Rambles of a journeyman - James Allinson

Charity cycle

In the summer break I like to do other sporting events as a bit of a break from the Badminton.  Usually not straying too far from racket sports typically these invlove Tennis, Squash, Table Tennis, as well as five aside football and a bit of boxing. However, this summer for cancer research I h...

Posted 13:37 24 June 2009 in Ramble of a journeyman

Premier B Weekend

Going into the last Premier B weekend we (Yorkshire 2nds) knew we were going to have a tough time to catch the likes of Lanarkshire and Cheshire – but with them both to play we had a chance. And in the end we had our chances! 5 – 5 against Cheshire could have been 6 – 4 and perhaps a different sto...

Posted 14:04 31 March 2009 in Ramble of a journeyman

The January challenge experiment

Every year that the English Nationals has been in Manchester (and the last weekend in January or first weekend in February) I have attempted the "January Challenge".  In essence this is healthy diet to make up for the dross I'd been feeding my body over Christmas.  The challe...

Posted 13:45 21 January 2009 in Ramble of a journeyman

My first attempt at a blog

It came as a bit of a shock when I was flicking through Badders.com to see my name as a potential candidate for a Badders.com blog. Even more surprising when I was then actually asked to do so. As a scientist at heart my written skills were never the most succinct but never the less I thought I'd gi...

Posted 17:55 01 December 2008 in Ramble of a journeyman