Sports Personality 2010

[Keef]

Short list has been announced

Mark Cavendish

Tom Daley

Jessica Ennis

David Haye

AP McCoy

Graeme McDowell

Graeme Swann

Phil Taylor

Lee Westwood

Amy Williams

Come on Phil "The Power" Taylor!!! :)-D

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

On the basis that I've not heard of half of them, Swann.

[Narnia]

Silly over-rated event.

[Mick Mac]

There is only one winner. GMAC or Tony McCoy.

[mockney piers]

Amy, because she's cute.

[Keef]

Narnia Wrote:

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> Silly over-rated event.

Well obviously, but something to watch on a sunday evening.

[Dickensman]

Lee Westwood, because I've heard of him and know he's a golfer and chef.

[pk]

i reckon that if you're heavyweight champion of the world (or one of them) and you've actually got a bit of 'personality' then you should win - step up David Haye

[Mick Mac]

The bookies think Tony McCoy is nailed on.....

1.91 Tony McCoy

Tony McCoy 5/6 8/11 4/5 4/5 4/5 10/11 8/11 4/5 4/5 8/11 4/5 11/13 5/6 4/5 4/5 4/5 8/11 19/20 18/25 19/20

6.50 Graeme McDowell

Graeme McDowell 11/2 11/2 4 11/2 5 11/2 11/2 5 9/2 5 5 5 9/2 5 5 5 9/2 24/5 27/5 9/2

8.00 Phil Taylor

Phil Taylor 5 6 11/2 6 6 13/2 6 13/2 6 7 13/2 7 6 5 6 5 6 13/2 6 61/10

17.00 Lee Westwood

Lee Westwood 12 12 16 10 10 14 12 8 10 11 8 10 9 10 7 10 10 157/10 107/10 147/10

19.00 Jessica Ennis

Jessica Ennis 12 14 16 16 16 16 18 16 14 14 16 16 12 14 16 16 14 81/5 92/5 147/10

26.00 Amy Williams

Amy Williams 22 20 22 20 20 25 14 18 14 25 18 20 16 16 16 20 25 28 22 25

26.00 Tom Daley

Tom Daley 22 20 16 20 20 25 18 20 25 22 20 16 20 20 20 20 22 29 24 28

41.00 Graeme Swann

Graeme Swann 28 28 33 25 25 25 40 25 40 40 25 25 33 25 25 40 25 37 30 34

67.00 David Haye

David Haye 50 50 66 40 66 66 66 33 25 40 33 33 50 50 50 40 40 85 91 81

81.00 Mark Cavendish

Mark Cavendish 50 80 50 40 50 80 33 33 50 66 33 66 50 50 66 50 33 61 57 54

[Jeremy]

I'd be happy with either Amy Williams or Jessica Ennis. Or in an ideal world, both of them.

[Cassius]

The word 'Personality' should be used with caution.

Mark Cavendish did very well - I think he won more stages in the Tour de France than any other Englishman so has really achieved a lot............ but how many people are interested in the TdF?

[Mick Mac]

David Beckham - a lifetime achievement award? that is rather strange.

I have voted for Graeme McDowell and Tony McCoy. Tony McCoy probably deserves a lifetime achievement award for his long term achievements but winning the grand national was the icing in the cake for his career to date.

Graeme McDowell for me deserves a shout for having won the US Open at Pebble Beach - most golfers who have watched the US players like Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus fight it out over that course in the 70's and 80's know what a great achievement that was. As well, Portrush has needed a champion to put it back on the world golfing map.

Coincidentally, both McDowell and Tony McCoy are from Co Antrim, so I'd be happy for either of them to win.

[mockney piers]

Oh god. Just switched this on to see Beckham dedicate an award for a third of a lifetime kicking a ball, ,to the men and women in Afghanistqn.

Hmmm, ok.

And now Ms Jenkins (phwooar) doing a painfully mawkish death list thing.

Am I in a parallel world, when did the BBC start going all....well.....ITV on us?

I'm off to bed I thnk.

['bout now]

Tony Mccoy gets it and I think rightly so. Highlight for me was Phil Taylors fantastic reaction to coming second, a true personality shining through. Shame he's not involved in sport;-)

[Mick Mac]

BBC Sports Personality voting results:

1. Tony McCoy 293,152 (41.98%)

2. Phil Taylor 72,095 (10.33)

3. Jessica Ennis 62,953 (9.02)

4. Lee Westwood 58,640 (8.4)

5. Graeme McDowell 52,108 (7.46)

6. Tom Daley 50,763 (7.27%)

7. Mark Cavendish 44,170 (6.33)

8. Amy Williams 43,056 (6.17)

9. Graeme Swann 13,767 (1.97)

10. David Haye 7,538 (1.08)

[Huguenot]

I can't believe that 42% of the population knows who Tony McCoy is. Sounds a bit Mugabe to me ;-)

Either that, or people reading the back page of the Mirror in between races with their pay-as-you-go mobile to hand...