Bob Piper has been a Labour Councillor for the Abbey
Ward in Sandwell, West Midlands, for nine years. He is a lifelong supporter of Aston Villa Football Club and a follower of Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
The views expressed here are mine in a personal capacity, not those of the Labour Party, Sandwell MBC, Aston Villa or Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Get it! Mine... just mine!
One of the late Ron Pickering's classic commentary moments (often mistakenly accredited to David Coleman) was at the Montreal Olympics when he said of the great Cuban athlete Alberto Juantorena .... "and there goes Juantorena down the back straight, opening his legs and showing his class.'.
Well today, in the World Athletic Championships in Osaka, the great man's son, originally named Alberto Juantorena will be hoping to 'open his legs and show his class' in the decathalon for Cuba.