Sport, sport and only sport!

[The Atheist]

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, so the saying goes! :D

I'm a fan of many sports: rugby, boxing, rugby league, cricket, basketball, soccer, motor racing, fishing, track & field and horse-racing.

I haven't seen much sport being talked around here, but there are plenty of members, so BRING IT ON!!!!

Just to lay out the ground rules...

There is only one rule:

Anything sport [and let's be open on that meaning!] is allowed! From croquet to rhythmic gymnastics, let's talk sport!


I'll kick the ball off:

I'm a former [pretty average] rugby forward who has had a crack at most things over the years, but now reduced to watching - apart from coaching my son's team of little rugby guys.

And fishing. Always the fishing! Best fish never caught? Mako shark 500lbs. Trolling near Bay of Islands, NZ, I was watching the bait when a monster mako took it, but threw the hook. Best catch? 200lb stingray, 100lb mako, 20 lb snapper.

[The Atheist]

Mea culpa, I know I've left out hockey, basketball and cricket, but there are only 10 options.

You can vote "other" and tell us what it is!

[kilted exile]

I played rugby (real rugby that is - union, none of that silly league nonsense;) ) myself (scrum half). Played for glasgow schools U-15's - that was the highpoint of my athletic career.

Have a few medals from my career as a football goalie as well - nothing much intercity BB stuff.

[crisaor]

Soccer.

Basketball as a second favourite.

[shortleg]

Nice to see a few other people who had the stones to play Rugby :D (hooker myself, 3 years in high school). Also did some Olympic weightlifting till I tore my quad and that pretty much killed my athletic career. Now I just do distance running to keep the flab off hah ;)

[Mortis Anarchy]

I like Futbol! and boxing...and some Martial Arts...yep. One of my friends is OBSESSED with Jiu-Jitsu. Thats all he talks about...a bit annoying really. But I really, really, really love Mountain Biking! ITs pretty much amazing. as is Sailing.

[The Atheist]

Great stuff!

Wow, I'm amazed to see other rugby heads in here! World Cup only a few months away, and I'm looking forward to seeing it come back to where it belongs...

New Zealand!

Kilted - where are you exiled to?

[kilted exile]

I am exiled to Canada, found a few people over here who know the game so still get to throw the gilbert around on occassion.

[miss tenderness]

swimming:banana:

[Virgil]

Something different: Baseball!!!

http://www.vfxray.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/bball.jpg

[papayahed]

I just went to a semi-professional baseball game this weekend. It was pretty interesting. The best seats in the house were $9.

[BibliophileTRJ]

I have a feeling I'm going to catch hell for this, but, here goes.......

Hunting (Is that considered a sport or just murder?)
Big Game, Small Game...doesn't matter... I just enjoy killin' stuff.

[Video Drone]

Lacrosse for me, great sport.

[The Atheist]

I have a feeling I'm going to catch hell for this, but, here goes.......

Hunting (Is that considered a sport or just murder?)
Big Game, Small Game...doesn't matter... I just enjoy killin' stuff.

Hunting's sport, but only if you do it in a sporting manner.

[Stanislaw]

I played rugby (real rugby that is - union, none of that silly league nonsense;) )

:D :thumbs_up Hell Yeah!


I have a feeling I'm going to catch hell for this, but, here goes.......

Hunting (Is that considered a sport or just murder?)
Big Game, Small Game...doesn't matter... I just enjoy killin' stuff.

:D that be one of my sports too.

so for Sports I play:

Golf - more a disease...but
Fencing - swords and the gentlemens art of dueling
Hunting and Fishing - I live in Alberta...its practically a law that people must participate in these activities :D
Curling- Cant believe its not listed either!

Sports I watch -
Hockey, still can't believe its not on the list! still can't believe the Oilers didn't make the playoffs! !@#!
Olympics - heh, I watch them all!
Curling - Fun to play, fun to watch


Well I don't watch Golf, heh, too boring on tv :D

[Mortis Anarchy]

I have a feeling I'm going to catch hell for this, but, here goes.......

Hunting (Is that considered a sport or just murder?)
Big Game, Small Game...doesn't matter... I just enjoy killin' stuff.

My brother hunts! He is obsessed! Especially with waterfowl...hmmm. It is annoying though, constantly hearing the duck calls...erg. He is pretty passionate. Sounds like you are too!

[Chava]

Hmm, i've noticed you didn't include dance up there, well I just wanted to add that i've been dancing for many years and i guarantee it's a sport as much as an art form...
so there...

[Moira]

I have a feeling I'm going to catch hell for this, but, here goes.......

Hunting (Is that considered a sport or just murder?)
Big Game, Small Game...doesn't matter... I just enjoy killin' stuff.

So what exactly do you hunt?


Hmm, i've noticed you didn't include dance up there, well I just wanted to add that i've been dancing for many years and i guarantee it's a sport as much as an art form...
so there...

Totally agree.
What kind of dancing classes do you take?

[toni]

On TV, I usually watch ~=Football=~ :cool: The English Premier League or the UEFA Champions League or just about any league:) Manchester United's ma team..Glory Glory ManUnited!! :banana:Too bad, its off-season now, though. I have to wait until August..
Kilt, you are a goalie? :cool: cool. What's your favorite football team?

The sport I play is badminton; sometimes, I run too.. I am also quite interested in Kung Fu, so I can become a true warrior! Like in the Chinese films..

[kilted exile]

On TV, I usually watch ~=Football=~ :cool: The English Premier League or the UEFA Champions League or just about any league:) Manchester United's ma team..Glory Glory ManUnited!! :banana:Too bad, its off-season now, though. I have to wait until August..
Kilt, you are a goalie? :cool: cool. What's your favorite football team?


