squodged Posted August 20, 2007 Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 Has Digweed got a shot at Sports Personality of the Year 2007?? After winning the THE ALL ROUND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS which took place over 4 days in Dallas, USA. The event consisted of 900 targets. Each discipline in clay shooting were in the competition, and one of the disciplines had to be shot with all of the different guages. 100 American Skeet 25 Skeet with 4.10 guage 25 Skeet with 28 bore guage 25 skeet with 20 bore guage 25 Skeet with 12 bore guage 100 Sporting 100 ISU Skeet 100 Bunker Trap 100 Double Rise Trap 100 Compaq Sporting 100 Helice Targets 75 Fitasc 25 Super Final This kind of consistancy as well as winning the European Title for the 12 time & The First & Second leg of the Worls Cup which he adds to his 15 world titles.........only missing out on No 16 to Faulds after a shoot off. With Career stats of:- CAREER SCORING AVERAGE: 95% 2006 SCORING AVERAGE: 96% WORLD RECORDS: 4 PERFECT ROUNDS: 6 WORLD TITLES: 15 Surely finally he's in with a shout. Or is it the case that he's got to win Olympic gold next year to even get a nomination in 2008? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted August 20, 2007 Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 I think to win Sports Personality of the Year, you need to be a mincing footballer or tennis player, something big in the news Joe Public wouldn't even be able to comprehend that shooting is a sport. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEFTY478 Posted August 20, 2007 Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 Without a doubt one the greatest sportsmen this county has ever had, but sadly, likely to win? About as much chance as George Dubya as of being Sainted. Can you see the great unwashed tree huggin', lentil eating, left-wing elitist, BBC producers' club 'anti's letting that one though? No, thought not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheene7 Posted August 20, 2007 Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 They never seem to give the awards to people who can actually win in their chosen field , that's why the likes of Henman and the English cricket / football team seem to get a look in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurch Posted August 20, 2007 Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 I think to win Sports Personality of the Year, you need to be a mincing footballer or tennis player Quite. You also need to be a dumb as dirt, and a loser to boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted August 20, 2007 Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 I think he deserves it, but the problem is the public don't know him. Unfortunately the competition is stupidly named "Sports personality of the year". Regardless of the dominance in his chosen sport, and the many disciplines within it as well, the inclusion of the word "personality" as many have said will preclude him from having a look-in. I think there is a clever money bet on that soppy **** Henman getting it as he bows out ungracefully from a career of failure, as some kind of "reward" for being completely average. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted August 20, 2007 Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 No PR or profile for a shooter I am afraid no matter how accomplished on the world stage. What about the English bloke who has won the most Gold medals - a pistol shooter - absolutely nowhere in terms of media profile or recognition. Tim "plucky loser" Henman is neither a winner nor a personality I am afraid. Lewis Hamilon either this year or next - what he lacks in personality is made up for in terms of media exposure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted August 20, 2007 Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 What you have to remember Mungler is that "personality" doesn't come into it. Think of the previous winners For example, Johnny Wilkinson, great athlete but dull as a wet weekend in Margate (no offence margate-shooter) However, you do have to have been heard of by the people who vote in such things, which to be honest are exactly the kind of people who go and sit outside wimbledon and shout "come on tim" as he manages to loose to some unknown 13 year old Czech kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tosspot Posted August 20, 2007 Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 As my dear old mum would say "He's got more chance of ******* in the queens' handbag" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookie Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 Tosspot. I'm just trying to see which words will fit well into that sentence. So far I have ten or so, all of them funny. As for GD getting anomination, I think it unlikely. Today's population like their sports stars plastered across Grazzia or the Sun and don't really understand about clay pigeon shooting. They'd probably assume it was something to do with shooting real pigeons with clay. Who were the two GB rifle shots that usually got silver and gold in the olympics, but got zero mention and no funding the last few times they competed? Oh yes... Athletics - massively funded, first class seats on plane, little chance of winning. Sailing - medals won (Australia), economy seats there, boat sold to pay to get home. There's no justice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squodged Posted August 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 Tosspot. I'm just trying to see which words will fit well into that sentence. So far I have ten or so, all of them funny. As for GD getting anomination, I think it unlikely. Today's population like their sports stars plastered across Grazzia or the Sun and don't really understand about clay pigeon shooting. They'd probably assume it was something to do with shooting real pigeons with clay. Who were the two GB rifle shots that usually got silver and gold in the olympics, but got zero mention and no funding the last few times they competed? Oh yes... Athletics - massively funded, first class seats on plane, little chance of winning. Sailing - medals won (Australia), economy seats there, boat sold to pay to get home. There's no justice. Richard Faulds & Ian Peel I believe. I also believe they only would of got a mention in The Guardian or The Independant, as they actually have an ACTUAL Sports Section instead of a Football & Rugby section as most papers do!