QUOTE OF THE WEEK

‘When we moved our television coverage last year we took what was frankly a fairly tired and outdated broadcast, turned it into an absolutely world-class one and raised the level of the way it was shown.’ No one could seriously quibble with the accuracy of R& A chief Martin Slumbers ’( left) comments regarding the television switch of The Open coverage from the BBC to Sky but it left us all scratching our heads with regard to intent. The BBC are surely still providing a valuable service with their highlights package so why give them a kicking that felt entirely unnecessary?