Woodchip
It's all about the bikes
When they start drug testing in darts then maybe we'll be comparing apples with apples.
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Tyrone Biggums
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Archery is OK!
It at least is a sport that's been undertaken world wide for centuries.
The Lemming Stomper
Under the flag
' Phil, you require 170 ' ........
' Quick lads, while he's not looking flush the syringes down the bog' !!!!
I don't think so
Surely Archery came after Darts , cave men were throwing arrows way before the Bow was invented
Indurain's Lungs
Legend of Garry Nelson
Fishing!!
A cyclist won sports personality of the year in 1965 (Tom Simpson) so hardly a modern development.
It's hardly a hobby if it has hundreds of UK professionals, with a few earning premier league type wages (Cav/Wiggins earn approx 100-150k a week nowadays).
Tyrone Biggums
Well-known member
Wrong, that's the history of the Javelin.
Woodchip
It's all about the bikes
So you lot have now decided that the cyclists don't deserve medals because of a flaky past? Darts has only started testing for drugs since 1996 and the 8th person ever tested was found to provide a positive sample.
Then after that snooker.
withdeanwombat
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It all shows what a mockery the "honours" system is.
Scrap it.
Scrap it.
Louis Smith !!! I end my case
The Honours System is a complete Joke and now holds no merit
To be honest I don't believe any sportsman should get an honour from the Queen , there are millions of other people who come before them .
Every British soldier for a start ....... And all the other Services
The Honours System is a complete Joke and now holds no merit
To be honest I don't believe any sportsman should get an honour from the Queen , there are millions of other people who come before them .
Every British soldier for a start ....... And all the other Services
KZNSeagull
Well-known member
Can I just point out that winning the World Championship 15 times in Darts, whether it is a sport or not, is a monumental achievement. To be able to sustain that level of skill for such a long period of time is exceptional. Whether it merits a gong is another matter.
I assume Bradley is giving his gong to Team Sky.
I assume Bradley is giving his gong to Team Sky.
Woodchip
It's all about the bikes
Did you make these complaints when the 1966 England team where honoured?
Brad Wiggins won the cycling equivalent of the Football World Cup this year.
KZNSeagull
Well-known member
Taylor was awarded an MBE in 2001, but it was retracted following a conviction for sexual assault.
Woodchip
It's all about the bikes
Ah, so he's such a clean living guy then.
Logic at last. THIS 100%
Illegal maybe, but is it unhealthy?
Depends on the situation - in hospitals it can save lives. In sport it can (and has) killed people. When people have to set alarms to wake up every 3 hours to exercise through the night to stop their blood clotting then yes, it is unhealthy.
Personally I don't follow darts, but 15 World Championships appears to be a decent achievement (sport or not). It seems there are 'outside influences' preventing an honour - probably the aforementioned sexual assault conviction.
Lord Bracknell
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Indeed.
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Honours and Awards
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St James's Palace, London SW1
21 May 2002
The QUEEN has directed that the appointment of Mr Philip Douglas TAYLOR to be a Member of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, dated 30 December 2000, shall be cancelled and annulled and that his name shall be erased from the Register of the said Order.