by admin | Jul 4, 2024 | Sports Articles
Someone once said that at “40C degrees, Californians shiver uncontrollably but people in Scotland sunbathe. At 20C degrees, people in Florida wear coats and wool hats while people in Scotland wear shorts and a T-shirt. At 0 degrees, New York landlords turn...
by admin | Jul 4, 2024 | Sports Articles
At the inaugural celebration of the Laureus World Sports Awards in 1999, Nelson Mandela stated that, “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth...
by admin | Jul 4, 2024 | Sports Articles
“There’s a breathless hush in the Close to-night, Ten to make and the match to win, A bumping pitch and a blinding light, An hour to play, and the last man in.” The stage is set as the final overs of this exciting cricket match unfold but this is not...
by admin | Jul 4, 2024 | Sports Articles
At an Inter-Schools athletics event, the Heads of some of the schools were sitting in the shelter of a marquee and were joined, uninvited, by a group of enthusiastic parents from one of the competing schools as well as one of their coaches. Two incidents,...
by admin | Jul 4, 2024 | Sports Articles
There is an old adage that says that “If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well.” There is much wisdom in that, not least with regard to teaching our children crucial lessons when it comes to sport at school. If we are going to do sport at all, we...
