I must firstly mention my wrestling experience at the weekend. You may or may not (dependant on age and I do) remember the legendary Saturday afternoon wrestling show featuring stars such as Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks, Cat Weasel and Cry Baby Breaks. Well it wasn't that, but to see so much bizarre Lycra, so many unbelievable moves, and relentless comedy of a stand up level it was well worth the entrance fee. The children absolutely loved it and apart from being abused and dripped on by Disco boy and his mate Slippery Jim or (or something similar) so did Jase and I.
The following morning it was a little more serious and a lot more competitive in the the first round of the British MX1 championship at Little Silver near Exeter. Top riders, loads of freebies and mercifully no rain meant for a great day. The money spent by these top teams and the set ups on show really are impressive as was the standard of riding. Even the legendary Carl Fogarty was there to watch the action. The Honda riders swept the board with Brad Anderson winning, Gareth 'Swanny' Swanepoel coming second and a very impressive debut third by the Russian newcomer Evgeny Bobreshev (only man to constantly jump the entire table top, basically about sixty feet!). The boy and I loved it, fast bikes, loads of mud and plenty of man snacks. The only problem being that we couldn't have a go!
Then we had the football at the weekend, the non handshake, the non sending off, and the in inevitable winning goalscorer. A great weekend of sport was had by all, apart from for the three girls in the Hargreaves household of course. I will make it up to you next weekend, it will be a 'shopathon' (window variety) of the highest order.
Big game tomorrow, need and want to win it.

CH