This weekend…
Eight-year-old Kai Tiffen won his first adult darts tournament.
Kai started throwing darts at 18 months… he’s 4ft tall, so needs a step to collect his darts from the board… he needs permission to play in adult matches held in pubs… he won ‘The Wheatsheaf Open’, Sunderland, beating twenty-eight adults, including county players, winning £120!
Kai’s described as a ‘Darts wonderkid’.
At The Otter Trust, a charity based at the Earsham Wetlands Centre, not far away, Sarah Potterton was riding a giant Suffolk Punch, a rare breed of draught horse. A swan flew up from a nearby river, causing the horse to shy and Sarah to fall.
Sarah’s suing the charity for £200,000, for the ‘traumatic brain injury’ she says she’s suffered in the fall.
Sarah’s claiming to be a victim, worthy of compensation.
Jasmin Paris, from Midlothian, is the first woman to finish one of the world’s hardest ultramarathons – the Barkley, in Tennessee. Only 20 people have ever completed the hundred-mile race within the allotted 60 hours.
Jasmin said she ‘…did it for women worldwide… any woman that wants to take on a challenge and maybe doesn’t have the confidence… The idea that I might have inspired them to believe in themselves…’
Jasmin hopes to be an inspiration to others.
On Saturday we saw the wonderful ‘Little Shop of Horrors’. The opening song ‘Skid Row’ describes the struggles and hardships faced by the residents of a poverty-stricken neighbourhood. Seymour, the main character, reflects on his own life, his lowly upbringing, and lack of direction.
Seymour’s pleads for someone to show him a way out. He expresses his frustration, and dreams of a better life and a brighter future.
In this week leading up to Easter Christians reflect on Jesus, the ‘Good Shepherd’ who cares for his sheep… for the Kais – the wonderkids, the Sarahs – the victims, the Jasmins – the inspirations, the Seymours – the dreamers… and ordinary me… ‘that they might have life, and have it to the full.’
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