BBC Sports Personality

[Graham C]

Clarke's ability to play under such pressure under the circumstances make it a tremdous achievement. Not sympathy in my opinion.

It was an achievement, it wasn't a tremendous sporting achievement, it was a tremendous personal achievement.

[bigalhx1]

was he any different than his fellow team player to be singled out  yes why because his wife had died so then it is sympathy vote in my opinion but that only my opinion

[AndrewT]

I guess the Royal Household were on overtime working them phones!!!

"I'd like to vote for Zara Phillips please, if only to stop Anne going on about winning'

[Rooky9]

Clarke's ability to play under such pressure under the circumstances make it a tremdous achievement. Not sympathy in my opinion.

It was an achievement, it wasn't a tremendous sporting achievement, it was a tremendous personal achievement.

The team spirit and energy around the course was built on Clarke. Any achievement in sport is a sporting acheivement. Its called personality yet it has nothing to do with personality. The award is simply there for the public (now) to give the award to somebody they see as having the greatest accomplishment in the year, it is for individual voters to decide what that entails.

[Acidmouse]

Least the public got best team right. Not some walkover by a golf team in a two horse race

[Rod Paradise]

I guess the Royal Household were on overtime working them phones!!!

"I'd like to vote for Zara Phillips please, if only to stop Anne going on about winning'

Lol

[Indestructable]

I don't know how the show worked on tv, but live I really enjoyed it. The Paul Hunter tribute was very moving and not a dry eye in the house.
A couple of surprises in that the team award went to St helens. It just felt like a no brainer that the Ryder Cup would win it but they announced St Helens and there were a few scratched heads. i guess the trouble is for a lot of us that we have neveer seen Rugby league let alone know anything about St helens wining anything. I can only assume there was some sort of vote St helens campaign or maybe apathy of voters assuming it was in the bag. Not saying they didn't deserve the win, just that i know nothign about them.
Then came the main award. At this point I thought Clarke would win and a genuine surprise when he was named as 2nd. Oh well that is the trouble with hvaing this decided by voters I guess.
Finally, my big tip is when going to the NEC always park near the exit otherwise you will sit there for ages.
 ;bat;
PS I am sure Adrian Chiles called Dean Macey indestructible. Dean was my early choice so maybe he has been on Blonde?

[boldie]

wooohooo...I think if you'll go back through this thread you shall find I tipped Zara to take it...just a bit of money on her A great night overall

[ericstoner]

So the horse wins bbc spoty, and gets no recognition for his endeavors,

Not like the old days when fellow horsey winner got the full spotlight of a live appearance when he (Red Rum) won.

Its unbelievable that the great unwashed would vote for a toff,who they have no enmity with,over a girl (beth Tweddle) who got up at 4 am,so she could stack shelves in the coop from 5 till 7. To enable her to travel to competitions.

This is why we'll never have a revolution in this country for equality for all.

I find myself clinging to the hope the marauding Scots, might finally get it together and invade over the border, to rid of us of these upper class twits once and for all.

[Acidmouse]

Well Eric they did vote for a working class "localised" sport for team of the year. There is hope for us all!

[AndrewT]

Well Eric they did vote for a working class "localised" sport for team of the year. There is hope for us all!

Equestrianism and rugby league - I really don't think it's possible to get two sports more at the extremes of the class divide.

And as for the horse thing, when Bob Champion and Aldaniti won the Grand National, the pair of them were named Team of the Year.

wooohooo...I think if you'll go back through this thread you shall find I tipped Zara to take it...just a bit of money on her A great night overall

Yeah, but did you get 80/1 like gmoneyAK who tipped her before your post?

[ifm]

It is sports PERSONALITY of the year folks, not sporting ACHIEVEMENT, i think she has a great personality, moreso than Clarke or any of the others.

[Jon MW]

It is sports PERSONALITY of the year folks, not sporting ACHIEVEMENT, i think she has a great personality, moreso than Clarke or any of the others.

I think she'd do ok measured by achievement as well. There's not many sports people or teams we have who are World and European champions in their sport.

[Horneris]

An absurd choice.
A royal conspiracy of sorts.
All she does is sit on a horse. Maybe the horse should get it.

Clarke should have definetly won.

[Rooky9]

Why is it absurd? Its probably just as hard to control a horse as a golf ball. One only does what u make it do, the other can decide to do what it wants.

I'm a big football and golf fan, but just because you dont watch or understand a sport doesnt make it the wrong choice, particularly when it was an open vote for anyone to bother to call in for.