SLEDGING DOWN A SLIPPERY SLOPE 

SLEDGING DOWN A SLIPPERY SLOPE 

We have always argued that sport is meant to be fun. If we are not enjoying the experience, then  something is amiss. To an extent, we can see that in the banter displayed between players. From the  old clichés of “You can’t beat a carpet” and “You can’t...
WITHOUT YOU!  

WITHOUT YOU!  

We have all seen it – the super-enthusiastic young boys on the pitch playing their hearts out in front  of their adoring parents. There are no tactics; there is no teamwork! Every boy wants the ball and  chases after it, swarming all over the pitch following...
SELECTION NOT ELECTION

SELECTION NOT ELECTION

Not being selected for the team that we have longed to play for (or indeed which we have longed for  our child to play for) may be felt as a massive disappointment to many. All our hopes and dreams,  our ambitions even, have been set on being selected for...
THE GREAT IMPOSTERS  

THE GREAT IMPOSTERS  

“Jarvo 69” this week hit the headlines when he strode out onto the famous Lord’s cricket ground  after lunch on the third day of the cricket test between England and India dressed as one of the  players and started to direct the Indian fielders to different...
YES WE CAN

YES WE CAN

Barack Obama rose to the position of President of the United States of America on the back of a  famous speech in New Hampshire in 2008, a speech that the American rapper will.i.am, the Black  Eyed Peas frontman, put to music with over thirty celebrity guest...