My gosh roger! How many of these daughter people have you got?

Roger, Is it worth you getting in contact with channel 4 to see if they have full coverage of the race and medal ceremony that they can forward on to you?

Incidentally I mentioned crews being dug in, for elite equestrian, events before.

Just switched on and what do we have?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Summer_Paralympics#Broadcasting

pam starring in last night of the proms now

ruddy marvellous victory, well done

the coverage on 4 has been abysmal and another example was the final of the 100kg blind judo which featured a British fighter and that I expected to see live. Not only was it not shown live but whilst the fight was on Ch4 were showing a heat of a relay race from the swimming which did not feature GB - frankly the coverage has been amateurish

but that does detract!

congrats to RTB and family

"to fuel"

My gosh.....I'am seriously choked with emotion!

Have watched that three times on the trot and am blinded with tears!

Stuff Channel 4!

Time to get back something worthwhile back to the top of this forum:

For those who missed it last night; scroll this link across to 1:07:00 to watch RTB's 'proud dad of the night moment':

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01mm5cf/BBC_Proms_2012_Season_Last_Night_of_the_Proms_Part_2/

Well done again Pam (and Super Sire RTB!)

Yes. Indeed. kenny.

You've seen Pam's appearance last night at about 10pm (or some time like that) at The Proms loads of times, kenny?

I very much doubt many others have.

Give over kenny.

This is something worth commemorating - and well you know it.
If you don't, you must be drunk.

Very droll, kenny!

How many other forumites have a daughter who has won a World Championships, a Gold Medal at the Paralympics and  appeared on the stage of Last Night At The Proms?

I'd have guess at 0.

Only RTB has done this - and it's worth celebrating.

Me too.

"Forumites who have a daughter who has won a World Championships, a Gold Medal at the Paralympics and appeared on  stage of Last Night At The Proms":

Rogerthebutler: 1 Others: 0

"Forumites who have a daughter who has won a World Championships, a Gold Medal at the Paralympics and appeared on  stage of Last Night At The Proms":

And is gorgeous too!

On a less enjoyable note, my wife and I are trying to get answers from Channel Four as to the reasons behind their (in our opinion) pathetic coverage of the Paralympic Rowing.

It's edifying to read some of the comments from forumites on this matter in this thread. Trust me, this really is not something we want to do. We don't want to be seen as members of the parental awkward squad by the great and the good in the GB Rowing set up and more importantly, don't want Pam and her crew's day in the sunshine to be (potentially) hijacked by the media who could spin us as 'stroppy parents and their precious daughter'.

However, there are certain issues we cannot ignore, especially given what we feel was a terrible piece of broadcasting during last night's closing ceremony programme.

To which end I have contacted Channel Four viz:

I contacted you back in July regarding the coverage Channel 4 were planning on giving the rowing at the Paralympic Games. You said:

I am afraid that we do not currently have finalised scheduling information for the Paralympics so I wouldn't be able to guarantee anything at the moment. However, if Team GB are appearing in the finals for any events then we will do our utmost to show them.

With the Games now over, we now know the reality. About two minutes of pre-recorded highlights.

True, your statement above didn’t promise anything, so well done Channel Four on delivering nothing.

No rowers / rowing coverage were featured in the intro’s / outro’s / BT ambassador sponsored moments bookending your programmes. My family are sitting watching your coverage of the closing ceremony and saw about 5 seconds of a photograph of the mixed coxed four celebrating their win on the first Sunday. That was a Gold medal that our nation won and you saw fit to give it that paltry level of coverage.

Before that, when reviewing the events of Friday 31st August, your programme highlighted the efforts of ex-Service people who were competing on that day, including, from memory a discus thrower and a cyclist. You may care to know that a fine man and athlete Captain Nick Beighton – who had his legs blown off in Afghanistan – was also making his Paralympic debut that day in the heats of the Pairs in the Rowing at Eton Dorney. I’d be interested in seeing what you had to say about this lack of recognition to his mother?

My daughter and her crewmates have received plenty of media coverage since winning their Gold medal last Sunday. My wife and I would trade every last second of this for a FULL view of her race, with competent commentary and being able to see her crew being awarded their medals and hearing the national anthem ring out in their honour.

It would appear we are asking the Earth, since apparently ‘Channel Four’s coverage of the LONDON Paralympic Games 2012’  are, like your statement above, a masterpiece of precise and exact communication; Eton Dorney lies just outside the M25 in Berkshire, therefore it is not in (East) London, therefore, technically what you claim is correct.

Thank you for absolutely nothing.

It's pushing the envelope of assumed Internet forum friendship a great deal I know, but if anyone else on chit-chat feels the same then please contact Channel Four

http://www.channel4.com/4viewers/contact-us

Thanks in advance.

Hopefully, Ch4 will include a sighting of Pam's crew winning gold in the highlights of the Paralympics they're showing at the moment before their parade coverage.

BBC finally on the rower's float for interviews.

Pam just gave a nice wave on Sky.

Nah - looking after the shop I'm afraid.

Her Mum and little sister are outside Buck House and lapping it up by all acounts.