by admin | Jul 4, 2024 | Sports Articles
It is interesting that in the word ‘perseverance’ are the words ‘severe’ and ‘race’. As perseverance is a long word, a long-distance word, this serves as a good reminder that we need perseverance when we take part in a long, severe race. What...
by admin | Jul 4, 2024 | Sports Articles
Increasingly we read in newspapers of international sportsmen and women announcing their ‘retirement’ from international sport, usually with the explanation that it is done (“very regrettably” they add) in order for them to be able to continue with their...
by admin | Jul 4, 2024 | Sports Articles
True story! Two boys were great friends at the same Primary School; both showed great potential in sport, one in rugby and the other in hockey. The key question for their parents, when it came to choosing a Secondary school for their child, was the matter...
by admin | Jul 4, 2024 | Sports Articles
The sporting world was very different forty years ago; in those days, many international sportsmen and women in different sports were part-timers and were unpaid – in fact, they had to pay for much of the privilege of playing for their country. Indeed,...
by admin | Jul 4, 2024 | Sports Articles
It is an interesting exercise to see how point-scoring in rugby has changed over the years. In the very early years, a team did not score any points for recording a try but it only served to give them a chance to score points by way of the conversion. Not...
