New Posts For Thread: Wheelchair tennishttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30899469/wheelchair-tennisGreat for the participants and their immediate family but BBC.. get this $hit off my telescreen pronto.Id rather watch it than another episode of Citizen Khan or Mrs' Browns Boys.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30899469/wheelchair-tennis?post_id=552343553#552343553Id rather watch it than another episode of Citizen Khan or Mrs' Browns Boys.Fri, 14 Jul 2017 15:07:38 -0500The BBC's sport coverage has been decimated in recent years. What have they got left Wimbledon, Olympics, that's about it. Not even the Open any more.Instead they try to kid us that we're all really interested in disabled sport, women's football andhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30899469/wheelchair-tennis?post_id=552343335#552343335The BBC's sport coverage has been decimated in recent years. What have they got left Wimbledon, Olympics, that's about it. Not even the Open any more.Instead they try to kid us that we're all really interested in disabled sport, women's football andFri, 14 Jul 2017 14:41:09 -0500Minorities rule. Apparently. I just hope when it rains, the umpire still says, 'ladies and gentlemen, play is suspended'.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30899469/wheelchair-tennis?post_id=552341829#552341829Minorities rule. Apparently. I just hope when it rains, the umpire still says, 'ladies and gentlemen, play is suspended'.Fri, 14 Jul 2017 11:12:28 -0500I think it's unfair that the person pushing them around during the match doesn't get a medal too.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30899469/wheelchair-tennis?post_id=552341665#552341665I think it's unfair that the person pushing them around during the match doesn't get a medal too.Fri, 14 Jul 2017 10:49:52 -0500Agree with twizzle,This is a very minority sport.And typical of the BBC, to broadcast what they think they think we should watch rather than what we want to watch.The corporation needs privatising as soon as possible.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30899469/wheelchair-tennis?post_id=552341563#552341563Agree with twizzle,This is a very minority sport.And typical of the BBC, to broadcast what they think they think we should watch rather than what we want to watch.The corporation needs privatising as soon as possible.Fri, 14 Jul 2017 10:37:57 -0500I have to say that it gives Handicap races a whole new meaning.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30899469/wheelchair-tennis?post_id=552340979#552340979I have to say that it gives Handicap races a whole new meaning.Fri, 14 Jul 2017 09:26:57 -0500Be much better if they had a Wheeler Dealer where Mike Brewer bought a clapped out NHS wheelchair and Ed China fettled it into a Wimbledon winning outfit.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30899469/wheelchair-tennis?post_id=552340919#552340919Be much better if they had a Wheeler Dealer where Mike Brewer bought a clapped out NHS wheelchair and Ed China fettled it into a Wimbledon winning outfit.Fri, 14 Jul 2017 09:21:51 -0500Not dissimilar to Womens cricket.The standard is that of a boys under 13 schoolboys match yet due to political correctness it is put on par by the BBC/SKY of that as the mens game. Madness!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30899469/wheelchair-tennis?post_id=552340741#552340741Not dissimilar to Womens cricket.The standard is that of a boys under 13 schoolboys match yet due to political correctness it is put on par by the BBC/SKY of that as the mens game. Madness!Fri, 14 Jul 2017 09:04:23 -0500There are so many OTHER channels to chose from, I feel that allowing the disabled to show what they can do for a few weeks a year on tv is not the end of the world. Perhaps the Beeb should put it on a red button channel rather than the main channelshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30899469/wheelchair-tennis?post_id=552340633#552340633There are so many OTHER channels to chose from, I feel that allowing the disabled to show what they can do for a few weeks a year on tv is not the end of the world. Perhaps the Beeb should put it on a red button channel rather than the main channelsFri, 14 Jul 2017 08:49:12 -0500A pet subject! I agree 100% with Slicer. If I was disbaled I'd love it, but elite sport it's not and never will be - so don't treat it like it is.I would add that para sport can never be on level terms - Why can't able bodied people enter a wheelchaihttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30899469/wheelchair-tennis?post_id=552340631#552340631A pet subject! I agree 100% with Slicer. If I was disbaled I'd love it, but elite sport it's not and never will be - so don't treat it like it is.I would add that para sport can never be on level terms - Why can't able bodied people enter a wheelchaiFri, 14 Jul 2017 08:49:03 -0500