Hugh Porter Commentry

[Losidan]

I personally think hugh has done a cracking job on the track. Loved his enthusiasm for track cycling and his knowledge he has thrown in has been great.
My fav quote" Victoria Pendleton, she bakes a mean sponge cake"

 

[wafflycat]

He's certainly better than that blonde woman who appears to know naff all about the sport.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

totally agree. he was floundering a bit with the road racing (not that the conditions in the women's race made the job easy), but his style of commentary suits the track perfectly.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

I watched the Madison event this morning and thought he did a great job. I had no idea what a Madison was before today, but he made it easy to understand and quite exciting.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Porter's been there, done that, and knows what it's all about. I think he is the best cycling commentator by a mile.

 

[Paulus]

His style is that of a seasoned professional and excited spectator. Not only does he keep up with the action, he manages to explain what is going on whilst the action is going on. Well done Hugh, well done the Beeb on there coverage.

 

[Tim Bennet.]

He's certainly better than that blonde woman who appears to know naff all about the sport.

Do you mean the reporter who does the links from the velodrome? I think she's okay; she does seem to know something and is clearly an enthusiast - she was even crying her eyes out when Hoy got his third gold which shows some sort of involvement.

As for Hugh Porter - well, behind every good man. . . And in this case he has his wife sat next to him keeping track of all the points, positions and statistics.

 

[andy_wrx]

What was hilarious was in the madison, when it turns-out that Hugh is married to Anita Lonsbrough the British swimmer from the 1960's whose long-standing records Becky Adlington broke when winning her golds in the pool.
In the middle of the madison, the studio insisted on talking to Anita about the swimming, as she sat next to Hugh in the commentary box and doing his lap-charting.
Hugh was clearly really visibly frustrated about this, out of the discussion between studio and his wife, and his lap-chart wasn't being done and he wasn't able to commentate on the madison even though it was taking place in front of him. He was squirming around in his seat, pulling faces, clearly not happy at all, then as soon as the swimming discussion finished he was off about the cycling like a coiled-up spring !


I admit I find some of his phrases about riders being 'on fire' or 'on the rack' rather tedious when you've heard them 20 times in 2 days and I wish he could make some attempt to pronounce foreigners names correctly (his 'Michael BORE-GAIN of France' for example), but he is a great enthusiast and track cycling expert, not some BBC commentator from some other sport they've shoehorned-in to do the commentary on a sport they'd never seen before.

 

[Mr Pig]

Is this the race where they start off by trying to go slower than each other? What's that all about? I could do that!

 

[alecstilleyedye]

Is this the race where they start off by trying to go slower than each other? What's that all about? I could do that!

that's the individual sprint (ironically).

 

[Paulus]

Is this the race where they start off by trying to go slower than each other? What's that all about? I could do that!

They are trying to maneuvre their opponent into a postion so that when one feels they they have the other one into a postion they want, they can go onto the sprint and attack.

 

[Tim Bennet.]

Did the Huguenots keep their French pronunciation when they integrated with the Afrikaners?

Most Afrikaners are resigned to the fact their names will be Anglicized. In fact I think Retief Goosen has actually started calling himself the corrupted version in recognition that no one (apart from another Afrikaner) was going to get anywhere near.

 

[Kirstie]

Did the Huguenots keep their French pronunciation when they integrated with the Afrikaners?

Most Afrikaners are resigned to the fact their names will be Anglicized. In fact I think Retief Goosen has actually started calling himself the corrupted version in recognition that no one (apart from another Afrikaner) was going to get anywhere near.

Fine then I'll shut up. Better than that I'll delete my post.

 

[papercorn2000]

Wow! Woman in "backs down" shocker!

 

[Kirstie]

Wow! Woman in "backs down" shocker!

Not quite.