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Dundalk overwhelm Bangor in All Ireland Final
by Roger Corbett
Bangor’s amazing run in the All Ireland Junior Cup came to an abrupt end when they were comprehensively beaten by Dundalk, eventually losing by 55-5.
Where do you start when trying to relate and absorb the events of Saturday’s final at Chambers Park? Firstly, congratulations to worthy winners Dundalk who nullified the Bangor attack, then went on to produce some stunning plays which racked up no less than 8 tries, each by a different player. For Bangor’s part, they were unable to respond to the intensity of Dundalk’s game, and lacked the cutting edge which their opponents used to great effect.
The day started full of promise, as the strong support from North Down made their way to Chambers Park in Portadown, knowing Bangor would be fielding their best team. Once again, the pundits had Bangor as the underdogs – just as they had done so in the previous three rounds! In confounding the experts earlier, Bangor produced some awesome performances against top quality opposition to get to the final. Dundalk had produced some convincing wins in the early rounds of the competition, but had struggled to get past CIYMS in the semi-final, just managing to squeeze ahead at the second time of asking. However, with a number of key players returning to the side in time for this game, they were now back at full strength and would be a formidable force to contend with.
Having won the toss, captain Jamie Clegg elected to play into the stiff wind in the first half. For the first 5 minutes, Bangor doggedly retained possession and tried to play their way into Dundalk’s half through a series of determined forward moves. However, little ground was made and, when possession was finally lost, the Dundalk back line produced a burst that simply cut through the Bangor defence resulting in an easy touch down under Bangor’s posts for a 7-0 lead.
Bangor stuck to their plan and slowly, but patiently, got their attack moving forward, eventually winning a penalty to the left of Dundalk’s posts, but Mark Widdowson’s kick into the wind drifted just wide of the mark.
The contrast in play between the two teams was becoming clear, with Bangor trying to keep the ball close while Dundalk were throwing it wide. The latter strategy was proving to be the more effective as, with 20 minutes gone, a quick back line move with players looping around resulted in an overlap on the right wing which gave a clear run in to again, score under the posts. A further 9 minutes later, they did it again and, although the Bangor defence had sensed the danger and moved across to cover it, their tackling let them down allowing Dundalk to get over in the right hand corner, taking their lead to 19-0.
By now, Bangor were trying to hang on until half time when they could regroup and come out with the wind at their backs. Dundalk, on the other hand were anxious to press home their advantage and give them a more comfortable lead. To Bangor’s credit, although camped on their own line for lengthy spells, they dug in and managed to hold on until the referee’s half time whistle.
As the teams reappeared from the dressing rooms, it was obvious Bangor were ringing the changes, particularly in the backs. With the wind advantage having lessened considerably, Bangor got the second half underway. It was now Dundalk’s turn to adopt the slow, steady approach, just as Bangor had done earlier. However, their more confident off-loading and support play was, once again, taking play deep into Bangor’s territory. Frustration at not being able to gain possession and take play out of their danger area eventually resulted in a yellow card for Clegg after a succession of penalties. Dundalk kicked the penalty to touch, won their lineout and drove for the line. Although initially held up by the Bangor defence, Dundalk’s repeated drives were eventually rewarded with another converted score, extending their lead to 26-0.
From the touchline, the Bangor faithful had felt that if their players had managed to score first in the second half, they may have been able to mount a fight-back and close the gap to their opponents. As it was, this Dundalk score simply bolstered their confidence and pushed Bangor deeper into trouble. With Bangor still a man down, Dundalk added to the score with a penalty and then another score in the corner. Everything was now working for the Leinster men, as even the difficult touchline conversion into the biting wind successfully split the posts, bringing the score to 36-0.
