Sports Personality of the year

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   The top 10 contenders for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award have been named. 
The list features Olympic heroes, swimmer Rebecca Adlington, and cycling champions Nicole Cooke, Chris Hoy, Rebecca Romero and Bradley Wiggins. 
Fellow Beijing winners, sailor Ben Ainslie and 400m gold medallist Christine Ohuruogu also make the list. 
F1 champion Lewis Hamilton, boxer Joe Calzaghe and British tennis number one Andy Murray make up the 10. 
These sporting celebrities will now compete for the public vote on the night of the live show which will be broadcast live at 1900 GMT, Sunday 14 December on BBC One. 
The public will be able to vote for their BBC Sports Personality of the Year by telephone and details of the numbers to vote on will be given out during the programme which will be presented by Sue Barker, Gary Lineker and Jake Humphrey. 

Now to get every sailor to vote for Ben!

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Harber Green Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 01 Dec 08 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5	Post Options Post Reply Quote Harber Green Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Sports Personality of the year Posted: 01 Dec 08 at 7:40pm
	The top 10 contenders for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award have been named. The list features Olympic heroes, swimmer Rebecca Adlington, and cycling champions Nicole Cooke, Chris Hoy, Rebecca Romero and Bradley Wiggins. Fellow Beijing winners, sailor Ben Ainslie and 400m gold medallist Christine Ohuruogu also make the list. F1 champion Lewis Hamilton, boxer Joe Calzaghe and British tennis number one Andy Murray make up the 10. These sporting celebrities will now compete for the public vote on the night of the live show which will be broadcast live at 1900 GMT, Sunday 14 December on BBC One. The public will be able to vote for their BBC Sports Personality of the Year by telephone and details of the numbers to vote on will be given out during the programme which will be presented by Sue Barker, Gary Lineker and Jake Humphrey. Now to get every sailor to vote for Ben!

Stevie_GTI Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 21 Oct 08 Online Status: Offline Posts: 134	Post Options Post Reply Quote Stevie_GTI Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 Dec 08 at 8:23pm
	chris hoy for me

timnoyce Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 05 Aug 04 Location: Hampshire Online Status: Offline Posts: 1991	Post Options Post Reply Quote timnoyce Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 Dec 08 at 8:45pm
	I think its almost a dead cert that our boy Lewis will win it this year.
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Guest Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 21 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guest Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 Dec 08 at 8:48pm
	Agreed Hoy should win but I think Hamilton will win. Calzaghe won last year so I can't see him doing the double. Nice to see Ben on the list but I don't think sailing got enough TV coverage for him to have a chance.

laser4000 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 02 Aug 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 589	Post Options Post Reply Quote laser4000 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 Dec 08 at 10:04pm
	Shouldn't the sarahs and pippa win team of the year?

Stevie_GTI Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 21 Oct 08 Online Status: Offline Posts: 134	Post Options Post Reply Quote Stevie_GTI Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 Dec 08 at 10:39pm
	what are the nominations for that category. i think it would be a very big surprise if any sailors got any of the major awards due to the lack of coverage and appreciation the sport gets.

alstorer Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 02 Aug 07 Location: Cambridge Online Status: Offline Posts: 2899	Post Options Post Reply Quote alstorer Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 Dec 08 at 10:39pm
	Is anyone seriously beliveing anyone other than Adlington or Hamilton stands a chance? Yes, there's more deserving winners. But the public vote for this...

Stevie_GTI Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 21 Oct 08 Online Status: Offline Posts: 134	Post Options Post Reply Quote Stevie_GTI Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 Dec 08 at 10:45pm
	why not set up a poll on here, so we can see who we would vote to win?

Status Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 10 Nov 08 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 114	Post Options Post Reply Quote Status Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 Dec 08 at 10:55pm
	IMHO it would take a serious campaign to shift the public vote away from Lewis Hamilton. I accept he did well to win but it was hardly convincing towards the end. (before anyone shouts I know I couldn't achieve anywhere near his standards and yes I realise how hard it is!) Chris Hoy was outstanding as was Rebecca Addlington. Andy Murray always makes me want to give him an iron and a razor. Would be nice to see Ben Ainslie in the top 3 wouldn't it.

Harber Green Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 01 Dec 08 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5	Post Options Post Reply Quote Harber Green Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 Dec 08 at 11:42pm
	im surprised by the responses so far, in any other sport (cycling, swimming, F1, tennis) you can bet that their supporters will only be betting on their person - and have probably set up support forums to encourage people to call in on the night. Who would not want to see their sport star winning the award. As a sailor i will definately be supporting Ben. Yes Chris Hoy won several golds at the olympics, but we all know that in sailing thats impossible - 1 gold per olympics. I urge everyone to support Ben and Sailing. If Ben was to win/top 3- the knock-on effects in sponsors / tv coverage would benefit the whole of UK sailing.