Recently somebody was created a DAME for sailing a boat round the world, another one got one for running, and someone else was Knighted for rowing a boat !

They all did very well but is it easier to get this kind of title in this age where we apparently need the hype in this sad country with a heavy political-correctness overlay?

Just what has someone to do to get these "awards"....Joey, Mike, John S all did so much good for their own sport and never were considered for any similar awards to the flash in the pan sportsmen/women of today...

Joey got his for the trips he made to the Eatern Bloc, not his success on two wheels, Mike saved a fellow driver who could have burnt to death.
Furthermore, Mike rode and drove world wide.....As did John Surtees

Lets not forget Geoff Duke who,I think, was one of the first two-wheelers to get a "gong" of any kind, based on his success in racing. Was there anyone before him ?? ..

Can anyone help on this ??

Now if they had all ridden for charity that would have seen a totally different conclusion !