Posted on January 9, 2012 by jonners99
I feel like I missed out, the biggest two games Skyrim and Skyward Sword I have yet to play. In fact I only played 9 games that came out in 2011.
5. Dirt 3 – Xbox 360
Dirt 3 removed the few bad parts of Dirt 2 and introduced some great tracks and racing. The return of split screen gaming was fantastic and the multiplayer added a lot of value. Its just a shame they had to shoe horn in gymkhana nonsense.
Posted on January 8, 2012 by jonners99
Last year I complained about the quality of the films released. This year I had no such issue and the films I saw were all largely superb. I got away with seeing just one 3d movie this year but although it was largely redundant it actually worked well in tintin and the experience was not poorer for it. I guess that is testament to what Spielberg can do. Below are the Canterbury Littles’ top 10s for 2011.
Beth:
10. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
9. Senna
8. Source Code
7. Cars 2
6. Harry Potter
5. Horrible Bosses
4. Attack the Block
3. Sherlock Holmes
2. Bridesmaids
1. King’s Speech
Posted on January 5, 2012 by jonners99
After declaring 2010 too bad for sport and thus palming off this list to me my father has returned to give judgement on 2011.
Top 5 sportsmen of 2011
Drew Brees for breaking Dan Marino’s yardage record.
Jenson Button for coming ahead of everyone except Sebastian Vettel
Dai Greene for winning the world 400m Hurdles and for being Welsh
Nathan Cleverly for being Britain’s only remaining boxing World Champion (and for being Welsh)
Mark Cavendish for winning Sports Personality
Posted on January 1, 2012 by jonners99
So 2011 is over. The year will be remembered on a larger scale for the sparking of uprisings throughout the world. But more locally these are the five things I did that I will remember most.
5. Karting
While I won again that wasn’t the key thing. I had lots of fun with friends and family on the track at the meals afterwards and I hope that will continue in 2012 with races likely in February, August and November/December. I also had more experience of outdoor karting racing around Surbiton and Bayford Meadows. The latter is superb and gave me my first proper race against proper foes. Unfortunately the rain scuppered my opening race fourth place. Bring on 2012′s racing.
Posted on December 2, 2011 by jonners99
So for the first time since race 5 of the season we have an F1 driver ranking post. While my feelings towards F1 were tempered slightly by the domination of king Vettel and the introduction of DRS it was still generally a good season. Possibly not up there with the last couple but fairly strong. How were the drivers though? Well Hamilton certainly struggled with his style not suiting a DRS / Pirelli tyre world. He made silly mistakes aplenty and looked like a rookie. This is the first season he has been outperformed by a teammate and that saw him slip. Heikki Kovaleinen continues his rise through the rankings. He has worked very well with a teammate not seeming to contribute much and moved Lotus near to the midfield. He deserve a high spot.
Posted on October 14, 2011 by jonners99
I contributed several of my Britbowl match reports to latest Inside American Football issue, which is now available.
Had a great first season writing for the league and hope that it continues next year.
Check out some of my articles
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Posted on September 26, 2011 by jonners99
We like Surbiton. We headed there in March for the first time and went back on a lovely August day. Possible rain thankfully held off just for us with precipitation within a couple of miles. Track conditions were perfect and after we had calmed Cathy’s nerves we were ready to go. We went with a semi reverse grid again and therefore lined up like this:
1. Beth Little
2. Beverley Little
3. Ceri Almrott
4. Cathy Leopold
5. Trefor Little
6. Thomas McCorkell
7. Patrick Hill
8. Jonathan Little
Posted on September 17, 2011 by jonners99
I’m not usually one to just copy and paste a press release, but hey, I already edited it once…
The kickoff times for BritBowl XXV (25) – the official championship weekend for the BAFA (British American Football Association) National Leagues – have been unveiled ahead of the season-ending showdown later this month.
BritBowl XXV (25) will see eight finals take place over the course of two hard-hitting, action-packed days at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre on Saturday September 24 and Sunday September 25. Here is the line-up for BritBowl XXV weekend:
Posted on August 29, 2011 by jonners99
In June I took part in my first real race. By real I mean against people I don’t actually know. I figured it would be a decent barometer of how good I actually was.
The event was the Bayford Meadows Summer Cup. The idea behind the event being that you have a team of 2 or 3 people for a 90 minute race around their circuit. Unfortunately this did not exactly go to plan.
Posted on August 4, 2011 by jonners99
South Wales Warriors @ Bournemouth Bobcats – Division 2 West
London Warriors @ Coventry Jets – Premiership
Cambridgeshire Cats @ Leicester Falcons – Division 1 Central
Manchester Titans @ Doncaster Mustangs – Division 1 North
Colchester Gladiators @ Ipswich Cardinals – Division 1 South
East Kent Mavericks @ Sussex Thunder – Division 1 South
Lincolnshire Bombers @ Chester Romans – Division 2 Central
Lancashire Wolverines @ Sheffield Predators – Division 2 Central
Milton Keynes Pathfinders @ Bedfordshire Blue Raiders – Division 2 East
Kent Exiles @ Watford Cheetahs – Division 2 East
Carlisle Border Reivers @ Edinburgh Wolves – Division 2 North
Dundee Hurricanes @ West Coast Trojans – Division 2 North
Bristol Apache @ Berkshire Renegades – Division 2 West
London Blitz @ Bristol Aztecs – Premiership
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