Category: LIFESTYLE
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Selections for Roscommon – Sept. 4th 2023
3.27: STROMBERG (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.02: ROCK DANDY (JAMIE POWELL (5)/PAT MURPHY) 4.37: MANHATTAN DANDY – EW – (SEAN BOWEN (7)/TOMMY COYLE) 5.12: HAZALAYA (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 5.45: FLEETFLOOT (RORY CLEARY/JIM BOLGER) 6.15: LUKE SHORT (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 6.45: EASTMORE (SCOTT MCCULLAGH (3)/KEVIN PRENDERGAST) 7.15: MACINAMILLION (GARY CARROLL/GAVIN CROMWELL)
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A shining example of what could be on an otherwise dark day
When sport is as intrinsic a part of life as it is in my case, there will always be moments which stand out. In this case, reference is being made to happenings outside of the action itself. Now read on… For example, Liam Harnan turning hay on the morning of the fourth game between Meath…
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Rare occasions when being in a wheelchair works to your advantage!
No, you did not misread the headline. Whatever about being advantageous from a parking point of view or skipping queues or such like, over the most weekend there was an advantage that had to be seen to be believed! Well, that would’ve been the case were it not an instance of being forewarned and forearmed.…
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If phrases are like sports jerseys this one should be retired
During my school years, I was truly blessed to be surrounded by the kindest, most understanding and helpful bunch of lads somebody in my position could hope for. Of course, as with any class of 30-plus, there were one or two who, shall we say, weren’t as mindful of one’s circumstances as were the majority.…
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Bowled over by a whole new ball game
Some years ago, my good friend and multi-discipline wheelchair sportsman James McCarthy represented Ireland for the second time at the Paralympic Games. London 2012 being the most recent where he threw the Shot Putt. He has also pulled on the green jersey in Wheelchair Rugby as well as being to the forefront of the Wheelchair…
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Just when I needed it most
They say everything in life happens for a reason. In the case of me beginning to attend RehabCare Dunboyne, it was certainly applicable. Starting on October 1st last, I wouldn’t have known that, within days, a bereavement would occur which although not family, per se, may as well have been. It is not being fanciful…