Weekend Wrap
Pssst Trev. There’s another Kiwi athlete out there that requires your psychological services. Women’s Marathon runner Nina Rillstone was “happy” with her 13th placing at the World Track and Field Championships:
"I'm happy enough - but if I'd managed a place in the top 10 and I would have been really, really happy," said Rillstone.
Now come on Trev. On a weekend where New Zealand can celebrate another four world champions we can’t have our also-rans expressing joy at a thirteenth place now, can we? Or being “really, really happy” if she managed to get into the top 10. Go and sort her out please.
Yes, three rowers (well, six actually – did you see the coxless four power past the 27-race unbeaten Brits? Phenomenal) and women’s motocross rider Katherine Prumm all won world titles in the weekend, which confirms what some of us have known since the days of Mark Todd and Charisma – when it comes to sports involving sitting on your arse, we Kiwis have a head start. Which kinda makes a mockery of SPARC’s Push Play campaign encouraging us to get outside and enjoy the fresh air.
Let’s face it –we are damn good at sitting on our arse. So instead of giving NZ Golf $1.4 million to try and turn us all into recreational walkers swinging a stick at a ball around a piece of grass, how about a new Lazy Boy for every family with 2 kids or more so we can ingrain from an early age the proper arse-sitting techniques that are so essential for sports such as equestrian and rowing.
Sounds like a bloody good idea to me. The fact that I need a new lounge suite – worn out from too much arse-sitting – of course has nothing to do with it.
Yeah, I’m in a good mood. When the pokie-loving wife comes home with the jackpot from the local pub in her handbag, followed by an inspired bet on India at $1.96 when England were 95-1 in their run chase last night (10 min later they were 104-4), I’m in love with life again. The only worrying thing about having a golden run in betting at the moment is currently I have a loss on an All Blacks win at RWC. Gulp.
"I'm happy enough - but if I'd managed a place in the top 10 and I would have been really, really happy," said Rillstone.
Now come on Trev. On a weekend where New Zealand can celebrate another four world champions we can’t have our also-rans expressing joy at a thirteenth place now, can we? Or being “really, really happy” if she managed to get into the top 10. Go and sort her out please.
Yes, three rowers (well, six actually – did you see the coxless four power past the 27-race unbeaten Brits? Phenomenal) and women’s motocross rider Katherine Prumm all won world titles in the weekend, which confirms what some of us have known since the days of Mark Todd and Charisma – when it comes to sports involving sitting on your arse, we Kiwis have a head start. Which kinda makes a mockery of SPARC’s Push Play campaign encouraging us to get outside and enjoy the fresh air.
Let’s face it –we are damn good at sitting on our arse. So instead of giving NZ Golf $1.4 million to try and turn us all into recreational walkers swinging a stick at a ball around a piece of grass, how about a new Lazy Boy for every family with 2 kids or more so we can ingrain from an early age the proper arse-sitting techniques that are so essential for sports such as equestrian and rowing.
Sounds like a bloody good idea to me. The fact that I need a new lounge suite – worn out from too much arse-sitting – of course has nothing to do with it.
Yeah, I’m in a good mood. When the pokie-loving wife comes home with the jackpot from the local pub in her handbag, followed by an inspired bet on India at $1.96 when England were 95-1 in their run chase last night (10 min later they were 104-4), I’m in love with life again. The only worrying thing about having a golden run in betting at the moment is currently I have a loss on an All Blacks win at RWC. Gulp.
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