Jim Stokes

Sports Journo with a penchant for rugby & cycling. An Advanced Indoor Cycling coach @QueensSport! Rheumatoid Arthritis sufferer. Life's about facing challenges.

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@ballymenarfc Rest well Syd, you deserve it after the work and effort you put into our wonderful game, both as a player and administrator.

There will now be a large void in the game of rugby union. Condolences to the family circle and to a club where you were always made welcome.

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Pinarello Rokh Road Bike https://t.co/oQsIKQS1my

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... Ditto...

[Stephen Watson @winkerwatson1]

Like Lady Mary P I was delighted to receive my vaccine. As a new transplant recipient I am in the CEV group. Thanks to the all the brilliant staff who are organising and administering this programme
👏👏👏 @MaryPetersTrust

[Mary Peters Trust @MaryPetersTrust]

Bid on a unique and much treasured montage of photographs from the fabled @IrishRugby V All Blacks game in Dublin on 17th November 2018 signed by the full Ireland team including: @JacobStockdale , @RoryBest2 , @HendersonIain and @Jordimurphy
https://t.co/zoBkqIjAWj

[Jim Stokes @PedalPump]

Sorry to hear the death of Ray Hunter, 82, the last dual international to play rugby & cricket for Ireland. Ray originally played rugby for CIYMS. He won 10 caps & was on the 1962 Lions tour to SA. In his latter playing days he guided junior club Portadown into senior ranks. #RIP

[Jim Stokes @PedalPump]

It was not totally unexpected, but Dwayne Peel will be missed by the whole of the @UlsterRugby squad. A very talented player who took to coaching with consummate ease. He was a gentleman, who was easy to talk to & who went about his business in a quiet way.
Lucky @cardiff_blues

[Ulster Rugby @UlsterRugby]

Assistant Coach, Dwayne Peel, will return to his native Wales this summer to take up a Senior Assistant Coach role at @cardiff_blues. 

We would like to take this opportunity to say thank-you to Dwayne, and good luck from everyone at Ulster Rugby 💪

https://t.co/TgaTmZbiFq

[Jim Stokes @PedalPump]

Lovely tribute @MaloneRFC to late chairman Patrick 'Chippy' Baird who passed away earlier this week. Chippy was the mover and shaker at Gibson Park steering the club into what is a difficult time for rugby at grassroots level.
He will be sadly missed.

[Jim Stokes @PedalPump]

... Sad loss to his family circle, and @MaloneRFC for whom he was a forward-thinking and energetic worker #rip

[Ulster Rugby @UlsterRugby]

Ulster Rugby is saddened to learn of the passing of @MaloneRFC Chairman, Patrick ‘Chippy’ Baird.

Chippy had been part of the Malone rugby family for much of his life, playing through the club’s ranks to become the club’s President and Chairman in recent years.

[Jim Stokes @PedalPump]

... not forgetting Manchester United legend Bill Foulkes who also passed away on 25 November seven years ago! #RIP

[Marshall Gillespie @NIStats]

How ironic that George Best and Diego Maradona, two of the greatest footballers the world has ever seen, should both pass away on the same date, 15 years apart 💔

[Mary Peters Trust @MaryPetersTrust]

We are delighted to launch our “Mask Out to Help Out” campaign as we work to still support our young athletes. Can you donate to receive a face covering and support sport at the same time? Click the link below and help us to help sport!
https://t.co/lNkaJKaOGS

[Jim Stokes @PedalPump]

@letapedutour is one of the toughest challenges for an ordinary Joe cyclist. The training is brutal (it starts NOW!) but it's so thrilling & such a personal achievement to cross that finishing line, it's worth the pain #giveitago

[L'Étape du Tour de France @letapedutour]

La 30e édition de l’Étape du Tour de France se déroulera le 4 juillet 2021 à @VilledeNice 🤩
+ d'infos ➡️ https://t.co/HqngbRntij

The 30th edition of the Etape du Tour will take place on the 4th July 2021 in Nice. 🤩
Infos ➡️ https://t.co/tCMNCb6Tro

[Tour de France™ @LeTour]

🤩 Here is the official #TDF2021 route!

🤩 Voici le parcours officiel du #TDF2021 !

[BBC SPORT NI @BBCSPORTNI]

I'm the luckiest person in the world 🗨️

Jim Neilly has been recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.🏉

The BBC Commentator will become an MBE for his services to sports broadcasting and charity in Northern Ireland. 🎖️

More 👉https://t.co/44FdfQAzhj

[Jim Stokes @PedalPump]

@TaggartJoel What a brilliant career. A real gentleman, a true professional and superb, all-round journalist. A very knowledgeable colleague on the BBC Sports Desk hub, Johnty was a pleasure to work with. One of the unsung heroes of local journalism.

[The Good, The Bad & The Rugby @GoodBadRugby]

🏉 @JamesHaskell and @DylanHartley on how physically tough it is to play professional rugby. Absolutely brutal!

[Investec Champions Cup @ChampionsCup]

The EPCR Board has unanimously agreed that new Heineken Champions Cup and Challenge Cup tournament formats will be introduced for the 2020/21 season 🏉

Read all about it 🔽

https://t.co/AA0Ede50Wd

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@CregaghCC Sorry to hear of the passing of Billy Smith. Great clubman. Superb, stylish left-arm swing bowler. Dynamite with new ball. As wicketkeeper, I would stand half-way back to the old sub-station, and the ball would still thump into your gloves.

Condolences to the family circle #rip

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1. @MaloneRFC lost an icon today with the passing of David 'DD' Crothers. 
A great character, full of mirth, intelligence, & a player of grit & determination.

A lumbering back-row forward, who often masqueraded as a prop, DD would never have been mistaken for an athlete ...