A Weekend of British sporting success

This weekend we experienced another historic weekend of sporting success that rivalled the heights of last years Olympics.

British Lions
The weekend started early. The Lions had not won a series in 16 years in that time they had lost 3 series and this one was on a knife edge.

The Lions raced into the lead Corbisiero scoring a try after just 1 minute. Halfpenny added the extras and a further 2 penalties, and the Lions were storming into half
time.

But the Wallabies would not lay down that easily. They hit back with a try before half time O'Connor spinning over between tackles, to leave Australia back in with a shout.

And they looked like coming back after 2 penalties pulled them to within 3 points.

The Lions were not to be denied they scored a try through Sexton and the floodgates opened. The Lions made history and sealed a good series in stunning style.

Tour de France
The Tour de France reached the first mountains this weekend and team Sky emphatically stamped their authority on it on the Saturday with Froome winning the stage and taking yellow with teammate Porte the best of the rest.

But Sunday was a stark contrast, if Sky were dominant on Saturday they were desolate on Sunday with leader Froome isolated for much of the day.

Froome though successfully fended off a flurry of attacks especially from the aggressive Movistar team. He held onto yellow, but a warning shot was fired.

The next few days should be calmer, with a rest day the individual time trial and then 3 flat stages which should suit the sprinters (Sagan, Cavendish, Greipel and Kittel) who are all on level peggings with one stage each.

Wimbledon
This year proved a historic Wimbledon. Top seeds fell early, some literally. Serena Williams and Roger Federer had their streaks brought to an end.

The lack of Federer and Nadal in Andy Murray's way paved his way to the inal but not without a scare or two, as he came through a tough 5 setter against Verdasco.

And if a Murray - Djokovic final seemed inevitable as soon as Federer lost; no one had Del Potro as he engaged in the match of the tournament taking Djokovic to 5 despite having heavy strapping in his knee.

Looking back now, the final seemed a routine win but it was anything but. The first 4 games took 25 minutes, as both players traded blows. But Murray finally broke and won the first set.

The 2nd set was heading Djokovic's way a break up, until Murray won the last 4 games straight.

The 3rd had a sense of deja vu about it with Djokovic going a break up and Murray fighting back. On a sweltering day Murray seemed to dig to the depths of his reserves to return shots seemingly out of his range.

The courage and determination that brought him to his second successive final at Wimbledon, was in abundance in the final game. 40 - 0 and serving for the match Djokovic produced some good tennis combined with Murray being seemingly both overwhelmed with the occasion as well as the heat and intensity of the match.

But he dug deep and managed to find a way through to become the first Men's Wimbledon champion in 77 years, and the first ever in shorts!

Sport

And the sport doesn't stop, the Tour de France continues, The Open golf tournament starts on the 18th July and the Ashes starts this Wednesday with England the favourites, but the Aussies never written off.