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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 […]

On Sunday we will see David Ferrer and Leonardo Mayer go head to head in the Tennis finals. After winning the Open Golf Championship Rory Mc IIroy moves up from eighth position to become second in the world rankings. Rory won by two shots and became the first European to win 3 Major tournaments and the third person to win before he became 25 years old. With 120,00 fans at […]

Edinburgh Falcons Cycle Speedway https://audioboo.fm/boos/2323291-edinburgh-falcons-saturday-6th-july-2014

At the weekend the British Cycle Speedway Championships was held at Redbraes Park in Edinburgh. Riders and family travelled from Sheffield, Bury, Ipswich, Poole, Leicester, Swindon, just to race for this title. Around a hundred people were at the event on Saturday with the first tapes up at 1pm. This was an exciting time for the Edinburgh Falcons and the visiting spectators to watch the riders battle it out for […]

Cycle Speedway in Edinburgh At home to Bury on Sunday 6th July, Gavin Kennedy, the Scotland manager, talks about the racing at Redbraes Park in Edinburgh. Here is a link where you can hear what Gavin had to say. http://t.co/QZ8nUMn4xu

Thanks goes to everyone who took part in the competition and hope the winners use the valuable information from the DVD Winners Gordon Bastick from Pumpherston Raymond Coutts from Prestonpans. Better luck next time with the competitions.