Sporting pictures of the Week :- 26 December
Merry Christmas everybody. Here is RJH431 spreading the cheer with Dean Jones reminding him that he was his bunny. So much to take in; from the footwear to the chandelier.[…]
Monthly Archive: December 2019
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Joe Schmidt: Ordinary Joe
By Aiden McLaughlin At the start of April this year, I attended a fundraiser for the Hawke’s Bay Rugby Union. Joe Schmidt was the guest speaker. As with all these[…]
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The Swinehound Sports Quiz #11
By The Spotter It’s the Swinehound Christmas Quiz with no questions whatsoever about Christmas. But Happy Christmas though. The defending Swinehound Shield holder is North Harbour’s Ryan Nixmas/Nixon. Will he put[…]
The Queen of the Palace
By Scott MacLean Once upon a time, the Christmas/New Year period was something of a sporting wasteland. Now it’s far from the case; there’s local and international cricket, the baseball[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 21 December
Quite the juxtaposition here. A smiling Trent Boult looking the part doing his thing; but if only he had played. It’s that time of the year. The darts at the[…]
Sir Peter Snell- Iconic NZ Sum of Many Parts
By Paul Montague When we farewelled Sir Peter Snell, we weren’t of course saying goodbye to just a good athlete, but a legendary one. And Snell was certainly Track and Field’s gain.[…]
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The Ambush
So much focus this year has been on the Boxing Day test, with New Zealand being invited to the top table for the first time in 32 years. Legendary cricket[…]
Wooden you know it: It’s Cricket Circa 1985
By Paul Montague Watching the cricket test going on in Perth right now highlights just how much of a power game top-level cricket has become since thirty-four long years ago. And not just in the[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 13 December
Pakistan had waited over 10 years before being able to host test cricket again and then, inevitably, the rain came and they had to wait some more. Inside, Russell Arnold[…]
An Inter-Doms Night is one to Remember
By Paul Montague Tomato sauce on the hot chips; lots of it too and dribbling down the side of the cup. Out to the birdcage to see which runner has that[…]
