[theo_luddite]

More points this weekend. After themaclad picked up a point for predicting Florida would win the Stanley Cup, Oklahoma thumped Indiana in the NBA final play-off match last night, adding a point to my total.





That tightened things up a little in our own points race, with jjamez still out in front.







The shale shifters were in Poland over the weekend for Round 6. Brady Kurtz won the main event with Dan Beweley winning the Sprint race. Zmarzlik stays on top of the pile with a 3rd in the Sprint and 2nd place behind Kurtz on Saturday night to remain 11 points clear of Kurtz. We had a family get together so I've not seen any of this meeting yet. The highlights will pop up somewhere.





England and India got underway at Headingley. After an innings-a-piece there was only 6 runs in it. By the end of the 3rd day India are 90-2 in conditions that are now much more Yorkshire like than India like.

The Lions lost their warm-up match against Argentina 24-28 in Dublin on Friday and are now Darn Unda preparing for next weekend's first match v Western Force. This will be played at the impressive Optus Stadium in Perth, where they not only have a rooftop tour but you can actually watch some of the game from up there too. https://theozone.com.au/experiences/west...xperience/

In the competitions we're not predicting, Alcaraz beat Lehecka at Queens. The latter had beaten Brit Jack Draper on Saturday. Draper took out his frustration on one of the electronic advertising panels. Will he get the bill or a fine for the repair? Nothing announced yet.
McCartney Kessler claimed a 6-4 7-5 win over Dayana Yastremska in a rain-affected Nottingham Open final.

[theo_luddite]

Well England really paid the price for putting India into bat on Friday I must say.

Don't do it again Stokesey, it upsets the native keyboard warriors on Faceache who know exactly how to pick a team, choose the tactics, which bowlers to bowl when, what to have for lunch and tea ....... need I go on?

Otley Run tonight then chaps?

[theo_luddite]

So waazzzuuuup ths weekend?

The Lions get a claw out but it's not a test so, erm, yeah, get up at silly o'clock (11:00am, on Sky, I mean, who's up at that time on Saturday in Summer?) if you wish to watch it live. The F1 boys will "Be Coming Round The Mountain When They Come" in Austria on Sunday, Moto GP which I completely ignored, is in the Netherlands, (sorry bike fans). I should probably do a RL update on Monday morning just before a bunch of folk start hitting little green fuzzy balls all over the place and annoy those adorable recycling Wombles of Wimbledon.

Glasto's on the tellybox so who needs sport this weekend?

[theo_luddite]

The Lions ran in 8 tries to make it look like they battered the Westies, but most of them were in the last 20 minutes. Norris and his Aussie mate Piastri dominated the F1 from pretty much start to finish though Piastri nearly did what Norris did last time out in Montreal. A skid mark or two from taking himself and possiblty his team mate out of the race. Crash found out what it's like when someone behind you forgets where the brake pedal is, getting taken out only a few corners into lap 1.

In the RL, about 3/4 of the way through, give or take, Hull KR are still out front with Wigan just about having a realistic chance of catching them (maybe) and Leeds (hmm) third place maybe have a chance of catching Wigan. Darn t'other end, Huddersfield and an apparently skint Salford are battling for the wooden spoon.



No points week on offer this weekend but two weeks of whack, grunt, whack, scream starts at 1pm today. Pass the strawberries please.

Glasto? Well, Rod the Mod went all Benny Hill (as usual) on the old fart's Sunday slot and the only songs I recognised from Olivia Rodrigo's closing set, try as I might, were when Robert Smith of The Cure came on to sing Friday I’m In Love and Just Like Heaven. I must be listening to the wrong radio stations these days and yes, I'm an old fart too.