FOOTBALL
This week was a mixed bag of football results for South Yorkshire.
As it was a hot topic and the students wanted to discuss it we agreed to discuss the recent events in the first part of the session.
Doncaster Rovers had a disastrous result when they returned to Charlton for the replay of a previously abandoned match. During the match which was abandoned because of heavy rain and a waterlogged pitch. Doncaster Rovers players helped to clear the pitch of water yet the referee still decided to abandon the game. At that stage and Doncaster Rovers were in the lead by 3 goals to 1.
During the latest match the rematch, Doncaster Rovers lost the game to Charlton and the new result stands as the official result. This seemed very unfair to Doncaster Rovers footballers and fans.
We discussed the implications of this result and decision and we looked at the league table to see what the impact of the decision was on the position of the Rovers within the championship league.
In contrast Rotherham United have a fantastic result of scoring three goals within 15 minutes in the second half of their game. They are in top form and are near the top of League 1 on the table.
We looked at the BBC football website and we examined the tables and the positions of each of the clubs. We read the match reports and we discussed the positive and negative aspects of these reports.
Whilst examining the match statistics we took note of the events in the running commentary, such as the number of fouls & their severity, the decision of the referee & whether he took any action by booking a player with the card system (Yellow card for a booking & Red card for sending off).
We did discuss the way that sanctions are applied with the card system & why that system is in use.
It was introduced to standardise the gestures & make it clear to players & fans alike what decision was being made. Players & fans of all nationalities know what has happened following a referee's decision to take action following certain types of behaviour.
Please see our links to the football websites on the right hand side of this blog.
FOOD MILES
We returned to food miles and the food miles calculator we had found on the previous session. We did some calculations for foods such as bananas and oranges which come from different parts of the world. We discussed the transport that may have been used and the speed that the food would have to arrive in the UK in order not to perish on their journey.
We looked up the definition of food miles in order to increase our understanding of the term.
We discussed the recent program on TV where a farmer and a chef are working together to produce food locally and get it to the table with the minimum number of food miles possible.
During that program, they had great success in producing a new type of wheat which is not normally produced in the UK. This wheat was then harvested and milled to become a flour for pasta. The chef then made the pasta on the home pasta machine and included it as one of the main ingredients in a dish for local people who were invited to a dinner function. In a later program however, the farm to table experiment didn't go very well with rice which failed. This goes to show that there is an awful lot of research and investment in food and equipment to harvest sufficient food to feed the world.
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