LETTER: Well done to our Commonwealth heroes

Sir, Why are we so poor at celebrating local sporting success?

Rawmarsh swimmer Joe Roebuck has just followed up his European Bronze medal in the 200 IM. with a Commonwealth silver medal in Delhi but were they going to mention his success on BBC Look North?

Not until I rang them halfway through the programme and then he was mentioned as a quick addition to an already completed report.

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Danielle Brown's gold medal win rightly got the lion's share of the coverage but a silver medal is still quite an achievement and is the culmination of years of training and hard work.

Let's try to celebrate ALL our local athletes successes!

Jan Cole.

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