Balding is royalty in my eyes!
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Paralympics Paris
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Dave Ewing's Back 'eader
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Is this the same 'royalty' as those footballing clubs so gleefully referred to as 'European Royalty?'Balding is royalty in my eyes!
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader
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I bet one of 'em is that Boccia - big boules by another name. Don't know which countries have this as standard fair or whether it is just played by disabled folk.So far today i have watched the velodrome , wheelchair rugby and basketball , a couple of sports i dont know the name of but for the severly disabled in wheelchairs
The ads are fucking annoying again , think it puts a lot of people off watching which is a shame
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Looking forward to watching a lot of it but especially the Murderball matches.
Eccles Blue
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Exactly. After I watched the opening ceremony and Last Leg yesterday I watched the documentary on Adam Hills' Growing a foot.Or disabled people like me that find the Paraolympics to be far more interesting and inspiring, as every athlete has actually had to overcome immense challenges to even play their particular sport, much less compete at such a high level. And the vast majority are not on any big sponsorships or endorsement deals.
Building a Rugby team to play in the PDRL World Cup was inspiring even though he 'glossed' over the hard work that it must have entailed, not the training etc. that was portrayed very well I felt but the raising money in such a short time to get the players and coaches over here for that World Cup.
They just got on with it, no oh poor me, just basic well this happened and now I am doing this.... great stuff.
Don't get me started!! *lol* I could wax lyrical for England (or Australia really) about how I admired them all. :-)
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader
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Just switched on and it's women's cycling. Our girl wanders off the blue bit onto the grey bit and then promptly falls off after abut thirty yards!
Seems she won't start unless there was summat up with the bike!
Seems she won't start unless there was summat up with the bike!
Eccles Blue
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Not Sarah Storey surely? I'm supposed to be sorting some things out on the laptop so not watching. (or sorting the things out as quickly as I should!!!)Just switched on and it's women's cycling. Our girl wanders off the blue bit onto the grey bit and then promptly falls off after abut thirty yards!
Sorry guys, can't get the same schedule up that I do with the Olympics, partly because of the timing with the football being back etc... and partly due to the variation of each event (which I'm all for). It's just too much work.
Looking forward to watching it though.
Looking forward to watching it though.
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader
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No, don't know who it was. Black girl. I'm assuming it's one of our lasses - just going by the colour of the kit! Kadeena Cox!Not Sarah Storey surely? I'm supposed to be sorting some things out on the laptop so not watching. (or sorting the things out as quickly as I should!!!)
Eccles Blue
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Kadeena Cox! They were looking for at least a medal. Let’s hope she’s in one of the other events as well. The cyclists usually are aren’t they?No, don't know who it was. Black girl. I'm assuming it's one of our lasses - just going by the colour of the kit!
Ah, she's called Cox.