Sir, – Fionnuala Ward wittily recounts how being whitewashed in her tennis match was “existential in its bleakness”, but at the end of it all, she was ready to organise and lose more matches (“Game, set and match – the unforgiving nature of tennis”, An Irishwoman’s Diary, March 21st).
Beaten in a golf match at the far end of the golf course with several holes remaining is no fun either.
Listening to the ebullient victor in the long march back to the clubhouse being overly generous with a few tips and being reassured you have plenty of room for improvement, the golf course is the last place you want to be.
Nonetheless, the following morning you are out there again, adjusting your grip and extending your swing. Long live the stayer! – Yours, etc,
Ann Ingle: Deliberately going out of my way to move for no particular reason has never appealed to me
Gerry Thornley: How about an alternative look at Ireland’s Six Nations win over England?
Is Ireland anti-Semitic, an outlier of tolerance or in the middle ground?
How risky is it to buy a second-hand EV?
KEVIN McLOUGHLIN,
Ballina,
Co Mayo.
