My sort of sport
'Were you any good at sport?' a friend asked recently as I sat in front of the TV doing my bit to support Team GB. 'It's not something that runs in the family,' I replied, shaking my head sadly. Then I remembered my grandfather, James R Brown, a member of his school football team, who later excelled at bowls, winning a coveted trophy in 1936. When I was a child he taught me how to play bowls - at Beau Sejour in Guernsey where that win took place.
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| St Sampsons School Guernsey, 1907. J.Brown (far right) |
Later, his son, sports journalist Harry Brown worked at the Football League in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, and edited their first official hard back book published in the late sixties.
Then again, I could mention my elder daughter who excelled at tennis, or her sister who captained the school hockey team, but they might never speak to me again.
So the answer's still the same - I was no good at sport - but I might just remember someone who was...
