Doin' It For The Queen

The Commonwealth Games hype has finally ended and it couldn't have come any sooner. It's so common to diss out the Commonwealth Games because, let's face it, they're lame. They've stolen as many of the traditions from the Olympics as possible, so the Games haven't really established any unique presence. Heck, the Games barely deserve to be capitalised in defiance to other less important games. Like tiddly winks.

Now that they've arrived, I am viewing them at face value. No matter how retarded the sport is, if it's on TV in place of daytime crap, that's a win for me. More channels to flick through.

Credit to Channel Nine for breaking up the coverage between sports pretty well. 15 minutes of shooting, then cross for 10 minutes of table tennis, a spot of rugby sevens, then some weightlifting later.

The greatest masterstroke of Channel Nine, which I can assume was a direct order from Eddie himself, was to assign weightlifting commentary to Darrell Eastlake. "Big Daz" was always a bit out of place hosting Nine's Formula One coverage back in the 90s, but I'm sure someone finds him an endearing or apt commentator, probably in rugby league. Eastlake's never short of passion and a little excitement in weightlifting can't hurt.

So I'll be channel flicking in the next few weeks. I might even go to the Shooting at Lilydale, mainly because it's only 10 minutes away. "Worldwide calibre events" aren't normally located close to Croydon, so I might as well support any international pretend-sports we do host.

Let's just say I'm doin' it for the Queen.