AboutLife - Sport

to Bowl or not to Bowl!!

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:12:55 -0800

now last night i went bowling with 6 mates of mine!! i used to remeber how fun it was as a kid going for someones 8 birthday or going out with friends on a saturday afternoon!!! i used to think i was good

Jesus christ, the same yesterday, today and forever, Or Why Wales wont win the world cup

Sat, 01 Sep 2007 08:55:34 -0700

In just under a week the rugby world cup starts. As a passionate armchair sports fan I love any kind of international sports tournament, but the rugby world cup is one of my favourites. In fact the first time I ever went to see a big sporting occasion was back in 1991 at the rugby world cup, when it was staged in Britain. I went with my dad to watch Wales vs. Argentina – it was fantastic for an 11 year old boy. Big occasion. The old Cardiff Arms Park filled with passionate welsh fans, eager for their team to do well. Of course the singing at any Wales game is special, and this was my first experience of it in the flesh. It was an evening game, played under floodlights, and of course any sporting occasion is somehow magnified when played under lights. It was in may ways the perfect introduction to welsh rugby. To be honest though I cant really remember that much about the game, except that it wasn’t a classic. And Wales scraped a narrow victory over a team that on paper at least was ranked well below them. Of course in general at the start of the 90’s the welsh rugby team was going through a bit of a low patch, and that resulted in us failing to make the knockout round, losing humiliatingly in the group stages to western Samoa, leading to English people all over the country pointing out to any welsh friends or relatives that if that was the result against western Samoa, imagine what the whole of Samoa could do. (And people wonder why the welsh have such a strong antipathy to the English?!)

London 2012 and that brand....

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:42:18 -0700

So it's all kicked off about the London 2012 brand and the new logo. it seems everyone hates it, or is made ill by it. No one wants it.

The BBC website has a load of alternatives. All much more acceptable.

I must admit I at first did not like the logo, but then I went to their website, saw a version with Seb Coe in front of it, read a bit, watched some video and saw what they were up to...

New Season, Old Woes

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 05:24:44 -0700

The wind, the rain and the smell of petrol and burnt rubber. It can only mean one thing.

The motor racing season is back.

And it is back with a vengence only instead of glory the car is playing up again.

So far a trip to Silverstone has resulted in a light smash, caused by my Dad spinning on his own petrol and the cracking of the stub axle on the front right hand side of the car.

A THOUGHT I HAD AT THE 7 MILE MARK....

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 06:02:19 -0700

On Sunday I ran the Reading Half Marathon. Well I say ran, but there were loads of people runnning ahead of me...

Anyway we started outside the town and ran into town before running back out to the start. The crowds were amazing, people came out to cheer us on, especially the finish with about 3,000 people in the football stadium urging us over the line.

In the middle of town came Friar Street, it seemed, to me, that the crowd was two/three people deep. It was great to be cheered along at that stage as we reached half way.

It was as I left Friar Street that I noticed the large church and an idea came to me...

agony... and ecstasy

Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:43:53 -0800

Sorry, could not resist it!

Quit Complaining!

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:42:30 -0800

Can anyone help this guy?

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:32:01 -0800

This is Jonny. Four years ago he was on top of the world. He was the business. But life was so simple then.

He was just the young gun, no cares on his, rather big, shoulders. He had some great mates to look after him, to help him.

And he had Clive.

That was then...

Is Jonny Wilkinson special?

Sat, 17 Feb 2007 13:11:28 -0800

The man inspires, is humble and won't take off his top for a photoshoot. What value system does he live by....

London Marathon 2007

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 10:08:03 -0800

It is time for the training to begin again. Given the excess of christmas I think there is a long way to go. Looking out at the wind and rain of swansea, I am wondering why I am putting myself through it again... The big question for those of you who know me is whether I can stop being stubborn, avoid overtraining and prevent myself from getting injured. I am thinking unlikely...

WE WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:27:15 -0800

Seeing that second ball after lunch was just priceless...I do feel slightly bad for England but not when I remember the jibes and "loser" comments that so freely flowed when we lost last year...I do so wish I was back there in London with you all - would just wear my VB shirt and grin at everyone! Enjoy it Australia!

Is There More To Life Than This?

Fri, 18 Aug 2006 08:56:39 -0700

High Score -250

And only because the thing insists on shutting down when you get to 250 - I was in the zone!

Next Challenge?

Bopit, whilst using a hula hoop - I bet that's

Say It Ain't So Floyd

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 09:39:58 -0700

The famous comment from a small boy to a member of the Chicago White Sox team in 1919 after the Sox were accused of throwing the World Series in return for cash.

Sport, it has the capacity to take us to the heights, but sadly it can also bring us crashing down to depths of despair.

Anyone who followed Floyd Landis during the 2006 Tour de France will certainly tell you so.

Sports Alpha

Wed, 17 May 2006 03:33:20 -0700

We at Alpha North had a very interesting meeting at the start of May. We joined up with Ambassadors in Sport, and an adviser who works and runs Alpha in a gym to talk about how Alpha could be used as a tool to reach out to Sports people.
The question we were trying to answer is, what would make a course a 'Sports Alpha Course'? Running it with sports people is the first obvious answer. But how does someone on a sports team develop it into something which sports people really feel they relate to?

Jing Shun Road (Death Ally)

Wed, 05 Apr 2006 22:05:20 -0700

Having taken on many challenges in my eight years in China which include visiting the Muslim city of Urumqi in north west China at the height of the US invasion of Afghanistan and the rebellious city of Ruili in the south west during the Iraq war, cycling 25 k to work seemed a doddle.

Following the winter I decided I needed to reduce some of the 18 stones from my body frame by cycling to work on Jing Shan Road(death ally).