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Editor’s Comment
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s I write this, the dust has barely settled on Chelsea
and Liverpool's epic 4-4 Champions League draw.
What a great advertisement for the sport the game
was – for once, top-flight football actually looked like fun.
London Road, Maidstone,
Doesn't happen very often, so let's cherish that feeling…
Kent ME16 8LY.
I've also been involved in something very different, and
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all for a feature in this very magazine – I've been putting
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together a 'tech day' at my local sports retailer, and you'll be
able to read about the results of my labours in the next
Editor:
issue. It's been a real eye-opener, but it's also been
Jon Bruford
good fun and a challenge. The day itself is looming,
01584 877177
and I must admit I am very nervous for a
multitude of reasons. It was an ambitious idea,
jonbruford@yahoo.co.uk but if it comes off I'll have a blueprint of how to – or how NOT to – put on a
spectacular tech day for your staff and customers.
Contributors:
One thing that has impressed me that's landed on the doormat in the last
couple of weeks is the new ice pack from Salitas. Not a company I'm familiar
Jack Lynes: Sports Trade
with, but they've come up with something a bit special in their sexy new
Robin Barwick: Contributing Editor
Morpho Cryo-Matrix, which they say stays colder for up to 12 times longer than
Zöe Foster: Feature Writer what's available now. It feels like a load of joined-up ice cubes in a gel sac, but
it's very flexible and molds nicely to any injured part of the body; my only
criticism is that there's no elasticated strap to attach it to yourself, no soft sleeve
Publication Manager
like you get with traditional gel sacs. Minor criticism though, as it works rather
well anyway. Worth checking out, I say – email sales@salitas.co.uk for more
Paul Ryder
info.
01622 699105
That's my lot for this month. Time to go and chew my nails in anticipation of
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Sunday's tech day.
Subscriptions &
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S p o r t s C o n t e n t s
Production Editor:
Brian King
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The latest news and goings-on in We spoke with England Hockey,
the world of sport retail, including and gathered all the information
Tr a n s c r i p t i o n :
STAG and INTERSPORT news you could possibly need on
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what's hot for this exciting
sport
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fast approaching, so we've
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rounded up the best gear out
Cumbria's canniest retailers, who
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