English Sports
- Thread starter Doc Horror
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Doc you need to go out more often, dont forget the wellies :laugh:
Bob
Bob
It's curious. Australia seems to claim this as their own but it appears to have originated from the mind of Alfred Nobel in 1886..
But for lovers of the game, here's a pretty simple commentary of a typical encounter. The elegance of Farnarkle play at the top level really comes across here..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFOImv3aTyo[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFOImv3aTyo[/ame]
But for lovers of the game, here's a pretty simple commentary of a typical encounter. The elegance of Farnarkle play at the top level really comes across here..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFOImv3aTyo[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFOImv3aTyo[/ame]
Why :stunned: ? Hooprick has been a popular with the elite for hundreds of years.
Bob
That explains why I've never heard of it then, dunnit. Neither I nor anyone else in my family has ever been a member of "the elite"! 
Seriously, I doubt there'd be one person in 10 million on this side of the pond who'd know what "Hooprick" is w/o Googling it...certainly within the U.S. anyway. (Maybe Canadians would...?)
Seriously, I doubt there'd be one person in 10 million on this side of the pond who'd know what "Hooprick" is w/o Googling it...certainly within the U.S. anyway. (Maybe Canadians would...?)
Ah Keith,
That brings back happy memories, hoopricking on Easter Friday, bog snorkelling on Saturday & the traditional Easter Monday cheese rolling.
That brings back happy memories, hoopricking on Easter Friday, bog snorkelling on Saturday & the traditional Easter Monday cheese rolling.
Cheese Rolling! You're not a man until you've done it. Did the cops try and arrest the Cheese Maker this year on Health & Safety grounds? Honestly! What could possibly go wrong! :drunk:
Mind you, you will observe some professional fouls creeping into the match. Playing the man and not the Cheese is just not on.... :furious:
[ame="http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtvG9XDtjv4"]http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtvG9XDtjv4[/ame]
Mind you, you will observe some professional fouls creeping into the match. Playing the man and not the Cheese is just not on.... :furious:
[ame="http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtvG9XDtjv4"]http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtvG9XDtjv4[/ame]
ER, that's meant to say 6'1" not 6.1 inches..:shifty:
I think the English may do far too many drugs, or maybe not enough!
Like I said.....................
Geeez, I can't wait, be still my beating heart!
Keith,
Just up the road from where I used to live they had the annual Flaming Tar Barrels carrying of Ottery St. Mary. Oggy Oggy Oggy! Oi Oi Oi!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtOYyPj1li0
There must be a few Americans on this forum that could win the Gurning World championship as well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KstOzw5zNg
Just up the road from where I used to live they had the annual Flaming Tar Barrels carrying of Ottery St. Mary. Oggy Oggy Oggy! Oi Oi Oi!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtOYyPj1li0
There must be a few Americans on this forum that could win the Gurning World championship as well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KstOzw5zNg
Hey Nick! You couldn't make that stuff up - "We always look after the young people and encourage them as much as we can."
And
"I carried my first blazin tar barrel when I was 10. I suppose you get acclimatised to it." :laugh:
Brilliant.
I was a regular visitor to Lewes Bonfire Society Nov 5th. Now that was proper mad, like it's ok in the 21st century to burn an effigy of the Pope in a quiet English town. Thank the Lord we haven't got rid of some of this stuff...:thumbsup:
It's what makes us what we are. Sometimes I wonder what our new found multicultural society members make of all this!
And
"I carried my first blazin tar barrel when I was 10. I suppose you get acclimatised to it." :laugh:
Brilliant.
I was a regular visitor to Lewes Bonfire Society Nov 5th. Now that was proper mad, like it's ok in the 21st century to burn an effigy of the Pope in a quiet English town. Thank the Lord we haven't got rid of some of this stuff...:thumbsup:
It's what makes us what we are. Sometimes I wonder what our new found multicultural society members make of all this!