Man U are useless. They annoy me, especially Rooney & Ronaldo. Rooney is possibly the most overrated english player since Beckham. Ronaldo is a "pretty boy" who dives too much, has only one ability (the step over) and is lucky not to get snapped in half most games (also he always looks on the verge of crying)

My team is the famous glasgow rangers.

We are Rangers
Super Rangers
No one Likes us
We dont care

[Lily Adams]

Well, I'm more of the type to stay indoors all day, but I do like sailing. I haven't tried archery or fencing yet, but I really want to.

[kratsayra]

swimming:banana:

me too. I absolutely love to swim.

I'm really not a sports person at all - there aren't any sports that I particularly watch (although I do get into the olympics from time to time). but I just love swimming. and someday I would like to try open water swimming, but I would need to be considerably more in shape than I am now.

[higley]

Going with Virgil on this...Baseball!!

My Cleveland Indians are leading the AL Central, hopefully it'll keep. ;) They're far from perfect though; they ought to make the playoffs but they definitely need to work on their weak spots on the pitching roster and plug that awful gap in the middle of the batting order. The fielding, however, is gorgeous and the best in the league in my opinion!

When it comes to most other sports I prefer college to professional, especially in American football. (Go Buckeyes!) Though really I don't mind pro.

Personally: I figure skated competitively for about five years and did archery for another two. For a while I took fencing, for fun. Now I just play tennis very badly and bike around.

[manolia]

Ehmmm..where is basketball? Or volleyball? I guess i have to go with something completely different..

[The Atheist]

Volleyball is a great game too!

Sorry about the options, I really needed 20, but the limit is 10.

[BibliophileTRJ]

So what exactly do you hunt?

Let's see...... I've hunted:
Ducks, geese, pheasant, grouse, pigeons (both feathered & clay), rabbit, fox, deer, elk, moose... there's probably lots more that I can't think of at the moment.

This is the part I'm going to get in trouble for....

I've been gone with the Inuit on several occasions and hunted seals, polar bears, and whales.

Be it known that I eat everything I kill.... I'm not in it for bloodlust... nothing is wasted.... circle of life, yadda yadda yadda... I just see myself (and all humans) at the top of the food chain.

[Turk]

I like to use guns. Not for killing animals though (i prefer killing men:P). It's fun. I also enjoyed playing basketball in past, i was quite good as a playmaker though i don't play basketball since long time. Other sports i do; chess, ping-pong and pool. Only sport i enjoy to watch is soccer exhibitions and sometimes snooker.


I'm not in it for bloodlust...

No you are not. But it makes you feel more man, more masculine! Yadda yadda yadda!:lol: ;)

[BibliophileTRJ]

No you are not. But it makes you feel more man, more masculine! Yadda yadda yadda!:lol: ;)

I MIGHT have agreed with that assessment, if the best hunter I know wasn't an absolutely gorgeous lady huntress!

[Turk]

if the best hunter I know wasn't an absolutely gorgeous lady huntress!

Maybe she is gorgeus lady lesbian?:lol:

[Pensive]

I like table tennis. Cricket matches are also fun to watch.

[BibliophileTRJ]

Maybe she is gorgeus lady lesbian?:lol:

MAYBE; but her husband, 5 children and I would all be SHOCKED if that were the case.

[bazarov]

On TV, I usually watch ~=Football=~ :cool: The English Premier League or the UEFA Champions League or just about any league:) Manchester United's ma team..Glory Glory ManUnited!! :banana:Too bad, its off-season now, though. I have to wait until August..


I HATE Man Utd, i can't stand nobody in that club for last 15 years except Ryan Giggs. Rio, Ferguson, Beckham, Irwin, O'Shea, Jerry and Phil :bawling: :bawling:
Only Arsenal.


Man U are useless. They annoy me, especially Rooney & Ronaldo. Rooney is possibly the most overrated english player since Beckham. Ronaldo is a "pretty boy" who dives too much, has only one ability (the step over) and is lucky not to get snapped in half most games (also he always looks on the verge of crying)

My team is the famous glasgow rangers.


Common man, I don't like them also, but that they are overrated...

[Niamh]

rugby!
I'm looking forward to the world cup! Cummon O'gara!

[kilted exile]

We was robbed. Stupid referees need to learn the offside rule:

1) It was an American who last touched the ball.

2) The player who scored was not in an offside position

3) The player who was in an offside position was not interfering with play in any way.

It should have gone to extra time. Canada would've won in extra time cos they'd taken control of the game.

[The Atheist]

rugby!
I'm looking forward to the world cup! Cummon O'gara!

haha! He'll be struggling to make it to the quarters.

First big lead up match tonight - All Blacks v Springboks in Durban

[Niamh]

Hey! I happen to think Ronan O'Gara is a good player! He's much better than Brian O'Driscoll whos captain. He spents most of his time getting injured. :p

[MysticalWriter]

Track and Field is my passion. Cross Country Running is my second.

[The Atheist]

Track and Field is my passion. Cross Country Running is my second.

Favourite sprinter?

Ato Boldon for me.

[The Atheist]

Hey! I happen to think Ronan O'Gara is a good player! He's much better than Brian O'Driscoll whos captain. He spents most of his time getting injured. :p

Yes, well there are a couple of All Blacks who helped that along!

Ireland always has great players, just not enough of them in the forwards.

[MysticalWriter]

Favourite sprinter?

Ato Boldon for me.

Ah, I dont watch it- Only the Olympics...
I run it!