What sports did you play?
Aug 10th 2010, 8:06 am
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Aug 10th 2010, 8:07 am
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Aug 10th 2010, 8:12 am
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Re: What sports did you play?
When at school / uni played loads:
rugby (to a pretty good standard)
white water canoeing (in scotland in winter....)
dinghy sailing
squash
football (for a while... stopped growing so as a goalkeeper didn't work out!)
juggling (is this a sport!?)
unicycle..... (!)
cross country running
10 km road races
cycling
and these days....
tried kite surfing but gave up...
really want to get back into mountain / trail biking....
rugby (to a pretty good standard)
white water canoeing (in scotland in winter....)
dinghy sailing
squash
football (for a while... stopped growing so as a goalkeeper didn't work out!)
juggling (is this a sport!?)
unicycle..... (!)
cross country running
10 km road races
cycling
and these days....
tried kite surfing but gave up...
really want to get back into mountain / trail biking....
Aug 10th 2010, 8:20 am
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Re: What sports did you play?
When at school / uni played loads:
rugby (to a pretty good standard)
white water canoeing (in scotland in winter....)
dinghy sailing
squash
football (for a while... stopped growing so as a goalkeeper didn't work out!)
juggling (is this a sport!?)
unicycle..... (!)
cross country running
10 km road races
cycling
and these days....
tried kite surfing but gave up...
really want to get back into mountain / trail biking....
rugby (to a pretty good standard)
white water canoeing (in scotland in winter....)
dinghy sailing
squash
football (for a while... stopped growing so as a goalkeeper didn't work out!)
juggling (is this a sport!?)
unicycle..... (!)
cross country running
10 km road races
cycling
and these days....
tried kite surfing but gave up...
really want to get back into mountain / trail biking....
Aug 10th 2010, 8:27 am
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Re: What sports did you play?
rugby
hockey
swimming
shooting/stalking
hill walking not sure if it counts as a sport unless you count munro bagging
then came here and did **** all physical exercise for 4 years now mostly freestyle bodyweight primal/paleo movements and training
only sport i'm involved in now is motorsports and thats as a marshall so again little physical movement.
upon my return to civilisation i intend to walk over as much of scotland as is actually possible
hockey
swimming
shooting/stalking
hill walking not sure if it counts as a sport unless you count munro bagging
then came here and did **** all physical exercise for 4 years now mostly freestyle bodyweight primal/paleo movements and training
only sport i'm involved in now is motorsports and thats as a marshall so again little physical movement.
upon my return to civilisation i intend to walk over as much of scotland as is actually possible
Aug 10th 2010, 8:32 am
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Re: What sports did you play?
munro bagging?
Aug 10th 2010, 8:45 am
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Aug 10th 2010, 8:49 am
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Re: What sports did you play?
Would one call sailing a sport? Sailing races are competitive activities but it doesn't fall into the same category as a rugby team squaring up with another rugby team, does it? Even rowing requires a great deal of physical energy that one doesn't find in sailing.
That said it is an olympic sport and I love it. Some of the most spectacular experiences I've had was sailing through the west coast of Scotland.
That said it is an olympic sport and I love it. Some of the most spectacular experiences I've had was sailing through the west coast of Scotland.
Aug 10th 2010, 8:54 am
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Re: What sports did you play?
Five-a-side football
Karate (not really a sport)
Solo rock climbing (no ropes !) mainly at the Roaches in the Peak District
Occasional squash, tennis and golf (handicap 23 !)
Darts, snooker and eight-ball.
Tiddlywinks with my sister
Karate (not really a sport)
Solo rock climbing (no ropes !) mainly at the Roaches in the Peak District
Occasional squash, tennis and golf (handicap 23 !)
Darts, snooker and eight-ball.
Tiddlywinks with my sister
Aug 10th 2010, 8:56 am
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Re: What sports did you play?
No mention of water sports? I'm suprised.
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I play rugby but I’m not good. Was surprisingly (since I hate everything to do with physical exertion, in fact I’ll do anything to lose weight except diet and exercise) good as an oarsman in a sweep for a while, only got entered in two local races but we won them both
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.I play rugby but I’m not good. Was surprisingly (since I hate everything to do with physical exertion, in fact I’ll do anything to lose weight except diet and exercise) good as an oarsman in a sweep for a while, only got entered in two local races but we won them both
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Aug 10th 2010, 9:29 am
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Re: What sports did you play?
Played football and shinty (some kind of Scottish hockey) at school.
Was a member to the victorious Mustangs team that won the championship in about 1965 in our 3 team league in the Falklands!
Darts.
5 years in UK spent as a Spurs/Crystal Palace supporter!
Later squash and sailing both Lasers and racing yacht at JASC.
Someone queries is sailing a sport? Well being the bow man, clinging on for life and raising and lowering the spinnaker, in racing conditions, is one of the hardest things I have done! However the drinks after refreshed you.
Now retired to the gym now and then!
Was a member to the victorious Mustangs team that won the championship in about 1965 in our 3 team league in the Falklands!
Darts.
5 years in UK spent as a Spurs/Crystal Palace supporter!
Later squash and sailing both Lasers and racing yacht at JASC.
Someone queries is sailing a sport? Well being the bow man, clinging on for life and raising and lowering the spinnaker, in racing conditions, is one of the hardest things I have done! However the drinks after refreshed you.
Now retired to the gym now and then!
Aug 10th 2010, 9:33 am
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Aug 10th 2010, 9:37 am
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Aug 10th 2010, 10:05 am
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Re: What sports did you play?
Footie (All types) - School team
Darts - Pub Team
Curling - International level
Golf
Little bit of Squash and tennis - muckabout level...
And all I am left with is the odd 7-a-side and golf every week. Keep looking at the ice hall in Dubai Mall and dying to sneak in a paint a couple of 'houses' on them........
Darts - Pub Team
Curling - International level
Golf
Little bit of Squash and tennis - muckabout level...
And all I am left with is the odd 7-a-side and golf every week. Keep looking at the ice hall in Dubai Mall and dying to sneak in a paint a couple of 'houses' on them........