ironsofcanada 4:46 Mon Jul 29
Sports you played/tried as a kid or in school
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I mean competitively and how good were you honestly?
Offshoot from the hobbies thread.
Football
Canadian Football
Basketball
Volleyball
Baseball
Hockey
Field events in track and field
very little of lacrosse
a quick second of rodeo
tried BMX/motocross/skateboarding
Played volleyball and basketball at the highest level, I guess Canadian football but our school did not take it seriously. Never made it out of high school with any of them. Might have in basketball if I was 6 inches taller, (for my playing style)
You lot?
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Far Cough
4:50 Mon Jul 29
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Football, was decent pub league player
Cricket was coached by Essex great Gordon Barker at Trevor Bailey's cricket school in Gants Hill
oh and champion pocket billiards player :-)
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Cheezey Bell-End
5:20 Mon Jul 29
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I was shit at everything except cricket, which I never played seriously.
Played rugby for my school, but it was union and I had to play in the forwards which I hated.
I was pretty much blind without glasses, so was never going to amount to much.
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Fifth Column
5:37 Mon Jul 29
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Captain of school cricket team and had a trial for Middlesex but wasn't good enough.
Was captain of school basketball team but was much too small to continue to play as an adult.
Was a reliable full back with players who went on to play pro and semi pro but I was never that good - but again was captain because I liked telling people what to do.
By 16 I was more interested in clubbing and girls so didn't play much after that.
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riosleftsock
5:40 Mon Jul 29
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Played rugby, basketball and football for school as well as athletics and swimming.
Only really played every year for the basketball team.
Also did fencing at a decent standard, got my yachting proficiency cert at Fairlop waters and qualified as a kayaking instructor for some strange reason.
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Aalborg Hammer
5:44 Mon Jul 29
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Apart from the usual football, rugby and cricket, we played Lacrosse which is a bloody vicious pastime - I had more injuries playing Lacrosse than any other game !
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ironsofcanada
5:44 Mon Jul 29
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riosleftsock 5:40 Mon Jul 29
Always wanted to do kayaking, did a fair bit of whitewater canoeing in Scouts and as a family but never took up the level where kayaks are needed.
And my balance was never great.
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Chinkey Weasel
5:47 Mon Jul 29
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Stoolball !!
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zebthecat
5:50 Mon Jul 29
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Aalborg Hammer 5:44 Mon Jul 29
A friend of mine at University played lacrosse for England; he didn't have very many front teeth.
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Far Cough
5:52 Mon Jul 29
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Ever wondered why a lot of pro Ice Hockey players have missing teeth?
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Far Cough
5:53 Mon Jul 29
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Hurling, now that's a game I wished we played at school, it looks like organised GBH
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ironsofcanada
5:55 Mon Jul 29
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zebthecat 5:50 Mon Jul 29
Lacrosse is like hockey with less pads (and to be fair the lack of razor sharp blades) but I never found it as exciting.
The original Native game must have been a thing to behold:
"In the traditional aboriginal Canadian version, each team consisted of about 100 to 1,000 men on a field several miles (several kilometers) long. These games lasted from sunup to sundown for two to three days straight and were played as part of ceremonial ritual, a kind of symbolic warfare, or to give thanks to the Creator or Master."
But it was pretty much the same in the precursors of football.
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stewie griffin
6:00 Mon Jul 29
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Majestic stuff, Canada son
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ironsofcanada
6:02 Mon Jul 29
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stewie griffin 6:00 Mon Jul 29
As are your comments, as usual.
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Northern Sold
6:07 Mon Jul 29
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Played Football (Sunday league local league div 1) ... Cricket (decent standard mid Essex div 1) and Rugby (until age of 16)... athletics (not bad 400m runner)... out of the 4 was a better Rugby player but gave up to work/go to West ham... fantastic game to play
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geoffpikey
6:10 Mon Jul 29
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"competitively" is a bit vague?
I was in school football teams, junior and senior. In my head, Brooking-esque. (Just in my MY head). I still remember one wonderstrike with my left which even amazed coach/headmaster. He was an ex-pro footballer. Started a 7-1 win.
Played cricket, too, until I realised how boring it was. Parents probably couldn't afford all the clobber for 2 sports anyway.... I wasn't bothered. Chucked it in.
Tennis, badminton, too (still), but no competitions. Just against friends. Fine sports for fun and fitness.
Can't swim, to any major degree. I can float well, though!
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Nurse Ratched
6:47 Mon Jul 29
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Are we counting Knock Down Ginger and homemade go-carting?
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arsene york-hunt
6:53 Mon Jul 29
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Isn't volleyball a game for nudists?
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ironsofcanada
6:58 Mon Jul 29
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arsene york-hunt 6:53 Mon Jul 29
Sadly not exclusively, as the volleyball girls were always better looking than the basketball ones.
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BRANDED
7:06 Mon Jul 29
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My favourite game of all time was British Bulldog. Brutal but fucking brilliant.
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ironsofcanada
7:08 Mon Jul 29
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BRANDED 7:06 Mon Jul 29
British bulldog "brutal?" You went to a soft school, mate.
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