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Sonia - Shortlisted for Irish Sports Book of the Year

  • 10-12-2008 12:49pm
    #1
    thirtyfoot
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    http://www.rte.ie/sport/other/2008/1208/sportsbook.html

    Her book is down to the last 6 but I'll eat a copy of the Chairman of the Boards - Master of the Mile if she wins it looking at the judging panel because even if it was the most amazing book ever half the panel would have to be reminded of who she is seeing as she is a woman (slight exaggeration). Haven't read any of the others so don't know how they stack up. It gets my vote for Irish Athletics Sports Book of the Year though!


Comments

  • #2
    2Scoops
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,845 ✭✭✭2Scoops


    Maybe if the odious Tom Humphries hadn't been involved...


  • #3
    Racing Flat
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    2Scoops wrote: »
    Tom Humphries

    The first line of the book gave him away. Something along the lines of 'The sky was the colour of bruised plums.' Couldn't see Sonia coming out with that one.


  • #4
    DangerMouse27
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    It would have been worse if Eamonn Coghlans book got a nod.
    Just cant take that man seriously after his Helsinki exploits.....to gloat as he passed a beaten man...tsk tsk


  • #5
    violator13
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    Sonias book is a very boring book about a very boring athlete!.
    In fairness coughlans book is much better and he wasn't gloating.It was after missing out on the olympics,he was on his way to victoy after years of fustration.


  • #6
    thirtyfoot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,912 ✭✭✭thirtyfoot


    violator13 wrote: »
    Sonias book is a very boring book about a very boring athlete!.
    .

    Would take being regarded as a boring athlete and having an Olympic silver medal, 1 world gold, 3 european gold, 2 world cross and every national record from 800m to half-marathon.

    She is a pretty complex charachter I would say. I find those people more interesting in that you don't know their lifestory within 30 mins of meeting them. But, personal preference I suppose.

    Her book didn't win anyway.


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