The Games - Channel 4/More 4

Post by **SteveM** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 11:16 pm

Anyone catch this tonight? The ladies team are competing in Slalom on HPP. They showed the start of their training tonight on a very cold warm-up pool - they're complete beginners, so if they get down a proper slalom course next week after just a few weeks training then much respect is due!

All in all, looks like a good bit of publicity for the sport.

Steve

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:56 am

Is it on each week? What time?

the Game · Post by **the Game** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:54 am

It's being filmed and broadcast live this Friday, the 17th.

http://www.hallamfmarena.co.uk/events/i ... VenueID=51

Post by **SteveM** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:35 pm

And it's on More 4 (digital freeview) as "Celebrities in Pain" while they train every night this week (I think)

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:09 pm

Hi folks, did a bit of searching it is on E4 at 8pm

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:11 pm

"Ten celebrity contestants battle for sporting supremacy in a new series of The Games coming to E4 on 13th March and live on Channel 4 and E4 from 17th March.

Tickets go on sale from Friday 10th February priced £4 for adults and £3 for children under 16. To book, call the Hallam Arena Sheffield on 0114 2565656 or visit www.hallamfmarena.co.uk

Last year viewers witnessed Mel Giedroyc win hearts with her gym floor routine and Kirsty Gallacher and Philip Olivier be crowned 'Champions'. Now the ultimate celebrity sporting challenge, The Games returns to Channel 4 for a fourth series.

Jamie Theakston and Kirsty Gallacher will present the tournament live from Sheffield and for the first time in the series, The National Watersports Centre in Nottingham.

Ten more famous faces compete against each other in a total of 18 sporting disciplines over nine days to be broadcast on Channel 4 and E4, starting this Friday!

Competing to be the champions of The Games 2006 will be:

Amanda Lamb, Bernie Nolan, Javine, Michelle Gayle and Liberal Democrat MP Julia Goldsworthy, Adam Rickitt, Jade Jones, Radio One DJ, JK (Jason King) Peter Duncan, and MC Plat'num aka Marcel Somerville from the Blazin' Squad"

http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/t ... index.html

Train2Win · Post by **Train2Win** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:50 am

Not sure its great publicity for the sport. Saw it last night on e4 and the girls were all miserable, cold and slagging the sport off calling it "pointless" and "rubbish". But then that was to be expected when the are falling into freezing cold water and have no clue what they're doing as they've only been in a boat a few times on the flat before going onto the rough!

I can't believe they thought that anyone would be able to make it down a slalom course after 4 or so sessions, even in ducky rafts which are what they're using.

Also its not slalom, just a downriver raft sprint, not sure that its as good news for slalom as everyone reckons!

Still there will over a 1000 people down to watch it live and Greg Hitchen, Aynsley Buggy and Zach Pillinger are doing a slalom demo beforehard so hopefully the spectators will get an idea of what the sport is really like. Too bad the viewing public won't!

Vicky · Post by **Vicky** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 12:22 pm

hehe, i watched two of the girls go down the muncher backwards in duckie rafts. It's definately quality entertainment whatever. :laugh: