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Hello from a very wet and dull Portstewart. It's a miserable day but the weather doesn't stop the NW200 attracting its fair share of visitors, including some big names in Irish sport. Freshly crowned A1GP Champion, Adam Carroll, arrived in style this morning in his black Porsche Carrera ...very nice. I took him for a walk around the paddock and he was impressed with the size of the operation and is an avid fan of the biking, keeping an eye on the practices via our online coverage.

As you can see by the pic below, Derry boxer John Duddy, called in to the New Media hub to see for himself, how we bring you the live streaming. The middle-weight, who fights out of New York, revealed he is a Spurs fan. After his recent fight ended in defeat he had a small piece of good news delivered to him by a friend, who told him that Spurs were 2-0 up at Old Trafford against Manchester United.........but, as we now know, the Champions elect ( it hurts me to say that as a L'pool fan ) went on to record a stunning comeback, to win the match 5 - 2 !!

I had a call from Jonathan Rea who is in South Africa for the World SuperBike Championship and was able to watch the practice session at the NW200, online. Right, off to prepare for tonight's preview programme on ´óÏó´«Ã½ 1 NI.

Here's hoping for at least some dry weather tomorrow. Stephen