HwoodMike2umate wrote:Latest info here for the 2018 Special Olympics current Torch Run - https://irelandgames.ie/torchrun/
Thanks Mike, now fu'ck off.
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HwoodMike2umate wrote:Latest info here for the 2018 Special Olympics current Torch Run - https://irelandgames.ie/torchrun/
I sort of understand the marketing guys using TeamGB as a device, but i think I'm right in saying that this is the first games where they have dropped the '&NI' from the name of the country on the broadcast titles, etc.The BOC are very much failing in their theoretical representation of NI, and as a result I will be supporting the refugee team only.
You mention the BBC but apparently many people have failed to realise that they can only broadcast 2 live events simultaneously so many people's favourite sports are hidden behind a paywall.big mervyn wrote:Th'Olympics - a collection of (mainly) daft minority sports that no one gives a flying feck about for 3 years 11 months and 10 days untill the jolly hockey sticks brigade at the Beeb whips them up into a nationalistic fervour. Some similarity with the Lions - rugby's version of Bob Holness's Blockbusters where we ponder if 4 is better than one?
Aye. I do miss those 24 channels we had when Lahndan was hosting. Looks as if I'll have to give the fencing and Greco-Roman wrasslin' a miss this year.waggonsroll wrote: ↑Mon Jul 26, 2021 9:07 amYou mention the BBC but apparently many people have failed to realise that they can only broadcast 2 live events simultaneously so many people's favourite sports are hidden behind a paywall.big mervyn wrote:Th'Olympics - a collection of (mainly) daft minority sports that no one gives a flying feck about for 3 years 11 months and 10 days untill the jolly hockey sticks brigade at the Beeb whips them up into a nationalistic fervour. Some similarity with the Lions - rugby's version of Bob Holness's Blockbusters where we ponder if 4 is better than one?
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24 of N.I.'s 31 Olympians are representing Ireland.BR wrote: ↑Sun Jul 25, 2021 9:23 pm
I sort of understand the marketing guys using TeamGB as a device, but i think I'm right in saying that this is the first games where they have dropped the '&NI' from the name of the country on the broadcast titles, etc.The BOC are very much failing in their theoretical representation of NI, and as a result I will be supporting the refugee team only.
Fair enough. We understand the many reasons for that.big mervyn wrote: ↑Mon Jul 26, 2021 4:02 pm24 of N.I.'s 31 Olympians are representing Ireland.BR wrote: ↑Sun Jul 25, 2021 9:23 pm
I sort of understand the marketing guys using TeamGB as a device, but i think I'm right in saying that this is the first games where they have dropped the '&NI' from the name of the country on the broadcast titles, etc.The BOC are very much failing in their theoretical representation of NI, and as a result I will be supporting the refugee team only.
Oh if you mean I should be supporting RoI, believe me I was shouting at the tele yesterday for the Irish swimmers. That's the only thing I've 'actively' watched so far in this games.big mervyn wrote: ↑Mon Jul 26, 2021 4:02 pm24 of N.I.'s 31 Olympians are representing Ireland.BR wrote: ↑Sun Jul 25, 2021 9:23 pm
I sort of understand the marketing guys using TeamGB as a device, but i think I'm right in saying that this is the first games where they have dropped the '&NI' from the name of the country on the broadcast titles, etc.The BOC are very much failing in their theoretical representation of NI, and as a result I will be supporting the refugee team only.