So good, so good, so good!

Once again I’ve failed to write a post for far too long (sorry!), this once again shows my occasional (or often) laziness that sometimes occurs when I have to write something.

It does also mean I have lots to talk about!

One of the main reasons I haven’t posted was because I was on holiday in America, first stop was sports mad Boston.

For months and months before we left I was on the Boston Red Sox website most days trying to find tickets to one of the games. Finally a couple of weeks before we were about to leave I managed to get two pairs of tickets near enough to each other- finding four seats in a row would be impossible!

The popularity of Boston's only baseball team was incredible, everywhere you looked around the city you saw people wearing baseball caps or t-shirts showing their Boston colours. This also included my Dad who perhaps should have kept up to date with the Sox result's as he was often found in an awkward situation when a stranger started to talk to him about the team when he went out in his Fenway Park t-shirt.

Fenway Park at night

Game night v the Oakland A's ended in an 8-6 win for the Red Sox at one of the best sports venues I've ever been too (sports nerd coming to the forefront here) This was the start of a 9 game winning streak including 3 wins at their divisional and main rivals the New York Yankees. Think we must have brought them luck as they have since slumped back behind the Yankees in the American League East.
Not only a baseball mad city but the Boston Bruins, Boston's Ice Hockey team, won the Stanley cup with the help of some dominant home displays including a massive 8-1 game three win over the Vancouver Canucks. I don't think there would have been riots in Boston if they had lost, unlike the Canucks fans who decided that it would be the best thing to do after losing game seven in Vancouver. Instead Boston decided to celebrate their win with a parade around the city on their world wide known Duck tour boats.
After a week relaxing in Las Vegas it was back home to a cloudy and colder England, which could only mean a trip to Wimbledon was in order. After a quite pleasant two hour queue, on the first Monday we managed to see a wide variety of matches before the heavens opened at 5 o'clock, seeing Kuznetsova and Gasquet (who has just been knocked out by Andy Murray in the 4th round) were two of our days viewing highlights. I also tried to go again on Saturday with my Dad, but despite waking up at 6am when you're handed a queue card with the number 10,000 on it you know it's the right moment to get back on the train and get back in time to watch it at home on TV.
As mentioned in my last post I've started my sports science internship at Sussex CCC last week, despite the initial star struck response to meeting Sussex players who I've supported since I started going the county ground about 10 years ago. I've since settled in and looking forward to attending my first game as part of the back room team at Arundel on Wednesday.
Will let you know how I get on!