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Sat 11 Nov 2009Macker's memoirs bold and brilliant
ATHLETICS: After an amazing year, David Gillick is likely to walk away empty handed from tonight's national awards; testimony to a remarkable year for the sport
THOSE OF us still clinging to this absurdly playful world of sportswriting could easily spend every evening between now and Christmas attending either a book launch, awards presentation, or indeed both. That’s before we move on to the various staff parties. It can be a vicious circuit, or worse, a vicious cycle – even if the continuous feeding of red wine and vol-au-vents saves us considerably on the weekly shop.
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