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Garth Brooks is writing a Screenplay. Or is he??? On Studio G, in the Ask Garth, segment, someone ask him about writing and Garth replied that he goes to another dimension when writing screenplays. That he laughs out loud at 2am when writing the characters. So can we expect a movie from Garth? Was this just something to get people talking.  Is Garth actually writing a movie, or will this just be something that will never get mentioned again. If it's a movie, I hope its a thriller, I hope it's hard hitting, I dont want some cheese fest  life time movie channel BS. Garth is an amazing writer, if he does do a movie, I would expect it to blow people away. So is he writing or not? Fingers and toes are crossed. Time will tell.

About one year ago, Garth Brooks started sending out wee video clips, prior to announcing what USA city will be next on his, ahem, WORLD TOUR. In the video clip on his Twitter and Facebook, the words appeared  "The End of the North American LEG. A year later and your overseas fans are still waiting for the START  of the overseas LEG of the world tour. Garth is expected to make an annoucement on Studio G  the week after Stage Coach. If Garth say's,  plans have changed, and he is just going to a few Stadiums in the USA and not play outside the USA, I'm okay with that. Of course if he annouces overseas date's, I will be thrilled. But if he gives the same answer of "We don't know we are in talks" or doesn't mention it at all, I will never trust anything he says again. That will be simply unfair to his overseas fans. Time will tell.

Bygate 6/10 60% Zillings 1/2 50% Hunter 18/44 40% Toni 17/38 44% Cocks 33/74 44% Walker 26/66 39%  Paalvast 13/36 36% Taylor 24/68 35% Stockhill 7/23 35% Rooney 5/16 31% Purcell 12/44 27% Franklin 0/4 0%

Congrats to the Tall Ferns for winning Bronze against Canada at the  CW Games. The team bounced back after getting walloped by Australia in the semi. M. Cocks once again led the way and had to be player of the tournament, her class shined thru. Where to now for the Tall Ferns,  they must look at our players overseas, the gulf between us and Australia was horrible, the local players just dont have the competition to improve their game, they must get to the states or Europe or Asia, that is the only way we can at least compete with the powerhouses. That's for the future though, in the mean time, I hope the Tall Ferns enjoy their bronze medal. Well done to them!!

Toni  13/30           43%  Bygate   6/9        66% Zillings 1/2           50% Hunter  17/38      44%                                                                                                                                                                                       Cocks 26/60        43%       Paalvast 12/33    36% Rooney 5/14     35%                                                        Walker 19/54      35%    Stockhill  6/18          33%                                                         Taylor   18/55          32%     Purcell 10/35           28%  Franklin 0/4            0%                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

Cocks 4/12 30%  Purcell 2/7 28%  Hunter 3/3 100% Toni 1/5 20%  Taylor 3/7 42% Paalvast 1/8 12%  Bygate 0/2 0% Stockill 1/4 25% Walker 4/12 33%

Ya cant sugar coat it, ya can't get positives from it, this was a hiding, this was embarrassing, I was so nervous before this match, I didn't watch the start, then I saw twitter people suggesting we were playing brilliantly, we weren't. Not sure about some twitter comments, they seem to be over the top, but I have been guilty of that too. If you want the Tall Ferns to compete on a International level, send the young players, the players who are 16/17 years of age to the USA, have them play a season or two of AAU, where they can compete against the best young players on the planet. It's not going to do them any good to play their last year of high school and score 40 points against Linwood High school  or Porirua  High School. If the player has talent, have them go against the best 16/17 year olds from New York, New Jesery, Philly or CT.  They will also be seen by the top college scouts. Seriously this cannot happen again. If you want to be the best, you have to play aga

The Tall Ferns have to find the best shooters, they have to pass the ball quick, they have to find open players,  they have to play tough tough tough defense,  New Zealand has never beaten Australia, but this team has a great mixture,  my fingers and toes are crossed, will we win... Time will tell.                                                                                           

Tall Ferns go 3-0 in pool play,  great passing, solid scoring, and standout performances  has seen them breeze thru pool play. Micaela Cocks has been the standout player for New Zealand, but praise must also be heaped on the coach for using his bench. Basketball in NewZealand can be quite insular and there can be calls on social media that the focus should be on one or two players, this team though has over half a dozen players standing out. The pressure to get a  medal is going to be huge,  the players have to keep their heads, can we do it? One thing that has to happen, is players must not only look for the open player, but look for the player that is shooting hot  Sure you can say hey I score between 10-15 points,  but if you are shooting below  30%, that doesnt help, and I hope the players have the maturity to realize this. So bring on the knockout stages, and go the Tall Ferns.

What a way to start the Commonwealth games. The Tall Ferns thrashed Malaysia 86-44.  A total team effort.  Cocks lead the way with 15 points, along with Stockill who scored 13. Charlisse Leger-Walker   scored nine points from 4/13 shooting and also grabbed 5 rebounds, and handled her first international game well. Standout player though had to be Purcell, grabbing 12 massive boards,  she is the key for a medal for the Tall Ferns. The shooting stats are below.  Cocks 15pts 6/17 35%  Stockill 13pts 4/4 100%  Edmonson 11 pts 3/9 33% Palvast 9 Pts 3/8 38% Walker 9 pts 4/13 31% Hunter 8 pts 3/7 43% Taylor 6 pts 2/8 25% Bygate 6 Pts 2/2 100% Every game for the Tall Ferns, now get harder and harder. The semi which should be against England or Canada may be a step too far, but if we can improve our field goal percentage which isnt brilliant, we should at least be playing for a Bronze medal, which will be a fantastic achievement. Which of course will lead to finally more fu