Olympics

Like everyone else Im looking forward to the Olympics.
Does anyone else have a favourite sport or a picture capturing a special moment? Here are some of mine.

Hmmm I can see what Olympic tickets you applied for eccles.

My favourite was the 1988 Hockey Olympic Final.

I had no real passion for hockey and yet my new born son, the little sod who I would have gratefully thown out of the window because he wouldn't stop squaking, meant that I was trying to rock him to sleep during the small hours of the day.

So I was prviledged to watch GB beat Australia in the semi-final and then the Germans in the final.

Horrible, little Englander mentality I know but give me credit I was suffering from sleep deprivation.

Still I love that hockey team from 1988 and no I couldn't give a fuck about hockey in this country now but beautiful memories of a fantastic team and a horrible child.

C'mon Sean Kerly.

A couple of pics didnt load. That should be fixed now.
In 2008 the opening game was Australia vs Brazil Womens Beach Volleyball. It really kindled my intererest in sport.

i wonder if prince harry is at the world championship beach volley at horse gaurds this week.

thats an idea the babechannels doing their own olympics.

(09-08-2011 22:33 )bigguy01 Wrote:  i wonder if prince harry is at the world championship beach volley at horse gaurds this week.

thats an idea the babechannels doing their own olympics.

Ones that involve plenty of jumping up and down?
At halftime a portly middle aged gentleman could chase them round the stadium just as they were halfway through changing their costumes.

To add a touch of class it should be accompanied by the national anthem of Yaketty Yak. I think we would all pay to see that.

Nice to see a dignified money raising scheme:

Volleyballers' bikini bottom ads criticised by feminist
The decision by Britain's top-ranked female beach volleyball team to advertise on their bikini bottoms has been criticised by a feminist.

Bath-based Zara Dampney and Shauna Mullin teamed up with a bookmaker to trial barcodes on the backs of their swimsuit bottoms in a sponsorship deal.

When the matrix barcodes are photographed with a smartphone, the user is taken to the company's website.

Sian Norris said there was still a lack of seriousness around women's sports.

Well the 100m. Also like the long distance races such as the 5000 and 10,000m. And I like the Olympic swimming. Looking forward to the world championships in a couple of weeks.

BBC3 to broadcast in daytime for Olympics http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/broad...69.article

Quote:The BBC is extending BBC3’s broadcast hours and launching a temporary digital radio stream during next summer’s Olympic Games, as part of a number of measures to optimise the broadcaster’s coverage.

From 19 July to 12 August 2012, BBC3’s will extend into daytime across all of its platforms using BBC Parliament’s spectrum on DTT. The channel is being given an additional £4.5m, and its output during this time will predominantly be dedicated to coverage of the games. Only hourly news bulletins and the post-11pm schedule will remain untouched.

Over the month-long period – which falls within recess - BBC Parliament will be available on all other platforms, including cable, satellite and online.

The additional radio stream will be launched using the BBC’s existing DAB spectrum, and will run for about 20 days. It is expected to have a budget of around £200,000.

During this time, Radio Five Live will continue to offer a mix of news and sport, including the Olympics. Five Live Sports Extra will broadcast live coverage of the Olympics, except when test match cricket takes place - two matches are expected during this time.

The BBC is also planning to increase its online output by roughly 1,0000 hours during the period, some of which will be made available on demand.

The BBC Trust, which will launch a public consultation on the additional radio stream, before finalising the terms, said: “We consider that coverage of major sports events, such as the Olympics, fits closely with the BBC’s role to promote the public purposes and so consider that the proposal to offer the temporary service and offers is fully in keeping with the BBC’s remit and mission.”

The body said the other changes did not constitute a “significant change”, and therefore did not warrant a public value test before approving the plans.

It added: “We do not anticipate the temporary television and radio offer and service will attract very high viewing or listening levels. Also, any impact will be for a very limited time period.

“We expect that audience reach and share will primarily be drawn from Olympics coverage on other BBC services, rather than from non-Olympics output on non-BBC services. Therefore, we do not expect the temporary services to have a major impact on other TV channels or radio stations.”

BBC1, Red Button and Radio 5 Live will offer Olympics coverage alongside these additions. The Trust said it expected output on these services to “be within the existing approvals of those services”.

This is good news

I know Olympics should be great. Very entertaining

After much deliberation, the UK Olympics Emblem has been revealed....