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Limerick competition: Penguins Stopped Play
By Will last year, mid-March, Comments
It’s limerick time!
Your starter for five is either:
1) West Indies are hosting the Cup
2) They say the World Cup is wide open
We’ve run a few limerick competitions in the past which have gone down well. For those not sure of the style a limerick takes, it’s really simple: using one of the two starting lines below, construct a five-line verse with the rhyme scheme of aabba. See here for ideas. Or here.
Get to it. And don’t forget, if you don’t win, snag a copy from the shops.
CommentsStir your creative ingenuity and win a book
By Will 2 years ago, mid-September, Comments
“You haven’t let me down, Will. You’ve let yourself down,” so said many a teacher to me as I ambled in, shirt untucked in a vain and failed attempt to appear nonchalant, cocky. But enough of my schooldays, the issue is you - for you have let both me and you down. An enticing opportunity to demonstrate your limerick skills, not to mention the chance to win a couple of books - apparently these are not enough to tempt the demanding Corridor reader. So come on - spend five minutes and produce your best. Your teacher would be disappointed in you.
After all, you wouldn’t want to let yourself down, would you? (didn’t you hate how teachers always ramped up the guilt factor?)
CommentsCompetition: win signed copies of Arm-ball to Zooter
By Will 2 years ago, mid-September, Comments
Got quite a few books piling up here so it’s time for a competition. I have two copies of Arm-ball to Zooter - still warm from the oven - the new book from The Guardian’s Lawrence Booth. A fine writer and allround good egg, Lawrence has even agreed to sign the books, thereby raising its antique value by several thousand percent.
Joking aside it’s a terrific read, as you would expect, and well worth the mere £7.79 from Amazon. So treat yourself to a new book - one which, thankfully, isn’t an autobiography from a veteran international batsman of 14 months…
Competition
We’ve run a few limerick competitions in the past which have gone down well. For those not sure of the style a limerick takes, it’s really simple: using one of the two starting lines below, construct a five-line verse with the rhyme scheme of aabba. See here for ideas.
So, use either of the first lines below and get cracking. Competition will run until I get very bored; keep it cricket-based as much as you can, and the best two will win one of Lawrence’s books.
1) When Flintoff asked Ponting to lunch…
2) At Brisbane one day by the sea…
CommentsCaption Competition - posters for winners!
By Will 2 years ago, at the start of June, Comments
In case you haven’t already entered, be sure to check out our very fine caption competition at Cricinfo. We have three of these brilliant posters on offer - signed, too - of BBC’s Test Match Special commentators. Rather spiffing, I think you’ll agree but be warned: the standard is rather high. The poster includes caricatures (too late to check the spelling) of John Arlott, Jonathan Agnew, Henry Blofeld and of course Brian Johnston. Or if you’re not one of the three lucky winners, you can buy one.
Another limerick - this time with prizes
By Will 2 years ago, at the start of March, Comments
OK, have launched a new competition at The Googly, but everyone’s welcome to join from here. And prizes are on offer from the marvellous and terrific people at Crease Clothing. Their T-Shirts are all cricket-related, emblazened with cricketing slogans and puns! Well worth getting a couple for summer even if you don’t win one of the two on offer.
Go! Now! Enter! Make me laugh and win yourself a prize.. NOTE: you need to make your entries at the other blog, not here! Thanks.
CommentsCaption Compo, Andrew Flintoff
By Will 3 years ago, mid-October, Comments
Running a new caption competition at Cricinfo, with prizes on offer. More info here.
CommentsEngland winning The Ashes, sung to the tune of…
By Will 3 years ago, at the start of October, Comments
…Yesterday.
Yes, hello, I’m still alive. Been away house-hunting - an arduous, painfully frustrating and knackering process. I’ll catch up with none of the KP comments your comments in the week, and will post something meaningful. In the meantime, Chris is the winner of a little competition I was running. Somehow, I was sent an invitation to something - Wordpress.com which is a new blogging service. Anyway, apparently you can’t yet sign up, and access is limited, and blah blah blah. Chris was by far the most imaginative, and had me pissing myself chuckling like a monkey on acid with his last effort. Enjoy!
To be sung to the tune of “Yesterdayâ€
Yesterday, all my blogging was so passé
Then the Ashes came and made my day
Ohhhh, Martyn’s gone, to hideaway.Yesterday, kangaroos were gloating night and day
Now they’re in total disarray
Ohhhh, the little urn, is here to stay.Why, we, took so long, I don’t know, you just can’t say
Swing, pace, we have it all, now I love to watch England play, play play, playYesterday, England batters were glued to the crease
Now they’re smooth as soggy chips in grease
Ohhhh, the cricket Gods, have given me peace.Yesterday, Ponting’s cheek was like a baby’s bum
Now it’s scarred and looking Oh so glum
Ohhhh, I believe his days are done.Why, Will, won’t let me win, I don’t know, he wouldn’t say
I, hope, this will work, as I want, to blogaway, way way way, blogaway!
Great effort, and of particular brilliance was the penultimate verse:
Yesterday, Ponting’s cheek was like a baby’s bum
Now it’s scarred and looking Oh so glum
Superb work. No good if you don’t know Yesterday - but, who doesn’t?
CommentsAshes competition
By Will 3 years ago, mid-July, Comments
Famous UK blogger, Norm Geras, is running an Ashes competition. The lucky winner receives copies of two of his books - Ashes ‘97 and Men of Waugh. More details at his site
CommentsCricket Photo Competition
By Will 3 years ago, at the end of June, Comments
Thought I’d launch a little photo competition. The prize is a one-year account to the amazing, wondrous thing that is Flickr.com, worth about $40 (US), where you can upload and share your photos.
All you have to do is take a photo related to Cricket (no smart-ass shots of the insect please!) that’s slightly different from “the norm.” A photo which is both different, but which also really sums up the game (and your love of it). I have no idea how many of you even like photography, but the competition is open to everyone and anyone - so forward this to your fellow photo-junkies. All submissions must be made by email to stumps@cricket.mailliw.com with a description and title - and feel free to submit more than one.
The only rule is don’t use someone else’s photo!
Competition closes in 2 months, on August 26th. Good luck!
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