Sports Round Up

SPORTING ROUND UP

Rugby:

Not England’s finest hour 13-33 to the Wallabies : The red rose of Lancaster will live to play another day but not in this world cup. I Hope the audience attendance stays way up for the rest of the matches though.  Lets see how it all pans out now for Scotland and Wales. 

Formula 1:

Well done Lewis, Japan loves you. Next its the Russians in two weeks time. Lewis is now 48 points ahead of Roseburg. Some of the fans go wild at the Suzuka track. Ferrari samurai.

Only in Japan: Dressing up not down for the race track.

Tennis:

The Wuhan Open

Venus Williams is in the lime light this time. At 6-3 3-0 her opponent Garbine Muguruza pulled out with an injury to her ankle.  We now move on to Beijing for the Chinese Open.

Sunday Entertainment:

Today (Sunday am) is the day of the Arc de Triumphe. Treve verses all the others. Golden Horn is supplemented to the tune of 120,000 euros but there are plenty of other challengers to thwart either of them. Place your bets in good time but remember the betting rules in France are not the same as here.

From Over The Pond:

I find it hard to imagine anyone not following horse racing but for those who are board stiff by it - the Americans are here, their football players that is. All hail their version of rugby. The Miami Dolphins and the New York Jets are on this Sunday at Wembley Stadium.

Big pads, helmets, war paint and tight tights make for a very interesting match of men verses men. If you want to know the simple rules go here, go here http://goo.gl/X8MqEk or if you want the academic version visit Wikipedia.

I was lucky enough to watch a live match back in the 70’s sandwiched between two football scouts. (They head hunt players) They taught me the rules as the match unfolded, Boston Patriots v Chicago Bears. Great game, shouted and stomped with the best of them.

The Patriots kicker, was a Welshman, and yes his name was Williams. Those pesky red dragons get everywhere don’t they. A kicker only comes on the field when there is a kicking situation and when done he leaves the field.  He has to kick the ball between the goal posts similar to a rugby goal conversion. American Football does have skills and spills and I must admit I quit liked it watching. Coverage is on BBC 2 from 2pm. 

If you want to understand the rules go here http://goo.gl/X8MqEk or if  you want the academic version visit Wikipedia.

European Golf:

St.Andrews

The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on the Old Course at St Andrews (part of The European Tournament fixtures)is moving forward to the cut but mean time celebrity golf is in the news.

Radio DJ Chris Evans will no longer be able to play in the Celebrity Alfred Dunhill Championship. He is barred - forever. Shenanigans have emerged over handicaps used when he won last year. The organisers however have not given a full explanation as yet.

Jemima J Jones - Blog Writer