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brendan

17th August 2018, 20:22
Hi Chris, the exact opposite of me the - Whereas DV presumably hated sports and yet made a career from it. I, on the other hand, trained 5 nights a week at high jump at school and even built a high jump pit in my garden (although as i did the Fosbury flop I decided not to risk using it), but due to not growing past 5' 10" I had to concede defeat, and so, due to my eternal chagrin, any thought of a career went by the wayside!
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elle

17th August 2018, 20:24
Hazel Hotchkiss..... tennis player ?
and founder of the Wightman Cup under her married name
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chrise

17th August 2018, 20:26
Oh, what a shame, brendan. I can understand your reluctance to Fosbury into a sandpit, though!

Do you think that there ought to be a high-jump competition decided on how much higher than your height you jump?
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brendan

17th August 2018, 20:43
Definitely Chris. Tho lowest point though was at the SE Counties championships. At my school, we had all the latest equipment (4ft thick sponge mats to land on etc,, basically everything that athletes use today. However, when arriving at the competition the first thing I noticed was the high jump pit consisted of a bar and a sand pit! - to make matters worse the bar was triangular and not not round. Anyway, I told my PE teacher I couldn't jump or I'd break my neck - he said 'just do the best you can'. When it came to my turn I thought I'll just try and do the scissors kick, but, halfway over the bar 'instinct' took over and I twisted in mid-air. Realising I was heading for a nasty fall I put my hand down and knocked the toblerone shaped bar off only to land right on it.
I spent the next 30 minute in the first aid department (a caravan with numerous windows) getting TCP dabbed on my backside - the horror, the horror!! - Too make matters worse, I went to an all boys school this was my first encounter in a unisex environment -the shame!!
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brainless

17th August 2018, 21:02
Thank you all for your help
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elle

17th August 2018, 21:20
You're welcome, Brainless!
"Hazel Hotchkiss" is a bit of a long shot , going back a long way...but it did say "old" sports personality
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quizmad

18th August 2018, 17:55
English writer in the 1700's T G
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scorpiojo

18th August 2018, 18:22
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gray&ved=2ahUKEwijxOLejvfcAhUFx4UKHcXuAeUQFjAAegQIAhAB&usg=AOvVaw2CCVQ_NbNFq9reSwEQ6w00
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scorpiojo

18th August 2018, 18:24

chrise

18th August 2018, 18:25
Hi scorpiojo
Do you think that there should have been an indication of US spelling? It's "grey" over here, of course!
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