As the game entered the final quarter, and with Dundalk all but holding the cup, Bangor were now on the ropes. By contrast, the Dundalk players were in almost total control, and were not going to slow down now. In a 10 minute spell, they ran in a further 3 tries, making the scoreline 55-0. By now, any sense of dejection the Bangor supporters may have been feeling was now moved to feelings of sympathy for their players. However, pride was at stake and once again Bangor rallied as the game entered its final minutes. At last, the forwards got within striking distance of the Dundalk line and, although their repeated attacks were repelled, they finally managed to do what their opponents had done so effectively, and quickly passed the ball wide to Davy Charles. Even though they were 55 points ahead, the Dundalk defence made Charles work hard to drive through the tackles and score Bangor’s consolation try, bringing the final score to 55-5.
From Bangor’s point of view, the final score doesn’t tell the whole story of this competition. While the final may have resulted in a sad anti-climax for Bangor, the remarkable journey to get there will be remembered for some time. On the day, Dundalk were by far the better side, and Bangor would have to concede that their game was not up to the usual standard. However, there is no doubt the experience of competing at this level is something to relish and the goal now will be to secure a top four place in the league and try again next year.
Everybody at the club has nothing but the highest respect and praise for what has been achieved this year by not just the 1sts, but all the senior teams, and one poor result isn’t going to change that – the welcome at Upritchard Park for the returning players is testament to that. With that in mind, the players now need to put this disappointment behind them and provide the best possible response against a struggling Portadown side at home in the league next Saturday.
Bangor side: J Leary, A Jackson, P Whyte, F Black, G Irvine, R Latimer, J Clegg, C Stewart, R Armstrong, K Rosson, D Charles, M Aspley, M Weir, M Widdowson, C Morgan
Subs: S Irvine, O McIlmurray, D Kelly, M Rodgers, C Harper, D Fusco, M Thompson
Bangor scores: D Charles (1T)
Dundalk Storm To Title Dundalk 55 v Bangor 5 from KnockOn.ie
Dundalk Scorers: Christopher Scully, Owen McNally, Jonathan Williams, John Smyth, Ultan Murphy, Tiernan Gonnelly, James McConnon and Stephen Murphy 1 try each. Ultan Murphy 6 cons, 1 pen.
Bangor Scorers: David Charles 1 try.
In front of a big crowd at Chambers Park on Saturday afternoon Dundalk delivered a stunning and ruthless display to see off the challenge of Bangor and capture the All Ireland Junior Cup title for the very first time.
Three first half tries had them firmly in control at 19-0 ahead having played with the elements at the Portadown venue during the first half and while the wind dropped somewhat after half time the Dundalk intensity most certainly didn’t as they cut loose scoring five more tries.
Dundalk returned to a heroes welcome at their Mill Road clubhouse on Saturday night after a display of pure brilliance throughout the afternoon.
Precision, pace and skill from the Louth men from start to finish left Bangor playing second fiddle for long periods.
Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus)
Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary - Christmas Hill, Saanich, BC
This guy wasn't about to let some silly human disturb his rest. He looked at me for a for a little while, then ignored me. After a few minutes he stood up and casually walked away, not a care in the world.
Here are some of my favorites from a recent shoot we did with the lovely Mariah at the Idaho Capitol Building. This is such a cool place to shoot - it's very classy and dignified. Mariah brought her game to this shoot - looking confident, sweet, and sassy. All in all a very fun shoot. Hopefully she's still talking to me so we can do some more shoots!
I took these photos in December 2019.
Lucky number 30! Un numar care chiar conteaza si dupa care viata capata un alt sens. Cand eram mica mi se parea ca la 30 de ani deja oamenii sunt batrani. Ca la varsta de 30 de ani trebuie deja sa fii stabilit, sa ai un job "bun", sa fi sadit deja un pom, sa fi facut deja o casa si sa ai un copil. Totul la 30 era in mintea mea cu "deja" in fata- adica realizat!
Pe parcurs am inteles, insa, ca la 30 de ani abia incepi sa traiesti! La 30 abia incepi sa te dezmeticesti din adolescenta si abia dupa aceasta varsta incepi sa tratezi viata altfel. Altele ar trebui sa iti fie principiile, trairile, sentimentele, aspiratiile si lista poate continua.
