76 Sentences With "up to the mark" | Random Sentence Generator

By complaining about unfair terms, those few will keep sellers up to the mark.

"I've stepped up to the mark and I've shown him exactly what I'm about," Wallace said.

When people are trusted, people step up to the mark; organizations must first feel the necessity to do it.

The first half, I reckon, is well up to the mark, with Eggers hellbent on his mission to astound.

An emotional Silva did his best to explain to the gathered media why he felt he needed to step up to the mark.

In general, technology companies such as Google and Facebook must "step up to the mark" to take greater responsibility of their respective platforms, Sorrell said.

Prelims In the featured prelims bout, UFC newcomer Katlyn Chookagian really stepped up to the mark in her short notice bout against experienced bantamweight Lauren Murphy.

"It's because we haven't stepped up to the mark and provided appropriate education that we are entrenching those traditional values instead of overturning them," he said.

So, they're stepping in and recognizing that the fiscal policy may not be up to the mark, and also recognizing that in this moment of fear, credit markets may freeze.

Where Kasich sells unity, dignity, and common sense, Bush resembled the real estate salesman he used to be: jumpy and defensive, always trying like hell to catch up to the mark.

In December, the navy chief, Admiral Sunil Lanba, said the sea version of the plane was "not up to the mark" and it could not take off from an aircraft carrier once weapons were loaded.

Meghan and Harry arrived hand-in-hand, before lining up to the mark to begin the game, the objective of which is to throw a Wellington boot — which New Zealanders refer to as "Wellies" — as far as possible.

The book was a petit four to women Beaton deemed up to the mark, including Anita Loos ("sufficiently barbaric to be food for all sculptors") and Tallulah Bankhead ("her eyelashes … built out with hot liquid paint to look like burnt matches").

But four years spent teaching O- and A-level music at Northampton Grammar gave him insights into dealing with boys—how to keep them up to the mark, affirm that they were good, without giving them any idea that they had arrived—that proved invaluable.

Khadar, is one of a growing number of young male feminists from the autonomous region of Somaliland, a breakaway region north of Somalia that is not recognised by the UN, challenging traditional male stereotypes and stepping up to the mark in the fight for gender equality.

Injuries to fast bowlers Mohammed Shami and Mohit Sharma have blunted India's attack for the five-match series and on the eve of the first contest, Dhoni spoke of the need for someone to step up to the mark if one of his bowlers had an off day.

Already considered one of the greatest MMA proponents of all time before he even stepped up to the mark to replace controversial interim champion Jones, his loss to Daniel Cormier at one of the biggest events in the history of the sport only underlines how amazing 'The Spider' really is.

In such case, before making up to the mark, a saturated solution of subacetate of lead is added.

First two films received well by the audience but the third one was not up to the mark and became an average grosser.

We were up to the mark > in the finals. We lost as a team. There were a few errors in batting and > bowling. We're not really unhappy or bogged down by it.

T. M. Ramachandran of Sport and Pastime criticised K. Shankar's direction "not up to the mark" and also noted "In some of the places, his treatment is naive and bears marks of hurried work".

This system was unsprung, as the tracks were held firmly in place, able to move in only one plane. This was a successful design and was used on all First World War British tanks up to the Mark VIII, although it limited speed.

Entrance of konaseema at Ravulapalem The civic body of Ravulapalem is going to be upgraded as municipal council. Though the YSRCP-led governance is not up to the mark in the constitution, it is yet to be revolutionised with their leadership traits.

Rajatava, Supriyo and Biswajit do their bit as crooked politicians — nothing we haven't seen before.But a dull storyline and a weak script ruin the show. Too many characters create confusion. The songs fail to impress and the lyrics are not up to the mark.

The medical services were committed for the prevention and treatment of tropical diseases. The diagnosis of these diseases was based upon the rudimentary laboratory service. The need for pathology services was, therefore, recognized even in those days. A well organized and up to the mark pathology organization was established.

