Month: July 2014

Again yesterday there was some great sport on show for everyone, whether you were at the Games or not. The table this morning, shows England with 12 Gold medals, 11 Silver and 9 Bronze, Australia in second with, 11 Gold medals, 9 Silver and 12 Bronze. SCOTLAND in third position with, 7 Gold Medals, 3 Silver and 5 Bronze Here are the Medals for Scotland, 7 Gold Medals. 1. K. […]

We were in action last night with the darts on from Blackpool. The quarter-finals, best of 31 legs, where James Wade was playing against Simon Whitlock, and Michael van Gerwen played against Dave Chisnal. The tipsters went for James Wade and Michael van Gerwen. Whitlock fresh from defeating Raymond van Barneveld beat James Wade and Chisnal was no match for the mighty Michael van Gerwen. So a split with the […]

Last night Dalkeith Thistle had a pre-season game against the U/19 team from Linlithgow Rose at Kings Park. The start of the game was totally dominated by Linlithgow Rose, but it didn't take Dalkeith long to get into the game.. First goal of the game was scored by no10 Neil Shave for Dalkeith in front of around 125 supporters. Linlithgow then had to create more chances to equalise, when Sam […]

Yesterday was the start of the athletes competing for the medals in the Commonwealth Games. The top country was England taking 17 medals in total, 6 Gold, 7 Silver, 4 Bronze, second was Australia who walked away with 15 medals, 5 Gold, 3 silvers and 7 Bronze, now Scotland in third position taking 10 medals, 4 Gold, 3 Silver, 3 Bronze. The first gold was won by Edinburgh's judoka, Kimberly […]

The sportsonbdfm tipsters were in action starting of with Musselburgh Racing. Not a great day for us as 1 winner picked and loads of seconds. The coverage of the Darts was better for us his week with the winners easier to pick. When I mention, Taylor, Lewis, Wade, then you know what I mean. It gets harder when you have the top players playing each other , eg, Whitlock v […]

Last night Eric was a guest on Talking Sport and it was great to have him back again. He had in his hand an autograph book with many famous sports personalities signatures. Many well known sports legends. Eric an after dinner speaker has met many and we talked about who he had met. I was always waiting for the jokes to come in with Eric, you can never tell when […]

What a spectacular event last night, colourful right to the end, finishing with the fireworks. It was great to see all the athletes from various countries and all the other volunteers taking part in the opening ceremony in Glasgow. A special mention here for all the people who are involved in organising such a great event not just in Glasgow but here in Scotland, thanks, There was certain parts of […]

Last night Tessa Sanderson CBE spoke about her history in sport, javelin throwing in both the Olympic and Commonwealth Games. The awards for her success, a Gold Medal in the Olympic Games, and remains today the only British Woman to ever win a throwing Gold Medal. Tessa, 3 time Commonwealth Gold Medalist was awarded the MBE, OBE and in 2004 was awarded the CBE for her services to Sport. We […]

A special guest will join me on Talking Sport this Wednesday evening on Black Diamond FM AT 6.30pm. Tessa Sanderson CBE will talk about her background and history in sport. Tessa has been in Glasgow looking at what is available to everyone that's involved in the Commonwealth Games which are about to start. We will be talking about the Commonwealth Games, the athletes taking part, the facilities and the staff […]