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Listed below are comments made by H2O_Polo between Monday, 25th August 2008 and Monday, 25th August 2008.

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Next stop London 12:15pm on 25 Aug 2008 Fantastic coverage. Live, recaps/reruns, 6-channels via red button, and the all-important Live Action pages on the BBC Web - well done to Ollie and Caroline for their erudite yet witty updates. They gave me something to look forward to on the TV each evening. Your operations, planning and logistics must have been formidable to have put on such a well-oiled schedule, and with front-people like Adrian Chiles, Sue Barker and Hazel Irvine you could do nothing but succeed. Rob Walker deserves a medal for his zeal in reporting on the sailing. But who is this Lydney fellow? Acts too much as the arrogant heir apparent.
How to build on the Great Haul of China 12:04pm on 25 Aug 2008 Matt Slater is right to call for better achievements in the team sports, but where are school sports centres (volleyball, basketball and handball) and sports pitches (hockey, baseball/softball? Oh yes, as Mr Brown has said - the loony left got rid of competitive sports in the 70s and 80s, and schools sold their land to make some short-term cash. He now says it's time to put more effort into schools' sport - so is he going to buy back some land? Don't think so, keep dreaming. Unless someone conjures up facilities we'll only see a repeat of these niche sports in 2012: cycling, rowing and sailing. At least we're getting more swimming pools now, and those non-competitive kidney-shaped leisure pools of the 70s and 80s are becoming less favoured.

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