Tag: Russ Bray
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Cool Hand crucial for Humphries but they both have world in their hands
Something had to give. Two lads of the same name. Both stars of their sport in their own way. Either of them would have been fitting and deserving winners of the Sid Wadell Trophy. One had had the sporting world in spin since the action got underway at the Alexandra Palace on December 15th. The…
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Two Lukes to duke it out!
Generally, if something looks too good to be true, it is as such. If that appraisal seems simplistic to the point of cruelty, look at it another way. In top level professional sport, there’s very seldom room for romantics or fairytales. But there are exceptions to such analysis. Like that of Hewick – the €800…
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If it’s in there it will find its way out
There are certain sports in which competitors meet with extreme regularity. Tennis, basketball, All Weather horse racing. That in itself is almost guaranteed to throw up fluctuating results. Darts is probably the code in which repeat fixtures occur more than any other. So it’s only natural that results will flip flop in matches. The thing…
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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…
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Price’s combination punching floors all comers
This corner would wager quite the sum that when Gerwyn Price mentioned he was taking part in a charity boxing event whilst being interviewed by Emma Paton, there were plenty salivating at the thoughts of getting a crack at him. They might be well advised to be careful what they wish for. The numbers generally…
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Smith struck down by long lasting ‘Snakebite’
When you want something really badly and have been striving to attain it for an elongated period of time, getting over the line for the first time – or if there’s been a sustantial interval between drinks – can be fiercely difficult. The St Peter’s, Dunboyne hurlers, who haven’t won the Meath SHC since 1914,…