Players Championship Revisited 26 Years On – My Breakthrough In Golf Reporting.
Every journalist wants to see their name up high as author of either a front page news item or the lead sports story on the back of the newspaper.
However one of my first ‘scoops’ was not necessarily a story I wrote but in fact I found myself the subject of the story.
Allow me to rewind to March 1988.
I am working as the Chief Private Secretary to Ken Booth, M.P and the Treasurer of New South Wales in Australia.
I had spent four years working on the private staff of the Premier of New ...
A Visit To The Home Of NASCAR – Charlotte Motor Speedway.
It was a glorious Saturday morning and what better to take in the sights of Charlotte.
However driving a Chevy Camaro it had to be a visit to the Charlotte Motor Speedway.
The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad over track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 60o later this month on Memorial Day weekend and the Sprint All-Star Race, as well as the Bank Of America 500.
The speedway was built in 1959 and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams ...
The Night Lights Of The ‘Queen City’ – Charlotte, North Carolina.
A visit one night into Charlotte proved a rewarding experience with the city a splash of colour.
We visited the East Coast head office of Wells Fargo and the title sponsor of this week’s Wells Fargo Championship where on display was a Wells Fargo stagecoach.
The city is a major U.S. financial center also for the Bank of America.
It is home also to the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League, the Charlotte Bobcats of the National Basketball Association, the Charlotte Hounds of Major ...
Wells Fargo Championship Media Center Stops For 140th Kentucky Derby.
The running of the 140th Kentucky Derby stopped work in the Wells Fargo Championship Media Center.
Fortunately, play in the third round had ended some 45 minutes earlier with J B Holmes, who strangely had been present at the 2013 Kentucky Derby, leading the event by a stroke on 13-under par.
There was a sweep among those in the media center and with Tour Miss and myself drawing No. 14 – Medal Court & No. 18 – Candy Boy.
Medal Court was at odds of 20- 1 and Candy Boy 15-1 for the first ...
Hurricane Katrina – Nine Years On Destruction Still Evident.
Nearly nine years after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast and evidence of the destruction is still evident.
Of course, the flood waters have long ago drained but an inspection of the region to the east of New Orleans during Zurich Classic week revealed many people just have not rebuilt their houses.
All that remains is the stilts on which those houses were obliterated by the 175 mph winds in August 2005.
Here is a collection of photographs from a visit to the region of Yscloskey and the ...
A Dozen New Orleans Oysters That Could Feed A Family Of Four
New Orleans is not only famous for the sights and sounds of the French Quarter but the many culinary and alcoholic delights awaiting to be discovered along the banks of the mighty Mississippi River.
While a Hurricane is a must when it comes to drinks, top of the list when it comes to satisfying your Louisiana taste buds is the humble oyster.
And I’m not talking your spoon-size rock oysters but oysters nearly as big as the palm of your hand.
Having grown up savoring the Pacific Ocean washed ...
New Orleans French Quarter – Sights, Sounds, Smells & Sales
A must for any visitor to New Orleans is a walk around the famed French Quarter.
The French Quarter, lying to the east of the CBD, is the oldest neighbourhood in the city.
The area was settled by the French in 1718 and named La Nouvelle-Orléans, and with the area developing around the Vieux Carré (“Old Square” in English), a central square.
The district is more commonly called the French Quarter today, or simply “The Quarter,” related to changes in the city with American ...
