{"id":8803,"date":"2012-08-08T02:17:20","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T18:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/?p=8803"},"modified":"2012-08-08T07:46:48","modified_gmt":"2012-08-07T23:46:48","slug":"the-peoples-republic-of-yorkshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/the-peoples-republic-of-yorkshire\/","title":{"rendered":"The Peoples Republic of Yorkshire…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello from the other side of the world…<\/p>\n

After Hoggy’s guide to speaking like a Yorkshireman I thought id update you all on our sporting excellence….<\/p>\n

Yorkshire\u00c2\u00a0athletes\u00c2\u00a0have now won 10 medals, with more contenders still left to come. This tally places the Peoples Republic of Yorkshire 10th in the medal table above minor former penal colonies such as Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.<\/p>\n

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<\/th>\n<\/th>\nGold<\/th>\nSilver<\/th>\nBronze<\/th>\nTotal<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>\nPeople’s Republic of China<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nUnited States of America<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nGreat Britain<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nRepublic of Korea<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nFrance<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nRussian Federation<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nItaly<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nKazakhstan<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nGermany<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nYorkshire<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nNew Zealand<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nSouth Africa<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nJapan<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nAustralia<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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Geoffrey Boycott was unable for comment after spending the night partying with Usain Bolt<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0and the Swedish\u00c2\u00a0women’s\u00c2\u00a0handball team, but former cricket umpire Dickie Bird, from Barnsley, said the realisation that Yorkshire was currently beating Australia in the medal table was a tribute to the region’s “absolutely brilliant” athletes.He said: “The Yorkshire competitors have done absolutely brilliant”.”Yorkshire folk are wonderful, wonderful people known for their hard work and sheer Yorkshire grit which has pulled them through.”<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-19153924<\/a><\/p>\n

Go Team Yorkshire…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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