Scott De Buitléir, of Dublin-based digital creative agency TinderPoint, writes:
FBD are sponsors of the Men’s Irish Open today, and to mark the occasion, we’ve produced an interactive timeline of memorable moments in tennis history.
Includes IRISH players.
No really.
Explore it here.
Congratulations to Zach Johnson, 2015 Champion Golfer of the Year. #TheOpen pic.twitter.com/QPtFm4xV45
— The Open (@TheOpen) July 20, 2015
Zach Johnson is the British Open 2015 Champion Golfer of the Year. Johnson won a three-man four-hole playoff by one stroke.
Majestic.
Meanwhile..
Fore!
Earlier: Cinderella Boy Outta Nowhere
A bonkers POV video from Polygon UR Team downhill mountain biker Jamie Nicoll vying with (and trying to avoid colliding with) fellow competitors in the opening minutes of the 30km Megavalanche glacier descent in the French Alps.
The race starts at the 3,300m summit of the Pic Blanc and ends 2,500 meters below in the Allemont Valley.
Here’s another rider (Thibaut Ruffin’s) POV of the 2014 race in it’s full unexpurgated glory.
From boom to bust.
The south did rise again.
Copa 90 writes:
From liquidation to Europe in 5 years – this is the incredible story of how the supporters of Cork City helped save the club and bought them back from the brink of extinction
*slams down Tanora*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX80M3e4zuU
A compilation of sporting taunts gone horribly wrong (or right) by 5th Round.
Contains sustained punching and a magnificent penalty kick sequence at 2.54.
One ride, 11,000 different experiences.
But enough about Bodger’s sex life.
This is about visual data.
Aimee Stewart writes:
Infographic Natives, in association with the Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle, is asking cyclists to submit their anonymous GPS data to transform them into one stunning data visualisation as a record of our combined efforts on the day.
The Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle takes place on July 4th, starting in Killarney.
Details on how to submit data can be found here at Infographic Natives.
Some Ham Sandwich in a lay-by off the N62?
You need an all-encompassing 32 county playlist for your GAA summer.
Paul Lynskey writes:
We are looking to make a Spotify playlist, not just any playlist, an all-encompassing, 32-county playlist. Yes, it’s ambitious. So for this we need your help. We need the music-savvy GAA fan to share their inter-county music knowledge…
Anyone?
Any excuse.
Lansdowne Road Nua, this afternoon.
Conor McNamara tweetz:
Bring your kid to Ireland v Scotland in Dublin. Buy them a scarf… Hang on, what?
Needs more half-and-halfs.
Free Saturday?
On Saturday (June 13) the University of Birmingham [Edgbaston, West Midlands,UK] will host the most competitive test of International Rules Football outside of the official GAA/AFL series.
Conor McKenna, of the University of Birmingham Gaelic Club. writes:
Our men’s Gaelic team has over 40 members and were the first university to field two teams into the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Championship earlier this year. The Gaelic team only has four Irish born players, only two of which had played Gaelic before coming to university. The evnt is one of the biggest sporting events in the academic calendar. Despite a decisive win in the first encounter, the Gaelic team has lost to the Aussie Rules team the last two years in a row….
Gaelic Football VS Aussie Rules, Universaity Of Birmingham (Facebook)
