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Challenge Cup Draw and Horseback Archery

Chris conducts the sixth-round draw of the Rugby League Challenge Cup and on Great Job Wednesday meets Bethany Martin, who teaches horseback archery.

Chris conducts the sixth-round draw of the Rugby League Challenge Cup live in the studio with Warrington Wolves and Leeds Rhinos; Josh Charnley and Jamie Jones-Buchanan and 大象传媒 Sport correspondent, Dave Wood. On Great Job Wednesday Chris learns all about horseback archery with rider extraordinaire, Bethany Martin, who has plenty of experience of hitting the bulls eye whilst standing in stirrups. Vassos is joined in the Sports Locker by commentator and Master of Ceremonies Rob Walker about the snooker world championships and writer and broadcaster Sarah Joseph has today's Pause For Thought.

2 hours, 59 minutes

Music Played

  • Elton John

    I'm Still Standing

    • Diamonds.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
  • The Shires

    Guilty

    • Accidentally On Purpose.
    • Decca.
  • Echo & the Bunnymen

    People Are Strange

    • Echo & The Bunnymen - Ballyhoo.
    • Korova.
  • Alison Moyet

    Is This Love?

    • Alison Moyet Singles.
    • Columbia.
    • 8.
  • Callum Beattie

    Man Behind The Sun

    • (CD Single).
    • 3Beat.
  • Phil Collins

    You Can't Hurry Love

    • Singles.
    • Rhino.
  • Alice Merton

    No Roots

    • (CD Single).
    • Paper Plane Records International.
  • The Police

    Roxanne

    • The Very Best Of Sting & The Police.
    • A&M.
  • Don McLean

    American Pie

    • 20 Number 2's Of The 70's (Various).
    • MFP.
  • Yazz & The Plastic Population

    The Only Way Is Up

    • Wanted (Deluxe Edition).
    • Cherry Pop.
    • 010.
  • Kodaline

    Follow Your Fire

    • (CD Single).
    • B-Unique.
    • 1.
  • Gregory Porter

    Liquid Spirit

    • Liquid Spirit.
    • Blue Note.
    • 001.
  • Coldplay

    A Sky Full Of Stars

    • 大象传媒 Music Awards (Various Artists).
    • UMOD.
  • Craig David

    Magic

    • The Time Is Now.
    • Insanity Records.
  • Billy Ocean

    When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going

    • Billy Ocean - Love Is For Ever (L.I.F.
    • Jive.
  • Mark Morrison

    Return Of The Mack

    • (CD Single).
    • WEA.
  • CeCe Peniston

    Finally

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 1992 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • ABC

    Poison Arrow

    • Abc - The Lexicon Of Love.
    • Mercury.
  • Zac Efron & Zendaya

    Rewrite The Stars

    • The Greatest Showman O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Atlantic.
  • Wheatus

    Teenage Dirtbag

    • Now 49 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Fountains of Wayne

    Stacy's Mom

  • Morrissey

    Jacky's Only Happy When She's Up On The Stage

    • Low In High School.
    • BMG Rights Management.
  • Queen

    We Are The Champions

    • News Of The World.
    • Island.
    • 2.
  • George Ezra

    Barcelona

    • Wanted On Voyage.
    • Sony BMG.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From Sarah Joseph, Editor of a Muslim lifestyle magazine:

I was in Barcelona this weekend, which was especially lively because of St George鈥檚 Day 鈥 the patron saint of Catalonia.听 Barcelona really makes a celebration of the day, roses and books are exchanged, and of course there are also lots of dragons.


We were in Barcelona to celebrate the slaying of our own dragon 鈥 the dragon of our daughter鈥檚 illness, which has been the source of great pain and trial for six long years.
Last week, on her 19th birthday, she was discharged from all hospital services.


It has been a long, hard journey, with ups and downs that are difficult to describe, but we feel really hopeful that her illness is in remission, and that she can now build her life.
All through the difficulties with her health I would ask, 鈥渨hat is the Merciful trying to teach us? What lessons can we learn?鈥 and although it has been extraordinarily hard, I do try to focus on what positives can be taken away.


I believe that when you are brought to your knees, trials have a way of making you humble.


Knowing pain and struggle can make it easier to be more compassionate.


And one hopes wisdom increases with the richness of learning through experience.
But my greatest takeaway from these years?听 Well it is as the Muslim poet Rumi puts it, "The wound is the place where the Light enters you."听 I was either going to be broken by being broken, or I was going to accept that being broken somehow allows more space for Love, and Light, and God.


The Qur鈥檃n says that with hardship there will be ease as well. Often through these years the tunnel was so long it wasn鈥檛 possible to see light at the end of it, so I had to acclimatise my being to find whatever tiny light could be gleaned along the way.
And now?


I like where we are. Our imperfect family is a place of love and compassion. I鈥檓 amazed and astounded by the truly wise and beautiful human my daughter has become. I wish she did not have to suffer the way she has done, but I cannot change that. I can however be truly grateful for where we are, and I just have to accept that there was no other way to get here.

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