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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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Caribbean Queen
A bright and relaxing Sunday morning. I sit at home, by the kitchen window. Nursing a coffee, looking out across the bay. In my own...
Ian Hyde-Lay
Mar 26, 20214 min read
Marathon Man
It is a badge of honour, and it traces back centuries. It confirms that, in completing a particular, grueling long distance run, one must...
Ian Hyde-Lay
Mar 19, 20213 min read
Humble Pie
March 8, 2021. It is International Women’s Day, and this gets me thinking. Thinking back to events fifty plus years ago, thinking of a...
Ian Hyde-Lay
Mar 9, 20214 min read
Gone, But Not Forgotten
Saturday, late October 1995. I struggle awake, groggy with jet lag following a long flight from Vancouver. Foggy after an unsettled...
Ian Hyde-Lay
Mar 1, 20214 min read
Like The Gipper
For me, as a young boy growing up, he is the stuff of legends, his story one that stands the test of time. An American gridiron star, he...
Ian Hyde-Lay
Feb 23, 20214 min read
Curiosity and Controversy
No question about it. I am curious. November 14, 1987. Shortly, I will take up residence underneath the grandstand at Royal Athletic Park...
Ian Hyde-Lay
Feb 15, 20214 min read
Vindication
For those who enjoy travel and love hoops, there are worse ways to spend a summer. It is late August 2013. I journey to Puerto Rico and...
Ian Hyde-Lay
Feb 9, 20216 min read
Lockdown
Springtime. The war is finally over. 21 years old, he demobs from the Royal Navy. Not sure what the future may hold, he departs England,...
Ian Hyde-Lay
Feb 1, 20214 min read
The Epic Comeback
I fall. Hard. Along with many others, I fall hard for a gutsy and resolute group of Indian cricketers. A month ago, they leave Adelaide...
Ian Hyde-Lay
Jan 20, 20214 min read
Tradition
The rain hammers down, and the wind howls. The damp seeps into my bones. It is early January, dreary, dark and exhausting, in the Pacific...
Ian Hyde-Lay
Jan 18, 20214 min read
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