His passion and hardworking ability helped him to produce short films. Many of his short films were up to the mark letting him enter into Bollywood. Producing the short films has helped him to explore his calibre and increase his contacts. This makes Ravi Agrawal enter into Bollywood Industry.

Deforestation and no further plantation is the main cause for the ruin of the green land. The villagers mainly depend on agriculture as income source. Education facilities are not up to the mark in the village. Only a few students have achieved the higher qualification and placed in professional jobs.

Saibal Chatterjee. 2 October 2015 Surbhi Redkar from Koimoi commented, "Akshay Kumar's Singh Is Bliing is enjoyable in parts but as a whole it is not up to the mark. It loses its bling over time and you are just left watching the silly antics of Mr. Singh."Singh Is Bliing Review . KoiMoi.

It also noted that the security being provided by the Afghan Police was "not up to the mark". In spite of these efforts, the embassy bombing of 2008 was later followed up by the 2009 Kabul Indian embassy attack and the February 2010 Kabul attack on Indian citizens and interests in Afghanistan.

Especially the results for 12th Boards declared in 2020 are really poor with very low pass percentage. The board has been found irresponsible with the answer sheets of students appearing for boards. The faculty in most Gujarat Board Schools are not up to the mark. It fails to provide exposure to its students.

The dialogues were just okay but the twists and emotions were worked very well. The script was made with good amount of entertainment but the screenplay was not up to the mark. Ramana Gogula background score was good and songs were worth watching more than hearing. Chota K Naidu's Cinematography was the main strength to this film.

College owns a 12-acre campus and the management is planning to add more infrastructure. It has a gym. The college hostel is not quite up to the mark, although the basic facilities on offer are of top-notch quality. Of late, there has been a marked improvement in the overall quality and this stands to benefit all.

The education infrastructure in the village, albeit, having seen some improvement in the last few years, is still not up to the mark. There are five schools - two primary, two middle and one secondary - currently running in the village with average infrastructure. The school has ordinary teachers, with bare minimum level of knowledge and enthusiasm towards teaching.

The Allmusic review by Jim Todd stated "The title of this 1955 Savoy release by pianist Duke Jordan succinctly points to the set's merits and shortcomings. The five trio performances with Art Blakey (drums) and Percy Heath (bass) work well. The five tracks from the same group augmented by Cecil Payne (baritone sax) and Eddie Bert (trombone) don't come up to the mark".

With a little > opportunity fire thrown in. In situations like the Battle of Kursk in Panzer > Blitz confronting the enemy meant possible extinction. The hardest part to > accept was the situation where three German tanks block a pass and cannot be > seen by the T-34s on their combat phase. On the Russian move they move up to > the Mark IVs and have to stop.

Dawson stated, "I think it's a moment where Darren changes a little bit". Dawson added that Darren does "step up to the mark" and "matures very quickly". Dawson felt that Darren enjoys being a father and it gives him a "purpose in life" which he has never had before. Dawson explained that Darren usually thinks of himself but is now thinking of the babies.

Great stress was placed on geniality and praise was placed on man for being a good mixer. Considerable pressure compelled both men and women to cultivate diligently, but not too conspicuously for each must keep in step with his neighbors. Pressure helped keep laggards up to the mark and kept the energetic from getting too far ahead. There was some small trade between the various small Nyakyusa princedoms.

Since Banjyotsna was not up to the mark, the second green card went to Hemabindu. Among the boys, Jagjit Singh mentioned that the choice of songs was very good and it was a very difficult decision. Niladri got the green card as he had sung well, but there was a tie between Rajeev and Bhumik. Both sang songs of their choice, as they could not arrive at one common song.

Mallika convinces Rumi into a Live in, and Rumi takes about her to his mother, who certainly does not approve a divorcee punjabi girl, and tells him that, and that he would not have her blessing. In desperation, Rumi sells his Father's watch and flees with the money. He starts living in Andheri with Mallika, and starts giving auditions. His acting not being up to the mark, is rejected everywhere.

