Sport

[maynardvdm]

Is anybody interested in sport, and what sport do you enjoy watching or participate in.

 

Sport i like to watch:

Rugby

Cricket

Soccer (Football for the Americans :D)

F1 Grand Prix

 

I play:

Golf

 

Note to one of the admins (you know who you are :D)

Drinking beer is NOT a sport :D:D:D

[help4me]

My favorite sport to watch is professional bull riding. :o

I also like to watch boxing and football.

 

I like to play volleyball, and if they can be considered sports, fishing and target shooting (both guns and bows); though I've never competed in the last two.

[Dalo Harkin]

I used to do Boxing and Rugby - serious injury stopped both :mad:

I now play golf :)

 

I dont like watching sport really - I watch some of the big events - world cup etc but thats about it.

[DSTM]

I don't watch much Sport,anymore as it's all about Egos,and big money.

Sport is so full of Drugs,and teams taking dives,and the like,I have lost interest.:)

[Goku]

I don't watch much sport too. Perhaps, a Cricket, Carrom, Pool or Tennis championship might interest me. For playing, its just Cricket and Football. If you count messing with the computer a sport, then include that in the list too!

 

-- Goku

[Guest Wolfeymole]

I like Snooker, it's very...............relaxing.

[maynardvdm]

Yes. I like snooker too, and Pool (another version with only 9 balls) :)

[Dalo Harkin]

Or 15 in our pubs :)

[maynardvdm]

You're right 15, i was thinking of billiards. :D

 

Pool is 15 balls. Sorry :p

[Dalo Harkin]

lol - they do still have 9 ball so you were right :p

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Billiards has 3 balls Maynard

[maynardvdm]

What:eek:

 

Have a look here:

 

Wikipedia - Billiards

 

That's only when you throw the neigbours cat with the balls :D:D

[Dalo Harkin]

Billiards is basically the American version of our pool -

ours are red/yellow or blue/yellow (7 of each)

and the americans is spots and stripes. (9 ball is a different variation or spots and stripes)

 

thats my understanding and I hope I am right as I play both :o

[Guest Wolfeymole]

What:eek:

 

Have a look here:

 

Wikipedia - Billiards

 

That's only when you throw the neigbours cat with the balls :D:D

 

English billiards

 

Main article: English billiards

Dating to approximately 1800, English billiards is a hybrid of carom and pocket billiards played on a 6-foot (1.8 m) by 12-foot (3.7 m) table. Like most carom games, it requires two cue balls and a red object ball. The object of the game is to score either a fixed number of points, or score the most points within a set time frame, determined at the start of the game.

Points are awarded for:

 

• Two-ball Cannons: striking both the object ball and the other (opponent's) cue ball on the same shot (2 points)
  
• Winning hazards: potting the red ball (3 points); potting the other cue ball (2 points)
  
• Losing hazards (or "in-offs"): potting one's cue ball by cannoning off another ball (3 points if the red ball was hit first; 2 points if the other cue ball was hit first, or if the red and other cue ball were "split", i.e. hit simultaneously).