Category Archives: SPORT

The Olympics – Sports My Family Might Have Competed In

Posted on August 9, 2016 by Jackie Dinnis

Currently the Olympics are taking place in Rio, and I always enjoy watching the different sports. It made me wonder ‘what if’ I or members of my family had been more committed to sports that we enjoyed! Here are some … Continue reading →

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A Month of Football

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Jackie Dinnis

Today is the start of the Euro 2016 football tournament. I have always loved football and look forward to the Euro’s every four years. To celebrate this fact I will try to post about football for the rest of the … Continue reading →

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Abide With Me

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

In the blog yesterday I wrote about the FA Cup Final that Dad attended. Looking inside the football programme for Saturday, 4 May 1957, we can see the Timetable of events leading  up to the start of the match. The … Continue reading →

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The Day Gordon Went to Wembley – The Empire Stadium

Posted on November 1, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

My father, Gordon Charles Dinnis was a man who loved football. I have been sorting through some old documents and papers of his this week and found a programme from the F.A. Cup Final of 1957. If you’ve read this … Continue reading →

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The Goldstone gets ready for Division Two in 1972

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Jackie Dinnis

Just wanted to share this article, it brings back such great memories of standing here with my Dad in 1972. It was the year he finally agreed to take me with him to watch Brighton and Hove Albion! The Goldstone … Continue reading →

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Chris Carter – The Running Policeman

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Jackie Dinnis

I wrote earlier about Chris Carter here https://jackiedinnis.wordpress.com/2013/07/09/autographs-school-visitors/  He visited my school, Woodingdean Primary School in 1969. He was called ‘The Running Policeman’ because he had taken part in the Olympics, and he was a policeman! I didn’t have much detail … Continue reading →

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Table Tennis v Ping Pong

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Jackie Dinnis

Some of my favourite places to go are second-hand bookshops, you just never know what you might find. The other day I picked up this little beauty on sale for just £1.50. It contains some great illustrations, and I’ve already learnt … Continue reading →

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Table Tennis – The Next Generation (part two 2002 – 2008)

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Jackie Dinnis

Here we are to take up with the next part of Alison’s story, continuing in 2002. You can read part one here: https://jackiedinnis.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1492&action=edit Alison was seeded number 3 in the Ginnaw Cup that year (2002) and was successful in beating both the players ranked … Continue reading →

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Table Tennis – The Next Generation (part one 1998 – 2001)

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Jackie Dinnis

A while back I wrote a lot of posts about my parents enjoyment of playing table tennis. You can see two of them here: https://jackiedinnis.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/womens-table-tennis-in-the-1950s-enid-dinnis/ https://jackiedinnis.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/table-tennis-gordon-dinnis-newspaper-clippings/ People were kind enough to send me messages wondering if the table tennis gene had passed … Continue reading →

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Malcolm Poskett

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Jackie Dinnis

A few days ago I put some football card images of Brighton & Hove Albion players in a post, and I just saw this on The Goldstone Wrap blog: http://thegoldstonewrap.com/2013/09/04/why-malcolm-poskett-asked-brighton-for-a-transfer/ There is a great photo of Malcolm, which does him … Continue reading →

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