Abia dupa 30 de ani cred ca incepi sa fii un om mai bun, mai matur, incepi sa iti faci planuri mai serioase si abia dupa 30 de ani cred ca poti sa consideri ca esti un om mare. Asta nu inseamna ca trebuie sa stergi inocenta, naivitatatea si bucuria de copil pe care le-ai avut pana la aceasta varsta. Din contra! Le pastrezi si le amplifici mai frumos dupa 30, cred.
Bine, mai sunt si oameni care incep sa isi vada viata cu alti ochi dupa o varsta mult mai inaintata.
Varsta, dupa parerea mea, nu conteaza! Varsta este doar un numar! Cred ca de fapt este vorba de timp, de experienta, obstacole, trairi, momente, amintiri adunate, intamplari, nebunii si tot ce s-ar mai putea aduna in tolba pe care o ticsesti intr-o viata.
Astazi este despre tine- Monica Radulescu! Prietena, sora, confidenta...Am o lista atat de lunga plina de atribute care te caracterizeaza, ca nu mi-ar ajunge "internetul" ca sa le pot tipari. Sunt atatea tag-uri pe care ti le pot atasa sau hastag-uri, ca as da peste cap Facebook-ul sau Instagram-ul :))
Cele mai frumoase prietenii incep in cele mai ciudate moduri! Prietenia noastra - exceptia care confirma regula!
Nu ne-am suportat si totusi am ajuns sa fim atat de dependente una de cealalta incat toata "ura" pe care ne-am purtat-o la inceputuri, acum este doar o poveste amuzanta. Daca nu te-as fi cunoscut n-as fi fost o parte din ceea ce sunt azi.
Iti multumesc ca ma suporti! Ca ma inveti! Ca ai rabdare cu mine! Ca stii sa ma potolesti cand sunt nervoasa, ca stii sa imi fii alaturi in cele mai dificile momente, ca stii sa te bucuri alaturi de mine in momentele frumoase!
Pe scurt- ca existi si ca existam una pentru cealalta indiferent de circumstante! Am trecut prin atatea impreuna ca am putea face un serial gen "Tanar si nelinistit" :))
Iti doresc ca 30 chiar sa fie lucky number 30! Sa fie o cifra care sa iti aduca tot ce nu ti-au adus celelalte cifre pana acum! Sa te bucuri de 30 de ori mai mult, sa fii de 30 de ori mai fericita si sa ti se indeplineasca de 30 de ori mai multe dorinte care pana acum!
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Some of you may have noticed that, unfortunately, owing to the fact that a certain person who sells truck photos on eBay commercially has been lifting my images from this album and selling them I have had to remove 2300 photos that didn't have a watermark. I have now run around 1700 through Lightroom and added a watermark with the intention of bulk uploading them again. Rather than watermark the existing (hidden) files in Flickr one at a time it will be easier to do it this way. I definitely won’t be adding individual tags with the make and model of each vehicle I will just add generic transport tags. Each photo is named after the vehicle and reg in any case. For anyone new to these images there is a chapter and verse explanation below. It is staggering how many times I get asked questions that a quick scan would answer or just as likely I can’t possibly answer – I didn’t take them, but, just to clarify-I do own the copyright- and I do pursue copyright theft.
This is a collection of scanned prints from a collection of photographs taken by the late Jim Taylor A number of years ago I was offered a large number of photographs taken by Jim Taylor, a transport photographer based in Huddersfield. The collection, 30,000 prints, 20,000 negatives – and copyright! – had been offered to me and one of the national transport magazines previously by a friend of Jim's, on behalf of Jim's wife. I initially turned them down, already having over 30,000 of my own prints filed away and taking space up. Several months later the prints were still for sale – at what was, apparently, the going rate. It was a lot of money and I deliberated for quite a while before deciding to buy them. I did however buy them directly from Jim’s wife and she delivered them personally – just to quash the occasional rumour from people who can’t mind their own business. Although some prints were sold elsewhere, particularly the popular big fleet stuff, I should have the negatives, unfortunately they came to me in a random mix, 1200 to a box, without any sort of indexing and as such it would be impossible to match negatives to prints, or, to even find a print of any particular vehicle. I have only ever looked at a handful myself unless I am scanning them. The prints are generally in excellent condition and I initially stored them in a bedroom without ever looking at any of them. In 2006 I built an extension and they had to be well protected from dust and moved a few times. Ultimately my former 6x7 box room office has become their (and my own work’s) permanent home.
