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quinta-feira, 30 de junho de 2011
Tight Game, Loose Braces
Bethesda, Md.
It's been a pretty busy two weeks for 16-year-old Beau Hossler Jr.
On June 3 he got his driver's license. Three days later, he qualified for this week's U.S. Open by shooting 67-71 at a qualifier near Los Angeles. Two days after that he led his high school golf team, as a sophomore, to fourth place in the state championships in Northern California. On Friday, he took his final exams. Then on Sunday he and his mom flew to Washington, D.C., for the Open, where he was given a Lexus courtesy car to drive.
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Beau Hossler Jr.
"How cool is that?" Hossler said Tuesday. He was referring to the Lexus.
Hossler's mother, Amy Balsz, is concerned that all this travel is interfering with his orthodontia. "I told Beau he'll be wearing his braces until he's 40 if we can't find time for an appointment to get them tightened," she said Tuesday, as she followed his practice round at Congressional Country Club.
Hossler, the third-youngest golfer to ever qualify for a U.S. Open (after Tadd Fujikawa in 2006 and Tyrell Garth in 1941, both 15), looks to be as normal a teenager as Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., has ever produced. He has pimples and moves with the slightly slouchy gait of an adolescent, perhaps reflecting his recent growth spurt. Balsz said he's grown six inches in the last six months, to just short of six-feet tall.
The difference between him and other teens, however, is how much he loves golf. His mom doesn't play ("I don't know which club does what," she said) and neither did his dad, Beau Hossler Sr., until Beau Jr. got hooked when he was seven or eight. A few visits to a driving range, using Snoopy clubs, was all it took. "Until then he loved baseball, and was a good player. All he talked about was the Dodgers," said Beau Sr., a mortgage broker with more than a little of the SoCal surfer dude aura about him. "I took up golf just so I could stay with him on the fairways."
When Beau Jr. was nine and had already won junior tournaments, his father joined Mission Viejo Country Club. "I'd be happy with just a social membership myself, but Beau is out there practicing at least three or four hours a day. It's all he thinks about, that and his school work," said Beau Sr.
Junior maintains a 4.3 grade point average at a private Santa Margarita high school.
The club is only a four-minute drive from where Hossler lives with his mom and stepfather and has a tradition of producing great golfers, among them Mark O'Meara and current PGA Tour player Cameron Tringale. For instruction, Hossler Sr. hooked his son up with famed teacher Jim Flick, an hour south in Carlsbad.
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"We used to sneak Beau into our scramble groups when he was nine or ten. He'd chip in from just about anywhere and win us a lot of money," said member Mike Albert, part of the 30-plus-person entourage from California here to support Hossler.
At 14, Hossler sank a 15-foot putt in a playoff to qualify for the U.S. Amateur (again, one of the youngest ever to do so). "That was a hoot. He was only 5-foot-2 and weighed maybe 120 pounds. Everyone thought he must be a caddy," said Bill Schellenberg, Hossler's godfather and frequent caddy in big events, including that week and this. "He couldn't drive the ball farther than 240 yards, but he hit the ball dead straight and has an awesome short game."
On the two, 7,000 yard-plus Oklahoma courses used at the 2009 Amateur, Hossler missed the cut but shot credible, mid-pack scores of 77-77.
"The key to Beau's game is his attitude." said Mission Viejo head pro Matt Viguerie. "He's got a passion for golf, he never gets upset and rises to the occasion. He's reserved, but also very competitive."
Hossler, thanks to his growth spurt (which probably isn't done), is hitting the ball at least 40 yards farther now than he did in 2009. The odds of his making the cut this week are not great, but that's not the point.
"I feel I belong here. These other guys, even the famous pros, are just normal dudes, too," Hossler told me. "But mostly it's about the experience, about seeing what I can learn and take away from this week to help me get better."
Improving, he said, is golf's main appeal to him. "I just really like improving. A lot of times, even if the scoring isn't there but you know you're getting closer, there's a lot of satisfaction in that. It motivates you to want to move forward even more."
Hossler Sr. said he's amazed by the success and discipline his son brings to the game. "He's not a prodigy. He's earned everything he's got. He just really loves working at golf, 24/7," he said.
The family plans to limit Hossler's appearances in big-time men's amateur events to just two or three a year. (As the country's 15th ranked amateur, he receives countless invitations.) "We want him to compete mostly against other kids while he's still a kid himself," Hossler Sr. said.
