SOMETHING BIGGER

SOMETHING BIGGER

For many a parent, it is a moment of huge delight and pride to witness his child running his first races at Athletics at Primary school in the earliest grades. Then the pride and joy increase as he later represents the school Colts team for the first time in a school...
PARENTS AND REFEREES

PARENTS AND REFEREES

People often say that parenting is the hardest job in the world. It is interesting in that regard because, unlike every other job for which we might apply or be engaged in, to become a parent there is no application process, no interview (“So, tell us, why do you want...
A MORAL VICTORY

A MORAL VICTORY

At the end of a recent sporting fixture between two rival schools, parents of one of the schools, who had clearly been drinking for much of the day and subsequently making a lot of embarrassing comments very loudly throughout the match, came forward from where they...
FACTS, RESULTS AND STATISTICS

FACTS, RESULTS AND STATISTICS

“Now, what I want is Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else and root out everything else. You can only form the mind of reasoning animals upon Facts: nothing else will ever be of any service to them.”...
IS SPORT THE ANSWER?

IS SPORT THE ANSWER?

A favourite piece of graffiti of a previous generation said, “Jesus saves” after which a wise crack had added “And Messi nets the rebound”. But then another similar piece of graffiti stated that “Jesus is the answer” to which someone else had added, “It depends what...