posted Aug 12, 2008

Hamilton if he wins the world championship, otherwise Cooke.

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posted Aug 12, 2008

Padraig Harrington's back to back majors might make him a good bet for the overseas personality !

Laura Robson is surely a shoe in for the Young Sportsperson given Tom Daley's last place finish in the Olympic diving competition.

Hamilton will walk it this year if he wins the world title - Mansell and Hill have won it previously in Olympic years so the omens are good !

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posted Aug 13, 2008

As long as it's not an overhyped toff who rides a horse again il be happy.

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posted Aug 14, 2008

Could Harrington win the overall prize. The overseas personality will & should go to Michael Phelps. The fact that Padraig seems to held in the same regard both sides of the Irish Sea, might the B.B.C. move the goalposts?

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posted Aug 20, 2008

1st Chris Hoy
2nd Padraig Harrington
3rd Christina Ohourugu

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posted Aug 20, 2008

Would Harrington be classed as overseas?

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posted Aug 21, 2008

As I've said since the beginning of this thread, if Lewis Hamilton wins the F1 Championship, he will win the SPOTY award. Guaranteed. If he doesn't, then it will be Rebecca Adlington.

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posted Aug 23, 2008

Msybe we should look at a fantastic Olympic year, we have all been glued to the TV for the past fortnight following the higs highs and lows of some of the best olympic athletes, gymnasts, and martial artists our country has produced for a very long time, training funding has obviously helped in making this a fantastic achievement but none of it would of been possible without all of them putting in the hard work and training that this has required, I for one must say thank you to the whole GB team gold medalists, silver, bronze and the ones who tried there best including tom in the 10M high board who showed that there is a prospect for 2012 and we can all look forward to it.

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posted Aug 28, 2008

Team of the Year - GB Cycling
Overseas - Harrington/Bolt/Phelps/Nadal
Young - Laura Robson
Overall - Chris Hoy
(unless Lewis Hamilton wins the F1 title)

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posted Sep 2, 2008

I really don't care who wins as I am fed up with the format of SPOTY.

Call me old fashioned but I would prefer the votes to be done and dusted before the event so that the programme can concentrate on the events as well as the personalities. I think it used to be called Sports Review of the Year didn't it? To me the balance has gone too far towards the voting on the night and too little on the Review of the Year. Perhaps this is a reflection on how little sport the Beeb actually have the rights to screen now?

Unfortunately the Beeb seems to be addicted to interactivity so SPOTY will be its usual, and IMHO, unsatisfying self

Regards

Ged

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