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Football - Being offered school boy terms with a professional club Golf - Being offered a Golf Scholarship in the States Ended up not... -
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In 2008 I beat Sonia O'Sullivan, the 1995 5K world champion, in a 10.5 mile competitive club race by about 30 seconds. She was about 38...
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Winning a team medal in a canoe slalom by virtue of being in one of the three teams to actually finish. Hambledon late 70s/early 80s...
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My dad worked at the British Embassy in Moscow 75-77 and when I was there on holiday I played in the inter-Embassy football league...
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I won the Brighton Youth Tennis Tournament in 1968, 1-6, 6-1,6-2. The tournament was played at Falmer and got a three line mention in...
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Completing Ironman Wales in 2018. Many years before, it would be winning a relay at a school sports day at Withdean as part of a...
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My four a side team won the school football tournament when i was ten, and i captained us to the trophy. It was the first time it was...
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Mmarlowe replied to the thread [Misc] What's your greatest personal sporting achievement or memory as a participant?.Is that a euphemism? And given the fact she's now become a right minger I don't suppose you'd now want her anywhere near your "trophy".
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I played indoor football against a friend's son and Palace supporter. He was 20 year younger than me and 10 times the player I was. It...
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Finishing the Beachy Head Marathon. Nothing else comes close. Awaits @dazzer6666 to say "it's not actually a marathon".
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My other 'sporting achievement' was picking up a snooker cue for the very first time and then potting a red into the far left pocket. I...
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I was a decent cricketer and hockey player before my back gave up. The highlights that stand out from these two sports were as a kid...
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800m at Falmer School sports day circa 1977. The school's fastest girl runner - Nicola something? - set off like a rocket and was way...
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Scoring an overhead volley a la David Platt in 1990 against my son's under 11 team earlier this year. I played a lot of football from...
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Despite have a pathological and wholly irrational fear of running a 5k (including Park Runs FFS :facepalm:) I completed the Brighton 10k...