20 March 2008, by Heavens Paradox
Golf is fast becoming a popular sport, so popular in fact that me, one of the most laziest people in the world has gotten myself down to the golf course to have a few rounds of golf, no joke.
Now I got into golf about 1 year ago and didn’t really know much about it. I learnt everything from what the golf terms mean to how to hold a golf club. The next thing I needed to do was sign up at my local golf course and become a member, pretty easy to do, but quite expensive. Nevertheless I was determined to master the art of golf. I had the option of using the golf equipment the golf course provide or buying my own. I decided to buy my own like a lot of people do.
I went online to buy it all, mainly because I had a big long list of equipment to get and couldn’t be bothered to trail down to the local shopping centre.
The first thing I looked for was some golf shoes. I found them easy enough, the moved onto other things such as tees and balls and even a carry bag to carry everything in.
Then I came to the most important piece of equipment in the golfing world, the golf club. I’d been told of loads of great brands to buy, and one that stuck out particularly was the Cobra golf club. Just the name Cobra made it sound quite impressive. I decided to buy one at a reasonable price, but you did get loads of them, like the nine iron and putter etc so I was pleased.
I went down to the golf course with my new golf club and saw real difference in using my own club compared to using one a friend lent me or that the golf club lent me.
Categories: Sports
9 March 2008, by Heavens Paradox
Last night I was in total amazement at what had just unfolded beneath my eyes. Earlier in the day Manchester United had just been knocked out of the FA Cup by Portsmouth. It might not be the biggest cup upset in history, but it meant that only 1 team out of the top four (Arsenal, Man Utd, Liverpool and Chelsea) were still left in the FA Cup.
That team was Chelsea who were playing Barnsley.
Now, you can imagine the buzz that people will get from knowing that none of the top four would be left in the Semi Finals of the FA Cup, but no one really expected Barnsley to win.
However, Barnsley threw everything at Chelsea from the start and nearly scored in the first half. However, at half time the score was 0-0 and many people at the pub I watched the game at thought that Chelsea would come out in the second half and cruise it. How wrong we were. Barnsley came out and played exactly as they had done in the first half, yet got a goal to show for their efforts, through a striker who only two years earlier had being terroising my teams defence. Odejayi headed home a brilliant cross and wild scenes started at Oakwell.
They held out and their was, as usual the much debated pitch invasion by Barnsley fans.
Now the FA Cup is wide open and with only one Premier League side guaranteed a place in the next round and only Middlesbrough left to play from the Premier League there is a chance for a lower league club to get to the Final and possibly win it.
Now that is what FA Cup games are all about. Barnsley beating Liverpool the round before, draw Chelsea in the next round and beat them. Manchester United getting knocked out in the same day as Chelsea,…i’m exstatic…great day for football!
Categories: Sports
