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The joys of maturity

It so happens yesterday that I was engaged upon a schedule that saw me setting off from the south coast to London at sparrow’s first fart in the morning, spending much of the day in town and then returning to the coast in the early evening. As part of my general scheme, I first [...]

August 23, 2017 // 0 Comments

My topic was a false start

In following the Rust’s stance of principle against the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport, I have made use of a nose-peg and a healthy pinch of salt each time before tuning in to the World Athletics Championships now drawing to a close at the London Stadium. There are so many things [...]

August 13, 2017 // 0 Comments

On London – and Bolt reaching the finishing line

Since last Friday evening from time to time I have dipped in to the BBC television coverage of the 2017 Athletics World Championships being staged at the former London 2012 Olympic Stadium, now renamed the London Stadium and primarily used as the home venue of the Premiership soccer team West Ham [...]

August 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

Summing up

Despite poor weather we all enjoyed the du Maurier piligrimage. Our perception that Cornwall was doing well was confirmed by a friend of mine, a local travel guide. He said that on wet Wednesday 12,000 people visited the Eden Project. His view was that a weak pound made travel to mainland Europe [...]

August 5, 2017 // 0 Comments

Sporting reflections upon a July weekend

Like I suspect all who regard themselves as avid sports-followers, whilst I have my favourites and my ‘avoids’ – most of them originally chosen from the array I played (or didn’t) in my schoolboy youth – if push should come to shove of a free afternoon in which to indulge myself, [...]

July 10, 2017 // 0 Comments

Ooops …

You know how – no matter how impeccable our DNA, upbringings or social manners – sometimes we find ourselves saying something appallingly inappropriate, insensitive or crass … and then afterwards either genuinely ‘find ourselves in hot water’, or get mocked and teased about it by others, [...]

July 1, 2017 // 0 Comments

There’s always next time!

From time to time upon these pages I have extemporised upon the subject of parenthood in the context of the illogical ability of human beings to cling to the absurdity that they are eternally youthful – e.g. my father commenting that his ability to flirt was undermined anytime he was forced to [...]

June 19, 2017 // 0 Comments

Rugby may be going the way of all sports

One of the uncomfortable home truths coming home to roost in world sport in the last five years is the extent to which the powers-that-be [and in that description I include both sports administrators generally and those club owners (in team games) and personal managers (in individual sports) who [...]

September 11, 2016 // 0 Comments

Certainty is all, whatever it is

Today I wish to begin with a disclaimer and/or warning/explanation. As a contributor to this august organ, I do not regard myself as being under any obligation to be balanced, ‘modern’ in outlook, PC-correct or indeed pay lip service (or more) to any notion of fairness, equality or positive [...]

August 24, 2016 // 0 Comments

Gender issues in sport

With Rio 2016 fast approaching, here’s a link to a thought-provoking and well-balanced article by Donald McRae on Caster Semenya, the South African athlete who is expected to do great things on the Olympics athletics track, that appears today on the website of – THE GUARDIAN It covers [...]

July 30, 2016 // 0 Comments

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