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Pargie’s sporting weekend

When I first started following golf it was America that dominated with Arnie Palmer and Jack Nicklaus followed by another generation of major winners, Lee Trevino, Johnny Miller, Tom Weiskopf. The Southern Hemisphere provided Roberto de Vincenzo, Peter Thomson, Kel Nagle and Bob Charles but only [...]

February 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

On longevity of sportsmen

There has been an interesting discussion on the Rust these past weeks on how you can measure the greatness of a sportsman by the length of time he/she achieves in their sport. However the converse to this is the sportsman whose best days are behind him but does not realise this. The best example of [...]

February 4, 2017 // 0 Comments

Back in the old routine

Saturday 3rd February 2017: Anglo-Welsh Cup, final round of the group stage: Harlequins v Sale Sharks @ The Stoop, kick-off 7.45pm: Result – Harlequins 10 Sale Sharks 13: Outcome – Sale Sharks qualify for the semi-final stage (Harlequins already qualified for same but author as yet unclear [...]

February 4, 2017 // 0 Comments

Huddersfield 3 Brighton 1

There is a memorable episode of The Likely Lads when Bob does his best to avoid knowing the result of a match he has recorded. I felt much the same yesterday as I had arranged a dinner with a young executive Melissa whom I mentor at Sussex CCC. I passed a taxi rank near to my home and one of the [...]

February 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report- gilded youth

When Mohammed al Fayed appointed Alistair Mackintosh as CEO one of the latter’s main briefs was to develop the Academy. The priority reflects the nous and vision of our Chairman. At the time Academies were moving out of fashion. The modern manager tends to stay for 2 years so he is not that [...]

February 1, 2017 // 0 Comments

A weekend boxing feast

For those of us like to stay up – or more likely at our vintage, go to bed at our normal time and then hope to wake up in the early hours and then rise again – to watch some of the USA’s biggest boxing fight bills on television, Saturday night’s return bout between Belfast’s hero Carl [...]

January 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

Pargie’s sporting Sunday

It began at 7-30 with a serendipitous moment. I switched onto Sky Sports for the coverage of the Federer/Nadal final. In long haul television I prefer to avoid the build up, too much flannel, and I can only take the Ray Winstone betting advert so many times. However the station was profiling Tom [...]

January 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

In praise of Southampton

At The Rust wwe have many contributors on football who write on their own team who support the notion that often the most insightful view comes from a supporter. I write less often on my beloved Brentford. Many national reporters have an allegiance to a club and indeed the clubs exploit this to [...]

January 29, 2017 // 0 Comments

Sussex role in T20 win

Like many a contributor on the Rust, I am a traditionalist and when it comes to cricket I much prefer the red ball game. However it is not every day – indeed not any day- that two Sussex bowlers have opened for their country so I watched Tyman Mills and Chris Jordan yesterday do so. There is [...]

January 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

Tennis at Melbourne

Both as a player and now a spectator and commentator Melbourne is my favourite tournament. Some may be surprised it’s not Wimbledon but there’re is too much flummery, too many camera takes of which A-lister celeb is sitting in the Royal Box, the strawberries and cream and other food is [...]

January 25, 2017 // 0 Comments

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