Goodness gracious nhp651, I didn't realise you had so many old codgers over there
, no wonder you have so much bad weather with all that grey around
. Yes, England (sorry, Great Britain - you have to get the Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish to help you) did win more medals than Australia at the Olympics, and so you should. Despite your ridiculous argument that you have a greater ratio of older people than us, which I seriously doubt, you have over 60 million people to choose from, we have just over 21 million. Someone said Australia spends far too much money on amateur sport; what about Britain's statement that goodness knows how many millions
more is to be spent on your athletes for the next Olympics. Many Australian athletes have to fund their own way, particularly in the so-called minority sports. The term "amateur" now no longer applies to the Olympics, and anyone who thinks otherwise is living in fairyland. Most of the top track and field athletes compete regularly in events carrying quite high prize money, as do swimmers, to say nothing of the tennis players, many of whom earn more money than heads of government.
That Lillian Thompson was good though, wasn't she
, really gave it to the English batsmen. At least she was Australian, unlike Allan Lamb, Tony Greig, Basil D'Oliviera, Kevin Pietersen etc, etc, etc.
Anyway, we're getting somewhat off topic here, Lewis won the title - just, which means he was the most consistent all season, and all congratulations to him and his team.
BTW, cbr900 (Roy), mentioned Rugby League, in which Australia beat England 52-4, although unless you come from Lancashire or Yorkshire, you probably don't care. The majority of League supporters here come from either New South Wales or Queensland, most of the rest of Australia follow Australian Rules football, and they wouldn't care either, but I love it and cheered every try, all 9 of them.
Peter.
