And raise a glass for William Shakespeare too, despite the misery he has inflicted on school-children for centuries. For today is our National Day. The Harry I refer to is of course Mr Rednapp, the architect of Spurs’ excellent season and now the undertaker for QPR. Because that’s what being English is all about. Highs and lows. Effortless superiority, born of experience unequalled among other tribes of man. They come and go, but like old Father Thames, the English go on for ever. Cheers!
It’s an annual phenomenon: the scrubberfest at Aintree, exhibiting some of the social and sartorial fashions of modern Merseyside; ironically known as Ladies’ Day. And who should gainsay them, one asks? A brave man indeed. It’s only to be feared that the PC brigade will insist on a Gentlemen’s Day – when no doubt the even less becoming Merseyside Male would take centre stage.
No I’m not teed off, just a bit putt off maybe. The competition links are need of a some attention, maybe ‘ead’ittin’, although that’s the wrong game.
The latest photo comp and pome comp are both due for adjudication after 31st March, if any cherished creators can drive themselves to compete.
Can anything be dune about it, please? Thank you and see you at the nineteenth.
Yesterday’s ODI was devoted to breast cancer awareness and boy did they do a good job.
Lonwabo Tsotsobe is congratulated by teammates after the dismissal of Pakistan’s Nasir Jamshed
Yes, it’s a special Easter this year, with a new man at the Italian Head Office n’ all. Such stuff that poets’ dreams are made on indeed!
But let’s not confine our flights of fancy to an Argentinian supernaturalist or those nibbled chocolate animals – however much we feel for them.
Who would have thought it?
After a glorious victory against the Aussie Force two weeks ago (and a bye last week) our Super Kings hosted the first of the heavyweights last night. The Sharks were last year’s losing finalists, they are a side packed with current Springboks (we have not one) and we kept them tryless!
Our magnificent Nelson Mandela Bay stadium was a sell out, that’s 42,000 people packed in to savour a super rugby derby. Sure it’s been full once or twice before but that was during the FIFA world cup, no passion, no partisanship just an extravaganza (albeit a jolly good one) and of course our two rugby tests against England and the All Blacks, this was different, completely different!
If our first victory in the competition hasn’t made the opposition sit up and reconsider our ‘whipping boy’ tag then last night must have, our Kings were simply magnificent.
One report tells us “only 1 tackle missed out of 107” They defended like lions (not the Transvaal kind but the four legged ones with manes!) and on attack? Opportunities though few and far between were taken, so much so that with only 2 minutes to go we were in a bonus point winning position but fate dealt a cruel blow, we were robbed of that bonus point in the last minute of the game.
I’ve often said that there isn’t a bad seat in the house at our new stadium, there are of course good seats, great seats and then there’s these –
Never heard of the lady?
Well, she and her England team-mates have just thrashed SA. She took 5 -17 and they knocked off the runs in 9 overs!
Sorry, Soutie, but triumphalism is so-o-o satisfying!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/21394012
(I wonder if anyone will suggest that girls are only playing at it?)
Just caught the end of the darts Premier League on the Evil Empire. Phil Taylor was playing somebody called Michael van Gerwen. Darts is one of those sports that I don’t watch yet I forced myself to watch the conclusion of this. It ended 6-6 for those that are interested.
What did catch my eye was at the end of the game it looked as if MVG (that’s what the commentators call him) was going to throw his darts into the crowd. Was this customary at darts? You know, just like the golfers that throw the golf ball to the spectators at the end of the Open. I waited for the carnage. Thankfully, for the punters, he was just kind of a punching the air with his darts.
If you ask me I’d say chucking missiles at the audience would make the sport a lot more exciting.
Boadicea's Chariot 
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