Overall, Paisa is a good commercial entertainer, but it is not up to the mark of Krishna Vamsi's previous ventures. Nani's performance is the saving grace in the film. You can watch the film, If you are a hardcore fan of Nani or Krishna" and rated the film 3/5. 123telugu.com gave a review stating "Paisa is a movie that will not give you a paisa vasool experience at the Box Office.

The potential of Kuti valley in terms of research work on various branches of science inspired the council to conduct the second scientific expedition in the region.Batanagar Recreation Club Magazine – 1976 The team led by Dilip Kumar Dutta started from Kolkata on 3 October and reached Tawaghat in Pithoragarh district, the final point by bus, on 10th. They reached in Kuti village on 22nd. Zoological collections were not up to the mark as anticipated earlier.

Asnoti is a village in Karwar Taluka, Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, India. It is close to the historic fort of Sadashivgad located on Kali river. Konkani is spoken as a local language. Due to the presence of the railway station it caters to the neighbouring villages of Thoralebag, Hodlebag, Sadashivagad, Angadi and also to the township of Kaiga, Mallapur; though the public transport facilities from the station are not up to the mark, as it is a wayside station.

The body of the Chenda which is 1 ft in diameter and 1.5 inches thickness is made of the soft wood of the jackfruit tree (വരിക്ക പ്ലാവ്) (Varikka Plavu). The thickness is again reduced by 0.25 inches, at simultaneous points separated by 4 inches. This is done in order to produce highly resonating sound. Only the wooden rings with the skin (Chenda Vattam) is replaced once the quality of the sound is not up to the mark.

Rahul Bose's work in English, August (1994) and Split Wide Open (1999) made Aparna Sen feel that he was a good, controlled and intelligent actor. After a costume and a makeup test, he was chosen for the character of Raja Chawdhury. Sen admitted that Bose's work was up to the mark, and working with him was a wonderful experience. She told in an interview that Konkona Sen Sharma's abilities as a sensitive actress fetched her the role of Meenakshi Iyer.

By 1964, the fleet on station included , , , , , 17 destroyers and frigates, about ten minesweepers and five submarines.Grove, p. 266 The Flag Officer Second-in-Command Far East Fleet, for most of the postwar period a rear admiral, was based afloat, and tasked with keeping the fleet "up to the mark operationally". Some also held the appointment of Flag Officer Commanding 5th Cruiser Squadron, probably including Rear Admiral E.G.A. Clifford CB, who was flying his flag in on 12 November 1953.

At the start of 2011, former world number one Jelena Janković announced her decision to work with Andrei Pavel on a trial basis. The Serbian player did not perform up to the mark in 2010 and had dropped to as low as number eight in the WTA rankings.– Kei Nishikori, Jelena Janković and Andy Murray appoint new coaches Since the 2012 Indian Wells Masters, Pavel has been coaching Tamira Paszek, a world top-50 tennis player and dual Wimbledon quarter-finalist.

Kanna, a young tribal boy appears for the police constable examination at the time of summer and drops dead at the examination venue. Suddenly he comes alive on his journey to the morgue and starts running. The second story revolves with the struggle of Mahadu, a Korku tribe boy of Maharashtra. He grows to enormous size up to the mark, hunger and energy and destroys all the buildings around Mumbai that were built on the forest land, which is his native place.

Robert Copsey of Digital Spy gave the single three out of a possible five stars. Copsey wasn't convinced with Cruz's vocal work on the song commenting that Kesha takes over the track, "Cruz's vocals soar over the verses, his delicate tones fails to dent that deliciously trashy chorus. Luckily, guest star Kesha more than steps up to the mark [...] it's a bit of a shame that it's not her version of the song". Ken Capobianco from The Boston Globe was negative in his review of the song.

