Tag: Olympics
Olympic Sports - a rant
Last week the IOC Executive Board took a vote on which 2 sports out of 7 finalists to recommend to all the IOC members to include as Olympic sports from 2016. I’m still a bit confused as to the process of eliminating or adding sports to the Olympics - it seems to be quite fluid, [...]
Posted: August 24th, 2009 under Olympics.
Tags: Baseball, Beach Volleyball, Gender Equality, Golf, Olympics, Rugby 7s, Softball, Sports, Tennis, Uniforms
Comments: 1
The media flirt
I was recently accused by a cousin of being a “media flirt” - I appreciated the restraint in her language.
It was not long ago that I was described in a feature article in a national paper as “lacking the physical attributes of an Olympiad.” Whilst I could argue that it is true - I don’t [...]
Posted: August 11th, 2009 under Fiji, Work life.
Tags: Fiji, Golf, Media, Olympics
Comments: 2
FAQ
There are a few things I have been asked repeatedly about Fiji and what I’m doing over here, so perhaps they will be of interest to a wider audience…
Q. Is Fiji bidding for the Olympics!?
A. No - Fiji has an Olympic Committee to do the administration for sending Team Fiji to the Olympics - just [...]
Posted: July 4th, 2009 under Fiji, Travel, Work life.
Tags: Albert Park, AYAD, Cricket, Entertainment, Fiji, Food, French, Frisbee, Golf, Housing, Olympics, Politics, Rain, Shopping, Softball, Sports, Sunset, Suva, Tennis, Transport
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Fiji 2016…
Maybe not, but I’ll do my best.
I’m heading to Fiji at the end of February for my next adventure. Despite having the word “Olympic” in my job description, Captain Straya will be staying home.
I’ll be replacing the Captain’s uniform with my serious cap to spend the year as the Media and Communications Officer for the [...]
Posted: January 15th, 2009 under Fiji, Olympics.
Tags: Fiji, Media, Olympics, Work
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