What the UK sporting news should have carried:
Well, we're back from New Zealand.
It was quite successful - in the New Zealand match GB beat NZ on their home turf, on one of the world's most difficult ranges. That in itself is something to shout about, to be proud as hell of, but setting a new World Record in doing so? (Not just breaking it, but truly shattering it!) You'd have thought the news might pick up on it (well, the NZ press did, but not back here...)
Then, in the individual championships, it was a Brit who gained top honours. Again, the NZ press and media were all over it:
This was from the main sporting news channel in NZ. Not bad!
And the final team match? Again, another nice piece:
It was quite successful - in the New Zealand match GB beat NZ on their home turf, on one of the world's most difficult ranges. That in itself is something to shout about, to be proud as hell of, but setting a new World Record in doing so? (Not just breaking it, but truly shattering it!) You'd have thought the news might pick up on it (well, the NZ press did, but not back here...)
Then, in the individual championships, it was a Brit who gained top honours. Again, the NZ press and media were all over it:
Click to viewThis was from the main sporting news channel in NZ. Not bad!
And the final team match? Again, another nice piece: