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MONDAY, 1 MARCH 2010
Thursday, 7 January 2010Happy New Year!Yes yes, I know - haven't exactly been prolific over Christmas. Sorry. Here's a pic of some festive fireworks by way of an apology:  Right, onto business. Check out my latest offering via You Tube. Yes it's all shameless plugging but very well done I think by a good friend of mine. Those with a keener ear may recognise the voice: MONDAY, 21 DECEMBER 2009 Testimonial T-Shirt...These were the best looking lads we could get to do the photo - depressing isn't it...  Click here if you want one! Cheers! Saturday, 12 December 2009 HARLEQUINS RL v CRUSADERS RLSaturday 16th January 2010 Kicks off 5pm @ Rosslyn Park RFC Buy your tickets in advance, £10 adults, £5 concessions - click here or call 0871 527 1315 OK, that's my housekeeping done - looking forward to the X-Factor Final 2hr Special tonight, I've heard featuring special guest George Michael - yippee... Oh, and if that's not enough, Strictly Come Dancing has a two-show final on the other channel, yay...  Kill me. Kill me now. MONDAY, 7 DECEMBER 2009
Friday, 11 December 2009THANK-YOU !!To everyone who made last night's social a great success. The Wells household was pretty nervous leading up to last night but everyone was great and a good time had by all I reckon! For those who had to get going early due to the traffic, Judi Knox won the raffle. My shirt is going to a good home! On the subject of traffic - I know how hard it was for a lot of you to get there last night, which makes your attendance even more special in my view. So thank-you. Lots of announcements in the next few days - I'll keep you posted! Thanks again everyone Jon BBC Sports Personality Of The Year 2009What do you reckon? Two horse race for me, Haye and Button. Why? Because of the shortlist of contenders for personality of the year only four have proven to actually possess a personality and, unfortunately for the technicolour triple-jumper Phillips Idowu and heptathlete Jessica Ennis in my opinion, of those Haye and Button captured the zeitgeist in a way that our athletics world champions didn't. So to Haye and Button. The latter took the F1 world by the scruff of the neck in the opening two months of the season and, despite spending a period in the doldrums, rallied well and showed no little guts to secure the title with a race to spare. Shoo-in then? Hang on a minute. Remember 2007? Hamilton is odds-on favourite after a stunning last corner overtake in the last race of the season crowned him F1 world champion - but Joe Calzaghe pulls over 50,000 more votes than Lewis to take the award. Why? There was very little between the two sportsmen. Personality wasn't really either of their strong points, more the display of a mercurial talent. My opinion? There is something primal about boxing. At its best it is undoubtedly an art-form; pure, naked, focused and visceral. If Button does win the SPOTY award (and I've immediately realised why they don't abbreviate THAT one) then surely they must cleave the trophy in half and send the remainder to Ross Brawn. For it is widely accepted that Jensen would not be world champion without him - and the car and the team of engineers and mechanics behind that for that matter. Don't get me wrong; I think it's bloody brilliant that we have had two different British world champions in consecutive years, and I also have no issue with the talent that Button clearly possesses either. But the very nature of the sport he participates in means that for me he will always be at a disadvantage than those practitioners of the noble art. As for David Haye? Well, he made a giant hairy man dance like a drunken parent for two seconds in the twelfth a month ago. That's enough isn't it? He's the WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. He's not Canadian or South African, he's cocky and self-assured and is going to be around at the top for a while longer. He likes the sound of his own voice and the attention he receives... ...but more than any of this, Haye has made the world sit up, stop what they were doing, and look. He is arguably - along with Manny Pacquiao and (hopefully) Amir Khan - bringing the sport he loves back into the fold, into the mainstream. He is someone with the potential to transcend the sport in this country. The last Englishman to do that was Sir Henry. OK Ricky did his bit; but now it's Haye's time. THAT'S why you get to be the SPOTY (well, if it was up to me anyway...) Hey, Just a heads up for a little social we're having at the Bloomsbury Pub on Thursday the 10th of December, 7.30pm. We're having a little get together for supporters and a few of the guys to have a pint, a mince pie and a chat before the season gets underway. This is an invite, open to all, to come and join us in kicking off the testimonial in a nice little boozer! Let's re-cap: BLOOMSBURY, TWICKENHAM Cheers Posted by JW2010 at 17:57 Testimonial T-Shirt...The only two pieces of JW2010 Merchandise are the calendar and a limited edition t-shirt. Only 200 are being made. They will also be available BEFORE Christmas. The nice fellas at CODE13 have produced something pretty special for me here I think. A sneak preview of a t-shirt with a nod to the club's history: There will be a sponsor on the front of the shirt too, I just can't reveal who it is yet. Sorry! But it's not Durex or Pedigree Chum or anything embarrassing though so don't let that put you off. FEEDBACK WELCOME ON THIS POST - JUST LEAVE A COMMENT If you like it - let people know please, if you don't, keep schtum! More info on purchase will appear on here as soon as I know more. Cheers Calendar...Just a reminder that calendars are available at the club shop, or online - just click the calendar icon at the top right of this page, or click here to go straight to it. At the moment we are going to stick to just one print run so when they're gone they're gone! Cheers. My daughter said she'd even tip in and buy one, but she lost her pennies - here she is looking for them...
