Category: General News

Thanks Dawn for the nomination, if only I could run as well as I can bake! How it started I was never really into any sports when I was younger; it was something that...

Intro I’m a Northerner, from West Yorkshire (so the best kind) but ended up in sunny Felixstowe after a girl’s holiday to Corfu, the summer my A levels ended, in a holiday romance with...

This month’s profile will be just like me……. short 😊 Early Years I loved a school sports day, the opportunity to take part in a variety of sports such as the sack race, bean...

Early years Well I’m sorry, but unlike others, I do not have an interesting life, so I will try not to bore you. If I do send you to sleep then you can Blame...

Thank you (I think) to Maria for the nomination. Early Years If you have ever done a long run with me, you will know that I talk a lot – so I apologise in...

Early Years I have always enjoyed being outdoors and moving my body, not necessarily in a very athletic way. When I was little I wasn’t athletic at all, no one in my family took...

Having dodged this last month, the Coalman has got me – cheers for the nomination Rob! Early years and odd stabs at running I’ve had a complex relationship with sport, and exercise in general,...

Justin probably couldn’t have picked a worse time to nominate me. The mojo is not with me and the times are slipping slower and slower. This will not be a particularly inspirational piece but...

Thanks, Gary, for the nomination. Early Years and Football, Flipping Football! I grew up in a sporting family, Mum loved tennis and my stepfather was an ex-county and Town reserves footballer, my stepfather’s family...

Early years My parents were quite disinterested in sports so I never really embraced any as a kid. In school I was generally awful at any sport requiring skill, balance or ball control, but...