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quarta-feira, 29 de junho de 2011
Grandad's bureau
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I took a photo of my Grandad's bureau one day last year for a PAD, but it was too untidy to photograph the inside!
Now it's finally been cleaned out! (Much to Misty's delight)
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DISCOVER AQ Research Plane Arrives (201106280008HQ)
DISCOVER AQ Research Plane Arrives (201106280008HQ)
WFF Pilots Mike Singer, left, and Shane Dover stand in front of the 117-foot P-3B NASA research aircraft on the tarmac at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Tuesday, June 28, 2011, in Baltimore, Md. The aircraft is part of a month-long field campaign designed to improve satellite measurements of air pollution. The name of the experiment -- Deriving Information on Surface conditions from Column and Vertically Resolved Observations Relevant to Air Quality (DISCOVER -- AQ) -- is a mouthful, but its purpose is simple. Come July, the aircraft will be flying spirals over six ground stations in Maryland. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)
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terça-feira, 28 de junho de 2011
segunda-feira, 27 de junho de 2011
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domingo, 26 de junho de 2011
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sábado, 25 de junho de 2011
Oakland Colliseum from Rightfield with a Fisheye - June 2011 Edit
Oakland Colliseum from Rightfield with a Fisheye - June 2011 Edit
This entry in my photographic series entitled Baseball Stadiums With a Fisheye features the home of the A’s since 1968: the O.co Coliseum.
Technically, it’s only been the O.co Coliseum for a hot second. Originally Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, it also has spent time as Network Associates Coliseum, McAfee Coliseum, and Overstock.com Coliseum.
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Check out more of my Oakland A's fisheye photography from the Oakland Coliseum at Adventures of a GoodMan: Photography, Storytelling and World Travel by Greg Goodman
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sexta-feira, 24 de junho de 2011
Another protest on George St, Sydney
Another protest on George St, Sydney
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The perfect timing
The perfect timing
Some good luck is always an important component of a nice photo... :)
Lisboa, sunrise.
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Lisbona, alba.
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario.
To view my blog from the final day of my Toronto trip visit the link below.
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quinta-feira, 23 de junho de 2011
Country Byway
Country Byway
I've taken a couple of different shots of this same view at different times. This was with a light dusting of snow and an orange filter.
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quarta-feira, 22 de junho de 2011
terça-feira, 21 de junho de 2011
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segunda-feira, 20 de junho de 2011
2011-06-12 Arizona, Grand Canyon 027 South Kaibab Trail
2011-06-12 Arizona, grand canyon 027 South Kaibab Trail
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Attending game should be special, not expected
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CHICAGO — There were a lot of things my father did as a sports fan that probably would get him excommunicated from the sporting church of latter-day complaint.
Even as a kid, while he picked the Yankees (they had the most vowels in the league), he would be just as delighted when the Giants and the Dodgers won, and would later have the same feeling for the team that adopted his native borough of Queens. The World Series was the exception. For all his days, he cited the 1947 Series as the best one ever.
“For one thing, the Yankees won it,” he would say. “And it went seven games. And best of all, the two most prominent Dodgers were named Gionfriddo and Lavagetto.”
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GREAT EXPERIENCE: Robinson Cano signs for Yankees and Cubs fans alike on Friday at Wrigley Field.
My father never believed that it was a fan’s burden — especially a working-man fan — to fulfill a quota of ballpark visits. My entire childhood, 1974 to 1983, 10 years, we took in a total of 20 baseball games together, 10 to see the Yankees, 10 to see the Mets. That was it. Now, we weren’t wealthy enough to afford season tickets, but we weren’t destitute, either. We could have gone to more.
“If you went every day,” he would say, “it wouldn’t be special.”
Funny thing about that: I probably see 100 to 115 games in person now each season, and multiply that by the years, that’s a lot of trips to the yard. And though there are aspects of the journey that are the same as the ones you take to work every day, I still retain the 10-second wonder gasp every time I see a baseball field. I do.
Why? Because my father was right. Going to a game is supposed to be special. Which is why I find it alternately amusing and infuriating when the subject of attendance is raised. From the moment Yankee Stadium opened, there have been wide swatches of unoccupied seats at every game. Same deal at Citi Field. And every so often, it seems as if we are required to conduct a census gauging the continuing commitment of fans and their fandom.
Really? My dad and I may only have taken in those 20 games together live, but I think it’s a fair estimate that we probably watched no fewer than 700-800 games on TV together in those years, listened to another few hundred start-to-finish on the radio.