I hope to avoid posting images that Jim had not taken his self, however should I inadvertently infringe another photographers copyright, please inform me by email and I will resolve the issue immediately. There are copyright issues with some of the photographs that were sold to me. A Flickr member from Scotland drew my attention to some of his own work amongst the first uploads of Jim’s work. I had a quick look through some of the 30 boxes of prints and decided that for the time being the safest thing for me to do was withdraw the majority of the earlier uploaded scans and deal with the problem – which I did. whilst the vast majority of the prints are Jims, there is a problem defining copyright of some of them, this is something that the seller did not make clear at the time. I am reasonably confident that I have since been successful in identifying Jims own work. His early work consists of many thousands of lustre 6x4 prints which are difficult to scan well, later work is almost entirely 7x5 glossy, much easier to scan. Not all of the prints are pin sharp but I can generally print successfully to A4 from a scan.
You may notice photographs being duplicated in this Album, unfortunately there are multiple copies of many prints (for swapping) and as I have to have a system of archiving and backing up I can only guess - using memory - if I have scanned a print before. The bigger fleets have so many similar vehicles and registration numbers that it is impossible to get it right all of the time. It is easier to scan and process a print than check my files - on three different PC’s - for duplicates. There has not been, nor will there ever be, any intention to knowingly breach anyone else's copyright. I have presented the Jim Taylor collection as exactly that-The Jim Taylor Collection- his work not mine, my own work is quite obviously mine.
Unfortunately, many truck spotters have swapped and traded their work without copyright marking it as theirs. These people never anticipated the ease with which images would be shared online in the future. I would guess that having swapped and traded photos for many years that it is almost impossible to control their future use. Anyone wanting to control the future use of their work would have been well advised to copyright mark their work (as many did) and would be well advised not to post them on photo sharing sites without a watermark as the whole point of these sites is to share the image, it is very easy for those that wish, to lift any image, despite security settings, indeed, Flickr itself, warns you that this is the case. It was this abuse and theft of my material that led me to watermark all of my later uploads. I may yet withdraw non-watermarked photos, I haven’t decided yet. (I did in the end)
To anyone reading the above it will be quite obvious that I can’t provide information regarding specific photos or potential future uploads – I didn’t take them! There are many vehicles that were well known to me as Jim only lived down the road from me (although I didn’t know him), however scanning, titling, tagging and uploading is laborious and time consuming enough, I do however provide a fair amount of information with my own transport (and other) photos. I am aware that there are requests from other Flickr users that are unanswered, I stumble across them months or years after they were posted, this isn’t deliberate. Some weekends one or two “enthusiasts” can add many hundreds of photos as favourites, this pushes requests that are in the comments section ten or twenty pages out of sight and I miss them. I also have notifications switched off, I receive around 50 emails a day through work and I don’t want even more from Flickr. Other requests, like many other things, I just plain forget – no excuses! Uploads of Jim’s photos will be infrequent as it is a boring pastime and I would much rather work on my own output.
Katelyn is quickly becoming one of my favorite models - she also gives new meaning to the adage about great things coming in small packages. Katelyn is very dependable (no flake in her!), photogenic, fun, sweet, creative, and a bit of a contortionist too - she is an absolute joy to shoot with. Rebecca and I were going to shoot downtown with several models but Katelyn was the only one that showed so we wore the poor girl out - but it was a lot of fun - until she stood on a park bench, caught her stiletto heel in the bench and ended up falling into the street; fortunately the street was ok and Katelyn ended up bruised and battered but she still hung in there - now I can't wait to shoot with her again!
