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Little Miss Discgolf – World Champion

Little Miss Discgolf – World Champion

Paul Wadsworth Coffee Vice Ltd www.coffeevice.co.nz World Champion at 8 What were you doing at 7 and 8 years of age? At this age most are finding their way through school, meeting friends, watching cartoons and dreaming of lollies. Very few can add a World Record and

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Face of the Day
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Young New Zealander Sarah Wadsworth has won at the world championships for disc golf, held in the US. Here is an earlier Newshub video and article concerning Sarah. Discuss it on The BFD. If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your

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Stop Your Grinnin’ and Drop Your Linen

Stop Your Grinnin’ and Drop Your Linen

Anyone who’s ever had a military medical knows perfectly well what it means to have to drop your pants and cough in front of a doctor. But that’s all too humiliating for Women’s World Cup soccer players, apparently. Swedish women’s football players were forced to prove

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Competitors Must Choose Politics or Sport

Competitors Must Choose Politics or Sport

Novak Djokovic claimed the title of Greatest Of All Time tennis player following his men’s singles win at 2023 Roland Garros last weekend. It was a long road to achieving his goal after Victorian Premier Dan Andrews revoked Djokovic’s visa, preventing him from competing at the 2022 Australian

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Women’s Record Held by Trans Would-Be Killer

Women’s Record Held by Trans Would-Be Killer

Ara Abrahamian was stripped of his Olympic bronze medal for arguing with judges. Dong Fangxiao’s entire team lost theirs because she lied about her age. Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall’s team lost theirs because he had a beer before competition. Lester Piggot lost his OBE after a tax evasion conviction. Jarred

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English rugby league icon Kevin Sinfield stopped short of the finish to carry friend and former team-mate Rob Burrow over the line of a marathon dedicated to him. The inaugural event in Leeds, England was named after Burrow, who was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2019. Stuff Read more

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No Place for Women in NZ Sport
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No Place for Women in NZ Sport

The New Zealand government has tabled a “Integrity Sport and Recreation Bill”. In announcing the bill in Parliament, Grant Robertson claimed that it “will help protect the wellbeing of participants and the fairness of competition”. Strangely, then, the bill completely ignores the most contentious issue around fairness and wellbeing in,

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On Tall Lichen Syndrome and Martin Crowe

alwynpoole.substack.com This week I was on the Leighton Smith podcast and we traversed parenting, education, leadership, Elon Musk and in NZ how we chop down high achievers [and] free and creative thinkers. We didn’t mention him but Martin Crowe came to mind. I have recently completed a

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