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Friday September 3rd: Golf and a Resumption of Mahjong (Mechanical Tables Permitting…)

September 7, 2010 David Hurley 3

Now that September is here, the summer mahjong recess is officially over and was marked by a sweltering day of golf at Hiroshima Golf Club and an eventful evening of mahjong at Kodama mahjong parlour… It’s been several months since I last handled a golf club, except for a few [Read more…]

Sunday 25th November: A Game of Three Penalties

December 3, 2007 David Hurley 0

Above: Disappointment as Jaime’s penalty is saved… Here’s a pic of Jaime taking the first of our three penalties during a fine game played in lovely autumnal weather on the grass pitch in the park near Hiroshima airport. As you can see, the shot was on target, but the other [Read more…]

Sunday 20th May: Victory for the Hiroshima Blues

May 27, 2007 David Hurley 4

DEH 4 v AC Telan 0: The DEH boys march on!Our new goal-scoring hero is third from right.(Photo: Jaime, 20/5/07) There was a time when The Poor Little Cypriot and most of the football team he played for, Inter-Milang, a team of English teachers, Peruvian labourers, and one or two [Read more…]

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Sunday 10th December: 10 Men… 9 Men… “B” Division… “C” Division…

December 11, 2006 David Hurley 2

I arrived at Yano station at about a quarter to ten this morning, half an hour behind schedule as I had missed the 9:03 from Hiroshima. Jaime was already at Yano when I got there and we took a taxi up to the football pitches a few miles into the [Read more…]

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