The problem is, a half-filled ballpark now is supposed to symbolize a Great Depression in sports. The Yankees drew 4 million fans a year their last five years at the old Yankee Stadium. The Mets drew more than 3 million in each of those years, broke 4 million in 2008. We tend to think of that as normal.
It isn’t. For years, the 2.7 million the Mets drew in 1970 was a high-water mark in New York City. The Yankees won 29 pennants between 1921 and 1964; they drew as many as 2 million fans exactly five times in those
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domingo, 19 de junho de 2011
sábado, 18 de junho de 2011
sexta-feira, 17 de junho de 2011
NHM Marine Fossils
NHM Marine Fossils
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON
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quinta-feira, 16 de junho de 2011
167 June 16 Lunchtime fix
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167 June 16 Lunchtime fix
Grabbing my lunchtime caffeine fix at Caf Nero
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quarta-feira, 15 de junho de 2011
Blarney Gardens
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terça-feira, 14 de junho de 2011
Gwyneth Paltrow's jab leads to Jenny Craig diet, also therapy
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Everyone comes to the role of Jenny Craig spokesperson in their own way. For Carrie Fisher, it was a google search of her own name. For Valerie Bertinelli, it was the promise of career comeback. For Ross Mathews, the diet company's latest mouthpiece, it was Gwyneth Paltrow.
"We were taping a Chelsea [Lately] special," the 31-year-old Tonight Show correspondent tells People Magazine, "and she pointed at my tummy and said, 'What's going on here? I love you. Get it together."
Well, that was mean.
It's one thing to express concern over a friend's unhealthy lifestyle, it's another to poke them in their gut and publicly humiliate them.
"The weight was such a shameful issue for me," Mathews adds in his interview, unaware that he's taken the jab better than most. Imagine a super-skinny Amazonian movie star pointing out your worst insecurities, on TV, no less. Now open your fist and look at the spoon you just bent.
Paltrow doesn't have a great track record for doling out food advice. In January, she was criticized for touting the benefits of a 21-day-juice fast on planet Goop. And her ardor suggests, when paired with her gluttonous home-cooking (see her bestselling cookbook), she's in favor of yo-yo dieting.
Look, Paltrow may have meant well, but she's got to brush up on her tact. A callous criticism like this may inspire temporary weight loss, but it can also bring out longstanding body issues. Isn't there a better way to express concern for a friend? And is Chelsea Lately the place to do it? Not cool, G.
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segunda-feira, 13 de junho de 2011
domingo, 12 de junho de 2011
Underneath La Jolla Shores Beach Pier
Underneath La Jolla Shores Beach Pier
San Diego
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sexta-feira, 10 de junho de 2011
Short Springs
Short Springs
Short Springs and Rutledge Falls - June 7, 2011
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Hotel NH Palacio de Oquendo
Hotel NH Palacio de Oquendo
El NH Palacio de Oquendo es un encantador hotel en Cceres, Espaa, con una ubicacin ideal a la entrada de las antiguas fortificaciones que rodean al centro histrico de la ciudad. Recepcin.
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quinta-feira, 9 de junho de 2011
Courting II
Courting II
A pair of phalaropes I found near the Coyote Creek road. This time my focus point was the rear phalarope. I should have used a mid range fstop to get both in focus.
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SelfPortrait
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First roll processed & scanned at home!
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quarta-feira, 8 de junho de 2011
Libertia paniculata-Branching Grass Flag-DSC02971-CR
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Forest Path, Hacking River, Forest Island, royal national park east of Waterfall, Sydney.
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Jacob Mason
Jacob Mason
Surprised :-O
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terça-feira, 7 de junho de 2011
John Terry: fatigue not to blame for England's woeful draw with Switzerland in Euro 2012 qualifier
John Terry: fatigue not to blame for England's woeful draw with Switzerland in Euro 2012 qualifier
John Terry has contradicted Fabio Capello by insisting tiredness played no part in England's disappointing European Championship qualifying draw against Switzerland.
No excuses: John Terry has insisted England simply weren't good enough Photo: PA
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2:48PM BST 05 Jun 2011
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Manager Capello blamed Saturday's sloppy performance on fatigue, with many of his side having played more than 50 games this season.
But captain Terry, who last night completed a half-century of matches for club and country this term, completely rejected that theory, saying: "We're certainly not going to come out here and use an excuse like that.
"We've had 50, 60 games this year so another game's not going to make any difference at all."
