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A group set up to stop the redevelopment of the iconic and treasured Claremont Road stadium, and to stop the dangerous precedent of improper removal of covenants from public land which has been set by Barnet Council
Posted at 12:12pm Thursday 9th June 2011
Barnet Council Has Lost The Plot – Let’s Hope Mark Shooter Becomes Leader
It is seven years since I alerted the District Auditor to the malfeasance at Barnet Council (LBB). You may disagree with my dislike of turning football pitches into housing. You may condone the intended theft by LBB of fields it holds on trust for the community on the ground that, since LBB is a public authority, it can tear up trust deeds in the interests of the community. I disagree with this counter-argument but respect your right to hold that view.
Posted at 2:05am Friday 25th February 2011
Jaclyn Hawkes, Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist, Trains at Oakleigh Park
According to the US Forbes Foundation, squash is the ultimate sport for all round physical fitness. Two hours' training with one of the world's leading players, Jaclyn Hawkes, underlined for your author the veracity of Forbes' research.
Posted at 12:57am Saturday 9th October 2010
Binty's Dead - Long Live True Sporting Friendships
The passing of another great Corinthian amateur that I was lucky enough to know reinforces the importance of community sport
Posted at 2:26pm Wednesday 22nd September 2010
Why the Best Pecs get the Best Sex (Part 1)
Taxpayer funds should not be expended on advising us on "ideal body shapes". All that is needed is to encourage healthy lifestyles, sport and the retention and building of sports facilities.
Posted at 9:32am Saturday 4th September 2010
Why I Lose at Squash So Often: So Many of my Friends are World Class Stars.
The World Masters Championships in Cologne last week send a powerful message to our councils about the importance of building and enhancing sports facilities.
Posted at 9:14am Thursday 22nd July 2010
Posted at 2:46pm Sunday 20th June 2010
Dear Mr Rooney, You Have Let Yourself Down
An Open Letter to Mr Rooney and his Team-mates. Showing contempt for the travelling supporters is a footballing nadir. It will not help you qualify and will not help sport or sports facilities survive in the UK.
Posted at 10:52am Friday 21st May 2010
The Michael Sobell Centre in Finsbury Park is Safe
I am humbled and honoured to reproduce below the text of a very short letter sent to the Group to Keep Sobell Leisure Centre by Paul Convery, Islington Council Cabinet Member for Planning and Regeneration.
Posted at 3:41pm Wednesday 5th May 2010
Crystal Palace - an Iconic Sports Stadium and community centre.
The DCLG should rethink the proposed redraft of planning law PPG17. The suggestion that local Demand and Supply analysis, sport by sport, should be undertaken is an expensive waste of time and a logical nonsense.
Posted at 2:46pm Wednesday 21st April 2010
Demand for Doctors by Jamie Whyte and the promulgation of fallacious arguments
The convention in public debate is to assume that our political leaders and their support staff are all blessed with optimal levels of intelligence. If this convention applies to local council workers and elected councillors, presumably doctors would claim an even stronger entitlement. But are they so justified? Should this convention be respected?
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