done octopush, played motoball (5 a side footie on converted motorbikes), currently play floorball/innebandy and represented my university at pinball and dirty scrabble
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Odd sports you HAVE done
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Water Polo and comp safari(might have to buy a Bowler tomcat for next year's season ) when I'm in the UK
When I'm in the US:
Practical rifle/shotgun/pistol.
Cowtipping.
Street and pro Street Drag Racing.
and Comp Safari again.Posted 10 months ago # -
**** Just remembered
I did banger racing as a schoolboy for a few years. The outfit was called the Ahern Rats. We raced White City! Upton Park, somewhere in Essex I can't recall the name - Rayleigh? and Boxmoor on a grass track.
One of the familes Skip hire business was the base for it.Posted 10 months ago # -
Who's hiding a secret lacrosse career?
/Waves.
I played for quite a succesful team for a few years when I was 15/16. I was rubbish though. That game can turn very violent, very quickly.
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Fives for me as well, it was about the only sport at school I was any good at (apart from long distance running). I was one of those poor unfortunates who was always picked last for football but I was bloody good at Fives!
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We all played a game similar to fives in Ireland...in a squash court type thing - but called it handball. There used to be loads of three walled courts at crossroads all over the country - I assume they've been knocked down and have a half-built house on them these days.
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barefoot waterskiing during the first half of the 90's and wakeboarding from the early days in '89 up until 2005,
barefooting qualifies for a bit different wakeboarding clearly does not unless you had the original 'skirf' board to learn on !!!, i still have a 1993 shapiro hyperlite wakeboard that i can't bring myself to sell,
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Any Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling runners here?
ME!!!
Did it in 2009 (I think, maybe 2008?) Anyway, the last year before it was banned. I know some locals have carried it on unofficially since. Oddly enough it was spectator casualties that resulted in the H&S people taking a dislike to it.
Not as bad as it looks here in reality http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKe4EkuhMYE&feature=related
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I've played unicycle hockey in the UK league. Sort of like roller hockey, a lot more sensible than bike polo as unicycles are way more manouvrable.
Oh and white water swimming, although not sure if that is a sport really, more just a pastime.
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play petanque every day, mon to fri. To see who has to make tea at afternoon break, i made tea today...
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Not sure if its what aracer is talking about though
Well there do seem to be so many different variations - mine was with inlines and sticks kind of like those used for ice hockey, though all on a very casual basis (we had a hall one lunchtime a week and got together for a knock about).Posted 10 months ago # -
We played a version of aussie rules football at school, essentially an excuse to batter each other and slightly less damaging than trying to play rugby with contact on concrete. Great fun.
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Not particularly odd (well you decide)
Roadie - yes I know, at semi pro level, did Tour of Britain 3 times and numerous other races between 91-94.
Ashbourne Shrovetide Football - yes this is the one where the uppers play the downers all over the town.. hilarious and both very cold and got very very drunk.
Clay Pigeon shooting - got a reasonable eye for that.
3 Day Eventing - was pretty good at this, not the Pro level stuff, just keeno armature stylee, did Burghley one year “tally Ho”
Sailing – far too much to write on here, though have done 11 Atlantic crossings and raced in some pretty prestigious events, fave being Maxi Worlds at Porto Cervo and La Nioulargue in St Tropez.
Windsurfing – is this odd?? Hmmm, do it when it’s too windy to rideout.Posted 10 months ago # -
caving and even got through here as a lad (those who know me now will be tittering)
Have shot clays and did a bit of windsurfing, sailing and skiing as well
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We played a version of aussie rules football at school, essentially an excuse to batter each other and slightly less damaging than trying to play rugby with contact on concrete. Great fun.
Ah yes, we played a similar thing called MurderBall. Can be played with any type of ball, just about any number of people and just about any size open space.
Aim: Get ball from one to the to other side of the area. Opposing team tries to stop you.
Rules: Errrr. The other team tries to stop you. That is all.
Great days.
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montylikesbeer - no bloody way would you ever, ever get me doing anything like that. I went down some caves in NZ that were like my living room, and that was bad enough!
Murderball - I remember that little gem. Our gym teachers were a bit sadistic, so they stuck all the weedy kids on one side and the rugby lads on the other and just said "off you go lads". Barstewards
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Dining room chair skiing, it was all the rage in the 90's
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We played a version of aussie rules football at school....Ah yes, we played a similar thing called MurderBall....
Rules: Errrr. The other team tries to stop you. That is all.
It does actually state in the offical Aussie Rules rule book that no weapons are allowed. How many other sports actually haveto specify this?!
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