lansdowne Road. We had
>> good seats and were right behind the media corps, so, as a result, didn't
>> have people in front of us jumping up and screaming at every score.
>>
>> The bald guy in the press box with the cans on is Keith Wood, a former
>> world player of the year and known as "The Raging Potato" or "Uncle 
>> Fester"
>> and the match was shown Europe wide.
>>
>> The stadium is only eight years only, sleek and modern, and stuffed with
>> bars and food outlets if one were so inclined. We had a pint of Murphys
>> each beforehand, and enjoyed a match which to everyone's surprise, 
>> Leinster
>> won easily by 38 points to 16. I brought along my Fuji X100S which
>> naturally wasn't much good for action shots, but helped in catching my
>> local surrounds.
>>
>> Leinster now meet the French club Racing 92 (from Paris) in the final in
>> Bilbao in the Basque country in Spain. I won't be travelling over though.
>>
>> The images are on the link below and can be seen large
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Sport/Rugby/
>>
>> Douglas
>>
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry) ([Leica] IMGS: Day out)
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