The pilot was shot at a cost of INR 1.8 million (15 million in 2009, as estimated by Dwivedi). Doordarshan initially allotted 26 episodes for the series and an extension was promised if "the quality was up to the mark." In early 1992, a further 21 episodes were sanctioned as against the 26 demanded, after the extension was initially (controversially) revoked, for a total of 47 episodes. The first 17 episodes were shot over nine months at an estimated average cost of INR 900,000 per episode.

Mohun Bagan again lost out on the championship in the 2016-17 I-League narrowly and dropped to third position in the 2017-18 I-League. Crest used by Mohun Bagan Football Club (India) Pvt. Ltd. (2017–2020) Meanwhile a new corporate entity was registered to take over the whole responsibility of the club's footballing affairs and subsequently the logo of the football division was changed again. The performance of Mohun Bagan in 2018–19 I-League was not up to the mark and they finished fifth.

But be warned that if you are easily offended and rate humour as being clean or dirty then this is surely not your cup of tea." Asad Haroon of Dispatch News Desk said, "Wrong Number is a slapstick comedy filled with humor. One can't stop laughing throughout the movie and the dialogues are pretty well written and up to the mark. The script of the movie wasn’t predictable that much but the dialogues were totally unpredictable and funny to such an extent that one could say that I didn't see that coming.

Understanding the importance of supporting the students to overcome their learning difficulties and gain confidence and interest in learning, remedial classes are planned and organised each year. The remedial classes are conducted for the students whose performance is not up to the mark, i.e., for the students who secure less than 40% marks in Mid-Term Examination. These classes help the slow learners to fill the gaps in the teaching learning process, which may be due to their slow learning pace, lack of understanding, lack of motivation to practice the problems etc.

The school was close to ffolliot Fisher's Hillwood farm. It boarded the children of European missionaries from all Protestant denominations. In the 1920s the government of Northern Rhodesia understood the difficulty of finding properly trained teachers, but the department of education was not sympathetic to the idea of an "itinerant evangelist giving a little instruction by the way in reading and writing". The head of the department said "One of the main aims of the Department should be to educate and keep up to the mark the missionaries in charge of the training of teachers...".

Musafir is led by Fame gurukul part 2 (Fame X) fame Ashutosh, who has learned the tricks of the trade from the industrial big shots like Palash Sen, Daler Mehndi, Soumya Rao and Ganesh Hegde. Musafir describing their music: “We are nothing unusual, we do not sing about Death, graves or blood, we are experimental only up to the mark of positivity. We believe in beauty, happiness and talent. Our songs are beautiful with amazing lyrics, great motif lines and an element of Rock, adoptable by every one.

As per the wet land atlas of India.,Wet lands of India 2011 the manmade wet lands are covering extensive area (3% to 5%) in the districts of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu covering Palar river basin. Whereas the Palar basin in Andhra Pradesh is not well covered by wet lands which implies that the river water usage in Andhra Pradesh is not up to the mark compared to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. In the year 1892 when the Palar waters agreement was made, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh were part of then Madras Presidency.

Nikolai Kravkov's "Fundamentals of Pharmacology" front page. First edition, 1904 In Nikolai Kravkov's first years as head of the Pharmacology Chair the students of the Imperial Military Medical Academy, besides his own lectures, used an obsolete textbook by Vladimir Dybkovsky «Lectures on Pharmacology» and also «Brief Manual of Pharmacology» by David Lavrov, a pharmacologist from Odessa. The students were not satisfied with these educational supplies. The creation of a new up-to-date textbook that would be up to the mark relevant to the Professor Kravkov's exam requirements became a pressing task.

Early Bolo models are described as not self-aware artificial intelligences. Up to the Mark IX, they are only systems which automate the functioning of the vehicle under direct human command. Beginning with the Mark X, Bolos begin to use limited AI systems using pre-packaged battle plans which allows them to function relatively independently provided the situation on the battlefield falls within the parameters of its pre-loaded plan. If not, the human commander needs to directly intervene either selecting a new battle plan or taking over the functions of the Bolo personally.

