The sport you have played the most?
For me probably cricket.
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10-07-2021 09:03 PM #1
Other than football
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11-07-2021 02:38 AM #4
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Rugby, way more than football.
If darts, pool and snooker count I played all to a reasonable level. Then my eyes went! 😲Last edited by Bangkok Hibby; 11-07-2021 at 06:08 PM.
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11-07-2021 08:40 AM #7
I was into athletics in a big way, trained with various top british athletes, competed in different countries, my coach was one of the very few scottish athletes to win an olympic medal on the track
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11-07-2021 09:39 AM #8
Got square feet so never played much football. Last time was in the 90s for a Tartan Army XI against a team from Tallinn. 1-1 at half-time, we were beaten 4-1 as it was too hot for most of our team.
Played rugby until I was 58 (a few years ago now), had my hip done a year later and recently bought myself a new pair of boots and am back playing touch rugby now. Great fun! Have also run all my life, marathons (in the 80s), half-marathons, 10Ks, hill races although now it's just to burn off beer.
Still no 'Xs' in my t-shirt size!
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11-07-2021 11:26 AM #9
Played table tennis at work on night shifts.Never played for a club but did play in a couple of tournaments when on holidays and won one. Quite a few of the guys played for clubs in their own countries too so honing my skills when I should have been working obviously paid off.
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13-07-2021 10:40 PM #10This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Out of interest do you know what sort of pathway primary school aged kids today might take if they were interested in athletics? One of my kids and a couple of pals really enjoy it and would like more than the rather cursory sessions they get at school but it's hard to find something suitable.
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13-07-2021 10:44 PM #11
On a slight tangent but does anyone actually prefer other sports to football? By that I mean watching as well as playing.
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14-07-2021 04:13 AM #12
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Edit..the more I think about it, any sport that doesn't encourage screaming, overpaid, pansy cheats is a much more enjoyable watch.Last edited by Bangkok Hibby; 14-07-2021 at 04:19 AM.
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14-07-2021 08:38 AM #13This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The Euros is the 1st non Hibs football I have really enjoyed in ages. Generally speaking I much prefer watching NFL, horse racing and athletics to football.PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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14-07-2021 02:41 PM #14This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I love the Olympics (although not so up for them this year) and largely enjoy watching sports where it doesn't bother me too much who wins (ie you can appreciate the skills of the competitors more than you can when you're willing Hibs on at all costs). Andy Murray probably tops any Hibs player as my top sportsman. Also loved going to baseball matches when I've spent time in the States.Last edited by He's here!; 14-07-2021 at 02:44 PM.
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14-07-2021 08:45 AM #15This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Rugby and/or NFL probably occupy top spot.Madness, as you know, is a lot like gravity. All it takes is a little push.
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15-07-2021 08:09 PM #16This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I don't get to ER all that often during the season (perhaps 5-6 times) so usually listen to 'Open All Mikes' on a Saturday afternoon to keep tabs on footy up here, but I've no interest at all in English football with its hyper-paid prima donnas diving about.
I prefer the physicality of rugby and genuine competition between individual opposing players and watch the two Scottish professional rugby sides on TV and am looking forward to the new United Rugby Championship competition with the top Saffie teams included.
Back playing touch rugby has left me aghast at how fast young guys are these days and while I can still keep going in a straight line for a few miles reasonably well, could never change direction as quickly as these young lads can nowadays. The only thing that rips my knitting is the number of them who have mullets!
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15-07-2021 10:59 AM #17This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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16-07-2021 06:54 AM #18This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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16-07-2021 07:05 AM #19This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
They also organise the 7 Reservoirs Half Marathon in the Pentlands every December which is the best race, both in terms of course and organisation, anywhere in Edinburgh or the surrounding area.PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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18-07-2021 01:42 PM #20This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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19-07-2021 12:07 AM #21This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Most kids get into running because they are good at flat races. It's only when you join a club you find you're actually better at other distances. I loved sprinting, but it turned out I was a better middle distance runner. I despised cross country which was kind of forced on me to compete in. I was the best at my school's for my age group, but nowhere near the best at Club level. Best memory for me was scooping the 400m silver at the Interscholastics in p7 and seeing my name on the results board at Meadowbank.
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19-07-2021 07:30 AM #22This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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19-07-2021 01:54 PM #23This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I used to love the day out. Our school had an obsession with everyone taking part so some poor kid who couldn't run the length of themselves always ended up finishing about 60m behind everyone else in the 100m. I remember running the last leg of the 4x100m relay. We had 3 guys from the football team, including me, involved and then another guy on the 1st leg who. was still in the starting blocks when everyone else was at the 1st handover. Think we pulled it back to finish 3rd but the poor guy got pelters.PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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11-07-2021 01:42 PM #24
Used to be golf. Now it's running.
I'm better at the latter than the former.PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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11-07-2021 05:41 PM #25
Played a lot of sports Judo, badminton bit of squash still play golf but never to a great level in any of them.
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14-07-2021 03:30 PM #27
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In terms of sport I suppose it would have been golf till I moved to Ireland then found it too expensive & less craic (just started again last year)..The open water swimming & trail running since I moved here..All just for fun & fitness nothing taken that seriously these days
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15-07-2021 10:52 PM #28
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11-07-2021 10:27 PM #29
I used to play a lot of tennis with my mates, either at Craiglockhart but mostly for free at Paties Road. My service was always either unstoppable or unfindable.
Also played indoor hockey for a few years with my pal's workmates - it was mixed and was as much a social thing as anything else.
I did play a lot of football and wasn't a bad goalie (probably because of my height) but I preferred playing inside right or on the right wing where I was mediocre at best.
I've always been better at music.
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11-07-2021 10:56 PM #30
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I was surprisingly good at Badminton.
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