Chelsea skipper Terry cited a first-half malaise as the key factor behind yesterday's result, with England falling 2-0 down to a pair of soft Tranquillo Barnetta free-kicks for Switzerland.
"They weren't particularly good free-kicks at all, either of them," said the defender. "We should deal with stuff like that.
"The first one, there's enough of us in the box to clear it, and it's gone straight in. So disappointed with that one.
"I haven't seen the second one. But it's not about digging out individuals.
"We work on that as a team and collectively we take that responsibility.
"We're out there together, we win together and we lose together. We were after a result, which we clearly didn't get, so we're going away very disappointed."
England immediately pulled a goal back through Frank Lampard's penalty and Ashley Young came off the bench to equalise early in the second half.
Darren Bent then wasted two glorious chances - the second a virtual open goal - to seal all three points.
Terry said: "Unlucky. I thought Youngy made a big difference when he came on as well, with his goal and with the chance for Benty. Some days they go in and other days they don't.
"I thought we showed an awful lot of character to come back in the game and give ourselves a few chances to go on and win it.
"First half, we didn't really get out of the blocks and the tempo was a little bit slow.
"I thought the way we played second half was quite encouraging and I thought we had enough chances to go on and win the game 3-2 or 4-2.
"We didn't get the luck we deserved but we've got three games left and hope to win all three."
Montenegro failed to make England pay last night by dropping two points themselves in a 1-1 draw against Bulgaria.
The two sides therefore remain level on points going into their final three qualifiers, one of which will see England travel to Podgorica.
"We're right in the race still," said Terry. "We still need to go there and that now becomes a must-win game, so we're looking forward to that."
The Montenegro match looks like deciding the group.
"Absolutely - it was always looking like that anyway," said Terry, after what was his final game of the season.
The 30-year-old is now "looking forward" to a holiday ahead of next season's exertions.
"We get three-four weeks off now, so go away, have a couple of weeks off and get going again," he said. "We need to get going again and pick up a win after this."
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Balloon Festival 2011 Temecula
Balloon Festival 2011 Temecula
These images were taken at the Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival on 5 June 20111. The event was a three day event at Lake Skinner. The colors were magical and the sky was filled with them. The night glow happened the night before but i missed it.
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segunda-feira, 6 de junho de 2011
England v Switzerland: weary Jack Wilshere lights up Wembley Stadium but Frank Lampard's time might just be up
England v Switzerland: weary Jack Wilshere lights up Wembley Stadium but Frank Lampard's time might just be up
If Jack Wilshere was in danger of burnout, then Frank Lampard was completely spent. This was a game too far for the 32 year-old who suffered the ignominy of being withdrawn at half-time.
Class act: England's Jack Wilshere dances through the Swiss defence Photo: GETTY IMAGES
7:48PM BST 04 Jun 2011
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A summer, well four weeks, to recharge the batteries will also come with the fear that his England career is at a crossroads and the direction he is in danger of taking is not one he thought he would have to consider just yet.
It is too strong to claim that Lampard’s international career is over but, certainly, a player who has been an automatic choice cannot, really, be sure for how much longer he will figure.
The doubts are growing. The return of Steven Gerrard will add further pressure, the claim by Capello that Ashley Young’s best position is in the centre of midfield will heighten it further.
But, above all, the emergence of Wilshere – the cornerstone of this England midfield, and team, so immense is his talent – provides the most compelling evidence.
Lampard’s season has been hamstrung by injury but he is a determined enough figure and has defied the doubters before, although he will not prolong his England career if he is consigned to being merely a squad member.
With Chelsea set to restock, too, it may be that sooner, rather than later, Lampard bows out for his country.
He was a passenger for 45 minutes here – his contribution being to drill home the penalty earned by Wilshere. But even that was not a true strike and the Swiss goalkeeper Diego Benaglio was unlucky not to block it.
In play, Lampard was sluggish with the trickier, quicker Swiss midfielders bypassing him while Wilshere was caught out trying to provide the support for Darren Bent rather than, as he did after the interval, surging from deep.
In one moment, Wilshere was caught remonstrating with arms outstretched as Valon Behrami gained possession on the England 'D’ and Lampard stood watching.
Capello had complained about a lack of energy and Lampard’s levels appeared the lowest. There was no standing on ceremony, and Lampard was the one departing.
