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A Life In Sport
A blog by Ian Hyde-Lay
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Ian Hyde-Lay is a teacher who lives and works in Victoria, BC. He has been heavily involved in sport his entire life, as a player, coach, referee and administrator.
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Time and Love
Late September. Not too bad, as weekends go. Plenty on my docket, but still time to focus closely on various international athletic...
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Sep 304 min read
Numbers Game
August 5, 2014. Twenty miles south of Paris, in the suburb of Marcoussis, a Women’s Rugby World Cup Pool B match plays out. The final...
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Sep 224 min read
100 Up
My filing system needs a serious upgrade. Because, for the life of me, I cannot lay hands on the actual letter my father sent me upon...
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Sep 44 min read
Whiff of Danger
June 2025. The Ring of Kerry, a popular tourist route in southwest Ireland. A family holiday takes us along the Iveragh peninsula. Our...
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Aug 273 min read
Sheer Delight
It could have been any major athletic event. Any sport. Which one in particular does not matter. What does matter is that the recently...
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Aug 83 min read
Ice Cream
As much as anything, it is the sounds I remember. 2012. Late on a glorious Thursday afternoon in the third week of May. An exciting...
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Jul 295 min read
Crooked Timber
One month. 12 stadiums. 32 teams. 63 games. Mercifully, the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup is finally over. Certainly, some of the football, or...
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Jul 194 min read
Food for Thought
Kenmare, Ireland. A Saturday in early June. On holiday, alongside my wife and two sons, I enjoy an evening stroll. Suddenly, without...
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Jun 204 min read
North Face
Late March 2025. An email arrives, choc a bloc full of details. From a member of my high school graduating class. He outlines plans for a...
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Apr 245 min read
Masterpiece
The first week of March. The days lengthen. Afternoons grow warmer. And spring cleaning, an annual rite of passage, begins. I hunker down...
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Mar 114 min read
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