We did this shoot with Katelyn in downtown Anchorage in August 2012.
Jennifer Lawrence :
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Taken in a service station car park Southbound on the M5 on our way to Cornwall... Came across this confident little fella and his cronies... I reckon the scarey looking one just behind the main fella is the tough guy!
ARTIC's grand opening is 12.13.14, so workers are scrambling to have this transportation hub dependably operable for this public gala. This guy thinks nothing of balancing a ladder and drink on the escalator. Me? I hold on tightly to the hand rail! Anaheim, CA USA
Isolated full length studio shot of a confident business team standing side by side and looking at the camera.
Hanging Heaton bowler Muhammed Rameez leads at Mirfield Memorial Park an appeal for leg before against a Moorlands batter during a second round tie in the Heavy Woollen District Challenge Cup. The left-arm spinner, unsuccessful on this occasion, took 3-30 as the Bradford League Premier Division high-flyers crushed by eight wickets their hosts from the Huddersfield League Premiership. Former Yorkshire batter Gary Fellows starred for Hanging Heaton. He struck an impressive 97 off 85 balls before being caught near the boundary after a slightly mistimed big hit. Hanging Heaton clinched victory - and a place in the quarter-finals - with a spectacular, down-the-ground six onto the adjacent A644.
Match statistics:
Admission: free. Programme: none. Attendance: 115. Moorlands won the toss and elected to bat. Moorlands 192 off 42 overs (Chris Stott 46 not out, Andrew Fortis 33, Jared Maxwell 27, Muhammed Rameez 3-30, David Stiff 2-33) lost by eight wickets to Hanging Heaton 198-2 off 29 overs (Gary Fellows 97, Richard Foster 35 not out, Nick Connolly 31, David Winn 2-42).
The present Moorlands Cricket Club were founded in 1884 as Dewsbury Moorlands Methodist Church Cricket Club. Initially, they played in a Sunday School competition, but in 1911 became founder members of the Dewsbury & District League. After a spell on a mill owner's field, they used a sloping pitch at Church Lane, in the Crow Nest Park area of the town, close to Dewsbury Moor, until the 1950s when the site was subject to a compulsory purchase order. Houses now stand on the site. They switched to a local authority pitch at Sands Lane before, in 1986, quitting Dewsbury for neighbouring Mirfield. The club moved into a ground at local authority-owned Memorial Park. It had been vacated by Mirfield Cavaliers CC upon their merger with Mirfield Parish Church. Moorlands agreed to take on a debt Cavaliers owed to a brewery, but were less enamoured with a council suggestion they incorporate 'Mirfield' in their name. In the end, they simply dropped the 'Dewsbury' prefix. Moorlands stepped up to the Huddersfield Central League in 1988. Since 2013, they have played in the Huddersfield League. After securing back-to-back promotions in 2013 and 2014, Moorlands are now members of the Premiership, the league's top flight.
Marcy, my mannequin model. I'm not confident enough to convince a live person to model for me........yet.
I wanted to create 3 very different photos, so I swapped up hair, jewelry, background and clothes.
Picture 1 is with a single flash.
Picture 2 is Marcy's torso outside.
Picture 3 is ambient sunlight through a white cloth
Wigs were provided by my daughter and the jewelry was created by my wife. Neither of which will model for me.
All three photos were taken on 5th of October, 2014.
Naturally Confident is a range of hair and beauty products available exclusively to Confident in Tamworth.
Up-armoured vehicles begin Afghanistan operations
The first of the enhanced Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) [CVR(T)] fleet is now operational on the front line in Afghanistan.
The up-armoured vehicles are giving extra protection to the soldiers of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers, as they provide security in the Nahr-e Saraj (North) district of Helmand province.
