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The Golfing Weekend

There was much joy in the Pargiter household when thanks to Jeremy Chapman in the Racing and Football Outlook I had both winners in the weekend tournies: Dustin Johnson in the BMW at Crooked Stick and Joost Luiten in the KLM Dutch Open. DJ is an impassive player who robotically hits greens in [...]

September 12, 2016 // 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

Quinswatch (Match 2): even the radio is misfiring

Aviva Premiership 9th September 2016: Sale Sharks v Harlequins at the AJ Bell Stadium, kick-off 8.15pm. Result: Sale Sharks 19 (4 league points) Harlequins 10 (0 league points). In my lifetime I have twice driven up Manchester way in order to attend Harlequins away matches against Sale Sharks – a [...]

September 10, 2016 // 0 Comments

Well at least I enjoyed my day

Saturday 3rd September 2016: London Double Header at Twickenham Stadium. Harlequins 21 Bristol Rugby 19. Harlequins 4 Premiership points: Bristol Rugby 1 (losing bonus point). As regular readers will be aware, for the past eight years I have refused – both as a matter of principle and out of [...]

September 4, 2016 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file

Not too many Viola fans are filled with optimism for his season. We have bought in the Columbian Claudio Sanchez as an enforcer and Maxi Oliveira an Uruguayan left back from Penarol. The biggest transfer however has been in the opposite direction: Alonso for 25m euros to Chelsea. This is an [...]

September 3, 2016 // 0 Comments

Lunch at Sussex

Yesterday I returned for the second day of Sussex v Kent and lunch at which Martin Corry spoke for the Wooden Spoon charity. Any notion of a dodgy wicket was dispelled by Kent amassing 496 in which virtually all the lower order contributed. Sussex closed at 42-2 trailing Kent by 274 runs. The game [...]

September 2, 2016 // 0 Comments

Chess: macro and micro

The news that the organiser of the schools chess competition, Mike Basman, is the subject of a bankruptcy demand from HMRC is of serious  concern. HMRC are pursuing him for the VAT on the subs that schools play to allow their pupils to compete. Technically though absurdly the HMRC are correct as [...]

August 30, 2016 // 0 Comments

That crystal ball thing

It’s now only four days and counting down until rugby union’s 2016/2017 Aviva Premiership season begins and so those of us who are occasionally moved to comment or report upon it have begun sharpening our pencils and making our preparatory notes. Although rugby is still basking in the warm glow [...]

August 30, 2016 // 0 Comments

Golf: tourneys and final Ryder Cup selection

Tom Pieters won his 3rd European event Made In Denmark to enhance his chances of wild card selection to the European team which Darren Clarke will announce tomorrow. The automatics are Rory McIlroy, Henrik Stensen, Justin Rose, Sergio Garcia, Rafa Cabrera Bello, Andy Sullivan, Matt Fitzpatrick, [...]

August 29, 2016 // 0 Comments

Still possessing the urge and the protective cup

It wasn’t long after I joined the Rust that I received my first ticking off from the editor during an editorial meeting. He had just delivered a stirring oration upon the principles upon which the website had supposedly been founded, i.e. giving those past the first flush of youth the opportunity [...]

August 26, 2016 // 0 Comments

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