What have you won or what is your claim to fame?

**OwlsFan** · 09/05/2011, 8:52 AM

This is one I often do at dinner parties or even around a table of strangers. It's amazing what comes out. At one Table we discovered a world record speed holder for single prop planes and a Miss Dairy Queen 1980 something.

I have a fair few cricket league winners medals, runner up at the school's table tennis competition and got as far as No. 2 in the World at online Axis & Allies. Now dropped to No. 18

**tetsujin1979** · 09/05/2011, 9:03 AM

I won one of the JP McManus Scholarships in my school (CBS Sexton St in Limerick) for my Leaving Cert results

**Lionel Ritchie** · 09/05/2011, 10:48 AM

I did a Peel session. :-D

**Mr A** · 09/05/2011, 11:05 AM

I killed a guy with a trident.

**DeLorean** · 09/05/2011, 12:33 PM

I played the Milk Tray man

**Magicme** · 09/05/2011, 2:19 PM

I was a festival queen when I was 16 and modeled from age 8 to 18.

I set up the amnesty international group in school.

I was first female live football commentator in Ireland at our cup final last year.

I won an award for my anti racism work at mons.

Was shortlisted for press officer of the year my first year in the job....all downhill from there!

I ran with kip keanu (sp?) To light the torch at the world veteran games in Oregon.

I wore John Tracy's Olympic medal. I held Barry McGuigans world champ belt.

I'm great oh and extremely shy and modest about my achievements and claims to fame.

**theworm2345** · 09/05/2011, 3:12 PM

I have nothing aside from some very minor sporting accomplishments...unless being world's biggest David Connolly fan counts? Even then I'm sure his family are bigger fans (well, maybe)

**thischarmingman** · 09/05/2011, 4:40 PM

Originally Posted by Magicme

I was a festival queen when I was 16 and modeled from age 8 to 18.

I set up the amnesty international group in school.

I was first female live football commentator in Ireland at our cup final last year.

I won an award for my anti racism work at mons.

Was shortlisted for press officer of the year my first year in the job....all downhill from there!

I ran with kip keanu (sp?) To light the torch at the world veteran games in Oregon.

I wore John Tracy's Olympic medal. I held Barry McGuigans world champ belt.

I'm great oh and extremely shy and modest about my achievements and claims to fame.

Essentially, you've just posted your CV haven't you?

**Magicme** · 09/05/2011, 4:58 PM

Originally Posted by thischarmingman

Essentially, you've just posted your CV haven't you?

Shush am trying to get a job so of course am touting!!

**Bray-Z** · 09/05/2011, 11:22 PM

I shot JR.

**the 12 th man** · 10/05/2011, 1:29 AM

I attended and sang at the first Karaoke gig in a pub in Ireland.
I had a table booked in the restaurant in the Twin Towers after it was hit.
I got the first ever infraction on foot (It was only a test one but even so).

**Eminence Grise** · 10/05/2011, 9:52 AM

All-Ireland Pioneer U-15 table quiz (a remarkable achievement with 2 teenage alcoholics on the team). We won the Connaught U-25 title the following year, beating even seasoned university drinkers/thinkers.

Irish Times Young Historian of the Year � yup, even today it just screams nerd.

Fencing Intervarsities and Colours v UCD� very proud of those, because I was diabolically bad at every sport I�d ever tried before fencing! Or since, for that matter.

Junior Chamber Ireland public speaking champion. Got a free holiday to the European finals in Greece out of that... 37C in the afternoon, and me wearing a tux. Sweatin' for Ireland. Top three went to the World final in South Korea. South Korea is still on my list of places to see...

And in recent years, nothing. Zip. Diddly-squat. Not even as much as a free scratchcard from the Lottery...

**thischarmingman** · 10/05/2011, 11:42 AM

Originally Posted by Eminence Grise

Irish Times Young Historian of the Year – yup, even today it just screams nerd.

Is it weird that out of everything mentioned so far, this is the one that I'm most envious of?

**Eminence Grise** · 10/05/2011, 12:26 PM

If it's any consolation, that was the same year some muppet correcting Leaving Cert history papers gave me a D.

FFS, the IT project was my special question!!!!

Starting Chapter 8 of my PhD in history today: but that D will haunt me to the grave.

**OwlsFan** · 12/05/2011, 3:04 PM

D in history? Can you remember what topic you screwed up on. The Punic Wars - perhaps you were engaged in public wars at the time and lost concentration?