Excerpt from the book Sports the Olympics Forgot This book describes 40 sports that ought to be played but aren’t, because I made them up. ============== Each year all the points from the four events are totalled together and the person who scores the highest number of points wins the Suharto Cup. Gary Hartono has wonContinue reading “World Shuttlecock Accuracy Championships – 6”
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Mad Paddling – 5
Excerpt from the book Sports the Olympics Forgot This book describes 40 sports that ought to be played but aren’t, because I made them up. =========== Today there are over 80 different events for teams and individuals to enter and these races take place over 10 days in the summer. Some events such as baseball kayaking,Continue reading “Mad Paddling – 5”
World Shuttlecock Accuracy Championships – 5
Excerpt from the book Sports the Olympics Forgot This book describes 40 sports that ought to be played but aren’t, because I made them up. ============== The drop shot competition is the most delicate event and is played over five rounds. Again a gutter is used, this time three inches wide and situated six inches fromContinue reading “World Shuttlecock Accuracy Championships – 5”
Mad Paddling – 4
Excerpt from the book Sports the Olympics Forgot This book describes 40 sports that ought to be played but aren’t, because I made them up. =========== Torres proposed that a series of races should take place in the week after the ocean-going yacht race had finished around Hobart and that these races should commence in JanuaryContinue reading “Mad Paddling – 4”
World Shuttlecock Accuracy Championships – 4
Excerpt from the book Sports the Olympics Forgot This book describes 40 sports that ought to be played but aren’t, because I made them up. ======== The smash return contest is also played with the same gutter around the singles court. The national coach of the Indonesian team smashes the shuttle at each contestant twenty timesContinue reading “World Shuttlecock Accuracy Championships – 4”
Mad Paddling – 3
Excerpt from the book Sports the Olympics Forgot This book describes 40 sports that ought to be played but aren’t, because I made them up. =========== Soon the local table tennis team became involved although they had to race other ping pong teams over shorter distances due to the great stamina required when using a tableContinue reading “Mad Paddling – 3”
World Shuttlecock Accuracy Championships – 3
Excerpt from the book Sports the Olympics Forgot This book describes 40 sports that ought to be played but aren’t, because I made them up. ======== In the smashing event the contestant has to smash twenty shuttlecocks from mid-court back over the net in one minute. A small two-inch wide gutter is laid around the edge ofContinue reading “World Shuttlecock Accuracy Championships – 3”
Mad Paddling – 2
Excerpt from the book Sports the Olympics Forgot This book describes 40 sports that ought to be played but aren’t, because I made them up. ============== The event started when a cricket team set off on a paddling holiday in the Whit Sunday islands and brought along their cricket bats for a few games of beachContinue reading “Mad Paddling – 2”
World Shuttlecock Accuracy Championships – 2
Excerpt from the book Sports the Olympics Forgot This book describes 40 sports that ought to be played but aren’t, because I made them up. ======= In the serving tests a glass two inches in diameter and six inches high is placed at each of the four corners of the receiving court. The server has fourContinue reading “World Shuttlecock Accuracy Championships – 2”
Mad Paddling – 1
Excerpt from the book Sports the Olympics Forgot This book describes 40 sports that ought to be played but aren’t, because I made them up. ============== Hobart on the island of Tasmania is home to the greatest paddling sports event in the world. Kayakers, canoeists, and rowers from all over the world descend on Hobart inContinue reading “Mad Paddling – 1”
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