I have never been keen on sport - hated it at school - not easy in a 'posh' fee paying school to be a scholarship girl. Winter it was hockey, net ball and rounders. In Summer - tennis , net ball and rounders. The cost of a hockey stick and/or a tennis racket made things prohibitive - it was the cheapest option - already uniform and books to pay for.
Neither husband had an interest in any sport other than M, my first husband, who loved the Boat Race. So throughout my life sport passed me by. My son has followed in our footsteps in that his only sporting love is Tour de France. Love? I would almost say 'obsession' - how he manages to keep so much information about times, speeds, positioning and the like in his head every day I cannot even begin to understand. (don't understand the rules in any case)
But now, in my dotage, more or less housebound, I have developed two loves - Cricket and Tennis. I found Wimbledon compelling and now that that is over (with the spectacular fall from grace of my hero, Novak (yes, I watched him so much over the Wimbledon fortnight that I feel justified in being on Christian name terms))** then my attention can return to the Test Match special. For 7pm I am in my dressing gown waiting to see how we are doing.
I am not quite sure what will happen when the Test series ends. I can't think of any other sport that might get me interested. So it will have to be a return to my usual menu of EggHeads, University Challenge and the programme before University Challenge chaired by Victoria Coren. (where my ambition is one day to complete the wall - yes it can be done. Now and again one team finishes it before 'times up.') And of course there is always good old Monty Don - every Friday night Gardeners' World-. Yes he might slip away for a week now and again - but he faithfully returns.
Even The Sewing Bee finishes next week, although I have been a bit disenchanted with this year's contest which I feel has presented the contestants with ridiculous challenges. Semi final last night - make a trench-coat for a man (remember left over right not right over left) in 5 hours. A Trench Coat, five hours? I couldn't make one in five years.
** Had to be on Christian name terms because I am too lazy to nip over to Google to see how to spell his surname.
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As you managed to change your views on Wimbledon I believe anything is now possible.
I like football here in the US Pat.. the NFL. My husband tells me i don't like football ... i like Quarterbacks... that may be true...lol I like to follow the Quarterbacks... mostly the old guys.. the ones have been around for a long time...Only one of those left now.. Aaron Rogers who left the Greenbay Packers for the New York Jets this year...All the old Quarterbacks have retired finally so i don't know what i'm going to do this year... Other than that i like to watch some Golf ... and the Olympics when they come around.. Thats about it.. I don't watch any reality TV like you mention.. Although i do like the Bake Off when i can find it on YOuTube.. Hugs! debs
Like you, I didn't enjoy competitive sports in school and I still don't like to watch any of them on TV. Thankfully, DH likes only F1 car races and SEC (Southeastern Conference) college football - American - and for those be elsewhere in the house.
We tried subscribing to The Repair Shop, but it's so poorly organized and, absurdly, they've chopped so many episodes up into short segments that it's ridiculous. We have un-subscribed.
Our new oven comes today and I do hope the installation goes well.
Hugs!
I didn't enjoy school sports either..and we had lacrosse instead of hockey. I enjoyed running then, but they wouldn't let us run more than 1500metres. So I stayed with our family sport of cycling, track and touring !
I think many sports at the top level can be interesting..even snooker! But they all need to work on encouraging enjoying just taking part and competitive level can build on that. Otherwise why do it!
We like Monty Don...and Adam Frost as well. Have you seen Beechgrove gardening programme? I think BBC repeats that on 2 after it goes out on BBC Scotland
Sport has always featured heavily in my life. At school I competed in the cross-country, football, rugby and cricket - never brilliant at any of them but enjoyed it. In my early 20's I took up local football and played quite successfully as a goalkeeper for several Sunday league pub teams. When that was over, I took up the sport that I enjoyed the most, badminton, and played for a club in a county league.
The Test Match is going very well at the moment for England (tea on the second day)
I also did not play sports in school. Sailing is my preferred interest. As for television, there is not lots of choice. Like you, I enjoy travel programs and some challenge shows too. Most recently, I am enjoying "Restoration Home' - this is a British program showing people buying listed churches, homes and out buildings and then restoring them. Some date back to 16 C. A historian and architect present the history of the original home which is also fascinating.
I have always enjoyed sports in that I love moving; periods of sitting still for a long time (mostly while reading) HAD to alternate with periods of physical activity, or I would have gone nuts - still the same, really.
But I never felt the competitive streak very much and never followed any type of sport to the point of paying for tickets or being glued to the TV, maybe even getting up in the middle of the night to watch some live event or other.
At school, I was good at sports when I was in the mood, but often I simply wasn't interested. With my bad eyesight and lack of hand-eye-coordination, ball sports were never my forte.
I don't like sport either although there was a time I enjoyed the tennis ad went to Wimbledon a few times and the Benson & Hedges tournament when Jimmy Connors was playing. My husband is the sporty one and has always played or taken part in something ie weight lifting, judo, football, cricket, marathon running, cycling and now he plays bowls for the village. To pass a bit of time I like quiz and game shows, anything to make my brain work.
When young I was into most sports. In midlife it was running marathons. My husband ,in Scotland was a champion cyclist, could have become professional but you couldn’t raise a family on the pay. When he came to Canada, cycling was not popular, so together we became boaters. We lived on his wooden 50 foot powerboat and after we retired We bought a large catamaran and became sailors. Now I watch the Tour de France, I love it. My husband and I watched it every year till his death. It was nice because he could explain why things were happening.
If you're looking for a nice daily mental challenge I can strongly recommend Wordle.
It comes round each day and you can start with a new word each time if you want variety.
Its short and sweet and can be very very satisfying although not so much when you fail!
Not a sports fan either, but I used to like listening to baseball on the radio. In college I had to take 2 sports. I was in my late 30s while the other students were mostly late teens ans 20s. I took bowling and tennis, and enjoyed and did surprisingly well in both.
They didn't have sports for girls when I was in High school. I was a cheerleader for one year (because I could be loud!!) My brothers were in sports so I learned to be a good spectator. Now I actually follow Formula One racing, only because my oldest son who lives with me follows it!
I was never good at sport so probably never developed interest in it. However, I used to watch the tennis years ago when the Australians ruled the mens' matches. My husband was a keen rugby supporter so there was plenty of that on TV, and we watched many Olympic events as the performances of those taking part are amazing. I did switch the TV on to watch the mens' final match at Wimbledon but the tension was too great for me!
I gave up on the Sewing Bee a while back because the tasks participants were given seemed ridiculous. I much prefer the Great Pottery Throwdown.
No longer a sports fan, and probably never was enthusiastic about anything.
I used to follow sports but have not bothered with it for about 20 years. It's too professional, too dramatic. Just get out there and play the game. Sport casters seem to think the have to put on a show.
Not a sports fan and was never any good at it, didn't even like to put my head under the water for swimming, but I attended a sports rehabilitation program decades ago when my back was quite bad, and was taught to swim properly there. I thrived with encouragement,(both instructors and I suprised and committed,and the activity morphed into a daily post-rehab committment for years.
Watching swimming for the Olympics I could feel the effort.
These days I rarely watch any sport on t.v. and am just not interested in sport in general.
We had Eggheads here in the early days, so looked up what's been happening since then. I was astounded with CJ's story.- Pam, Aust.
I had a great friend called Jock Veitch, so I now always think of Novak as Jock O'Veitch.
Mr FD loves watching sport - cricket, football, cycling & rugby most of all, but I don't get involved. The only sport he does though is cycling. At school I was a terrible player - we had hockey & netball in winter, and tennis in summer. I loathed them all.
I've enjoyed Sewing Bee, but I think it's going the way of Bake Off, asking the competitors to do ridiculous things that no home sewer (or baker) would do. Making an outfit from a piece of art work was the thing that made me raise my eyes heavenward. Still, I like looking at Patrick Grant for an hour each week. I think he is a very good looking gentleman!!
Thanks everyone. Wasn't England wonderful in the cricketh yeterday? Sadly our weather is most likely to make the result a draw.
Well last to the feast! My affair with sport stopped at school. Large girls and hockey sticks bearing down on me saw me giving them the ball....
I have never really been interested in sport, but I love seeing people playing theirs really well. I love the skill, so I end up watching most of the sports, trying not to become obsessive about them. I started watching he mens final of Wimbledon and got completely hooked for four and a half hours!
I love only connect
Victoria is a sweetheart
I’d love to get drunk with her
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