"Am I good at it?,I've got medals for it"

[the 12 th man]

Other than football what other sports have you won a medal/trophy.

I've got Clay Pigeon shooting and Darts.

[pineapple stu]

Irish Championships Runner-up in chess (Novice section)

The guy who won is an International Master now.

Have won money at a few tournaments as well. Also have an international cap for First Aid. :)

[Student Mullet]

I captained UCD second place last weekend in the ultra competitive world of intervarsities orienteering.

[Bald Student]

I captained UCD second place last weekend in the ultra competitive world of intervarsities orienteering.How many teams were in the race?

[osarusan]

Amateur Boxing.
And I seem to remember as a child, winning a competition for driving a nail into a block of wood. Not sure if I got a medal though.

[Risteard]

Tennis.

[GavinZac]

Butlins Best Baby

[DmanDmythDledge]

Won a few mini world cups, including one year when I scored the only two goals of the final and got man of the match.:cool:

[John83]

Chess (I've won a bunch of stuff, including the Leinster U19 individual title, and an All-Ireland Schools U16s team title) and swimming (a bunch of minor medals from my youth). I've a couple of trivial GAA medals somewhere too, but I think they're probably all internal stuff. I gave up a lot of it as a kid, the swimming on medical advice.

[Cymro]

I've won a few pool trophies at various amateur levels. I also represented Wales at under-age level.

[TheBoss]

Bronze in 4X100m Relay & Silver in Individual 100m in some Meath Schools Competition.

[crc]

Got a couple of medals from athletics when i was a teenager, the most interesting of which is probably a bronze in the Ulster Schools' U-15 pole-vault! :D

[lim abroad]

san francisco county football title in gaa,couple of rugby cups with richmond rfc in limerick

[Aberdonian Stu]

Dublin minor hurling championship and a bucketload of other titles in hurling and gaelic football.

Superleague Division 2 champions in UCD Football Superleague, also won the end of year blitz in 6th year in school (a coveted title for bragging rights :D )

A load of titles in summer camps when I was a teenager in sports such as basketball, unihoc and volleyball.

And I'm currently on the national panel for American Football.

[passinginterest]

Lots of county youth club games medals mainly for Darts, volleyball Table quizz.
National Youth club games silver medal in table quiz.
Soccer
U.14 Wexford League Division 2 winners
U. 18 Wexford League Division 1 winners
Hurling Wexford Minor Roinn 2 winners
Football Junior A County champions
and a few runners up medals too.

Looking back I've won more medals than I thought. :)

[Poor Student]

Dublin minor hurling championship and a bucketload of other titles in hurling and gaelic football.


If you only knew how to tip a hat you'd be the ultimate gaelic athlete.

[Ash]

- North Leinster Schools Gaelic Football runners-up medal
- Minor and Junior Hurling Championship winners medals.
- I won a silver medal in a national school swimming gala.
Shallow end category, using a float. :p
- Not sporting but I have a few community games medals for Art.

[Aberdonian Stu]

If you only knew how to tip a hat you'd be the ultimate gaelic athlete.

Is that a reference to Christy Ring?

[Poor Student]

Nope, I'm referring to the quintessential Irish tradition of playing tip-in-the-hat as cited by Archbishop Croke.

[Terry]

won juvenile Gealic football and hurling titles, won a couple of local chess tournaments, a clay pigeon shooting competition and 3 all-ireland schools olymipic handball championships.

[Bluebeard]

A couple of underage Hurling district medals and something for a representative team in a one off match against another representative team;
something for bogball (small parish = everyone plays like it or not - didn't care so don't remember what it was);
something for a testimonial Rugby game for a friend;
2nd place in a wheelbarrow race when I was 9!

[BohsPartisan]

Egg and Spoon, three legged, sack, tugowar.

[kingdom hoop]

a proud holder of 2 munster vocational schools gaelic football medals!

is chess a sport? we never played it on a sports day unlike bohspartisan's favourite games, which always went against me on the day despite meticulous mental and physical preparation and coaching from my dad, though i do have a silver from the obstacle race thanks to an innate ability to extricate myself from all tight spots

[OneRedArmy]

Won a few regional competitions at bowling (ten pin variety) and made the Norn Ireland U16 squad but didn't get selected for the team or indeed pursue the sport any further as was forced into early retirement due to parents views that a sport at which you can smoke and drink when competing isn't really a sport.

Played BUSA (UK inter universities competition) rugby but didn't get near anything resembling a medal. Also struggled to get anywhere near the ball, but that was acceptable for a forward back in those days.

[superfrank]

I've won a few medals in schoolboy football.