Trilok Singh was adjudged the best in painting competition held for the post of State Artist in Patiala & East Punjab States Union (PEPSU) and offered him the job. He joined on 8-06-1948. During this tenure, he was associated with art work of Rikanjat Secretariat, Punjabi and Archives department, Museum, Darbar Hall (Qilla Mubark). Rai Sahib Ganga Singh, State Artist (PEPSU), Specialist in Drawing and Painting ( University College London) wrote about Trilok Singh on 29-03-1951 :- I have had the opportunity to examine his work several times, I always found that he is up to the mark.

While pursuing his master's degree from the United Kingdom, he learnt a great deal from his School and from the exposure otherwise as well. He believes that he learnt more from travelling and visiting places than what he did from the curriculum at school. He acknowledges the system of education and research over there and finds the standards of labs and libraries really up to the mark. He feels a dire need that the authorities look into the dilapidated state of government universities in Pakistan and to equip them with what the student of today needs.

The subject to be discussed was very delicate: the Divine origin of the rights and duties of bishops. During the years 1564-82, Salmeron was engaged chiefly in preaching and writing; he preached every day during eighteen Lenten seasons; his preaching was fervent, learned and fruitful. His writings during this long period were voluminous; Saint Robert Bellarmine spent five months in Naples reviewing them; each day he pointed out to Salmeron the portions that were not up to the mark, and the next day the latter brought back those parts corrected. He died at Naples on 13 February 1585.

The Hindu declares Burra Katha: It’s a no-brainer by Y. Sunita Chowdary, Five minutes into the story, it becomes obvious that we’re headed for an endless, agonizing experience. The Times of India gives 1/5 rating, saying Burra Katha fails to impress and looks like this is yet another fail for Aadi Saikumar, even if he tries his best to deliver an earnest performance. 123telugu.com provides 2/5 ratings, announcing Burrakatha – Disappointing Drama: The concept is interesting but the narration was no up to the mark. Whereas Mirchi-9 grants 1.75/5 stating it as a Brainless And Jaded.

When Mike Tindall was away playing for England Jack would always step up to the mark, and many times being man of the match, notably vs Wasps, Leicester Tigers & Newcastle Falcons all in the space of a few weeks. In total Jack scored 6 tries in all competitions during the 2006-07 season and setting up countless others. During the 2007–08 and 2008-09 seasons, Jack was also dual-registered with Moseley, for whom he made many appearances, mostly at Outside centre, and he also gained a cup winners medal as part of the EDF Energy Trophy winning side of 2009 and set up both tries.

A cold rain pelted the players and spectators during the event which Vardon won by the score of 2 up. Fitzjohn's driving off the tee was described as unusually low, with a long run on it, and those shots captured the gallery, although his short game "was not quite up to the mark ...". By 1901 Fitzjohn was the professional at the Mohawk Golf Club in Schenectady, New York, having prior been engaged at the Otsego Golf Club. In July 1904 he was the professional at the Hillendale Golf Club in Phoenix, Maryland, and posted a course record of 71 on a course in Stamford, Connecticut, and won his match against Dr. Frederick Schavoir.

On the return journey, Shackleton had by his own admission "broken down" and could no longer carry out his share of the work. He later denied Scott's claim in The Voyage of the Discovery, that he had been carried on the sledge. He was in a seriously weakened condition; Wilson's diary entry for 14 January reads: "Shackleton has been anything but up to the mark, and today he is decidedly worse, very short winded and coughing constantly, with more serious symptoms that need not be detailed here but which are of no small consequence one hundred and sixty miles from the ship". On 4 February 1903, the party finally reached the ship.

Lord Granville in fact considered Rosebery's wife to be the more ambitious of the pair, and even advised her "If you keep him up to the mark, [he] is sure to have his page in history." The subtle driving of her often languid and lethargic husband to achieve his "page in history" was to become her raison d'être. Rosebery's secretary Thomas Gilmour noted: "She is thoroughly genuine and very tender and devoted to Lord Rosebery, it is easy to see that she is very proud of him, and she is a woman of considerable force of character and great energy, she may prove to be a powerful ally in his political career."McKinstry, p. 75.

