The solid but unspectacular start gave it only a share of second place in the daily box-office rankings.

A solid if unspectacular start.

NEWCASTLE United made a solid, if unspectacular start to life on the stock market yesterday, recording a small premium on its opening price.

It has been a solid, if unspectacular start to the campaign for Cape Town City, with five points from three games and no defeats.

Ireland's Walker Cup hero Jack Hume made a solid if unspectacular start to his bid for glory in the US Amateur Championship in Michigan yesterday.