Today was a pivotal day for my eldest son, one that began with him receiving his exam results and will no doubt end if with him bouncing around with all his mates at the Reading festival. It is one of those days that will still be in his memory bank when he is an old man and when he wandered off this morning my sense of pride was tinged with rampant jealousy, as today you see, is pivotal day for me as well, because it feels like the day I have ...
After deciding not to see the Royal return of Reading FC to the Premier League on Saturday I embarked a marathon of cricket this weekend, playing in heavy defeats for Oakley on Saturday and Sunday, both games being great examples of my calamitous nature and general ineptitude towards a game that requires a cool and calm head under pressure rather than the Stan Laurel guide to cricket that I served up to the general amusement of everyone except ...
In case you hadn't all noticed, the football starts again this weekend and though it seems earlier every year, this year it is actually later, but it still pisses me off that I have had to make a decision, something I am notoriously bad at. I have a season ticket once again but as Reading embark on their return to the Premier League against Stoke City on Saturday, I have decided that I will be out on a cricket field in the village of Amport ...
Blimey, getting up this morning to be greeted grey clouds and a cool wind gave me real end of summer feeling, even if we have hardly had one. For a man who spends a lot of time at home, the Olympics has provided me huge amounts of entertainment either on Radio 5 or BBC TV in the last few weeks and it must have been a bizarre sight for our local postman to see me pacing the living room in anxiety as Nick Skelton headed for gold in a show ...
Oakley Cricket Club require semi competent cricketers for a number of vacancies in the 1st and 2nd II Saturday side for the rest of this season and more importantly, for the Summer of 2013.
The ideal candidates will have the following attributes:
The ability to score 15-50 runs on a regular basis
Be able to catch the ball, at least occasionally
The ability to bowl fast, medium, slow, spin or just plain straight
Enjoyment of fielding ...