The main task of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers is to overwatch the battlespace either side of Highways 1 and 611, the two main supply routes that run through the Task Force Helmand area of operations.
BAE Systems has upgraded the armour on all five vehicles that make up the CVR(T) family - Scimitar, Spartan, Samson, Sultan and Samaritan - through an Urgent Operational Requirement process worth around £30m. CVR(T) is on display in the UK for the first time this week at the DSEi defence and security equipment show, currently taking place in London.
As part of the contract, the vehicles have been re-hulled to give better mine-blast protection for troops, and improved armour added for enhanced resistance to blasts and ballistics, as well as new mine-blast protection seating in every position in every variant. Other enhancements include repositioned foot controls and a revamped fuel system.
Scimitar Mark 2 builds on a number of upgrades that have previously been made to the CVR(T), which address the problems experienced while operating in the harsh Afghan environment. These previous upgrades have included improved power output, new gearboxes and transmissions, air-conditioning, improved communications, air filters and night-vision systems.
The Scimitar Mark 2s are proving a hit with the troops. Sergeant Matthew Pook, aged 31, from Hinckley in Leicestershire, has served on operations in Kosovo, Iraq and Bosnia and has seen previous versions of the vehicle in action. He said:
"Significant progress has been made with the vehicle since I first used it. It makes you feel more confident when out on the ground. The old ones needed regular maintenance and fixing, which is hard work at the end of a day."
Trooper Ashley Doyle, aged 21, from Plymouth, praised the changes to the vehicle. He said:
"Where we operate, it's a lot safer to move around in vehicles because they act as a deterrent against the insurgents. This new vehicle can cope with all the terrain in the Green Zone, even irrigation ditches, because of the new suspension."
9th/12th Royal Lancers' tour has been varied but they have used the CVR(T) in its classic reconnaissance role, providing security in convoy support.
Lieutenant Ed Aitken, aged 25, from London, is Troop Leader of 1st Troop, Formation Reconnaissance Squadron:
"Our area of operation is 250 square kilometres so the mobility the CVR(T) has allows us to have an effect on the area that we wouldn't otherwise achieve," he said. "The Highway is an arterial supply route so security is essential. Without vehicles such as this, it wouldn't be possible."
[Picture: Petty Officer (Photographer) Hamish Burke, Crown Copyright/MOD 2011]
This young red fox kit was resting in a mulch bed. She was aware of my presence but not alarmed. Red fox (Volpes, volpes).
When was the world's first railway laid? No one is quite confident on a precise date but simple rails have been used to guide vehicles for centuries, definitely as far back as the middle ages and possibly even in ancient Greece.
What is certain is that in the early 1600s a Nottinghamshire businessman called Huntingdon Beaumont came to Northumberland and laid rails from collieries near Blyth to a shipping point on the coast.
His waggonway used horses hauling wooden waggons on wooden wheels on wooden rails, however this was not a financial success. It did though provide the spark of progression from primitive wooden rails over short distances, to a railway network which would change Britain and the world forever.
Tyneside Roads
From the mid 1600 onwards waggonways and the Tyneside coal industry became linked so closely that they were known throughout the rest of Britain as 'Tyneside Roads'. A network of lines linked collieries on both sides of the Tyne to the river.
It is no coincidence that the North East was the area where waggonways took greatest hold, because canal building was impossible due to deep valleys and steep hills. What set the rail systems of Tyneside apart from all others was its use of the flanged wheel - a key element of the modern railway as we know it.
A revelation
When the Tanfield Railway - or waggonway as it was known at the time - was built in 1725, it was a revelation. Its massive engineering was unlike anything else in its era, or even since the Roman Empire. It was a triumph of engineering over nature, a clear signal that a new industrial age was upon the world, and that railways would play a massive part.
First laid down more than a quarter of a century before the first railway officially sanctioned by government, over 75 years before the first steam locomotive and a whole 100 years earlier than the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the Tanfield Railway is the world's oldest railway. We will be the first railway to celebrate our tricentenary in 2025.