2004 sports honours...

[Trigger]

Knighthoods
Matthew Pinsent, for services to sport, Henley on Thames

Damehoods
Kelly Holmes, services to athletics, Tonbridge
Tanni Grey-Thompson, services to disabled sport, Redcar, North Yorkshire

CBEs
David Richards, director Prodrive, services to motor sport, Brackley, Northants

OBEs
Ben Ainslie, yachtsman, services to sailing, Lymington, Hants
Michael Brace, chairman, British Paralympic Association, services to disabled sport, Hornchurch
Raymond Carter, chairman English Schools Football Association and chair games and sports division Central Council for Physical Recreation, services to sport, Eye, Suffolk
James Clarke, chair, London Marathon, services to sport, Frinton on Sea
James Cracknell, rower, services to sport, London
Douglas Ellis, services to football and the community in the West Midlands, Birmingham
Andrew Farrell, Wigan and Great Britain Rugby captain, services to rugby league, Wigan
Colin Montgomerie, services to golf, London
David Pearson, services to equestrianism and to disabled sport, Leek, Staffs
Shirley Robertson, services to sailing, Cowes, Isle of Wight
Bernard Spittle, services to sports administration, Solihull
Bradley Wiggins, cyclist, services to sport, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire


MBEs
James Anderson, services to disabled sport, Broxburn, West Lothian
Sarah Ayton, services to sailing, Weymouth
William Berry, services to judo, Kincorth, Aberdeen
Robert Callahan, services to gymnastics, Falkirk
Darren Campbell, sprinter, services to athletics, Newport, Gwent
Ed Coode, rower, services to sport, Bodmin
Barry Davies, BBC sports commentator, services to sports broadcasting, Datchet, Berkshire
Marlon Devonish, sprinter, services to athletics, Slough
Edna Fletcher, services to table tennis, Great Yarmouth
Mark Lewis-Francis, sprinter, services to athletics, Teddington, Middlesex
Jason Gardener, sprinter, services to athletics, Bath
Morag Gray, lately chief executive Hamilton Park race course, services to horse racing, Edinburgh
Chris Hoy, services to cycling, Edinburgh
Leslie Law, services to equestrian sport, Upton Upon Severn, Worcs
David Roberts, services to disabled sport, Pontypridd
Sarah Webb, services to sailing, Weybridge, Surrey
Bleddyn Williams, services to sport in Wales, Cardiff
Stephen Williams, rower, services to sport, Henley on Thames

Yeah, great!

 

[Yorkie]

There are some names to conjure with amongst that list :-

Bernard Spittle
Bleddyn Williams

 

[dougdeep]

What no footballers?

 

[Beach Hut]

And just what services has monty supplied with Golf to London ?

More like a lawyers bill for his divorce

 

[desprateseagull]

where's dick knight, bobby zamora, etc??

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

i think kelly holmes becoming a dame is a bit of a joke really, not really in same league as pinsent and t g thompson

 

[Marshy]

i think kelly holmes becoming a dame is a bit of a joke really, not really in same league as pinsent and t g thompson

have to disagree there im arfraid, well deserved in my book.

 

[NickL]

How the hell did Deadly Doug Ellis get an OBE!?!?

 

[Yorkie]

i think kelly holmes becoming a dame is a bit of a joke really, not really in same league as pinsent and t g thompson

She achieved something that Coe and Ovett couldn't.
A double in middle distance running is extremely rare. Or is it because it was a women's race?

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

you what?!
did i mention that at all?

is tg thompson not a woman?

 

[moggy]

what really is the differance between order of the british empire and member of the british empire?

anyway, anyone who's slightly a bit famous these days get one of the 3 honours

 

[Yorkie]

you what?!
did i mention that at all?

is tg thompson not a woman?

Yes Tanni is a woman and has won the same race several times (as Pinsent) but you seemed to dismiss Kelly as a joke. I wondered why.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

i did not dimiss her as a joke at all-
Pinsent
4 olympics 4 golds world champion about 9 times euro champion about 12 times

thompson has won a lot of golds at olympic and world championships plus a number of other championships at most distances

kelly holmes has not really achieved anything close to that- what she did was fantastic though and i didnt say it wasnt

 

[Trigger]

Tuna.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

arise sir tuna

 

[Marshy]

You cant compare rowers to runners.

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

what really is the differance between order of the british empire and member of the british empire?

anyway, anyone who's slightly a bit famous these days get one of the 3 honours

MBE stands for Member of the Order of the British Empire. It is one "rank" below OBE -- which stands for Officer of the Order of the British Empire.

Basically if you're an OBE you get to sit next to the eldest son of a Baronet at one of the Queen's dinners. If you're a lowly MBE, you have to pick scraps off the floor underneath Phil the Greek's chair.

 

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[Bwian]

what really is the differance between order of the british empire and member of the british empire?

anyway, anyone who's slightly a bit famous these days get one of the 3 honours

All a complete load of bollocks-especially as there is no British Empire anymore and hasn't been for donkeys' years...

All of this 'services to' nonsense-isn't a hefty bank balance and a mansion in the country not enough for doing your job well?

 

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