In 2010 I travelled to South Africa for the FIFA World Cup. During my travels I wrote weekly articles for the Matamata Chronicle. I have combined these articles and will present them in two parts – pre-tournament and during-tournament. Part 2 is posted here....
Lyon is one of my favourite cities. It’s French. It’s fabulous. And it’s fresh. I’ve been to Lyon a couple of times – once as part of a work trip and once as part of a football trip – and both times I was more than a little impressed (which, admittedly, is not...
Declan Edge in particular, and the Waikato FC board in general, have copped a lot of grief from many football fans over the last few months. It hasn’t been nice. Most of it hasn’t even been reasoned. And, I think, most of it is miles wide of the mark.Let me...
In 2006 I travelled to Germany for the FIFA World Cup. During my travels I wrote weekly articles for the Matamata Chronicle. Here is the complete series (which I chose to present as one long post because I know how annoying it is to have to click links more than you...
I stumbled across this short movie (http://www.greatworkmovie.com/) a while back. Before I go on I suggest, respectfully, that you have a look. Go on, it’ll only take a few minutes… Okay, welcome back. Now, you may or may not be into this type of thing....
In his book The Talent Code, Daniel Coyle explains how greatness isn’t born, it’s grown. He describes the three key elements that work together to form myelin, a microscopic neural substance that adds vast amounts of speed and accuracy to your movements...
