What’s the Rush?
By Aiden McLaughlin Test match cricket too long for you? That’s ok, there’s a 50 over format you can watch. Still too much? No problem, let me introduce you to T20.[…]
Tagged: administration
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The Reviews Review
By Harbour Heather Yesterday, Minister for Sport Grant Robertson commented on the state of the culture and general high performancce environment in this country. He mentioned how a ‘win at[…]
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A solution looking for a problem
By Scott MacLean What is it with sports administrators and daft ideas to reinvent things? The proposed rugby “World League” is up there with some other doozies of recent times,[…]
The Harbour Rugby Initiative: Tackling an Old Dyed-In-The-Wool
By Paul Montague It was my misfortune over the weekend to catch up with my third cousin thrice removed (once forcibly), Allan (Al) Blacksrule from Gordonton. And did he let rip over Rippa[…]
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Harbour moves to halt decline
By Ryan Nixon North Harbour Rugby outraged many this week, with news breaking of their decision to get rid of their junior representative programme, including the Roller Mills and under[…]
The “Magic” of the Cup
By Richard Gordon The FA Cup Third Round draw was held at Stamford Bridge this morning. Aside from Paul Ince conducting the draw and somehow drawing two of his old[…]
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In the Rich Man’s World
By Aiden McLaughlin Back in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, there was a ‘Big Five’ when it came to English football; Arsenal, Everton, Liverpool, Man Utd and Spurs. There had[…]
What’s Eating the White Ferns?
By The Spotter For our White Fern women cricketers, that win over Pakistan yesterday morning would have come as a welcome tonic on the heels of those rather heavy-looking defeats to[…]
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“I’m not embarrassed”
The Cricket Australia internal review is out and there are recommendations all over the show. 42 of them even. Arrogant, bullying and dictatorial. That’s the headline defining the review, but[…]
Mental Health and Sport
By Aiden McLaughlin Paul Gascoigne; ‘Gazza’ to the masses. Born in 1967 in the town of Dunston in the North East of England. Gifted footballer. Loveable joker. Tearful clown. Addict. Domestic[…]
