a good season for sports

It's turning out to be a good season for sports. Firstly, Casey Stoner won his first title in the premier class of MotoGP. Now, I must admit I'm not an avid follower of Stoner and I'm still a Rossi fan at heart. But Stoner's family sacrificed a lot (and gambled with their futures) when they moved to Europe to get Casey into the 'big league'. Given the mountain they had to climb, it's nice to see the battler getting just reward for those who sacrificed to get him there.

Now, this weekend has been especially good for footy. Geelong Cats won the AFL grand final; thumping Port Adelaide by a massive 119 points (that's almost 20 goals). I'm not a follower of AFL, but I do enjoy watching finals footy (cos let's face it, finals footy is where it counts) and it's good that the cup is finally returning to Victoria after 7 years.

And to cap-off the weekend, the minor premiers Melbourne Storm trounced Manly to win the NRL grand final. Melbourne was also the minor premiers of last years season and they lost to the Brisbane Broncos in a heart-wrenching game. This year, they made amends by coming on strong, off the back of last years defeat, to clean up the grand final.

What is especially good about this weekend is Victoria now holds the two biggest football cups in Australia. We have both the AFL and NRL flags and that just brings a smile to my face. Nothing is sweeter than denying Sydney-siders of their NRL flag!

Now, the only thing left to cap-off is to have the Formula 1 world championship stripped from Fernando Alonso. My god he's such a tool. I used to like him because he was able to defeat Michael Schumacher. But it has become incredibly obvious that the spoils of victory has gotten to his head. Currently Lewis Hamilton (the stellar rookie and teammate at McLaren) is leading Alonso by 12 points with 2 more rounds to go. I really wish Kimi Raikonnen would take the championship this year (he should have been double world champion by now) but he's 17 points adrift of Hamilton. But right now, I don't really care who wins the F1 title this year - so long as it's not Alonso.