This has to be one of the most disappointing weeks in English sports history. On Wednesday the England football (soccer) team lost a qualifier which has all but denied them a chance of competing in the European Championships - only if they get a lot of good fortune can they possibly make it now, and we won't know until 21st November...On Saturday, the England rugby team lost the World Cup final to South Africa, losing their title as the reigning champions at the same stroke. To be honest, it has been a roller-coaster world cup for England with no-one really believing that they would be in the final anyway - a superb achievement, but nobody remembers who came second in the World Cup do they?
On Sunday, Formula 1 golden boy Lewis Hamilton sadly failed to pull of one of the greatest sporting achievements ever. Two races ago, he was expected to take the World Champion title in his first ever season of racing in F1. The tenacious youngster had to pull out of the last-but-one race of the season, then had difficulties in the final
race which saw him drop to 18th place. When the car appeared to have recovered, he managed to get up to 7th place and finish the championship on the same points as his team-mate Alonso, taking second place ahead of Alonso due to his better record of second placed finishes.England expects, and sometimes expects a bit much from it's sporting heroes - I just wanted to take the time to say 'Well Done' to those that proudly perform for their country whether they come first or a creditable second, or even lower in the ranks. Hats off to the men and women that work so hard and make their countrymen proud.
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