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Re: New Year Honours list : Sun Dec 30, 2012 5:07 pm  
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How come Martin Offiah is only OBE, he should be Knight, Emperor and Imperial Magister of the Commonwealth with all the tries he ran in. Is riding a bike really more of an achievement than what Offiah did over his career, taking his sport to new levels.


The bike riders have beat the very best in the world when it really mattered, can't really say that about Martin? Playing in the only full time team also gave him a bit of an unfair advantage would you not say?
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Re: New Year Honours list : Sun Dec 30, 2012 6:07 pm  
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I remember, years ago, waiting at a bus stop when the bloke waiting beside me announced out of the blue that he was a "Sir", I'm not entirely sure he appreciated my utter lack of falling to my knees in awe, or indeed the passing of any comment concerning this revelation.


A couple of weeks ago I'd sold a box of skate wings to a woman and I asked her for her name for the receipt. She gave it and as I was writing Mrs she stated "it's Lady actually". Turns out she's the daughter of the 3rd Duke of Fife, great, great, great granddaughter of Queen Victoria, cousin to the Queen and godmother to Prince Edward's daughter. Her old man's a good stick though, spitting image of James Whatisface from Bargain Hunt
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Re: New Year Honours list : Sun Dec 30, 2012 7:48 pm  
rover49 wrote:

I don't think you can equate the two areas equally any more than you can female and ale boxers or footballers, they are different not equal any awards should reflect this



If that ever does become an Olympic sport, the UK is going to rule all!
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Re: New Year Honours list : Sun Dec 30, 2012 9:18 pm  
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Can you ever imagine seeing a single athlete competing at 400, 800, 1500 & marathon.

David Weir did, and won them all. In terms of able bodied athletics, the 800 and 1500 often get linked together (Seb Coe being an example of the ability to achieve in both), while the marathon can be a natural step from the 10,000. Mo Farah managed a gold in both the 5,000m and 10,000m within the space of a week, so I would imagine it isn't impossible. Has anyone ever tried?
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Re: New Year Honours list : Mon Dec 31, 2012 9:04 am  
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Is 10 Paralympic golds easier to achieve than 4 olympic golds, maybe this is taken into account when deciding. Can you ever imagine seeing a single athlete competing at 400, 800, 1500 & marathon. Sarah Storey deserves her award for more than the golds she has won, she is fantastic role model for all not just disabled people and was my sports personality of the year.

I don't think you can equate the two areas equally any more than you can female and ale boxers or footballers, they are different not equal any awards should reflect this


I dont think the criteria should be purely number of medals. Its just "easier" (relatively) to win lots of medals in some events than others eg I think Redgrave's achievements were greater than Hoy's.

I still think that gongs for sportsmen and women should only be awarded at the end of their careers.
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Re: New Year Honours list : Mon Dec 31, 2012 9:48 am  
Very pleased that Ben Parkinson received a MBE, Top bloke who has overcome massive injuries and is a source of inspiration to all that he meets.
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Re: New Year Honours list : Mon Dec 31, 2012 11:03 am  
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Very pleased that Ben Parkinson received a MBE, Top bloke who has overcome massive injuries and is a source of inspiration to all that he meets.


Me too! Hadn't spotted that ... excellent news and well deserved.
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Re: New Year Honours list : Mon Dec 31, 2012 11:52 am  
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Me too! Hadn't spotted that ... excellent news and well deserved.


It did'nt get a lot of column inches amongst all the usual fawning over of Celeb sportsman etc etc.
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