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Sports Personality Of The Year...
The 10 shortlisted are:
Sir Ben Ainslie
Ian Bell (Warwickshire & England Cricketer)
Hannah Cockroft
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Mo Farah
Chris Froome
Leigh Halfpenny (dark side Rugbyist)
AP (Tony) McCoy (Jockey)
Andy Murray
Christine Ohuruogu
Justin Rose (Golfer)
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It does make me wonder what you've got to do to get a nomination. Tai Woffinden wins the World Speedway title (At just 23 years of age), despite crashing and breaking the same Collarbone TWICE, and Tom Sykes wins the World Superbike Championship and neither get a tickle??? Woffi has to race in 12 rounds across Europe including one meeting in New Zealand. He also was racing in the UK for Wolverhampton and a team in Poland. Sykesy had to race twice in one day for 14 rounds, spanning the globe.
Sir Ben Ainslie
Ian Bell (Warwickshire & England Cricketer)
Hannah Cockroft
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Mo Farah
Chris Froome
Leigh Halfpenny (dark side Rugbyist)
AP (Tony) McCoy (Jockey)
Andy Murray
Christine Ohuruogu
Justin Rose (Golfer)
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It does make me wonder what you've got to do to get a nomination. Tai Woffinden wins the World Speedway title (At just 23 years of age), despite crashing and breaking the same Collarbone TWICE, and Tom Sykes wins the World Superbike Championship and neither get a tickle??? Woffi has to race in 12 rounds across Europe including one meeting in New Zealand. He also was racing in the UK for Wolverhampton and a team in Poland. Sykesy had to race twice in one day for 14 rounds, spanning the globe.
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Ah the old "Andy Murray has no personality" chestnut, which I thought had been well and truly roasted. I love AP McCoy my fellow countryman, but personality-wse I think Murray outdoes him. Having said that it's not actually a "personality" contest so I'd like to think the judgment would be more on actual achievement. But given Murray's long awaited Wimbledon triumph, plus the fact that cyclists always so well, then my money would be on those two previously mentioned
Christine Ohuruogu for me. Her win in the worlds will be used in coaching sessions for decades to come as a perfect example of why should always dip on the line.
It goes to show that some sports just don't fit the bill which is a crying shame. I remember Carl Fogarty (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Fogarty) also being omitted yet some people barely do anything but get the nod.
It goes to show that some sports just don't fit the bill which is a crying shame. I remember Carl Fogarty (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Fogarty) also being omitted yet some people barely do anything but get the nod.
Granted.
Tony McCoy passing 4,000 winners is a great achievement, but he's been doing that for years - Lifetime Achievement perhaps, rather than SPOTY?
Andy Murray wins Wimbledon - fair enough.
Mo Farah doing the distance double again (And nearly winning the Great North Run at his first attempt) - fair enough.
Chris Froome wins the Tour De France - fair enough.
Ian Bell helped England retain the Ashes again this Summer (England player of the series and highest run scorer - 562) - fair enough.
Tom Sykes - ignore. It's more a rant about the effort Woffi had to endure. If Christine Ohuruogu injured herself at the World Championships, then she doesn't get another chance to earn points in the next round. The gold medal goes around the neck of someone else. Tai Woffinden (In a Speedway GP event) has 5 programmed rides, a Semi-Final and then a Final (Assuming he gets enough points to qualify for the SF and places first or second). He was also riding in the European Championship, and turning up for Wolves and his Polish team.
MAYBE he makes the list of Young Sports Personality Of The Year instead. Fingers crossed. I don't know what I'm ranting for anyway - I stopped watching it years ago!
Tony McCoy passing 4,000 winners is a great achievement, but he's been doing that for years - Lifetime Achievement perhaps, rather than SPOTY?
Andy Murray wins Wimbledon - fair enough.
Mo Farah doing the distance double again (And nearly winning the Great North Run at his first attempt) - fair enough.
Chris Froome wins the Tour De France - fair enough.
Ian Bell helped England retain the Ashes again this Summer (England player of the series and highest run scorer - 562) - fair enough.
Tom Sykes - ignore. It's more a rant about the effort Woffi had to endure. If Christine Ohuruogu injured herself at the World Championships, then she doesn't get another chance to earn points in the next round. The gold medal goes around the neck of someone else. Tai Woffinden (In a Speedway GP event) has 5 programmed rides, a Semi-Final and then a Final (Assuming he gets enough points to qualify for the SF and places first or second). He was also riding in the European Championship, and turning up for Wolves and his Polish team.
MAYBE he makes the list of Young Sports Personality Of The Year instead. Fingers crossed. I don't know what I'm ranting for anyway - I stopped watching it years ago!
Ah, yet another person who missed his post-victory interview, or never saw him playing the exhibition match at Queens' a couple of weeks before...
Andy Murray may not be blessed with the most thrilling voice in the world, but he certainly isn't a dour person. Just sounds like it. He'd definitely deserve to win this award. Came third last year, lest ye forget, after losing and crying. Winning and cheering ought to push him up to first.
Andy Murray may not be blessed with the most thrilling voice in the world, but he certainly isn't a dour person. Just sounds like it. He'd definitely deserve to win this award. Came third last year, lest ye forget, after losing and crying. Winning and cheering ought to push him up to first.
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