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US and European Tour

Both tour events were played in high class resorts last weekend. The OHL US PGA took place at the high end Mayakoba resort in Mexico on a Greg Norman-designed course and the Nedbank in Sun City on the Gary Player course. Pat Perez won in Mexico, Alex Noren his fourth European title this year in [...]

November 15, 2016 // 0 Comments

A chance meeting

Going about my business yesterday, I heard on good authority a great anecdote. Last week a former player at a leading elite sports club attended an official annual dinner for his peers. He told of how one day long ago he had jumped onto a London bus that was practically empty and after a while fell [...]

November 11, 2016 // 0 Comments

Telegraph list of 100 greatest British sportsmen and women

The Telegraph have launched a initiative to establish who are the 100 greatest sportspeople Britain has produced. Judging by the judges and the female emphasis there I suspect it will tell us more about the social mores of our time than be a definitive list. Paul Hayward, an excellent sportswriter, [...]

November 8, 2016 // 0 Comments

Bristol City O Brighton 2

Once again the Seagulls emulated Fulham with a 2-0 away win against an aspiring side. The match will be remembered for the goal of Steve Sidwell. The ex Fulham man was only a yard or so in the centre circle when he noted the City keeper Richard O’Donnell was off the line and duly lobbed him [...]

November 6, 2016 // 0 Comments

Getting out for some fresh air

Saturday 5th November: Anglo-Welsh Cup Round 1: Harlequins v Exeter Chiefs at the Stoop, kick-off 5.30pm: result – Harlequins 29 – Exeter Chiefs 15. By way of introduction for the benefit of those who may have little or no interest in rugby union or – hard as this may be for the rest of us to [...]

November 6, 2016 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report/Don Giovanni and a Derby win

Our editor is always keen that contributors from sport comment on artistic performance and vice versa. There used to be a music critic called Hans Keller much parodied by Private Eye who was a massive Spurs fan and these days David Mellor will go to Stamford Bridge as often as the Royal Festival [...]

November 5, 2016 // 0 Comments

Brighton and Fulham score 5

Over the past two seasons I have not always savoured the thought of our habitual post-match chat with Alan Tanner essentially for two reasons. I don’t like football supporters who gloat and Seagulls have fared better than the Cottagers and secondly, and linked to this, the reason for this [...]

October 30, 2016 // 0 Comments

Curate’s eggs rarely satisfy

Saturday 29th October 2016: Aviva Premiership Round 7: Harlequins v Worcester Warriors at the Stoop. Result: Harlequins 36 (5 league points including 1 bonus for scoring 4 tries) Worcester Warriors 14 (0 league points). When you think about it I should imagine that there are probably as many [...]

October 30, 2016 // 0 Comments

The Final Day

Needless to say it was still raining. This had affected the trip as at no stage could we comfortably stroll around the city, enjoy the Retiro Park or outdoor cafe and restaurant life. Nonetheless we could enjoy the indoor activities of the art museums and in Alan and Ivan’s case football at [...]

October 25, 2016 // 0 Comments

The art of coming up smelling of roses

Back in the day when I was a kid at boarding prep school our access to television was restricted to the whim of a bachelor assistant headmaster, who’d previously been in the navy, who used to operate an ‘open house’ on Saturday afternoons in his disorganised study which gave off a ‘twenty [...]

October 25, 2016 // 0 Comments

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