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This Sporting Life – Chapter 3

13th April 2023 Going Postal 2196 Comments

It’s Saturday 5th April 1997. The horses are parading in the Aintree paddock for the third race, due off at 2.55pm. The field is headed by Make a Stand, who recently won the Champion Hurdle [more…]

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This Sporting Life – Chapter 2

14th March 2023 Going Postal 2972 Comments

Introduction Up until 2005, the Cheltenham Festival was traditionally held over three days.  The third day’s card was unquestionably the highlight of the meeting. Starting with the Triumph Hurdle, followed by the Stayers Hurdle and [more…]

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This Sporting Life – Chapter 2

11th March 2023 Going Postal 3111 Comments

Introduction Currently there are sixty racecourses spread across the United Kingdom and thus far I’ve visited around a third of them. Of the total, more than half cater for the faster type of horses bred [more…]

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This Sporting Life – Chapter 1 – Introduction

22nd February 2023 Going Postal 2561 Comments

This is the first of a short series of articles I plan to write for Going Postal that will coincide with the major horse racing festivals during 2023, starting with Cheltenham in mid-March and culminating [more…]

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ParkRun

18th February 2023 Going Postal 2551 Comments

Introduction This is an article about the ParkRun movement that is dragging thousands of people out of bed every Saturday to do a 5km (3.1 mile) run/walk around a park. It is enjoyed by all [more…]

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Memories of the first World Cup held in Asia: Final rounds

15th December 2022 Joe Slater 2774 Comments

The Japan-Korea World Cup in 2002 was the first time the competition had been co-hosted. It was the first time it had been held in Asia, and the first time a country that had never [more…]

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Memories of the first World Cup held in Asia: Early rounds

8th December 2022 Joe Slater 2883 Comments

The Japan-Korea World Cup in 2002 was the first time the competition had been co-hosted. It was the first time it had been held in Asia, and the first time a country that had never [more…]

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England Wales Wendyball Preview

29th November 2022 Always Worth Saying 2612 Comments

The Football Association was formed on 26th October 1863, the Football Association of Wales on 2nd February 1876. One wonders what they got up to in the intervening years as it wasn’t until January 1879 [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s World Cup Report

22nd November 2022 Always Worth Saying 3052 Comments

What do we know about England and Iran? One is a despotic dictatorship where an out-of-touch elite despises the ordinary people. Citizens can be cancelled for what they’re suspected of thinking and jailed for what [more…]

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