Wales v Ireland/Six Nation’s Clash on the 14th of March
The leek against the shamrock
The dragon against the slayer
All warriors in an arena
A battle so tough but so fair
The supporters all dressed for the occasion
In their colours of red and of green
And that walk to the Millennium stadium
Will be a truly hypnotic scene
As the band strikes up both teams Anthem’s
And the supporters sing aloud in one voice
And a silence will follow the singing
As Wales take the kick off by choice
Two great kickers will be on show there
One in green and the other in red
Jonathan Saxon leading for Ireland
And George North doesn’t miss much it’s said
And the scrums are all pumped up with muscle
As they try to win the battles of power
Against the head which team will waver?
For they’ve practiced this hour after hour
And the line outs will gain them advantage
As the rolling maul heads towards the line
And a break and a lunge will be needed
Then the referee calls out “the try’s fine”
Then we’ll hold our breath for the conversion
As the kicker views the posts that’s ahead
And he’ll run and he’ll kick with precision
And the cheer will be for green or for red
We’ll remember the overall outcome
For both teams they will never give way
And the story will be of mistakes made
Handing glory to the winner’s that day
And our spirits will be up in the clouds
Like the garryown kicking of height
And we hope it’s the greens that prevail
To start our Patricks Day celebrations that night
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“Come on you Greens”
May the luck of the shamrock be with you as I’m sure St Patrick will be neutral on the day.
Cheltenham Festival 10th March 2015 by Tony Gorman
Colours so bright like a kaleidoscope light
Mingling in everyone’s brain
Good is the going of the turf under hooves
As sunshine replaces the rain
Horses well groomed from head to tail
Head lad’s feeling as proud as punch
Hoping a prize will come their way
As the best groomed is the pick of the bunch
The jockeys take notice of what trainers say
In the paddock before the race starts
And then they mount up and go out on the course
A place not advised for faint hearts
Then up on the rostrum the starter will go
As he raises a flag in one hand
And all of the horses move up in a line
And take off at the starters command
They head for the first of the fences
With the right stride they’ll sail through the air
And on the other side land full of running
Hearts in mouth but they’ll all land with care
And the crowd they gasp and they cheer
At the jockeyship shown on the day
As the eventual winner comes to the last
Pings it easily and wins running away
And the celebration will start’s for the Irish
As their winners run wild in each race
And the trophies are presented to connections
And they accept them with poise and with grace
And regardless of winners or losers
The Cheltenham festival is the greatest of all
And we’ll return year after year to cheer
With “Come on Ruby” as our echoing call
I felt we owed Ruby Walsh a little poem as he never lets his Irish fans down when he rides at Cheltenham.
Happy Patricks Day: to all on site and to those who visit the site.
Thanks as always Tony!
And have a good St Patricks Day, I’d say have a memorable one, but that seems an oddity for us all!
Eoghan
Ireland the Six Nations Champions 21nd March 2015 by/Tony Gorman
Anthems sounding to a singing chorus
All decked out in their team’s attire
Awaiting for the referee’s whistle
With” A Soldier’s Song” setting the air on fire
As our valiant boys done us proud
As all the fans cried out aloud
Ireland, Ireland was their call
And the team they rallied just to show us all
Their strength it showed right from the start
Their passion breaking each Scotsman’s heart
With each attack the Thistle dwindled
As the fire of the Irish was stoked and rekindled
Until the Scot’s could play no part
To deter the surge of the Irish teams heart
And the score built up to set the trend
And bring the six nations to a victories end
And although the English closed the gap
The French they made their spirits snap
They fought to keep the points at bay
And turned the tide the Irish way
And once more our team has brought us glory
Another trophy that tells the story
Of the Irish teams spirit that did succeed
And fulfil their nations sporting need
To win the coveted Six Nations crown
And leave the runner’s up to rue and frown
And bring some unity to our land
Now let’s raise a glass to our gallant band
To each and every one of our Irish Team!!!!!! Long may they reign as Champions, Hip-hip-hooray.
And again for our Gallant Ladies who also brought us glory as Champions, Hip-hip-hooray.