Turf Side Up TURF SIDE UP! The not so serious side of the industry On the tee representing ...
A SHARK which fell from the sky on to a golf course survived its journey and has been returned to the ocean.
The Leopard Shark dropped out of the sky and flopped around on the 12th tee of San Juan Hills Golf Club in California, which is around four miles from the ocean.
The creature was spotted (pun intended) and taken to the clubhouse suffering puncture wounds. It seems a bird had plucked it from the water before dropping it.
Golfers at the clubhouse put
the Leopard Shark into fresh water before somebody remembered it came from the sea. They then got some sea salt from the kitchen and mixed it in.
It was eventually driven back to its natural home, the Pacific Ocean, where it reportedly swam away.
It’s just isn’t cricket dear boy...
THE cricketers of Budleigh Salterton Cricket Club had a pretty awful summer when their ground suffered extensive flooding.
Sadly, the floods returned when November’s torrential rain caused havoc across the south west.
But, one resourceful club member, Ned Taylor, used the opportunity to practice his kite surfing and kite loop skills, using the clubhouse roof as a take-off ramp!
On a more serious note, at the time of writing, the damage to the clubhouse, square and outfield is unknown, but let’s hope the club will be up and running again by next spring.
We’ll try and keep you posted. Papa Smurf!
THERE are many monikers that you can attribute to our Loz - Legend, Snap Happy, Laurence Writing Gale, Annoying Wasp ... all of them applied with affection, you understand.
Now, it seems, following his adventures at the Imants factory in deepest Holland, we can add Papa Smurf to the list!
136 PC DECEMBER/JANUARY 2013 Letting the cash out of the bag
THERE’S something not quite right about ESPN’s football coverage. True, they have a good enough link man in Ray Stubbs, they wheel out some half decent former players as pundits, and the under-achiever, Chris Waddle, does a fair job on commentary.
But, the weekly Premiership match screened live is surrounded by other live games from all over Europe (okay, and Scotland) and, quite honestly, that’s not likely to attract the
noises about lower league clubs needing a good cup run to bring in valuable income. They even interviewed the Chairman, Wayne Bradley, up in the stands - not too far ‘up’ though as the ground only holds 3,600 - who just hoped his team “would do us proud”.
subscribers they would hope for.
Yet, an opportunity to sit down in front of the box, on a wet and windy Sunday afternoon, to watch an FA Cup 2nd round tie with ‘giant killing’ prospects - the giants being Leyton Orient - was not to be missed!
The hosts (and minnows) were Alfreton Town, who ply their trade in the Blue Square Bet Premiership (aka the Conference).
Here was an opportunity for ESPN to get all ‘homely’ at ATFC’s snug little ground. They made all the right
The grassroots feel was all going so well, until Craig Burley caught up with Rob Brooks, ATFC’s groundsman. CB suggested that it must take hours of dedication to prepare a pitch that looked so good on the day?
“It does,” replied a smiling Rob. “About 40-60 hours a week ... and a lot of the Chairman’s money!”
What! Alfreton Town have money? Gone, in an instant, was the homely, giant killing threat. This was now a ‘big money’ clash between Bradley’s team and Barry Hearn’s Orient.
The 3-2 win for Orient was, perhaps, predictable. An American sports channel covering an English FA Cup tie sponsored by an American beer, not so!
The celebrity testicle!
THERE are lots of different ways for a sportsperson to raise their profile: a reality TV show, a piece with a glossy magazine, a spot of charity work perhaps.
Rugby league veteran Paul Wood took a rather more painful route to public recognition.
Paul is the Warrington Wolves prop forward who, as you may remember (and apologies in advance if you don’t), ruptured a testicle after catching a knee in the groin during the Super League Grand Final defeat to Leeds in October.
The 31-year-old somehow played on for 20 minutes and made no mention of the
injury in post-match interviews, but was subsequently taken to hospital for surgery to have the testicle removed.
On leaving hospital Wood endeared himself to the public by immediately making light of his misfortune: “Just coming out of hospital to go home … Seriously feel like I’ve left something?” he told his Twitter followers.
The tweet soon went viral and, for the first time in a 13-year career at the highest level of domestic rugby league, Paul was a man in demand, appearing on TV channels worldwide.
Now, that does takes balls!
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