{"id":8765,"date":"2013-05-17T13:31:19","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T13:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=8765"},"modified":"2013-05-17T13:31:19","modified_gmt":"2013-05-17T13:31:19","slug":"this-sporting-life-ep-28-snooker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=8765","title":{"rendered":"This Sporting Life Ep 28 \u2013 Snooker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/pjawo8g0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8366\" alt=\"This Sporting Life\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/pjawo8g0-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>T<\/strong><\/em><i><strong>his Sporting Life: The Story of Minority Sport in North Dublin<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><strong><\/strong><\/i><i>This Sporting Life<\/i>\u00a0is an upbeat and lively series of short documentaries which capture the excitement and dedication of minority sports people and encourages others to join in. Each programme serves as an introduction to a different minority sport\u00a0practiced\u00a0in\u00a0Northside\u00a0Dublin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>28. Snooker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cross Guns Snooker Club is the oldest snooker club in Ireland and was established way back in 1958. Today the club is still a vibrant hotspot for lovers of the game of snooker and the club has endured through the game&#8217;s many ups and downs from the boom years of the 1970&#8217;s and 80&#8217;s to the cull of clubs in the city throughout the 1990&#8217;s. Cross Guns is a family run club that has produced a number of national champions at various age levels. David Caulfield went along to the club to talk to owner Fin Ruane about the club and the sport. Also featuring Mark Dawney and Phillip Browne. Produced by David Caulfield.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BAI-logo-mark-colour.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8367\" alt=\"BAI logo mark colour\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BAI-logo-mark-colour-215x300.jpg\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This series is made with the support of the Broadcasting Authority of\u00a0Ireland\u2019s\u00a0Sound and Vision scheme.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6199\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/www.neararchive.org\/upload\/28Snooker.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('6199','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/www.neararchive.org\/upload\/28Snooker.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/www.neararchive.org\/upload\/28Snooker.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=8765-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/www.neararchive.org\/upload\/28Snooker.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"28Snooker.mp3\">Download<\/a> (0.0KB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Sporting Life: The Story of Minority Sport in North Dublin This Sporting Life\u00a0is an upbeat and lively series of short documentaries which capture the excitement and dedication of minority sports people and encourages others to join in. Each programme serves as an introduction to a different minority sport\u00a0practiced\u00a0in\u00a0Northside\u00a0Dublin. 28. Snooker Cross Guns Snooker Club [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6200\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/www.neararchive.org\/upload\/28Snooker.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('6200','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/www.neararchive.org\/upload\/28Snooker.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/www.neararchive.org\/upload\/28Snooker.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=8765-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/www.neararchive.org\/upload\/28Snooker.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"28Snooker.mp3\">Download<\/a> (0.0KB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14766,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,62,80],"tags":[775,840,2071,2795,3058],"class_list":["post-8765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sound-and-vission","category-sports","category-this-sporting-life","tag-croosguns-snooker-club","tag-david-caulfield","tag-minority-sports","tag-snooker","tag-this-sporting-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}