heywoodu 13,663 Posted December 15, 2019 #31 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Danny Baggish playing against Andy Boulton now....Baggish is playing under the American flag and is born....on Guam If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,639 Posted December 15, 2019 #32 Share Posted December 15, 2019 1 minute ago, heywoodu said: Danny Baggish playing against Andy Boulton now....Baggish is playing under the American flag and is born....on Guam No surprise. Do people born in Aruba have a Dutch citizenship? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicIRL 4,859 Posted December 15, 2019 #33 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Baggish is only 36-years-old! He looks a lot older. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,663 Posted December 15, 2019 #34 Share Posted December 15, 2019 1 minute ago, Monzanator said: No surprise. Do people born in Aruba have a Dutch citizenship? Yeah my surprise is not "He's born on Guam but competes under US flag", it's "There's a player born on Guam at the world championships" And about Aruba: it sort of depends on the status of the parents apparently, the main thing I saw is that a child born on Aruba from married parents - at least one of which having the Dutch nationality - is automatically a Dutch citizen. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,663 Posted December 15, 2019 #35 Share Posted December 15, 2019 1 minute ago, OlympicIRL said: Baggish is only 36-years-old! He looks a lot older. That's because he's got a, let's say, healthy Pacific posture If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,639 Posted December 15, 2019 #36 Share Posted December 15, 2019 5 minutes ago, heywoodu said: Yeah my surprise is not "He's born on Guam but competes under US flag", it's "There's a player born on Guam at the world championships" And about Aruba: it sort of depends on the status of the parents apparently, the main thing I saw is that a child born on Aruba from married parents - at least one of which having the Dutch nationality - is automatically a Dutch citizen. Well, USA has the law of the land so anyone born in Guam is an US citizen I suppose Aruba, Curacao and the Dutch Antilles follow the same pattern (can't be sure about Surinam these days). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Federer91 2,212 Posted December 15, 2019 #37 Share Posted December 15, 2019 4 hours ago, heywoodu said: Bulgaria badly needs their own Van Barneveld If there was a bulgarian in the Worlds, he'd have to be throwing on the back of Grigor Dimitrov to be mentioned in the media. Olympian1010 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,580 Posted December 15, 2019 #38 Share Posted December 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Monzanator said: Well, USA has the law of the land so anyone born in Guam is an US citizen I suppose Aruba, Curacao and the Dutch Antilles follow the same pattern (can't be sure about Surinam these days). Not always true though. Our laws concerning territories can be rather xenophobic. For instance, people born on American Samoa do not automatically receive American citizenship. We don’t even allow them to have representation in the US Government. “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,639 Posted December 15, 2019 #39 Share Posted December 15, 2019 55 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said: Not always true though. Our laws concerning territories can be rather xenophobic. For instance, people born on American Samoa do not automatically receive American citizenship. We don’t even allow them to have representation in the US Government. Because USA annexed those islands and of course you're not gonna allow them to join the independent Samoa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicIRL 4,859 Posted December 15, 2019 #40 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Michael Smith in trouble against Woodhouse. Could be a shock exit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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