On the morning of August 10 I bought…with cash, a single one-way ticket…
here now is the sports report…in this edition, rugby, cricket…
the counter man with beard, long hair… an early trip, I’m on my way…
a good away result for Ayr…the right back kept the ball in play…
Child nil, Adult one…to get to Heathrow for the plane…
St Mirren beat Hibernian…the match was played in heavy rain…
Fifty pounds (a bit extra) fare… no doubt conditions would apply…
signed Gethin Jones from Aberdare…a cracked rib, and elbow in the eye…
A line of numbers on the back…maybe important but nothing to me…
next year have an all-weather track… year-round training reality…
The Newport train now measured rate…platform-waiting, cool morning air…
Hong Kong the Cup, Taiwan the Plate…4 times holder, Golden Bear…
Cwmbran biscuit, then grazing through…Usk bird, town clock, ruin gaze…
Inter 3, Ajax 2…the Singapore Open delayed by haze…
Watch the Inter-City coming in…conductor buzzes train away…
Aberdeen get a well-earned win…10, 000 came to watch them play…
Increasing pace when Llanwern goes by…broke baguette of chicken into bits…
the centre scored the opening try …Tucuman were beaten by Biarritz…
Reading workmen, a crowding place…but thankful for the coach now waiting…
withdrawn from the two-thirty race…the Clerk of the Course instigating…
An under-hour of lightweight nap…refreshing prior to the check-in bore…
Boca three points to close the gap…bring a round up with the final score…
Whilst checking ticket, get seat by rear…gave Watford brother a hand phone ring…
now that the new season is near…might feel Wasps resurgent sting…
But no time to get through interchange…but means it’s more boring for me…
the back row we might re-arrange…East might come on at number three…
I engage in Canadian family chat…whilst waiting for tip-top security…
Trescothick useful with the bat…hit bowlers with impunity…
A long line of waiting for the plane…but rich Arab gets electric cart…
Sri Lanka third test spoilt by rain…the England batting ripped apart…
Hear and watch the pre-flight talk…then by the aircraft we scramble up…
racing at Leominster, Hereford, York… the first round of the Thomas Cup…
Watch other aircraft turn and queue…full thrust, the roaring, runway rumble…
the quarter finals, Greece are through…Malaysian hockey takes a tumble…
Then wave bye-bye to the English coast…wait for the next ten hours to go…
with 3 for 10, Warne was the toast…both openers gone was a major blow…
I try to get down into peace…when flight attendant interruption…
oh, Tiger’s sliced it, he’s in the rough…the Union’s new-alleged corruption…
Ah, bite to eat, relax, imbibing…watch part of Europe glowing bright…
that’s the end of the sports report…next bulletin at 10; for now, good night.
