What an encouraging time it is for British sport. Wales lead
the charge and the week of success has ended with Scotland. Thanks to football,
athletics, formula one, cycling and tennis we have had something to unite our
rather confused and divided United Kingdom.
It is extremely rare to see English fans supporting Wales in
any team sport let alone football, however these European Championships have
seen many firsts. After a gallant effort lead by Gareth Bale and his fellow
Welshmen it became more about the team work ethic and unity of a country who
were rewriting the history books than it was about the actual end result.
I feel a little frustrated for our athletics team returning
home from their European Championships with sixteen medals five of which were
golds, as any other week their achievements would have been rightly recognised
instead they went under the radar. Our cyclists do at least have another two
weeks of the Tour De France in which to shine. After a tremendous start for
British riders, who between three of them have taken half of the stage wins (at
the time of writing), the future is looking bright.
Lewis Hamilton and Andy Murray rounded the week off
perfectly as they both delivered winning performances under immense home
pressure. It does feel like there is something special happening in British
sport right now, let us hope this is a positive omen for the upcoming Olympics
now only weeks away.
Away from sport we are at last taking some steps forward
towards a more stable future for our nation and it is women who are at the
forefront of this motion. It has become evident this week that our next prime
minister will be a woman for just the second time in our history. On paper this
looks great for equality, realistically the bigger picture is relief as there
is now light at the end of this long Brexit tunnel.
