[Durham Giant]

Re: Olympic Games London 2012 : Wed Aug 08, 2012 1:34 pm  

Wel done Katie Taylor and the Irish fans in the Excel. The best atmosphere at the olympics so far

[John_D]

Re: Olympic Games London 2012 : Wed Aug 08, 2012 3:08 pm  

BMXing just looks ridiculous

Re: Olympic Games London 2012 : Wed Aug 08, 2012 3:49 pm  

One of the 3 day event team was from Yorkshire too

Re: Olympic Games London 2012 : Wed Aug 08, 2012 3:50 pm  

Horatio Yed wrote:

I'm taking all indoor cycle medals as Manchester, seeing as it's where they train

Isn't that in Greater Manchester though? Or is that classed as Lancashire again now?

Re: Olympic Games London 2012 : Wed Aug 08, 2012 3:53 pm  

John_D wrote:

Couple of the rowers - men's eight certainly and was it the women's four?

Anyway, we've just been overtaken by Lolstralia. Desperate times

The rower who was born in Aylesbury and rows for Molesey in Surrey, or the rower who was born and bred in Kent but went to York Uni?? That's desperate even by Yorkie standards that is

Chris Hoy lives round the corner from me...can we chalk that up as 2 more gold for Lancashire?!

Re: Olympic Games London 2012 : Wed Aug 08, 2012 3:58 pm  

Chris28 wrote:

One of the 3 day event team was from Yorkshire too

Darlington classed as Yorkshire nowadays then??

Re: Olympic Games London 2012 : Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:24 pm  

Luke Campbell is from Hull. He's guarenteed at least a bronze in the boxing.

Re: Olympic Games London 2012 : Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:49 pm  

Ordsall Quays Red wrote:

Darlington classed as Yorkshire nowadays then??

It's as Yorkshire as Manchester is in Lancashire

[Durham Giant]

Re: Olympic Games London 2012 : Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:56 pm  

Ordsall Quays Red wrote:

The rower who was born in Aylesbury and rows for Molesey in Surrey, or the rower who was born and bred in Kent but went to York Uni?? That's desperate even by Yorkie standards that is

Chris Hoy lives round the corner from me...can we chalk that up as 2 more gold for Lancashire?!

The female rower from Yarm is Yorkie

Re: Olympic Games London 2012 : Wed Aug 08, 2012 5:08 pm  

Are we going to get down from Country to County to town and then Street?