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Continue reading →: Euro 2012 Treviso – ArrivalFrom Treviso Ciao tutti! Come va? Tutto bene qua. Getting ready to get into bed here in our hotel in Montebelluna, just outside Treviso. First game of the European Touch Championships 2012 tomorrow morning at 11am vs Guernsey. I’m finally getting excited now.
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Continue reading →: World Cup 2011 – Final DaySaturday, 25 June – The End of our World Cup Adventure First of all sorry for taking so long to put up my last blog – those two-and-a-half readers were not happy at all. The public can be so demanding once they get a piece of you. 🙂
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Continue reading →: World Cup 2011 – Day 3Friday, 24 June – Spain, Scotland, Japan 3 tries for me but still no wins… Up at 6am again this morning, then three of the hardest games of my life. And here I am after 2 am on Friday night alone in my little room writing this blog.
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Continue reading →: World Cup 2011 – Day 2
Thursday, 23 June – USA. Switzerland. vs. USA First match today against the USA and not Spain as we thought. A big one for the American on our team, my buddy Mr Jim Gorman. I could feel myself welling up when the coach gathered us in a huddle beforehand.
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Continue reading →: World Cup 2011 – Day 1
Wednesday, 22 June – England, Spain, Australia A quick update on the first day. 6.30am: First up, the four new debutantes for Ireland were presented with their official First Ireland caps.
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Continue reading →: World Cup 2011 – Arrival in Edinburgh
Tuesday, 21 June 2011 Just a quick note. Getting ready to get into bed here in my compact little dorm room in Edinburgh. We had a team meeting – going through everything for tomorrow morning. I’m trying to stay calm and relaxed now, plenty of time to get intense and…
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Continue reading →: World Cup 2011 – Team Ireland Day
Team Ireland Day Saturday, June 18th 2011 Hi all Welcome to the first entry in my 2011 Touch Rugby World Cup Diary.
Hello,
I’m Ian
I am a writer and educator.
I’m the author of the The Irish Culture Books series, activity books aimed at language students studying English in Ireland, a novel ‘God on a Bicycle’. and a short story ‘Speech! Speech!’ (read story here) which was published in the short story collection, ‘A Pint and a Haircut‘.
I have worked as a teacher, as a content creator, Academic Director of educational organisations, an examiner, teacher trainer. From Ireland, I have also lived in Spain, Italy and Switzerland.
I’ve also worked in no particular order as a furniture mover, security guard, barman, in a garage, in fast food restaurants and as a life-model.
I have represented both Ireland and Switzerland in Touch Rugby at World Cups and European Championships.
I have masters in English literature and English linguistics.
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