The Olympics

[superfrank]

call me a miserable sod if if like but i had to turn the tv over last - that opening ceremony was so corny it made me cringe.

[mugsgame]

Frank

Your a miserable sod

[superfrank]

Frank

Your a miserable sod

[andyfuller]

Miserable sod! I thought it was fantastic, loving the cycling this afternoon but the beach volley ball was nice to watch whilst eating breakfast

The racing will have to be put on the back burner for me!

[Consty1]

Thought it was great and definitely exceeded my expectations.

Was Ali even alive?

[Euler]

I quite enjoyed it, it's the only opening ceremony I have ever danced to!

[jimrobo]

I thought it was brilliant!! I thought it was going to be a bit of a flop though but I was blown away with it all! I've got it on record to watch it all again later!

[LeTiss]

I quite enjoyed it, it's the only opening ceremony I have ever danced to!

What a thought

I think that's called alcohol PW!

[freddy]

i thought the opening ceremony was very good myself

The road race was Interesting this afternoon there were 144 Official starters and Betfair only had 143 listed for some reason

you can guess who won

you couldn't make it up

[Lagos]

Is that right ?

I was lookng for him with 10K left and coulnt find him.

As I was bookmaking it really didnt matter!

[LeTiss]

I tried to get tickets for Wimbledon, but couldn't get any. I'm sat watching it at home yesterday, only to find masses of empty seats!

'Inspire a generation' eh?
More like 'corrupted by commercialisation'

These corporates seem to think it's fine to threaten court action on an independent butcher, who simply displays 5 rings of sausages in his shop window, but then can't be bothered to fill the seats, when there's avid sport fans without tickets at home

[LeTiss]

It will be interesting to see how many sports in the UK really gain momentum over the next 4 years due to the Olympics.

The two sports I'm particularly thinking about is Handball and Volleyball. They are both very popular throughout Europe and South America, but not in the UK. However, they are great sports to watch and the crowds have really got into them, so we could see them have huge increases in participation numbers

[freddy]

Is that right ?

I was lookng for him with 10K left and coulnt find him.

As I was bookmaking it really didnt matter!

Yeah

He was finally added with about 2k to go i think

[LeTiss]

Was there not a selection 'Any Other Runner'?

[superfrank]

anyone know if you can buy tickets off touts outside Olympic venues or are there silly restrictions on ID?