The selectors felt that his keeping was not up to the mark and in spite of Kunderan scoring 104 in 2 hrs with 4 sixes and 11 fours two days after the second Test in a tour match against the West Indies, it was Engineer who played in the next Test in Chennai. Engineer silenced the critics and the public outcry against Kunderan's exclusion by nearly scoring a century before lunch (94). He went on to score 109 and thereafter he never looked back at Kunderan, who he had left behind. The game of musical chairs between the two continued till 1966–67, when Kunderan packed his bags and settled in Scotland.

In a 2008 interview, Muktadhara's director Jawhar Lal Shaha explained that Muktadhara, which takes its name from the Bengali words for "free-flowing stream", was founded in the late 1960s and grew from Chittaranjan Saha's gatherings with writers exiled in Kolkata from Bangladesh during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. Saha, who promoted the publication of writings for their country, published 32 books during the war, founding Muktadhara in Kolkata. After the war, Saha relocated to Bangladesh and began publishing creative works as well. In 2004, poet Mohammad Nurul Huda retrospectively described Muktadhara publishing house as "the most notable of its kind in the post-independence literary world of the country", indicating that "any book coming out of Muktadhara was deemed as up-to-the-mark".

In the post-match interview with the BBC, Ronnie McFall was clearly furious with the decision made by the officials: "It was a blatant trip on Gault on the edge of the box and should have been a free kick and a red card for yer boy and a blatant handball not picked by the referee, they don't want to know because they think they never get anything wrong and in a game of this importance officials have to be up to the mark and unfortunately they weren't up to it today" winning the game would have been worth a minimum €200,000 to the club from European Qualification and the incident is remembered as one of the refereeing errors in Irish League history.

" Terry Teachout writing in the New York Times said he felt "vaguely disappointed by the last three or four installments of the Aubrey-Maturin chronicle, . . . but that The Yellow Admiral, while somewhat predictable, is nonetheless full of life." Viewing the series as a whole, Teachout had two views: the novels "are by a long shot the best things of their kind, so much better than the competition that comparisons long ago ceased to be relevant: they are uniquely excellent, and deserve the widest possible audience." On the other hand, he said, "Fine as they are, these books are of their kind: brilliant entertainments, rich in implication and almost certainly of permanent interest, yet not quite up to the mark set by Austen and Trollope.

Buner-Martung Link Road Under Construction near River Eitai Government of the former Swat State had constructed an ordinary road (with no black topping) from Mingora to Martung via Puran. Though not black topped, the road was well maintained in the duration of Swat State till 1969 and was one of the best tracks at that time. After accession of the Swat State by Pakistan Government, the road had been neglected and there was no improvement till early nineteen nineties. In nineteen nineties, when Pir Muhammad Khan of Puran remained Member of Provincial Assembly for five consecutive times, he took interest in the portion of the road from Mingora to Puran and improved it a little bit, but its condition is still not up to the mark.

Konzo can be prevented by use of the "wetting method," which is used to remove residual cyanogens from cassava flour, as an additional processing method. Cassava flour is placed in a bowl and the level marked on the inside of the bowl. Water is added with mixing until the height of the wet flour comes up to the mark. The wet flour is placed in a thin layer on a mat for 2 hours in the sun or 5 hours in the shade to allow the escape of hydrogen cyanide produced by the breakdown of linamarin by the enzyme linamarase. The damp flour is then cooked in boiling water in the traditional way to produce a thick porridge called “fufu” or “ugali”, which is flavoured by some means such as a sauce.

