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by ravinghill
Fri Oct 02, 2009 1:26 pm
Forum: View frae thae Hill
Topic: What is sport without competition?
Replies: 33
Views: 1684

Re: What is sport without competition?

I would hazard a guess that the posters on here that are against the directive are those that havent had to deal with a distraught 6 year old kid devastated at not getting to do something that he has been so excited about ... Yes, kids have to learn about competition, but how are they going to learn...
by ravinghill
Mon Sep 28, 2009 4:26 pm
Forum: View frae thae Hill
Topic: What is sport without competition?
Replies: 33
Views: 1684

Re: What is sport without competition?

Bogbunny ... yep, the guy picking the team's son did indeed play all 30 minutes ! But that was only one of the 5 kids that stayed on the whole time.

A quiet word is on its way ... decided to wait till next week though till I had calmed down !
by ravinghill
Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:21 am
Forum: View frae thae Hill
Topic: What is sport without competition?
Replies: 33
Views: 1684

Re: What is sport without competition?

When this post first went up I read it and thought how ridiculous the IRFU directive was to take the idea of winning and losing out of mini-rugby. My son who is 6 has just started mini-rugby this year and one of the things that we hoped that he would get out of it was a feeling of competitiveness. H...
by ravinghill
Thu Aug 27, 2009 2:41 pm
Forum: View frae thae Hill
Topic: Ulster V Worcester
Replies: 216
Views: 7581

Re: Ulster V Worcester

Anyone know why there is still no Wallace in the team ? And Horua isnt even on the bench after being an unused sub against Newcastle.
by ravinghill
Thu Aug 27, 2009 2:40 pm
Forum: View frae thae Hill
Topic: And the next proposed stadium site is.....
Replies: 42
Views: 1201

Re: And the next proposed stadium site is.....

Heard from a mate at the match last night that the lack of activity in the Scirocco works is just to allow the founds to settle and there'll be full steam ahead development on the offices and housing there shortly, so it may be ideal but it is probably too late after all. :cry: The site at Sirrocco...