Right up to the eve of the opening ceremony Rio 2016 was shaping up to be the disaster that we thought London would be 4 years ago but, like in 2012, it all seems to be working out fine. In truth, it probably isn’t going as smoothly as London, and even the weather isn’t as […]
Entries Tagged as 'Sport'
A few Olympic thoughts
August 9th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Life
I’ve enjoyed watching the Olympics today. Here are a few random thoughts that occured during the coverage:
Sport wins
August 6th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Life
What a good weekend. Obviously there were lashings of sport on TV, but there was also a trip out to Essex on Saturday for a 103rd birthday party. It was quite a big event, even if it was just in a back garden – an excess of food and drink, a bluegrass band playing on […]
Olympics serendipity #1
July 29th, 2012 · Comments Off on Olympics serendipity #1 · Life
This week I have been reading Soccernomics by Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski. It is a reprint of Why England Lose, with some revisions and updating and a title change to make it sound a bit more like the very successful Freakonomics book. It is a good read, covering all sorts of aspects of football […]
Sussex Thunder vs Essex Spartans
May 21st, 2012 · Comments Off on Sussex Thunder vs Essex Spartans · Life
On Sunday we (me, Jayne, Chrystal and Charlie) went up to Essex to see an American football game. We are not mad sports fans, it is just that Frankie has started playing for Sussex Thunder, they were playing an away game in Billericay, and my family live up there so there were several birds to […]
Tags: American football·Essex·Sport
Ashes
August 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Life
I’m not really into the cricket, but even I have heard about this Ashes thing. Presumably there will be the now-traditional open-topped bus in Trafalgar Square in the next day or two. Could be interesting for whoever is on the 4th plinth at the time. Depending on their outlook they will either feel totally upstaged, […]
Tennis
June 26th, 2009 · Comments Off on Tennis · Life
I think I would be more likely to watch tennis if the commentators were more like Richard Herring’s twitter feed. His comments on yesterday’s Murray game: This guy is all over Murray. No wait! What a comeback 30 each! First to 100 right? Now they’ve both got 40. Can’t be long now 1 nil. Murray […]
The Year Of The Cat
December 31st, 2008 · 6 Comments · Life, Music
It is New Year’s Eve so I am casting my mind back over the past twelve months. If you have a blog it is compulsory. I think its a tradition or an old charter or something. So looking back, the international year of the frog, or 2008 as it is better known, has been an […]
Lip Up Fatty
October 20th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Politics
According to the Crawley News, the West Sussex PCT is spending £200 million a year extra because of obesity in the county. One particular issue the PCT has identified is childhood obesity, and they have launched a joint initiative with Mid-Sussex council to adress it. One thing that can help in the fight against obesity […]
We Agree
September 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on We Agree · Life
I don’t know who Mike Collis of Worcestershire is, except that heand I agree on something. A while ago I stated an opinion that the Paralympics should be scrapped and the events integrated into the Olympics. Today the Guardian had a letter from Mr. Collis which said:
