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OT - What other sports do you do?


rodw

18-Jun-2013
2:43:49 PM

Touch footy...there ya go wombat..

I reckon not many play team sports as most are on weekends when they are climbing?


Eduardo Slabofvic

18-Jun-2013
2:50:57 PM

On 18/06/2013 wallwombat wrote:
>In 41 replies, only one person has mentioned a team sport.

That's because they are not sports. They are opportunities to explore homoeroticism.

f_abe

18-Jun-2013
2:55:28 PM

As opposed to when your mate is doing a bridging move above you in short shorts and yells down "watch me"...


ajfclark

18-Jun-2013
2:56:11 PM

On 18/06/2013 f_abe wrote:
>- Grow veggies (if you want to see a competitive ‘sport’, go check out the ‘giant veggie’ competition at any small town show)

And Pumpkin Boat Racing...


phillipivan

18-Jun-2013
3:57:09 PM

Both road cycling and climbing are team sports.

martym

18-Jun-2013
4:58:31 PM

On 18/06/2013 rodw wrote:
>Touch footy...there ya go wombat..
>I reckon not many play team sports as most are on weekends when they are
>climbing?

I tried out for a basketball team a few years back - they only played on Sundays.
I said is there any other day, cause I'm usually on my way home from the mountains, probably no use on the court... they all wanted Sundays :(


Eduardo Slabofvic

18-Jun-2013
5:22:17 PM

On 18/06/2013 phillipivan wrote:
>Both road cycling and climbing are team sports.

Road cycling is only a team sport until the last 200m


phillipivan

18-Jun-2013
5:59:23 PM

>Road cycling is only a team sport until the last 200m

Is the same true of climbing? Do you take your partner off belay for the last four pitches of any given route?

dalai

18-Jun-2013
6:00:54 PM

On 18/06/2013 Edward Oslabofvic wrote:
>On 18/06/2013 phillipivan wrote:
>>Both road cycling and climbing are team sports.
>
>Road cycling is only a team sport until the last 200m

Unless you are racing NRS, road cycling is not a team sport - can get fined for colluding with other riders*...

*There are only a few event in the year that I am aware of where we can race as a team.


Miguel75

18-Jun-2013
6:17:26 PM

On 18/06/2013 phillipivan wrote:
>....SNIP... Do you take your partner off belay for the
>last four pitches of any given route?

Depends who I'm climbing with:)


grantoss

18-Jun-2013
7:55:35 PM

On 18/06/2013 wallwombat wrote:
>In 41 replies, only one person has mentioned a team sport.

team sports are for losers


Big G

18-Jun-2013
8:16:41 PM

On 18/06/2013 grantoss wrote:
>On 18/06/2013 wallwombat wrote:
>>In 41 replies, only one person has mentioned a team sport.
>
>team sports are for losers

Ok I'll bite. I mentioned I had played rugby. First grade in Sydney, Brisbane and the UK and because I was reasonably able I tended to play for good teams and my winning percentage would be well over 50% possibly closer to 80%. I reckon winning more than I lose would make me a winner.


grantoss

18-Jun-2013
8:27:03 PM

On 18/06/2013 Big G wrote:
>On 18/06/2013 grantoss wrote:
>>On 18/06/2013 wallwombat wrote:
>>>In 41 replies, only one person has mentioned a team sport.
>>
>>team sports are for losers
>
>Ok I'll bite. I mentioned I had played rugby. First grade in Sydney, Brisbane
>and the UK and because I was reasonably able I tended to play for good
>teams and my winning percentage would be well over 50% possibly closer
>to 80%. I reckon winning more than I lose would make me a winner.

you'd be a winner if you weren't participating in a sport where you relied on 10 other blokes to get you over the line


Big G

18-Jun-2013
8:29:36 PM

Rugby is a 15 a side game.


grantoss

18-Jun-2013
8:35:07 PM

On 18/06/2013 Big G wrote:
>Rugby is a 15 a side game.

sheeeet man that makes it even worse!


wallwombat

18-Jun-2013
9:48:49 PM

It was only an observation, you pack of blouses.


wallwombat

18-Jun-2013
9:54:01 PM

There you go - you all invented a new team sport.

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