Though in other sports I've only won medals in hurling (indoor & outdoor) for my primary and secondary schools. I played full-forward but only ever scored goals!

[pineapple stu]

is chess a sport?
In every EU country bar Ireland.

Officially, it is a sport, but the Irish Government continue to ignore that piece of legislation as it'd mean giving money to Irish chess.

[dfx-]

Handball, Basketball and a mini-World Cup with a full clean sheet through all 7 games.

Irrelevant but still held dear:cool: :D

[Block G Raptor]

Community Games Medal for rounders
Leinster Schools Medal. Ritchie Partridge and Glen Crowe were on the team
won the Final on Pens (I saved Three)

[the 12 th man]

Leinster Schools Medal. Ritchie Partridge and Glen Crowe were on the team


Name dropper;) :D

[Block G Raptor]

Ah well ya know its great when you play on a team with that quality and you end up the Hero

[carrickharp]

I have lots of darts trophies from this past 10 years (hopefully a few more this year!!) from various events that's about the height of my sporting achievements apart from a few medals at school that’s about it:o .

[ForzaWexford]

County Junior B football medal!

That's about the height of it which is pretty sad. Loads of underage tennis trophys and medals. A few gaelic runner-up medals. 2 U-10 hurling medals before I found some sense!

I know this thread isn't about soccer, but I've won the league with my club something like 7 times in the last 8 years....and look like walking the Youths league again this year. Underage soccer in Wexford really is that easy.

[GavinZac]

forgot to mention also, I'm from Cork.

[strangeirish]

forgot to mention also, I'm from Cork.
You deserve a medal just for that alone.

[GavinZac]

You deserve a medal just for that alone.

As far as I'm aware, its one of the features of the new maternity hospital. they award you a medal and a 2 day course in what Cork people have achieved. Its not much of a course, they just spend two days rattling off some of the trophies and testimonies. Most new borns wouldn't go for it, but, well...

[OwlsFan]

Chess: school and university.
Table tennis: School (runner up)
Tennis: Doubles School (my partner was the Leinster champion ;) )
Cricket: ABout 5 I think as a member or captain of teams that won various leagues at a lowish level.

Never won a soccer medal despite playing for 15 years or so in the Amateur League.:(

[Ash]

I have lots of darts trophies from this past 10 years (hopefully a few more this year!!) from various events that's about the height of my sporting achievements apart from a few medals at school that’s about it:o .

Always reminds me of that darts commentry ... the beer belllied
Jockey Wilson ambles up to the oche /ocky, and the commentater goes ...

"Jockey Wilson .... what an athlete ..."

[CollegeTillIDie]

As far as I'm aware, its one of the features of the new maternity hospital. they award you a medal and a 2 day course in what Cork people have achieved. Its not much of a course, they just spend two days rattling off some of the trophies and testimonies. Most new borns wouldn't go for it, but, well...

Yes but the O hAilpin's were born in Australia :D
Only won one medal. Primary school internal league when I was in sixth class. The team I was on won. It was a league between 5th and 6th class students. There were two classes in each year. And classes in excess of 40 .
I did get an award for services to the soccer club in 1996, at the Player of the Year Awards which is the best sporting related award.
The best other thing I got was a plaque for coming second in a table quiz... well it was a football one. I also won a small cup for a general knowledge quiz.

[Red&White Rover]

all-ireland draughts champion and two times bronze medalist! wahey! goota love the CG! a few others here and there...gah ones as well etc...

[paul_oshea]

not really played any "proper" sports since 16/17 cos of dislocation of the knee ( plus i wasnt much good anyway!!! ), but won a few gaa county ( and league ) titles at u12/u14, won a few medals for soccer as well at school level around 12 just county nothing more ( as there didnt ever seem to be any further to go at that age ). got medals for tennis and table tennis at county level too. won a good few golfing medals, played in connaucht cups and connaucht schools cups ( was very good with a pen and paper in those days ;) . Thats about it really, apart from winning the prestigious local bar pool competition a few years ago ( and getting fierce abuse for playing like steve davis rather than ronnie osullivan/jimmy white ), i have won nothing of note in 10 years or ever really. Had an operation on the knee to see if this can be fixed so hopefully it will and ill be back left full and left corner in gaelic on the sideline in a few months though :D

[paul_oshea]

Table tennis: School (runner up)


owlsfan that was the only sport i was actually ( well whast the definition of good?* )good at. It really ****ed me off because the way the competitions went were singles, doubles and mixed doubles, we kept losing in the mixed doubles in the community games to st aloysiuis ( i know thats spelt wrong ) well everytime being from u12 to u14. IT really ****ed me off cos if we actually had a proper table to play/practice on rather than a bit of chipboard over a 8 x 4 snooker table on and didnt have to do mixed doubles ( just like tennis as well for community games ) i am pretty sure we would have won and could have gone quite far. A dual perhaps owlsfan ;)

*i worked for my internship in college in boston for the summer, and we used to play during work hours ( was class actually ), i got a big head cos they were all sh1te in our department , i then took out other departments and played one indian and one chinese guy man were they cocky, but good to match unfortunately, they could do serious spin and never ventured closer than a metre to the table. but you learn to get better. really is class some of the things that some people can do with a bit of plastic full of air!!

