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Title: Andy Murray wins again
Post by: Highlander on July 10, 2016, 17:17:08 PM
And with a brilliant performance.

Well done Andy.  :)
Title: Re: Andy Murray wins again
Post by: BernieTeyze on July 10, 2016, 17:25:08 PM
It was a great match Too!
Title: Re: Andy Murray wins again
Post by: Jacqui Harvey on July 10, 2016, 17:25:18 PM
Yes, good old Andy, very well done, you are a Scottish Star.
Title: Re: Andy Murray wins again
Post by: davybill on July 10, 2016, 17:29:56 PM
Yes well played Andy your a British star,
Title: Re: Andy Murray wins again
Post by: Colwyn on July 10, 2016, 17:34:49 PM
Louis Hamilton wins the British Grand Prix. Chris Froome retains the yellow jersey in the Tour de France and Andy Murray wins Wimbledon. Not a bad afternoon for British sport. I'll be shouting for the country with the world's second best national anthem tonight.
Title: Re: Andy Murray wins again
Post by: Highlander on July 10, 2016, 18:48:20 PM
Third best national anthem surely Colwyn. :o
Title: Re: Andy Murray wins again
Post by: Lotty on July 10, 2016, 19:55:36 PM
Heather Watson and partner won mixed doubles too! Great year for British tennis too.  ;D
Title: Re: Andy Murray wins again
Post by: Colwyn on July 10, 2016, 20:54:45 PM
Third best national anthem surely Colwyn. :o
Do you know which country invented playing the national anthem at sports matches? And in which sport? If you didn't know before you can probably guess now. And if you've answered the first two questions you might be able to have a shot at guessing the country against whom they were playing who didn't play an anthem but to whose opening ceremony they felt they should respond.
Title: Re: Andy Murray wins again
Post by: Highlander on July 10, 2016, 21:05:32 PM
Wales ? France ? Rugby Union ?
Title: Re: Andy Murray wins again
Post by: Mr Toky on July 10, 2016, 21:08:04 PM
Not forgetting Gordon Reid winning the Wimbledon wheelchair singles plus Gordon Reid and Alfie Hewitt winning the Wimbledon wheelchair doubles.
Title: Re: Andy Murray wins again
Post by: Colwyn on July 10, 2016, 21:31:48 PM
Wales ? France ? Rugby Union ?
Wales - yes. Rugby - yes. France - no. You can get the last answer, H. The clue was in the question. A rugby-playing country that has an opening ceremony that is not a national anthem.

Title: Re: Andy Murray wins again
Post by: CleopatrasAsp on July 10, 2016, 21:37:46 PM
Surely it must be New Zealand and the Haka
Title: Re: Andy Murray wins again
Post by: Highlander on July 10, 2016, 21:39:01 PM
Of course DOH !

Should have read the question.
Title: Re: Andy Murray wins again
Post by: Jacqui Harvey on July 10, 2016, 21:42:57 PM
Yes well played Andy your a British star,

Not if Nichola has anything to do with it.  She wants away from England.
Title: Re: Andy Murray wins again
Post by: Colwyn on July 10, 2016, 21:55:46 PM
Spot on Cleo. In 1907 I think. I might post the story tomorrow iin case anyone is mildly interested. Now I am going  to watch extra time,
Title: Re: Andy Murray wins again
Post by: marina on July 10, 2016, 22:01:34 PM
I'd be interested Colwyn, might give me a chance to show off to my Kiwi son-in-law!  ;D   ;)
Title: Re: Andy Murray wins again
Post by: davybill on July 11, 2016, 07:23:20 AM
Yes well played Andy your a British star,

Not if Nichola has anything to do with it.  She wants away from England.
Yes well played Andy your a British star,

Not if Nichola has anything to do with it.  She wants away from England.
He will be a Euro star then?,
Title: Re: Andy Murray wins again
Post by: usedbustickets on July 11, 2016, 07:31:44 AM
Well Chic done a great job winning this years title, not just the final.  He has powered his way through this year, something we are not used to seeing from a British winner in most sports. And look I do not even like 'second chance' tennis, but I recognise a true champ when I see one.
Title: Re: Andy Murray wins again
Post by: Highlander on July 11, 2016, 08:36:44 AM
"Second chance" tennis ?
Title: Re: Andy Murray wins again
Post by: usedbustickets on July 11, 2016, 09:20:32 AM
"Second chance" tennis ?
Yes H 'second chance'.  If I am playing, for example, football or even rugby and take a dead-ball kick of some description and I fail to score or convert, I do not get a second chance to take said kick because it went wrong, I am sure players and supporters alike would be howling with derision.  Not so tenis with all those second and indeed third chance and more serves!!
Title: Re: Andy Murray wins again
Post by: Colwyn on July 11, 2016, 10:17:37 AM
I'd be interested Colwyn, might give me a chance to show off to my Kiwi son-in-law!  ;D       ;)
I can't find my original source of the story but it appears in wikipedia (see below). In 1905 the NZ team toured the UK and in Cardiff, as elsewhere, they performed the haka at the start of the match. Wales had decided to reply and Welsh player Teddy Morgan led the crowd in singing Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau. Here it gets a bit muddled. That song was not officially the Welsh National Anthem; that was God Bless the Prince of Wales a thoroughly forgettable piece imposed on Wales by the English I suspect. But Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau had become established as the unofficial, popular national anthem - and it later became the official anthem. So its singing at the start of a game is recognized as the first time an anthem had been used to open a game. After that it caught on and spread to many other sports and all around the world.

So there's your story for your Kiwi in-law.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hen_Wlad_Fy_Nhadau (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hen_Wlad_Fy_Nhadau)
Title: Re: Andy Murray wins again
Post by: marina on July 11, 2016, 10:28:03 AM
Thanks Colwyn, very interesting, he'll be mightily impressed with my knowledge!  :D  ;)