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squodged Posted August 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 Tosspot. I'm just trying to see which words will fit well into that sentence. So far I have ten or so, all of them funny. As for GD getting anomination, I think it unlikely. Today's population like their sports stars plastered across Grazzia or the Sun and don't really understand about clay pigeon shooting. They'd probably assume it was something to do with shooting real pigeons with clay. Who were the two GB rifle shots that usually got silver and gold in the olympics, but got zero mention and no funding the last few times they competed? Oh yes... Athletics - massively funded, first class seats on plane, little chance of winning. Sailing - medals won (Australia), economy seats there, boat sold to pay to get home. There's no justice. Isn't it funny that it's the normal man that goes clay pigeon shooting in the thousands up and down the country on a Sunday, the same man who buys the Sun. I think that if every shooter in the country voted for him he'd win hands down. What do you reckon?? B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 I hope not, he earns no respect for turning up at small clay shoots with his personalised plate on his sponsored Range Rover using his bespoke gun to shoot an hour before final entries. Then he takes the pool money / prize fund and scoots to the next clay shoot to do the same. Before his fans protest I am jealous I would rather work hard to shoot a record bag of pigeons ( not that I am after the record ), rather be invited to shoot game by mates than sychophants and much prefer to be like I am as opposed to acting like billy big spuds. Big as he is the guy is a **** and yes I would say it to his face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squodged Posted August 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 I hope not, he earns no respect for turning up at small clay shoots with his personalised plate on his sponsored Range Rover using his bespoke gun to shoot an hour before final entries. Then he takes the pool money / prize fund and scoots to the next clay shoot to do the same.Before his fans protest I am jealous I would rather work hard to shoot a record bag of pigeons ( not that I am after the record ), rather be invited to shoot game by mates than sychophants and much prefer to be like I am as opposed to acting like billy big spuds. Big as he is the guy is a **** and yes I would say it to his face. I sense a bit of bitterness there, has he by any chance ever beaten you or one of your mates to Top Gun in the last hour of a shoot? In the end it's up to the other shooters to post a better score rather than bitching because he can do it and they can't!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butchdickason Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 Wish I was as good as Dweed, you have to be the best to win at any competition and the only way to win is to compete. If you are unable to win a few words my dad said to me many years ago help: When the one great scorer comes to write against your name he will write not that you one or lost, but how you played the game. Works for me. B) Butch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 er, nope. He could beat me with one eye shut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurch Posted August 22, 2007 Report Share Posted August 22, 2007 Big as he is the guy is a **** Doesn't surprise me in the slightest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted August 22, 2007 Report Share Posted August 22, 2007 I have seen him and Faulds shoot (last Sunday for instance) on a few occasions and I don't blame him for turning up and grabbing prize money. Shooting isn't a big money sport like golf or tennis, and even though they are sponsored they still need to earn a crust. They have had to work hard to get to where they are and just as hard to stay there, that can't be cheap - so fair play to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimdfish Posted August 22, 2007 Report Share Posted August 22, 2007 Unfortunately only the big spectator sports will get a look in. Isnt it strange that the winners of the SPOTY are voted for by the people who apart from viewing said sport, do not participate in it at all. Fishing is still today the biggest participant sport in Britain and the England team have won many team and individual golds and have, with the exception of **** Clegg MBE, no recognition from the powers that be. I fell then that if you really want Digweed to win SPOTY we should all give up our guns and sit in the pub on Sunday afternoons growing fat and buying the Sun. Jim P.S did a horse not win it one year? It sort of diminishes its kudos somehow. I mean, imagine if you lost to a personality contest to an animal that cannot speak and dribbles. Coming second to Rooney must be hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted August 22, 2007 Report Share Posted August 22, 2007 Your all missing a trick . It's BBC sports personality of the year . Run by the BBC . So only sports covered by the BBC will get a look in . But to be fair who cares , more bum licking of sports people by folks that should know better but don't ! Boring telly , i'll be down the pub . all the best yis yp B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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