Sports day

Local lass · Sports day

Just what is the point of them now?
No one wins or loses.
I used to hate the track events at sports day but at least they were competitive now its just a total waste of time>

Bear

Couldnt agree more the idea that there are no winners or losers on sports day does not prepare children for the real world where there most certainly are

GTB

Children by nature are competitive in their behaviour so having a cportsday where nobody loses and wins is just a pointless excercise. Perhaps this is why british sport has been steadily going down hill for the last 10 years or so. Confused

ecc's

couldn't agree more Confused

Bear

One year when I was at school I was forced to enter the mile walk because you had to do one track event and I was awarded a house point for trying and the guy who won the race got a minus house point for not trying this was because we all strolled around together for the first three laps and only competed on the last one. There must be a moral to this story but I cant think what it is.

Spooks

I used to scive sports day. Laughing

Kizzy

I loved sports day at primary school but hated it at Bentley.

I only ever got to do javelin and that was because they couldn't get anyone else to do it for our house - I never got chosen for anything else even though I was reasonably good at it, which I think made me negative towards PE. I felt there was no point in doing any of the lessons if you never got a chance to compete for your house at the end of the year.

daffy

i can remember sports day at Dunstan all the parents would be watching on the side lines as we done egg and spoon race ,long jump ,and hurdles.And the time we done the tug of war between pupils and a couple of teachers and the rope snapped and it flicked back hitting Jeramy Humphries in the face .It always seemed boiling hot when we done sports day not like now when they have to keep posponing it due to bad weather.

Clunk

Local lass

are houuse mostly always won .i hated not having the choise weather to do it.

Clunk

I was in Avebury house.

Chepfer

JH here (Silbury) North winger until it all changed. I was there until 1995.

I loved sports day, in fact met my lovely wife for the first time on my last ever sports day.

I was also at guthrie/ Dunstan and remember the rope snapping in (Yes it was) keith Foleys face.

Also remember the 100m running at Bentley, it was so bumpy you kind of went up and down as you ran along it.

Still got my lovely little medal for having the most points in a soprts day in the school and i still have the record triple jump there too !it's lasted more than 15 years ! (Keener ?....... nah i was crap at everything else)

daffy

it was definatly Jeramy Humphires face that got smacked with the rope ! there was a keith Foley in my yr i left in 89 it wouldnt of been the same one would it ? i think he had a sister called Janette live up Breamor rd way ?.
jeramys mum was a teacher at the time in Dunstan .

superdons

I used to like house matches good excuse to get out of lessons.
pity silbury was rubbish and lost most matches . the swimming galas were good fun still remember barbara kempster falliing in 3 times at the start of the race must be something to do with gravity Very Happy

tricksta

i hated sports day Crying or Very sad

Local lass

sports days in schools these days are a complete waste of time there is no competion there Rolling Eyes

supersillius · sports day

it was jeremy foley the rope hit in the face boy did he ever have a sinner lol..