Too many choices!

Last night I had such a dilemma as there were too many choices of sport on television!  I was interested in: the rugby, All Blacks versus Argentina Tour de France- Stage 13 Test 2 The Ashes – Fortunately the rugby was on earlier than either the cycling or the cricket so I was able to…

Winners and losers

I have been quiet on the blogging front recently as I have been occupied with other things but now I hope to get back to my routine. I mention winners and losers because much of my time recently has been taken up with watching the glut of sport on offer to viewers.  Generally I don’t…

Sport aplenty in the month of July

July promises to be a wonderful month for watching sport. The sport has already started with the beginning of Wimbledon.  Although I generally don’t watch the tennis there are a few Australians I will be following, in particular Samantha Stosur.  It was sad to see Lleyton Hewitt exit Wimbledon so quickly in this his final…

A monster sporting weekend coming up.

This weekend sees the opening games of the Cricket World Cup and the Super 15 Rugby Union Competition.  Seventh heaven for me! The Super 15 Rugby starts tonight with The Melbourne Rebels playing the Canterbury Crusaders in New Zealand and the Brumbies play the Queensland Reds in Australia.  Later the NSW Waratahs play the Western…

At the opening of play – Cricket World Cup

I have been watching a lot of cricket lately and will be watching more soon with the World Cup about to commence this weekend.  This book certainly ties in well with that – Ponting – At the Close of Play 700 pages in length but at no time did it prove to be a chore…

National Sports Museum Melbourne

Having toured the Melbourne Cricket Ground I then visited the National Sports Museum which is located within the MCG. If you don’t do the tour then you should at least visit the Sports Museum.  I spent three hours there.  There was so much to see and so much information to take in.  I didn’t even…