Rahman performing "Jiyo Utho Bado Jeeto" at its audio release The original version of the song received notably mixed responses, with many listeners and critics claiming to be disappointed, having expected better results from Rahman. Rahman was openly and downright criticized by the Organising Committee's member, including board executive member Vijay Kumar Malhotra and former sports minister Shahnawaz Hussain, who quoted that the song was nowhere near "Waka Waka", comparing it to Shakira's 2010 FIFA World Cup anthem, and that "no one in the Organising Committee likes it except perhaps Suresh Kalmadi", whilst noted musicians from the industry also expressed their disappointment. Reports also suggested that the committee had asked Rahman to recompose the song. Later in an interview with NDTV, Rahman apologized for the disappointment caused by his anthem, admitting that the track was "not up to the mark".

" Paresh C. Palicha of Rediff.com rated it two out of five stars, saying the film is "not up to the mark especially since it underutilises an actor of Mohanlal's caliber...it can easily pass off as a television programme, a tribute to the long innings of Mohanlal, one of the most mesmerising actors to grace the Indian screen...every comic sequence is punctuated by a reference to one of Mohanlal's films or lines from one of those films. This strategy becomes cumbersome after a while." Writing for The New Indian Express, Pramod Thomas criticised the script, saying "the sequences where the intelligence of the protagonist is shown as an election-winning tactic are difficult to chew ... the screening of yesteryear scenes from the popular Mohanlal starrers seems to be okay in the beginning, but with weary repetition, even the hardcore fans will lose patience.

The 1956 Elva MK II works prototype, registered KDY 68, was fitted with a Falcon all-enveloping fibreglass bodyshell.Automobile Quarterly, Volume 35, Issue 4, Page 39. Nichols developed the Elva Mk II from lessons learnt in racing the prototype: "That car was driven in 1956 races by Archie Scott Brown, Stuart Lewis-Evans and others." The Elva Mk II appeared in 1957: "Main differences from the Mark I are in the use of a De Dion rear axle as on the prototype, but with new location, inboard rear brakes, lengthened wheelbase, and lighter chassis frame."Motor Racing, March 1957, Page 79. The car was offered as standard with 1,100 cc Coventry-Climax engine. This went through various changes up to the Mark IV of 1958. Elva BMW Mk VIII. Carl Haas, from Chicago, was Elva agent in the midwest of the United States from the mid-1950s through the 1960s. In 1958 he was invited to England to drive an Elva in the Tourist Trophy at Goodwood, where he finished twelfth overall.

At the Cork Athletic Grounds. Novice football victory in 1952 was followed by Examiner Cup, Junior Football league victory in 1953, before the club's first Duhallow Junior A Football Championship was won in 1954 with victory over Dromtarriffe at Banteer. 1957 was a special year with Kanturk winning the Junior football League and Championship double along with Junior Hurling league and Minor football championships, the only cup missing being the Minor & Junior hurling championship. Kanturk's third Duhallow Junior football championship came in 1962 when both the Novice and Junior Championships were won at Millstreet. The Junior decider was a replay and Knocknagree were defeated by 3–5 to 1–6. As the footballers played in the Intermediate grade from 1965 to 1970 inclusive, it was the hurling team that stepped up to the mark, winning a record 5 Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championships in a row from 1965 to 1969 culminating in Cork Junior Hurling Championship honours with victory over Mayfield at Castletownroche on a 3–7 to 1–10 score line.

Speller was born in Wooburn near Marlow, Buckinghamshire, and played football as an amateur for his hometown club, Great Marlow. He appeared in the semi-final of the 1881–82 FA Cup as Marlow suffered a heavy defeat to eventual winners Old Etonians – Bell's Life in Londons reporter thought the backs "hardly up to the mark" – and helped the club to victories in the 1885 and 1886 Berks and Bucks Challenge Cup. He was a regular selection in the Berks and Bucks Football Association representative eleven to play against other associations. Among his numerous appearances for that team, he featured in the annual fixture against the Sheffield Association in 1883, as one of four players described by the York Herald as "perhaps ... the pick of the Southerners", in 1885, where the Sheffield and Rotherham Independent noted that the crossing by the Sheffield wings "gave Field and Speller any amount of work, but they were equal to the occasion, and by ponderous kicking they relieved the pressure", and 1887.