TWO TRUTHS , ONE LIE
CHRIS MALONE RURAL SALES SPECIALIST
I grew up in a small country town called Coolah which was well known for its cross country running . I trained every day for four years and had a lot of success . The last race I won was meant to be my first loss in a long time but just as the second place runner overtook me with 300m to go , and had me beat , a magpie swooped down and pecked him on the back of the head , he fell over , and I ran around him to win .
Playing a lot of rugby in a former life I was lucky enough to meet a lot of cool people along the way . One of the highlights of this time was a four day dash back to the UK to attend the royal wedding of Mike Tindall and Zara Phillips . The reception was held at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh , at the bottom of the Royal Mile , and on a balmy 26 degree day ( unheard of in Scotland ) I took time out with a mate to stand under the shade of the trees in the garden , away from the champagne bar where everyone was congregated , and unbeknownst to us right in the path of where her Majesty , the Queen , was walking through to see her friends in the garden . Myself and my mate spoke with her for two or three minutes and she was delightful . Approximately 30 minutes later a toast was proposed to the Queen before she left in a chopper for Balmoral .
As a boarding school student at St Stanislaus ’ College in Bathurst growing up we were fortunate to tour South Africa and attended the 1995 Rugby World Cup Final in Johannesburg . This was the match between New Zealand and South Africa that united South Africa post-apartheid and was famously depicted in the film ‘ Invictus ’. Nelson Mandela walked out onto the ground that day and the whole ground chanted his name . They even flew a jumbo jet right over the top of the stadium roof . After the match we were lucky enough to be introduced to President Mandela in the tunnel under the stadium .
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