Tag: Netherlands
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Seeing is believing until you can’t believe it!
Being a writer who primarily works in sport, sometimes you are in the fortunate position of being able to witness happenings at close quarters which can be difficult to put into words. For yours truly, Kevin Foley’s goal for Meath against Dublin, Padraig Beggy coming from the clouds to win the Epsom Derby aboard Wings…
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Drifting like a candy wrapper caught in an updraft
In the episode of The Simpsons where Homer ends up crash landing into bed with Alec Baldwin and Kim Bassinger, the world’s favourite safety inspector was after being in a parachute pulled behind a jetski. When the contraption reached its peak height, Homer reckoned he was “Like a candy wrapper caught in an updraft”. Similar…
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Winners thread the line delicately and sometimes cross it
On a least one occasion during her illustrious riding career, Nina Walsh (Carberry) stayed that close to the rails while going around a racetrack she ended up sustaining fairly bad foot/leg injuries. For another story of a close encounter of the white line kind, examine the beginning of the move which culminated in the greatest…