The FA Cup
Today is the anniversary of the first FA Cup Final with Wanderers beating the Royal Engineers by one goal to nil in 1872. Here is the FA website with the history of the World’s oldest football knockout competition. There is …
Tag: sport
Can You YoYo?
When TOTD was a child there was a bit of a craze for YoYos. Everyone in the playground had one and we all learnt a few tricks but nothing to compare to Canadian Jensen Kimmitt who blow away the competition with …
The English Channel
On this day in 1875, Matthew Webb became the first man to successfully swim the English Channel. Since then many others have managed to swim from England to France or vice-versa. Here is more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_successful_English_Channel_swimmers And here is a …
British Grand Prix
This weekend sees the Grand Prix circus arrive at Silverstone for the British Grand Prix. You can see coverage on the BBC but if you want indepth news, information and up to the minute stats then check out www.formula1.com
Wenlock Olympian Society
Wenlock and Mandeville, the official London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic mascots were unveiled last week (does anyone else think they look like Gogo’s Crazy Bones, the collectible figurines?). http://www.london2012.com/mascots Wenlock is named after the town of Much Wenlock in Shropshire, …
Winter Olympics
Today marks the start of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. With a range of sports including skiing, bobsleigh and ice hockey, here is the official site of what is going on: http://www.vancouver2010.com/
Wimbledon
Yes it’s that time again where for two weeks we all get our tennis raquets out, all the courts are fully booked and everyone suddenly remembers the rules of tennis and the history of the competition at Wimbledon. For all you …
Field Gun Running
TOTD had the opportunity to see the Navy’s field gun competition once again last weekend. Still one of the most astonisghingly tough team sports going despite the slight variant that’s now run in place of the old style race. In originates …
Office chair race
This is suitably odd but then it comes from a source not far from the Office of Odd up the road from here (apparently some former colleagues’ bosses now rely on them to provide general weirdness when necessary): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7370652.stm Presumably …
Surfin’ NLA
It’s not *all* fun and games in the library, of course. Occasionally, staff have to get those trolleys out… (or is that “get trollied”?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvKntJKctoU (Thanks our neighbours up the road for this one).
