Sports Participation.....Off To A Flyer

[1964white]

May have posted up a thread similar to this one on here previously, all the same there are several newbie posters on MOT recently

I know a couple of my friends on here do alot of serious cycling

So what sport activity do any of you participate in ?

I played football, rugby & cricket as a young un, continued to play football until my early twenties

Would love to take up golf or cricket again if i had more time !

Bowls is my game thesedays, only this afternoon i comfortably coasted into the semi-finals in one of the club's internal competition, the semi's will be much more difficult as i'm playing a player who has been a singles champion many times.

I also have a Pairs match on Sunday morning. The Pairs draw hasn't been too kind to me as my partner is a novice player who has only been playing a year or so, our opposition are two of the best players at the club so once again i have a battle on my hands, i'll give it a go though !
I consider myself to be a far better indoor bowler than the outdoor game. I only come into my own during July, August & September as i'm a good to firm specialist, i detest the playing on heavy surfaces during April, May & early June.
Hopefully i can pick up at least one outdoor trophy before i attempt to retain my indoor trophies !

[Kepler]

is pub quiz a sport?

[Twiggster]

is pub quiz a sport?

If bowls is a sport, then so is a pub quiz....then again, so is tiddlywinks.

[PaulUSA]

Well, 64, for me these days it's cycling, the occasional game of golf, and the even more occasional game of hoops.

If bowls is similar to bocce, then I guess I do that some, too. Oh, and there's pub quiz.

[Twiggster]

Good luck in the competition Leon! :thup:

[The Subhuman]

badly broke my left leg when I was 12, one on one with the keeper..full plaster for 5 months and 3 month recuperation and I lost my bottle

Cricketer from 22 to about 43. wrist spinner and wicket keeper, batted about 7 or 8 . I have the distinction of taking two hatricks in the same game

[dezzy]

Ive played rugby to All Ireland Divison 1 but have given up this year as i broke and dislocated my elbow so cant afford to miss work as I have girlfriend and baby!! Im now starting training to run my first marathon in June and hope to do a Ironman Triathalon in 5 years time I cycle and swim also. I also played my first ever game of Gaelic football the other day!! Never played football apart from 5 a side football.

[Clacton White]

Cross country , trail and fell running ..... however living in flatish Essex , the fell running is a bit rare - have to go north for that - done Long Mynd fell run in Shropshire , Mortimers Forest , frequent Grizzly in Devon . Avoid road running / racing these days - just too dull . Football was my spot back in my youth , done judo , Aikido , American football ( Colchester Gladiators back in the late 80's for a very short while ) .Like most sports to watch with the biggest exception being rugby .

[dezzy]

Cross country , trail and fell running ..... however living in flatish Essex , the fell running is a bit rare - have to go north for that - done Long Mynd fell run in Shropshire , Mortimers Forest , frequent Grizzly in Devon . Avoid road running / racing these days - just too dull . Football was my spot back in my youth , done judo , Aikido , American football ( Colchester Gladiators back in the late 80's for a very short while ) .Like most sports to watch with the biggest exception being rugby .

Was thinking what a cool guy you are right up untill the last sentence :mad:

[gessa]

Played football, squash and jogged in my younger days until an accident shattered the bottom 2 discs in my back so had to retire from them all aged 30ish, on the advice of my speciallist I took up swimming which I was awful at but after a lot of trying managed to get upto 1800 mtrs 3/4 times a week,then I was at my fittest ever,because of the swimming I got into Scuba diving which I did for 10 years and logged around 750 dives,then I got the mountain bike bug which became the end of my water sports as after a bad accident which included broken collar bone and burst lung I can no longer do the diving and the collar bone restricts my swimming so its just the biking now, presently I am doing 20 miles hard slog(lot of hills) every other day.I am also trying to get back into hill walking but that is very seldom at the moment.

[gessa]

Cross country , trail and fell running ..... however living in flatish Essex , the fell running is a bit rare - have to go north for that - done Long Mynd fell run in Shropshire , Mortimers Forest , frequent Grizzly in Devon . Avoid road running / racing these days - just too dull . Football was my spot back in my youth , done judo , Aikido , American football ( Colchester Gladiators back in the late 80's for a very short while ) .Like most sports to watch with the biggest exception being rugby .

