Category Archives: Sport

Early to Bed

Posted on April 20, 2012 by

There was a time, back when I was aged around 11 or 12, when my parents had a very strange idea. They decided that Wednesdays were going to be days when all four of their children had to go to … Continue reading →

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17 April 1982

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Sat Apr XVII Lovely day! Lazed about apart from a trip to Mt. Albert. Bought a ‘SHOOT’ dated 6th February! If you were a football-loving boy (or girl) of my generation, then you know how important Shoot was. It was … Continue reading →

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16 April 1982

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Fri Apr XVI Really cheesed off. Only sub. for Avondale game on Saturday Wednesday and Gr says I may only get the odd game! Mum bought a new game called Ulcers which takes ages to play, and a 1,000 piece … Continue reading →

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8 April 1982

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Thur Apr VIII Breaking up day. At Soccer beat U14s 5-4 with 3 goals in last minute (N. Greenwood 4, me 1). Went to the library The end of my first term at school in New Zealand and we celebrate … Continue reading →

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3 April 1982

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Sat Apr III Went to watch the Queen St Mile. Steve Scott won. Cricket Cancelled for the 3rd time. Then went to Parnell and looked around. Went to McD’s at New Lynn as well. Cleaned the fire-gaurd. The Queen Street … Continue reading →

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2 April 1982

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Fri Apr II Went to get some football boots. The’re ADIDAS UWE-STAR ones. We had brought with us as many suitcases as we could manage between the six of us. Pretty much everything we could think of to bring was … Continue reading →

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29 March 1982

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Mon Mar XXIX Bn didn’t turn up so no nets. n.s. I mentioned before that Mr Bean was a bit unreliable. You can sense from the brevity of this post that I wasn’t overly disappointed at his absence. After all, … Continue reading →

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27 March 1982

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Sat Mar XXVII Round the Bays. I actually beat Dad! It was packed. I had to walk for 3 mins before I crossed the start line. Did the run in 67 mins 30 secs. Went to the house of a … Continue reading →

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25 March 1982

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Thur Mar XXV Soccer – Beat the U14′s 2-1. Failure – I didn’t score. Hurt my back at some stage in the proceedings A rare sighting of my competitive nature here. I think it is natural not to like losing, … Continue reading →

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22 March 1982

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Mon Mar XXII Nets, and I wasn’t out once! Went for a short run. I’ve mentioned before that MAGS was curiously keen on sport, and this apparently extended to holding cricket practice even after the fixtures had finished for that … Continue reading →

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