The Brownlees might have done so  well because Simon Whitfield (Canada) had a crash on the bicycle part of the Triathalon !!!   But perhaps I can take pride in the Yorkshire successes despite the fact my ancestor left North Yorkshire (Bolton upon Swale) in 1819 Susan Harrison Ontario Canada ________________________________ From: "roy.stockdill@btinternet.com" <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> To: YORKSGEN@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, August 7, 2012 8:25:06 AM Subject: [YORKSGEN] More Olympic glory for Yorkshire! FLASH news - the brilliant Brownlee Brothers, Alastair and Jonny, have done it !!! Alastair wins the gold medal in the triathlon and Jonny gets the bronze (despite having to serve a 15-second penalty stop). One commentator said this morning that if Yorkshire was a county we'd be in 10th place overall in the medals table. Apologies to our non-UK listers for the none-genealogy news, who may not be quite so interested, but this is fantastic news for all of us here who have been loving Team GB's - and especially Yorkshire's - success. -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Famous family trees blog: http://blog.findmypast.co.uk/tag/roy-stockdill/ "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE ..... Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message