These 10 kiwi cougars are the New World Master Netters.
Well, that's their new name. The name they wanted to be called was the Master Baiters.
Unfortunately, officials at the Sydney World Masters Games thought a team of Master Baiters would be quite inappropriate for an international sports competition.
And here's why:
Master Baiters implies that this team of 40+ ladies is really good at catching Whitebait. A sweet and tender fish that is very popular in New Zealand.
It's true.
The reference to whitebaiting, or fishing for whitebait, was just too much for the 2009 Sydney World Masters. Plus, officials feared Master Baiters "might have a bit of a double meaning if it was pronounced wrong."
Well, good on ya Sydney World Masters Games officials. Everyone at yesbutnobutyes.com is glad these former Master Baiters will have to play by the proper rules of engagement.
The other teams might not have enjoyed playing with a bunch of professional women Master Baiters. But now, they just might.
via The Press.
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My intramural softball team in college was called The MasterBatters.
Cheeky names for sports teams is something that we very much enjoy down here in New Zealand.
Black is our national colour and most of our sports team put that in their name.
The rugby team is the All Blacks, baseball team is the Black Sox and so on. But what is the name of our national badminton team?
You guessed it, The Black Cox.
I played an intramural basketball team in college named Michael Jordan's 5 White Cousins. That was pretty good.
Frank, do you know any of these Master Baiters?
Socially, I mean.
Yeah Bman, I do actually. New Zealand is a small country and I know all 5 million residents.
You must be very popular on Facebook.
Haha.
Yeah, But I'm picky. 4.5 Million waiting to be accepted as a friend.