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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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Ian Hyde-Lay
May 23, 20224 min read
Case Closed
A sticky, stifling May afternoon some twenty years ago. Bent double in a crawl space, I attempt some spring cleaning. The dampness under...
Ian Hyde-Lay
May 14, 20223 min read
Breakfast of Champions
Praise, a confidant tells me, is the breakfast of champions. Now I like a heaping plate of praise just as much as the next person, even...
Ian Hyde-Lay
May 5, 20224 min read
A Lonely Place
June 1968. The school year winds to conclusion. Still, for me at least, ten years old and finishing grade 6 at the local elementary, one...
Ian Hyde-Lay
Apr 18, 20224 min read
G.O.A.T.
March 31, 1973. A day I will remember forever. Just turned 15, I travel to Toronto from the west coast. Soon I will start at a local...
Ian Hyde-Lay
Apr 6, 20223 min read
The Right Thing
A fine spring morning in Victoria. The sun climbs a cloudless sky. Cherry trees line the street, bursting with pink and white blossoms. I...
Ian Hyde-Lay
Mar 28, 20225 min read
The Companion
A one-year Covid induced absence, for better or worse, is now just a memory. Indeed, despite some bumps in the road, the 2021-22...
Ian Hyde-Lay
Mar 17, 20224 min read
Black Power
Updates on the war dominate the world press and social media. We watch and read as ground troops look to encircle and advance on the city...
Ian Hyde-Lay
Mar 4, 20223 min read
Estadio da Luz
We watch, aghast and horrified. A dark, ominous cloud hovers over Eastern Europe, by extension over the entire globe, as Russian troops...
Ian Hyde-Lay
Feb 15, 20224 min read
Medal Table
The Olympics. An often-captivating jumble of global sport, they are held as separate winter and summer events in different countries...
Ian Hyde-Lay
Feb 8, 20224 min read
Autograph Hunter
October 31, 2012. Along with wife Lisa, I find myself in Portland, Oregon. Another NBA season gets underway. Part of a Halloween crowd of...
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