Tag: PDC World Championship
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A breakthrough day for newcomers
No matter what sport you are either involved in or have even a passing interest in, if you were/are lucky enough to experience success, the journey to same has to start somewhere. From a perspective of matters close to home, it could either be said that the Centenary Cup in 1984 or Leinster SFC Final…
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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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The game and the fans are real winners as epic battle enters home straight
When I was 16 years of age, completing the Junior Cert was Mount Everest. And a power cut during the first day of the State Exams which necessitated me to stay in school until 6.30pm catching up added another uninvited layer of trepidation. Other than that, becoming more efficient at driving a powered wheelchair, ditto…
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A string to Willie’s bow as Brown drops down
A former inter county dual GAA player once said to me “There’s only one place to really judge a player’s character – Croke Park. I knew what he meant. For a golfer see Augusta National, anyone in National Hunt horse racing is judged by what they do – or don’t – at the Cheltenham Festival…
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Big Boris back in the game and the Jackpot’s back on the table
One of the worst drawbacks to dealing with any sort of mental health issue is the instinct to want to self isolate. To go into onion mode. Get as many layers between you and the outside world as possible. Couple that with the most severe cold snaps we’ve had in these parts for a long…
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Last dance up for grabs – you can’t turn back the clock
In one of his autobiographies, Tony McCoy told a story about the Aintree National won by Red Marauder. The ground at the Liverpool venue was bottomless, with the result that when The Champ and another rider – possibly Mick Fitzgerald – were unseated from their mounts they realised they were in fact the only ones…
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Icy class keeps the Snake in the long grass
Sometimes it really is as simple as it looks. For example, in the arena nearest and dearest to yours truly, we in Dunboyne are currently in the blessed position of being able to call the two best lady footballers in the country – Vikki Wall and Emma Duggan – our own. The fact that around…