2009 Team Photo

Steve Herman

Is a Dutch and English given name. Its original meaning was "army man" (Arman) and derives from the Germanic elements "heri" meaning "army" combined with "man" meaning "man" (compare archaic Dutch "heer", meaning "army" and "man"). It is cognate with German "Hermann".

Moohan (Rocket) Sid

On 16 February 1960 a special ministerial train dubbed the Moohan Rocket made a trip from Wellington to Auckland on the North Island Main Trunk, taking 11 hours and 45 minutes, or 2½ hours less than the steam-hauled Night Limited. As the train of a brake van, three first-class cars and a Ministerial car at the rear only weighed 147 tons, and was hauled by two Dg locomotives, the time was somewhat disappointing. The return trip two days later behind a single Da locomotive was slightly quicker at 11 hours and 34 minutes, though the superior Da could not then run through the tunnels north of Wellington and the two Dgs took over at Palmerston North. The train reflected Moohan’s idea of a fast and comfortable intercity service later seen in the Silver Star and Silver Fern.

Osman Max

Siddique is an American politician and former diplomat. He served as the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Fiji and to the Republic of Nauru, to the Kingdom of Tonga and to Tuvalu from 1999-2001. He was the US Ambassador during the 2000 Fijian coup d'état. Siddique is believed to be the second American-Muslim to be appointed as an ambassador from the United States; the first was Robert Dickson Crane, appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 as U.S. ambassador to the United Arab Emirates.

Martin (Marty) William Byrnes (C-Head)

(born April 30, 1956 in Syracuse, New York) is a retired American professional basketball player.
A 6'7" forward from Syracuse University, Byrnes played four seasons (1978-1981; 1982-1983) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Phoenix Suns, New Orleans Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, and Indiana Pacers. He averaged 5.7 points per game in his career and won an NBA Championship with the Lakers in 1980.

Bywater Dom

(born 7 June 1981 in Manchester) is an English professional football player who plays as a goalkeeper. He has made appearances for seven clubs, most notably his current club Derby County, where he won the 2007 Championship Playoff final and West Ham United, where he spent eight seasons and made over 60 appearances. He is also a former England Under-21 international.

Philbrook Simon

(October 22, 1924—October 24, 1982) was an American actor who appeared in supporting roles in three short-lived television series between 1959 and 1963: The Islanders on ABC and The Investigators and The New Loretta Young Show, both on CBS. He also appeared in several major films, as Bruce King in I Want to Live! (1958) and Henri in Woman Obsessed, both with Susan Hayward, and as Colonel Tall in the 1964 police picture, The Thin Red Line, with Jack Warden.

Ben Antes

Since 1990 Antes has been living and working in Karlsruhe, Florence and Berlin. His oeuvre includes not only paintings and graphic art, but also sculptures in public spaces. His works are exhibited throughout the world and are represented in all the most important German collections, et al. at the Kunsthall Hamburg, the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, the Nationalgalerie Berlin, and the Museum of Modern Art.[2]

Cooksley Simon

(born April 11, 1971 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a former professional rugby union player and All Black lock.
Cooksley holds the distinction of being the tallest All Black ever at an imposing 2.05 meters and 125 kg. He had a long All Black career, spanning from 1992 until 2001. Despite this, Cooksley only played in 23 All Black matches, and only 11 All Black tests. Robin Brooke and Ian Jones were often the favoured locking pair during his time. In 1995, Cooksley gained another distinction when he was a replacement on the end of year tour of France; in his one appearance on tour he became the first All Black to be shown a yellow card, with Irish referee Gordon Black apparently unaware that the red and yellow card system did not then apply to international rugby. A touch of Maori blood saw him regularly play for New Zealand Maori from 1992 onwards.

Matti Ray

is a village in the Udupi district of Karnataka state in India that lies on the shore of the Arabian sea.The village is also known by name of Mattu. This village can be reached from town of Udupi by taking a right turn at Katapady on the way to Mangalore. The village is famous for a particular variety of brinjal (eggplant) that is grown only in this village. The brinjal grown here is light green in colour and is spherical, unlike the usual purple-coloured variety. The first brinjal harvested is offered to Lord Krishna at Krishna Matha, Udupi. The Matti gulla ( brinjal) grown here is consumed largely by Shivalli Madhva brahmins. The seeds for growing this type of brinjal is said to be given by Shri Vadiraja swamiji.

Wybrow Richard

Key personnel: Dr Brian R A Wybrow, C.CHEM, MRSC, PhD (Lond.), Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Member of the Institute of Patentees and Inventors; MIMMM. Patrick Russell-Rayner, B.Sc., European Patent Attorney, Chartered Patent Agent, FCIPA.Typical projects undertaken: Please see my website and from there you will be directed to an article about one of my inventions, the Double-Ended Clamp, for which I won a "highly commended" award, at the International Inventions Fair at Earls Court, London, in June 1999. This same invention was featured on page 669 of the November 1999 issue of Materials World. I have worked on many other inventions, one of which has been shown on a well known, scientifically based, television programme. Patenting; Invention; Innovation Management

Bergqvist Dag

born October 12, 1976 in Sollentuna Municipality in Stockholm County) is a former Swedish high jumper. She has won one bronze medal in the Olympic Games, one gold and two bronze medals in the World Championships in Athletics and one gold and one bronze in the European Championships. Her personal outdoor record of 2.06 m, set in Germany in 2003, is also a Swedish record. Her indoor record of 2.08 m, set at the Hochsprung mit Musik meetin in 2006, is also the world indoor record.

These are not the mighty Malakas i am afraid, just famous namesakes.

We are stuck with the usual suspects Lemon, Ben, Max, C-Head, Herpes, Dom, 2 x Simon & Richie. We may have Bala from K.L, we will be supported by Sid, Dag, Terry & the girls in the Hammocks. No doubt the boys will keep Ducklady as busy as ever.

We will miss Captain Duck & Oh, Glasses, Mitch & Sue, Jimmy & Jenny (hope all goes well with the new addition to the family), who should all be back next year.... and finally wee Andy who sadly won't be with us again but will always be with us in spirit, r.i.p. mate.