Macclesfield Harriers

SPOTY`s just finished,great wildlife & cooking prpogrammes notwithstanding THE PROGRAMME of the year.
So my personal highlights to invite input.........................
The" we`re olympic champions moment from the 2 rowers"who I can`t even name
They made me angry from Ainlsley (who maybe should have won it)
BIG MIG,maybe the only other clean rider in 30 years(unless you`re British of course) to win the Tour confirming Lance is innocent....300 drug tests & a French vendetta never found anything
SEB COE-I don`t know about you but I never believed it would succeed,so pleased to be wrong
Brad & Froome outclimbing the Tour
Murray`s Wimbledon speech
Europe`s Ryder comeback
Martine Wright on SPOTY
Wilson`s composure in winning gold
Mickleson`s response to Rose`s putt
Michael Johnson`s input to BBC
Denise Lewis.......anywhere anytime
Ennis winning that 800 when she didn`t have to
Alastair Cooke
Brad`s winning speech
The F1 season & it`s finale
And of couse football`s response to a wonderful year of sport....cheating,racism & violence because "it`s tribal" so that makes it OK
Hope you disagree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Phil

Phil, you have surely forgotten from your list "Mr Marginal Gains".
Dave Brailsford, I thought, was a most worthy Coach of the Year award.
"Our round bike wheels are rounder than the French teams" - a classic quote.

For me it was England's demolition of the All Blacks!
And in the spirit of stirring it up: I am absolutely convinced that Armstrong was a cheat and that a culture of denial was and clearly still is prevalent amongst cycle enthusiasts. Sorry Phil but posting about Armstrong is guaranteed a polarised response

At the risk of getting moderated I like Everest Mandy's suggestion on FB about Jess Ennis getting SPOTY 2012's rear of the year

Craig,you`re right.If england seriously wanted to win the soccer world cup they`d appoint him tomorrow....can you imagine what he`d do to the likes of Rooney,terry et al.
Sorry barnesy i`m not nominating people from minority sports like badminton,tabletennis & rugby.
As far as cycling is concerned I just don`t think you can convict someone on hearsay when ALL the evidence denies it....but more importantly IF he did it he`s no more guilty than ALL the other TDF winners over 30 years,except Bradley of course `cos he`s English
Knew I`d stir some of you up
Phil

Phil I agree they were ALL at it and this is what Bradley had to say: – Wiggins describes the corrosive legacy of Armstrong, newly stripped of his seven Tour wins because of his endemic, team-wide doping regime. "It wasn't a surprise," Wiggins says of the report that damned the Texan. "The anger is more: I've got to pick up the pieces. He's still a multimillionaire, and he's not here to answer the questions. I can't not answer them because I've got to go and race next year, and I hate talking about it."

So lets draw a line under any suggestion that Armstrong was clean, unless someone wants to suggest they were closer to what was going on than Bradley.

Have you done the Handicap results Phil?

Yes