Tag: John McDonald
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A Lim and a prayer proves there’s always hope!
Is there one sport in the world at which absolutely anybody, able-bodied or otherwise, can have a go? If pressed to nominate an answer, yours truly would probably plump for darts. The cruel irony being that, from a personal perspective, the singed wires in the engine department up top mean that one’s attempts at pegging…
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Mike is a poor champion – don’t be like Mike
Do you remember some years ago there was a style of advert being used, to pitch a variety of different product or service or cause, which was basically pencil drawn stick figures with short, sharp messaging. Now read on… An example would be something like ‘Bill disinfected the shopping trolley when leaving it back for…
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Mike sweeps De Decks to hit the bigtime
The abolition – officially it may be ‘suspension’ but the masses know what’s at play here – of the pre season competitions in GAA slithered through with barely an eyebrow being raised. Yet I would suggest the vast majority of counties would have had no objection to their retention. As much as I can’t stand…
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The Machine rides again on Green diesel
Eventually, the cream comes to the top. James Wade has always been possessed of commensurate class to his contemporaries but, due to a combination of bad luck and exceptionally talented opponents, he hasn’t always attained the reward his obvious abilities have merited. It truly is amazing what one win can do for sporting competitors. The…