Wilshere was sluggish also and this match – the 60th of his first full season – provided so much to back up Arsène Wenger’s claim that the most talented player England have produced since Paul Gascoigne is in danger of running himself into the ground.
Thank goodness that he is only going to the European Under-21 Championships as a spectator.
Wilshere himself insists he has enjoyed being such a key figure this season. “It has been a crazy year,” he said. “It started with me going on loan to Bolton – I have played 60 games this year. But I’ve enjoyed every minute of it.
"Next season I want to carry on the performances for my club.”
When asked whether he was as tired as he appeared, he admitted: “At the end I was probably a bit tired and it showed – for the first 70 minutes I was fine, though. Now it’s about next season, there’s a big tournament at the end of it and I need to be ready for it.”
Avoiding lethargy is the eternal conundrum. Capello had been pilloried for his pre-World Cup training camp in Austria last year so in preparation for this game they were given a week off. And looked well off the pace.
England also missed Wayne Rooney. Wilshere had no worries about taking Rooney’s No10 shirt – and he should have such belief. Rooney was absent because of suspension and England lacked his running power and creativity.
England’s shape was much-improved with Young’s introduction and Lampard’s departure. Wilshere was pulled back alongside Scott Parker and it was more of a 4-2-3-1 formation which better suited the personnel with, finally, some pace closer to the isolated Bent.
It also meant that Wilshere wasn’t being asked to do the running he had done earlier on and could collect possession in deeper areas.
As a result he surged forward to gain the throw-in from which Leighton Baines cleverly teed up Young for England’s equaliser. It was a good decision to bring on Young – it would have been a better one to have started with him.
There was a caution for Wilshere for a reckless lunge after John Terry’s wild pass infield, but then he cleverly released Bent for what should have been England’s third goal with a well-weighted pass.
His influence was growing, while Young provided a cutting edge, setting up Bent with a chance the Aston Villa man could only balloon over.
That could prove very costly. Those wasted chances again raised questions over Bent’s ability at this level, while the debate will now begin over whether Lampard can justify an automatic start.
There are no such doubts over Wilshere, though, tired or otherwise. He is clearly England’s present as well as its future.
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Harlequins 16 Bradford Bulls 30: match report
Harlequins 16 Bradford Bulls 30: match report
Patrick Ah Van’s two tries helped Bradford heap more misery on beleaguered Harlequins, who fell to their sixth straight defeat.
Double trouble: Patrick ah Van (centre) in action with Harlequins' Karl Pryce and Chris Melling (left) Photo: ACTION IMAGES
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Ah Van also kicked five goals to give him a personal tally of 18 points as the Bulls won away from home for the first time since February.
Karl Pryce went over twice against his old club for Quins, but his efforts were not enough to halt what is an increasingly desperate run for the London club.
Harlequins enjoyed most of the early possession and came close in the second minute when Michael Platt only just managed to deal with Luke Gale’s kick towards the right-hand corner.
They deservedly went ahead after seven minutes when Chad Randall fed Pryce, who bulldozed his way through from a few yards. Gale missed a difficult conversion.
The visitors then hit back with a good spell of their own and only a thumping tackle from Pryce stopped Jamie Langley in his tracks when well placed on the right. But they hit the front when a superb break by Ben Jeffries allowed Ah Van to sprint clear to score a try he converted himself.
Two minutes before half-time, the Bulls extended the lead when Shad Royston started to run deep in his own half before spotting a gap down the left and shrugging off the tackle of Chris Riley to score under the posts. Ah Van kicked the goal to give Bradford a 12-4 lead at half-time.
It took less than two minutes for the Bulls to strike again in the second half when Jeffries found Ah Van, who had the simple task of touching down in the right-hand corner, although he could not add the extras.
Quins almost struck back when it took three Bradford players to stop Pryce after a strong run. Ah Van then added two points when he kicked a penalty after the hosts were too slow in releasing Marc Herbert in the tackle.
Quins responded from the restart as Danny Ward took up possession before offloading to Karl Temata, who sprinted through the gap to score and Gale’s conversion reduced the gap to eight points.
But then came a moment that sums up their current plight as Gale fumbled Pryce’s awful pass and his offload was intercepted by Elliott Whitehead, who cantered home unopposed.
Pryce partially redeemed himself when he took Randall’s pass before swivelling away from his tackler to touch down and Gale converted from out wide.
But the Bulls were to have the last word a minute from the end when Heath L’Estrange passed inside to Andy Lynch, who plunged over under the posts to allow Ah Van to complete his haul.
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