Finally, I’m on the digital pathway

It took some creative thinking and a lot of work to prove the benefits but finally I have my journey into the digital journalism future underway. Jetstream, my video blog, is still the longest running weekly episodic video blog in Chester Chronicle history, standing as it does currently at four entries. But they have been [...]

What a way to make a living….

As my quest to build broadcasting credentials into my journalistic skills base increases so the Jetstream video blogs (which can be seen at www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/cheshire-jets) improve in quality. Last week I was at the Echo Arena, a place sponsored by my employers for which I had a valid media pass. So I was caught off-guard when a tall [...]

Shooting from downtown

I know, for those of you who read this during what I call the Kindergarten sessions, I haven’t been posting as regularly as I used to. But now I’m breaking big news. I have been working on the Chester Chronicle’s new improved Cheshire Jets coverage and thanks to some technical assistance from internet wonder kid [...]

Back with my big basketball project

If you have read earlier posts you’ll see I’ve had a lot on my plate recently. But as the light at the end of the tunnel was sunshine and not an oncoming train, it is time to fill you in on the lauch of my new project. For some time I have been fighting basketball’s [...]

Ballin…….

Having got a particularly challenging Flintshire edition boxed off this week I can turn my attention to a little bit of excitement, the GB Eurobasket Qualifiers at the Liverpool Echo Arena. Two local young players are part of the GB set-up and it is a big deal, when you consider how many players make up a [...]

Quitting – when did it become so infectious?

Bristol City manager Steve Coppell has quit after 122 days and one league match. Paul Robinson and Wes Brown decided to quit International football after they were recalled to the England side, Simon Davies did the same to Wales. Paul Scholes set the tone in the summer and now Fabio Capello has quit on David Beckham. [...]

Time to prepare myself for pain and disappointment

In 48 hours the football season returns for me and the motley band of supporters who flock to watch football in the Championship. My poison is League One’s Tranmere Rovers and despite the perpetual cycle of optimism, denial and ultimate disappointment this season I find myself with an unusual dilemma. The question is this – Should [...]

I wish I was a little bit taller…

Tomorrow’s Chester Chronicle has a sizeable chunk devoted to basketball and personally I am very happy with this, as I have been trying for some time to fight the sport’s corner against the traditional behemoths of the back pages. With having the Cheshire Jets, one of the British Basketball League’s most successful franchises on our doorstep, has [...]

Respect – is there room for it in football?

In this week’s Chester Chronicle and Ellesmere Port Pioneer there will be  a feature on the Cheshire Jets summer basketball camp. This is an annual event where young hopefuls from across the UK and the world come to receive specialised high-quality coaching and many professional players have attended the camp in the 23 years it [...]

Boots, Bikes and Commonwealth Games

What an unusual week. Very quiet  for the time of year but as the Commonwealth Games preparations heat up there are plenty of things to pick and choose from, from Rob Partridge’s cycling exploits to Welsh team selections in gymnastics and swimming success. Football never seems to go away these days and the Flintshire teams are [...]