Author Topic: Wimbledon 2013 (Read 9527 times)

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #50 on:** 07 July, 2013, 05:30:20 pm »

Ya beauty!

Wowbagger · « **Reply #51 on:** 07 July, 2013, 05:31:58 pm »

Is that HRH Bobby Charlton are or are my eyes deceiving me?

Wowbagger · « **Reply #52 on:** 07 July, 2013, 05:32:42 pm »

I see CMD is there. Did he get that on expenses, I wonder.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #53 on:** 07 July, 2013, 05:35:00 pm »

Old Bum Face is on a jolly, I bet.

mcshroom · « **Reply #54 on:** 07 July, 2013, 05:37:25 pm »

And not the only one. I see Alec Salmond has happened upon a ticket to centre court as well.

Clare · « **Reply #55 on:** 07 July, 2013, 05:39:42 pm »

...there is a corner of SW19 that is forever Scotland.

Andrij · « **Reply #56 on:** 07 July, 2013, 05:41:53 pm »

Quote from: Wowbagger on 07 July, 2013, 05:28:06 pm

Quote from: Deano on 07 July, 2013, 05:26:14 pm
That's 2013's SPotY sorted, then.

No, the queen will win it. Tennis players only had to wait 60-odd years. The reigning monarch has never before owned the winner in a particular 207-year-old horse race whose name escapes me for a moment.

I would actually watch the SPOTY programme if the Queen was shotlisted. What a hoot!

delthebike · « **Reply #57 on:** 07 July, 2013, 05:42:22 pm »

Excellent! F1 on the Beeb won't be delayed by an extended game.

caerau · « **Reply #58 on:** 07 July, 2013, 05:44:26 pm »

Och aye!!!!

CAMRAMan · « **Reply #59 on:** 07 July, 2013, 05:50:46 pm »

Predicatable, till he loses...

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #60 on:** 07 July, 2013, 05:58:03 pm »

Quote from: mcshroom on 07 July, 2013, 05:37:25 pm

And not the only one. I see Alec Salmond has happened upon a ticket to centre court as well.

Feel sorry for everyone stuck behind him in the bar queue though, when the bar staff won't take his Scottish notes.

Biff · « **Reply #61 on:** 07 July, 2013, 06:03:08 pm »

Quote from: Deano on 07 July, 2013, 05:26:14 pm

That's 2013's SPotY sorted, then.

I hope the Beeb have the decency to cancel it to save money. It'll be most one-sided contest since Herod took on those babies.

Tewdric · « **Reply #62 on:** 07 July, 2013, 06:16:40 pm »

Quote from: Deano on 07 July, 2013, 05:26:14 pm

That's 2013's SPotY sorted, then.

Or Froomey buggered, whichever way you look at it.

Is going to be a gushing week for the Daily Mail, with the Lions, Murray the Celt and a royal baby.

clifftaylor · « **Reply #63 on:** 07 July, 2013, 06:22:37 pm »

I wouldn't put the Daily Mail in the recycling bin, in case it gets recycled, and comes back in the future.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #64 on:** 07 July, 2013, 06:38:28 pm »

Anyone who wishes to do so may nominate me as SPOTY.

Yesterday, after our final group stop before the summit, I set off before everyone else. I can't remember who it was who said "There's no 'King of the Mountains' award, you know". I retorted "I only want King of the Breakfasts".

So, this season I have:-

York to Hull
Cambridge to Southend
London to Whitstable
Northallerton to Darlington via Tan Hill

My Dun Run bid will make it 5 overnight rides over the summer. Andy fecking Murray hasn't managed that.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #65 on:** 07 July, 2013, 06:40:47 pm »

Quote from: Andrij on 07 July, 2013, 05:41:53 pm

Quote from: Wowbagger on 07 July, 2013, 05:28:06 pm
Quote from: Deano on 07 July, 2013, 05:26:14 pm
That's 2013's SPotY sorted, then.

No, the queen will win it. Tennis players only had to wait 60-odd years. The reigning monarch has never before owned the winner in a particular 207-year-old horse race whose name escapes me for a moment.

I would actually watch the SPOTY programme if the Queen was shotlisted. What a hoot!

I think YACF should nominate her as loyal subjects. Which, in a way, excludes your good self, Andrij.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #66 on:** 07 July, 2013, 06:55:37 pm »

Quote from: Wowbagger on 07 July, 2013, 06:38:28 pm

So, this season I have:-

York to Hull
Cambridge to Southend
London to Whitstable
Northallerton to Darlington via Tan Hill

My Dun Run bid will make it 5 overnight rides over the summer. Andy fecking Murray hasn't managed that.

True, he hasn't. But you haven't won the Olympics and two grand slams. So it's probably a tie.

andyoxon · « **Reply #67 on:** 07 July, 2013, 08:29:22 pm »

Well done Muzza...

True Brit... http://andymurrayometer.com/

Wowbagger · « **Reply #68 on:** 07 July, 2013, 08:35:04 pm »

The Graun has a "Was this Britain's finest ever sporting moment?" poll.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/poll/2013/jul/07/andy-murray-wimbledon-won

Was it bollocks. It was good, but it wasn't even Britain's finest sporting moment this weekend.

Basil · « **Reply #69 on:** 07 July, 2013, 08:39:18 pm »

@Wowbagger
I think you need to add Mordor to Banbury to your night ride list.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #70 on:** 07 July, 2013, 08:41:24 pm »

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/5-KfEzIku8M&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/5-KfEzIku8M&rel=1</a>

andygates · « **Reply #71 on:** 07 July, 2013, 08:45:14 pm »

That last set was some of the most athletic tennis I've ever seen. They were all over the place!

There should be a rule that a huge rally ending in a drop shot should also require a sneer and a twirl of moustache.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #72 on:** 07 July, 2013, 08:52:06 pm »

But what about the women?

Feanor · « **Reply #73 on:** 07 July, 2013, 09:28:49 pm »

They can twirl their taches too

As luck would have it, I was out riding a DIY 200 today in the heat of the sun.
I came to Banchory in need of water and ice-cream, and went into the sweetie shop for both.

They had a wee TV showing the tennis, and I arrived just as he gained advantage for the last time.
So I stayed in the shop eating my ice-cream for 5 mins and saw the win, without having to hide behind the sofa for the rest of it!

Pingu · « **Reply #74 on:** 07 July, 2013, 09:42:49 pm »

The streets of Aberdeen were quiet when we cycled home this afternoon