Sports Day

[4getmenot]

Were you any good at sports at school? I was rubbish didnt win a thing until my last race at school when I was determined and came first in some race all the cr@p kids got put in. My lil sis won most of her races and always got best girl. I even raced my 5 year old nephew today and he won, I wasnt even trying to let him win, was giving it all I could.

[mrs_overall]

I was to school sports what Myra Hindley was to childminding

[4getmenot]

I was ok at long jump, but I think alot of others just didnt want to do it

[boxtops]

I find it hard to believe now, but I was house athletics captain at my secondary school. It sounded grander than it was, out of the four houses ours was traditionally the one not good at sports, and I didn't change that - but our PE mistress congratulated me on being the only house captain who actually fielded someone (albeit mostly rubbish) for every event on sports day that year.

[dothawkes31]

I was the star of the netball team at the primary school, I scored 17 goals in one match! I also held the throwing the rounders ball record for years and years. It all wen to pot when I went to Grammar School except for the tennis,

[rowanwitch]

As the clumsy fat kid I was usually sitting watching but later I was pretty good at shot and discus a bit dangerous with a javelin,

[cazzz1975]

I was good at a lot of sports, crap at running but I used to scare the bejesus out of the people I marked in netball, I always played offensive postions because I could intimidate them off the ball.

I was good at tennis as well, I used to slam the ball at them, I made a girl cry once. I was too competative.

[Prudie]

I wasn't any good at anything except gymnastics and dance. I still cringe with the horror of being made to take the shot in a netball game once at the orders of the teacher and missing of course, i can still hear the groans of the team.

[boxtops]

Very unlike me in those days, but I do recall starting a fight on the netball court, we were two teams each end having shot practice and one of the other team started interfering, so I hit her. Not my style at all, it still surprises me to think about it.

[4getmenot]

Long jump record in minutes??? Huh?

I loved netball, was always GA

[rowanwitch]

I played netball when I was forced but preferred badminton, hated hockey but ok at cricket when they let us play with the boys...

[China Doll]

I'm a good swimmer but that never really came up on sports day. I'm pretty much useless at every other sport with the possible exception of basket ball where I worked my way up to 'slightly better than average'.

[cazzz1975]

I loved hockey and rounders, I had no fear of being hit.

remember primary school, what were those little bean bags about then?

[TTG]

I did not carry much weight but was tall and slim for my age (still am!) so became good at middle distance running. I also played football most days.

[craft1948]

I represented my school in every team sport.......but I was crap at athletics.

[mightyWBA]

I played football for the school,until we were banned by the LEA,ran in the cross country team,table tennis team and chess!
Was rubbish at cricket though :-(

[snags]

Rugby for the school. Cr@p at everything else.

[boxtops]

I did long jump and 200 yards, and relay. I still can only swim with armbands - and yup, those armbands for the largest size child do hold up a 15-stone woman. I haven't drowned yet!

[LoftyLottie]

Hated it, all of it, except dance and running. I can't run at all now :o(. And now all I like is F1 and dance. Dance was what kept me fit and slim all my life until this wretched arthritis got the better of me!!