Posted by JW2010 at 17:11 THURSDAY, 12 NOVEMBER 2009 MONDAY, 2 NOVEMBER 2009Here it is!It's like my second child! Think I might sleep with it tonight. After what seems like an age I finally took delivery of the "Wet Copy" of the Testimonial Calendar...  I think this has made it all real today. Up until now it's never seemed real that I might be having a testimonial year (any comments saying it doesn't seem real to them either that I got a testimonial will not be published and treated with hostility) but this I guess is the first step. I'm too proud. Thanks up front for the lads giving up their time, Ray the photographer for his expertise, and Peter and John at Five Fish for their skill and immense patience! The initial run should be done by Friday. If you look here again later this week or early next there'll be more info as to when they'll be in the club shop and - hopefully - online too. Please consider buying one - not just for the obvious reasons but also because I don't want to be sitting in my lounge in six months time not being able to see the TV for calendars and t-shirts. Did I say t-shirts? Almost let the cat out of the bag there... Watch this space - t-shirt - limited edition - "retro" (if you know what that might mean) and very very cool... Cheers for now! Cheers! SATURDAY, 24 OCTOBER 2009 Here's my second serious post of the week - must be the tablets...
Oh, and well done England - not very convincing though was it? France played really well in the first half. Elima and Fakir were awesome.
In case you were wondering where Monday or Tuesday's posts were, well I was busy getting some medieval shit done to myself. Viewers of a nervous disposition don't scroll down...
Bomber's Grand Final Preview... Been a quiet week, apologies for lack of posts since Monday, but its hard to talk about nothing going on, although I hve been doing a little cooking lately. Bought the new Jamie Oliver cookbook and am working my way through that - its bloody brilliant (and if I find myself in the pack next year you know how it all started...) Anyway, Saturday night sees our showpiece event returning for another bow. Here's my preview: Arguably the leagues two biggest clubs go head to head in just over 24 hours time in what promises to be a Grand Final - with chillies on top. Anyone who saw the preliminary stages of the play-offs will remember the confrontations among the players, most notably JJB, Graham, Wilkin and Ol' Keith all having a go at each other over various incidents. Tiddly-winks it will be not. Longy and Lee Smith play their last games for their respective clubs with the former pulling down the curtain on a glittering Saints career, hopefully in typical indomitable fashion. I am personally looking forward to seeing how he goes on his Saints swansong. He is undoubtedly one of Saints' greats. I think the key battle will be in the pack, and in Leuluai, Peacock, Graham and Puletua you have four of the very best front rowers in world rugby today. The work-rate and game time of Peacock and Graham in particular are phenomenal. My personal feelings towards tomorrow night are threefold. First, that once again this most progressive, combatative and elegant of sports gets a truly international stage; second, that it will be an honest and closely fought contest which echoes the rude health and competitiveness of the league as a whole; and third, that Saints will edge it. The last point is perhaps the most contentious as many pundits have the Rhinos pegged for their GF hat-trick. But I see something in Cunningham and Roby that is not replicated at any other Superleague team, a truly special "partnership" that I think will prove the difference between the two sides. Half-time: Saints Full-time: Saints by 4 points One to watch: Sean Long (its his last game for Saints. C'mon, it has to be him, doesn't it? Monday, 5 October 2009 I Know It's Childish, But... You would do the same wouldn't you?  Got this shot too, bit different eh?  Friday, 2 October 2009 Why Did The Deer Cross The Road ?...  Thursday, 1 October 2009 Weekend Predictions I looked into my oracle earlier today and: Saints v Wigan - Saints by 1 point Leeds v Catalans - Leeds by 6 points Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Sea The Stars Put THAT in your betting shop! I haven't... Anyway, I was sitting on the sofa this morning drinking my coffee when I saw something on the Lorraine Kelly show (if that's what it's called), something that made me stop and stare. First at the TV...  Then at my coffee...  Then back at the TV...  Now tell me subliminal advertising doesn't work! All this time I've been kidding myself that TV advertising only works on the obsessive or insane; of course it works! In fact I probably ought to re-evaluate my position on the £619.25 Lancaster Bomber (see earlier post 07/09/09). Yes it's expensive and yes it's shite, but at least they had the common decency to TELL us they were trying to sell it to us! Not like sneaky Pantone (they're the brand of mug in question). I'm not even having it that it's product placement; I don't even watch the Lorraine Kelly Show (it was just on the TV in the background) so I cannot have made any conscious decision to buy THAT mug cos it was on THAT TV show that I WATCH, cos I DON'T WATCH IT. I never evaluated their values and aligned them with my needs or whatever Mister Marketing Man jargon is relevant here. It's subliminal advertising, pure and simple. And don't go writing in and telling me it's not, I've seen what Derren Brown can do! (Including, for example, successfully convincing the world that his name is not Darren...) Anyway, can't ramble on for ever, got to into Kingston to get some Perfect Push Up Bars, only £29.99 from all good sporting goods stores... I've got to hurry while stocks last. They were invented by a former US Navy Seal you know... |
