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Post by frankiegth on Sept 26, 2009 10:31:54 GMT
A friend of mine is very well informed and interested in all kinds of sport, but, he's never done a great deal, in fact he avoids physical activity. This set me thinking, going right back to my school days (how far ) how many sports have I competed in over my lifetime (including inter-house and other various competitions regardless of how serious they were taken). 1, Football 11-a-side 6-a-side (outdoors) 5-a-side (indoors/outdoors) 2,Tae-kwon-do (free fighting) Dead hard I was. ;D 3,Cycling Mountain biking (cross country) Cyclo-x Time trialing (10mile) Time trialing (25mile two up) 4,Cricket 5,Tennis Ladder comp at school 6,Table tennis (knock out comp) 7,Athletics 800m, 1500m,4x100m relay,high jump,javelin. 8, Cross country running (used to love it) 9, Golf (1off charity comp, but I'm going to count that anyway) 10, Swimming couple of galas at school (swim lke a brick I do) 11, Orienteering on an outwardbound jobbie (which we won 12, Basketball (inter-house) A load of other stuff but not competitively canoeing,rock climbing,weight training,hiking,sailing,hockey,rugby,softball,rounders. No wonder I'm knackered out before I've reached 50. I've avoided including "sport" like darts,pool and snooker. I'm sure there are some real sporting monsters among our numbers.
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Post by coops on Sept 26, 2009 10:45:00 GMT
I used to be a real sporty type especially in my Army days, you wouldn't think so to look at me now!
Anyway, sports I have played competitively include:
Football - Reached the dizzy heights of The Caledonian League (step below The Highland League) for Tain Thistle, also won the Army Minor Units Cup two years runnig with 207 Signal Squadron. I was a clogging centre-half!
Shinty - Beauly thirds.
Golf - never won owt but did reduce my handicap to 21 at one point.
Swimming - BAOR 100M backstroke champion in 1989
Volleyball
Basketball
Boxing - three bouts, won one lost two.
Cricket - the only sport I still occasionally play, turning my arm over for The Old Hilltopians seconds when I can.
Rugby - Never really enjoyed it but I was strangely good as a hooker and kept being cajoled into playing a lot.
Skiing - 73rd (out of 76) in the Royal Signals downhill championships in 1988. The other 3 crashed out.
I'm sure there are others like Tennis and squash where I've played inter-troop matches and things but football and cricket took up most of my spare time.
Hated anything that involves just running, where's the fun in that?
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Post by bh on Sept 27, 2009 4:34:10 GMT
Played lots of sport mostly non competitive, but
Football - Saturday / Sunday local leagues, BR Southern (Central Division) ATC - Spitfire Cup Winner.
Cricket - School Inter house, Work matches
Rugby - School Inter house
Cross Country - School Inter house
Swimming - School galas, ATC Inter Squadron
Shooting .22 & 303 caliber, ATC Inter Squadron
Non competitive include
Tennis, table tennis, basketball, rounders, lacrosse, diving, weights, skiing (ouch!!) gliding (is that a sport?) archery, ten pin bowling
There are probably a few others, but forgotten by by beer addled brain.
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