10 weeks and things are looking up

This week Friday will be 10 weeks from the day I had the surgery on my neck which has prevented me from playing and of course missing the Tri-Nations games to date and with only about 2 weeks to go to get to the 12 week mark where the doctor said I will be ready to play again, all going well of course and after my assessment has been done, but you never know with these things. I must say I am looking forward to running out on the field to play a good game again though.

The way I am feeling now, I can play against the Pumas this Friday already. The Sharks really played like I have not seen them play in a very long time. They killed the Bulls in all aspects of the game line-outs, scrum and if you look closely they should have scored 5 more tries than what they did.

We all had a great time at the Breakfast in Sandton 2 weeks ago with a great crowd of Grundfos staff and customers at the launch of the flighting of the TV advert, “Pump by die dam pump. Pump, pump”, on Super Sport 1. Sadly just like last week I was wrong with my prediction and the score was way off. The first game I said the Boks would win by 7 points and last week Boks to win by 4 or less. Hopefully this week I have it spot on and the Boks win by 4.

I am so happy that my best friend Ryan Kankowski has been given a position on the Springbok squad. Ruan and I have been old school mates since 1997 and we started playing rugby together back then and now even more that he is playing his best position #9. Ruan is best at scrumhalf.

Looking at the farm, I have not been there in 5 weeks so have been managing it through my farm manager which is tough because I like to be there and see for myself but sometimes these things cannot be. We will start to harvest the maize this week so all the hard work is going to be put to the test when we see the tonnage yield per hectare that we planted it will be exciting to see the end result. I will keep you posted on this.

We started our own feedlot on the farm last month as the price of the maize is low currently and we can generate more money by using it through our own cattle and sheep.

The new bulls that I spoke about in my previous blog have settled down very well and have integrated with the older ones very well, we will only start using them in October and November this year.

I must add I was so excited when Jannie scored the other day I am sure people heard me shout in Pietermaritzburg, it was fantastic.

Well I am off to train again to be fit and ready to play as soon as I can. I look forward to meeting with some of you at one of the future Grundfos functions or customer events.

Comments (87)

  1. Lorraine says:

    Hi Bismarck, I see you are playing again and have had some great games. When will you be in the Springbok team again.

    How are the new bulls doing on the farm?

  2. Lorraine says:

    Hi Bismarck it is great to see you playing again watch the Lions this week:-))

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  21. Grundfos SA says:

    Hi Lorraine The new bulls are doing great on the farm and have made it their home. We have so many new calves and lambs this year things are great at the farm Bismarck

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  35. Grundfos SA says:

    Hello Carla
    Thanks for the comments and we have had a bit of rain it is green there at least and not so dry like in the winter. I am really focused on my game and it is great to hear from fans
    Bismarck

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