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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 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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Posted on August 4, 2011 by jonners99
With the new bafanl website having issues at the moment. I felt I would publish this week’s review on my site and the old bafacl site.
One of the weekends biggest results saw Glasgow knock the Clyde Valley Blackhawks from the playoff picture and in doing so they completed a double over the Blackhawks that should now see Glasgow finishing third in Division 2 North. The Tigers made the most of home turf to put in a great 30-6 result. Over in Shropshire, Revolution finalised their qualification with a convincing 49-6 win against Staffordshire. Meanwhile Essex won their closing game of the season against Maidstone to stay 8th in Division 2 and also gain a playoff position despite the two teams ahead having not yet reached that milestone.
Posted on May 28, 2011 by jonners99
As I mentioned in my previous post I decided it might be fun to do some karting rankings based on those who have ever come to one of my events. It is not likely to be entirely accurate but can be used for a vague comparison/argument… In some places where ability is close I will put side by side. Number in brackets is times seen.
So anyway here is the top 15:
Matt Teager (2)
Jonathan Little (10) / Craig King (4)
Helen Little (6) / Felicity Kensett (4)
Patrick Hill (6) / Steve Franklin (2)
Trefor Little (6)
Ceri Almrott (2)
Seok Jun Park (1)
David Witt (1)
Catherine Leopold (3)
Beth Little (7)
Thomas McCorkell (4)
Beverley Little (5)
Posted on May 26, 2011 by jonners99
So Craig had his stag party a weekend or so ago. It was good fun with karting and a good time spent in Brighton after. Unfortunately I lost at Karting… Craig was a few tenths quicker than me throughout. Ceri also showed that he had improved a lot since his first attempt in December. But then he has had a fair amount of practice since. Its just good to see him near the level of the other top folks in my little league.
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