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Tag Archives: sport
Does Anyone Else Have A David Coleman?
D Coleman was a sports commentator and anchor during the early years of my sporting life. I don’t think he was that great nor did his voice soothe or excite. However he will remain forever lodged in our national sporting … Continue reading
This Sporting Life
As readers will know, I’m something of a sporting aficionado, and it takes little to engross me in a sporting contest. I can pretty much identify the moment when I moved from indifference to all and every sport to a … Continue reading
Posted in memories, miscellany, sport
Tagged athletics, cricket, football, memories, sport
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Hope, A Cruel Delusion
In 2019 England’s rugby team played an absolute blinder in the semi final of the rugby World Cup to beat the no. 1 side, New Zealand. I watched in front of a big screen at Twickenham barely daring to breathe, … Continue reading
Mary Mary not at all contrary #cycling #hernehillvelodrome
I saw this today, a quote from John Waters the wacky film director “The only insult I’ve ever received in my adult life was when someone asked me, “Do you have a hobby?” A HOBBY?! DO I LOOK LIKE A … Continue reading
Posted in #writephoto, miscellany, Olympics, sport
Tagged cycling, Herne Hill Velodrome, Incentive, inspiration, long jump, Mary rand, Olmpices, sport, Tokyo
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Higher, Faster, Stronger #TeamGB #Olympics
To celebrate the day we surpassed the Chinese in the Olympics medal table (accepting it can’t last but still…) and to acknowledge the joy I experienced working for the Olympics in 2012 in London (the pictures are from then), here … Continue reading