Madam, - Reading Frank McNally's reflections on ageing sportsmen ( An Irishman's Diary, February 1st) brought to mind a technique which I employed to help me past my 40th birthday.
Instead of beginning my daily paper on the sports pages, I started instead with the political news. This meant replacing descriptions of thirty-something sportsmen as ageing veterans with references to youthful political leaders already well into their forties. - Yours, etc,
JOE DONOHOE, St Clement, Jersey.