[Steve Bruce]

I've won a lot of Football trophies/medals/Individual medals eg player of the year.

I got to a Manchester regional final for boxing but had to pull out due to injury to the hand.

I've also won rugby medals in 3 different age groups when I was 15(under 16, under 18 and under 21s).

And various athletic events most notibly Shot put and high jump.

I also won a couple of runners up medals playing indoor bowls.

Sadly now I have stopped playing any sports although I have been thinking of taking up boxing again. Which is going to take me about 6 months to get anywhere near fit enough and quick enough to fight.

[ollie]

Various medals in Gaelic football(underage almost exclusively) and basketball and a little in athletics.
If you count the Cork City Sports(The primary schools one) then i've few from there also[scraping the end of the barrel there].
We won the AI intermediate football final with UCC a few weeks ago but wasn't around for the final due to me being in Boston for my internship:mad:

[OwlsFan]

owlsfan that was the only sport i was actually ( well whast the definition of good?* )good at. It really ****ed me off because the way the competitions went were singles, doubles and mixed doubles, we kept losing in the mixed doubles in the community games to st aloysiuis ( i know thats spelt wrong ) well everytime being from u12 to u14. IT really ****ed me off cos if we actually had a proper table to play/practice on rather than a bit of chipboard over a 8 x 4 snooker table on and didnt have to do mixed doubles ( just like tennis as well for community games ) i am pretty sure we would have won and could have gone quite far. A dual perhaps owlsfan ;)

*i worked for my internship in college in boston for the summer, and we used to play during work hours ( was class actually ), i got a big head cos they were all sh1te in our department , i then took out other departments and played one indian and one chinese guy man were they cocky, but good to match unfortunately, they could do serious spin and never ventured closer than a metre to the table. but you learn to get better. really is class some of the things that some people can do with a bit of plastic full of air!!

Just noticed this post (10 years later). Table tennis I have enjoyed for years but only play it when I visit a house that has a table. I play a very negative game which means I just chop back all the time and wait for the opponent's mistake. Never try the big shot which means if I meet someone who can effect such a shot successfully they'll beat me.

Sky have tried broadcasting the game (not mine I hasten to add) a few times. Not sure what the viewing figures were like but I'd watch for a short time and then surf over to whatever sport was on elsewhere. Not a great TV sport which makes me wonder do the leading professionals make any money?

[KrisLetang]

And would tennis players be good at it or does that not matter? Serena looks pretty comfortable in that commercial where she plays Steph Curry.
Too bad we can't have fun bantering conversations like we did ten years back. It's all very serious on here now I feel like. I try to bring levity but I'm largely ignored. I think that's why Stu left.

[the 12 th man]

Nice 10 year bump,Deja vu all over again....

[nigel-harps1954]

What a great thread. Really enjoyed reading through it all.

[Kingdom]

I won a community games medal for football. Won schoolboy medals for league and cups; won adult medals at junior level without really pursuing it.
All ireland vocational schools medal for gaa football.
Leinster schools junior cup
Club county provincial and almost (1 stroke dammit) national pitch and putt champion.
Inter law firms football championship.

Rally regret not putting more effort/better guidance in the crucial years during school. Not quite "could have been a contender" level but was really lacking sound advice at important stages...

[Eminence Grise]

Fencing for me.

One Intervarsity team title
One Colours team title
Second in the Junior Nationals
(all for sabre)

Took part in an epée tournament once on the College B-team (making up the numbers) and came up against a British veterans’ team – not one of them a day under 60 and all ex-Olympic, World Championships or Commonwealth Games fencers or a combination of these. I lost 5-0, 5-0 and 5-1. The only fella I hit took silver in the European Veteran’s Championship a month later. I’m counting that hit!!

(Thanks for the bump, OF)

[pineapple stu]

Irish Championships Runner-up in chess (Novice section)

The guy who won is an International Master now.

Have won money at a few tournaments as well.
Ten years on, and I'm heading off to Turkey in October to play in the actual Champions League in chess. :)