Was in the Yorkshire dales once and went to a summer fair part of the show was a fell running event,I stood watching the runners with nothing but total admiration,a really tough sport.

[dezzy]

Played football, squash and jogged in my younger days until an accident shattered the bottom 2 discs in my back so had to retire from them all aged 30ish, on the advice of my speciallist I took up swimming which I was awful at but after a lot of trying managed to get upto 1800 mtrs 3/4 times a week,then I was at my fittest ever,because of the swimming I got into Scuba diving which I did for 10 years and logged around 750 dives,then I got the mountain bike bug which became the end of my water sports as after a bad accident which included broken collar bone and burst lung I can no longer do the diving and the collar bone restricts my swimming so its just the biking now, presently I am doing 20 miles hard slog(lot of hills) every other day.I am also trying to get back into hill walking but that is very seldom at the moment.

Id say biking is amazing, fecking dangerous though!! How did you do your back Gessa?

[Ianm]

I dont play any team or individual sports but im quite into my health and fitness regime and I hit the gym at 6am every day and am very conscious about what I eat, I try to leave alcohol alone etc

I have nil coordination in my feet tho so whilst I may be as fit as some footballers, im no good at it lol

[1964white]

is pub quiz a sport?

I prepare & present pub quiz's for funding the village church

[1964white]

Ive played rugby to All Ireland Divison 1 but have given up this year as i broke and dislocated my elbow so cant afford to miss work as I have girlfriend and baby!! Im now starting training to run my first marathon in June and hope to do a Ironman Triathalon in 5 years time I cycle and swim also. I also played my first ever game of Gaelic football the other day!! Never played football apart from 5 a side football.

A good standard of rugby then, well done Dez

I gave up football for the very same reasons as the injuries were affecting my work, having to stay off work for three days convinced me that i needed to get my priorities right !

Sunday League football was brutal in the 70's

[1964white]

Played football, squash and jogged in my younger days until an accident shattered the bottom 2 discs in my back so had to retire from them all aged 30ish, on the advice of my speciallist I took up swimming which I was awful at but after a lot of trying managed to get upto 1800 mtrs 3/4 times a week,then I was at my fittest ever,because of the swimming I got into Scuba diving which I did for 10 years and logged around 750 dives,then I got the mountain bike bug which became the end of my water sports as after a bad accident which included broken collar bone and burst lung I can no longer do the diving and the collar bone restricts my swimming so its just the biking now, presently I am doing 20 miles hard slog(lot of hills) every other day.I am also trying to get back into hill walking but that is very seldom at the moment.

You spend too much time on those Welsh beaches mate

Cycling is a tough sport, even road cycling is frought with dangers with the amount of pot-holes & the inconsiderate drivers on the road !
Mountain biking must be even more dangerous Ges

[1964white]

Cricketer from 22 to about 43. wrist spinner and wicket keeper, batted about 7 or 8 . I have the distinction of taking two hatricks in the same game

An achievement to be proud of Faaip

[1964white]

Good luck in the competition Leon! :thup:

Thanks Billy, i'll need a bit of luck !

[The Subhuman]

An achievement to be proud of Faaip

first time we'd beaten them in 8 years apparently, We scored 127 from 20 overs and it didn't look good . but our seamer took 2 wickets in the first over I took a hatrick and a last ball wicket in my first he took 2 wickets in the next over and I mopped up the tail in my second . 3 overs two balls all out for 17 in 3.2 overs....we had to play a quick second game a ten over slog with reversed batting line ups

[gessa]

Id say biking is amazing, fecking dangerous though!! How did you do your back Gessa?

I used to own a carpet shop then and I kept some roll stock which was displayed on the shop floor, one day when we were replacing the rolls on one of the stands we were doing the top roll(9-10 feet of the floor)and to this day I don't know how but I fell and landed on the small of my back .Hospital sent me home said i'd slipped a disc(no x-ray or owt) was in bed for 3 weeks got back to work but kept getting problems over the next weeks/months eventually after a lot of persistance from myself they did a MRI scan and a mylogram(totally spelt wrong I'm sure) and discovered there was no discs in the bottom of my back and the third one up only had about 30% fluid so a total lifestyle change for a while.