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The voice of Superstars and any amount of other sports programs from my youth.
What a shame.
Full story here; http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/front_page/7824275.stm
Another of the “old guard” leaves us. Real shame.
gc
Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.
Aye a shame. A polished broadcaster with a pleasant and relaxing west country burr.
A real shame indeed.
I shall always remember the commentary on Ski Sunday when Konrad Bartelski finished 2nd in the downhill at Val Gardena, a mixture of excitement and incredulity.
No world snooker final was ever finished till that post match interview. He was the last of his kind
.I also loved the way he ‘bigged up’ Permin Zubriggen as he were about to launch himself down the slope. His Ski sunday stuff was brilliant.
I grew up watching David do the snooker until the wee small hours on a school night and they’ve never replaced him.
He really was different league to what us snooker fans have to put up with these days – Hazel Irvine, Stubbsy and Rishi Persad
I always thought he was a bit boring
You’re blatantly trying way too hard to be controversial of late. You should get out more.
If you have nothing nice to say……
Yes, I’m sure those of us of a certain age have fond memories of David Vine and the era he came to represent, I certainly do.
Couple of amusing anecdotes in his obituary in the Telegraph –
He enjoyed the occasional dig in the ribs, as when Clive James memorably recalled Vine’s insistence at the 1978 Kitzbühel skiing that “Britain’s sole representative isn’t looking for first place today, he’s looking for experience.” “At that very instant – while Vine was actually saying it,” noted James, “Britain’s sole representative was upside-down and travelling into the crowd at 60mph, spectators mown down as if by grapeshot.”Yet Vine was nothing if not the consummate television professional, reliable, unflappable, at ease with off-the-cuff improvisation and – when the occasion demanded it – not a man to pull his punches. Interviewing the tennis star John McEnroe following his infamous “pits of the world” rant against a Wimbledon umpire in 1981, Vine blinked through his library frames and, mannerly as ever, memorably inquired: “What right do you have to call anyone an incompetent fool?” A stunned McEnroe, now a BBC commentator himself, swore he would never speak to Vine again; in fact he did, the very next day.
Full obit here –
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4224542/David-Vine.htmlMy memories of David Vines best stuff usually entail question of sport. Bill Beaumont, Emlyn Hughes and Ian Botham were there, and its not even comparable to todays appalling version!
Its probably another version of "back in my day…" selective memory though.
It’s been a sad week for snooker.
As well as the death of David Vine, the Telegraph today reported the passing of John Street, a fine referee from the sport’s golden era.
And of course there has been the recent revelation surrounding the disgraceful removal of Clive Everton from the BBC team. More on that story here[/url:2s125ebc]
A real shame indeed.
I shall always remember the commentary on Ski Sunday when Konrad Bartelski finished 2nd in the downhill at Val Gardena, a mixture of excitement and incredulity.
One of my all time favourite sporting moments – 15th December 1981. I love winter sport, and I remember watching that as an excited teenager, and David Vines superb commentary just added to the occasion.
In the last 70s/early 80s, you had the choice of ITVs skiing coverage with Emlyn Jones on World of Sport, or Ski Sunday with David Vine. Nothing against Emlyn Jones, but it was Vine every time.
The golden age of winter sport – and the golden age of commentating.
Darren – AngloGerman
________________________________________‘The Hungarian’s going hell for leather’ – Jim McGrath
And of course there has been the recent revelation surrounding the disgraceful removal of Clive Everton from the BBC team. More on that story here[/url:1raje73j]
Yoinks, missed that one completely.
I guess, as the article states, his stewardship of the more critical Snooker Scene magazine gave the BBC a ready-made excuse to offload him as and when they wanted to, whilst at the same time boasting of their retention of the older-still Peter Aliss.
Not sure any of that makes the decision even halfway right, though – seems more than a little cowardly.
gc
Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.
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